2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

2023 Brazilian soccer competition

Football league season

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2
Season	2023
Dates	15 April – 10 July
Champions	Red Bull Bragantino (2nd title)
Promoted	América Mineiro Botafogo Fluminense Red Bull Bragantino
Relegated	Botafogo-PB CRESSPOM ESMAC Vila Nova/UNIVERSO
Matches played	70
Goals scored	215 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paulina Gramaglia (10 goals)
Biggest home win	América Mineiro 10–1 CRESSPOM Group A, R6, 21 May
Biggest away win	CRESSPOM 0–8 Fluminense Group A, R5, 14 May
Highest scoring	11 goals América Mineiro 10–1 CRESSPOM Group A, R6, 21 May
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 (officially the Brasileirão Feminino Binance A2 2023 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 7th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2, the second level of women's football in Brazil. The tournament was organized by CBF. It started on 15 April and ended on 10 July 2023.^[2]

Sixteen teams competed in the tournament. Eight returning from the 2022 Série A2, four relegated from the 2022 Série A1 (CRESSPOM, ESMAC, Red Bull Bragantino and São José),^[3] and four promoted from the 2022 Série A3 (3B da Amazônia, Sport, AD Taubaté and Vila Nova/UNIVERSO).^[4]

The four semi-finalists, América Mineiro, Botafogo, Fluminense and Red Bull Bragantino, were promoted to the 2024 Série A1,^[5] while Botafogo-PB, CRESSPOM, ESMAC and Vila Nova/UNIVERSO were relegated to the 2024 Série A3.^[6]

Red Bull Bragantino defeated Fluminense 4–0, on aggregate, in the finals to win their second title^[7]

Format

In the group stage, the 16 teams were divided into two groups of eight organized regionally. Top four teams qualified for the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs.^[8]

Teams

3B da Amazônia

América Mineiro

Botafogo

Botafogo-PB

CRESSPOM

ESMAC

Fluminense

Fortaleza

Minas/ICESP

Red Bull Bragantino

São José

Sport

AD Taubaté

UDA

Vila Nova/UNIVERSO

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Location of teams in 2023 Série A2

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
3	São Paulo	Red Bull Bragantino, São José and AD Taubaté
2	Amazonas	3B da Amazônia and JC
	Distrito Federal	CRESSPOM and Minas/ICESP
	Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo and Fluminense
1	Alagoas	UDA
	Ceará	Fortaleza
	Goiás	Vila Nova/UNIVERSO
	Minas Gerais	América Mineiro
	Pará	ESMAC
	Paraíba	Botafogo-PB
	Pernambuco	Sport

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity^[9]
3B da Amazônia	Manaus	Ismael Benigno	10,451
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	SESC Alterosas	2,000
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Olímpico Nilton Santos	46,931
Botafogo-PB	João Pessoa	Almeidão	19,000
CRESSPOM	Brasília	Maria de Lourdes Abadia (Ceilândia)	3,000
ESMAC	Ananindeua	Francisco Vasques (Belém)	4,900
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Estádio das Laranjeiras	2,000
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	CT Ribamar Bezerra (Maracanaú)	1,000
JC	Itacoatiara	Floro de Mendonça	5,000
Minas/ICESP	Brasília	Ciro Machado do Espírito Santo	1,500
Red Bull Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Prefeito Gabriel Marques da Silva (Santana de Parnaíba)	7,200
São José	São José dos Campos	Martins Pereira	16,500
Sport	Recife	Ilha do Retiro	32,983
AD Taubaté	Taubaté	Joaquinzão	12,896
UDA	Maceió	Rei Pelé	17,126
Vila Nova/UNIVERSO	Goiânia	Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga	6,500

Group stage

In the group stage, each team played on a single round-robin tournament. 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).^[8]

The top four teams qualified for the quarter-finals, while the four teams with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, were relegated to the 2024 Série A3.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BOT	RED	FLU	AME	TAU	SAO	MIN	CRE
1	Botafogo	7	5	1	1	15	4	+11	16	Advance to quarter-finals		0–1	1–1	2–1			2–1
2	Red Bull Bragantino	7	4	2	1	13	4	+9	14					1–0	1–1		1–0	7–0
3	Fluminense	7	2	5	0	15	6	+9	11			1–1		2–1			1–1
4	América Mineiro	7	3	1	3	15	7	+8	10						1–1		1–0	10–1
5	AD Taubaté	7	2	4	1	11	7	+4	10		0–2		1–1			1–1
6	São José	7	2	2	3	10	6	+4	8		0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1
7	Minas/ICESP	7	2	1	4	9	6	+3	7						0–1	1–0		6–0
8	CRESSPOM	7	0	0	7	2	50	−48	0	Relegation to Série A3	0–7		0–8		1–6	0–6

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fewest red cards; 6) fewest yellow cards; 7) draw.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FOR	JCF	UDA	3BA	SPO	VIL	BOT	ESM
1	Fortaleza	7	5	2	0	11	6	+5	17	Advance to quarter-finals			1–0			1–0	2–1	3–3
2	JC	7	5	1	1	19	4	+15	16		0–1			1–0	4–0	6–1
3	UDA	7	4	1	2	14	6	+8	13			2–2		1–0	0–1		7–1
4	3B da Amazônia	7	3	2	2	10	6	+4	11		1–1				4–2	2–1
5	Sport	7	2	1	4	9	15	−6	7		1–2					2–2		2–1
6	Vila Nova/UNIVERSO	7	2	1	4	8	14	−6	7	Relegation to Série A3			0–1				2–1	2–1
7	Botafogo-PB	7	2	0	5	7	18	−11	6			0–2		0–3	2–1
8	ESMAC	7	0	2	5	7	16	−9	2			0–4	1–3	0–0			1–2

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fewest red cards; 6) fewest yellow cards; 7) draw.

Final stages

The final stages were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 16). For the semi-finals and finals, the best-overall-performance team hosted the second leg.

The four quarter-finals winners were promoted to 2024 Série A1.^[8]

Quarter-finals

The matches were played from 3 to 11 June 2023.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
3B da Amazônia	1–7	Botafogo	0–0	1–7
Fluminense	0–0 (4–3 p)	JC	0–0	0–0
América Mineiro	4–1	Fortaleza	2–1	2–0
UDA	3–12	Red Bull Bragantino	1–7	2–5

Semi-finals

The matches were played from 18 to 26 June 2023.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense	2–1	Botafogo	1–0	1–1
América Mineiro	0–5	Red Bull Bragantino	0–2	0–3

Finals

The matches were played on 2 and 10 July 2023.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense	0–4	Red Bull Bragantino	0–3	0–1

2 July 2023

15:00

Fluminense	0–3	Red Bull Bragantino
	Report	Luana Índia 36' Letícia Monteiro 42', 45+4'

Estádio Luso Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Deborah Cecília Cruz Correia (Pernambuco)

10 July 2023

19:00

Red Bull Bragantino	1–0	Fluminense
Gramaglia 11'	Report

Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, Bragança Paulista

Attendance: 1,756

Referee: Thayslane de Melo Costa (Sergipe)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Paulina Gramaglia	Red Bull Bragantino	10
2	Luana Índia	Red Bull Bragantino	7
3	Karol Cardozo	UDA	6
	Letícia Monteiro	Red Bull Bragantino
	Valéria Lima	Botafogo

Source: CBF

References

^ "Binance fecha com CBF e patrocinará Brasileirão e futebol feminino" (in Portuguese). MKT Esportivo. 9 May 2022.
^ "CAMPEONATO BRASILEIRO FEMININO A2 TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 11 July 2023.
^ "Com São José e Esmac, rebaixamento do Brasileirão Feminino Neoenergia está definido" (in Portuguese). CBF. 4 August 2022.
^ "Brasileiro Feminino: Vila Nova faz no fim e garante acesso à Série A2" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. 24 July 2022.
^ "Semifinais do Brasileiro Feminino A2 estão definidas" (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 June 2023.
^ "Vila Nova sofre gol nos acréscimos e é rebaixado à Série A3 feminina" (in Portuguese). O Popular. 28 May 2023.
^ "Red Bull Bragantino é campeão do Brasileirão Feminino Binance A2" (in Portuguese). CBF. 10 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Feminino A2 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 22 March 2023.
^ "CNEF CADASTRO NACIONAL DE ESTÁDIOS DE FUTEBOL" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 January 2016.