🤯 Nearly half of Série A bosses arrived in 2026
On Friday (3), Chapecoense announced the departure of head coach Gilmar Dal Pozzo, after a 4-0 thrashing by Atlético-MG right at Arena Condá.The 56-year-old coach had been with the Santa Catarina si...
🤯 Nearly half of Série A bosses arrived in 2026 On Friday (3), Chapecoense announced the departure of head coach Gilmar Dal Pozzo , after a 4-0 thrashing by Atlético-MG right at Arena Condá. The 56-year-old coach had been with the Santa Catarina side Verdão do Oeste since August 20, 2024, and “boasted” the mark of being the third longest-serving coach among Brasileirão Serie A clubs. Only Abel Ferreira, who arrived at Palmeiras on October 30, 2020, and Rogério Ceni, who has been in charge of Bahia since September 9, 2023, had been at the same club longer than Dal Pozzo.
And this coaching “merry-go-round” in the country led to a curious statistic: almost half of the 19 coaches employed in Serie A joined their clubs in 2026. More precisely, eight coaches — that is, 42. 1% of Brasileirão managers — arrived this year.
Considering that Chapecoense will still announce a new coach in 2026, 45% of the coaches began their work at their respective clubs this year. With the Brasileirão being a “meat grinder,” averaging one coaching change per round, only Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras), Rogério Ceni (Bahia), Rafael Guanaes (Mirassol), Dorival Júnior (Corinthians), Odair Hellmann (Athletico-PR), Jair Ventura (Vitória), Luis Zubeldía (Fluminense), Vagner Mancini (RB Bragantino), Fernando Seabra (Coritiba), Luís Castro (Grêmio), and Paulo Pezzolano (Internacional) started their tenures in 2025 or earlier. Fernando Seabra, Luís Castro, and Paulo Pezzolano, in fact, were announced after the end of the 2025 Brasileirão.
🔄 Check out the coaching changes in the 2026 Brasileirão Jorge Sampaoli ➡️ Eduardo Domínguez (Atlético-MG) Fernando Diniz ➡️ Renato Gaúcho (Vasco) Juan Carlos Osório ➡️ Léo Condé (Remo) Filipe Luís ➡️ Leonardo Jardim (Flamengo) Hernán Crespo ➡️ Roger Machado (São Paulo) Tite ➡️ Artur Jorge (Cruzeiro) Juan Pablo Vojvoda ➡️ Cuca (Santos) Martín Anselmí ➡️ Franclim Carvalho (Botafogo) Gilmar Dal Pozzo ➡️ ??? (Chapecoense) This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.