The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A-1 (officially the Brasileirão Feminino Neoenergia 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino (Brazilian Women's National Championship), also known as Brasileirão Femenino, is an annual Brazilian women's club football tournament organized by the ''Confederação Brasileira de Futebol'', or CBF ...

, the top level of women's football in Brazil, and the 7th edition in a Série A1 since its establishment in 2016. The tournament was organized by the

Brazilian Football Confederation The Brazilian Football Confederation ( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country ...

(CBF). It started on 24 February and ended on 10 September 2023. Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the 2022 Série A2 (

Athletico Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

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and Real Ariquemes) In the 15th round of Group A (12 June 2023), Real Ariquemes players refused to play their home match against Santos in protest over unpaid wages. Santos was awarded a 3–0 win by forfeit. In the finals, the defending champions

Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...

won their 5th title after defeating Ferroviária 2–1 on aggregate.

and Real Ariquemes were relegated to the 2024 Série A2.

Format

In the group stage, each team played once against the other fifteen teams. Top eight teams qualified for the final stages. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away

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basis.

Teams

Number of teams by state

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Foreign players

The clubs can have a maximum of seven foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.

Players holding Brazilian dual nationality

They do not take foreign slot. *

Suzane Pires Suzane Pires Cardozo (born Suzane Lira Pires; 17 August 1992), simply known as Suzane, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Associação Ferroviária de Esportes and the Portugal women's nationa ...

(Ferroviária)

Group stage

In the group stage, each team played on a single

round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...

. The top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams were ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2.

Goal difference Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...

; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the

(Regulations Article 15).

Group A

Results

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a

single-elimination tournament A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

with the following rules: *Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away

basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. **If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 16). *

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would not be played and

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...

would not be used in final stages. Starting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the

(Regulations Article 20).

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Group B

---- ''Corinthians won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.''

Group C

---- ''São Paulo won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.''

Group D

---- ''Ferroviária won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.''

Group E

---- ''Santos won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.''

Semi-finals

Group F

---- ''Corinthians won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.''

Group G

---- ''Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Ferroviária won on penalties and advanced to the finals.''

Finals

Group H

----

Top goalscorers

References

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