2016 Primeira Liga

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.

2016 Primeira Liga

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)

Qualified teams

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 23'	Report	Alisson 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 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 4', 43' De Arrascaeta 65'	Report	Diego Souza 28' (pen.), 34', 70' (pen.) Scarpa 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 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 75' Élber 79'	Report	Pablo 33'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 4,476

Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10)

21:45

Fluminense	2–0	Criciúma
Gerson 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 51' Gabriel 87'	Report	Edinho 1' Bressan 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 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 42' Dourado 44' Sasha 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 33', 67' (pen.) Vinícius 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 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 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 13' (pen.) Gabriel Esteves 54'	Report	Eduardo 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 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 63'	Report	Rafael Bastos 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 33'	Report	Éverton Santos 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 29', 60'	Report	Vitinho 24', 85'
Penalties
Scarpa Cícero Marcos Jr. Felipe Amorim	3–2	Sasha Vitinho Marquinhos Jackson 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 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 80'	Report

Estádio Helenão, Juiz de Fora

Attendance: 23,985

Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci