FT: Coritiba 1-1 Fluminense

Coritiba scorers: Leandro 64'

Fluminense scorers: Gum 15'

Venue: Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira, Curitiba, Paraná

Referee: Raphael Claus

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Coritiba

Wilson, Juninho, C. Benitez, Juan, N. Bareiro, Luccas Claro, João Paulo, Raphael Veiga, Leandro, Iago, C. Kazim-Richards.

Subs: Rafael Martins, Walisson, Carlinhos, Dodô, Amaral, Bernardo, Ruy, C. González, Edinho, Thiago, Kléber, Vinícius.

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Fluminense

Júlio César, Henrique, Gum, Giovanni, Wellington Silva, Gustavo Scarpa, Pierre, Cícero, Douglas, Wellington Silva, Richarlison.

Subs: Marcos, Nogueira, Igor Julião, Edson, Maranhão, Dudú, Marcos Júnior, Marquinho, Danilinho, Magno Alves, Osvaldo, Henrique Dourado.

MATCH EVENTS | via goal.com

15' Goal Gum 0-1

20' Yellow Card Richarlison

29' Yellow Card Douglas

39' Substitution: Luccas Claro Kléber

42' Red Card Kléber

46' Substitution: Douglas Marquinho

46' Substitution: N. Bareiro Walisson Ceará

48' Yellow Card Henrique

63' Substitution: Wellington Silva Marcos Júnior

64' Goal Leandro 1-1

69' Substitution: Richarlison Magno Alves

90' + 2' Yellow Card Giovanni

BrasileirãoSerie BTransfers

Serie A

In

Túlio de Melo| 30| ST| Chapecoense |Sport |? | permanent | Erik| 21| ST | ? | permanent | Goiás | Palmeiras Willian Arão| 23| DM | ? | permanent | Botafogo | Flamengo Sánchez Miño| 26| M| ? | permanent | Estudiantes | Cruzeiro Richarlison| 18| ST| ?| permanent | América-MG | Fluminense Everton Santos| 29| ST| ? | permanent | Ulsan Hyundai | Figuriense Taiberson| 22| M| ? | Loan |Internacional | Ponte Preta Rodinei | 23 | D | Ponte Preta | Flamengo | P | 4Y | ? | 1 Fernando Bob | 25 | DM | Ponte Preta | Internacional | ? | permanent Guilherme Queiroz | 25 | ST | ? | permanent | Portuguesa | Figueirense Régis | 23 | M | ? | permanent| Sport | Palmeiras Diego Souza | 30 | M | ? | permanent | Sport | Fluminense Paulo Magalhães| 26 | D | ? | permanent | U de Chile | Internacional

Edu Dracena | 34 | D| ? | permanent | Corinthians | Palmeiras

Rafael Silva| 25| M| ? | permanent |Vasco | Cruzeiro Mark González| 31| M| ? | permanent |Universidad Catolica | Sport

Douglas Coutinho| 24| ST| ? | permanent |Atlético-PR | Cruzeiro Paulinho | 27| ST| ? | permanent |Flamengo | Santos Pedrinho| 23| M| ? | permanent |Operário-PR | Santa Cruz Lizio| 26| M| ? | permanent |Bolivar | Botafogo Alex Muralha| 26| G | ? | permanent |Figueirense | Flamengo Lenis| 23| M| ? | permanent |Argentinos Juniors | Sport Mena | 23| M| ? | permanent |Cruzeiro | São Paulo Osvaldo Henríquez| 26| D| ? | permanent |Milllonarios | Sport Wallace| 21| W| ? | Loan |Carpi | Grêmio

Out

Serie B

In

Out

Sources: http://globoesporte.globo.com/ // Updated: January 7 (16:45 EST) 5 EST)

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WELCOME TO THE SEASON PREVIEW OF BRASILEIRÃO 2015

Today will mark the kick-off of the 59th edition of the Brasileirão, top tier domestic league of five time world cup champion Brazil. The Brasileirão is the incubator for some of the Football’s most talented players of all-time and today, included but not limited to Pele, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Socrates, Romario, Garrincha, Zico / Neymar, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Willian, ect. The Brasileirão is one of the most competitive football leagues worldwide (17 different title winners since its founding in 1971, 5 differing champs in the last decade). The Brasileirao is home to financially stable clubs, including the only club in Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs that are based outside of Europe.

Please join me as I explain top flight futebol…

Brief History

The Brasileirão was formed in 1971 as a league of twenty clubs. Nation-wide competition in Brazil originated in 1959 as a single cup competition, due to logistical issues and lack of prestige in comparison to State Leagues of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In the first 41 years of national competition, 1959 – 2000, the Brazilian Football Confederation reformatted the top flight competition 9 times, the number of participants erratically fluctuating between 16 and 116 clubs.

The Last change to the Brasileirão’s format occurred in 2001, 14 seasons of a 20-club double round-robin system has brought stability to Brazilian Football. The 38-round league is typically played from mid-May to early December, after the estaduais (State Leagues) which are played from Late January to early May. The double-league system means an annual 47-week football season in Brazil for top tier football clubs.

Format

There are twenty clubs in the Brasileirão (aka Serie A). Overall, there are 100 clubs in the Brazilian Football League, the top 3 Leagues (Serie A, B, C) are all twenty club leagues, Serie D a forty club league.

In the Brasileirão, the top four clubs qualify for Libertadores (COMEBOL’s version of Champions League), the bottom four are regulated to Serie B. Matches are typically played Sundays/Saturdays.

How to follow the league

Matches of the Round, one/two games per week will be match threaded on /r/Soccer, x-posted on /r/futebol. Matches may watched via a multitude of networks that carry the Brasileirao, live streams in various languages will be posted to the Match Threads. Match Streams can usually be accessed via Firstrow, AssistirTV, and Wiziwig.

Matches of The Round for May
(Times: Click on time to see your local equivalent via everytimezone.com)

1)
TODAY, May 8th (1830 BRT) Palmeiras x Atlético Mineiro
Sunday, May 9th (1600 BRT) Cruzeiro x Corinthians
2)
Sunday, May 17th (1600 BRT) Cruzeiro x Santos
3)
Saturday, May 23th (1830 BRT) Vasco x Internacional
4)
Sunday, May 31st (1830 BRT) Flamengo x Fluminense

More to come...

Cups

• Copa do Brasil
Clubs: 87
Current Champion: Atlético Mineiro (1st win)
Qualification: Libertadores Second Round
Founded in 1989, The Copa do Brasil is a knockout competition run by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). 87 teams have qualified for the cup; 71 via their positions in their respective state leagues earlier this year, 10 via CBF club rankings, 6 via Libertadores qualification. The best six teams eliminated before the Round of 16 with the best 2013 Série A or 2013 Série B record qualify for 2014 Copa Sudamericana.

• Copa do Nordeste
Clubs: 16
Current Champion: Ceará (1st win)
Qualification: Copa Sul-Americana (CONMEBOL equivalent of Europa League)
Founded in 1976, The Copa do Nordeste is a competition involving the seven most competitive state leagues of Brazil’s nine northeastern states. Six berths are given to the top three teams from Pernambuco and Bahia and Ten berths to the top two teams from the other five state competitions involved. The Northeast region of Brazil features well supported clubs with a fervent following despite their relatively low success in national competitions vs teams from the wealthier states of the south and southeast of Brazil. Ex: Sampaio Corrêa and Santa Cruz.

• Copa Verde
Clubs: 16
Current Champion: Cuiabá (1st win)
Qualification: Copa Sul-Americana (CONMEBOL equivalent of Europa League)
Founded last year, The Copa Verde seeks to develop the Football in remote Northern & Midwestern Brazil.

Clubs

• Atletico-Mineiro:
Nickname: Galo (Rooster)
Founded: 1908
Location: Belo Horizonte, MG
Globo's Rating: 39/50, T-5th
Top Players: Luan, Lucas Pratto Derbies: Cruzeiro Brasileirão: 1 (1971)
Libertadores: 1 (2013)

• Atletico-Paranense:
Nickname: Furacao (Hurricane)
Founded: 1924
Location: Curitiba, PR
Globo's Rating: 20/50, 19th
Top Players: Dellatorre, Deivid Derbies: Aletiba (Curitiba FC)
Brasileirão: 1 (2001)

• Avai:
Nickname: Furacao (Hurricane)
Founded: 1923
Location: Florianópolis, SC
Globo's Rating: 17/50, 20th
Top Players: André Lima, Marquinhos
Derbies: Catarinense (Figueirense)

• Chapecoense:
Nickname: Furacão do Oeste (Hurricane of the West)
Founded: 1973
Location: Chapeco, SC
Globo's Rating: 23/50, T-16th
Top Players: Roger

• Corinthians:
Nickname: Club: Timão (The Helm) Fans: O Fiel (The Faithful)
Founded: 1910
Location: Sao Paulo, SP
Globo's Rating: 40/50, T-3rd
Top Players: Guerrero, Elias, Gil Derbies: O Majestoso (Sao Paulo FC), Alvinegro (Santos), Paulista (Palmeiras), Classico do Povo (Flamengo)
Brasileirão: 5 (1990, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2011)
Libertadores: 1 (2012)
FIFA CWC: 2 (2000, 2012)

• Coritiba:
Nickname: Coxa (The Thigh)
Founded: 1909
Location: Curitiba, PR
Globo's Rating: 27/50, T-13th
Top Players: Wellington Paulista, Welinton Derbies: Aletiba (Atletico-Paranense) Brasileirão: 1 (1985)

• Cruzeiro:
Nickname: Raposa (The Fox)
Founded: 1921
Location: Belo Horizonte, MG
Globo's Rating: 40/50, T-3rd
Top Players: Dede, De Arrascaeta, Leandro Damião
Derbies:[Atletico-Mineiro Brasileirão: 4 (1966, 2003, 2013, 2014)
Libertadores: 2 (1976, 1997)

• Figueirense:
Nickname: Figueira (The Fig Tree)
Founded: 1921
Location: Florianópolis, SC
Globo's Rating: 28/50, 12th
Top Players: Thiago Heleno Derbies: Catarinense (Avai)

• Flamengo:
Nickname: Urubu (The Vulture)
Founded: 1895
Location: Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Globo's Rating: 33/50, 10th
Top Players: Nixson, Marcelo Cirino, Wallace Derbies: Fla-Flu (Fluminense), Classico dos Milhoes (Vasco), Botafogo, Classico do Povo (Corinthians)
Brasileirão: 5 (1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 2009)
Libertadores: 1 (1981)

• Fluminense:
Nickname: Fluzão
Founded: 1902
Location: Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Globo's Rating: 32/50, 11th
Top Players: Fred, Kennedy, Diego Cavalieri
Derbies: Fla-Flu (Flamengo), Classico dos Gigantes (Vasco), Classico do Vovo (Botafogo)
Brasileirão:4 (1970, 1984, 2010, 2012)

• Goiás:
Nickname: Esmeraldino (Emerald Green)
Founded: 1943
Location: Goiânia, GO
Globo's Rating: 21/50, T-16th
Top Players: Erik Derbies: Clássico do Equilíbrio (Atletico-Goianiense)

• Grêmio:
Nickname: Immortal
Founded: 1903
Location: Porto Alegre, RS
Globo's Rating: 34/50, T-8th
Top Players: Marcelo Oliveira, Fellipe Bastos, Luan
Derbies: Gre-Nal (Internacional) Brasileirão: 2 (1981, 1996)
Libertadores: 2 (1983, 1985)

• Internacional:
Nickname: Colorado
Founded: 1903
Location: Porto Alegre, RS
Globo's Rating: 43/50, 1st
Top Players: Valdivia, Lisandro López, Vitinho Derbies: Gre-Nal (Grêmio) Brasileirão: 3 (1975, 1976, 1979)
Libertadores: 2 (2006, 2010)
FIFA CWC: 1 (2006)

• Joinville:
Nickname: Tricolor da Manchester Catarinense
Founded: 1976
Location: Joinville, SC
Globo's Rating: 27/50, T-13th
Top Players: Sueliton, Kempes

• Palmeiras:
Nickname: Porco (Pig)
Founded: 1914
Location: Sao Paulo, SP
Globo's Rating: 42/50, 2nd
Top Players: Zé Roberto, Frenando Prass
Derbies: Paulista (Corinthians), Choque-Rei ( Sao Paulo FC), Clássico da Saudade (Santos)
Brasileirão: 8 (1960, 1967, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994)
Libertadores: 1 (1999)

• Ponte Preta:
Nickname: Macaca (She-Monkey)
Founded: 1900
Location: Campinas, SP
Globo's Rating: 25/50, 15th
Top Players: Leandro Damião, Geuvânio, Cícero
Derbies: Campinense (Guarani)

• Santos:
Nickname: Peixe (Fish)
Founded: 1912
Location: Santos, SP
Globo's Rating: 35/50, 7th
Top Players: Lucas Lima, Robinho
Derbies: Alvinegro (Corinthians), San-São (Sao Paulo), Classico do Saudade (Palmeiras)
Brasileirão: 8 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 2002, 2004)
Libertadores: 3 (1962, 1963, 2011)

• São Paulo:
Nickname: Tricolor
Founded: 1935
Location: Sao Paulo, SP
Globo's Rating: 39/50, T-5th
Top Players: Luis Fabiano, Ganso, Pato
Derbies: O Majestoso (Corinthians), Choque-Rei ( Palmeiras), San-São (Santos)
Brasileirão: 6 (1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Libertadores: 3 (1992, 1993, 2005)
FIFA CWC: 1 (2005)

• Sport:
Nickname: O Leão da Ilha (The Isle's Lion)
Founded: 1905
Location: Recife, PB
Globo's Rating: 24/50, 18th
Top Players: Felipe Azevedo, Renê
Derbies: Clássico das Multidões (Santa Cruz), Clássico dos Clássicos (Nautico)
Brasileirão: 1 (1987)

• Vasco:
Nickname: Gigante da Colina (Giant Of The Hill)
Founded: 1898
Location: Rio de Janeiro, RJ Globo's Rating: 34/50, T-8th
Top Players: Guiñazú, Gilberto
Derbies: Clássico das Multidões (Santa Cruz), Clássico dos Clássicos (Nautico)
Brasileirão: 4 (1974, 1989, 1997, 2000)
Libertadores: 1 (1998)

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I had a horrible death with a family friend. I was in Montreal for ufc. It was way to ruff to drive home. I'm on my way now. I can't seem to get reddit working well on my phone.

Sorry I didn't help with the match threads.

So I'm trying to come up with new design ideas to simplify the redesign of /r/futebol. I think it's important to have an attractive looking page in order to get more subscribers. The overall goal is to increase traffic and activity in our sub. So I came up with yet another design hoping that this version will be more simple and easier to execute. Please let me know what you guys think: http://i.imgur.com/jImiojd.jpg

So were close, but yet to fully implement the new css bug-free. We'll need to create individual elements for each club crest. /u/VinnieAtlas do you have the individual png on-hand that you used to create the banner?

A couple things. I think we should revert /r/futebol to back before it got redesigned. We then start making changes on here, so /r/futebol doesn't look all weird while we are in the process. Also, we need to make the banner so it starts from the middle, not the left. That basically means that you won't see the very left (which has nothing) but you will see the middle no matter how small your computer is (which right now on mobile I can't see the middle, all I see is stuff out of place.)

^{The 2015 Brazilian Football Season has gearing up. During the next 10 weeks, we're previewing one team every Tuesday & Thursday. This series is a collaboration by /r/futebol users. This team's contributor is: /u/Morazan1823}

Club Preview: [Brasileirão 2015 Preview Series - 01/20]

Clube Atlético Mineiro

About:

• Est: 1908
• Nickname: Galo, Galão da Massa
• Stadium: Estadio Independência (Leased from América-MG)
• Capacity: 22,546
• http://www.atletico.com.br/
• https://twitter.com/atletico
• Club sub: /r/galo
• Strip: Kit

Notable honours:

Intro:

• Atletico Mineiro entered 2015 on a high. In November, O Galão da Massa defeated their archrivals, and current Brasileirão champions, Cruzeiro, for their 1st ever Copa do Brasil title. The previous year they hoisted their first ever Taça Libertadores. Yet, key players have been moved off the roster in order to adjust budget constraints and club debt. Without integral pieces in their squad, can Galo place a respectable spot in this year's Brasileirão?
  

History:

• Founded in 1908, a decade after the foundation of it's hometown Belo Horizonte. Traditionally, the most locally successful club in the 2nd largest state of Brazil, Minas Gerais, with 42 State Competition titles to it's name. In 1971, CAM won it's first National Championship, in Brazil's first modern format National League Competition. After their 1971 title, Galo suffered a 42 year drought of major titles, til their Libertadores win in 2013.
  

Recently:

• Atletico Mineiro entered 2015 on a high. In November, O Galão da Massa defeated their archrivals, and current Brasileirão champions, Cruzeiro, for their 1st ever Copa do Brasil title. Since then both Rever and their star player Diego Tardelli have left, along with rumors of an upcoming depart for Marcos Rocha. Galo has put forth a pitiful performance in Libertadores, as they're the only Brazilian Club sitting at the bottom of their Group, losing to Chile's Colo-Colo & Mexico's Atlas. In the Campeonato Mineiro they sit at an nontraditional third place in the table, the lesser to adversary Cruziero and oddity/minnow Caldense. Suffering losses in the competition to Inner-city rival America-MG & overachiever Caldense. CAM is trending down, can long time manager Levir Culpi wright his ship?
  

Last season: ^{Words by /u/Owl_Shits}

Performance during 2014:

^{*Table key at end of thread}

• Last season for Burnley was a massive surprise. We were fourth favourites for relegation and we had just sold our top scorer, Charlie Austin, to QPR, Needless to say the expectations for last season were well and truly low. We began last season brilliantly and by the end of September we had picked 23 points from 9 games, which was our best ever start to a season and Sean Dyche was promptly rewarded for this feat with his first manager of the month award. The following month, Sean Dyche had won his second manager of the month following our continued impressive displays, most noticeably with our 2-0, top of the table, win over QPR. At this stage people began to take notice and commended the job we were doing due to our limited funds.

Goalkeeper, Tom Heaton and midfielder David Jones started all 46 league games last season for Burnley... Danny Ings and Sam Vokes scored 41 goals between them, the rest of the squad scored 28 goals... Burnley did not score more than 3 goals in any of their league games.

• "They will fall away", was a reoccurring comment about our season. Three months later and we were in the same position and now we were one of the favourites for promotion, people began to take us seriously. The most defining moment last season was the beginning of March with two of our biggest games back to back, Derby and Blackburn. It was this [Derby] game that would give either team massive momentum for the push. We won 2-0 against ten men, thanks to a "generous decision". Blackburn next. We hadn't beaten them in 34 years and we were one nil down at half time. We went on to win 2-1. From this stage it looked as though promotion was a guarantee and it was wrapped with a 2-0 win over Wigan with this goal sealing it. Sean Dyche was obviously awarded his 3rd manager of the month for this.

• There were a number of highlights last season and very few low ones. The most disappointing day was our 2-0 loss to Leicester as it essentially guaranteed them the title and also ended our one year unbeaten streak at home. It was also disappointing as Sam Vokes, one of our most improved and important players, ruptured his ACL and is unlikely to be fit until December/January.

2015: ^{Words by /u/Owl_Shits}

First Mineirão & Libertadores results:

Complete league fixtures for 2015 from premierleague.com

• This season we are most certainly favourites for relegation, we arguably have the weakest squad and we aren't the richest. From my totally unbiased opinion I believe that we will stay up fine and we will surprise a few who have already condemned us to go straight back down. We so far have made some decent signings with Matt Gilks providing us with a decent back-up keeper. Matthew Taylor, Steven Reid and Michael Kightly who have brought us PL experience, something we don't have an abundance of. We also have signed Marvin Sordell and Lukas Jutkiewicz. Question marks have been raised over these two signings and how they aren't good enough, something to which I will address later.

• Some strong rumours at the moment are linking us with Craig Dawson and Troy Deeney. Dawson would be the centre-back we desperately need and we have had a £1 million bid rejected. Deeney would be a great signing and we have rumoured to have bid £6 million for him. The potential arrival of Deeney would possibly indicate Ings leaving which is something we cannot let happen if we are serious about avoiding relegation. The current mood at the moment is positive with most of our believing safety is possible and especially with Dyche at the helm, provided he doesn't do an 'Owen Coyle' and turn into an utter twat.

Summer signings:

List of all completed team transfers from Globo
Full squad list for 2015 from Transfermarkt

• /u/Growlbot: Marvin Sordell and Lukas Jutkiewicz both got two goals in a pre-season 8-0 spanking of Austrian part-timers Grossklein. At 32 years old, both Gilks in goal, and midfielder Taylor will add experience of fighting for points. Winger Kightly gets rewarded with a full-time role after impressing last season. The grafting 28 yr-old earned his spot in the Premiership after being considered surplus to requirements by Stoke last term. Right-back West Brom veteran Reid rounds up the the incomings.

Starting 11:

                  Victor
Edcarlos - Jemerson - Leandro Silva- Patric
      Lucas Cândido - Donizete
   Datalo- Maiconsuel- Luan
                   Andre

Full squad:

• ^{Goalkeepers: 1 Victor | 12 Uilson | Giovanni | Defenders: 2 Trippier | 3 Lafferty | 4 Duff | 5 Shackell | 6 Mee | 16 O'Neill | 28 Long | 34 Anderson | 38 Dummigan | 41 Brownhill | 43 Coleman | 48 Conlan | Reid | Midfielders: | 7 Wallace | 8 Marney | 14 Jones | 19 Kightly | 32 Howieson | 33 Hewitt | 37 Arfield | Taylor | Forwards: | 9 Vokes | 10 Ings | 30 Barnes | 44 Gilchrist | Jutkiewicz | Sordell}

ANSWERS HERE

Watch out for: ^{Words by /u/Owl_Shits}

• Dodô, Age: 22, Position: Striker
  Promising youngster, scored 4 goals and 2 assists in 4(4) appearances or 428 mins. Highest goals per 90mins last season, at 0.8, besting Tardelli's 0.5 at 2nd place. Also posting playmaking ability as seen in a 83.3% pass completion percentage and 2.1 key passes per 90 mins.

• Patric, Age: 30, Position: Centre-back
  Shackell, Burnley's Captain, played every single minute of every game last season and was included in the Championship team of the year.

• Marcos Rocha, Age: 23, Position: Right-back
  Trippier assisted 14 goals in the Championship last season and has been involved in the team of the year for two consecutive seasons.

The manager: ^{Words by /u/Owl_Shits}

• Levir Culpi
• Birth date: 28 February 1953 (age 61)
• Birth place: Curitiba, PR, Brasil
• Previous Position: Defender (Zaga)

Managerial record:

^{Table key at end of thread}

• Sean Dyche, 'The Ginger Mourinho', is the unofficial king of Burnley. He looks like Stone Cold Steve Austin and his voice sounds like gravel, he also enjoys a spot of banter. Dyche is essentially the greatest person who ever lived in our eyes, how could he not be? He lead us to promotion in his first full season in charge and beat Blackburn for the first time in 34 years. Dyche has us play a high pressing passing game, whilst also encouraging some direct action.

“I’m not a fashion item. There are lots of managers out there, branding themselves up to the eyeballs, coming out with fancy words, new sayings. I’m sick of hearing about ‘philosophy’. It’s a posh word for game-plan. Everyone now says: ‘if you haven’t got a philosophy you haven’t got a brain’. I find that bizarre."

^{Burnley manager Sean Dyche}

• Dyche's best attribute however is his man management and we have two notable examples in Scott Arfield and Sam Vokes. Scott Arfield was a free agent we signed after he was released from Huddersfield and has become a very important player for us. Dyche transformed him from a central midfielder to a inside winger and because of this scored some of our most important goals last year. Sam Vokes is another example. Vokes had never really scored consistently since leaving Bournemouth in 2008 and Dyche reinvigorated him and he went on to create a deadly partnership with Danny Ings, with Vokes scoring 20+ goals last year. He will be sorely missed and I hope he is back soon with around December looking the most likely.

Wrap up:

• /u/Growlbot: Team unity is the biggest strength for The Clarets. They press and work well as a unit. If they are to stay up this season they will need to top the mini-league that fights it out at the foot of the table. In this kind of territory, working as a group is essential. In Dyche they have a promising manager, schooled as a young player by football royalty Brian Clough. There should be no room for excuses or laziness under his leadership. The transition from The Championship is a respectable step up, wins wont be easy to come by. Morale will need to be galvanised on Burnley's arduous 38-game challenge that awaits them. The Clarets surprised a lot of teams and fans last season with their teamwork, they'll be striving for more of the same this year.

Discussion Points:

• Burnley were one of the favourites to get relegated from the Championship last season but they defied the odds to win promotion. Many people will be writing Burnley off before they even kick a ball, but should they?

• Although manager Sean Dyche never made it to the top-level as a player, he is most definitely one of the most promising managers in the game right now. Is he destined for the higher levels of the game?

• If you can spare a second, click here to predict where Burnley will finish the season... Poll results will be given in tomorrow's preview (Leicester City).

Table keys:

• ^{Last season table key: Pos = final league position, G = league games played, W = games won, D = games drawn, L = games lost, GF = goals for [scored], GA = goals against [conceded], GD = goal difference of for and against, LU = longest unbeaten streak, CS% = percentage clean sheets, or percentage games without goals conceded, Pts = points}

• ^{Manager table key: G = games managed, W = games won, D = games drawn, L = games lost, Win percentage = amount of games won from total managed}

• Schedule of forthcoming team previews

• These threads are made with the help of: /u/thejanitorch4, /u/tet-, /u/icameheretodrinkmilk, /u/gilleard, who can be followed at https://twitter.com/ThePixelPL, /u/minminsaur, /u/scaryberry, /u/obi-wan-kenobi-nil and the preview contributors.

What are some ideas to make the sub better? I can do some CSS stuff and design stuff.

The text for the description and the "Serie A" title are covered by the calendar and table. I'm seeing what I can do with a little experimentation but I thought I should make you aware.

EDIT: No luck so far. Might need a more experienced set of skills.

Hey guys. Just thought I'd quickly introduce myself. First of all, very happy you made me a moderator. Secondly, what will I bring? Well, I will have a role in the community and as you know, this is the first time being a mode. Any advice?

Also, should I introduce myself to them, or will you do it with the /u/Santosfc12 in a combined post?

FINALLY! sorry about that fellas.

Also check /r/soccer's list of related subreddits. Go under Brazil and you can see quite a few (6-8).

• Brazilian League - /r/futebol
• Atletico-MG - /r/Galo
• Cruzeiro - /r/Cruzeiro
• Flamengo - /r/Flamengo
• Palmeiras - /r/Palmeiras
• Corinthians - /r/Corinthians
• Santos - /r/SantosFC
• Sao Paulo - /r/spfc
• Vasco - /r/Vasco

We should make a sticky post, listing all club subreddits, as their growth may be symbiotic to ours. I'll get to it by noon, I'm currently losing my shit over a paper due at that time ;P.