2025 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1
Season2025
Dates22 March – 14 September 2025
ChampionsCorinthians (7th title)
Relegated3B da Amazônia
Sport
Copa LibertadoresCorinthians
Cruzeiro
Matches134
Goals407 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerAmanda Gutierres (17 goals)
Biggest home winSão Paulo 8–0 3B da Amazônia
Group stage, R2, 27 March
Corinthians 8–0 3B da Amazônia
Group stage, R6, 19 April
Biggest away winReal Brasília 2–8 Corinthians
Group stage, R1, 24 March
Highest scoring10 goals
Real Brasília 2–8 Corinthians
Group stage, R1, 24 March
2024
2026

The 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 was the 13th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1, the top level of women's football in Brazil, and the 9th edition in a Série A1 since its establishment in 2016. The tournament was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It started on 22 March and ended on 14 September 2025.[1]

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the 2024 Série A2 (3B da Amazônia, Bahia, Juventude and Sport)[2]

In the finals, defending champions Corinthians won their 7th title and 6th in a row after defeating Cruzeiro 3–2 on aggregate.[3]

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.[4]

Teams

Location of teams in 2025 Série A1 within the state of São Paulo.

Number of teams by state

Number
of teams
State Team(s)
5 São Paulo Corinthians, Ferroviária, Palmeiras, Red Bull Bragantino and São Paulo
3 Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio, Internacional and Juventude
2 Minas Gerais América Mineiro and Cruzeiro
Rio de Janeiro Flamengo and Fluminense
1 Amazonas 3B da Amazônia
Bahia Bahia
Distrito Federal Real Brasília
Pernambuco Sport

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
3B da Amazônia Manaus Arena da Amazônia 42,924
América Mineiro Belo Horizonte Arena Independência 23,018
Bahia Salvador Joia da Princesa (Feira de Santana) 16,274
Corinthians São Paulo Parque São Jorge 18,500
Neo Química Arena 47,605
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte Castor Cifuentes (Nova Lima) 5,160
Ferroviária Araraquara Fonte Luminosa 21,441
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Luso Brasileiro 4,697
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro Moça Bonita 9,024
Grêmio Porto Alegre Aírton Ferreira da Silva (Eldorado do Sul) 1,500
Internacional Porto Alegre SESC Protásio Alves 2,800
Juventude Caxias do Sul Montanha dos Vinhedos (Bento Gonçalves) 15,269
Palmeiras São Paulo Arena Barueri (Barueri) 31,452
Real Brasília Brasília Bezerrão (Gama) 20,310
Red Bull Bragantino Bragança Paulista Gabriel Marques da Silva (Santana de Parnaíba) 7,220
São Paulo São Paulo Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa (Cotia) 2,000
Sport Recife Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata) 45,440

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
3B da Amazônia Wendell Coelho Gabi Batista Soft Malhas Prefeitura de Manaus
Governo do Amazonas
América Mineiro Jorge Victor Mimi Volt Sport
Bahia Felipe Freitas Cássia Puma Viva Sorte Bet
Corinthians Lucas Piccinato Gabi Zanotti Nike Esporte da Sorte
Cruzeiro Jonas Urias Gaby Soares Adidas Gerdau, Neutrox
Ferroviária Léo Mendes Duda Santos Lupo Sport Galera.bet, Estrella Galicia, Hopi Hari, Qista
Flamengo Rosana Djeni Adidas PixBet, SESC
Fluminense Hoffmann Túlio Gislaine Umbro Superbet, Fecomércio RJ
Grêmio Cyro Leães Tayla Umbro Alfa
Internacional Maurício Salgado Bruna Benites Adidas Alfa
Juventude Luciano Brandalise Bruna Emília 19treze (club manufactured kit) Stake
Palmeiras Camilla Orlando Poliana Puma Sportingbet
Real Brasília Dedê Ramos Petra Cabrera Tolledo Sports Banco BRB
Red Bull Bragantino Humberto Simão Stella Puma Red Bull
São Paulo Thiago Viana Aline Milene New Balance Superbet, BIS
Sport Regiane Santos Nanda Umbro

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position
in table
Replaced by Date of appointment
3B da Amazônia Roberto Neves Mutual agreement 9 April 2025[5] 16th Paulo Morgado 10 April 2025[6]
Internacional Jorge Barcellos Sacked 18 April 2025[7] 14th Maurício Salgado 1 27 April 2025[8]
Flamengo Maurício Salgado 22 April 2025[9] 9th Rosana 22 April 2025[9]
3B da Amazônia Paulo Morgado Mutual agreement 28 April 2025[10] 16th Wendell Coelho 2 5 May 2025
Grêmio Thaissan Passos 2 June 2025[11] 10th Cyro Leães 3 10 June 2025[12]
Ferroviária Jéssica de Lima Sacked 20 June 2025[13] N/A Léo Mendes 26 June 2025[14]

Interim managers

1.^ Luiz Rodrigo and David Júnior were interim managers in the 6th–9th rounds.
2.^ Bosco Brasil Bindá was interim manager in the 8th–9th rounds.
3.^ Gisele Ramos was interim manager in the 13th round.

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 16).[4]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cruzeiro 15 11 3 1 35 15 +20 36 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Corinthians 15 10 4 1 46 12 +34 34
3 São Paulo 15 10 3 2 31 10 +21 33
4 Palmeiras 15 9 3 3 38 20 +18 30
5 Flamengo 15 8 3 4 31 19 +12 27
6 Ferroviária 15 7 4 4 24 16 +8 25
7 Bahia 15 7 3 5 26 22 +4 24
8 Red Bull Bragantino 15 5 5 5 20 16 +4 20
9 América Mineiro 15 5 4 6 18 20 −2 19
10 Fluminense 15 4 6 5 18 20 −2 18
11 Grêmio 15 3 8 4 23 21 +2 17
12 Internacional 15 3 5 7 17 29 −12 14
13 Real Brasília 15 3 3 9 15 36 −21 12
14 Juventude 15 2 4 9 10 27 −17 10
15 3B da Amazônia (R) 15 2 1 12 11 53 −42 7 Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A2
16 Sport (R) 15 0 3 12 9 36 −27 3
Source: CBF
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away 3BA AME BAH COR CRU FER FLA FLU GRE INT JUV PAL RBR RED SAO SPO
3B da Amazônia 0–3 0–4 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1
América Mineiro 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2
Bahia 3–1 3–3 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2
Corinthians 8–0 5–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–0
Cruzeiro 5–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–3 4–0 2–1 1–1
Ferroviária 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 7–0
Flamengo 5–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 2–5 4–0 0–1
Fluminense 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1
Grêmio 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–2
Internacional 1–0 3–2 2–3 0–5 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–2
Juventude 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–0
Palmeiras 4–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 3–3 0–0 1–2
Real Brasília 1–1 2–8 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1
Red Bull Bragantino 5–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–4 1–0
São Paulo 8–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–1
Sport 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–5 0–2
Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[4]

  • 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 17).
  • 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. Overall goals scored; 4. Overall fewest red cards; 5. Overall fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 22).[4]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Flamengo 3 0 3
Palmeiras 2 3 5
Palmeiras 1 2 3
Cruzeiro 3 1 4
Red Bull Bragantino 0 0 0
Cruzeiro 0 2 2
Cruzeiro 2 0 2
Corinthians 2 1 3
Ferroviária 0 1 1 (2)
São Paulo (p) 0 1 1 (4)
São Paulo 0 2 2
Corinthians 2 2 4
Bahia 1 0 1
Corinthians 2 2 4

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Red Bull Bragantino 0–2 Cruzeiro 0–0 0–2
Bahia 1–4 Corinthians 1–2 0–2
Ferroviária 1–1 (2–4 p) São Paulo 0–0 1–1
Flamengo 3–5 Palmeiras 3–2 0–3

Group B

Red Bull Bragantino 0–0 Cruzeiro
Report
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Pernambuco)

Cruzeiro 2–0 Red Bull Bragantino
Letícia Ferreira 52'
Gisseli 68'
Report
Referee: Rejane Caetano da Silva (Rio de Janeiro)

Cruzeiro won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Group C

Bahia 1–2 Corinthians
Rhaizza 83' Report Gi Fernandes 33'
Gabi Zanotti 90+6'
Referee: Thayslane de Melo Costa (Sergipe)

Corinthians 2–0 Bahia
Érika 21'
Duda Sampaio 90+1'
Report
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Pernambuco)

Corinthians won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Group D

Ferroviária 0–0 São Paulo
Report
Referee: Daiane Caroline Muniz dos Santos (São Paulo)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, São Paulo won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals.

Group E

Flamengo 3–2 Palmeiras
Djeni 36', 77'
Jucinara 45+4'
Report Tainá Maranhão 56', 65'
Referee: Charly Wendy Straub Deretti (Santa Catarina)

Palmeiras 3–0 Flamengo
Tainá Maranhão 15'
Brena 51'
Amanda Gutierres 90+4'
Report
Referee: Thayslane de Melo Costa (Sergipe)

Palmeiras won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
2 Cruzeiro 17 12 4 1 37 15 +22 40 Second leg
4 Palmeiras 17 10 3 4 43 23 +20 33 First leg
1 Corinthians 17 12 4 1 50 13 +37 40 Second leg
3 São Paulo 17 10 5 2 32 11 +21 35 First leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Palmeiras 3–4 Cruzeiro 1–3 2–1
São Paulo 2–4 Corinthians 0–2 2–2

Group F

Palmeiras 1–3 Cruzeiro
Andressinha 37' Report Letícia Ferreira 48'
Vanessinha 53'
Gaby Soares 59'
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Pernambuco)

Cruzeiro 1–2 Palmeiras
Marília 65' Report Poliana 45+2'
Amanda Gutierres 84'
Referee: Rejane Caetano da Silva (Rio de Janeiro)

Cruzeiro won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Group G

São Paulo 0–2 Corinthians
Report Jaqueline 3'
Rodríguez 76'
Referee: Daiane Caroline Muniz dos Santos (São Paulo)

Corinthians 2–2 São Paulo
Mariza 26'
Andressa Alves 41'
Report Aline Milene 35'
Isa Guimarães 62'
Referee: Marianna Nanni Batalha (São Paulo)

Corinthians won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Corinthians 19 13 5 1 54 15 +39 44 2nd leg
2 Cruzeiro 19 13 4 2 41 18 +23 43 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruzeiro 2–3 Corinthians 2–2 0–1

Group H

Cruzeiro 2–2 Corinthians
Marília 27'
Belinha 78'
Report Gi Fernandes 5'
Gabi Zanotti 74'
Attendance: 19,175
Referee: Thayslane de Melo Costa (Sergipe)

Corinthians 1–0 Cruzeiro
Thaís Ferreira 49' Report
Attendance: 41,130
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Pernambuco)

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Amanda Gutierres Palmeiras 17
2 Paulina Gramaglia Red Bull Bragantino 10
3 Cristiane Flamengo 9
Letícia Ferreira Cruzeiro
5 Gabi Zanotti Corinthians 8
Jhonson Corinthians
Victória Corinthians
8 Giovanna Crivelari São Paulo 7

Source:CBF

References

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