2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão
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2015 for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th edition of the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...
, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. After winning twice in a row in the
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and
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seasons, Cruzeiro came in defending their title as the Brazilian football champions.
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won the title, their sixth overall and third since the introduction of the double round-robin in 2003.


Format

For the thirteenth consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with the highest number of points at the end of the season was declared champion. The bottom four teams were relegated and will play in the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...
in the 2016 season.


International qualification

The Série A served as a qualifier to
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's 2016 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings qualified to the Second Stage of the competition, while the fourth place in the standings qualified to the First Stage.


Teams

Despite
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's relegation in the previous championship, it marked the first time four clubs from Santa Catarina took part of the same Brasileirão, at least in its current format; last time it happened, in
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, the championship had more than 90 teams.


Stadia and locations


Number of teams by state


Personnel and kits


Managerial changes


Results


League table


Result table


Attendance


Average home attendances

Updated to games played on 6 December 2015. Source: PerspectivaOnline.com.br


Season statistics


Top scorers


Top assists


Hat-tricks

4 Player scored 4 goals. Source: ESPN FC & Globo


References

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