Paraíba State League 1998

Campeonato Paraibano 1998

Participating clubs:

ATALAIA Esporte Clube (Bananeiras)
ATLÉTICO Cajazeirense de Desportos (Cajazeiras)
AUTO ESPORTE Clube (João Pessoa)
BOTAFOGO Futebol Clube (João Pessoa)
CAMPINENSE Clube (Campina Grande)
CONFIANÇA Esporte Clube (Sapé)
ESPORTE Clube de Patos (Patos)
NACIONAL Atlético Clube (Patos)
SANTA CRUZ Recreativo Esporte Clube (Santa Rita)
SOUSA Esporte Clube (Sousa)
TREZE Futebol Clube (Campina Grande)
VILA BRANCA Sport Club (Solânea)

FIRST STAGE

Round 1
[Apr 5]
Auto Esporte  4-0  Atalaia
Santa Cruz    1-0  Botafogo
Treze         1-0  Atlético
Sousa         1-1  Nacional-P
Esporte       2-1  Campinense
[Apr 23]
Confiança     0-2  Vila Branca

Round 2:
[Apr 8]
Botafogo      5-2  Vila Branca
Atalaia       0-2  Treze
Campinense    1-1  Santa Cruz
Esporte       2-0  Sousa
Atlético      3-0  Auto Esporte
[Apr 21]
Nacional-P    1-0  Confiança

Round 3:
[Apr 12]
Botafogo      2-1  Campinense
Vila Branca   2-1  Auto Esporte
Treze         2-0  Esporte
Nacional-P    1-2  Atlético
Sousa         3-1  Santa Cruz
[Apr 30]
Confiança     3-1  Atalaia

Round 4 (postponed from Apr 15 due to the death of senator Humberto Lucena)
[May 5]
Atalaia       1-2  Botafogo
[May 6]
Santa Cruz    0-1  Treze         
Confiança     1-1  Esporte
Atlético      1-0  Vila Branca
Auto Esporte  1-0  Sousa
Campinense    1-0  Nacional-P

Round 5 [Apr 19]
Botafogo      3-0  Auto Esporte
Atlético      1-1  Sousa
Treze         0-0 Campinnese
Vila Branca   1-0  Atalaia
Nacional-P    1-1  Esporte
Confiança     2-2  Santa Cruz

Round 6 [Apr 26]
Botafogo      5-0  Esporte
Santa Cruz    2-2  Vila Branca
Atalaia       2-0  Nacional-P
Campinense    1-1  Auto Esporte
Sousa         0-0  Treze
Atlético      4-0  Confiança

Round 7
[Apr 28]
Esporte       4-2  Atalaia
[Apr 30]
Auto Esporte  0-0  Santa Cruz
Vila Branca   1-0  Sousa
Atlético      0-0  Campinense
Nacional-P    1-0  Treze
[May 12]
Confiança     awd  Botafogo        [Confiança won 2-1 but used an ineligible player. Score was declared 0-1]

Round 8
[May 2]
Atalaia       1-0  Atlético
Esporte       3-0  Santa Cruz
Sousa         3-0  Confiança
[May 3]
Auto Esporte  2-1  Nacional-P
Vila Branca   4-0  Campinense
Treze         0-0  Botafogo

Round 9
[May 9]
Campinense    6-1  Atalaia
Treze         1-1  Vila Branca
Santa Cruz    1-1  Nacional-P
Auto Esporte  3-0  Confiança
Atlético      1-0  Esporte
[May 10]
Sousa         2-2  Botafogo

Round 10
[May 13]
Atalaia       1-1  Santa Cruz
Campinense    1-0  Sousa
Nacional-P    2-1  Vila Branca
[May 14]
Confiança     0-1  Treze
Esporte       1-3  Auto Esporte
Botafogo      2-0  Atlético

Round 11
[May 16]
Santa Cruz    0-0  Atlético
[May 17]
Auto Esporte  2-0  Treze
Vila Branca   1-0  Esporte
Nacional-P    1-1  Botafogo
Sousa         4-0  Atalaia
Campinense    5-2  Confiança

Table:            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
 1.Botafogo      11  7  3  1  23- 8  24  Qualified
 2.Auto Esporte  11  6  2  3  17-11  20  Qualified
 3.Vila Branca   11  6  2  3  17-12  20  Qualified
 4.Treze         11  5  4  2   8- 4  19  Qualified
---------------------------------------
 5.Atlético      11  5  3  3  12- 6  18
 6.Campinense    11  4  4  3  17-13  16
 7.Esporte       11  4  2  5  14-17  14
 8.Sousa         11  3  4  4  14-10  13
 9.Nacional-P    11  3  4  4  10-12  13
10.Santa Cruz    11  1  7  3   9-14  10
11.Atalaia       11  2  1  8   9-27   7  
12.Confiança     11  1  2  8   8-24   5


FIRST STAGE - SEMIFINALS
(first leg home team shown left)

[May 20 and 23]
Treze         0-2  0-1  Botafogo
[May 21 and 24]
Vila Branca   2-1  1-0  Auto Esporte


FIRST STAGE - FINALS
(first leg home team shown left)

[May 27 and 30]
Vila Branca   2-1  1-2  Botafogo

BOTAFOGO wins the first stage due to better overall record and qualifies to final phase.


SECOND STAGE

Round 1
[Jun 6]
Atalaia       0-3  Auto Esporte
[Jun 7]
Botafogo      6-0  Santa Cruz
Vila Branca   2-0  Confiança
Campinense    2-0  Esporte
Nacional-P    3-2  Sousa
Atlético      1-0  Treze

Round 2 [Jun 11]
Auto Esporte  1-2  Atlético
Santa Cruz    1-1  Campinense
Confiança     3-1  Nacional-P    
Vila Branca   1-2  Botafogo
Treze         6-0  Atalaia
Sousa         1-0  Esporte

Round 3 [Jun 14]
Auto Esporte  1-1  Vila Branca
Santa Cruz    0-3  Sousa
Atalaia       0-2  Confiança
Campinense    2-1  Botafogo
Esporte       1-0  Treze
Atlético      1-0  Nacional-P

Round 4
[Jun 17]
Botafogo      1-2  Atalaia
Treze         3-1  Santa Cruz    
Vila Branca   1-1  Atlético
Sousa         2-0  Auto Esporte  
Nacional-P    0-4  Campinense    
[Jun 18]
Esporte       1-0  Confiança

Round 5 [Jun 21]
Auto Esporte  0-4  Botafogo
Santa Cruz    0-0  Confiança
Atalaia       0-0  Vila Branca
Campinense    0-0  Treze
Esporte       1-1  Nacional-P
Sousa         2-0  Atlético

Round 6
[Jun 25]
Nacional-P    1-1  Atalaia
[Jun 28]
Auto Esporte  1-1  Campinense
Confiança     0-1  Atlético
Vila Branca   0-1  Santa Cruz
Treze         0-0  Sousa
Esporte       0-1  Botafogo

Round 7
[Jul 1]
Botafogo      3-2  Confiança
Santa Cruz    0-0  Auto Esporte
Atalaia       3-0  Esporte
Treze         3-0  Nacional-P
Sousa         3-1  Vila Branca
[Jul 2]
Campinense    2-1  Atlético

Round 8 [Jul 5]
Botafogo      3-1  Treze
Santa Cruz    1-2  Esporte
Confiança     3-1  Sousa
Campinense    5-1  Vila Branca
Nacional-P    2-0  Auto Esporte
Atlético      0-0  Atalaia

Round 9
[Jul 9]
Vila Branca   1-2  Treze
Esporte       0-0  Atlético
[Jul 11]
Botafogo      2-1  Sousa
Confiança     4-1  Auto Esporte
Atalaia       1-0  Campinense
Nacional-P    1-1  Santa Cruz

Round 10 [Jul 15]
Auto Esporte  3-0  Esporte
Santa Cruz    0-0  Atalaia
Vila Branca   2-1  Nacional-P
Treze         3-2  Confiança
Sousa         1-3  Campinense
Atlético      0-1  Botafogo

Round 11 [Jul 19]
Botafogo      3-1  Nacional-P
Confiança     1-0  Campinense
Atalaia       0-1  Sousa
Treze         2-1  Auto Esporte
Esporte       1-0  Vila Branca
Atlético      0-3  Santa Cruz

Table:            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
 1.Botafogo      11  9  0  2  26- 8  27  Qualified
 2.Campinense    11  6  3  2  16- 8  21  Qualified
 3.Treze         11  6  2  3  17- 9  20  Qualified
 4.Sousa         11  6  1  4  15-12  19  Qualified
---------------------------------------
 5.Confiança     11  5  1  5  17-12  16
 6.Atlético      11  4  3  4   6- 9  15
 7.Esporte       11  4  2  5   5-12  14
 8.Atalaia       11  3  4  4   5-16  13
 9.Santa Cruz    11  2  5  4  10-13  11
10.Auto Esporte  11  2  3  6  11-16   9
11.Nacional-P    11  2  3  6  11-17   9
12.Vila Branca   11  2  3  6   9-16   9


SECOND STAGE - SEMIFINALS
(first leg home team shown left)

[Jul 22 and 26]
Treze  1-0  3-2  Campinense
Sousa  3-3  1-2  Botafogo


SECOND STAGE - FINALS
(first leg home team shown left)

[Jul 29 and Aug 2]
Botafogo  3-0  1-2  Treze

BOTAFOGO wins second stage.


THIRD STAGE
(all rounds have unequal dates due to the participation of Botafogo, Campinense and Treze
in 1998 Brazilian Série C, which forced many dates to be rescheduled throughout the months)

Round 1
[Aug 5]
Esporte       1-0  Campinense
Santa Cruz    0-1  Botafogo
[Aug 6]
Treze         1-0  Atlético
[Aug 9]
Auto Esporte  1-0  Atalaia
Confiança     1-1  Vila Branca
Sousa         0-0  Nacional-P

Round 2
[Aug 11]
Esporte       1-2  Sousa
[Aug 13]
Atlético      3-1  Auto Esporte
Nacional-P    2-1  Confiança
[Aug 19]
Campinense    2-2  Santa Cruz
[Aug 26]
Botafogo      4-0  Vila Branca
[Aug 27]
Atalaia       4-4  Treze

Round 3
[Aug 16]
Confiança     1-0  Atalaia
Nacional-P    1-2  Atlético
Sousa         2-1  Santa Cruz
Vila Branca   3-4  Auto Esporte
[Aug 22]
Botafogo      1-0  Campinense
[Sep 8]
Treze         2-0  Esporte

Round 4
[Aug 20]
Auto Esporte  2-2  Sousa
[Aug 23]
Atlético      1-0  Vila Branca
Confiança     1-0  Esporte
[Sep 23]
Santa Cruz    1-1  Treze
[Oct 4]
Atalaia       0-1  Botafogo
[Oct 7]
Campinense    3-1  Nacional-P

Round 5
[Aug 30]
Atlético      3-1  Sousa
Confiança     2-1  Santa Cruz
Nacional-P    0-1  Esporte
Vila Branca   2-1  Atalaia
[Oct 11]
Treze         0-1  Campinense
[Oct 22]
Botafogo      2-1  Auto Esporte

Round 6
[Aug 23]
Atalaia       1-2  Nacional-P
[Sep 6]
Atlético      3-1  Confiança
Santa Cruz    1-1  Vila Branca
[Sep 13]
Botafogo      7-1  Esporte
[Sep 15]
Campinense    5-1  Auto Esporte
[Oct 7]
Sousa         3-2  Treze

Round 7
[Sep 10]
Auto Esporte  1-2  Santa Cruz
Esporte       0-0  Atalaia
[Sep 15]
Vila Branca   0-0  Sousa
[Sep 16]
Nacional-P    0-1  Treze
[Sep 17]
Atlético      0-1  Campinense
[Sep 23]
Confiança     1-0  Botafogo

Round 8
[Sep 6]
Auto Esporte  1-0  Nacional-P
[Sep 13]
Atalaia       0-1  Atlético
Sousa         4-2  Confiança
[Sep 17]
Esporte       3-2  Santa Cruz
[Sep 26]
Vila Branca   0-3  Campinense
[Oct 15]
Treze         0-0  Botafogo

Round 9
[Sep 14]
Treze         0-1  Vila Branca
[Sep 20]
Atlético      0-0  Esporte
Auto Esporte  8-2  Confiança
Santa Cruz    2-0  Nacional-P
[Sep 29]
Campinense    1-0  Atalaia
Sousa         1-3  Botafogo

Round 10
[Sep 3]
Nacional-P    2-1  Vila Branca
[Sep 26]
Esporte       4-2  Auto Esporte
[Sep 27]
Atalaia       1-2  Santa Cruz
[Oct 1]
Botafogo      2-1  Atlético
Campinense    5-1  Sousa
Confiança     0-0  Treze

Round 11
[Sep 6]
Sousa         5-0  Atalaia
[Sep 30]
Vila Branca   2-2  Esporte
[Oct 11]
Santa Cruz    5-1  Atlético
[Oct 18]
Auto Esporte  2-3  Treze
Campinense    2-1  Confiança
Nacional-P    0-4  Botafogo

Table:            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
 1.Botafogo	 11  8  2  1  25- 6  26  Qualified
 2.Campinense	 11  8  1  2  23- 8  25  Qualified
 3.Atlético	 11  6  1  4  15-13  19  Qualified
 4.Sousa	 11  5  3  3  21-19  18  Qualified
---------------------------------------
 5.Treze	 11  4  4  3  14-12  16
 6.Santa Cruz	 11  4  3  4  19-15  15
 7.Esporte	 11  4  3  4  13-18  15
 8.Auto Esporte	 11  4  2  5  25-26  14
 9.Confiança	 11  4  2  5  13-21  14
10.Vila Branca	 11  2  4  5  11-19  10
11.Nacional-P	 11  3  1  7   8-17  10
12.Atalaia	 11  0  2  9   7-20   2


THIRD STAGE - SEMIFINALS
(first leg home team shown left)

[Oct 25 and Nov 1]
Atlético  2-1  2-4  Campinense
Botafogo  2-0  2-0  Sousa


THIRD STAGE - FINALS
(first leg home team shown left)

[Nov 8 and 15]
Campinense  1-1  0-2  Botafogo

Botafogo wins Third Stage.

*** BOTAFOGO, as winner of all three stages, are 1998 Paraíba State League champions ***

Topscorer: Marcelo Santos (Botafogo) with 24 goals.


Final table:      M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
 1.Botafogo      45 32  7  6  97-34 103  Champions; qualified to Copa do Brasil 1999
 2.Campinense    39 19  9 11  68-40  66
 3.Treze         39 18 10 11  48-35  64  Qualified to Copa do Brasil 1999
 4.Atlético      35 16  7 12  38-34  55
 5.Sousa         37 14  9 14  56-50  51
 6.Vila Branca   37 13  9 15  44-52  48
 7.Auto Esporte  35 12  7 16  54-58  43
 8.Esporte       33 12  7 14  33-47  43
 9.Santa Cruz    33  7 15 11  36-45  36
10.Confiança     33 10  5 18  38-58  35
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11.Nacional-P    33  8  8 17  29-50  32  Relegation annulled
12.Atalaia       33  5  7 21  23-61  22  Relegation annulled

Notes:
- no relegation, as Second Division was cancelled in 1999 and some other clubs were invited to the league.
- it is unknown why Treze played Copa do Brasil 1999 instead of Campinense.

1997

1998 (2nd level)

1999

list of champions

composition of the championships

list of 2nd division champions


About this document

Prepared and maintained by Miguel Alvim Gonzalez and Vítor Dias for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil

Authors: Miguel Alvim Gonzalez (miguelgonzalez@openlink.com.br) and Vítor Dias (vitor.dias@gmail.com).
Last updated: 7 Nov 2013

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