The Brazilian League Serie A in 2006 can be summarised via its clubs performance - as follows from 11th to 20th place:
11) FLAMENGO 52 pts. - qualify to Libertadores Cup Group Stage
average attendance: 14,921
official website: http://flamengo.globo.com/
Best Players: Renato (midfielder), Obina (forward), Bruno (goalkeeper)
Top Scorer: Obina 11 goals
- Flamengo won qualification to the Libertadores Cup by winning the Brazilian Cup in 2006
- Jonatas from Flamengo was sold to Espanyol after one cap for the Brazilian National team
average attendance: 7,970
official website: http://www.botafogonocoracao.com.br/
Best Players: Claiton (midfielder), Ze Roberto (midfielder), Dodo (forward)
Top Scorer: Reinaldo 11 goals
- Botafogo lost its top scorer Dodo (9 goals) in the 13th round to Al Ain in the UAE
- Dodo has now returned back to Brazil with Botafogo (again!)
average attendance: 11,567
official website: http://www.atleticopr.com.br/
Best Players: Marcos Aurelio (forward), David Ferreira (midfielder), Denis Marques (forward)
Top Scorer: Marcos Aurelio 10 goals
- The Atletico-PR goalkeeper, Cleber, conceded the most goals in the whole competition - 56 goals in total
14) JUVENTUDE 47 pts.
average attendance: 4,635
official website: http://www.juventude.com.br/
Best Players: Christian (forward), Andre (goalkeeper)
Top Scorer: Christian 10 goals
- Juventude had one of the best home records in the competition (11 W, 6 D, 2 L)
- At the end of the season, Christian moved to Corinthians of Sao Paulo and after a strong start, he acted on a clause in his contract and moved once again, this time to Inter of Porto Alegre
average attendance: 10,299
official website: http://www.fluminense.com.br/
Best Players: Tuta (forward), Marcelo (full-back)
Top Scorer: Tuta 13 goals
- Fluminense's full-back Marcelo was sold at the end of the season to Real Madrid
- Tuta moved to Gremio at the end of the season
average attendance: 13,064
official website: http://www.palmeiras.com.br/
Best Players: Diego Cavalieri (goalkeeper), Edmundo (forward), Paulo Baier (full-back)
Top Scorer: Edmundo & Paulo Baier 10 goals each
- Edmundo has now scored 136 goals in the Brazilian league - the 3rd Top Scorer of all time
17) PONTE PRETA 39 pts. - RELEGATED
average attendance: 5,706
official website: http://www.pontepretaesportes.com.br/
Best Players: Tuto (striker)
Top Scorer: Tuto 11 goals
- After 9 years in serie A, Ponte Preta from the city of Campinas was relegated. Coincidentally, Guarani (also from Campinas) were relegated from serie B to serie C in 2006. No one will be celebrating 2006 in Campinas!
18) FORTALEZA 38 pts. - RELEGATED
average attendance: 11,786
official website: http://www.fortalezaec.net/
Best Players: Lucio (midfielder), Rinaldo (forward)
Top Scorer: Rinaldo 11 goals
- Rinaldo is now the best ever top scorer for Fortaleza in the Brazilian league with 27 goals in total
average attendance: 1,905
official website: http://www.adsaocaetano.com.br/
Best Players: Anderson Lima (full-back)
Top Scorer: Anderson Lima 7 goals
- Sao Caetano managed to have a record 5(!) different managers during the competition
- Another record were the 9 consecutive games lost by the team in 2006
- Finally, Sao Caetano had the worst attendance at a league game - 363(!!) people watched Sao Caetano x Atletico-PR
20) SANTA CRUZ 28 pts. - RELEGATED
average attendance: 11,127
official website: http://www.coralnet.com.br/
Best Players: Osmar (full-back)
Top Scorer: Nene 9 goals
- Santa Cruz lost two key players in gaining promotion to serie A at the start of the season, forward Carlinhos Bala (to Cruzeiro) and midfielder Rosembrick (to Palmeiras)
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