Women’s Brasileirão progress reshuffles Corinthians’ season rankings | OneFootball

On the afternoon of last Monday (7), Brazil’s Independence Day holiday, Corinthians hosted Cruzeiro at Estádio do Canindé for the second leg of the quarterfinals of the 2026 Brazilian Women’s Championship and won 3-1. The result sent the Brabas through to the semifinals of the national tournament for the tenth straight year, this time to face Bahia.

The win over the team from Minas Gerais shook up the Corinthians Women’s rankings. Scorer of Timão’s first goal in the match, forward Jhonson drew level with Ariel Godoi and now has nine goals in 27 matches this season. She trails only Jaqueline and Gabi Zanotti, with 13 and 11 goals, respectively, in 27 and 29 matches.

Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians

The assist for the youngster’s goal came from Uruguayan Belén Aquino, who moved past Andressa Alves and now leads Emily Lima’s team in assists. Alvinegro’s second goal was scored by left-back Tamires, with a placed mid-height shot into the opposing goalkeeper’s corner. Wearing number 37, she reached her second goal in 23 matches this year.

Gabi Zanotti, who provided the assist for the “Mother of the Fiel,” is tied with Aquino as the team’s top playmaker. Finally, Corinthians’ third and final goal in the match was scored by center-back Thaís Ferreira, who found the net for the third time in 24 matches this season by heading home at the far post. Her fellow defender Érika provided the assist after flicking the ball on at the near post.

Next match

In the coming hours, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is expected to announce the details of the two semifinal matches between Corinthians and Bahia. Having posted the better campaign in the opening stage of the competition, Alvinegro will play the second leg at home. In the qualification stage, Timão had the second-best campaign with 38 points, while the northeastern side qualified in sixth place with 29 points.

In the first phase of the tournament, Alvinegro faced the northeastern side away from home and drew 1-1. Over the history of the women’s game, the teams have met six times, with five wins and one draw, 17 goals scored and four conceded. Last year, the teams faced each other in the Brasileirão quarterfinals and Timão came out on top 4-1 on aggregate. Timão are the tournament’s most successful club with seven titles – 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Check out the Brabas’ top scorers in 2026:

Jaqueline: 13 goals in 27 matchesGabi Zanotti: 11 goals in 29 matchesAriel Godoi: 9 goals in 17 matchesJhonson*: 9 goals in 27 matchesVic Albuquerque: 8 goals in 31 matchesDuda Sampaio: 4 goals in 22 matchesAndressa Alves: 4 goals in 22 matchesGisela Robledo: 3 goals in 22 matchesBelén Aquino: 3 goals in 29 matchesErika: 3 goals in 21 matchesThaís Ferreira*: 3 goals in 24 matchesCarol Nogueira: 2 goals in nine matchesLetícia Monteiro: 2 goals in 22 matchesTamires*: 2 goals in 23 matchesPaola Garcia: 1 goal in ten matchesAna Vitória: 1 goal in 18 matchesIvana Fuso: 1 goal in 23 matchesRhaizza: 1 goal in 18 matches

Check out the Brabas’ assist rankings in 2026:

Belén Aquino* and Gabi Zanotti*: 9 assists Andressa Alves: 8 assistsJuliete and Tamires: 6 assistsVic Albuquerque: 5 assistsGisela Robledo: 4 assistsJaqueline and Duda Mineira: 3 assistsLetícia Monteiro, Duda Mineira and Ariel Godoi: 2 assistsÉrika*, Carol Nogueira, Jhonson, Duda Sampaio and Gi Fernandes: 1 assist

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