1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1980
Champions	Flamengo (1st title)
Copa Libertadores de América	Flamengo Atlético Mineiro
Matches played	307
Goals scored	826 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zico (Flamengo) - 21 goals
Biggest home win	Coritiba 7-1 Ferroviário-CE (April 3, 1980) Coritiba 7-1 Desportiva (May 4, 1980)
Biggest away win	Vitória 0-5 Ceará (March 5, 1980) Itabaiana 0-5 Náutico (March 30, 1980) Vitória 0-5 Vasco da Gama (May 7, 1980)
Highest scoring	São Paulo 5-3 Coritiba (March 8, 1980) Flamengo 6-2 Palmeiras (April 13, 1980) Coritiba 7-1 Ferroviário-CE (April 3, 1980) Vitória 2-6 Corinthians (April 21, 1980) Coritiba 7-1 Desportiva (May 4, 1980)
Average attendance	20,792
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The 1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the VI Copa Brasil) was the 24th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Teams and locations

Atlético Mineiro

Bahia

Vitória

Cruzeiro

Itabaiana

Joinville

América-RN

Flamengo-PI

Botafogo-PB

Operário-MS

Mixto

Maranhão

Desportiva

Gama

Remo

Nacional

CRB

Coritiba

Colorado

Vila Nova

Atlético-GO

Ceará

Ferroviário

Grêmio

Internacional

São Paulo-RS

Guarani

Ponte Preta

América-SP

Americano

Santos

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Recife

Rio de Janeiro teams:
América-RJ
Bangu
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Portuguesa
São Paulo
Recife teams:
Náutico
Santa Cruz
Sport Recife

Locations of the 1980 Série A teams

The teams were selected by record on previous state championship.

State	Team	Qualification method
São Paulo 8 berths	Corinthians	1979 Campeonato Paulista Champion
	Ponte Preta	1979 Campeonato Paulista runners
	Palmeiras	1979 Campeonato Paulista Semifinalist
	Guarani	1979 Campeonato Paulista Semifinalist
	São Paulo	1979 Campeonato Paulista 7th
	Santos	1979 Campeonato Paulista 5th
	Portuguesa	1979 Campeonato Paulista 8th
	América-SP^1	Promoted from 1980 Taça de Prata
Rio de Janeiro 7 berths	Flamengo	1979 Campeonato Carioca Champion
	Fluminense	1979 Campeonato Carioca runners
	Vasco da Gama	1979 Campeonato Carioca 3rd
	Botafogo	1979 Campeonato Carioca 4th
	America-RJ	1979 Campeonato Carioca 9th
	Americano^1	Promoted from 1980 Taça de Prata
	Bangu^1	Promoted from 1980 Taça de Prata
Pernambuco 3 berths	Santa Cruz	1979 Campeonato Pernambucano Champion
	Náutico	1979 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Sport Recife^1	Promoted from 1980 Taça de Prata
Rio Grande do Sul 3 berths	Grêmio	1979 Campeonato Gaúcho Champion
	Internacional	1979 Campeonato Gaúcho 3rd
	São Paulo-RS	1979 Campeonato Gaúcho 4th
Bahia 2 berths	Bahia	1979 Campeonato Baiano Champion
	Vitória	1979 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
Ceará 2 berths	Ferroviário	1979 Campeonato Cearense Champion
	Ceará	1979 Campeonato Cearense 3rd
Goiás 2 berths	Vila Nova	1979 Campeonato Goiano Champion
	Atlético Goianiense	1979 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Minas Gerais 2 berths	Atlético Mineiro	1979 Campeonato Mineiro Champion
	Cruzeiro	1979 Campeonato Mineiro runners-up
Paraná 2 berths	Coritiba	1979 Campeonato Paranaense Champion
	Colorado	1979 Campeonato Paranaense runners-up
Alagoas	CRB	1979 Campeonato Alagoano champions
Amazonas	Nacional-AM	1979 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Distrito Federal	Gama	1979 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Espírito Santo	Desportiva	1979 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Maranhão	Maranhão	1979 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Mato Grosso	Mixto	1979 Campeonato Matogrossense champions
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário	1979 Campeonato Sul-Mato-grossense champions
Pará	Remo	1979 Campeonato Paraense runners-up
Paraíba	Botafogo-PB	1979 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Piauí	Flamengo	1979 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Rio Grande do Norte	América de Natal	1979 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Santa Catarina	Joinville	1979 Campeonato Catarinense champions
Sergipe	Itabaiana	1979 Campeonato Sergipano champions

¹ Entered directly on second phase.

First phase

Group A

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Corinthians	15	9	7	1	1	18	8	+10
2	Botafogo	10	9	4	2	3	16	10	+6
3	Colorado	10	9	4	2	3	9	10	-1
4	Remo	10	9	4	2	3	6	8	-2
5	Cruzeiro	10	9	3	4	2	9	9	0
6	Joinville	9	9	3	3	3	15	9	+6
7	Bahia	8	9	3	2	4	10	9	+1
8	Operário-MS	8	9	3	2	4	8	12	-4
9	CRB	5	9	2	1	6	9	13	-4
10	Portuguesa	5	9	2	1	6	7	19	-12

Group B

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Atlético Mineiro	15	9	7	1	1	22	7	+15
2	Fluminense	12	9	4	4	1	18	10	+8
3	Palmeiras	11	9	4	3	2	16	7	+9
4	Ceará	9	9	3	3	3	13	11	+2
5	Guarani	9	9	3	3	3	9	7	+2
6	Vitória	9	9	3	3	3	16	17	-1
7	Desportiva	8	9	3	2	4	10	14	-4
8	América-RN	7	9	1	5	3	6	18	-12
9	Vila Nova	6	9	2	2	5	5	15	-10
10	Flamengo-PI	4	9	1	2	6	9	18	-9

Group C

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Santos	15	9	7	1	1	17	5	+12
2	Flamengo	13	9	5	3	1	16	7	+9
3	Botafogo-PB	11	9	5	1	3	14	16	-2
4	Internacional	10	9	5	0	4	13	10	+3
5	Ponte Preta	10	9	4	2	3	20	11	+9
6	Ferroviário-CE	8	9	2	4	3	9	10	-1
7	Náutico	7	9	2	3	4	12	14	-2
8	Itabaiana	6	9	3	0	6	10	22	-12
9	Mixto	5	9	2	1	6	11	18	-7
10	São Paulo-RS	5	9	1	3	5	6	15	-9

Group D

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coritiba	12	9	5	2	2	16	11	+5
2	Grêmio	12	9	4	4	1	18	8	+10
3	São Paulo	12	9	4	4	1	17	10	+7
4	Vasco da Gama	11	9	5	1	3	12	7	+5
5	Santa Cruz	11	9	4	3	2	12	10	+2
6	Atlético-GO	11	9	3	5	1	11	7	+4
7	América-RJ	6	9	2	2	5	9	11	-2
8	Gama	6	9	1	4	4	9	18	-9
9	Nacional-AM	5	9	1	3	5	4	15	-11
10	Maranhão	4	9	0	4	5	3	14	-11

Second phase

Group E

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	PL	GF	GA	GD
1	Vasco da Gama	10	6	4	2	0	16	5	+11
2	Corinthians	9	6	4	1	1	19	9	+10
3	Náutico	3	6	1	1	4	5	9	-4
4	Vitória	2	6	1	0	5	3	10	-17

Group F

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	São Paulo	9	6	3	3	0	15	8	+7
2	Botafogo	7	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2
3	Ceará	4	6	1	2	3	7	11	-4
4	Americano	4	6	1	2	3	2	7	-5

Group G

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Internacional	10	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13
2	Atlético Mineiro	10	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10
3	Atlético-GO	2	6	1	0	5	5	16	-11
4	Bahia	2	6	1	0	5	5	17	-12

Group H

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Cruzeiro	10	6	4	2	0	10	2	+8
2	Fluminense	7	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3
3	Sport	4	6	1	2	3	5	8	-3
4	Botafogo-PB	3	6	0	3	3	4	12	-8

Group I

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Santos	7	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4
2	Guarani[1]	6	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1
3	América-RJ	6	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1
4	Joinville	5	6	1	3	2	5	7	-2

Group J

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Flamengo	10	6	4	2	0	15	6	+9
2	Palmeiras	6	6	2	2	2	10	13	-3
3	Santa Cruz	5	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1
4	Bangu	3	6	1	1	4	6	13	-7

Group K

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coritiba	10	6	4	2	0	17	3	+14
2	Desportiva	7	6	3	1	2	8	14	-6
3	Remo	5	6	2	1	3	8	6	+2
4	Ferroviário-CE	2	6	0	2	4	4	14	-10

Group L

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Grêmio	10	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8
2	Ponte Preta	8	6	4	0	2	8	6	+2
3	Colorado	4	6	2	0	4	9	7	+2
4	América-SP	2	6	1	0	5	6	18	-12

Third phase

Group M

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Atlético Mineiro	4	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2
2	Vasco da Gama	4	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
3	São Paulo	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
4	Fluminense	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3

Group N

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Internacional	6	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3
2	Guarani	3	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
3	Palmeiras	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1
4	Cruzeiro	1	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3

Group O

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Flamengo	5	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5
2	Santos	3	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
3	Desportiva	3	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2
4	Ponte Preta	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4

Group P

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coritiba	4	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1
2	Grêmio	4	3	2	0	1	2	5	-3
3	Corinthians	3	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4
4	Botafogo	1	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2

Semifinals

First leg

Atlético Mineiro v Internacional

21 May 1980

Atlético Mineiro	1 – 1	Internacional
Reinaldo  40'		Cléo  53'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (MG) Attendance: 63,633 Referee: José Roberto Wright

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Coritiba v Flamengo

21 May 1980

Coritiba	0 – 2	Flamengo
		Zico  24',  59'

Couto Pereira, Curitiba (PR) Attendance: 58,311 Referee: José de Assis Aragão

Second leg

Internacional v Atlético Mineiro

16 December 1979

Internacional	0 – 3	Atlético Mineiro
		Reinaldo  17' Éder  45',  90'

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS) Attendance: 59,087 Referee: Roberto Nunes Morgado

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Flamengo v Coritiba

25 May 1980

Flamengo	4 – 3	Coritiba
Nunes  32',  36' Carlos Alberto  39' Anselmo  72'		Vilson Tadei  20' Aladim  29' Luís Freire  89'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Attendance: 87,934 Referee: Carlos Sérgio Rosa Martins

Finals

First leg

Atlético Mineiro v Flamengo

28 May 1980

Atlético Mineiro	1 – 0	Flamengo
Reinaldo  55'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (MG) Attendance: 90,028 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho

Second leg

Flamengo v Atlético Mineiro

1 June 1980

Flamengo	3 – 2	Atlético Mineiro
Nunes  7',  82' Zico  44'		Reinaldo  8',  66'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Attendance: 154,355 Referee: José de Assis Aragão

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Flamengo	34	22	14	6	2	46	20	26
2	Atlético Mineiro	34	22	15	4	3	46	16	30
3	Internacional	27	20	13	1	6	38	22	16
4	Coritiba	26	20	11	4	5	38	21	17
5	Corinthians	27	18	12	3	3	43	19	24
6	Grêmio	26	18	11	4	3	33	18	15
7	Santos	25	18	11	3	4	29	12	17
8	Vasco da Gama	25	18	10	5	3	31	14	17
9	São Paulo	24	18	8	8	2	36	22	14
10	Cruzeiro	21	18	7	7	4	19	14	5
11	Fluminense	20	18	6	8	4	30	22	8
12	Ponte Preta	19	18	8	3	7	30	23	7
13	Palmeiras	19	18	6	7	5	27	22	5
14	Botafogo	18	18	7	4	7	28	22	6
15	Desportiva Capixaba	18	18	7	4	7	20	32	-12
16	Guarani	18	18	6	6	6	17	15	2
17	Santa Cruz	16	15	5	6	4	20	17	3
18	Remo	15	15	6	3	6	14	14	0
19	Colorado	14	15	6	2	7	18	17	1
20	Botafogo-PB	14	15	5	4	6	18	28	-10
21	Joinville	14	15	4	6	5	20	16	4
22	Ceará	13	15	4	5	6	20	22	-2
23	Atlético-GO	13	15	4	5	6	16	23	-7
24	América-RJ	12	15	4	4	7	14	17	-3
25	Vitória	11	15	4	3	8	19	37	-18
26	Bahia	10	15	4	2	9	15	26	-11
27	Náutico	10	15	3	4	8	17	23	-6
28	Ferroviário	10	15	2	6	7	13	24	-11
29	Sport	4	6	1	2	3	5	8	-3
30	Americano	4	6	1	2	3	2	7	-5
31	Bangu	3	6	1	1	4	6	13	-7
32	América-SP	2	6	1	0	5	6	18	-12
33	Operário-MS	8	9	3	2	4	8	12	-4
34	América-RN	7	9	1	5	3	6	18	-12
35	Itabaiana	6	9	3	0	6	10	22	-12
36	Vila Nova-GO	6	9	2	2	5	5	15	-10
37	Gama	6	9	1	4	4	9	18	-9
38	CRB	5	9	2	1	6	9	13	-4
39	Mixto	5	9	2	1	6	11	18	-7
40	Portuguesa	5	9	2	1	6	7	19	-12
41	São Paulo-RS	5	9	1	3	5	6	15	-9
42	Nacional	5	9	1	3	5	4	15	-11
43	Flamengo-PI	4	9	1	2	6	9	18	-9
44	Maranhão	4	9	0	4	5	3	14	-11

References

1. Guarani ended up tied with América-RJ in every tiebreaking criteria, so a play-off was disputed, in which Guarani won by 3-2.