2015 in Brazilian football

Football in Brazil

Season	2015
Men's football
Série A	Corinthians
Série B	Botafogo
Série C	Vila Nova
Série D	Botafogo-SP
Copa do Brasil	Palmeiras
← 2014 2016 →

The following article presents a summary of the 2015 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which iwas the 114th season of competitive football in the country.

The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on May 9, 2015, and concluded on December 6, 2015.

Corinthians won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

The four worst placed teams, which are Avaí, Vasco da Gama, Goiás and Joinville, were relegated to the following year's second level.

The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on May 8, 2015, and concluded on November 28, 2015.

Botafogo won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

The four best placed teams, which are Botafogo, Santa Cruz, Vitória and América-MG, were promoted to the following year's first level.

The four worst placed teams, which are Macaé, ABC, Boa Esporte and Mogi Mirim, were relegated to the following year's third level.

The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C started on May 16, 2015, and concluded on November 21, 2015.

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C final was played between Londrina and Vila Nova.

Vila Nova won the league after beating Londrina by aggregate score of 4–2.

The four best placed teams, which are Vila Nova, Londrina, Tupi and Brasil de Pelotas, were promoted to the following year's second level.

The four worst placed teams, which are Águia de Marabá, Madureira, Caxias and Icasa, were relegated to the following year's fourth level.

The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D started on July 12, 2015, and concluded on November 14, 2015.

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D final was played between Botafogo-SP and Ríver-PI.

Botafogo-SP won the league after beating Ríver by aggregate score of 3–2.

The four best placed teams, which are Botafogo-SP, Ríver, Remo and Ypiranga de Erechim, were promoted to the following year's third level.

The 2015 Copa do Brasil started on February 8, 2015, and concluded on December 2, 2015. The Copa do Brasil final was played between Palmeiras and Santos.

Palmeiras won the cup after beating Santos 4–3 on penalties.

The competition featured 20 clubs from the Northeastern region, including for the first time the Maranhão and Piauí champions and runners-up. Ceará beat Bahia in the final with a 3–1 aggregate score.

The competition featured 16 clubs from the North and Central-West regions, including the Espírito Santo champions. Mato Grosso's team Cuiabá defeated Pará's team Remo 6–5 on aggregate score.

State	Champion
Acre	Rio Branco-AC
Alagoas	CRB
Amapá	Santos-AP
Amazonas	Nacional
Bahia	Bahia
Ceará	Fortaleza
Distrito Federal	Gama
Espírito Santo	Rio Branco-ES
Goiás	Goiás
Maranhão	Imperatriz
Mato Grosso	Cuiabá
Mato Grosso do Sul	Comercial-MS
Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro
Pará	Remo
Paraíba	Campinense
Paraná	Operário-PR
Pernambuco	Santa Cruz
Piauí	Ríver-PI
Rio de Janeiro	Vasco da Gama
Rio Grande do Norte	América-RN
Rio Grande do Sul	Internacional
Rondônia	Genus
Roraima	Náutico-RR
Santa Catarina	Joinville
São Paulo	Santos
Sergipe	Confiança
Tocantins	Tocantinópolis

⁽¹⁾ The Copa Nacional do Espírito Santo Sub-17, between 2008 and 2012, was named Copa Brasil Sub-17. The similar named Copa do Brasil Sub-17 is organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation and it was first played in 2013.

Team	2015 Copa Libertadores	2015 Copa Sudamericana
Atlético Mineiro	Round of 16 eliminated by Internacional	N/A
Atlético Paranaense	N/A	Quarterfinals Sportivo Luqueño
Bahia	N/A	Second Stage eliminated by Sport Recife
Brasília	N/A	Round of 16 eliminated by Atlético Paranaense
Chapecoense	N/A	Quarterfinals River Plate
Corinthians	Round of 16 eliminated by Guaraní	N/A
Cruzeiro	Quarterfinals eliminated by River Plate	N/A
Goiás	N/A	Second Stage eliminated by Brasília
Internacional	Semifinals eliminated by Tigres	N/A
Joinville	N/A	Second Stage eliminated by Atlético Paranaense
Ponte Preta	N/A	Second Stage eliminated by Chapecoense
São Paulo	Round of 16 eliminated by Cruzeiro	N/A
Sport Recife	N/A	Round of 16 eliminated by Huracán

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazilian national team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2015.

France  v  Brazil

March 26	France	1–3	Brazil	Saint-Denis, France
21:00 (UTC+1)	Varane 21'	Report	Oscar 40' Neymar 57' Luiz Gustavo 69'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 81,338 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Brazil  v  Chile

March 29	Brazil	1–0	Chile	London, England
15:00 (UTC+1)	Firmino 71'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,007 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Brazil  v  Mexico

June 7	Brazil	2–0	Mexico	São Paulo, Brazil
17:00 (UTC−03)	Coutinho 28' Tardelli 37'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 34,659 Referee: Julio César Quintana (Paraguay)

Brazil  v  Honduras

June 10	Brazil	1–0	Honduras	Porto Alegre, Brazil
22:00 (UTC−03)	Firmino 33'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio Attendance: 22,305 Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Brazil  v  Costa Rica

September 5	Brazil	1–0	Costa Rica	New Jersey, United States
17:00 (UTC−03)	Hulk 10'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

United States  v  Brazil

September 8	United States	1–4	Brazil	Foxborough, United States
21:40 (UTC−03)	Williams 90+1'	Report	Hulk 9' Neymar 51' (pen.), 67' Rafinha 64'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 29,308 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Brazil  v  Peru

June 14 Group stage	Brazil	2–1	Peru	Temuco, Chile
18:30 (UTC−03)	Neymar 5' Douglas Costa 90+2'	Report	Cueva 2'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Germán Becker Attendance: 16,342[1] Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Brazil  v  Colombia

June 17 Group stage	Brazil	0–1	Colombia	Santiago, Chile
21:00 (UTC−03)		Report	Murillo 36'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental David Arellano Attendance: 44,008[2] Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Brazil  v  Venezuela

June 21 Group stage	Brazil	2–1	Venezuela	Santiago, Chile
18:30 (UTC−03)	Thiago Silva 9' Firmino 51'	Report	Miku 84'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental David Arellano Attendance: 33,284[3] Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Brazil  v  Paraguay

June 27 Quarter-finals	Brazil	1–1 (3–4 p)	Paraguay	Concepción, Chile
18:30 (UTC−03)	Robinho 15'	Report	González 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Concepción Attendance: 29,276[4] Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
	Penalties
	Fernandinho Ribeiro Miranda Douglas Costa Coutinho		Martínez Cáceres Bobadilla Santa Cruz González

Chile  v  Brazil

October 9	Chile	2–0	Brazil	Santiago, Chile
20:30 UTC−03	Vargas 72' Sánchez 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Brazil  v  Venezuela

October 13	Brazil	3–1	Venezuela	Fortaleza, Brazil
22:00 UTC−03	Willian 1', 42' Oliveira 73'	Report	Santos 64'	Stadium: Estádio Castelão Attendance: 38,970 Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

Argentina  v  Brazil

November 13[note 1]	Argentina	1–1	Brazil	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:00 UTC−03	Lavezzi 34'	Report	Lucas Lima 58'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

Brazil  v  Peru

November 17	Brazil	3–0	Peru	Salvador, Brazil
21:00 UTC−03	Douglas Costa 22' Renato Augusto 57' Filipe Luís 76'	Report		Stadium: Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2015.

Germany  v  Brazil

April 8	Germany	4–0	Brazil	Fürth, Germany
13:00 (UTC-3)	Šašić 26' (pen.) Laudehr 35' Leupolz 60' Marozsán 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadion am Laubenweg Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

France  v  Brazil

September 19	France	2–1	Brazil	Le Havre, France
19:00 CET	Renard 37' Henry 55'	Report (in French)	Poliana 80'	Stadium: Stade Océane, Attendance: 22,053 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

United States  v  Brazil

October 21	United States	1–1	Brazil	Seattle, United States
19:00 PT	Lloyd 85'	Report	Monica 3' Rafaelle  65'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 23,603 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

United States  v  Brazil

October 25	United States	3–1	Brazil	Orlando, United States
14:30 ET	Morgan 9' Dunn  14' Dunn 45+2' Horan  66' McCaffrey 90+3'	Report	Cristiane  37' Cristiane 45+1'	Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl Attendance: 32,869 Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)

Brazil  v  New Zealand

December 1	Brazil	5–1	New Zealand	Cuiabá, Brazil
21:00 BRT	Poliana 46' Érika 48' Formiga 59' Marta 87' Debinha 90+3'		Gregorius 30'	Stadium: Arena Pantanal Attendance: 32,869

Brazil  v  China

March 4 Group stage	Brazil	0–0	China	Albufeira, Portugal
15:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Sweden  v  Brazil

March 6 Group stage	Sweden	0–2	Brazil	Lagos, Portugal
13:30		Report	Marta 20' Andressa 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Brazil  v  Germany

March 9 Group stage	Brazil	1–3	Germany	Parchal, Portugal
17:30	Bruna 47'	Report	Popp 39' Šašić 49' Marozsán 56'	Stadium: Stadium Bela Vista Attendance: 769 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Brazil  v  Switzerland

March 11 Seventh-place match	Brazil	4–1	Switzerland	Albufeira, Portugal
15:00	Marta 30', 77' Bia 37' Andressa 82'	Report	Wälti 45'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

Brazil  v  South Korea

June 9 Group stage	Brazil	2–0	South Korea	Montreal, Canada
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Formiga 33' Marta 53' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,175 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Brazil  v  Spain

June 13 Group stage	Brazil	1–0	Spain	Montreal, Canada
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Andressa 44'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 28,623 Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

Costa Rica  v  Brazil

June 17 Group stage	Costa Rica	0–1	Brazil	Moncton, Canada
20:00 ADT (UTC−3)		Report	Raquel 83'	Stadium: Moncton Stadium Attendance: 9,543 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Brazil  v  Australia

June 21 Round of 16	Brazil	0–1	Australia	Moncton, Canada
14:00 ADT (UTC−3)		Report	Simon 80'	Stadium: Moncton Stadium Attendance: 12,054 Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Costa Rica  v  Brazil

July 11 Group stage	Costa Rica	0–3	Brazil	Hamilton, Canada
18:00		Report	Raquel 14' Thaisa 34' Formiga 90'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

Brazil  v  Ecuador

July 15 Group stage	Brazil	7–1	Ecuador	Hamilton, Canada
17:35	Monica 17' Cristiane 44', 55', 67', 70', 78' Maurine 84'	http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/football/results-women-b-06.htm Report]	Pesantes 5'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

Canada  v  Brazil

July 19 Group stage	Canada	0–2	Brazil	Hamilton, Canada
20:35		Report	Alves 55' Cristiane 87'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

Brazil  v  Mexico

July 22 Semifinals	Brazil	4–2	Mexico	Hamilton, Canada
20:35	Cristiane 4' Rafaelle Souza 45+1' 73' Romero 46' (o.g.) Andressinha  69'	Report	Fabiana 25' (o.g.) Rangel 70'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium

Brazil  v  Colombia

July 25 Final	Brazil	4–0	Colombia	Hamilton, Canada
20:35	Formiga 7' Maurine 75' Alves 86' Fabiana 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

Brazil  v  Trinidad and Tobago

November 9 Group stage	Brazil	11–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Natal, Brazil
18:15	Marta 10', 28', 30', 52', 58' Beatriz 33', 55', 64' Debinha 48' Raquel 70' Rilany 79'	Report		Stadium: Arena das Dunas

Mexico  v  Brazil

November 13 Group stage	Mexico	0–6	Brazil	Natal, Brazil
16:00		Report	Marta 2' (pen.), 11' (pen.) Debinha 18' Andressa Alves 32' Formiga 53' Poliana 68'	Stadium: Arena das Dunas

Brazil  v  Canada

November 16 Group stage	Brazil	2–1	Canada	Natal, Brazil
20:45	Andressa Alves 12' Debinha 40'	Report	Bélanger 43'	Stadium: Arena das Dunas

Brazil  v  Canada

November 20 Final	Brazil	3–1	Canada	Natal, Brazil
18:30	Andressa Alves 47' Mônica 63', 81'	Report	Beckie 46'	Stadium: Arena das Dunas

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2015:

The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino started on September 7, 2015, and concluded on December 6, 2015. The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino final was played between Rio Preto and São José.

Rio Preto won the league by aggregate score of 2–1.

The 2015 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino started on February 4, 2015, and concluded on April 8, 2015.

Kindermann won the cup 4–1 on points.

Team	2015 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Ferroviária	Champions defeated Colo Colo
São José	Fourth place defeated by UAI Urquiza

• Brazilian competitions at RSSSF