Misplaced Pages

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 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 (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, Bahia, Ceará 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 won their 5th title after defeating Ferroviária 2–1 on aggregate.

Athletico Paranaense, Bahia, Ceará 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 two-legged basis.

Teams

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
5	São Paulo	Corinthians, Ferroviária, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo
2	Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro
	Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio and Internacional
1	Bahia	Bahia
	Ceará	Ceará
	Distrito Federal	Real Brasília
	Paraná	Athletico Paranaense
	Rio de Janeiro	Flamengo/Marinha
	Rondônia	Real Ariquemes
	Santa Catarina	Avaí

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Athletico Paranaense	Curitiba	CT do Caju	3,000
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	SESC Alterosas	2,000
Avaí	Caçador	Salézio Kindermann	6,500
Bahia	Salvador	CT Evaristo de Macedo (Camaçari)	1,000
Ceará	Fortaleza	CT Cidade Vozão (Itaitinga)	4,000
Corinthians	São Paulo	Parque São Jorge	18,500
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	SESC Alterosas	2,000
Ferroviária	Araraquara	Fonte Luminosa	21,441
Flamengo/Marinha	Rio de Janeiro	Luso Brasileiro	4,697
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Antônio Vieira Ramos (Gravataí)	4,700
Internacional	Porto Alegre	SESC Protásio Alves	2,800
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Allianz Parque	43,713
Real Ariquemes	Ariquemes	Gentil Valério	2,500
Real Brasília	Brasília	Ciro Machado do Espírito Santo	1,500
Santos	Santos	Urbano Caldeira	21,732
São Paulo	São Paulo	Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa (Cotia)	2,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Athletico Paranaense	Brenno Basso	Evellyn Marques	Umbro
Atlético Mineiro	Vantressa Ferreira	Ludmila Barbosa	Adidas	Banco BMG
Avaí	Carine Bosetti	Limpia Fretes	Umbro	PixBet
Bahia	Igor Morena	Thayná	Esquadrão (club manufactured kit)
Ceará	David Lopes	Karen Rocha	Vozão (club manufactured kit)	EstrelaBet
Corinthians	Arthur Elias	Tamires	Nike
Cruzeiro	Felipe Freitas	Carol Baiana	Adidas	Gerdau
Ferroviária	Jéssica de Lima	Patrícia Sochor	Lupo Sport [pt]	Estrella Galicia Galera.bet
Flamengo/Marinha	Luís Andrade	Darlene	Adidas	Banco BRB
Grêmio	Felipe Endres	Tuani	Umbro	Banrisul
Internacional	Maurício Salgado	Bruna Benites	Adidas	EstrelaBet
Palmeiras	Ricardo Belli	Bia Zaneratto	Puma	Betfair
Real Ariquemes	Paulo Eduardo	Gabi Lira	Criare Sports	CrediSIS CrediAri
Real Brasília	Camilla Orlando	Isabela Melo	Tolledo Sports	Banco BRB
Santos	Kleiton Lima	Brena	Umbro	Blaze.com
São Paulo	Thiago Viana	Pardal	Adidas	Sportsbet.io

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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
Athletico Paranaense	Hilary Vergara
Atlético Mineiro	Karol Bermúdez	Dayana Rodríguez	Luciana Gómez	Jorelyn Carabalí	Ingrid Guerra	Manuela Paví
Avaí	Ximena Velazco	Verónica Riveros	Limpia Fretes	Lule González	Catalina Pérez
Bahia	Yenny Acuña
Ceará	Elena Kössler
Corinthians
Cruzeiro	Kelly Arrieta	Kelly Caicedo
Ferroviária	Joemar Guarecuco	Yisela Cuesta
Flamengo/Marinha	Sole Jaimes	Agustina Barroso
Grêmio	Jessica Peña	Mónica Ramos	Agostina Holzheier
Internacional	Fabiola Sandoval	Fany Gauto	Belén Aquino
Palmeiras	Alicia Bobadilla	Kate Tapia	Lorena Benítez	Ramona Martínez	Rosa Miño	Yamila Rodríguez	Rosario Balmaceda
Real Ariquemes	Graciela Martínez
Real Brasília	Natasha Rosas	Petra Cabrera	Lorena Bedoya	Lady Andrade
Santos	Jourdan Ziff	Luciana Ortega	Reina Bonta
São Paulo

Players holding Brazilian dual nationality

They do not take foreign slot.

• Suzane Pires (Ferroviária)

Group stage

In the group stage, each team played on a single round-robin tournament. The top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams were ranked according to points (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; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).

Group A

Results

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

• Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged 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).
• Extra time would not be played and away goals rule 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 Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 20).

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	São Paulo	1	3	4
	Palmeiras	1	1	2
							São Paulo	1	2	3 (1)
							Ferroviária (p)	3	0	3 (3)
	Internacional	0	0	0
	Ferroviária	1	3	4
													Ferroviária	0	1	1
													Corinthians	0	2	2
	Flamengo/Marinha	1	1	2
	Santos	3	4	7
							Santos	0	0	0
							Corinthians	3	2	5
	Cruzeiro	1	2	3
	Corinthians	2	4	6

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro	3–6	Corinthians	1–2	2–4
São Paulo	4–2	Palmeiras	1–1	3–1
Internacional	0–4	Ferroviária	0–1	0–3
Flamengo/Marinha	2–7	Santos	1–3	1–4

Group B

Cruzeiro	1–2	Corinthians
Marília 44'	Report	Gabi Zanotti 30' Victória 90+4' (pen.)

Corinthians	4–2	Cruzeiro
Jheniffer 11' Victória 22' Duda Sampaio 48' Tamires 62'	Report	Isabela Fernandes 31' Byanca Brasil 57'

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

Group C

São Paulo	1–1	Palmeiras
Maressa 89'	Report	Letícia Moreno 27'

Palmeiras	1–3	São Paulo
Amanda Gutierres 11'	Report	Rafa Mineira 22' Ana Alice 48' Micaelly 67'

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

Group D

Internacional	0–1	Ferroviária
	Report	Luana Sartório 82'

Ferroviária	3–0	Internacional
Aline Gomes 36' Suzane Pires 89' Cuesta 90+3'	Report

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

Group E

Flamengo/Marinha	1–3	Santos
Leidi 39'	Report	Vitória Yaya 3' Cristiane 72' Thaisinha 78'

Santos	4–1	Flamengo/Marinha
Ketlen 21', 90' Bia Menezes 54' Camila 90+3'	Report	Leidi 17'

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

Semi-finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Corinthians	17	14	1	2	59	11	+48	43	Second leg
3	Santos	17	12	2	3	39	12	+27	38	First leg
2	Ferroviária	17	13	1	3	42	16	+26	40	Second leg
4	São Paulo	17	8	5	4	31	15	+16	29	First leg

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	0–5	Corinthians	0–3	0–2
São Paulo	3–3 (1–3 p)	Ferroviária	1–3	2–0

Group F

Santos	0–3	Corinthians
	Report	Jheniffer 17', 36' Victória 22'

Corinthians	2–0	Santos
Duda Sampaio 63' (pen.) Fernandinha 88'	Report

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

Group G

São Paulo	1–3	Ferroviária
Aline Milene 75'	Report	Barrinha 67' Laryh 76', 89'

Ferroviária	0–2	São Paulo
	Report	Ariel 36' Micaelly 42'
Penalties
Luana Sartório Laryh Eudimilla Mylena Carioca	3–1	Cacau Pardal Ariel Maressa

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

Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Corinthians	19	16	1	2	64	11	+53	49	2nd leg
2	Ferroviária	19	14	1	4	45	19	+26	43	1st leg

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferroviária	1–2	Corinthians	0–0	1–2

Group H

Ferroviária	0–0	Corinthians
	Report

Corinthians	2–1	Ferroviária
Jheniffer 41' Tamires 57'	Report	Mylena Carioca 9'

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Amanda Gutierres	Palmeiras	14
2	Byanca Brasil	Cruzeiro	11
	Jheniffer	Corinthians
4	Aline Gomes	Ferroviária	10
5	Victória	Corinthians	9
6	Cristiane	Santos	8
	Giovanna Crivelari	Flamengo/Marinha
	Ketlen	Santos
	Laryh	Ferroviária
	Letícia Moreno	Palmeiras

Source:CBF

References

1. "Neoenergia é a primeira patrocinadora exclusiva das Seleções Brasileiras Femininas" (in Portuguese). CBF. 1 June 2021.
2. "BRASILEIRÃO FEMININO NEOENERGIA TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 2 February 2023.
3. "Athletico, Ceará e Real Ariquemes garantem acesso ao Brasileirão Feminino Neoenergia" (in Portuguese). CBF. 13 August 2022.
4. "Real Ariquemes protesta contra salários atrasados, e Santos vence por WO no Brasileiro Feminino" (in Portuguese). Globo. 12 June 2023.
5. "Corinthians é campeão do Brasileirão Feminino Neoenergia com recorde de público" (in Portuguese). CBF. 10 September 2023.
6. "Quartas de final definidas no Brasileiro Feminino" (in Portuguese). CBF. 13 June 2023.
7. ^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Feminino A1 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
8. "CNEF CADASTRO NACIONAL DE ESTÁDIOS DE FUTEBOL" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 January 2016.

• Women's football leagues in Brazil
• 2023 in Brazilian football