1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1998
Champions	Corinthians (2nd title)
Relegated	América-MG Goiás Bragantino América-RN
Copa Libertadores	Corinthians Vasco da Gama(title holders) Palmeiras (Copa do Brasil champions)
Matches played	297
Goals scored	851 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Viola (21 goals)
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The 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 42nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

It was performed by 24 teams, and Corinthians won the championship.

First phase

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Corinthians	47	23	14	4	5	46	30	+16	Qualified to Quarterfinals
2.	Palmeiras	45	23	14	3	6	46	32	+14
3.	Coritiba	42	23	11	9	3	32	26	+6
4.	Santos	41	23	11	8	4	46	29	+17
5.	Sport Recife	40	23	12	4	7	34	22	+12
6.	Portuguesa	40	23	11	7	5	44	34	+10
7.	Cruzeiro	37	23	10	7	6	42	28	+14
8.	Grêmio	36	23	10	6	7	32	30	+2
9.	Atlético Mineiro	36	23	9	9	5	38	33	+5
10.	Vasco da Gama	34	23	9	7	7	34	24	+10
11.	Flamengo	33	23	9	6	8	37	34	+3
12.	Internacional	32	23	9	5	9	25	25	0
13.	Vitória	30	23	9	3	11	31	38	-7
14.	Botafogo	29	23	7	8	8	35	37	-2
15.	São Paulo	27	23	8	3	12	34	35	-1
16.	Atlético-PR	27	23	7	6	10	32	32	0
17.	Ponte Preta	26	23	7	5	11	25	34	-9
18.	Juventude	26	23	6	8	9	24	32	-8
19.	Guarani	25	23	6	7	10	34	39	-5
20.	Paraná	24	23	7	3	13	25	41	-16
21.	América-MG	23	23	6	5	12	26	39	-13	Relegated to 1999 Série B
22.	Goiás	22	23	5	7	11	29	37	-8
23.	Bragantino	21	23	5	6	12	20	37	-17
24.	América-RN	15	23	3	6	14	24	47	-23

Quarterfinals

Teams			Scores
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	Agg.
Cruzeiro	6:3	Palmeiras	2:1	1:2	3:2	6:5
Portuguesa	5:2	Coritiba	3:1	0:0	2:2	5:3
Sport	3:6	Santos	3:1	1:2	0:3	4:6
Grêmio	3:6	Corinthians	0:1	2:0	0:1	2:2

Semifinals

Teams			Scores
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	Agg.
Cruzeiro	3:3	Portuguesa	3:1	1:2	1:0	5:3
Santos	4:4	Corinthians	2:1	0:2	1:1	3:4

Finals

First leg

Cruzeiro v Corinthians

3 December 1998

Cruzeiro	2 – 2	Corinthians
Valdo  2' Müller  43'		Dinei  53' Marcelinho Carioca  56'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (MG) Attendance: 87,619 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

Second leg

Corinthians v Cruzeiro

20 December 1998

Corinthians	1 – 1	Cruzeiro
Marcelinho Carioca  58'		Marcelo Ramo  69'

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP) Attendance: 50,187 Referee: Luciano Augusto Almeida

Replay

Corinthians v Cruzeiro

23 December 1998

Corinthians	2 – 0	Cruzeiro
Edílson  70' Marcelinho Carioca  80'

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP) Attendance: 57,230 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

Final standings

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Corinthians	61	32	18	7	7	57	38	+19	Qualified to 2000 FIFA Club World Championship^1
2.	Cruzeiro	51	32	14	9	9	56	41	+15
3.	Santos	51	29	14	9	6	55	37	+18
4.	Portuguesa	48	29	13	9	7	52	42	+10
5.	Palmeiras	48	26	15	3	8	51	38	+13	Qualified to 1999 Copa Libertadores^2
6.	Coritiba	44	26	11	11	4	35	31	+4
7.	Sport	43	26	13	4	9	38	28	+10
8.	Grêmio	39	26	11	6	9	34	32	+2
9.	Atlético Mineiro	36	23	9	9	5	38	33	+5
10.	Vasco da Gama	34	23	9	7	7	34	24	+10	Qualified to 1999 Copa Libertadores^3
11.	Flamengo	33	23	9	6	8	37	34	+3
12.	Internacional	32	23	9	5	9	25	25	0
13.	Vitória	30	23	9	3	11	31	38	-7
14.	Botafogo	29	23	7	8	8	35	37	-2
15.	São Paulo	27	23	8	3	12	34	35	-1
16.	Atlético-PR	27	23	7	6	10	32	32	0
17.	Ponte Preta	26	23	7	5	11	25	34	-9
18.	Juventude	26	23	6	8	9	24	32	-8
19.	Guarani	25	23	6	7	10	34	39	-5
20.	Paraná	24	23	7	3	13	25	41	-16
21.	América-MG	23	23	6	5	12	26	39	-13	Relegated to 1999 Série B
22.	Goiás	22	23	5	7	11	29	37	-8
23.	Bragantino	21	23	5	6	12	20	37	-17
24.	América-RN	15	23	3	6	14	24	47	-23

¹ Corinthians also qualified for the group stage of the 1999 Copa Libertadores as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion.
² Palmeiras qualified for the group stage of the 1999 Copa Libertadores as the 1998 Copa do Brasil champion.
³ Vasco da Gama is qualified for the round of 16 of the 1999 Copa Libertadores as the 1998 Copa Libertadores champion.

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals[1]
1	Viola	Santos	21
2	Marcelinho Carioca	Corinthians	19
3	Fábio Júnior	Cruzeiro	18
	Valdir	Atlético Mineiro	18
4	Edílson	Corinthians	15
	Leandro Amaral	Portuguesa	15
5	Romário	Flamengo	14
	Dejan Petković	Vitória	14

References

1. "1998 Série A Statistics". globoesporte.com. Globo Esporte. Retrieved 17 April 2010.