2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

{{Short description|2023 Brazilian soccer competition}}

{{Infobox football league season

|competition = Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

|season = 2023

|dates = 15 April – 10 July

|winners = Red Bull Bragantino {{small|(2nd title)}}

|promoted = América Mineiro
Botafogo
Fluminense
Red Bull Bragantino

|relegated = Botafogo-PB
CRESSPOM
ESMAC
Vila Nova/UNIVERSO

|matches = 70

|total goals = 215

|league topscorer = Paulina Gramaglia (10 goals)

|biggest home win = {{nowrap|América Mineiro 10–1 CRESSPOM}}
{{small|Group A, R6, 21 May}}

|biggest away win = CRESSPOM 0–8 Fluminense
{{small|Group A, R5, 14 May}}

|highest scoring = 11 goals
América Mineiro 10–1 CRESSPOM
{{small|Group A, R6, 21 May}}

|prevseason = 2022

|nextseason = 2024

}}

The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 (officially the Brasileirão Feminino Binance A2 2023 for sponsorship reasons){{cite web|url=https://www.mktesportivo.com/2022/05/binance-fecha-com-cbf-e-patrocinara-brasileirao-e-futebol-feminino/ |title=Binance fecha com CBF e patrocinará Brasileirão e futebol feminino |publisher=MKT Esportivo |language=pt |date=9 May 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/cdn/202307/20230711143639_994.pdf |title=CAMPEONATO BRASILEIRO FEMININO A2 TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2023 |publisher=CBF |language=pt |date=11 July 2023}}

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),{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-feminino/com-sao-jose-e-esmac-brasileirao-feminino-neoenergia-conhece-seus-reb |title=Com São José e Esmac, rebaixamento do Brasileirão Feminino Neoenergia está definido |date=4 August 2022 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese}} and four promoted from the 2022 Série A3 (3B da Amazônia, Sport, AD Taubaté and Vila Nova/UNIVERSO).{{cite web|url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/esportes/noticia/2022-07/brasileiro-feminino-vila-nova-faz-no-fim-e-garante-acesso-serie-a2 |title=Brasileiro Feminino: Vila Nova faz no fim e garante acesso à Série A2 |publisher=Agência Brasil |language=pt |date=24 July 2022}}

The four semi-finalists, América Mineiro, Botafogo, Fluminense and Red Bull Bragantino, were promoted to the 2024 Série A1,{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-feminino/semifinal-do-brasileiro-feminino-a2-esta-definida |title=Semifinais do Brasileiro Feminino A2 estão definidas |publisher=CBF |language=pt |date=14 June 2023}} while Botafogo-PB, CRESSPOM, ESMAC and Vila Nova/UNIVERSO were relegated to the 2024 Série A3.{{cite web|url=https://opopular.com.br/esporte/vila-nova-sofre-gol-nos-acrescimos-e-e-rebaixado-a-serie-a3-feminina-1.3032864 |title=Vila Nova sofre gol nos acréscimos e é rebaixado à Série A3 feminina |publisher=O Popular |language=pt |date=28 May 2023}}

Red Bull Bragantino defeated Fluminense 4–0, on aggregate, in the finals to win their second title{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-feminino/red-bull-bragantino-e-campeao-do-brasileirao-feminino-binance-a2 |title=Red Bull Bragantino é campeão do Brasileirão Feminino Binance A2 |publisher=CBF |language=pt |date=10 July 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/cdn/202303/20230323130910_635.pdf |title=Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Feminino A2 2023 |language=Portuguese |publisher=CBF |date=22 March 2023}}

Teams

{{Location map+ |Brazil |width=500|float=right |caption=Location of teams in 2023 Série A2 |places=

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-3.0832313 |long=-60.0281901 |label=

{{nowrap|3B da Amazônia}}
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-19.793016 |long=-43.978115 |label=

{{nowrap|América Mineiro}}
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-22.893272 |long=-43.292327 |label=

Botafogo
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 se.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-7.167178 |long=-34.873336 |label=

Botafogo-PB
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-15.827994 |long=-48.110415 |label=

CRESSPOM
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-1.349402 |long=-48.407141 |label=

ESMAC
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 sw.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-22.936867 |long=-43.184527 |label=

Fluminense
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-3.842000 |long=-38.603283 |label=

Fortaleza
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-3.135782 |long=-58.443676 |label=

JC
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-15.791002 |long=-47.852609 |label=

Minas/ICESP
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-23.4399032 |long=-46.9186966 |label=

{{nowrap|Red Bull Bragantino}}
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 se.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-23.1886066 |long=-45.8720505 |label=

São José
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 ne.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-8.062933 |long=-34.90293 |label=

Sport
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-23.027815 |long=-45.570509 |label=

AD Taubaté
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 nw.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-9.554598 |long=-35.781186 |label=

UDA
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-16.673524 |long=-49.237731 |label=

{{nowrap|Vila Nova/UNIVERSO}}
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

}}

=Number of teams by state=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Number
of teams

! State

! Team(s)

3

|align=left|{{flag|São Paulo}}

Red Bull Bragantino, São José and AD Taubaté
rowspan=3|2

|align=left|{{flag|Amazonas}}

3B da Amazônia and JC
align=left|{{flag|Distrito Federal}}CRESSPOM and Minas/ICESP
align=left|{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}Botafogo and Fluminense
rowspan=7|1

|align=left|{{flag|Alagoas}}

UDA
align=left|{{flag|Ceará}}Fortaleza
align=left|{{flag|Goiás}}Vila Nova/UNIVERSO
align=left|{{flag|Minas Gerais}}América Mineiro
align=left|{{flag|Pará}}ESMAC
align=left|{{flag|Paraíba}}Botafogo-PB
align=left|{{flag|Pernambuco}}Sport

{{clear}}

Stadiums and locations

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
Team

!Location

!Stadium

!Capacity{{cite web|title=CNEF CADASTRO NACIONAL DE ESTÁDIOS DE FUTEBOL |url=https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/cdn/201601/20160121152439_0.pdf |language=Portuguese |publisher=CBF |date=18 January 2016}}

{{flagicon|Amazonas}} 3B da Amazônia

|Manaus

|Ismael Benigno

|align=center | 10,451

{{flagicon|Minas Gerais}} América Mineiro

|Belo Horizonte

|SESC Alterosas

|align=center | 2,000

{{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} Botafogo

|Rio de Janeiro

|Olímpico Nilton Santos

|align=center | 46,931

{{flagicon|Paraíba}} Botafogo-PB

|João Pessoa

|Almeidão

|align=center | 19,000

{{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} CRESSPOM

|Brasília

|Maria de Lourdes Abadia {{small|(Ceilândia)}}

|align=center | 3,000

{{flagicon|Pará}} ESMAC

|Ananindeua

|Francisco Vasques {{small|(Belém)}}

|align=center | 4,900

{{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} Fluminense

|Rio de Janeiro

|Estádio das Laranjeiras

|align=center | 2,000

{{flagicon|Ceará}} Fortaleza

|Fortaleza

|CT Ribamar Bezerra {{small|(Maracanaú)}}

|align=center | 1,000

{{flagicon|Amazonas}} JC

|Itacoatiara

|Floro de Mendonça

|align=center | 5,000

{{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Minas/ICESP

|Brasília

|Ciro Machado do Espírito Santo

|align=center | 1,500

{{flagicon|São Paulo}} Red Bull Bragantino

|Bragança Paulista

|Prefeito Gabriel Marques da Silva {{small|(Santana de Parnaíba)}}

|align=center | 7,200

{{flagicon|São Paulo}} São José

|São José dos Campos

|Martins Pereira

|align=center | 16,500

{{flagicon|Pernambuco}} Sport

|Recife

|Ilha do Retiro

|align=center | 32,983

{{flagicon|São Paulo}} AD Taubaté

|Taubaté

|Joaquinzão

|align=center | 12,896

{{flagicon|Alagoas}} UDA

|Maceió

|Rei Pelé

|align=center | 17,126

{{flagicon|Goiás}} Vila Nova/UNIVERSO

|Goiânia

|Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga

|align=center | 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).

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=

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|section=Group A

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=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group B

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|name_JCF=JC

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|name_VIL=Vila Nova/UNIVERSO

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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.

=Quarter-finals=

The matches were played from 3 to 11 June 2023.

==Matches==

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|3B da Amazônia|Amazonas|1–7|Botafogo|Rio de Janeiro|0–0|1–7}}

{{TwoLegResult|Fluminense|Rio de Janeiro|0–0 {{pso|4–3}}|JC|Amazonas|0–0|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|América Mineiro|Minas Gerais|4–1|Fortaleza|Ceará|2–1|2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|UDA|Alagoas|3–12|Red Bull Bragantino|São Paulo|1–7|2–5}}

|}

=Semi-finals=

The matches were played from 18 to 26 June 2023.

==Matches==

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Fluminense|Rio de Janeiro|2–1|Botafogo|Rio de Janeiro|1–0|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|América Mineiro|Minas Gerais|0–5|Red Bull Bragantino|São Paulo|0–2|0–3}}

|}

=Finals=

The matches were played on 2 and 10 July 2023.

==Matches==

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Fluminense|Rio de Janeiro|0–4|Red Bull Bragantino|São Paulo|0–3|0–1}}

|}

{{Football box

|date=2 July 2023

|time=15:00

|team1=Fluminense {{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}}

|score=0–3

|team2={{flagicon|São Paulo}} Red Bull Bragantino

|report=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/competicoes/campeonato-brasileiro-feminino-a2/2023/69

|goals1=

|goals2=Luana Índia {{goal|36}}
Letícia Monteiro {{goal|42||45+4}}

|stadium=Estádio Luso Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro

|attendance=0

|referee=Deborah Cecília Cruz Correia (Pernambuco)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=10 July 2023

|time=19:00

|team1=Red Bull Bragantino {{flagicon|São Paulo}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} Fluminense

|report=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/competicoes/campeonato-brasileiro-feminino-a2/2023/70

|goals1=Gramaglia {{goal|11}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, Bragança Paulista

|attendance=1,756

|referee=Thayslane de Melo Costa (Sergipe)

}}

Top goalscorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
Rank

!Player

!Team

!Goals

align=center|1

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Paulina Gramaglia

|{{flagicon|São Paulo}} Red Bull Bragantino

|align=center|10

align=center|2

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luana Índia

|{{flagicon|São Paulo}} Red Bull Bragantino

|align=center|7

align=center rowspan=3|3

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Karol Cardozo

|{{flagicon|Alagoas}} UDA

|align=center rowspan=3|6

{{flagicon|BRA}} Letícia Monteiro

|{{flagicon|São Paulo}} Red Bull Bragantino

{{flagicon|BRA}} Valéria Lima

|{{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} Botafogo

{{small|Source: [https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/competicoes/campeonato-brasileiro-feminino-a2/2023 CBF]}}

References

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