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 --------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------- 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
list of 2nd and 3rd division champions.
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