2007 in Brazilian football

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The following article presents a summary of the 2007 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 106th season of competitive football in the country.

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[edit] Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 São Paulo 77 38 23 8 7 55 19 36
2 Santos 62 38 19 5 14 57 47 10
3 Flamengo 61 38 17 10 11 55 49 6
4 Fluminense 61 38 16 13 9 57 39 18
5 Cruzeiro 60 38 18 6 14 73 59 15
6 Grêmio 58 38 17 7 14 44 43 1
7 Palmeiras 58 38 16 10 12 48 47 1
8 Atlético-MG 55 38 15 10 13 63 51 12
9 Botafogo 55 38 14 13 11 62 58 4
10 Vasco 54 38 15 9 14 58 47 11
11 Internacional 54 38 15 9 14 49 44 5
12 Atlético-PR 54 38 14 12 12 51 50 1
13 Figueirense 53 38 14 11 13 57 56 1
14 Sport 51 38 14 9 15 54 55 -1
15 Náutico 49 38 14 7 17 66 63 3
16 Goiás 45 38 13 6 19 49 62 -13
17 Corinthians 44 38 10 14 14 40 50 -10
18 Paraná 41 38 12 7 20 42 64 -22
19 Juventude 41 38 11 8 19 43 65 -22
20 América-RN 17 38 4 5 29 24 80 -56

São Paulo declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions.

[edit] Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Corinthians, Paraná, Juventude and América-RN, were relegated to the following year's second level.

[edit] Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Coritiba 69 38 21 6 11 54 41 13
2 Ipatinga 67 38 20 7 11 60 41 19
3 Portuguesa 63 38 17 12 9 63 46 17
4 Vitória 59 38 18 5 15 68 50 18
5 Fortaleza 56 38 17 5 16 51 46 5
6 Marília 53 38 17 8 13 66 61 5
7 Criciúma 53 38 15 8 16 51 44 7
8 CRB 53 38 15 8 15 54 62 -8
9 Brasiliense 53 38 14 11 13 57 53 4
10 São Caetano 53 38 13 14 11 45 39 6
11 Ponte Preta 52 38 13 13 12 58 55 3
12 Gama 51 38 14 9 15 53 56 -3
13 Barueri 51 38 14 9 15 57 71 -14
14 Santo André 51 38 13 12 13 51 50 1
15 Avaí 51 38 13 12 13 52 55 -3
16 Ceará 50 38 13 11 14 58 58 0
17 Paulista 45 38 12 10 17 58 61 -3
18 Santa Cruz 42 38 10 12 16 47 65 -18
19 Remo 36 38 10 6 22 53 69 -16
20 Ituano 33 38 8 9 21 41 74 -33

Coritiba declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions.

[edit] Promotion

The four best placed teams, which are Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa and Vitória, were promoted to the following year's first level.

[edit] Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Paulista, Santa Cruz, Remo and Ituano, were relegated to the following year's third level.

[edit] Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Final Stage

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Bragantino 26 14 7 5 2 21 13 8
2 Bahia 24 14 6 6 2 26 18 8
3 Vila Nova-GO 23 14 7 2 5 26 19 7
4 ABC 23 14 7 2 5 20 21 -1
5 CRAC 21 14 7 0 7 24 20 4
6 Atlético Goianiense 21 14 6 3 5 22 17 7
7 Barras-PI 10 14 2 4 8 15 31 -16
8 Nacional-PB 8 14 2 2 10 8 25 -17

Bragantino declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions.

[edit] Promotion

The four best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Bragantino, Bahia, Vila Nova-GO and ABC, were promoted to the following year's second level.

[edit] Copa do Brasil

Main article: Copa do Brasil 2007

The Copa do Brasil final was played between Fluminense and Figueirense.


May 30, 2007 Fluminense 1–1 Figueirense Maracanã

June 6, 2007 Figueirense 0–1 Fluminense Orlando Scarpelli

Fluminense declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 2-1.

[edit] State Championship champions

State Champion State Champion
Acre Rio Branco Paraíba Nacional de Patos
Alagoas Coruripe Paraná Paranavaí
Amapá Trem Pernambuco Sport Recife
Amazonas Nacional (AM) Piauí River
Bahia Vitória Rio de Janeiro Flamengo
Ceará Fortaleza Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Distrito Federal Brasiliense Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio
Espírito Santo Linhares FC Rondônia Ulbra Ji-Paraná
Goiás Atlético Goianiense Roraima Roraima
Maranhão Maranhão Santa Catarina Chapecoense
Mato Grosso Cacerense São Paulo Santos
Mato Grosso do Sul Águia Negra Sergipe América (SE)
Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro Tocantins Palmas
Pará Remo

[edit] Youth competition champions

Competition Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 Cruzeiro
Copa Macaé de Juvenis Cruzeiro
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil Internacional
Copa São Paulo de Juniores Cruzeiro
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores Flamengo

[edit] Other competition champions

Competition Champion
Campeonato Paulista do Interior Guaratinguetá
Copa Amoretty Caxias
Copa FPF Juventus
Copa Governador do Mato Grosso Luverdense
Copa Paraná J. Malucelli
Copa Rio Volta Redonda
Copa Santa Catarina Marcílio Dias
Recopa Sul-Brasileira Marcílio Dias
Taça Minas Gerais Ituiutaba

[edit] Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team Copa Libertadores 2007 Copa Sudamericana 2007 Recopa Sudamericana 2007
Atlético Paranaense Did not qualify Preliminary round N/A
Botafogo Did not qualify Round of 16 N/A
Corinthians Did not qualify Preliminary round N/A
Cruzeiro Did not qualify Preliminary round N/A
Figueirense Did not qualify Preliminary round N/A
Flamengo Round of 16 Did not qualify N/A
Goiás Did not qualify Round of 16 N/A
Grêmio Runner-up Did not qualify N/A
Internacional Group stage Did not qualify Champions
Paraná Round of 16 Did not qualify N/A
Santos Semi-finals Did not qualify N/A
São Paulo Round of 16 Quarter-finals N/A
Vasco Did not qualify Quarter-finals N/A

[edit] Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2007.

Date Opposition Result Score Brazil scorers Competition
March 24, 2007 Flag of Chile Chile W 4-0 Ronaldinho (2), Kaká, Juan International Friendly
March 27, 2007 Flag of Ghana Ghana W 1-0 Vágner Love International Friendly
June 1, 2007 Flag of England England D 1-1 Diego International Friendly
June 5, 2007 Flag of Turkey Turkey D 0-0 - International Friendly
June 27, 2007 Flag of Mexico Mexico L 0-2 - Copa América
July 1, 2007 Flag of Chile Chile W 3-0 Robinho (3) Copa América
July 4, 2007 Flag of Ecuador Ecuador W 1-0 Robinho Copa América
July 7, 2007 Flag of Chile Chile W 6-1 Juan, Júlio Baptista, Robinho (2), Josué, Vágner Love Copa América
July 10, 2007 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay W 2-2 (5-4 pen) Maicon, Júlio Baptista Copa América
July 15, 2007 Flag of Argentina Argentina W 3-0 Júlio Baptista, Roberto Ayala (own goal), Daniel Alves Copa América
August 22, 2007 Flag of Algeria Algeria W 2-0 Maicon, Ronaldinho International Friendly
September 9, 2007 Flag of the United States USA W 4-2 Oguchi Onyewu (own goal), Lúcio, Ronaldinho, Elano International Friendly
September 12, 2007 Flag of Mexico Mexico W 3-1 Kléber, Kaká, Afonso Alves International Friendly
October 14, 2007 Flag of Colombia Colombia D 0-0 - World Cup Qualifying
October 17, 2007 Flag of Ecuador Ecuador W 5-0 Vágner Love, Ronaldinho, Kaká (2), Elano World Cup Qualifying
November 18, 2007 Flag of Peru Peru D 1-1 Kaká World Cup Qualifying
November 21, 2007 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay W 2-1 Luís Fabiano (2) World Cup Qualifying

[edit] Women's football

[edit] Brazil women's national football team

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2007:

Competition Performance
World Cup Runner-up
Pan American Games Champions

[edit] Domestic competition champions

Competition Champion
Campeonato Carioca CEPE-Caxias
Campeonato Paulista Santos
Copa do Brasil Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad

[edit] References