2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1
Season2023
Dates24 February – 10 September 2023
ChampionsCorinthians (5th title)
RelegatedAthletico Paranaense
Bahia
Ceará
Real Ariquemes
Copa LibertadoresCorinthians (via Copa Libertadores)
Ferroviária
Santos
Matches played134
Goals scored455 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorerAmanda Gutierres (14 goals)
Biggest home winCorinthians 14–0 Ceará
Group stage, R1, 25 February
Biggest away winReal Ariquemes 0–8 Ferroviária
Group stage, R5, 26 March
Highest scoring14 goals
Corinthians 14–0 Ceará
Group stage, R1, 25 February
2022
2024

The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A-1 (officially the Brasileirão Feminino Neoenergia 2023 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 11th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1, the top level of women's football in Brazil, and the 7th edition in a Série A1 since its establishment in 2016. The tournament was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It started on 24 February and ended on 10 September 2023.[2]

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the 2022 Série A2 (Athletico Paranaense, Bahia, Ceará and Real Ariquemes)[3]

In the 15th round of Group A (12 June 2023), Real Ariquemes players refused to play their home match against Santos in protest over unpaid wages. Santos was awarded a 3–0 win by forfeit.[4]

In the finals, the defending champions Corinthians won their 5th title after defeating Ferroviária 2–1 on aggregate.[5]

Athletico Paranaense, Bahia, Ceará and Real Ariquemes were relegated to the 2024 Série A2.[6]

Format

In the group stage, each team played once against the other fifteen teams. Top eight teams qualified for the final stages. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.[7]

Teams

Location of teams in 2023 Série A1 within the state of São Paulo.

Number of teams by state

Number
of teams
State Team(s)
5 São Paulo Corinthians, Ferroviária, Palmeiras,
Santos and São Paulo
2 Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro
Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio and Internacional
1 Bahia Bahia
Ceará Ceará
Distrito Federal Real Brasília
Paraná Athletico Paranaense
Rio de Janeiro Flamengo/Marinha
Rondônia Real Ariquemes
Santa Catarina Avaí

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity[8]
Athletico Paranaense Curitiba CT do Caju 3,000
Atlético Mineiro Belo Horizonte SESC Alterosas 2,000
Avaí Caçador Salézio Kindermann 6,500
Bahia Salvador CT Evaristo de Macedo (Camaçari) 1,000
Ceará Fortaleza CT Cidade Vozão (Itaitinga) 4,000
Corinthians São Paulo Parque São Jorge 18,500
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte SESC Alterosas 2,000
Ferroviária Araraquara Fonte Luminosa 21,441
Flamengo/Marinha Rio de Janeiro Luso Brasileiro 4,697
Grêmio Porto Alegre Antônio Vieira Ramos (Gravataí) 4,700
Internacional Porto Alegre SESC Protásio Alves 2,800
Palmeiras São Paulo Allianz Parque 43,713
Real Ariquemes Ariquemes Gentil Valério 2,500
Real Brasília Brasília Ciro Machado do Espírito Santo 1,500
Santos Santos Urbano Caldeira 21,732
São Paulo São Paulo Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa (Cotia) 2,000

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
Athletico Paranaense Brenno Basso Evellyn Marques Umbro
Atlético Mineiro Vantressa Ferreira Ludmila Barbosa Adidas Banco BMG
Avaí Carine Bosetti Limpia Fretes Umbro PixBet
Bahia Igor Morena Thayná Esquadrão (club manufactured kit)
Ceará David Lopes Karen Rocha Vozão (club manufactured kit) EstrelaBet
Corinthians Arthur Elias Tamires Nike
Cruzeiro Felipe Freitas Carol Baiana Adidas Gerdau
Ferroviária Jéssica de Lima Patrícia Sochor Lupo Sport Estrella Galicia
Galera.bet
Flamengo/Marinha Luís Andrade Darlene Adidas Banco BRB
Grêmio Felipe Endres Tuani Umbro Banrisul
Internacional Maurício Salgado Bruna Benites Adidas EstrelaBet
Palmeiras Ricardo Belli Bia Zaneratto Puma Betfair
Real Ariquemes Paulo Eduardo Gabi Lira Criare Sports CrediSIS CrediAri
Real Brasília Camilla Orlando Isabela Melo Tolledo Sports Banco BRB
Santos Kleiton Lima Brena Umbro Blaze.com
São Paulo Thiago Viana Pardal Adidas Sportsbet.io

Foreign players

The clubs can have a maximum of seven foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7
Athletico Paranaense Hilary Vergara
Atlético Mineiro Karol Bermúdez Dayana Rodríguez Luciana Gómez Jorelyn Carabalí Ingrid Guerra Manuela Paví
Avaí Ximena Velazco Verónica Riveros Limpia Fretes Lule González Catalina Pérez
Bahia Yenny Acuña
Ceará Elena Kössler
Corinthians
Cruzeiro Kelly Arrieta Kelly Caicedo
Ferroviária Joemar Guarecuco Yisela Cuesta
Flamengo/Marinha Sole Jaimes Agustina Barroso
Grêmio Jessica Peña Mónica Ramos Agostina Holzheier
Internacional Fabiola Sandoval Fany Gauto Belén Aquino
Palmeiras Alicia Bobadilla Kate Tapia Lorena Benítez Ramona Martínez Rosa Miño Yamila Rodríguez Rosario Balmaceda
Real Ariquemes Graciela Martínez
Real Brasília Natasha Rosas Petra Cabrera Lorena Bedoya Lady Andrade
Santos Jourdan Ziff Luciana Ortega Reina Bonta
São Paulo

Players holding Brazilian dual nationality

They do not take foreign slot.

Group stage

In the group stage, each team played on a single round-robin tournament. The top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).[7]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Corinthians 15 12 1 2 53 8 +45 37 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Palmeiras 15 11 2 2 48 14 +34 35
3 Ferroviária 15 11 1 3 38 16 +22 34
4 Santos 15 10 2 3 32 10 +22 32
5 Flamengo/Marinha 15 10 1 4 23 14 +9 31
6 Internacional 15 9 1 5 25 16 +9 28
7 São Paulo 15 7 4 4 27 13 +14 25
8 Cruzeiro 15 6 4 5 36 26 +10 22
9 Grêmio 15 6 1 8 16 22 −6 19
10 Avaí 15 6 1 8 25 33 −8 19
11 Real Brasília 15 5 2 8 16 24 −8 17
12 Atlético Mineiro 15 5 1 9 17 23 −6 16
13 Bahia (R) 15 4 1 10 25 33 −8 13 Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A2
14 Athletico Paranaense (R) 15 3 1 11 15 33 −18 10
15 Real Ariquemes (R) 15 3 0 12 10 54 −44 9
16 Ceará (R) 15 0 1 14 7 74 −67 1
Source: CBF
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ATH ATL AVA BAH CEA COR CRU FER FLA GRE INT PAL RAR RBR SAN SPO
Athletico Paranaense 2–1 0–5 1–4 0–2 1–2 4–1 1–1
Atlético Mineiro 2–1 0–1 2–4 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0
Avaí 4–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–5 1–2
Bahia 2–4 10–0 1–5 2–3 3–2 1–3 2–1
Ceará 2–4 1–1 1–2 0–7 0–6 1–6 0–2
Corinthians 1–0 1–0 14–0 7–1 4–0 4–0 3–2 1–0
Cruzeiro 2–3 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–3
Ferroviária 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–4 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0
Flamengo/Marinha 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1
Grêmio 2–1 3–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–3
Internacional 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0
Palmeiras 3–1 3–0 11–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 9–0 0–1
Real Ariquemes 2–1 2–0 0–6 0–8 0–2 2–3 0–3
Real Brasília 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 3–0 0–4
Santos 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1
São Paulo 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 7–0 4–1 0–1
Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[7]

  • Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
    • If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 16).
  • Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used in final stages.

Starting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 20).[7]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
            
São Paulo 1 3 4
Palmeiras 1 1 2
São Paulo 1 2 3 (1)
Ferroviária (p) 3 0 3 (3)
Internacional 0 0 0
Ferroviária 1 3 4
Ferroviária 0 1 1
Corinthians 0 2 2
Flamengo/Marinha 1 1 2
Santos 3 4 7
Santos 0 0 0
Corinthians 3 2 5
Cruzeiro 1 2 3
Corinthians 2 4 6

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruzeiro 3–6 Corinthians 1–2 2–4
São Paulo 4–2 Palmeiras 1–1 3–1
Internacional 0–4 Ferroviária 0–1 0–3
Flamengo/Marinha 2–7 Santos 1–3 1–4

Group B

Cruzeiro 1–2 Corinthians
Marília 44' Report Gabi Zanotti 30'
Victória 90+4' (pen.)
Estádio Soares de Azevedo, Muriaé
Referee: Thayslane de Melo Costa (Sergipe)

Corinthians 4–2 Cruzeiro
Jheniffer 11'
Victória 22'
Duda Sampaio 48'
Tamires 62'
Report Isabela Fernandes 31'
Byanca Brasil 57'
Referee: Charly Wendy Straub Deretti (Santa Catarina)

Corinthians won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Group C

São Paulo 1–1 Palmeiras
Maressa 89' Report Letícia Moreno 27'
Referee: Marianna Nanni Batalha (São Paulo)

São Paulo won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Group D

Internacional 0–1 Ferroviária
Report Luana Sartório 82'
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Pernambuco)

Ferroviária 3–0 Internacional
Aline Gomes 36'
Suzane Pires 89'
Cuesta 90+3'
Report
Referee: Rejane Caetano da Silva (Rio de Janeiro)

Ferroviária won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Group E

Flamengo/Marinha 1–3 Santos
Leidi 39' Report Vitória Yaya 3'
Cristiane 72'
Thaisinha 78'
Referee: Andreza Helena de Siqueira (Minas Gerais)

Santos 4–1 Flamengo/Marinha
Ketlen 21', 90'
Bia Menezes 54'
Camila 90+3'
Report Leidi 17'
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Pernambuco)

Santos won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Corinthians 17 14 1 2 59 11 +48 43 Second leg
3 Santos 17 12 2 3 39 12 +27 38 First leg
2 Ferroviária 17 13 1 3 42 16 +26 40 Second leg
4 São Paulo 17 8 5 4 31 15 +16 29 First leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos 0–5 Corinthians 0–3 0–2
São Paulo 3–3 (1–3 p) Ferroviária 1–3 2–0

Group F

Santos 0–3 Corinthians
Report Jheniffer 17', 36'
Victória 22'
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Pernambuco)

Corinthians 2–0 Santos
Duda Sampaio 63' (pen.)
Fernandinha 88'
Report
Referee: Charly Wendy Straub Deretti (Santa Catarina)

Corinthians won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Group G

São Paulo 1–3 Ferroviária
Aline Milene 75' Report Barrinha 67'
Laryh 76', 89'
Referee: Rejane Caetano da Silva (Rio de Janeiro)

Ferroviária 0–2 São Paulo
Report Ariel 36'
Micaelly 42'
Penalties
Luana Sartório
Laryh
Eudimilla
Mylena Carioca
3–1 Cacau
Pardal
Ariel
Maressa
Referee: Andreza Helena de Siqueira (Minas Gerais)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Ferroviária won on penalties and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Corinthians 19 16 1 2 64 11 +53 49 2nd leg
2 Ferroviária 19 14 1 4 45 19 +26 43 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ferroviária 1–2 Corinthians 0–0 1–2

Group H

Ferroviária 0–0 Corinthians
Report
Referee: Thayslane de Melo Costa (Sergipe)

Corinthians 2–1 Ferroviária
Jheniffer 41'
Tamires 57'
Report Mylena Carioca 9'

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Amanda Gutierres Palmeiras 14
2 Byanca Brasil Cruzeiro 11
Jheniffer Corinthians
4 Aline Gomes Ferroviária 10
5 Victória Corinthians 9
6 Cristiane Santos 8
Giovanna Crivelari Flamengo/Marinha
Ketlen Santos
Laryh Ferroviária
Letícia Moreno Palmeiras

Source:CBF

References

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