América Mineiro
Stadium: Estádio Independência (25,000) currently under reconstruction. Home games currently held at the Arena do Jacaré (25,000)
State: Minas Gerais
Website: www.americamineiro.com.br
Offical Twitter: @AmericaFC_MG
Champions: None. Won Série B in 1997
State Champions: 15 times (last in 1999)
Manager: Mauro Fernandes
Last season: 4th in Série B
Key Man: Fábio Júnior
CONMEBalls Prediction: 16th
Atlético Goianiense
Stadium: Estádio Serra Dourada (54,000)
State: Goiânia
Website: www.atleticogoianiense.com.br
Offical Twitter: @ACGOficial
Champions: None. Won Série C in 1990, 2008
State Champions: 12 times (Last 2011)
Manager: PC Gumsão
Last season: 16th
Key Man: Márcio
CONMEBalls Prediction: 15th
Atlético Mineiro
Stadium: Mineirão (75,783) currently under reconstruction. Home games currently held at the Arena do Jacaré (25,000)
State: Minas Gerais
Website: www.atletico.com.br
Offical Twitter: @atleticogalo
Champions: 1971
State Champions: 40 times (last 2010)
Copa CONMEBOL: 1992, 1997
Manager: Dorival Júnior
Last season: 13th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)
Key Man: Richarlyson
CONMEBalls Prediction: 13th
Atlético Paranaense
Stadium: Arena da Baixada (28,272)
State: Paraná
Website: www.atleticoparanaense.com
Offical Twitter: @ATLETICOPR
Champions: 2001
State Champions: 21 times (last 2005)
Manager: Adílson Batista
Last Season: 5th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)
Key Man: Paulo Baier
CONMEBalls Prediction: 11th
Avaí
Stadium: Ressacada (15,000)
State: Santa Catarina
Website: www.avai.com.br
Offical Twitter: @avaifc
Champions: None. Won Série C in 1998
State Champions: 14 times (last in 2010)
Manager: Silas
Last Season: 15th
Key Man: William
CONMEBalls Prediction: 20th
Bahia
Stadium: Estádio de Pituaçu (32,157)
State: Bahia
Website: www.esporteclubebahia.com.br
Offical Twitter: @ecbahia_oficial
Champions: 1988
State Champions: 43 times (last 2001)
Manager: Chiquinho de Assis
Last season: 3rd in Série B
Key Man: Souza
CONMEBalls Prediction: 19th
Botafogo
Stadium: Engenhão (45,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Website: www.botafogo.com.br
Offical Twitter: @BotafogOficial
Champions: 1995
State Champions: 19 times (last 2010)
Copa CONMEBOL: 2003
Manager: Caio Júnior
Last Season: 6th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)
Key Man: Germán Herrera
CONMEBalls Prediction: 12th
Ceará
Stadium: Castelão (60,326)
State: Ceará
Website: www.cearasc.com
Offical Twitter: @CearaSC
Champions: None
State Champions: 39 times (last time 2006)
Manager: Dimas Filgueiras
Last season: 12th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)
Key Man: Marcelo Nicácio
CONMEBalls Prediction: 14th
Corinthians
Stadium: Pacaembu (37,180)
State: São Paulo
Website: www.corinthians.com.br
Offical Twitter: @sitecorinthians
Champions: 1990, 1998, 1999, 2005
State Champions: 25 times (last time 2003)
FIFA World Club Champions: 2000
Copa do Brasil: 1995, 2002, 2009
Manager: Tite
Last Season: 3rd (Qualified for Copa Libertadores and failed miserably)
Key Man: Liédson
CONMEBalls Prediction: 7th
Coritiba
Stadium: Couto Pereira (37,812)
State: Paraná
Website: www.coritiba.com.br
Offical Twitter: @coritibaoficial
Champions: 1985
State Champions: 35 times (last 2011)
Manager: Marcelo Oliveira
Last season: Série B Champions
Key Man: Geraldo
CONMEBalls Prediction: 9th
Cruzeiro
Stadium: Mineirão (75,783) currently under reconstruction. Home games currently held at the Arena do Jacaré (25,000)
State: Minas Gerais
Website: www.cruzeiro.com.br
Offical Twitter: @cruzeiroec
Champions: 2003
State Champions: 37 times (last 2011)
Copa do Brasil: 4 times (last 2003)
Copa Libertadores: 1976, 1997
Manager: Cuca
Last Season: 2nd (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)
Key Man: Walter Montillo
CONMEBalls Prediction: 2nd
Figueirense
Stadium: Orlando Scarpelli (19,908)
State: Santa Catarina
Website: http://novosite.figueirense.com.br
Offical Twitter: @figueirensefc
Champions: None
State Champions: 15 times (last 2008)
Manager: Márcio Goiano
Last season: 2nd in Série B
Key Man: Wilson Pittoni
CONMEBalls Prediction: 17th
Flamengo
Stadium: Maracanã (95,000) currently under reconstruction. Home games being played at the Engenhão (45,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Website: www.flamengo.com.br
Offical Twitter: @cr_flamengo
Champions: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1992, 2009
State Champions: 32 times (last 2011)
Copa do Brasil: 2006
Copa Libertadores: 1981
Manager: Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Last season: 14th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)
Key Man: Ronaldinho Gáucho
CONMEBalls Prediction: 10th
Fluminense
Stadium: Maracanã (95,000) currently under reconstruction. Home games being played at the Engenhão (45,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Website: www.fluminense.com.br
Offical Twitter: @OficialFlu
Champions: 2004, 2010
State Champions: 30 times (last in 2005)
Copa do Brasil: 2007
Manager: Vacant
Last Season: Champions (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)
Key Man: Dario Conca
CONMEBalls Prediction: 5th
Grêmio
Stadium: Olímpico Monumental (51,081)
State: Rio Grande do Sul
Website: www.gremio.net
Offical Twitter: @gremiooficial
Champions: 1981, 1996
State Champions: 36 times (Last 2010)
Copa Libertadores: 1983, 1995
Copa do Brasil: 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001
Manager: Renato Gaúcho
Last Season: 4th (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)
Key Man: André Lima
CONMEBalls Prediction: 4th
Internacional
Stadium: Beira-Rio (56,000)
State: Rio Grande do Sul
Website: www.internacional.com.br
Offical Twitter: @assessoriainter
Champions: 1975, 1976, 1979
State Champions: 40 times (Last in 2011)
Copa Libertadores: 2006, 2010
FIFA Club World Cup: 2006
Copa Sudamericana: 2008
Copa do Brasil: 1992
Manager: Paulo Roberto Falcão
Last Season: 7th (Qualified for Copa Libertadores as holders)
Key Man: Pablo Guiñazú
CONMEBalls Prediction: 3rd
Palmeiras
Stadium: Palestra Itália (37,952) currently under reconstruction. Home games are held at the Pacaembu (37,180) and Arena Barueri (35,000)
State: São Paulo
Website; www.palmeiras.com.br
Offical Twitter: @sitepalmeiras
Champions: 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994
State Champions: 22 times (Last in 2008)
Copa Libertadores: 1999
Copa do Brasil: 1998
Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari
Last Season: 10th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)
Key Man: Marcos Assunção
CONMEBalls Prediction: 8th
Santos
Stadium: Estádio Vila Belmiro (20,120)
State: São Paulo
Website: www.santosfc.com.br
Offical Twitter: @santosfc
Champions: 2002, 2004
State Champions: 19 times (last in 2011)
Copa Libertadores: 1962, 1963
Copa CONMEBOL: 1998
Copa do Brasil; 2010
Manager: Muricy Ramalho
Last Season: 8th (Qualified for Copa Libertadores as Copa Do Brasil holders)
Key Man: Neymar
Prediction: 1st
São Paulo
Stadium: Morumbi (80,000)
State: São Paulo
Website: www.saopaulofc.net
Offical Twitter: @SaoPauloFC
Champions: 1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008
State Champions: 21 times (last in 2005)
FIFA World Club Champions: 2005
Copa Libertadores: 1992, 1993, 2005
Copa CONMEBOL: 1994
Manager: Paulo César Carpegiani
Last Season: 9th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)
Key Man: Luís Fabiano
CONMEBalls Prediction: 6th
Vasco da Gama
Stadium: São Januário (25,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Website: www.crvascodagama.com
Offical Twitter: @crvascodagama
Champions: 1974, 1989, 1997, 2000
State Champions: 22 times (Last in 2003)
Copa Libertadores: 1998
Manager: Ricardo Gomes
Last Season: 11th (Qualified for Copa sudamericana)
Key Man: Juninho Pernambucano
CONMEBalls Prediction: 18th
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