2016 Primeira Liga

2016 Primeira Liga

File:Primeira Liga (Brazil).png Official logo
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	27 January – 20 April
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Fluminense (1st title) (1st title)
Runner-up	Atlético Paranaense
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	44 (2.1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Diego Souza Paolo Guerrero (3 goals each)
Best player	Gustavo Scarpa (Fluminense)

The 2016 Primeira Liga is the first edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 12 clubs, the Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina leagues provide three entrants, while Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná provide two each.

Qualified teams

File:Taça da Primeira Liga de 2016.jpg

Primeira Liga 2016

Association	Team (Berth)
Rio de Janeiro 2 berths	Flamengo
	Fluminense
Minas Gerais 3 berths	América
	Atlético Mineiro
	Cruzeiro
Rio Grande do Sul 2 berths	Grêmio
	Internacional
Paraná 2 berths	Coritiba
	Atlético Paranaense
Santa Catarina 3 berths	Avaí
	Criciúma
	Figueirense

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Qualifies to the Final stage
2	Atlético Paranaense	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Cruzeiro	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Criciúma	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source:

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

19:30

Criciúma	1–1	Cruzeiro
Diego Giaretta File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Report	Alisson File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'

Estádio Heriberto Hülse, Criciúma

Attendance: 7,040

Referee: Charles Martins Lemos

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

19:30

Fluminense	0–1	Atlético Paranaense
	Report	Vinícius File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

Estádio Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda

Attendance: 6,005

Referee: Célio Amorim

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17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)

19:30

Cruzeiro	3–4	Fluminense
Rafael Silva File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 43' De Arrascaeta File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report	Diego Souza File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.), 34', 70' (pen.) Scarpa File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 21,118

Referee: Francisco de Paula Neto

24 February 2016 (2016-02-24)

19:30

Atlético Paranaense	1–0	Criciúma
Otávio File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 33,270

Referee: Jeferson Antônio da Costa

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10 March 2016 (2016-03-10)

19:30

Cruzeiro	2–1	Atlético Paranaense
Douglas Coutinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Élber File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report	Pablo File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 4,476

Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10)

21:45

Fluminense	2–0	Criciúma
Gerson File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 33'	Report

Estádio Helenão, Juiz de Fora

Attendance: 1,406

Referee: Ronei Cândido Alves

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	5	Qualifies to the Final stage
2	Grêmio	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Coritiba	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
4	Avaí	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Source:

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

21:45

Internacional	0–0	Coritiba
	Report

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 13,092

Referee: Ronan Marques da Rosa

28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)

21:45

Avaí	2–2	Grêmio
William File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Gabriel File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report	Edinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Bressan File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'

Arena Condá, Chapecó

Attendance: 2,704

Referee: Erik Giovanni Fernandes

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7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)

19:30

Grêmio	1–0	Coritiba
Douglas File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'	Report

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 11,118

Referee: Héber Roberto Lopes

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)

19:30

Internacional	3–0	Avaí
Aylon File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Dourado File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Sasha File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 7,813

Referee: Ronei Candido Alves

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6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)

18:30

Grêmio	0–0	Internacional
	Report

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 48,204

Referee: Anderson Daronco

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10)

21:45

Coritiba	3–0	Avaí
Leandro File:Soccerball shade.svg 33', 67' (pen.) Vinícius File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'	Report

Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba

Attendance: 1,982

Referee: William Machado Steffens

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FLA	FIG	AME	CAM
1	Flamengo	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage		—	1–1	1−0
2	Figueirense	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4				—		2–1
3	América Mineiro	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4				1–0	—
4	Atlético Mineiro	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1			0−2		1–1	—

Source: Primeira Liga – Tabela
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) drawing of lots.

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

21:45

Atlético Mineiro	0–2	Flamengo
	Report	Guerrero File:Soccerball shade.svg 67', 87'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 30,378

Referee: Héber Roberto Lopes

28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)

19:30

América-MG	1–0	Figueirense
Sávio File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'	Report

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 2,127

Referee: Arilson Bispo da Anunciação

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6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)

17:00

Figueirense	2–1	Atlético Mineiro
Dudu File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' (pen.) Gabriel Esteves File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Report	Eduardo File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'

Estádio Orlando Scarpelli, Florianópolis

Attendance: 3,062

Referee: Leandro Vuaden

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)

21:45

Flamengo	1–0	América-MG
Éverton File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'	Report

Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica

Attendance: 17,167

Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado

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2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)

19:30

Atlético Mineiro	1–1	América-MG
Dátolo File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report	Rafael Bastos File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 6,403

Referee: Arilson Bispo da Anunciação

9 March 2016 (2016-03-09)

19:30

Flamengo	1–1	Figueirense
Guerrero File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Report	Éverton Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'

Estádio Nacional, Brasília

Attendance: 7,219

Referee: Wanderson Alves de Souza

Ranking of second placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Paranaense	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Qualifies to the Final stage
2	Grêmio	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Figueirense	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4

Source:

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 March – Estádio Nacional
	Fluminense (pen.)	2 (3)
					20 April – Estádio Helenão
	Internacional	2 (2)
					Fluminense	1
	23 March – Estádio Helenão
					Atlético Paranaense	0
	Flamengo	0
	Atlético Paranaense	1

Semi-finals

23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)

19:15

Fluminense	2–2	Internacional
Osvaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 60'	Report	Vitinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 85'
Penalties
Scarpa soccer ball with check mark Cícero soccer ball with check mark Marcos Jr. soccer ball with check mark Felipe Amorim soccer ball with red X	3–2	soccer ball with check mark Sasha soccer ball with red X Vitinho soccer ball with check mark Marquinhos soccer ball with red X Jackson soccer ball with red X Anderson

Estádio Nacional, Brasília

Attendance: 4,624

Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci

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23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)

21:30

Flamengo	0–1	Atlético Paranaense
	Report	Marcos Guilherme File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'

Estádio Helenão, Juiz de Fora

Attendance: 12,917

Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Final

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20)

21:45

Fluminense	1–0	Atlético Paranaense
Marcos Júnior File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report

Estádio Helenão, Juiz de Fora

Attendance: 23,985

Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci