Brazil 1998 Championship

Table:

 1.Corinthians     23 14  4  5 46-30 46  Qualified
 2.Palmeiras       23 14  3  6 46-32 45  Qualified
 3.Coritiba        23 11  9  3 32-26 42  Qualified
 4.Santos          23 11  8  4 46-29 41  Qualified
 5.Sport           23 12  4  7 34-22 40  Qualified
 6.Portuguesa      23 11  7  5 44-34 40  Qualified
 7.Cruzeiro        23 10  7  6 42-28 37  Qualified
 8.Grêmio          23 10  6  7 32-30 36  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 9.Atlético/MG     23  9  9  5 38-33 36
10.Vasco da Gama   23  9  7  7 34-24 34
11.Flamengo        23  9  6  8 37-34 33
12.Internacional   23  9  5  9 25-25 32
13.Vitória         23  9  3 11 31-38 30
14.Botafogo        23  7  8  8 35-37 29
15.São Paulo       23  8  3 12 34-35 27
16.Atlético/PR     23  7  6 10 32-32 27
17.Ponte Preta     23  7  5 11 25-34 26
18.Juventude       23  6  8  9 24-32 26
19.Guarani         23  6  7 10 34-39 25
20.Paraná          23  7  3 13 25-41 24
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21.América/MG      23  6  5 12 26-39 23  Relegated
22.Goiás           23  5  7 11 29-37 22  Relegated
23.Bragantino      23  5  6 12 20-37 21  Relegated
24.América/RN      23  3  6 14 24-47 15  Relegated

[Jul 25]
Vasco         0-1 Corinthians 
[Jul 26]
Internacional 1-0 Gremio 
Portuguesa    2-1 America/MG 
Guarani       2-0 Ponte Preta 
Juventude     3-0 Parana 
Atletico/PR   2-2 Coritiba 
Santos        2-0 Bragantino 
Flamengo      1-1 Botafogo 
Palmeiras     2-1 Sao Paulo 
Atletico/MG   1-1 Cruzeiro 
Vitoria       1-2 Goias 
America/RN    0-4 Sport
 
Moved Matches [Jul 29]
Santos        1-1 Atletico/PR   
Atletico/MG   1-1 Guarani      

Round 2
[Aug 1]
Coritiba      1-3 Flamengo
Goias         1-1 Palmeiras
[Aug 2]
Ponte Preta   0-0 Internacional
Corinthians   4-0 Juventude
Sao Paulo     2-1 Guarani
Parana        0-1 Portuguesa
Brangantino   0-0 Vasco
Gremio        2-3 Atletico/MG 
Cruzeiro      1-2 Santos
Botafogo      1-2 Vitoria
Sport         2-0 Atletico/PR  
America/MG    2-2 America/RN   

Round 3 
[Aug 5]
Atletico/PR   0-1 Palmeiras
Corinthians   2-1 Gremio
Cruzeiro      4-2 Ponte Preta
Guarani       2-3 Botafogo
Internacional 0-3 Sao Paulo
Parana        3-2 America/RN
Portuguesa    1-1 Coritiba
Sport         2-1 Vitoria
Vasco         5-1 America/MG

Round 4
[Aug 8]
Coritiba      2-2 Ponte Preta
Atletico/MG   1-5 Corinthians
Juventude     0-0 Botafogo
[Aug 9]
Flamengo      0-1 Bragantino
Sao Paulo     0-2 Cruzeiro
America/RN    2-2 Portuguesa
Vitoria       1-3 Santos
Guarani       1-2 America/MG
Internacional 2-1 Parana
Atletico/PR   0-0 Gremio
Goias         2-0 Sport
[Nov 7]
Palmeiras     2-1 Vasco

Round 5
[Aug 12]
Ponte Preta   0-1 Flamengo
Coritiba      0-0 Corinthians
Botafogo      3-0 Sao Paulo
Gremio        0-0 Juventude  
America/MG    2-0 Parana
Vitoria       3-3 Guarani
Palmeiras     1-2 Sport
Goias         0-0 Cruzeiro
America/RN    0-0 Internacional 
[Aug 23]
Atletico/MG   0-2 Bragantino
[Sep 2]
Vasco         1-2 Portuguesa

Round 6
[Aug 15]
Corinthians   1-0 Botafogo
Santos        1-0 Palmeiras
[Aug 16]
Gremio        2-2 Flamengo
Vasco         2-1 Guarani
Sport         1-0 Sao Paulo
Portuguesa    0-1 Vitoria
Bragantino    1-2 Coritiba
Parana        1-0 Goias    
Cruzeiro      0-2 America/RN
Juventude     0-0 Atletico/MG 
America/MG    0-1 Internacional
[Aug 19]
Ponte Preta   2-0 Atletico/PR

Round 7 
[Aug 19]
Santos        4-4 Atletico/MG
Guarani       2-1 America/RN
Parana        2-2 Bragantino
[Aug 22]
Internacional 1-1 Corinthians
Atletico/PR   2-2 Portuguesa
Vitoria       2-1 America/MG
[Aug 23]
Coritiba      0-0 Sport
Botafogo      1-1 Cruzeiro
Sao Paulo     1-3 Santos
Goias         0-0 Gremio
Flamengo      1-3 Juventude
America/RN    1-2 Palmeiras

Round 8
[Aug 25]
Corinthians   3-1 America/MG
[Aug 26]
Bragantino    2-2 Botafogo
Cruzeiro      2-2 Portuguesa  
Palmeiras     2-1 Atletico/MG
Internacional 6-1 Goias
Flamengo      0-0 Atletico/PR  
Sao Paulo     6-1 America/RN
Parana        1-0 Ponte Preta 
Juventude     2-0 Vitoria
[Nov 4]
Vasco         2-1 Gremio

Round 9
[Aug 29]
America/MG    0-0 Botafogo
Gremio        1-1 Palmeiras
Coritiba      2-0 Goias
Corinthians   3-2 Guarani
[Aug 30]
Vasco         1-1 Flamengo     
Santos        2-0 Internacional 
Portuguesa    1-0 Atletico/MG
Bragantino    1-1 America/RN
Atletico/PR   0-0 Juventude
Ponte Preta   1-1 Sao Paulo  
Sport         4-1 Parana    
Cruzeiro      0-2 Vitoria

Moved Matches
[Sep 2]
America/MG    2-1 Ponte Preta
Guarani       1-1 Santos
Internacional 2-1 Bragantino
Vitoria       1-0 Parana

Round 10
[Sep 5]
Palmeiras     2-1 Flamengo
Bragantino    1-0 Corinthians
Gremio        2-1 Vitoria
[Sep 6]
Santos        0-0 Sport
Portuguesa    5-2 Botafogo
   [Leandro (3), ?, ? ; ?]
Internacional 1-3 Guarani
Ponte Preta   1-0 Juventude
Parana        1-0 Atletico-PR
Atletico-MG   1-0 Sao Paulo
Vasco         2-0 Cruzeiro
America-MG    1-0 Goias
America-RN    0-1 Coritiba

Round 11 [Sep 9]
Cruzeiro      1-1 Flamengo
Guarani       3-2 Palmeiras
Vasco         0-0 Sport
Corinthians   3-0 Portuguesa
Bragantino    1-2 Sao Paulo
Parana        1-2 Gremio
Vitoria       0-3 Coritiba
America-RN    2-2 Juventude
Goias         2-3 Atletico-PR
[Oct 15]
Santos        3-3 America-MG

Round 12
[Sep 12]
Sao Paulo     1-1 Vasco
Sport         0-2 Corinthians
   [Marcelinho Carioca (2)]
Botafogo      3-3 Parana
[Sep 13]
Gremio        3-2 Santos
Flamengo      2-3 Portuguesa
Palmeiras     3-0 Ponte Preta
Guarani       2-2 Cruzeiro
Atletico-MG   3-2 Atletico-PR
Coritiba      0-0 America-MG
Goias         3-0 Bragantino
[Sep 16]
Vitoria       3-0 America-RN
[Sep 20]
Juventude     1-2 Internacional

Moved Matches
[Sep 15]
Flamengo      2-1 Goias
Atletico-MG   1-1 Vasco
[Sep 16]
Juventude     1-2 Santos
Sport         1-0 Bragantino

Round 13
[Sep 19]
Cruzeiro      4-0 Coritiba
Ponte Preta   4-5 Corinthians
Parana        2-1 Vasco
Botafogo      2-0 America-RN
[Sep 20]
Palmeiras     3-2 Vitoria
Guarani       2-2 Goias
Santos        4-1 Flamengo
Sport         5-0 Gremio
America-MG    0-2 Atletico-MG
Sao Paulo     2-7 Portuguesa
[Oct 28]
Bragantino    1-0 Juventude

Round 14 
[Sep 24]
Palmeiras     4-0 Bragantino
Goias         2-0 Botafogo
America-MG    1-3 Sao Paulo
Flamengo      1-3 Internacional
Corinthians   1-2 Cruzeiro
Vasco         1-1 Juventude
Portuguesa    2-0 Sport
Gremio        1-0 Ponte Preta
Atletico-PR   4-0 Guarani
[Sep 30]
Vitoria       1-1 Atletico-MG
[Oct 3]
Coritiba      1-1 Santos

Round 15
[Sep 26]
Juventude     3-6 Palmeiras
Sao Paulo     0-0 Flamengo
[Sep 27]
Portuguesa    1-0 Ponte Preta
Atletico-PR   3-2 Bragantino
Guarani       0-1 Coritiba
Atletico-MG   3-0 Parana
Sport         1-1 Cruzeiro
Gremio        2-1 America-MG
Vitoria       2-0 Internacional
America-RN    2-1 Goias
Corinthians   0-2 Santos
Botafogo      0-2 Vasco

Moved Matches [Sep 30]
Santos        4-0 Ponte Preta
Atletico-PR   3-1 Botafogo
Juventude     1-0 America-MG

Round 16 
[Sep 30]
Coritiba      3-2 Parana
[Oct 3]
America-RN    1-3 Vasco
Vitoria       1-0 Sao Paulo
Juventude     0-0 Guarani
Internacional 0-1 Atletico-PR  
Ponte Preta   2-1 Sport
Flamengo      3-2 Atletico-MG
Palmeiras     3-1 Corinthians
Botafogo      2-1 Gremio   
Cruzeiro      4-1 America-MG
Goias         3-1 Portuguesa

Round 17 
[Oct 7]
Ponte Preta   2-1 Vasco
Flamengo      3-2 Sport
Botafogo      2-3 Coritiba  
Corinthians   2-2 Goias
Bragantino    1-0 Gremio
Atletico-PR   4-1 Vitoria
Internacional 3-1 Cruzeiro
Portuguesa    2-3 Palmeiras
[Oct 8]
Sao Paulo     3-0 Parana
[Oct 28]
America-RN    2-2 Santos

Round 18
[Oct 10]
Flamengo      4-1 Corinthians
Atletico-MG   5-5 Botafogo
Palmeiras     1-0 Internacional
[Oct 11]
Gremio        1-1 Coritiba
Portuguesa    2-1 Juventude
Atletico-PR   2-0 America-RN 
Ponte Preta   4-2 Vitoria
Parana        1-2 Cruzeiro
Vasco         3-1 Santos
Sao Paulo     3-1 Goias
Sport         3-2 America-MG
[Oct 14]
Bragantino    1-2 Guarani

Moved Matches
[Oct 14]
Atletico-MG   2-0 Internacional
[Oct 15]
Juventude     1-2 Coritiba

Round 19 
[Oct 17]
Botafogo      3-1 Palmeiras
[Oct 18]
Vitoria       1-4 Flamengo
Coritiba      2-1 Sao Paulo
Corinthians   4-2 Atletico-PR
Santos        1-1 Portuguesa
America-MG    2-0 Bragantino
Guarani       2-0 Parana
Goias         0-1 Ponte Preta
Cruzeiro      0-2 Gremio
America-RN    1-3 Atletico-MG
Juventude     1-0 Sport
Internacional 1-0 Vasco

Round 20 [Oct 21] 
America-RN    2-1 Flamengo
Parana        0-0 Corinthians
Atletico-PR   1-2 Vasco
Botafogo      1-0 Ponte Preta
Palmeiras     1-2 Coritiba
Sao Paulo     1-2 Gremio
Guarani       1-1 Portuguesa
Bragantino    0-4 Cruzeiro
Atletico-MG   2-1 Goias      
Internacional 1-2 Sport

Round 21 [Oct 24]
Sport         2-1 Botafogo
Cruzeiro      3-1 Palmeiras
Vasco         0-1 Vitoria
Flamengo      2-1 Guarani
Sao Paulo     1-2 Corinthians
Portuguesa    1-1 Internacional
Santos        1-2 Parana
Ponte Preta   2-2 Bragantino
America-MG    2-1 Atletico-PR
Coritiba      1-1 Atletico-MG
Gremio        2-1 America-RN
Goias         2-2 Juventude

Round 22
[Oct 29]
Vasco         3-1 Coritiba 
[Oct 31]
Internacional 0-0 Botafogo
Vitoria       2-3 Corinthians
[Nov 1]
Portuguesa    3-1 Bragantino
Santos        3-1 Goias
Flamengo      2-0 America-MG
Guarani       1-3 Gremio
America-RN    0-1 Ponte Preta
Atletico-PR   1-2 Cruzeiro
Atletico-MG   1-0 Sport
Palmeiras     3-2 Parana
[Nov 4]
Juventude     2-1 Sao Paulo

Round 23 [Nov 12]
Goias         2-2 Vasco
Parana        2-1 Flamengo
Botafogo      2-1 Santos
America-MG    1-1 Palmeiras
Corinthians   2-1 America-RN
Sao Paulo     2-0 Atletico-PR
Gremio        4-2 Portuguesa
Bragantino    0-0 Vitoria
Sport         2-1 Guarani
Ponte Preta   0-0 Atletico-MG
Coritiba      1-0 Internacional
Cruzeiro      5-0 Juventude

Table:

 1.Corinthians     23 14  4  5 46-30 46  Qualified
 2.Palmeiras       23 14  3  6 46-32 45  Qualified
 3.Coritiba        23 11  9  3 32-26 42  Qualified
 4.Santos          23 11  8  4 46-29 41  Qualified
 5.Sport           23 12  4  7 34-22 40  Qualified
 6.Portuguesa      23 11  7  5 44-34 40  Qualified
 7.Cruzeiro        23 10  7  6 42-28 37  Qualified
 8.Grêmio          23 10  6  7 32-30 36  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 9.Atlético/MG     23  9  9  5 38-33 36
10.Vasco da Gama   23  9  7  7 34-24 34
11.Flamengo        23  9  6  8 37-34 33
12.Internacional   23  9  5  9 25-25 32
13.Vitória         23  9  3 11 31-38 30
14.Botafogo        23  7  8  8 35-37 29
15.São Paulo       23  8  3 12 34-35 27
16.Atlético/PR     23  7  6 10 32-32 27
17.Ponte Preta     23  7  5 11 25-34 26
18.Juventude       23  6  8  9 24-32 26
19.Guarani         23  6  7 10 34-39 25
20.Paraná          23  7  3 13 25-41 24
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21.América/MG      23  6  5 12 26-39 23  Relegated
22.Goiás           23  5  7 11 29-37 22  Relegated
23.Bragantino      23  5  6 12 20-37 21  Relegated
24.América/RN      23  3  6 14 24-47 15  Relegated

Championship Playoff

Quarterfinals

First Leg 
[Nov 14] 
Cruzeiro      2-1 Palmeiras
  [62' Fabio Junior, 82' Marcelo; 64' Oseas]
[Nov 15]
Gremio        0-1 Corinthians
  [78' Rincon]
Portuguesa    3-1 Coritiba
  [14' Leandro, 22' Alexandre, 51' Fabricio; 7' Macedo]
Sport         3-1 Santos
  [65' Robson, 68' Wallace, 90' (pen) Lima; 60' Argel]

Second Leg 
[Nov 21]
Corinthians   0-2 Gremio
  [30' Itaqui, 87' Clovis]
Santos        2-1 Sport
 [32' E.Marques, 76' Robson Luis; 61' Robson]
[Nov 22]
Palmeiras     2-1 Cruzeiro
  [26' Paulo Nunes, 45' Junior Baiano; 42' Djair]
Coritiba      0-0 Portuguesa

Third Leg 
[Nov 25]
Corinthians   1-0 Gremio
  [36' Edilson]
Coritiba      2-2 Portuguesa
  [15' Joao Santos, 77' Gelson Baresi; 84' Cesar, 89' Ailton]
Santos        3-0 Sport
  [24' Alessandro, 50' and 90' Viola]
[Nov 26]
Palmeiras     2-3 Cruzeiro
  [48' Almir, 62' Paulo Nunes; 32' and 34' M.Ramos, 88' Fabio Junior]

Semifinals

First Leg [Nov 29]
Cruzeiro      3-1 Portuguesa
  [12' Marcelo Ramos, 52' (pen) Fabio Junior, 90' Alex Alves; 22' Leandro]
Santos        2-1 Corinthians
  [30' Robson Luiz, 82' Viola; 1' Gamarra]

Second Leg [Dec 6]
Portuguesa    2-1 Cruzeiro
  [12' and 76' Alexandre; 14' Marcelo P.]
Corinthians   2-0 Santos
  [27' (pen) Marcelinho, 60' Edilson]

Third Leg [Dec 9]
Portuguesa    0-1 Cruzeiro
  [1' Djair]
Corinthians   1-1 Santos
  [57' Edilson; 41' Viola]


Final

First Leg [Dec 13]
Cruzeiro      2-2 Corinthians
  [43' Muller, 46' Valdo; 53' Dinei, 58' Marcelinho]

Second Leg [Dec 20]
Corinthians   1-1 Cruzeiro
  [58' Marcelinho; 70' Marcelo R.]

Third Leg [Dec 23]
Corinthians   2-0 Cruzeiro
  [70' Edilson, 81' Marcelinho]
23/dezembro/1998 
CORINTHIANS 2-0 CRUZEIRO 
Local: Morumbi (São Paulo-SP); 
Juiz: Carlos Eugênio Simon (RS); 
Público Presente: 57.230 espectadores; 
Gols: Edílson 25 e Marcelinho 35 do 2º tempo; 
Cartões Amarelos: Batata, Rincón e Gustavo; 
CORINTHIANS: Nei, Índio, Batata (Cris), Gamarra e Silvinho; Ricardinho (Amaral), Rincón,
Vampeta e Marcelinho; Edílson e Mirandinha (Dinei). 
Técnico: Wanderley Luxemburgo. 
CRUZEIRO: Dida, Gustavo (Alex Alves), Marcelo Djian, João Carlos e Gilberto; Valdir (Marcelo 
Ramos), Ricardinho (Caio), Djair e Valdo; 
Müller e Fábio Júnior. Técnico: Levir Culpi
Corinthians champions of Brazil 1998.

Corinthians qualified to Copa Libertadores 1999

Topscorers:

Viola (Santos)                   21

Marcelinho Carioca (Corinthians) 19

Fabio Junior (Cruzeiro)          18
Valdir (Atlético-MG)             18

Edilson (Corinthians)            15
Leandro (Portuguesa)             15
Oseas (Palmeiras)                15

Petkovic (Vitória)               14
Romário (Flamengo)               14

1997

1998 (2nd level)

1998 (3rd level)

1999

list of champions.

list of 2nd and 3rd division champions.


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