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  • Wednesday 6 May 2009

    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

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