1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1977
Champions	São Paulo (1st title)
Copa Libertadores de América	São Paulo Atlético Mineiro
Matches played	485
Goals scored	1204 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Reinaldo (Atlético Mineiro) - 28 goals
Biggest home win	Bahia 7-0 Vitória-ES (November 2, 1977)
Biggest away win	Fluminense de Feira 0-6 Flamengo (October 26, 1977)
Highest scoring	CRB 6-4 Sport (November 20, 1977)
Longest winning run	Atlético Mineiro (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Atlético Mineiro (21 matches)
Longest losing run	Sergipe (7 matches)
Average attendance	16,404
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The 1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the III Copa Brasil) was the 21st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

It was performed by 62 teams, and São Paulo won the championship. This championship is notable for producing what is perhaps the only unbeaten runner-up in world football. Atlético Mineiro had won all but three of its matches, which were drawn, but was to play a single final match against São Paulo, without any advantage. A controversial scoreless draw, marred by violent playing mostly (but not exclusively) on the part of São Paulo, had to be solved in a penalty shootout.

First phase

Group A

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Internacional	18	9	6	2	1	15	5	+10	Qualified to Second phase
2.	Grêmio	17	9	5	2	2	21	8	+13
3.	Grêmio Maringá	13	9	5	1	3	11	9	+2
4.	Operário-MS	13	9	4	3	2	13	9	+4
5.	Joinville	11	9	4	2	3	11	14	-3
6.	Avaí	9	9	3	1	5	8	8	0	Qualified to Group M on Second phase
7.	Juventude	8	9	3	2	4	6	8	-2
8.	Coritiba	8	9	3	2	4	9	15	-6
9.	Caxias	7	9	1	5	3	7	10	-3
10.	Dom Bosco	2	9	0	2	7	11	26	-15

Group B

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Palmeiras	20	9	7	2	0	16	5	+11	Qualified to Second phase
2.	São Paulo	18	9	6	2	1	14	3	+11
3.	Santa Cruz	13	9	4	3	2	16	6	+10
4.	XV de Piracicaba	12	9	2	7	0	6	3	+3
5.	CSA	11	9	3	3	3	8	7	+1
6.	CRB	9	9	3	1	5	12	19	-7	Qualified to Group N on Second phase
7.	Sport	7	9	1	4	4	11	16	-5
8.	Náutico	6	9	2	2	5	7	11	-4
9.	Treze	6	9	1	4	4	6	17	-11
10.	Botafogo-PB	4	9	1	2	6	3	12	-9

Group C

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Ponte Preta	20	10	7	2	1	18	5	+13	Qualified to Second phase
2.	Portuguesa	17	10	6	2	2	12	5	+7
3.	Corinthians	16	10	5	3	2	13	5	+8
4.	Guarani	15	10	5	2	3	12	6	+6
5.	ABC	13	10	4	3	3	11	8	+3
6.	Ceará	10	10	4	1	5	10	11	-1	Qualified to Group O on Second phase
7.	América-RN	10	10	3	3	4	10	15	-5
8.	River	9	10	2	4	4	12	17	-5
9.	Sampaio Corrêa	9	10	2	4	4	6	11	-5
10.	Fortaleza	6	10	2	2	6	8	15	-7
11.	Flamengo-PI	4	10	1	2	7	6	20	-14

Group D

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Botafogo	19	9	6	3	0	15	3	+12	Qualified to Second phase
2.	Vasco da Gama	18	9	6	2	1	14	3	+11
3.	Goytacaz	14	9	4	4	1	14	8	+6
4.	Brasília	11	9	5	1	3	8	8	0
5.	Americano	10	9	3	3	3	8	13	-5
6.	Goiás	10	9	2	5	2	9	10	-1	Qualified to Group P on Second phase
7.	Atlético-PR	9	9	2	3	4	10	12	-2
8.	Londrina	8	9	2	3	4	12	16	-4
9.	Goiânia	5	9	1	3	5	9	17	-8
10.	Vila Nova	3	9	0	3	6	5	14	-9

Group E

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Flamengo	21	10	6	3	1	25	6	+19	Qualified to Second phase
2.	Fluminense	17	10	7	1	2	20	6	+14
3.	Confiança	16	10	6	2	2	15	11	+4
4.	Bahia	16	10	5	3	2	17	5	+12
5	América-RJ	15	10	5	4	1	12	7	+5
6.	Desportiva	13	10	5	1	4	12	15	-3	Qualified to Group Q on Second phase
7.	Vitória-ES	9	10	3	2	5	9	25	-16
8.	Volta Redonda	9	10	2	4	4	10	11	-1
9.	Vitória	6	10	1	3	6	6	15	-9
10.	Sergipe	4	10	2	0	8	7	19	-12
11.	Fluminense de Feira	3	10	0	3	7	4	17	-13

Group F

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Atlético Mineiro	25	9	8	1	0	26	8	+18	Qualified to Second phase
2.	Cruzeiro	15	9	4	3	2	15	9	+6
3.	Botafogo-SP	14	9	6	0	3	19	11	+8
4.	Remo	13	9	4	2	3	14	10	+4
5.	Santos	13	9	4	1	4	13	12	+1
6.	Uberaba	11	9	3	3	3	10	8	+2	Qualified to Group R on Second phase
7.	Paysandu	9	9	3	2	4	12	19	-7
8.	Nacional-AM	8	9	3	1	5	7	16	-9
9.	América-MG	5	9	1	2	6	8	15	-7
10.	Fast	4	9	1	1	7	10	26	-16

Second phase

Group G

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Corinthians	9	4	3	1	0	8	0	+8	Qualified to Third phase
2.	São Paulo	7	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6
3.	América-RJ	5	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1
4.	Internacional	4	4	1	1	2	7	5	+2
5.	Brasília	0	4	0	0	4	2	19	-17

Group H

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Palmeiras	8	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Bahia	8	4	3	0	1	5	1	+4
3.	Santos	4	4	1	2	1	3	3	0
4.	Goytacaz	3	4	1	1	2	2	5	-3
5.	Portuguesa	0	4	0	0	4	2	7	-5

Group I

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Ponte Preta	7	4	2	1	1	5	1	+4	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Vasco da Gama	6	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
3.	Remo	4	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
4.	Joinville	4	4	1	1	2	4	4	0
5.	Confiança	2	4	1	0	3	2	8	-6

Group J

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Botafogo	7	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Operário-MS	7	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3
3.	Botafogo-SP	4	4	0	4	0	4	4	0
4.	Fluminense	3	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1
5.	CSA	1	4	0	1	3	4	9	-5

Group K

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Flamengo	7	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	Qualified to Third phase
2.	XV de Piracicaba	5	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1
3.	Cruzeiro	5	5	1	2	1	5	5	0
4.	Grêmio Maringá	4	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1
5.	ABC	3	4	1	1	2	3	6	-3

Group L

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Atlético Mineiro	11	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Santa Cruz	7	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3
3.	Grêmio	4	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1
4.	Guarani	3	4	1	0	3	6	4	+2
5.	Americano	0	4	0	0	4	0	11	-11

Group M

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Caxias	7	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Juventude	6	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
3.	Avaí	4	4	2	0	2	6	9	-3
4.	Coritiba	3	4	1	0	3	7	8	-1
5.	Dom Bosco	3	4	1	1	2	2	6	-4

Group N

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Sport	10	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Náutico	5	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3
3.	CRB	4	4	1	1	2	4	3	+1
4.	Botafogo-PB	3	4	1	0	3	6	10	-4
5.	Treze	3	4	1	1	2	3	11	-8

Group O

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	América-RN	11	5	3	2	0	11	2	+9	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Ceará	7	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2
3.	River	5	5	2	1	2	6	12	-6
4.	Sampaio Corrêa	5	5	1	2	2	9	9	0
5.	Fortaleza	4	5	1	1	3	4	6	-2
6.	Flamengo-PI	4	4	0	4	1	2	5	-3

Group P

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Londrina	7	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Goiás	6	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3
3.	Atlético-PR	4	4	1	2	1	9	9	0
4.	Vila Nova	4	4	1	1	2	6	6	0
5.	Goiânia	2	4	1	0	3	5	12	-7

Group Q

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Vitória	9	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	Disqualified[1]
2.	Desportiva	7	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	Qualified to Third phase
3.	Volta Redonda	7	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2
4.	Vitória-ES	4	5	2	1	2	4	5	-1
5.	Fluminense de Feira	4	5	1	2	2	2	4	-2
5.	Sergipe	2	5	0	2	3	5	8	-3

Group R

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Fast	7	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	Qualified to Third phase
2.	América-MG	7	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2
3.	Uberaba	6	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2
4.	Paysandu	2	4	0	2	2	5	8	-3
5.	Nacional-AM	1	4	0	1	3	2	6	-4

Second phase

Group S

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Londrina	12	5	5	0	0	8	1	+7
2	Vasco da Gama	7	5	2	2	1	6	3	+3
3	Corinthians	6	5	2	2	1	3	2	+1
4	Santos	3	5	0	3	2	5	7	-2
5	Flamengo	3	5	0	3	2	1	3	-2
6	Caxias	2	5	0	2	3	5	12	-7

Group 2

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Atlético Mineiro	11	5	4	1	0	14	2	+12
2	Botafogo	11	5	3	2	0	8	1	+7
3	Bahia	6	5	1	3	1	4	6	-2
4	Cruzeiro	4	5	1	2	2	10	12	-3
5	América-RN	3	5	0	3	2	2	10	-8
6	Fast	1	5	0	1	4	6	12	-6

Group 3

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	São Paulo	11	5	4	-	1	14	8	+6
2	Grêmio	7	5	3	1	1	5	4	+1
3	Botafogo-SP	6	5	2	2	1	5	6	-1
4	Ponte Preta	5	5	2	0	3	6	6	0
5	Sport	4	5	2	0	3	6	7	-1
6	XV de Piracicaba	1	5	0	1	4	2	7	-5

Group 4

Pos.	Squadra	Pt	G	V	N	P	GF	GS	DR
1	Operário-MS	10	5	3	1	1	9	2	+7
2	Santa Cruz	10	5	3	2	0	9	4	+5
3	Remo	8	5	2	2	1	9	5	+4
4	Palmeiras	6	5	2	0	3	10	10	0
5	América-RJ	3	5	0	3	2	4	10	-6
6	Desportiva	2	5	0	2	3	3	13	-10

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	6–4	Londrina	4-2	2-2
São Paulo	3–1	Operário-MS	3-0	0-1

First leg

Atlético Mineiro v Londrina

26 February 1978

Atlético Mineiro	4 – 2	Londrina
Ziza  18' Reinaldo  31',  65',  90+3'		Brandão  57' Carlos Alberto Garcia  73'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (MG) Attendance: 96,404 Referee: Aírton Vieira de Morais

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São Paulo v Operário-MS

26 February 1978

São Paulo	3 – 0	Operário-MS
Serginho Chulapa  32',  90+3' Neca  87'

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP) Attendance: 103,092 Referee: José Roberto Wright

Second leg

Londrina v Atlético Mineiro

1 March 1978

Londrina	2 – 2	Atlético Mineiro
Brandão  43' Ademar  46'		Caio Cambalhota  17' Serginho  34'

Estádio do Café, Londrina (PR) Attendance: 38,440 Referee: Valquir Pimentel

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Operário-MS v São Paulo

1 March 1978

Operário-MS	1 – 0	São Paulo
Tadeu Santos  79'

Morenão, Campo Grande (MS) Attendance: 20,161 Referee: Luís Carlos Félix

Final

Atlético Mineiro v São Paulo

5 March 1978

Atlético Mineiro	0 – 0	São Paulo
	Penalties
Ziza Alves Toninho Cerezo Joãozinho Paulista Márcio	2–3	Peres Antenor Bezerra Getúlio Chicão

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (MG) Attendance: 102,974 Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	P	W	D	L	PE	GF	GA	GD
1	São Paulo	39	21	13	4	4	9	40	15	25
2	Atlético Mineiro	49	21	17	4	0	11	55	16	39
3	Operário-MS	32	20	10	6	4	6	28	16	12
4	Londrina	28	20	10	4	6	4	33	28	5
5	Botafogo	37	18	11	7	0	8	30	8	22
6	Palmeiras	34	18	12	3	3	7	33	18	15
7	Ponte Preta	32	19	11	3	5	7	29	12	17
8	Corinthians	31	19	10	6	3	5	24	7	17
9	Flamengo	31	19	9	6	4	7	31	11	20
10	Santa Cruz	30	18	10	5	3	5	33	15	18
11	Bahia	30	19	9	6	4	6	26	12	14
12	Vasco da Gama	29	18	8	8	2	5	26	10	16
13	Grêmio	28	18	9	4	5	6	31	18	13
14	Remo	25	18	8	4	6	5	26	18	8
15	Botafogo-SP	24	18	8	6	4	2	28	21	7
16	Cruzeiro	24	18	6	7	5	5	30	27	3
17	América-RN	24	20	6	8	6	4	23	27	-4
18	América-RJ	23	19	6	10	3	1	19	19	0
19	Desportiva Capixaba	22	20	7	5	8	3	21	33	-12
20	Sport	21	18	7	4	7	3	26	24	2
21	Santos	20	18	5	6	7	4	21	22	-1
22	XV de Piracicaba	18	18	4	8	6	2	12	13	-1
23	Caxias	16	18	3	9	6	1	21	26	-5
24	Fast	12	18	4	2	12	2	22	41	-19
25	Internacional	22	13	7	3	3	5	22	10	12
26	Fluminense	20	14	8	2	4	2	23	10	13
27	Confiança	18	14	7	2	5	2	17	19	-2
28	Guarani	18	14	6	2	6	4	18	10	8
29	Portuguesa	17	14	6	2	6	3	14	12	2
30	Maringá	17	13	6	2	5	3	14	13	1
31	Goytacaz	17	13	5	5	3	2	16	13	3
32	ABC	16	14	5	4	5	2	14	14	0
33	Joinville	15	13	5	3	5	2	15	18	-3
34	CSA	12	13	3	4	6	2	12	16	-4
35	Brasília	11	13	5	1	7	0	10	27	-17
36	Americano	11	13	3	4	6	1	8	24	-16
37	Ceará	17	15	6	3	6	2	16	15	1
38	Uberaba	17	13	5	4	4	3	15	11	4
39	Goiás	16	13	4	6	3	2	19	17	2
40	Volta Redonda	16	15	4	6	5	2	17	16	1
41	Vitória	15	15	4	4	7	3	14	20	-6
42	Juventude	14	13	5	3	5	1	12	11	1
43	Vitória-ES	14	15	5	3	7	1	13	30	-17
44	River	14	15	4	5	6	1	18	29	-11
45	Sampaio Corrêa	14	15	3	6	6	2	15	20	-5
46	Avaí	13	13	5	1	7	2	14	17	-3
47	CRB	13	13	4	2	7	3	16	22	-6
48	Atlético Paranaense	13	13	3	5	5	2	19	21	-2
49	América Mineiro	12	13	4	2	7	2	13	18	-5
50	Coritiba	11	13	4	2	7	1	16	23	-7
51	Náutico	11	13	4	2	7	1	15	16	-1
52	Paysandu	11	13	3	4	6	1	17	27	-10
53	Fortaleza	10	15	3	3	9	1	12	21	-9
54	Nacional	9	13	3	2	8	1	9	22	-13
55	Treze	9	13	2	5	6	0	9	28	-19
56	Flamengo-PI	8	15	1	6	8	0	8	25	-14
57	Botafogo-PB	7	13	2	2	9	1	9	22	-13
58	Goiânia	7	13	2	3	8	0	14	29	-15
59	Vila Nova	7	13	1	4	8	1	11	20	-9
60	Fluminense-BA	7	15	1	5	9	0	6	21	-15
61	Sergipe	6	15	2	2	11	0	12	27	-15
62	Dom Bosco-MT	5	13	1	3	9	0	13	32	-19

References

1. In the match between Desportiva and Fluminense de Feira, Fluminense de Feira had 5 players sent off while the match was still 0-0.It was eventually discovered that Fluminense de Feira had been bribed by the Bahian Football Federation to do this in order to not let Desportiva qualify to the third phase instead of Vitória, which would happen if Desportiva won by two goals or more.CBD ordered an extra match between Desportiva and Vitória-BA because of the bribery event in the match between Desportiva and Fluminense-BA.Vitória did not show to play the extra match, thus Desportiva was awarded the berth.