Patterns of exchanges of soccer coaches in the Brazilian Football Championship Series A 2016

The present research has as main objective to identify the pattern of the exchanges of trainers in the series A of the Brazilian Championship 2016. It is a descriptive/exploratory study, in which all the teams participating in the Brazilian Football Championship Series A 2016 were inserted. analyzed in all 38 rounds, in which the information was collected round by round directly from electronic portals, by the websites of the clubs and attached in Excel Electronic Platform. The results show that there were 36 coaches exchanges in 38 rounds (counting on interim coaches and who resigned), pointing out almost one exchange per round. Most of the time, the dismissal was effected by the low use of the teams during the rounds. Only three teams have not fired their coaches throughout the competition, which points to high turnover, culminating in intense job instability. The data presented denote the complexity of the analysis of this object, as several factors can contribute to such events, from issues that affect the results themselves, through political issues, relations with the fans and even with the press.