2006 in Brazilian football

Football in Brazil
Season	2006
	← 2005 2007 →

The following article presents a summary of the 2006 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 105th season of competitive football in the country.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	São Paulo	38	22	12	4	66	32	+34	78	Qualified for the 2007 Copa Libertadores and 2007 Copa Sudamericana
2	Internacional	38	20	9	9	52	36	+16	69	Qualified for the 2007 Copa Libertadores
3	Grêmio	38	20	7	11	64	45	+19	67
4	Santos	38	18	10	10	57	36	+21	64
5	Paraná	38	18	6	14	56	49	+7	60
6	Vasco	38	15	14	9	57	50	+7	59	Qualified for the 2007 Copa Sudamericana
7	Figueirense	38	15	12	11	57	44	+13	57
8	Goiás	38	15	10	13	63	49	+14	55
9	Corinthians	38	15	8	15	41	46	−5	53
10	Cruzeiro	38	14	11	13	52	45	+7	53
11	Flamengo	38	15	7	16	44	48	−4	52	Qualified for the 2007 Copa Libertadores by winning the 2006 Copa do Brasil
12	Botafogo	38	13	12	13	52	50	+2	51	Qualified for the 2007 Copa Sudamericana
13	Atlético-PR	38	13	9	16	61	62	−1	48	Qualified for the 2007 Copa Sudamericana
14	Juventude	38	13	8	17	44	54	−10	47
15	Fluminense	38	11	12	15	48	58	−10	45
16	Palmeiras	38	12	8	18	58	70	−12	44
17	Ponte Preta	38	10	9	19	45	65	−20	39	Relegated to Série B 2007
18	Fortaleza	38	8	14	16	39	62	−23	38
19	São Caetano	38	9	9	20	37	53	−16	36
20	Santa Cruz	38	7	7	24	41	75	−34	28

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Atlético Mineiro	38	20	11	7	70	39	+31	71	Promoted to the 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2	Sport Recife	38	18	10	10	57	36	+21	64
3	Náutico	38	18	10	10	64	48	+16	64
4	América de Natal	38	19	4	15	59	51	+8	61
5	Paulista	38	17	10	11	72	51	+21	61
6	Coritiba	38	16	11	11	64	51	+13	59
7	Santo André	38	14	14	10	47	45	+2	56
8	Brasiliense	38	15	8	15	66	51	+15	53
9	Marília	38	13	11	14	58	58	0	50
10	Ituano	38	12	14	12	49	48	+1	50
11	Gama	38	14	6	18	52	62	−10	48
12	Remo	38	13	7	18	50	60	−10	46
13	Avaí	38	12	10	16	36	51	−15	46
14	Portuguesa	38	11	12	15	47	58	−11	45
15	Ceará	38	10	15	13	47	56	−9	45
16	CRB	38	12	8	18	61	67	−6	44
17	Paysandu	38	12	8	18	51	70	−19	44	Relegated to the 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
18	Guarani	38	11	14	13	53	61	−8	44^[a]
19	São Raimundo-AM	38	11	10	17	42	59	−17	43
20	Vila Nova	38	11	9	18	45	68	−23	42

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Criciúma/SC	14	9	4	1	27	11	+16	31	Promoted to the Série B in 2007
2	Vitória/BA	14	8	1	5	23	18	+5	25
3	Ipatinga/MG	14	7	3	4	21	15	+6	24
4	Grêmio Barueri/SP	14	7	2	5	27	22	+5	23
5	Ferroviário/CE	14	6	1	7	21	26	−5	19
6	Bahia/BA	14	4	2	8	21	30	−9	14
7	Brasil/RS	14	4	1	9	16	25	−9	13
8	Treze/PB	14	3	2	9	17	26	−9	11

State	Champion	State	Champion
Acre	ADESG	Paraíba	Treze
Alagoas	Coruripe	Paraná	Paraná
Amapá	São José	Pernambuco	Sport Recife
Amazonas	São Raimundo	Piauí	Parnahyba
Bahia	Colo-Colo	Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo
Ceará	Ceará	Rio Grande do Norte	Baraúnas
Distrito Federal	Brasiliense	Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio
Espírito Santo	Vitória-ES	Rondônia	Ulbra Ji-Paraná
Goiás	Goiás	Roraima	Baré
Maranhão	Moto Club	Santa Catarina	Figueirense
Mato Grosso	Operário (VG)	São Paulo	Santos
Mato Grosso do Sul	Coxim	Sergipe	Pirambu
Minas Gerais	Cruzeiro	Tocantins	Araguaína
Pará	Paysandu

Competition	Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20	Internacional
Copa Macaé de Juvenis	Flamengo
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil	Atlético Mineiro
Copa São Paulo de Juniores	América-SP
Copa Sub-17 de Promissão	Cruzeiro
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores	Atlético Paranaense

2006 in Brazilian football

Relegation

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Promotion

Relegation

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Promotion

Copa do Brasil

State championship champions

Youth competition champions

Other competition champions

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Brazil national team

Women's football

Brazil women's national football team

Domestic competition champions

References

Related Articles

Competition	Champion
Copa Espírito Santo	Vilavelhense
Copa FGF	Grêmio B
Copa FPF	Ferroviária
Copa Governador do Mato Grosso	Cacerense
Copa Integração	Guarani de Juazeiro
Copa Paraná	Roma
Copa Santa Catarina	Chapecoense
Taça Minas Gerais	Villa Nova

Team	Copa Libertadores 2006	Copa Sudamericana 2006	Recopa Sudamericana 2006	FIFA Club World Cup 2006
Atlético Paranaense	did not qualify	Semifinals eliminated by Pachuca	did not qualify	N/A
Botafogo	did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Fluminense	N/A	N/A
Corinthians	Round of 16 eliminated by River Plate	Round of 16 eliminated by Lanús	N/A	did not qualify
Cruzeiro	did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Santos	N/A	N/A
Fluminense	did not qualify	Round of 16 eliminated by Gimnasia La Plata	N/A	N/A
Goiás	Round of 16 eliminated by Estudiantes	did not qualify	N/A	did not qualify
Internacional	Champions defeated São Paulo	did not qualify	N/A	Champions defeated Barcelona
Palmeiras	Round of eliminated by São Paulo	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify
Paraná	did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Atlético Paranaense	N/A	N/A
Paulista	Group stage finished 4th place	did not qualify	N/A	did not qualify
Santos	did not qualify	Round of 16 eliminated by San Lorenzo	did not qualify	N/A
São Paulo	Runner-up lost to Internacional	did not qualify	Runner-up lost to Boca Juniors	did not qualify
Vasco	did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Corinthians	N/A	N/A

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
March 1, 2006	Russia	W	1–0	Ronaldo	International Friendly
May 30, 2006	Lucerne XI	W	8–0	Kaká, Adriano (2), Ronaldo (2), Lúcio, Juninho, Robinho	International Friendly (unofficial match)
June 4, 2006	New Zealand	W	4–0	Ronaldo, Adriano, Kaká, Juninho	International Friendly
June 13, 2006	Croatia	W	1–0	Kaká	World Cup
June 18, 2006	Australia	W	2–0	Adriano, Fred	World Cup
June 22, 2006	Japan	W	4–1	Ronaldo (2), Juninho, Gilberto	World Cup
June 27, 2006	Ghana	W	3–0	Ronaldo, Adriano, Zé Roberto	World Cup
July 1, 2006	France	L	0–1	-	World Cup
August 16, 2006	Norway	D	1–1	Carvalho	International Friendly
September 3, 2006	Argentina	W	3–0	Elano (2), Kaká	International Friendly
September 5, 2006	Wales	W	2–0	Marcelo, Vágner Love	International Friendly
October 7, 2006	Al Kuwait	W	4–0	Sóbis, Robinho, Carvalho, Kaká	International Friendly (unofficial match)
October 10, 2006	Ecuador	W	2–1	Fred, Kaká	International Friendly
November 15, 2006	Switzerland	W	2–1	Luisão, Kaká	International Friendly

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
October 28, 2006	South Korea	W	1–0	Angélica	Peace Queen Cup
October 30, 2006	Italy	D	1–1	Su	Peace Queen Cup
November 1, 2006	Canada	L	2–4	Roseli, Nildinha	Peace Queen Cup
November 11, 2006	Paraguay	W	4–1	Cristiane Silva (2), Daniela Alves, Aline Pellegrino	Sudamericano Femenino
November 13, 2006	Peru	W	2–0	Cristiane Silva, Elaine	Sudamericano Femenino
November 17, 2006	Bolivia	W	6–1	Daniela Alves, Cristiane Silva (3), Mônica de Paula, Elaine	Sudamericano Femenino
November 19, 2006	Venezuela	W	6–0	Daniela Alves, Renata Costa, Michele (2), Cristiane Silva, Daniele	Sudamericano Femenino
November 22, 2006	Uruguay	W	6–0	Daniela Alves (2), Grazielle (2), Elaine, Cristiane Silva	Sudamericano Femenino
November 24, 2006	Paraguay	W	6–0	Cristiane Silva (4), Daniela Alves, Renata Costa	Sudamericano Femenino
November 26, 2006	Argentina	L	0–2	-	Sudamericano Femenino

Competition	Champion
Campeonato Carioca	CEPE-Caxias
Campeonato Paulista	Botucatu
Taça Brasil	Botucatu