1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1997
Champions	Vasco da Gama (3rd title)
Relegated	Bahia Criciúma Fluminense União São João
Copa Libertadores de América	Cruzeiro (title holders) Vasco da Gama Grêmio (Copa do Brasil champion)
Matches played	351
Goals scored	969 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Edmundo (29 goals)
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 41st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

It was competed for by 26 teams, and Vasco da Gama won the title.

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Vasco da Gama	70	33	21	7	5	69	37	+32
2	Palmeiras	58	33	15	13	5	57	28	+29
3	Internacional	57	31	17	6	8	60	31	+29
4	Atlético Mineiro	53	31	16	5	10	48	42	+6
5	Flamengo	50	31	14	8	9	37	32	+5
6	Portuguesa	49	31	13	10	8	50	36	+14
7	Santos	48	31	14	6	11	48	43	+5
8	Juventude	44	31	11	11	9	30	31	-1
9	Vitória	36	25	9	9	7	44	40	+4
10	Botafogo	34	25	8	10	7	32	32	0
11	Sport	33	25	9	6	10	34	32	+2
12	São Paulo	33	25	8	9	8	41	32	+9
13	Paraná	32	25	8	8	9	30	30	0
14	Grêmio	31	25	7	10	8	34	47	-13
15	Coritiba	30	25	7	9	9	31	32	-1
16	América de Natal	30	25	7	9	9	31	40	-9
17	Corinthians	29	25	8	5	12	23	27	-4
18	Atlético Paranaense	28	25	9	6	10	37	41	-4
19	Goiás	28	25	8	4	13	30	40	-10
20	Cruzeiro	28	25	6	10	9	30	35	-5
21	Guarani	28	25	6	10	9	36	43	-7
22	Bragantino	26	25	7	5	13	27	46	-19
23	Bahia (R)	26	25	6	8	11	39	49	-10
24	Criciúma (R)	25	25	6	7	12	27	35	-8
25	Fluminense (R)	22	25	4	10	11	26	41	-15
26	União São João (R)	15	25	2	9	14	18	47	-29

Second Phase

A Group

1 Vasco 14

2 Flamengo 8

3 Juventude 7

4 Portuguesa 4

B Group

1 Palmeiras 16

2 Santos 7

3 Internacional 6

4 Atlético Mineiro 6

FINAL

Palmeiras 0 x 0 Vasco (12.14.1997, São Paulo)

Vasco 0 x 0 Palmeiras (12.21.1997, Rio de Janeiro)

The Vasco da Gama had the advantage based in prior results.

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals[1]
1	Edmundo	Vasco	29
2	Christian	Internacional	24
3	Dodô	São Paulo	21
4	Rodrigo Fabri	Portuguesa	17
5	Valdir	Atlético Mineiro	16
6	Guga	Portuguesa	13
7	Oséas	Palmeiras	11

References

1. "1997 Série A Statistics". globoesporte.com. Globo Esporte. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

External links

• Results by round at bolanarea.com