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 --------------------------------------- 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.
composition of the championships
list of 2nd division champions
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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