Brasiliero Série A Team Guide 2009

A look at the 20 clubs who make up Série A this season in Brazil. The League starts this weekend with 3 games on Saturday and the rest of the week completed on Sunday.

Atlético Mineiro

Stadium: Mineirão (72,000)
State: Minas Gerais
Champions: 1971
State Champions: 39 times (last 2007)
Copa CONMEBOL: 1992, 1997
Manager: Émerson Leão
Last season: 12th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Atlético Paranaense

Stadium: Arena da Baixada (25,272)
State: Paraná
Champions: 2001
State Champions: 21 times (last 2005)
Manager: Geninho
Last Season: 13th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Avaí

Stadium: Ressacada (19,000)
State: Santa Catarina
Champions: None. Won Série C in 1998
State Champions: 13 times (last in 1997)
Manager: Paulo Silas
Last Season: 3rd in Série B

Barueri

Stadium: Arena Barueri (17,000)
State: São Paulo
Champions: None
State Champions: None (Won Campeonato Paulista Série A2 in 2006)
Head Coaches: Toninho Moura, Luiz Carlos Goiano, Diego Cerri
Last Season: 4th in Série B
Debut season in Série A

Botafogo

Stadium: Engenhão (45,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Champions: 1995
State Champions: 18 times (last 2006)
Copa CONMEBOL: 2003
Manager: Ney Franco
Last Season: 7th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Corinthians

Stadium: Pacaembu (37,180)
State: São Paulo
Champions: 1990, 1998, 1999, 2005
State Champions: 25 times (last time 2003)
FIFA World Club Champions: 2000
Manager: Mano Menezes
Last Season: Série B Champions

Coritiba

Stadium: Couto Pereira (37,182)
State: Paraná
Champions: 1985
State Champions: 33 times (Last in 2008)
Manager: Ivo Wortmann
Last Season: 9th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Cruzeiro

Stadium: Mineirão (72,000)
State: Minas Gerais
Champions: 2003
State Champions: 36 times (last 2009)
Copa do Brasil: 4 times (last 2003)
Copa Libertadores: 1976, 1997
Manager: Adílson Batista
Last Season: 3rd (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)

Flamengo

Stadium: Maracanã (95,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Champions: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1992
State Champions: 31 times (last 2009)
Copa do Brasil: 2006
Copa Libertadores: 1981
Head Coach: Cuca
Last season: 5th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Fluminense

Stadium: Maracanã (95,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Champions: 2004
State Champions: 30 times (last in 2005)
Copa do Brasil: 2007
Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira
Last Season: 14th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Goiás

Stadium: Serra Dourada (54,048)
State: Goiás
Champions: None ( Won Série B in 1999)
State Champions: 21 times (last 2006)
Manager: Hélio dos Anjos
Last Season: 8th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Grêmio

Stadium: Olímpico Monumental (51,082)
State: Rio Grande do Sul
Champions: 1981, 1996
State Champions: 35 times (Last 2007)
Copa Libertadores: 1983, 1995
Copa do Brasil: 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001
Manager: Marcelo Rospide (Caretaker, position yet to be filled full time)
Last Season: 2nd (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)

S.C. Internacional

Stadium: Beira-Rio (56,000)
State: Rio Grande do Sul
Champions: 1975, 1976, 1979
State Champions: 39 times (Last in 2009)
Copa Libertadores: 2006
FIFA Club World Cup: 2006
Copa Sudamericana: 2008
Copa do Brasil: 1992
Manager: Tite
Last Season: 6th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Náutico

Stadium: Estádio dos Aflitos (30,000)
State: Pernambuco
Champions: None
State Champions: 21 times (last time 2004)
Manager: Valdema Lemos
Last Season: 16th

Palmeiras

Stadium: Palestra Itália (32,436)
State: São Paulo
Champions: 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994
State Champions: 22 times (Last in 2008)
Copa Libertadores: 1999
Copa do Brasil: 1998
Manager: Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Last Season: 4th (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)

Santo André

Stadium: Bruno José Daniel (18,000)
State: São Paulo
Champions: None
State Champions: None
Copa do Brasil: 2004
Manager: Sérgio Guedes
Last Season: 2nd in Série B

Santos

Stadium: Estádio Vila Belmiro (20,120)
State: São Paulo
Champions: 2002, 2004
State Champions: 17 times (last in 2007)
Copa Libertadores: 1962, 1963
Copa CONMEBOL: 1998
Manager: Vágner Mancini
Last Season: 15th

São Paulo

Stadium: Morumbi (80,000)
State: São Paulo
Champions: 1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008
State Champions: 21 times (last in 2005)
FIFA World Club Champions: 2005
Copa Libertadores: 1992, 1993, 2005
Copa CONMEBOL: 1994
Manager: Muricy Ramalho
Last Season: Champions (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)

Sport Recife

Stadium: Ilha do Retiro (35,000)
State: Pernambuco
Champions: 1987
State Champions: 38 times (last in 2009)
Copa do Brasil: 2008
Manager: Nelsinho Baptista
Last Season: 11th (Qualified for Copa Libertadores via Copa do Brasil)

Vitória

Stadium: Estádio Barradão (32,000)
State: Bahia
Champions: None
State Champions: 24 times (last in 2008)
Manager: Paulo Cesar Carpegiani
Last Season: 10th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

The opening weekend fixtures are

Sport Recife	PE		x		Barueri	SP
Palmeiras	SP		x		Coritiba	PR
Avaí	SC		x		Atlético	MG
Corinthians	SP		x		Internacional	RS
Fluminense	RJ		x		São Paulo	SP
Cruzeiro	MG		x		Flamengo	RJ
Atlético	PR		x		Vitória	BA
Grêmio	RS		x		Santos	SP
Santo André	SP		x		Botafogo	RJ
Goiás	GO		x		Náutico	PE