🤯 Nearly half of Serie A bosses joined their clubs in 2026

This Friday (3), Chapecoense announced the departure of head coach Gilmar Dal Pozzo, after the 4-0 thrashing handed out by Atlético-MG right at Arena Condá.

The 56-year-old coach had been with Verdão do Oeste from Santa Catarina since August 20, 2024, and “boasted” the mark of being the third longest-serving coach among Brasileirão Série 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 “musical chairs” in the country produced a curious statistic: almost half of the 19 coaches employed in Série A joined their clubs in 2026.

More precisely, eight coaches — that is, 42.1% of Brasileirão managers — arrived only this year.

Considering that Chapecoense will still announce a new coach in 2026, 45% of the coaches started their work at their respective clubs this year.

With the Brasileirão being a “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) began their stints before 2025.

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 out, Eduardo Domínguez in (Atlético-MG)
• Fernando Diniz out, Renato Gaúcho in (Vasco)
• Juan Carlos Osório out, Léo Condé in (Remo)
• Filipe Luís out, Leonardo Jardim in (Flamengo)
• Hernán Crespo out, Roger Machado in (São Paulo)
• Tite out, Artur Jorge in (Cruzeiro)
• Juan Pablo Vojvoda out, Cuca in (Santos)
• Martín Anselmí out, Franclim Carvalho in (Botafogo)
• Gilmar Dal Pozzo out, ??? in (Chapecoense)

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.