2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	2008
Champions	São Paulo (6th title)
Relegated	Figueirense Vasco Portuguesa Ipatinga
Copa Libertadores 2009	São Paulo Grêmio Cruzeiro Sport (via Copa do Brasil) Palmeiras (to Preliminary Round)
Copa Sudamericana 2009	Flamengo Internacional (as holders) Botafogo Goiás Coritiba Vitória Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Fluminense
Top goalscorer	Kléber Pereira (Santos) 21 goals
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 52nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on May 8 and ended on December 7. For the first time, one club has won the championship three times in a row. Also, São Paulo has been crowned the biggest winner in the history of the competition, winning it six times since its establishment in 1971.

During the second half of the season, five teams were alternating positions inside the top five clubs in the table. Palmeiras took the lead on round 27, but only two rounds later Grêmio retained first position. Cruzeiro and Flamengo were also trying to reach the lead, but it was São Paulo who did it on round 33, after beating Internacional 3–0. The club managed to stay on the top until the last round, when their victory over Goiás 0–1 at Bezerrão Stadium in Brasília assured the title.

On the other side of the table, Ipatinga stayed inside relegation zone for 35 rounds, being relegated on round 37 after losing to Grêmio 4–1 at home. On the same day, a 2–2 tie against Sport drove Portuguesa into Série B. Both clubs had been promoted last season. On the last round, 4-time champions Vasco 0–2 loss to Vitória ended their hopes to stay in Série A. Meanwhile, despite defeating Internacional 3–1, Figueirense was relegated due to Atlético Paranaense 5–3 win against Flamengo in Curitiba and Náutico 0–0 draw against Santos in Recife.

Format

For the sixth season, the championship was contested in a double round-robin system. The team with most number of points has been declared champions. Also, the tournament was a qualifier to other South American competitions:

Copa Libertadores 2009: Top three clubs are qualified to First Stage. Team finishing in 4th will play Preliminary Round.
Copa Sudamericana 2009: Teams finishing from 5th to 12th are qualified to first stage.

By winning the Copa do Brasil, Sport is already qualified to Copa Libertadores 2009 First Stage and cannot qualify to Copa Sudamericana 2009. Also, Internacional is qualified to the Copa Sudamericana 2009 by winning the 2008 edition.

2008 teams

Teams that took part in the 2008 Brasileirão.

Club	City	State	2007 Season	Stadium	Titles
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	8th	Mineirão	1971
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Paraná	12th	Kyocera Arena	2001
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	9th	Engenhão	1995
Coritiba	Curitiba	Paraná	Série B Champions	Couto Pereira	1985
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	5th	Mineirão	2003
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	13th	Orlando Scarpelli	none
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	3rd	Maracanã	1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1987
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	4th	Maracanã	1984
Goiás	Goiânia	Goiás	16th	Serra Dourada	none
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	6th	Olímpico	1981, 1996
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	11th	Beira-Rio	1975, 1976, 1979
Ipatinga	Ipatinga	Minas Gerais	Série B Runners-up	Ipatingão	none
Náutico	Recife	Pernambuco	15th	Aflitos	none
Palmeiras	São Paulo	São Paulo	7th	Palestra Itália	1972, 1973, 1993, 1994
Portuguesa	São Paulo	São Paulo	Série B 3rd place	Canindé	none
Santos	Santos	São Paulo	Runners-up	Vila Belmiro	2002, 2004
São Paulo	São Paulo	}São Paulo	Champions	Morumbi	1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007
Sport	Recife	Pernambuco	14th	Ilha do Retiro	1987
Vasco	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	10th	São Januário	1974, 1989, 1997, 2000
Vitória	Salvador	Bahia	Série B 4th place	Barradão	none

League table

Rank	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal diff
1	São Paulo	75	38	21	12	5	66	36	30	Copa Libertadores 2009
2	Grêmio	72	38	21	9	8	59	35	24
3	Cruzeiro	67	38	21	4	13	59	44	15
4	Palmeiras	65	38	19	8	11	55	45	10
5	Flamengo	64	38	18	10	10	67	48	19	Copa Sudamericana 2009
6	Internacional	54	38	15	9	14	48	47	1
7	Botafogo	53	38	15	8	15	51	43	8
8	Goiás	53	38	14	11	13	57	47	10
9	Coritiba	53	38	14	11	13	55	48	7
10	Vitória	52	38	15	7	16	48	44	4
11	Sport	52	38	13	10	14	48	45	3	Copa Libertadores 2009 (as cup winners)
12	Atlético Mineiro	48	38	12	12	14	50	61	-11	Copa Sudamericana 2009
13	Atlético Paranaense	45	38	12	9	17	45	54	-9
14	Fluminense	45	38	11	12	15	49	48	1
15	Santos	45	38	11	12	15	44	53	-11
16	Náutico	44	38	11	11	16	44	54	-10
17	Figueirense	44	38	11	11	16	49	72	-23	Relegation to Série B
18	Vasco da Gama	40	38	11	7	20	56	72	-16
19	Portuguesa	38	38	9	11	18	48	70	-22
20	Ipatinga	35	38	9	7	21	37	66	-29

Internacional qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2009 as holders.

Source:^[1]

Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	CAM	CAP	BOT	CFC	CRU	FIG	FLA	FLU	GOI	GRE	INT	IPA	NAU	PAL	POR	SAN	SPA	SPO	VAS	VIT
Atlético Mineiro	—	4–0^(R22)	2–1^(R26)	3–2^(R13)	0–2^(R30)	0–0^(R27)	1–1^(R10)	0–0^(R01)	1–1^(R21)	0–4^(R19)	2–2^(R31)	4–2^(R06)	2–1^(R26)	1–1^(R09)	2–0^(R04)	0–0^(R37)	1–1^(R24)	2–1^(R17)	4–1^(R35)	2–1^(R15)
Atlético Paranaense	1–1^(R03)	—	0–3^(R17)	1–1^(R08)	1–0^(R31)	0–0^(R15)	5–3^(R38)	1–3^(R29)	5–0^(R05)	0–0^(R26)	1–1^(R11)	5–0^(R20)	2–0^(R18)	1–2^(R23)	2–0^(R25)	1–0^(R09)	1–1^(R02)	1–0^(R33)	3–1^(R13)	2–1^(R35)
Botafogo	4–0^(R14)	2–2^(R36)	—	2–1^(R05)	1–0^(R21)	1–3^(R37)	0–1^(R34)	1–1^(R27)	2–0^(R16)	2–0^(R09)	1–2^(R25)	4–0^(R12)	1–1^(R23)	1–0^(R19)	0–1^(R07)	0–1^(R30)	1–2^(R32)	2–0^(R01)	1–1^(R03)	3–1^(R29)
Coritiba	2–1^(R32)	1–1^(R27)	0–1^(R24)	—	1–1^(R04)	3–0^(R21)	1–0^(R12)	2–1^(R07)	1–1^(R30)	0–1^(R16)	4–2^(R28)	1–0^(R14)	0–0^(R34)	2–0^(R01)	4–0^(R10)	5–1^(R36)	2–2^(R22)	3–0^(R19)	0–2^(R37)	0–0^(R06)
Cruzeiro	2–1^(R11)	1–0^(R12)	1–0^(R02)	1–1^(R23)	—	3–0^(R07)	3–2^(R36)	1–0^(R34)	0–1^(R14)	3–0^(R32)	2–0^(R18)	1–0^(R29)	4–2^(R16)	0–1^(R25)	4–1^(R38)	4–0^(R03)	1–1^(R08)	1–0^(R28)	1–0^(R05)	2–1^(R20)
Figueirense	1–1^(R08)	0–2^(R34)	1–2^(R18)	2–1^(R02)	3–4^(R26)	—	2–3^(R24)	0–1^(R32)	0–0^(R04)	1–7^(R14)	3–1^(R38)	1–1^(R30)	4–3^(R36)	0–0^(R29)	2–1^(R20)	3–0^(R12)	1–1^(R16)	3–1^(R06)	2–1^(R09)	1–2^(R22)
Flamengo	0–3^(R29)	1–0^(R19)	0–0^(R15)	5–0^(R31)	1–2^(R17)	5–0^(R05)	—	2–2^(R23)	3–3^(R37)	2–1^(R21)	2–1^(R03)	1–0^(R26)	3–0^(R09)	5–2^(R35)	2–2^(R33)	3–1^(R01)	2–4^(R06)	2–1^(R27)	3–1^(R11)	0–1^(R13)
Fluminense	1–0^(R20)	3–0^(R10)	1–1^(R08)	2–3^(R26)	1–3^(R15)	1–0^(R13)	0–1^(R04)	—	1–1^(R28)	0–0^(R24)	1–2^(R17)	1–1^(R38)	0–2^(R02)	3–0^(R31)	3–1^(R35)	1–1^(R06)	3–1^(R18)	1–1^(R22)	0–1^(R33)	2–1^(R11)
Goiás	1–1^(R02)	4–0^(R24)	3–1^(R35)	2–2^(R11)	3–0^(R33)	2–0^(R23)	2–1^(R18)	1–0^(R09)	—	0–3^(R06)	1–1^(R29)	1–1^(R03)	3–0^(R20)	3–2^(R13)	4–0^(R17)	4–1^(R26)	0–1^(R38)	1–2^(R15)	2–4^(R31)	3–0^(R27)
Grêmio	2–0^(R38)	3–0^(R07)	2–1^(R28)	2–1^(R35)	1–0^(R13)	1–1^(R33)	0–0^(R02)	2–1^(R05)	1–2^(R25)	—	1–1^(R08)	1–0^(R18)	2–0^(R03)	1–1^(R15)	2–1^(R11)	2–0^(R29)	1–0^(R20)	1–0^(R31)	2–1^(R23)	2–0^(R17)
Internacional	1–0^(R12)	2–1^(R30)	2–1^(R06)	3–0^(R09)	1–0^(R37)	1–1^(R19)	1–1^(R22)	0–2^(R36)	1–0^(R10)	4–1^(R27)	—	4–0^(R34)	1–1^(R32)	4–1^(R21)	1–0^(R24)	0–1^(R16)	2–0^(R14)	1–1^(R04)	1–0^(R01)	1–0^(R26)
Ipatinga	3–2^(R25)	0–1^(R01)	0–3^(R31)	2–0^(R33)	2–2^(R10)	0–1^(R11)	1–3^(R07)	2–1^(R19)	1–0^(R22)	1–4^(R37)	1–0^(R15)	—	0–0^(R05)	1–2^(R17)	4–1^(R13)	1–1^(R21)	1–3^(R28)	3–0^(R35)	3–1^(R27)	2–0^(R04)
Náutico	2–1^(R07)	2–1^(R37)	3–0^(R04)	1–2^(R15)	5–2^(R35)	1–2^(R17)	0–2^(R28)	1–3^(R21)	2–1^(R01)	1–1^(R22)	1–1^(R13)	2–0^(R24)	—	0–0^(R27)	1–1^(R31)	1–0^(R19)	2–1^(R10)	0–2^(R11)	1–1^(R06)	1–0^(R33)
Palmeiras	3–1^(R28)	1–0^(R04)	0–1^(R38)	1–0^(R20)	5–2^(R06)	1–1^(R10)	1–0^(R16)	3–1^(R12)	1–0^(R32)	0–1^(R34)	2–1^(R02)	2–0^(R36)	2–0^(R08)	—	4–2^(R22)	4–2^(R14)	2–2^(R30)	0–3^(R24)	2–0^(R26)	3–0^(R18)
Portuguesa	1–1^(R23)	1–0^(R06)	3–1^(R26)	0–0^(R29)	2–1^(R19)	5–5^(R01)	2–2^(R14)	3–1^(R16)	0–0^(R36)	2–0^(R30)	3–1^(R05)	2–0^(R32)	3–2^(R12)	1–1^(R03)	—	0–0^(R08)	2–3^(R34)	2–2^(R37)	0–1^(R21)	1–2^(R09)
Santos	2–3^(R18)	4–0^(R28)	2–2^(R11)	1–3^(R17)	2–0^(R22)	3–0^(R31)	2–2^(R20)	2–1^(R25)	0–4^(R07)	1–1^(R10)	1–0^(R35)	4–0^(R02)	0–0^(R38)	1–2^(R33)	1–1^(R27)	—	0–0^(R04)	1–0^(R13)	5–2^(R15)	2–0^(R24)
São Paulo	5–1^(R05)	3–1^(R21)	2–1^(R13)	1–1^(R03)	2–0^(R27)	3–1^(R35)	2–0^(R25)	1–1^(R37)	2–1^(R19)	0–1^(R01)	3–0^(R33)	1–1^(R09)	1–0^(R29)	2–1^(R11)	3–1^(R15)	0–0^(R23)	—	1–0^(R07)	4–0^(R17)	2–1^(R31)
Sport	3–0^(R36)	1–0^(R14)	0–1^(R20)	4–3^(R38)	1–0^(R09)	5–0^(R25)	1–2^(R08)	2–1^(R03)	2–1^(R34)	2–2^(R12)	1–0^(R23)	3–1^(R16)	2–2^(R30)	2–0^(R05)	2–0^(R18)	1–1^(R32)	0–0^(R26)	—	2–2^(R29)	0–0^(R02)
Vasco	6–1^(R16)	2–2^(R32)	1–1^(R22)	0–2^(R18)	1–3^(R24)	2–4^(R28)	0–1^(R30)	3–3^(R14)	1–1^(R12)	2–1^(R04)	4–0^(R20)	4–2^(R08)	1–3^(R25)	0–2^(R07)	3–1^(R02)	1–0^(R34)	1–2^(R36)	4–0^(R10)	—	0–2^(R38)
Vitória	0–1^(R34)	2–1^(R16)	5–2^(R10)	1–0^(R25)	0–2^(R01)	4–0^(R03)	0–0^(R34)	2–2^(R30)	3–0^(R08)	4–2^(R36)	2–1^(R07)	0–0^(R23)	2–0^(R14)	0–0^(R37)	3–1^(R28)	1–0^(R05)	1–3^(R12)	0–0^(R21)	5–0^(R19)	—

Colours:

	Home team win
	Tie
	Away team win

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals
1	Kléber Pereira	Santos	21
2	Keirrison	Coritiba	20
2	Washington	Fluminense	20
4	Alex Mineiro	Palmeiras	19
5	Guilherme	Cruzeiro	18
6	Borges	São Paulo	15
7	Paulo Baier	Goiás	14
	Nilmar	Internacional
	Hugo	São Paulo
10	Edmundo	Vasco	13
10	Felipe	Náutico	13

Source:^[2]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Last match	Replaced by
Atlético Mineiro	Geninho	Resigned	Round 1	Botafogo 2–0 Atlético Mineiro¹	Alexandre Gallo
Figueirense	Alexandre Gallo	Left to sign with Atlético Mineiro	Round 2	Figueirense 2–1 Coritiba	Guilherme Macuglia
Atlético Paranaense	Ney Franco	Sacked	Round 2	Atlético Paranaense 1–1 São Paulo	Roberto Fernandes
Náutico	Roberto Fernandes	Left to sign with Atlético Paranaense	Round 2	Fluminense 0–2 Náutico	Leandro Machado
Santos	Emerson Leão	Resigned	Round 3	Cruzeiro 4–0 Santos	Cuca
Botafogo	Cuca	Resigned	Round 3	Corinthians 2–1 Botafogo¹	Geninho
Internacional	Abel Braga	Left to sign with Al-Jazira	Round 4	Internacional 1–1 Sport	Tite
Ipatinga	Giba	Sacked	Round 6	Atlético Mineiro 4–2 Ipatinga	Ricardo Drubscky
Goiás	Oswaldo Alvarez	Sacked	Round 6	Goiás 0–3 Grêmio	Hélio dos Anjos
Figueirense	Guilherme Macuglia	Resigned	Round 7	Cruzeiro 3–0 Figueirense	Paulo César Gusmão
Botafogo	Geninho	Sacked	Round 10	Vitória 5–2 Botafogo	Ney Franco
Náutico	Leandro Machado	Sacked	Round 11	Náutico 0–2 Sport	Pintado
Portuguesa	Wagner Benazzi	Sacked	Round 13	Ipatinga 4–1 Portuguesa	Valdir Espinosa
Atlético Mineiro	Alexandre Gallo	Sacked	Round 16	Vasco 6–1 Atlético Mineiro	Marcelo Oliveira
Atlético Paranaense	Roberto Fernandes	Sacked	Round 17	Atlético Paranaense 0–3 Botafogo	Mário Sérgio
Santos	Cuca	Resigned	Round 18	Santos 2–3 Atlético Mineiro	Márcio Fernandes
Vasco	Antônio Lopes	Sacked	Round 18	Vasco 0–2 Coritiba	Tita
Náutico	Pintado	Sacked	Round 18	Atlético Paranaense 2–0 Náutico	Roberto Fernandes
Fluminense	Renato Gaúcho	Sacked	Round 19	Ipatinga 2–1 Fluminense	Cuca
Ipatinga	Ricardo Drubscky	Sacked	Round 21	Ipatinga 1–1 Santos	Márcio Bittencourt
Portuguesa	Valdir Espinosa	Sacked	Round 22	Palmeiras 4–2 Portuguesa	Estevam Soares
Atlético Paranaense	Mário Sérgio	Resigned	Round 24	Goiás 4–0 Atlético Paranaense	Geninho
Figueirense	Paulo César Gusmão	Sacked	Round 25	Sport 5–0 Figueirense	Mário Sérgio
Vasco	Tita	Resigned	Round 26	Palmeiras 3–0 Vasco²	Renato Gaúcho
Fluminense	Cuca	Resigned	Round 28	Fluminense 1–1 Goiás	Renê Simões
Ipatinga	Márcio Bittencourt	Sacked	Round 31	Ipatinga 0–3 Botafogo	Enderson Moreira
Figueirense	Mário Sérgio	Sacked	Round 35	São Paulo 3–1 Figueirense	Pintado

¹ Matches played for the Copa do Brasil 2008
² Match played for the Copa Sudamericana 2008

References

↑ "Brazil 2008 Championship - First Level (Série A)". RSSSF Brazil. 3 January 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
↑ "Brasileiro 2008: Série A" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

2016 clubs	América-MG Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Botafogo Chapecoense Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Figueirense Flamengo Fluminense Grêmio Internacional Palmeiras Ponte Preta Santa Cruz Santos São Paulo Sport Vitória

Taça Brasil	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa	1967 1968 1969 1970

Brasileirão	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Champions Top Scorers 1987 Copa União Bola de Ouro Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Triple Crown

2008 in Brazilian football

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Domestic leagues	Série A Série B Série C

Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil

South American competitions	Libertadores Copa Sudamericana

Competitions involving Brazil	FIFA World Cup qualification

Award Winners	Bola de Ouro Bola de Prata South American Footballer of the Year FIFA World Player of the Year

2008 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic Leagues	Argentina '07-'08 '08-'09 Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia I II Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay '07–'08 '08–'09 Venezuela '07–'08 '08–'09

Domestic Cups	Brazil Colombia Venezuela '07–'08 '08

CONMEBOL Competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

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