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{{Infobox football league season
|image=Brasileirão Série A Assaí 2018 logo.png|pixels=270px|competition = [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]]
|season = [[2018 in Brazilian football|2018]]
|dates = 14 April – 2 December 2018
|winners = [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] (10th title)
|continentalcup1 = [[2019 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]]
|continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]<br>[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] ([[2018 Copa do Brasil|cup winners]])<br>[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]<br>[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]<br>[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]<br>[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]<br>[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]<br>[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]] ([[2018 Copa Sudamericana|Copa Sudamericana winners]])
|continentalcup2 = [[2019 Copa Sudamericana|Copa Sudamericana]]
|continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]<br>[[Santos FC|Santos]]<br>[[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]]<br>[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]<br>[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]<br>[[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]
|relegated = [[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]<br>[[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]]<br>[[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]<br>[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]
|matches = 380
|total goals = 827
|league topscorer = [[Gabriel Barbosa]]<br>(18 goals)
|biggest home win = {{nowrap|[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético-PR]] 5–1 [[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]}}<br>(<small>15 April 2018</small>)<br>[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] 5–1 [[Santos FC|Santos]]<br>(<small>6 May 2018</small>)<br>[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético-PR]] 4–0 [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]<br>(<small>29 July 2018</small>)<br>[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] 4–0 [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]<br>(<small>12 August 2018</small>)<br>[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] 4–0 [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]<br>(<small>1 September 2018</small>)<br>[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético-PR]] 4–0 [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América-MG]]<br>(<small>6 October 2018</small>)<br>[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] 4–0 [[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]<br>(<small>8 October 2018</small>)<br>[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético-PR]] 4–0 [[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]<br>(<small>14 October 2018</small>)<br>[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] 4–0 [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América-MG]]<br>(<small>21 November 2018</small>)
|biggest away win = [[Paraná Clube|Paraná]] 0–4 [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]<br>(<small>22 April 2018</small>)<br>[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]] 0–4 [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]<br>(<small>21 October 2018</small>)
|highest scoring = [[Santos FC|Santos]] 5–2 [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]<br>(<small>3 June 2018</small>)<br>[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético-MG]] 5–2 [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]<br>(<small>10 June 2018</small>)<br>[[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]] 3–4 [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]<br>(<small>23 September 2018</small>)<br>[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético-MG]] 5–2 [[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]<br>(<small>30 September 2018</small>)<br>[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] 3–4 [[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]<br>(<small>27 October 2018</small>)
|longest wins = 
|longest unbeaten = [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]<br>(23 games)
|longest losses = 
|highest attendance = 
|lowest attendance = 
|average attendance = 
|prevseason = [[2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2017]]
|nextseason = [[2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2019]]
}}

The '''2018 {{Lang|pt|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|italic=no}}''' (officially the '''Brasileirão Assaí 2018''' for sponsorship reasons) was the 62nd season of the {{Lang|pt|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]]|italic=no}}, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 15th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The season began on 14 April 2018 and ended on 2 December 2018. The top six teams as well as the [[2018 Copa do Brasil]] champions qualified to the [[2019 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]]. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores qualified for the [[2019 Copa Sudamericana|Copa Sudamericana]] and the last four were relegated to [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|Série B]] in 2019.

[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] won their 10th title, which is the most titles in the tournament.

==Teams==
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{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-25.4482067 |long=-49.2791753 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''{{nowrap|[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]]}}'''</div> |position=left|mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-12.9789022 |long=-38.5063587 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]]'''</div> |position=left|mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-3.807278 |long=-38.5246218 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]]'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-27.1041935 |long=-52.6091058 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]'''</div> |position=left|mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-29.9739843 |long=-51.1970725 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-30.0654803 |long=-51.2380358 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]'''</div> |position=left|mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-25.4394834 |long=-49.2580123 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-23.9510794 |long=-46.3388549 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Santos FC|Santos]]'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-8.0629115 |long=-34.9050981 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-12.9196328 |long=-38.4289764 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-23.6815314 |long=-46.8755015 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;left:1px;top:1px">'''São Paulo'''</div> |position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-22.9132525 |long=-43.7261847 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''{{nowrap|Rio de Janeiro}}'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-19.9174936 |long=-44.1004004 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''{{nowrap|Belo Horizonte}}'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=4.0 |long=-74.25 |label='''{{nowrap|Belo Horizonte teams:}}'''<br>[[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]]<br>[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]<br>[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]<br>'''Rio de Janeiro teams:'''<br>[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]<br>[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]<br>[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]<br>[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]<br>'''São Paulo teams:'''<br>[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]<br>[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]<br>[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]] |position=right |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |background = #F9F9F9 }}
}}
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{{Location map+ |São Paulo City |width=350|float=right |caption=Location of teams in '''2018 Série A''' within [[São Paulo]] |places=
{{location map~ |São Paulo City |lat=-23.5453172 |long=-46.4764563 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]'''</div> |position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}
{{location map~ |São Paulo City |lat=-22.8017822 |long=-43.2108485 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |São Paulo City |lat=-22.9130062 |long=-43.2318957 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]'''</div> |position=left|mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}
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Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the [[2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|Série B]].

[[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]] became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against [[Figueirense FC|Figueirense]] on 11 November 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/sc/futebol/brasileirao-serie-b/noticia/america-mg-vence-o-figueirense-e-garante-o-acesso-antecipado-a-serie-a.ghtml |title=América-MG vence o Figueirense e garante o acesso antecipado à Série A |date=11 November 2017 |language=pt |publisher=Globo}}</ref> [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]] was promoted on 14 November 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/sp/tem-esporte/futebol/brasileirao-serie-b/noticia/em-jogo-fraco-inter-empata-com-o-oeste-em-barueri-e-garante-retorno-a-serie-a.ghtml |title=Em jogo fraco, Inter empata com o Oeste em Barueri e garante retorno a Série A |date=14 November 2017 |language=pt |publisher=Globo}}</ref> and [[Paraná Clube|Paraná]] and [[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]] were promoted on 18 November 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/al/futebol/brasileirao-serie-b/noticia/parana-vence-o-crb-resultados-ajudam-e-time-garante-o-acesso-antecipado-a-serie-a.ghtml |title=Paraná vence o CRB, resultados ajudam, e time garante o acesso antecipado à Série A |date=18 November 2017 |language=pt |publisher=Globo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/ce/futebol/brasileirao-serie-b/noticia/com-a-serie-a-garantida-ceara-empata-com-o-criciuma-no-heriberto-hulse.ghtml |title=Com a Série A garantida, Ceará empata com o Criciúma no Heriberto Hülse |date=18 November 2017 |language=pt |publisher=Globo}}</ref>

{|
|- style="horizontal-align: top;"
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"|Pos.
! width=300|Relegated from [[2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2017 Série A]]
|- style="background: #FF8888;"
|17º
|'''[[Coritiba Foot Ball Club|Coritiba]]'''
|- style="background: #FF8888;" 
|18º
|'''[[Avaí FC|Avaí]]'''
|- style="background: #FF8888;" 
|19º
|'''[[Associação Atlética Ponte Preta|Ponte Preta]]'''
|- style="background: #FF8888;" 
|20º
|'''[[Atlético Clube Goianiense|Atlético Goianiense]]'''
|}

</td><td valign=top>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"|Pos.
! width=300|Promoted from [[2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|2017 Série B]]
|- style="background: #ACE1AF;" 
|1º 
|'''[[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]]'''
|- style="background: #ACE1AF;" 
|2º 
|'''[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]'''
|- style="background: #ACE1AF;" 
|3° 
|'''[[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]]'''
|- style="background: #ACE1AF;" 
|4º
|'''[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]'''
|}
|}

===Number of teams by state===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Number of teams
! [[States of Brazil|State]]
! Team(s)
|-
|rowspan=2|4
|align=left|{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}} || {{nowrap|[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]], [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]], [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] and [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]}}
|-
|align=left|{{flag|São Paulo}} || [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]], [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], [[Santos FC|Santos]] and [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|-
|3
|align=left|{{flag|Minas Gerais}} || [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]], [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] and [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2
|align=left|{{flag|Bahia}} || [[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]] and [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]
|-
|align=left|{{flag|Paraná}} || [[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]] and [[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]
|-
|align=left|{{nowrap|{{flag|Rio Grande do Sul}}}} || [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] and [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1
|align=left|{{flag|Ceará}} || [[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]]
|-
|align=left|{{flag|Pernambuco}} || [[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]
|-
|align=left|{{flag|Santa Catarina}} || [[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]
|}

===Stadiums and locations===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Team
! Location
! State
! Stadium
! Capacity
|-
|[[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]]
|[[Belo Horizonte]]
|{{flag|Minas Gerais}}
|[[Arena Independência|Independência]]
|align=center | 23,018
|-
|[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|[[Belo Horizonte]]
|{{flag|Minas Gerais}}
|[[Arena Independência|Independência]]
|align=center | 23,018
|-
|[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]]
|[[Curitiba]]
|{{flag|Paraná}}
|[[Arena da Baixada]]
|align=center | 42,370
|-
|[[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]]
|[[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]]
|{{flag|Bahia}}
|[[Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova|Arena Fonte Nova]]
|align=center| 47,907
|-
|[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}
|[[Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos|Olímpico Nilton Santos]]
|align=center | 44,661
|-
|[[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]]
|[[Fortaleza]]
|{{flag|Ceará}}
|[[Castelão (Ceará)|Arena Castelão]] ''(6 matches)'' <br /> [[Estádio Presidente Vargas (Ceará)|Presidente Vargas]] ''(4 matches)''
|align=center | 63,903 <br /> 20,268
|-
|[[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]
|[[Chapecó]]
|{{flag|Santa Catarina}}
|[[Arena Condá]]
|align=center | 20,089
|-
|[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
|[[São Paulo]]
|{{flag|São Paulo}}
|[[Arena Corinthians]]
|align=center | 47,605
|-
|[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|[[Belo Horizonte]]
|{{flag|Minas Gerais}}
|[[Mineirão]]
|align=center | 61,846
|-
|[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}
|[[Maracanã Stadium|Maracanã]]
|align=center | 78,838
|-
|[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}
|[[Maracanã Stadium|Maracanã]] <br /> [[Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha|Mané Garrincha]] ''(one match)''
|align=center | 78,838 <br /> 72,788
|-
|[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
|[[Porto Alegre]]
|{{flag|Rio Grande do Sul}}
|[[Arena do Grêmio]]
|align=center | 55,662
|-
|[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|[[Porto Alegre]]
|{{flag|Rio Grande do Sul}}
|[[Estádio Beira-Rio|Beira-Rio]]
|align=center | 50,128
|-
|[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|[[São Paulo]]
|{{flag|São Paulo}}
|[[Allianz Parque]] <br /> [[Pacaembu Stadium|Pacaembu]] ''(one match)''
|align=center | 43,713 <br /> 37,730
|-
|[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]
|[[Curitiba]]
|{{flag|Paraná}}
|[[Estádio Vila Capanema|Vila Capanema]]
|align=center | 17,140
|-
|[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|[[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]]
|{{flag|São Paulo}}
|[[Estádio Urbano Caldeira|Vila Belmiro]] <br /> [[Pacaembu Stadium|Pacaembu]] ''(3 matches)''
|align=center | 16,068 <br /> 37,730
|-
|[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|[[São Paulo]]
|{{flag|São Paulo}}
|[[Estádio do Morumbi|Morumbi]]
|align=center | 72,039
|-
|[[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]
|[[Recife]]
|{{flag|Pernambuco}}
|[[Estádio Ilha do Retiro|Ilha do Retiro]] <br /> [[Itaipava Arena Pernambuco|Arena Pernambuco]] ''(one match)''
|align=center | 32,983 <br /> 44,300
|-
|[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}
|[[Estádio São Januário|São Januário]] <br /> [[Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha|Mané Garrincha]] ''(one match)''
|align=center | 24,584 <br /> 72,788
|-
|[[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]
|[[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]]
|{{flag|Bahia}}
|[[Barradão]]
|align=center | 34,535
|}
{{clear}}

== Personnel and kits == 
{{commons|2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A kits}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Team
!Manager
!Captain
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt main sponsor
|-
| América Mineiro
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Givanildo Oliveira]] 
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rafael Ramos de Lima|Rafael Lima]]
| Lupo
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Atlético Mineiro
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Levir Culpi]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Leonardo Silva (footballer, born 1979)|Léo Silva]]
| [[Topper (sports)|Topper]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Atlético Paranaense
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tiago Retzlaff Nunes|Tiago Nunes]] 
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Thiago Heleno]]
| [[Umbro]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Bahia
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Enderson Moreira]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tiago Pagnussat|Tiago]]
| [[Esporte Clube Bahia|Esquadrão]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Botafogo
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Zé Ricardo]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rodrigo Lindoso]]
| [[Topper (sports)|Topper]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Ceará
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Lisca (football manager)|Lisca]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rafael Pereira (footballer, born 1984)|Rafael Pereira]]
| [[Topper (sports)|Topper]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Chapecoense
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Claudinei Oliveira]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Wellington Paulista]]
| [[Umbro]]
| Aurora
|-
| Corinthians
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jair Ventura]]
| Various
| [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| ''Vacant''
|-
| Cruzeiro
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mano Menezes]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Henrique Pacheco Lima|Henrique]]
| [[Umbro]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Flamengo
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dorival Júnior]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Réver]]
| [[Adidas]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Fluminense
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Fábio Moreno 
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gum (footballer)|Gum]]
| [[Under Armour]]
| Valle Express
|-
| Grêmio
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Renato Gaúcho]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Maicon (footballer, born 1985)|Maicon]]
| [[Umbro]]
| [[Banrisul]]
|-
| Internacional
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Odair Hellmann]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés D'Alessandro]]
| [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| [[Banrisul]]
|-
| Palmeiras
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Luiz Felipe Scolari]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Henrique Corsini|Bruno Henrique]]
| [[Adidas]]
| Crefisa
|-
| Paraná
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dado Cavalcanti]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Leandro Vilela]]
| [[Topper (sports)|Topper]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Santos
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cuca (footballer)|Cuca]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Renato (footballer, born 1979)|Renato]]
| [[Umbro]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| São Paulo
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[André Jardine]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos|Hudson]]
| [[Adidas]]
| Banco Inter
|-
| Sport
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Milton Mendes]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Durval]]
| [[Under Armour]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|-
| Vasco da Gama
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Alberto Valentim]]
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Martín Silva]]
| [[Diadora]]
| ''Vacant''
|-
| Vitória
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Joao Burse (caretaker)
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Willian Farias]]
| [[Topper (sports)|Topper]]
| [[Caixa Econômica Federal|Caixa]]
|}

=== Managerial changes ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Team
!Outgoing manager
!Manner of departure
!Date of vacancy
!Position in table
!Incoming manager
!Date of appointment
|-
|Sport
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Nelsinho Baptista]]
|Resigned
|24 April<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/pe/futebol/times/sport/noticia/nelsinho-baptista-surpreende-detona-diretoria-e-entrega-cargo-no-sport.ghtml|title=Nelsinho Baptista surpreende, detona diretoria e entrega cargo no Sport|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=24 April 2018|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>
|17th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Claudinei Oliveira]]
|25 April<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destakjornal.com.br/esportes/detalhe/claudinei-oliveira-assume-o-comando-do-sport|title=Claudinei Oliveira assume o comando do Sport|language=pt|publisher=Destak|date=25 April 2018|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=30 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530035720/http://www.destakjornal.com.br/esportes/detalhe/claudinei-oliveira-assume-o-comando-do-sport|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|Ceará
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Chamusca]]
|Sacked
|20 May<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com.br/futebol/artigo/_/id/4326000/ceara-demite-marcelo-chamusca-2-treinador-a-perder-emprego-no-brasileirao|title=Ceará demite Marcelo Chamusca, 2º treinador a perder emprego no Brasileirão|language=pt|publisher=ESPN Brasil|date=20 May 2018|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>
|19th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jorginho (footballer, born 1964)|Jorginho]]
|21 May<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/ce/futebol/times/ceara/noticia/1a-vitoria-na-serie-a-reforcos-e-eficiencia-os-desafios-de-jorginho-novo-tecnico-do-ceara.ghtml|title=Após saída de Chamusca, Jorginho é o novo técnico do Ceará e terá desafios na Série A|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=21 May 2018|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Corinthians
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Fábio Carille]]
|Signed by [[Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)|Al-Wehda]]
|22 May<ref name=Corinthians>{{cite web |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2018/05/carille-aceita-proposta-do-al-wehda-da-arabia-saudita-e-deixa-o-corinthians.shtml|title=Carille aceita proposta do Al Wehda, da Arábia Saudita, e deixa o Corinthians|language=pt|publisher=Folha de São Paulo|date=22 May 2018|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>
|4th
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Osmar Loss]]
|23 May<ref name=Corinthians/>
|-
|Vasco da Gama
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Zé Ricardo]] 
|Resigned
|2 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/vasco/noticia/fim-da-linha-ze-ricardo-deixa-o-cargo-e-nao-e-mais-treinador-do-vasco.ghtml|title=Pediu para sair: Zé Ricardo deixa o cargo e não é mais treinador do Vasco|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=2 June 2018}}</ref>
|12th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Valdir Bigode]] (caretaker)
|2 June<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.odiariocarioca.com/noticia-2018-06-02-vasco-da-gama-define-valdir-bigode-como-tecnico-interino-9618199.carioca.html|title=Vasco da Gama define Valdir Bigode como técnico interino|language=pt|publisher=Diário Carioca|date=2 June 2018|access-date=2018-06-07|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135900/https://www.odiariocarioca.com/noticia-2018-06-02-vasco-da-gama-define-valdir-bigode-como-tecnico-interino-9618199.carioca.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|Bahia
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Guto Ferreira]]
|Sacked
|3 June<ref name=Bahia>{{cite web |url=https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/bahia/apos-derrota-para-o-gremio-guto-ferreira-nao-e-mais-tecnico-do-bahia,df758cd30670ecaa0e0b351d4ae56bdbldr65irr.html|title=Após derrota para o Grêmio, Guto Ferreira não é mais técnico do Bahia|language=pt|publisher=Terra|date=3 June 2018}}</ref>
|18th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cláudio Mendes Prates|Cláudio Prates]] (caretaker)
|4 June<ref name=Bahia/>
|-
|Ceará
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jorginho (footballer, born 1964)|Jorginho]]
|Resigned
|4 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/serie-a/ultimas-noticias/2018/06/04/tecnico-jorginho-deixa-ceara-apos-tres-derrotas-em-15-dias-de-trabalho.htm|title=Jorginho deixa comando do Ceará após três derrotas em 15 dias de trabalho|language=pt|publisher=UOL|date=4 June 2018}}</ref>
|20th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Lisca (football manager)|Lisca]]
|4 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/ce/futebol/times/ceara/noticia/apos-saida-de-jorginho-lisca-e-o-novo-tecnico-do-ceara-para-a-serie-a.ghtml|title=Após saída de Jorginho, Lisca é o novo técnico do Ceará para a Série A|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=4 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Vasco da Gama
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Valdir Bigode]] 
|End of caretaker tenure
|6 June
|13th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jorginho (footballer, born 1964)|Jorginho]]
|7 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/vasco/noticia/paulo-pelaipe-e-newton-drummond-sao-demitidos-do-vasco.ghtml|title=Jorginho acerta com o Vasco; Pelaipe e gerente de futebol são demitidos|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=5 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Fluminense
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Abel Braga]] 
|Resigned
|16 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/abel-braga-pede-demissao-e-deixa-o-fluminense.ghtml|title=Abel pede demissão, deixa o Flu e justifica: "Desgaste tem sido muito grande"|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=16 June 2018}}</ref>
|12th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Oliveira]]
|22 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/fluminense-anuncia-marcelo-oliveira-como-novo-tecnico.ghtml|title=Flu anuncia Marcelo Oliveira como novo técnico após saída de Abel Braga|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=22 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
|América Mineiro
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Enderson Moreira]]
|Signed by [[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]]
|16 June<ref name=América1>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/noticia/america-mg-anuncia-ida-de-enderson-moreira-para-o-bahia.ghtml|title=América-MG anuncia saída de Enderson e diz que técnico vai para o Bahia|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=17 June 2018}}</ref>
|13th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ricardo Drubscky]]
|19 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/serie-a/ultimas-noticias/2018/06/19/apos-recusas-de-abel-e-ze-ricardo-diretor-sera-o-treinador-do-america-mg.htm|title=Após recusas de Abel e Zé Ricardo, diretor será o treinador do América-MG|language=pt|publisher=UOL|date=19 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Bahia
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cláudio Mendes Prates|Cláudio Prates]]
|End of caretaker tenure
|16 June
|17th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Enderson Moreira]]
|16 June<ref name=América1/>
|-
|Botafogo
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Alberto Valentim]]
|Resigned
|19 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2018/06/19/alberto-valentim-pede-para-sair-e-nao-e-mais-tecnico-do-botafogo.htm|title=Alberto Valentim pede para sair e não é mais técnico do Botafogo|language=pt|publisher=UOL|date=19 June 2018}}</ref>
|9th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcos Paquetá]]
|26 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/botafogo/noticia/oficial-liberado-pelos-indianos-marcos-paqueta-e-o-novo-tecnico-do-botafogo.ghtml|title=Oficial: liberado pelos indianos, Marcos Paquetá é o novo técnico do Botafogo|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=26 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Atlético Paranaense
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Fernando Diniz]]
|rowspan=7|Sacked
|25 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/serie-a/ultimas-noticias/2018/06/25/fernando-diniz-e-demitido-do-atletico-pr-apos-reuniao-de-diretoria.htm|title=Fernando Diniz é demitido do Atlético-PR na reapresentação da equipe|language=pt|publisher=UOL|date=25 June 2018}}</ref>
|18th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tiago Retzlaff Nunes|Tiago Nunes]]
|27 June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/esportes/atletico-pr/campeao-paranaense-tiago-nunes-assume-como-tecnico-interino-do-atletico-1xzj1g1n3hv0mo5ufqz73w5ne|title=Campeão paranaense, Tiago Nunes assume como técnico interino do Atlético|language=pt|publisher=Gazeta do Povo|date=26 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
|América Mineiro
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ricardo Drubscky]]
|24 July<ref name=América2>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/america-mg/noticia/america-mg-troca-de-tecnico-sai-drubscky-e-entra-adilson-batista.ghtml|title=América-MG troca de técnico: sai Drubscky, e entra Adilson Batista|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=24 July 2018}}</ref>
|17th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adílson Batista]]
|24 July<ref name=América2/>
|-
|Santos
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jair Ventura]]
|26 July
|15th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cuca (footballer)|Cuca]]
|29 July
|-
|Palmeiras
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roger Machado Marques|Roger Machado]]
|26 July<ref>{{cite web |url=https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/serie-a/ultimas-noticias/2018/07/26/roger-machado-e-demitido-pelo-palmeiras-apos-derrota-para-o-flu.htm|title=Roger Machado é demitido pelo Palmeiras após derrota para o Flu|language=pt|publisher=UOL|date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|6th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Luiz Felipe Scolari]]
|26 July<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/palmeiras/noticia/felipao-acerta-com-o-palmeiras-e-sera-tecnico-do-clube-pela-terceira-vez.ghtml|title=Felipão acerta com o Palmeiras e será técnico do clube pela terceira vez|language=pt|publisher=Globo|date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Vitória
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vágner Mancini]]
|28 July
|16th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo César Carpegiani]]
|14 August
|-
|Botafogo
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcos Paquetá]]
|1 August
|11th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Zé Ricardo]]
|3 August
|-
|Chapecoense
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gilson Kleina]]
|6 August
|16th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Guto Ferreira]] 
|6 August
|-
|Sport
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Claudinei Oliveira]]
|Resigned
|12 August
|14th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Eduardo Baptista]]
|15 August
|-
|Vasco da Gama
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jorginho (footballer, born 1964)|Jorginho]]
| rowspan="2" |Sacked
|13 August
|15th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Alberto Valentim]]
|27 August
|-
|Paraná
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rogério Micale]]
|14 August
|20th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Claudinei Oliveira]]
|15 August
|-
|Corinthians
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Osmar Loss]]
|Resigned
|5 September
|8th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jair Ventura]]
|6 September
|-
|Sport
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Eduardo Baptista]]
|rowspan=3|Sacked
|24 September
|14th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Milton Mendes]]
|26 September
|-
|Flamengo
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mauricio Barbieri]]
|28 September
|4th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dorival Júnior]]
|28 September
|-
|Chapecoense
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Guto Ferreira]]
|15 October
|17th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Claudinei Oliveira]]
|16 October
|-
|Paraná
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Claudinei Oliveira]]
|Signed by [[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]
|16 October
|20th
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Dado Cavalcanti]]
|17 October
|-
|Atlético Mineiro
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Thiago Larghi]]
|rowspan=3|Sacked
|17 October
|6th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Levir Culpi]]
|17 October
|-
|América Mineiro
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adílson Batista]]
|10 November
|18th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Givanildo Oliveira]] 
|11 November
|-
|Fluminense
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Oliveira]]
|29 November
|14th
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Fábio Moreno
|29 November
|}

===Foreign players===
The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:190px;"| Club
! style="width:220px;"| Player 1
! style="width:220px;"| Player 2
! style="width:220px;"| Player 3
! style="width:220px;"| Player 4
! style="width:220px;"| Player 5
! style="width:220px;"| Player 6
|-
| América Mineiro
| 
| 
|
| 
| 
|
|-
| Atlético Mineiro
| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Juan Cazares]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Tomás Andrade]]
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Yimmi Chará]]
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[David Terans]]
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Martín Rea]]
|
|-
| Atlético Paranaense
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lucho González]]
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Anderson Plata]]
| 
|
|
|
|-
| Bahia
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Agustín Allione]]
| 
| 
| 
|
| 
|-
| Botafogo
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Joel Carli]]
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Roberto Junior Fernández|Junior Fernández]]
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Leonardo Valencia]]
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Rodrigo Aguirre]]
|
|
|-
| Ceará
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Javier Reina]]
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Jown Cardona]]
| 
| 
|
|
|-
| Chapecoense
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Héctor Canteros]]
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Nery Bareiro]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Agustín Doffo]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Fabián Torres|Diego Torres]]
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Edgardo Orzuza]]
|
|-
| Corinthians
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Ángel Romero (footballer)|Ángel Romero]]
| {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Emerson Sheik]]<sup>1</sup>
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Sergio Díaz (Paraguayan footballer)|Sergio Díaz]]
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Ángelo Araos]]
|
| 
|-
| Cruzeiro
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Giorgian De Arrascaeta]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ariel Cabral]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lucas Romero]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Federico Mancuello]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Hernán Barcos]]
|
|-
| Flamengo
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Gustavo Cuéllar]]
| {{flagicon|PER}} [[Miguel Trauco]]
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Orlando Berrío]]
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Marlos Moreno]]
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Fernando Uribe]]
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Robert Piris Da Motta]]
|-
| Fluminense
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Guillermo de Amores]]
| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Junior Sornoza]]
| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Bryan Cabezas]]
|
|
|
|-
| Grêmio
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Walter Kannemann]]
| 
| 
| 
|
|
|-
| Internacional
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés D'Alessandro]]
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Nicolás López (footballer, born 1993)|Nicolás López]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Víctor Cuesta]]
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Jonathan Álvez]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Martín Sarrafiore]]
| {{flagicon|PER}} [[Paolo Guerrero]]
|-
| Palmeiras
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Miguel Borja]]
| {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Alejandro Guerra]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Nicolás Freire]]
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Gustavo Gómez]]
|
|
|-
| Paraná
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Marcelo Báez]]
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Jorge Daniel González Marquet|Jorge González]]
| 
| 
|
|
|-
| Santos
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Jonathan Copete]]
| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Bryan Ruiz]]
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Carlos Andrés Sánchez|Carlos Sánchez]]
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Derlis González]]
| 
| 
|-
| São Paulo
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Santiago Tréllez]]
| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Robert Arboleda]]
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Gonzalo Carneiro]]
| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Joao Rojas (footballer, born 1989)|Joao Rojas]]
|
|
|-
| Sport
| 
| 
| 
|
| 
|
|-
| Vasco da Gama
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Martín Silva]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Maxi López]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés Ríos (footballer, born 1989)|Andrés Ríos]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Leandro Luis Desábato|Leandro Desábato]]
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Oswaldo Henríquez]]
| 
|-
| Vitória
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Marcelo Meli]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Marcelo Benítez (footballer, born 1991)|Marcelo Benítez]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Walter Bou]]
| 
| 
| 
|}

*<sup>1</sup> Players holding Brazilian dual nationality.

== Standings ==
=== League table ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/competicoes/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/2018 CBF]
|show_limit=5

<!--Update team positions here-->
|team1=PAL |team2=FLA |team3=INT |team4=GRE |team5=SPA |team6=CAM |team7=CAP |team8=CRU |team9=BOT |team10=SAN |team11=BAH |team12=FLU |team13=COR |team14=CHA |team15=CEA |team16=VAS |team17=AMG |team18=SPT |team19=VIT |team20=PAR

<!--Team definitions (wikilinks in table)-->
|name_AMG=[[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]]
|name_CAM=[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|name_CAP=[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]]
|name_BAH=[[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]]
|name_BOT=[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|name_CEA=[[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]]
|name_CHA=[[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]
|name_COR=[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
|name_CRU=[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|name_FLA=[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|name_FLU=[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] 
|name_GRE=[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
|name_INT=[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|name_PAL=[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|name_PAR=[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]
|name_SAN=[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|name_SPA=[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|name_SPT=[[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]
|name_VAS=[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|name_VIT=[[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]

<!--Update team qualifications here (defined below)-->
|result1=LIBG1 |result2=LIBG1 |result3=LIBG1 |result4=LIBG1 |result5=LIB2 |result6=LIB2 |result7=CSA-W |result8=LIBG2
|result9=CSA |result10=CSA |result11=CSA |result12=CSA |result13=CSA |result14=CSA 
|result17=REL |result18=REL |result19=REL |result20=REL

<!--Notes here-->

<!--Update team results here and then (if needed positions above). Don't forget to update the date above (update parameter)-->
|win_AMG=10|draw_AMG=10|loss_AMG=18|gf_AMG=30|ga_AMG=47
|win_CAM=17|draw_CAM=8 |loss_CAM=13|gf_CAM=56|ga_CAM=43
|win_CAP=16|draw_CAP=9 |loss_CAP=13|gf_CAP=54|ga_CAP=37
|win_BAH=12|draw_BAH=12|loss_BAH=14|gf_BAH=39|ga_BAH=41
|win_BOT=13|draw_BOT=12|loss_BOT=13|gf_BOT=38|ga_BOT=46
|win_CEA=10|draw_CEA=14|loss_CEA=14|gf_CEA=32|ga_CEA=38
|win_CHA=11|draw_CHA=11|loss_CHA=16|gf_CHA=34|ga_CHA=50
|win_COR=11|draw_COR=11|loss_COR=16|gf_COR=34|ga_COR=35
|win_CRU=14|draw_CRU=11|loss_CRU=13|gf_CRU=34|ga_CRU=34
|win_FLA=21|draw_FLA=9 |loss_FLA=8 |gf_FLA=59|ga_FLA=29
|win_FLU=12|draw_FLU=9 |loss_FLU=17|gf_FLU=32|ga_FLU=46
|win_GRE=18|draw_GRE=12|loss_GRE=8 |gf_GRE=48|ga_GRE=27
|win_INT=19|draw_INT=12|loss_INT=7 |gf_INT=51|ga_INT=29
|win_PAL=23|draw_PAL=11|loss_PAL=4 |gf_PAL=64|ga_PAL=26
|win_PAR=4 |draw_PAR=11|loss_PAR=23|gf_PAR=18|ga_PAR=57
|win_SAN=13|draw_SAN=11|loss_SAN=14|gf_SAN=46|ga_SAN=40
|win_SPA=16|draw_SPA=15|loss_SPA=7 |gf_SPA=46|ga_SPA=34
|win_SPT=11|draw_SPT=9 |loss_SPT=18|gf_SPT=35|ga_SPT=57|adjust_points_SPT=-3
|win_VAS=10|draw_VAS=13|loss_VAS=15|gf_VAS=41|ga_VAS=48
|win_VIT=9 |draw_VIT=10|loss_VIT=19|gf_VIT=36|ga_VIT=63

<!---Competition rules-->
|class_rules=1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.

<!--Qualification and relegation column definitions-->
|res_col_header=QR
|col_LIBG1=green1 |text_LIBG1=Qualification for [[2019 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores group stage]]
|col_LIBG2=green1 |text_LIBG2=Qualification for [[2019 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores group stage]]
|col_CSA-W=green1 |text_CSA-W=Qualification for [[2019 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores group stage]]
|col_LIB2=green2 |text_LIB2={{nowrap|Qualification for [[2019 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores second stage]]}}
|col_CSA=blue1 |text_CSA=Qualification for [[2019 Copa Sudamericana|Copa Sudamericana first stage]]
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to [[2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|Campeonato Brasileiro Série B]]
|note_res_LIBG2=[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] qualified for the [[2019 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores group stage]] by winning the [[2018 Copa do Brasil]].
|note_res_CSA-W=[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]] qualified for the [[2019 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores group stage]] by winning the [[2018 Copa Sudamericana]].
|note_SPT=[[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]] were deducted three points for the late payment of salary of player [[Gabriel (footballer, born 1990)|Gabriel]].
|status_text_X=Assured of at least Copa Sudamericana, but may still qualify for Copa Libertadores

<!--Status-->
|status_AMG=R|status_CAM=|status_CAP=|status_BAH=|status_BOT=|status_CEA=|status_CHA=|status_COR=|status_CRU=|status_FLA=|status_FLU=|status_GRE=|status_INT=|status_PAL=C|status_PAR=R|status_SAN=|status_SPA=|status_SPT=R|status_VAS=|status_VIT=R
}}</onlyinclude>

== Results ==
{{#invoke:Sports results|main
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/competicoes/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a CBF]
|matches_style=FBR
|team1=AMG |team2=CAM |team3=CAP |team4=BAH |team5=BOT |team6=CEA |team7=CHA |team8=COR |team9=CRU |team10=FLA |team11=FLU |team12=GRE |team13=INT |team14=PAL |team15=PAR |team16=SAN |team17=SPA |team18=SPT |team19=VAS |team20=VIT

|name_AMG=[[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]]
|name_CAM=[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|name_CAP={{nowrap|[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]]}}
|name_BAH=[[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]]
|name_BOT=[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|name_CEA=[[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]]
|name_CHA=[[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]
|name_COR=[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
|name_CRU=[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|name_FLA=[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|name_FLU=[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|name_GRE=[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
|name_INT=[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|name_PAL=[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|name_PAR=[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]
|name_SAN=[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|name_SPA=[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|name_SPT=[[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]
|name_VAS=[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|name_VIT=[[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]

|match_AMG_CAM=1–3
|match_AMG_CAP=3–1
|match_AMG_BAH=1–0
|match_AMG_BOT=1–0
|match_AMG_CEA=0–0
|match_AMG_CHA=0–0
|match_AMG_COR=0–0
|match_AMG_CRU=1–2
|match_AMG_FLA=2–2
|match_AMG_FLU=0–0
|match_AMG_GRE=1–1
|match_AMG_INT=2–1
|match_AMG_PAL=0–0
|match_AMG_PAR=0–1
|match_AMG_SAN=2–1
|match_AMG_SPA=1–3
|match_AMG_SPT=3–0
|match_AMG_VAS=2–1
|match_AMG_VIT=2–1

|match_CAM_AMG=0–0
|match_CAM_CAP=3–1
|match_CAM_BAH=1–0
|match_CAM_BOT=1–0
|match_CAM_CEA=2–1
|match_CAM_CHA=3–3
|match_CAM_COR=1–0
|match_CAM_CRU=[[Clássico Mineiro|1–0]]
|match_CAM_FLA=0–1
|match_CAM_FLU=5–2
|match_CAM_GRE=0–1
|match_CAM_INT=0–1
|match_CAM_PAL=1–1
|match_CAM_PAR=2–0
|match_CAM_SAN=3–1
|match_CAM_SPA=1–0
|match_CAM_SPT=5–2
|match_CAM_VAS=0–0
|match_CAM_VIT=2–1

|match_CAP_AMG=4–0
|match_CAP_CAM=1–2
|match_CAP_BAH=2–0
|match_CAP_BOT=2–1
|match_CAP_CEA=2–2
|match_CAP_CHA=5–1
|match_CAP_COR=1–0
|match_CAP_CRU=2–0
|match_CAP_FLA=3–0
|match_CAP_FLU=3–1
|match_CAP_GRE=2–1
|match_CAP_INT=2–2
|match_CAP_PAL=1–3
|match_CAP_PAR=3–0
|match_CAP_SAN=2–0
|match_CAP_SPA=0–1
|match_CAP_SPT=4–0
|match_CAP_VAS=1–0
|match_CAP_VIT=4–0

|match_BAH_AMG=1–0
|match_BAH_CAM=2–2
|match_BAH_CAP=0–0
|match_BAH_BOT=3–3
|match_BAH_CEA=2–1
|match_BAH_CHA=1–0
|match_BAH_COR=1–0
|match_BAH_CRU=0–0
|match_BAH_FLA=0–0
|match_BAH_FLU=2–0
|match_BAH_GRE=0–2
|match_BAH_INT=0–1
|match_BAH_PAL=1–1
|match_BAH_PAR=2–0
|match_BAH_SAN=1–0
|match_BAH_SPA=2–2
|match_BAH_SPT=2–0
|match_BAH_VAS=3–0
|match_BAH_VIT=4–1

|match_BOT_AMG=1–0
|match_BOT_CAM=0–3
|match_BOT_CAP=2–0
|match_BOT_BAH=0–1
|match_BOT_CEA=0–0
|match_BOT_CHA=1–0
|match_BOT_COR=1–0
|match_BOT_CRU=1–1
|match_BOT_FLA=2–1
|match_BOT_FLU=2–1
|match_BOT_GRE=2–1
|match_BOT_INT=1–0
|match_BOT_PAL=1–1
|match_BOT_PAR=2–1
|match_BOT_SAN=0–0
|match_BOT_SPA=2–2
|match_BOT_SPT=2–0
|match_BOT_VAS=1–1
|match_BOT_VIT=1–1

|match_CEA_AMG=2–2
|match_CEA_CAM=2–1
|match_CEA_CAP=0–0
|match_CEA_BAH=0–2
|match_CEA_BOT=0–0
|match_CEA_CHA=3–1
|match_CEA_COR=2–1
|match_CEA_CRU=0–1
|match_CEA_FLA=0–3
|match_CEA_FLU=1–0
|match_CEA_GRE=0–1
|match_CEA_INT=1–1
|match_CEA_PAL=2–2
|match_CEA_PAR=1–0
|match_CEA_SAN=1–1
|match_CEA_SPA=0–0
|match_CEA_SPT=1–0
|match_CEA_VAS=0–0
|match_CEA_VIT=2–0

|match_CHA_AMG=1–0
|match_CHA_CAM=1–0
|match_CHA_CAP=2–1
|match_CHA_BAH=1–1
|match_CHA_BOT=0–1
|match_CHA_CEA=2–0
|match_CHA_COR=2–1
|match_CHA_CRU=2–0
|match_CHA_FLA=3–2
|match_CHA_FLU=1–2
|match_CHA_GRE=1–1
|match_CHA_INT=2–1
|match_CHA_PAL=1–2
|match_CHA_PAR=1–1
|match_CHA_SAN=0–0
|match_CHA_SPA=1–0
|match_CHA_SPT=2–1
|match_CHA_VAS=1–1
|match_CHA_VIT=0–1

|match_COR_AMG=1–0
|match_COR_CAM=1–1
|match_COR_CAP=0–0
|match_COR_BAH=2–1
|match_COR_BOT=2–0
|match_COR_CEA=1–1
|match_COR_CHA=0–0
|match_COR_CRU=2–0
|match_COR_FLA=0–3
|match_COR_FLU=2–1
|match_COR_GRE=0–1
|match_COR_INT=1–1
|match_COR_PAL=[[Paulista Derby|1–0]]
|match_COR_PAR=1–0
|match_COR_SAN=[[Clássico Alvinegro|1–1]]
|match_COR_SPA=[[Clássico Majestoso|1–1]]
|match_COR_SPT=2–1
|match_COR_VAS=1–0
|match_COR_VIT=0–0

|match_CRU_AMG=3–1
|match_CRU_CAM=[[Clássico Mineiro|0–0]]
|match_CRU_CAP=2–1
|match_CRU_BAH=1–1
|match_CRU_BOT=1–0
|match_CRU_CEA=0–2
|match_CRU_CHA=3–0
|match_CRU_COR=1–0
|match_CRU_FLA=0–2
|match_CRU_FLU=2–1
|match_CRU_GRE=0–1
|match_CRU_INT=0–0
|match_CRU_PAL=1–0
|match_CRU_PAR=3–1
|match_CRU_SAN=2–1
|match_CRU_SPA=0–2
|match_CRU_SPT=2–0
|match_CRU_VAS=1–1
|match_CRU_VIT=3–0

|match_FLA_AMG=2–0
|match_FLA_CAM=2–1
|match_FLA_CAP=1–2
|match_FLA_BAH=2–0
|match_FLA_BOT=2–0
|match_FLA_CEA=0–1
|match_FLA_CHA=2–0
|match_FLA_COR=1–0
|match_FLA_CRU=1–0
|match_FLA_FLU=[[Fla–Flu|3–0]]
|match_FLA_GRE=2–0
|match_FLA_INT=2–0
|match_FLA_PAL=1–1
|match_FLA_PAR=2–0
|match_FLA_SAN=1–0
|match_FLA_SPA=0–1
|match_FLA_SPT=4–1
|match_FLA_VAS=[[Clássico dos Milhões|1–1]]
|match_FLA_VIT=1–0

|match_FLU_AMG=1–0
|match_FLU_CAM=1–0
|match_FLU_CAP=2–0
|match_FLU_BAH=1–1
|match_FLU_BOT=1–0
|match_FLU_CEA=0–0
|match_FLU_CHA=3–1
|match_FLU_COR=1–0
|match_FLU_CRU=1–0
|match_FLU_FLA=[[Fla–Flu|0–2]]
|match_FLU_GRE=0–1
|match_FLU_INT=0–3
|match_FLU_PAL=1–0
|match_FLU_PAR=4–0
|match_FLU_SAN=0–1
|match_FLU_SPA=1–1
|match_FLU_SPT=0–0
|match_FLU_VAS=0–1
|match_FLU_VIT=0–0

|match_GRE_AMG=1–0
|match_GRE_CAM=2–0
|match_GRE_CAP=0–0
|match_GRE_BAH=2–2
|match_GRE_BOT=4–0
|match_GRE_CEA=3–2
|match_GRE_CHA=2–0
|match_GRE_COR=1–0
|match_GRE_CRU=1–1
|match_GRE_FLA=2–0
|match_GRE_FLU=0–0
|match_GRE_INT=[[Grenal|0–0]]
|match_GRE_PAL=0–2
|match_GRE_PAR=2–0
|match_GRE_SAN=5–1
|match_GRE_SPA=2–1
|match_GRE_SPT=3–4
|match_GRE_VAS=2–1
|match_GRE_VIT=4–0

|match_INT_AMG=2–0
|match_INT_CAM=1–2
|match_INT_CAP=2–1
|match_INT_BAH=2–0
|match_INT_BOT=3–0
|match_INT_CEA=1–0
|match_INT_CHA=3–0
|match_INT_COR=2–1
|match_INT_CRU=0–0
|match_INT_FLA=2–1
|match_INT_FLU=2–0
|match_INT_GRE=[[Grenal|1–0]]
|match_INT_PAL=0–0
|match_INT_PAR=1–0
|match_INT_SAN=2–2
|match_INT_SPA=3–1
|match_INT_SPT=0–0
|match_INT_VAS=3–1
|match_INT_VIT=2–1

|match_PAL_AMG=4–0
|match_PAL_CAM=3–2
|match_PAL_CAP=2–0
|match_PAL_BAH=3–0
|match_PAL_BOT=2–0
|match_PAL_CEA=2–1
|match_PAL_CHA=0–0
|match_PAL_COR=[[Paulista Derby|1–0]]
|match_PAL_CRU=3–1
|match_PAL_FLA=1–1
|match_PAL_FLU=3–0
|match_PAL_GRE=2–0
|match_PAL_INT=1–0
|match_PAL_PAR=3–0
|match_PAL_SAN=3–2
|match_PAL_SPA=[[Choque-Rei|3–1]]
|match_PAL_SPT=2–3
|match_PAL_VAS=1–0
|match_PAL_VIT=3–2

|match_PAR_AMG=1–0
|match_PAR_CAM=0–1
|match_PAR_CAP=0–0
|match_PAR_BAH=1–0
|match_PAR_BOT=1–1
|match_PAR_CEA=0–1
|match_PAR_CHA=1–1
|match_PAR_COR=0–4
|match_PAR_CRU=1–1
|match_PAR_FLA=0–4
|match_PAR_FLU=2–1
|match_PAR_GRE=0–0
|match_PAR_INT=1–1
|match_PAR_PAL=1–1
|match_PAR_SAN=0–2
|match_PAR_SPA=1–1
|match_PAR_SPT=1–2
|match_PAR_VAS=1–1
|match_PAR_VIT=1–1

|match_SAN_AMG=0–1
|match_SAN_CAM=3–2
|match_SAN_CAP=1–0
|match_SAN_BAH=2–0
|match_SAN_BOT=1–1
|match_SAN_CEA=2–0
|match_SAN_CHA=0–1
|match_SAN_COR=[[Clássico Alvinegro|1–0]]
|match_SAN_CRU=0–1
|match_SAN_FLA=1–1
|match_SAN_FLU=3–0
|match_SAN_GRE=0–0
|match_SAN_INT=1–2
|match_SAN_PAL=1–1
|match_SAN_PAR=3–1
|match_SAN_SPA=[[San-São|0–0]]
|match_SAN_SPT=3–0
|match_SAN_VAS=1–1
|match_SAN_VIT=5–2

|match_SPA_AMG=1–1
|match_SPA_CAM=2–2
|match_SPA_CAP=0–0
|match_SPA_BAH=1–0
|match_SPA_BOT=3–2
|match_SPA_CEA=1–0
|match_SPA_CHA=2–0
|match_SPA_COR=[[Clássico Majestoso|3–1]]
|match_SPA_CRU=1–0
|match_SPA_FLA=2–2
|match_SPA_FLU=1–1
|match_SPA_GRE=1–1
|match_SPA_INT=0–0
|match_SPA_PAL=[[Choque-Rei|0–2]]
|match_SPA_PAR=1–0
|match_SPA_SAN=[[San-São|1–0]]
|match_SPA_SPT=0–0
|match_SPA_VAS=2–1
|match_SPA_VIT=3–0

|match_SPT_AMG=0–2
|match_SPT_CAM=3–2
|match_SPT_CAP=1–0
|match_SPT_BAH=2–0
|match_SPT_BOT=1–1
|match_SPT_CEA=1–0
|match_SPT_CHA=1–1
|match_SPT_COR=1–1
|match_SPT_CRU=0–0
|match_SPT_FLA=0–1
|match_SPT_FLU=1–2
|match_SPT_GRE=0–0
|match_SPT_INT=2–1
|match_SPT_PAL=0–1
|match_SPT_PAR=1–0
|match_SPT_SAN=2–1
|match_SPT_SPA=1–3
|match_SPT_VAS=2–1
|match_SPT_VIT=0–0

|match_VAS_AMG=4–1
|match_VAS_CAM=2–1
|match_VAS_CAP=1–1
|match_VAS_BAH=2–1
|match_VAS_BOT=1–2
|match_VAS_CEA=1–1
|match_VAS_CHA=3–1
|match_VAS_COR=1–4
|match_VAS_CRU=2–0
|match_VAS_FLA=[[Clássico dos Milhões|1–1]]
|match_VAS_FLU=1–1
|match_VAS_GRE=1–0
|match_VAS_INT=1–1
|match_VAS_PAL=0–1
|match_VAS_PAR=1–0
|match_VAS_SAN=0–3
|match_VAS_SPA=2–0
|match_VAS_SPT=3–2
|match_VAS_VIT=2–3

|match_VIT_AMG=1–0
|match_VIT_CAM=1–0
|match_VIT_CAP=1–2
|match_VIT_BAH=2–2
|match_VIT_BOT=3–4
|match_VIT_CEA=2–1
|match_VIT_CHA=1–0
|match_VIT_COR=2–2
|match_VIT_CRU=1–1
|match_VIT_FLA=2–2
|match_VIT_FLU=1–2
|match_VIT_GRE=0–0
|match_VIT_INT=2–3
|match_VIT_PAL=0–3
|match_VIT_PAR=1–0
|match_VIT_SAN=0–1
|match_VIT_SPA=0–1
|match_VIT_SPT=1–0
|match_VIT_VAS=1–0
}}

== Attendance ==
===Average home attendances===
{{updated|1 December 2018}}

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://app.globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/publico-no-brasil/brasileirao-serie-a/|title=Público de Brasileirão Série A em 2018|website=GloboEsporte.com|language=pt-br|access-date=2018-12-06}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}
!width=170|Team
!{{Tooltip|Stadium|Main Stadium for home games played}}
!{{Tooltip|GP|Home games played}}
!width=45|{{Tooltip|Cumulative|Cumulative total of all home games attendance}}
!width=45|{{Tooltip|Average|Average attendance}}
|-
| align=center | 1 ||[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]] || align="center" | [[Maracanã Stadium|Maracanã]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |895,641|| align="center" bgcolor="#98fb98" |47,139
|-
| align=center | 2 ||[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]] || align="center" | [[Morumbi Stadium|Morumbi]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |652,080	|| align="center" |34,320
|-
| align=center | 3 ||[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] || align="center" | [[Allianz Parque]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |614,764|| align="center" |32,356
|-
| align=center | 4 ||[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]] || align="center" | [[Arena Corinthians]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |595,973|| align="center" |31,367
|-
| align="center" | 5 ||[[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]] || align="center" | [[Castelão (Ceará)|Castelão]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |533,482|| align="center" |28,078
|-
| align="center" | 6 ||[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]] || align="center" | [[Estádio Beira-Rio|Beira-Rio]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |526,319|| align="center" |27,701
|-
| align=center | 7 ||[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] || align="center" | [[Arena do Grêmio]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |423,016|| align="center" |22,264
|-
| align="center" | 8 ||[[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]] || align="center" | [[Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova|Fonte Nova]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |366,985|| align="center" |19,315
|-
| align="center" | 9 ||[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atletico Mineiro]] || align="center" | [[Arena Independência|Independência]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |326,363|| align="center" |17,177
|-
| align="center" | 10 ||[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] || align="center" | [[Estádio São Januário|São Januário]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |282,720|| align="center" |14,880
|-
| align=center | 11||[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] || align="center" | [[Maracanã Stadium|Maracanã]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |274,702|| align="center" |14,458
|-
| align="center" | 12 ||[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] || align="center" | [[Mineirão]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |257,146|| align="center" |13,534
|-
| align="center" | 13 ||[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] || align="center" | [[Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos|Nilton Santos]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |219,811|| align="center" |11,569
|-
| align="center" | 14 ||[[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]] || align="center" | [[Estádio Ilha do Retiro|Ilha do Retiro]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |217,132|| align="center" |11,428
|-
| align="center" | 15 ||[[Santos FC|Santos]] || align="center" | [[Estádio Urbano Caldeira|Vila Belmiro]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |200,925|| align="center" |10,575
|-
| align="center" | 16 ||[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atletico Paranaense]] || align="center" | [[Arena da Baixada]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |200,830|| align="center" |10,570
|-
| align=center | 17 ||[[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]] || align="center" | [[Arena Condá]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |178,429|| align="center" |9,391
|-
| align=center | 18 ||[[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]] || align="center" | [[Barradão]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |174,439|| align="center" |9,181
|-
| align="center" | 19 ||[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]] || align="center" | [[Estádio Vila Capanema|Vila Capanema]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |118,218|| align="center" |6,222
|-
| align="center" | 20 ||[[América Futebol Clube (MG)|America Mineiro]] || align="center" | [[Arena Independência|Independência]] || align="center" |19|| align="center" |93,043|| align="center" |4,897
|-
! align=center |&nbsp;– ||Total || || align=center |380|| align="center" |7,152,235|| align="center" |18,821
|}

==Season statistics==
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===Top scorers===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|1
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gabriel Barbosa]]
| align="left" |[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|'''18'''
|-
|2
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ricardo Oliveira]]
| align="left" |[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|'''13'''
|-
|rowspan="2"|3
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pablo Felipe Teixeira|Pablo]]
| align="left" |[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]]
|rowspan="2"|'''12'''
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Diego Souza (footballer, born 1985)|Diego Souza]]
| align="left" |[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|5
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Leandro Pereira]]
| align="left" |[[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]]
|rowspan="2"|'''11'''
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|URU}} [[Nicolás López (footballer, born 1993)|Nicolás López]]
| align="left" |[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|-
|rowspan="6"|7
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Lucas Paquetá]]
| align="left" |[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|rowspan="6"|'''10'''
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Yago Pikachu]]
| align="left" |[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Leandro Damião]]
| align="left" |[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Éverton Soares|Éverton]]
| align="left" |[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pedro (footballer, born 1997)|Pedro]]
| align="left" |[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Willian (footballer, born 1986)|Willian]]
| align="left" |[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|}

<small>Source: [http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/ Globoesporte.com]</small>
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=== Assists ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Assists
|-
|align=center valign="center"|1
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dudu (footballer, born 1992)|Dudu]]
| align="left" |[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|align=center valign="center"|'''15'''
|-
|rowspan="1" align=center valign="center"|2
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Éverton Cardoso da Silva|Éverton]]
| align="left" |[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|rowspan="1" align=center valign="center"|'''8'''
|-
|rowspan="1" align=center valign="center"|3
| align="left" |{{flagicon|COL}} [[Yimmi Chará]]
| align="left" |[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|rowspan="1" align=center valign="center"|'''7'''
|-
|rowspan="11" align=center valign="center"|4
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Luan Vieira|Luan]]
| align="left" |[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
|rowspan="11" align=center valign="center"|'''6'''
|-
| align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Everaldo Silva do Nascimento|Everaldo]]
| align="left"|[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|-
| align="left"|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Giorgian De Arrascaeta]]
| align="left"|[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|URU}} [[Nicolás López (footballer, born 1993)|Nicolás López]]
| align="left" |[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Éverton Ribeiro]]
| align="left" |[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Nikão]]
| align="left" |[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Raphael Veiga]]
| align="left" |[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Leonardo Valencia]]
| align="left" |[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Juan Cazares]]
| align="left" |[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Maxi López]]
| align="left" |[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dodô (footballer, born 1992)|Dodô]]
| align="left" |[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|}
<small>Source: [http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/estadisticas/asistencias/_/league/bra.1/futebol-brasileiro ESPN Deportes]</small>
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=== Hat-tricks ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Player!! For !! Against !! Result !! Date !! Ref.
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rodrygo Goes|Rodrygo]] || [[Santos Futebol Clube|Santos]] || [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]] || align="center"|5–2 || 3 June 2018 || align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/sp/santos-e-regiao/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/jogo/03-06-2018/santos-vitoria.ghtml |title=Rodrygo inferniza o Vitória, comanda goleada e tira o Santos do Z-4 |date=3 June 2018 |website=globoesporte.com |language=pt |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Ángel Romero (footballer)|Ángel Romero]] || [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]] || [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] || align="center"|4–1 || 29 July 2018 || align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/corinthians/noticia/romero-faz-mais-tres-chega-a-37-pelo-corinthians-e-supera-ronaldo-fenomeno.ghtml |title=Romero faz mais três, chega a 37 pelo Corinthians e supera... Ronaldo Fenômeno! |date=29 July 2018 |website=globoesporte.com |language=pt |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gabriel Barbosa]] ||[[Santos Futebol Clube|Santos]] ||[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] || align="center"|3–0 ||1 September 2018 || align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/rj/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/jogo/01-09-2018/vasco-santos.ghtml|title=Vasco 0 x 3 Santos - Campeonato Brasileiro 2018 rodada 22 - Tempo Real - Globo Esporte|website=globoesporte.com|language=pt-BR|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>
|}

===Clean sheets===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Clean<br />sheets
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Aderbar Melo dos Santos Neto|Santos]]
|align="left"|[[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]]
|rowspan="1"|'''15'''
|-
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vanderlei Farias da Silva|Vanderlei]]
|align="left"|[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|rowspan="1"|'''14'''
|-
|rowspan="2"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Júlio César (footballer, born 1986)|Júlio César]]
|align="left"|[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|rowspan="2"|'''13'''
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Éverson Felipe Marques Pires|Éverson]]
|align="left"|[[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Grohe]]
|align="left"|[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
|rowspan="3"|'''12'''
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sidão (footballer)|Sidão]]
|align="left"|[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Weverton Pereira da Silva|Weverton]]
|align="left"|[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Diego Alves]]
|align="left"|[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|rowspan="3"|'''11'''
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Douglas Friedrich]]
|align="left"|[[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]]
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Victor Leandro Bagy|Victor]]
|align="left"|[[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|-
|}
<small>Source: [https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/stats?competition=21&season=20180&category=goalkeeping&sort=10 FoxSports.com]</small>

== Awards ==

=== Team of the year ===
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{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pos.
! Player
! Club
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]]
|{{flag icon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Lomba]]
|[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Defender (association football)|DF]]
|{{flag icon|BRA}} [[Mayke]]
|[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Defender (association football)|DF]]
|{{flag icon|BRA}} [[Pedro Geromel]]
|[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Defender (association football)|DF]]
|{{flag icon|ARG}} [[Víctor Cuesta]]
|[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Defender (association football)|DF]]
|{{flag icon|BRA}} [[Renê Rodrigues Martins|Renê]]
|[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Midfielder|MF]]
|{{flag icon|BRA}} [[Rodrigo Dourado]]
|[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Midfielder|MF]]
|{{flag icon|BRA}} [[Bruno Henrique Corsini|Bruno Henrique]]
|[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Midfielder|MF]]
|{{flag icon|BRA}} [[Lucas Paquetá]]
|[[CR Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Midfielder|MF]]
|{{flag icon|URU}} [[Giorgian De Arrascaeta]]
|[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Forward (association football)|FW]]
|{{flag icon|BRA}} [[Dudu (footballer, born 1992)|Dudu]]
|[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| [[Forward (association football)|FW]]
|{{flag icon|BRA}} [[Gabriel Barbosa]]
|[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|}
{{col-break}}
{{football squad on pitch
|GK_nat=BRA|GK=[[Marcelo Lomba|M. Lomba]]
|RB_nat=BRA|RB=[[Mayke]]
|RCB_nat=BRA|RCB=[[Pedro Geromel|P. Geromel]]
|LCB_nat=ARG|LCB=[[Víctor Cuesta|V. Cuesta]]
|LB_nat=BRA|LB=[[Renê Rodrigues Martins|Renê]]
|LDM_nat=BRA|LDM=[[Rodrigo Dourado|R. Dourado]]
|RDM_nat=BRA|RDM=[[Bruno Henrique Corsini|B. Henrique]]
|LAM_nat=BRA|LAM=[[Lucas Paquetá|L. Paquetá]]
|RAM_nat=URU|RAM=[[Giorgian De Arrascaeta|De Arrascaeta]]
|LCF_nat=BRA|LCF=[[Dudu (footballer, born 1992)|Dudu]]
|RCF_nat=BRA|RCF=[[Gabriel Barbosa|G. Barbosa]]}}
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=== Annual awards ===

{| class="wikitable"
!Award
!Winner
!Club
|-
|Manager of the Year
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Luiz Felipe Scolari]]
|[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|-
|Player of the Year
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dudu (footballer, born 1992)|Dudu]]
|[[Liverpool F.C.|Palmeiras]]
|-
|Goal of the Year
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Éverton Ribeiro]], round 37 vs. [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] (8')
|[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|-
|Fan-Selected Player of the Year
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Gustavo Cuéllar]]
|[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
|-
|Young Player of the Year
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pedro (footballer, born 1997)|Pedro]]
|[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|-
|Fair Play Team of the Year
|[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| –
|-
|Referee of the Year
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Raphael Claus
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=| –
|}

{{small|Source [https://globoesporte.globo.com/rj/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/noticia/palmeiras-e-internacional-dominam-a-selecao-do-brasileirao-2018-veja-os-11-escolhidos.ghtml Globo]}}
<br>{{small|Last updated: 3 December 2018}}

== References ==
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