2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team Guide

A look at the 20 clubs who make up Série A this season in Brazil. The League starts this weekend with 3 games on Saturday and the rest of the week completed on Sunday. This season some teams will be forced to transfer games to secondary stadiums as work begins in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Also there will be a mid-season break while the FIFA World Cup takes place in South Africa.

Atlético Goianiense

Stadium: Estádio Serra Dourada (54,000)
State: Goiânia
Champions: None. Won Série C in 1990, 2008
State Champions: 11 times (Last 2010)
Manager: Geninho
Last season: 4th in Série B

Key Man: Rodrigo Tiuí

CONMEBalls Prediction: 18th

Atlético Mineiro

Stadium: Mineirão (75,783)
State: Minas Gerais
Champions: 1971
State Champions: 40 times (last 2010)
Copa CONMEBOL: 1992, 1997
Manager: Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Last season: 7th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Key Man: Diego Tardelli

CONMEBalls Prediction: 7th

Atlético Paranaense

Stadium: Arena da Baixada (28,272)
State: Paraná
Champions: 2001
State Champions: 21 times (last 2005)
Caretaker Manager: Leandro Niehues
Last Season: 14th

Key Man: Javier Toledo

CONMEBalls Prediction: 16th

Avaí

Stadium: Ressacada (19,000)
State: Santa Catarina
Champions: None. Won Série C in 1998
State Champions: 14 times (last in 2010)
Manager: Péricles Chamusca
Last Season: 6th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Key Man: Vandinho

CONMEBalls Prediction: 12th

Botafogo

Stadium: Engenhão (45,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Champions: 1995
State Champions: 19 times (last 2010)
Copa CONMEBOL: 2003
Manager: Joel Santana
Last Season: 15th

Key Man: Sebastian "El Loco" Abreu

CONMEBalls Prediction: 11th

Ceará

Stadium: Castelão (60,326)
State: Ceará
Champions: None
State Champions: 39 times (last time 2006)
Manager: PC Gusmão
Last season: 3rd in Série B

Key Man: Geraldo

CONMEBalls Prediction: 19th

Corinthians

Stadium: Pacaembu (37,180)
State: São Paulo
Champions: 1990, 1998, 1999, 2005
State Champions: 25 times (last time 2003)
FIFA World Club Champions: 2000
Copa do Brasil: 1995, 2002, 2009
Manager: Mano Menezes
Last Season: 10th (Qualified for Copa Libertadores via Copa do Brasil)

Key Man: Ronaldo

CONMEBalls Prediction: 8th

Cruzeiro

Stadium: Mineirão (75,783)
State: Minas Gerais
Champions: 2003
State Champions: 36 times (last 2009)
Copa do Brasil: 4 times (last 2003)
Copa Libertadores: 1976, 1997
Manager: Adílson Batista
Last Season: 4th (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)

Key Man: Thiago Ribiero

CONMEBalls Prediction: 4th

Flamengo

Stadium: Maracanã (95,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Champions: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1992, 2009
State Champions: 31 times (last 2009)
Copa do Brasil: 2006
Copa Libertadores: 1981
Caretaker Head Coach: Rogério Lourenço
Last season: Champions (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)

Key Man: Wagner Love

CONMEBalls Prediction: 5th

Fluminense

Stadium: Maracanã (95,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Champions: 2004
State Champions: 30 times (last in 2005)
Copa do Brasil: 2007
Manager: Muricy Ramalho
Last Season: 16th

Key Man: Dario Conca

CONMEBalls Prediction: 13th

Goiás

Stadium: Serra Dourada (54,048)
State: Goiás
Champions: None ( Won Série B in 1999)
State Champions: 21 times (last 2006)
Manager: Emerson Leão
Last Season: 9th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Key Man: Angel Rojas

CONMEBalls Prediction: 10th

Grêmio

Stadium: Olímpico Monumental (51,082)
State: Rio Grande do Sul
Champions: 1981, 1996
State Champions: 36 times (Last 2010)
Copa Libertadores: 1983, 1995
Copa do Brasil: 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001
Manager: Silas
Last Season: 8th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Key Man: Jonas

CONMEBalls Prediction: 6th

Guarani

Stadium: Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa,
State: São Paulo
Champions: 1978
Manager: Vágner Mancini
Last season: 2nd in Série B

Key Man: Ricardo Xavier

CONMEBalls Prediction: 20th

Internacional

Stadium: Beira-Rio (56,000)
State: Rio Grande do Sul
Champions: 1975, 1976, 1979
State Champions: 39 times (Last in 2009)
Copa Libertadores: 2006
FIFA Club World Cup: 2006
Copa Sudamericana: 2008
Copa do Brasil: 1992
Manager: Jorge Fossati
Last Season: 2nd (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)

Key Man: Pablo Guiñazú

CONMEBalls Prediction: 3rd

Palmeiras

Stadium: Palestra Itália (32,436)
State: São Paulo
Champions: 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994
State Champions: 22 times (Last in 2008)
Copa Libertadores: 1999
Copa do Brasil: 1998
Manager: Antonio Carlos Zago
Last Season: 5th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Key Man: Cleiton Xavier

CONMEBalls Prediction: 17th

Prudente

Stadium: Prudentão (44,414)
State: São Paulo
Champions: None
State Champions: None (Won Campeonato Paulista Série A2 in 2006)
Head Coaches: Toninho Cecílio
Last Season: 11th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Key Man: Wesley Morais

CONMEBalls Prediction: 14th

Santos

Stadium: Estádio Vila Belmiro (20,120)
State: São Paulo
Champions: 2002, 2004
State Champions: 18 times (last in 2010)
Copa Libertadores: 1962, 1963
Copa CONMEBOL: 1998
Manager: Dorival Júnior
Last Season: 12th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Key Man: Paulo Henrique Ganso

Prediction: 1st

São Paulo

Stadium: Morumbi (80,000)
State: São Paulo
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: Ricardo Gomes
Last Season: 3rd (Qualified for Copa Libertadores)

Key Man: Hernanes

CONMEBalls Prediction: 2nd

Vasco da Gama

Stadium: São Januário (25,000)
State: Rio de Janeiro
Champions: 1974, 1989, 1997, 2000
State Champions: 22 times (Last in 2003)
Copa Libertadores: 1998
Manager: Gaúcho
Last Season: Série B Champions

Key Man: Philippe Coutinho

CONMEBalls Prediction: 15th

Vitória

Stadium: Estádio Barradão (32,000)
State: Bahia
Champions: None
State Champions: 25 times (last in 2010)
Manager: Ricardo Silva
Last Season: 13th (Qualified for Copa Sudamericana)

Key Man: Ramon Menezes

CONMEBalls Prediction: 9th

Please also check out, friend of the site, Pitaco Do Gringo's Série A Guide as well for more in depth analysis on the teams.



To the best of out knowledge the information in this article was correct at the time of publication.