1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the IV Copa Brasil) was the 22nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season1978
ChampionsGuarani
1st Campeonato Brasileiro title
1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores
de América		 Guarani
Palmeiras
Matches played792
Goals scored1,771 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorerPaulinho (Vasco da Gama) - 19 goals
Biggest home winGuarani 7-0 Itabuna (April 30, 1978)
Biggest away winSergipe 0-5 Vasco da Gama (May 11, 1978)
Remo 0-5 Vasco da Gama (June 10, 1978)
Highest scoringBotafogo-PB 6-3 Uberlândia (May 1, 1978)
Longest winning runGuarani (11 matches)
Longest unbeaten runBotafogo (24 matches)
Longest losing runNacional-AM (8 matches)
Average attendance10,540
← 1977
1979 →

Overview

It was contested by 74 teams, and Guarani won the championship.

First phase

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Internacional 12 8 2 2 26 11 +15 3 21
2 Grêmio 12 8 3 1 22 9 +13 1 20
3 Coritiba 12 7 3 2 16 9 +7 0 17
4 Caxias 12 5 5 2 13 9 +4 0 15
5 Juventude 12 4 5 3 12 10 +2 1 14
6 Joinville 12 3 7 2 11 10 +1 0 13
7 Londrina 12 5 1 6 17 16 +1 1 12
8 Grêmio Maringá 12 4 3 5 18 15 +3 1 12
9 Chapecoense 12 4 1 7 9 17 −8 0 9
10 Atlético-PR 12 3 3 6 7 15 −8 0 9
11 Figueirense 12 2 5 5 12 17 −5 0 9
12 Colorado 8 4 0 4 7 15 −8 0 8
13 Brasil de Pelotas 12 1 2 9 6 23 −17 0 4
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Santa Cruz 12 8 4 0 24 6 +18 3 23
2 Cruzeiro 12 8 2 2 30 13 +17 3 21
3 Náutico 12 9 1 2 22 9 +13 1 20
4 Atlético Mineiro 12 7 3 2 17 5 +12 3 20
5 Villa Nova 12 6 2 4 13 9 +4 0 14
6 Sport 12 5 4 3 13 7 +6 0 14
7 ABC 12 3 5 4 12 18 −6 0 11
8 América-RN 12 2 6 4 11 15 −4 0 10
9 Botafogo-PB 12 3 2 7 17 26 −9 1 9
10 Campinense 12 2 4 6 11 24 −13 1 9
11 Uberaba 12 2 5 5 7 14 −7 0 9
12 Uberlândia 12 1 5 6 11 28 −17 0 7
13 América-MG 12 1 2 9 10 24 −14 1 5
Source:

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Corinthians 11 6 5 0 15 1 +14 3 20
2 Goiás 11 6 3 2 13 5 +8 1 16
3 Mixto 11 4 7 0 14 7 +7 1 16
4 Operário-MS 11 5 4 2 11 7 +4 1 15
5 Santos 11 3 5 3 16 11 +5 2 13
6 Brasília 11 4 3 4 10 13 −3 0 11
7 Comercial-MS 11 2 7 2 9 10 −1 0 11
8 Vila Nova 11 3 3 5 9 12 −3 1 10
9 Desportiva 11 2 5 4 5 9 −4 0 9
10 Dom Bosco 11 2 4 5 11 18 −7 1 9
11 Anapolina 11 1 5 5 7 12 −5 0 7
12 Rio Branco-ES 11 1 3 7 5 20 −15 0 5
Source:

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Vasco da Gama 11 8 3 0 26 5 +21 3 22
2 Botafogo 11 7 4 0 16 3 +13 2 20
3 Bahia 11 6 3 2 17 7 +10 1 16
4 Ponte Preta 11 6 2 3 19 10 +9 2 16
5 Guarani 11 5 4 2 21 9 +12 2 16
6 Vitória 11 5 3 3 12 12 0 0 13
7 CRB 11 4 4 3 16 12 +4 0 12
8 CSA 11 3 2 6 10 18 −8 0 8
9 Confiança 11 1 3 7 8 21 −13 0 5
10 Volta Redonda 11 1 3 7 3 16 −13 0 5
11 Sergipe 11 1 3 7 5 20 −15 0 5
12 Itabuna 11 1 2 8 7 27 −20 0 4
Source:

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Palmeiras 11 6 4 1 20 4 +16 3 19
2 São Paulo 11 6 2 3 23 9 +14 3 17
3 Botafogo-SP 11 5 3 3 23 16 +7 3 16
4 Ceará 11 6 3 2 13 10 +3 0 15
5 América-SP 11 6 0 5 12 9 +3 1 13
6 Comercial-SP 11 4 4 3 11 8 +3 1 13
7 Noroeste 11 4 3 4 9 11 −2 0 11
8 Fortaleza 11 3 4 4 10 10 0 1 11
9 Moto Club 11 3 5 3 6 7 −1 0 11
10 River 11 2 3 6 8 21 −13 0 7
10 Sampaio Corrêa 11 2 3 6 8 21 −13 0 7
12 Flamengo-PI 11 0 4 7 1 19 −18 0 4
Source:

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Flamengo 11 10 0 1 19 7 +12 1 21
2 Portuguesa 11 7 3 1 20 4 +16 2 19
3 Remo 11 6 2 3 15 4 +11 2 16
4 América-RJ 11 5 3 3 13 11 +2 0 13
5 Fluminense 11 5 2 4 9 9 0 0 12
6 Goytacaz 11 4 3 4 8 8 0 1 12
7 Americano 11 2 7 2 5 4 +1 0 11
8 Fast 11 4 2 5 8 14 −6 0 10
9 Paysandu 11 2 5 4 6 11 −5 0 9
10 Bangu 11 3 0 8 10 20 −10 1 7
11 XV de Piracicaba 11 1 4 6 9 16 −7 0 6
12 Nacional-AM 11 1 1 9 4 18 −14 0 3
Source:

Second phase

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Internacional 8 6 2 0 13 6 +7 0 14
2 Cruzeiro 8 5 3 0 9 3 +6 0 13
3 Palmeiras 8 3 3 2 5 5 0 0 9
4 Ponte Preta 8 2 3 3 7 7 0 0 7
5 Goytacaz 8 2 3 3 9 11 −2 0 7
6 Vitória 8 2 3 3 4 7 −3 0 7
7 Atlético Mineiro 8 1 5 2 7 7 0 0 7
8 América-SP 8 1 3 4 9 8 +1 1 6
9 Mixto 8 1 1 6 6 15 −9 0 3
Source:

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Santa Cruz 8 5 3 0 11 5 +6 0 13
2 Goiás 8 4 1 3 13 9 +4 2 11
3 Bahia 8 3 3 2 10 9 +1 1 10
4 Grêmio 8 2 5 1 8 7 +1 1 10
5 Fluminense 8 3 3 2 7 6 +1 0 9
6 Santos 8 2 3 3 6 8 −2 1 8
7 Náutico 8 2 2 4 9 10 −1 1 7
8 Ceará 8 2 1 5 11 13 −2 1 6
9 Joinville 8 1 3 4 6 14 −8 0 5
Source:

Group I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Botafogo 8 5 3 0 15 5 +10 2 15
2 Sport 8 3 3 2 12 6 +6 2 11
3 Botafogo-SP 8 4 1 3 10 7 +3 1 10
4 Corinthians 8 4 1 3 7 7 0 0 9
5 América-RJ 8 3 3 2 9 8 +1 0 9
6 Operário-MS 8 3 2 3 7 9 −2 0 8
7 Flamengo[lower-alpha 1] 8 2 4 2 7 6 +1 0 8
8 Juventude 8 1 2 5 6 17 −11 0 4
9 Comercial-SP 8 0 3 5 3 11 −8 0 3
Source:
Notes:
  1. Flamengo qualified as the eliminated team in the groups G, H, I and J with the best campaign overall.

Group J
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Vasco da Gama 8 5 2 1 19 6 +13 2 14
2 São Paulo 8 4 3 1 13 6 +7 2 13
3 Portuguesa 8 5 2 1 15 9 +6 0 12
4 Guarani 8 3 3 2 12 10 +2 2 11
5 Caxias 8 3 2 3 11 9 +2 2 10
6 Coritiba 8 3 2 3 8 8 0 1 9
7 Remo 8 3 1 4 12 16 −4 1 8
8 Villa Nova 8 2 0 6 6 17 −11 1 5
9 Brasília 8 0 1 7 1 16 −15 0 1
Source:

Group K
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Londrina 6 5 1 0 11 4 +7 0 11
2 Colorado 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 1 9
3 Grêmio Maringá[lower-alpha 1] 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 1 8
4 Chapecoense 6 1 4 1 4 5 −1 0 6
5 Figueirense 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 0 5
6 Brasil de Pelotas 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 0 3
7 Atlético-PR 6 0 2 4 3 8 −5 0 2
Source:
Notes:
  1. Grêmio Maringá qualified as the eliminated team in the groups K, L, M, N, O and P with the best overall campaign.

Group L
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Botafogo-PB 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 1 11
2 ABC 6 2 4 0 7 4 +3 0 8
3 Uberaba 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 0 6
4 Uberlândia 6 1 3 2 3 3 0 0 5
5 América-MG 6 1 3 2 4 6 −2 0 5
6 Campinense 6 1 3 2 4 9 −5 0 5
7 América-RN 6 0 3 3 6 10 −4 0 3
Source:

Group M
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Dom Bosco 5 3 1 1 8 4 +4 1 8
2 Comercial-MS 5 2 2 1 7 5 +2 0 6
3 Vila Nova 5 2 1 2 5 7 −2 0 5
4 Desportiva 5 2 0 3 5 6 −1 0 4
5 Rio Branco-ES 5 1 2 2 6 7 −1 0 4
6 Anapolina 5 1 2 2 4 6 −2 0 4
Source:

Group N
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Volta Redonda 5 4 0 1 8 4 +4 1 9
2 CRB 5 3 1 1 5 2 +3 0 7
3 Itabuna 5 2 1 2 6 3 +3 1 6
4 CSA 5 2 2 1 8 6 +2 0 6
5 Confiança 5 2 0 3 5 9 −4 0 4
6 Sergipe 5 0 0 5 2 10 −8 0 0
Source:

Group O
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Noroeste 5 4 0 1 8 4 +4 0 8
2 Fortaleza 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 0 7
3 Flamengo-PI 5 3 0 2 5 4 +1 0 6
4 Sampaio Corrêa 5 1 2 2 3 5 −2 0 4
5 Moto Club 5 1 1 3 4 7 −3 0 3
6 River 5 1 0 4 5 8 −3 0 2
Source:

Group P
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Americano 5 3 2 0 8 1 +7 1 9
2 Bangu 5 3 2 0 9 3 +6 1 9
3 XV de Piracicaba 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1 1 6
4 Paysandu 5 1 3 1 9 6 +3 1 6
5 Fast 5 1 1 3 4 11 −7 0 3
6 Nacional-AM 5 0 1 4 1 11 −10 0 1
Source:

Third phase

Group Q
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Guarani 7 6 1 0 12 2 +10 2 15
2 Internacional 7 6 0 1 12 5 +7 1 13
3 Botafogo-SP 7 4 0 3 12 7 +5 1 9
4 Goiás 7 3 1 3 9 9 0 1 8
5 Santos 7 2 2 3 10 6 +4 2 8
6 Botafogo-PB 7 2 1 4 6 10 −4 0 5
7 Londrina 7 1 1 5 4 13 −9 0 3
8 Goytacaz 7 1 0 6 3 16 −13 0 2
Source:

Group R
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Santa Cruz 7 3 4 0 17 9 +8 2 12
2 Sport 7 4 2 1 9 6 +3 1 11
3 Ponte Preta 7 2 5 0 8 2 +6 2 11
4 Operário-MS 7 3 2 2 8 8 0 0 8
5 Fluminense 7 2 3 2 7 5 +2 1 8
6 Portuguesa 7 2 3 2 6 5 +1 0 7
7 Dom Bosco 7 1 1 5 6 14 −8 0 3
8 Volta Redonda 7 0 2 5 3 15 −12 0 2
Source:

Group S
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Grêmio 7 6 1 0 18 3 +15 3 16
2 Palmeiras 7 2 4 1 11 5 +6 2 10
3 Botafogo 7 3 3 1 9 8 +1 0 9
4 América-RJ 7 3 1 3 7 9 −2 0 7
5 Coritiba 7 2 3 2 5 6 −1 0 7
6 Flamengo 7 1 3 3 7 10 −3 0 5
7 Noroeste 7 1 2 4 4 16 −12 0 4
8 São Paulo 7 0 3 4 6 10 −4 0 3
Source:

Group T
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Bahia 7 5 1 1 14 3 +11 2 13
2 Vasco da Gama 7 4 3 0 13 5 +8 1 12
3 Caxias 7 3 3 1 11 5 +6 1 10
4 Corinthians 7 2 3 2 7 8 −1 0 7
5 Cruzeiro 7 1 5 1 5 5 0 0 7
6 Americano 7 2 1 4 3 12 −9 0 5
7 Grêmio Maringá 7 1 2 4 7 10 −3 1 5
8 Vitória 7 0 2 5 2 14 −12 0 2
Source:

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Palmeiras 3–2 Bahia 2-1 1-1
Internacional 3–1 Santa Cruz 1-0 2-1
Sport 0–6 Guarani 0-2 0-4
Vasco da Gama 2–2 Grêmio 1-1 1-1

First leg
Palmeiras 2 – 1 Bahia
Toninho  16',  53' Beijoca  71'
Attendance: 46,745
Referee: Valquir Pimentel
Internacional 1 – 0 Santa Cruz
Jair  21'
Attendance: 30,859
Referee: Oscar Scolfaro
Sport 0 – 2 Guarani
Zenon  17'
Capitão  75'
Attendance: 16,518
Referee: Luís Carlos Félix
Vasco da Gama 1 – 1 Grêmio
Guina  79' André Catimba  79'
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Attendance: 84,327
Referee: } Emídio Marques de Mesquita

Second leg
Bahia 1 – 1 Palmeiras
Douglas  59' Toninho  24'
Attendance: 80,000
Santa Cruz 1 – 2 Internacional
Nunes  6' Bil  48',  89'
Attendance: 39,647
Referee: Valquir Pimentel
Guarani 4 – 0 Sport
Miranda  10'
Capitão  50',  65'
Renato  80'
Attendance: 18,216
Grêmio 1 – 1 Vasco da Gama
Tarciso  39' Roberto Dinamite  19'
Attendance: 57,965
Referee: José de Assis Aragão

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guarani 4–1 Vasco da Gama 2-0 2-1
Palmeiras 3–1 Internacional 2-0 1-1

First leg
Guarani 2 – 0 Vasco da Gama
Orlando Lelé  45+3' (o.g.)
Renato  54'
Attendance: 30,092
Referee: Manuel Amaro de Lima
Palmeiras 2 – 0 Internacional
Toninho  16',  81'
Attendance: 59,459
Referee: Luís Carlos Félix

Second leg
Vasco da Gama 1 – 2 Guarani
Dirceu  82' Zenon  7',  65'
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Attendance: 101,541
Referee: Maurílio José Santiago
Internacional 1 – 1 Palmeiras
Chico Spina  29' Jorge Mendonça  86'
Attendance: 56,611
Referee: Valquir Pimentel

Finals

First leg
Palmeiras 0 – 1 Guarani
Zenon  76'
Attendance: 99,829

Second leg
Guarani 1 – 0 Palmeiras
Careca  36'
Attendance: 27,086

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PE[1] Pts
1 Guarani 32 20 8 4 57 22 +35 6 54
2 Palmeiras 32 13 13 6 42 19 +23 5 44
3 Internacional 31 22 5 4 55 26 +29 4 53
4 Vasco da Gama 30 17 10 3 61 22 +39 6 50
5 Santa Cruz 29 16 11 2 53 23 +30 5 48
6 Grêmio 29 16 11 2 50 21 +29 5 48
7 Bahia 28 14 8 6 43 22 +21 4 40
8 Sport 29 12 9 8 34 25 +9 3 36
9 Botafogo 26 15 10 1 40 16 +24 4 44
10 Cruzeiro 27 14 10 3 44 21 +23 3 41
11 Portuguesa 26 14 8 4 41 18 +23 2 38
12 Corinthians 26 12 9 5 29 16 +13 3 36
13 Botafogo-SP 26 13 4 9 45 30 +15 5 35
14 Goiás 26 13 5 8 35 23 +12 4 35
15 Caxias 27 11 10 6 35 23 +12 3 35
16 Flamengo 26 13 7 6 33 23 +10 1 34
17 Ponte Preta 26 10 10 6 34 19 +15 4 34
18 Coritiba 27 12 8 7 29 23 +6 1 33
19 São Paulo 26 10 8 8 42 25 +17 5 33
20 Operário-MS 26 11 8 7 26 24 +2 1 31
21 América-RJ 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 0 29
22 Fluminense 26 10 8 8 23 20 +3 1 29
23 Santos 26 7 10 9 32 25 +7 5 29
24 Londrina 25 11 3 11 32 33 −1 1 26
25 Botafogo-PB 25 9 5 11 33 38 −5 2 25
26 Maringá 25 8 6 11 36 32 +4 3 25
27 Americano-RJ 23 7 10 6 16 17 −1 1 25
28 Noroeste 23 9 5 9 21 31 −10 0 23
29 Vitória 26 7 8 11 18 33 −15 0 22
30 Goytacaz-RJ 26 7 6 13 20 35 −15 1 21
31 Dom Bosco-MT 23 6 6 11 25 36 −11 2 20
32 Volta Redonda 23 5 5 13 14 35 −21 1 16
33 Náutico 20 11 3 6 31 19 +12 2 27
34 Atlético Mineiro 20 8 8 4 24 12 +12 3 27
35 Remo 19 9 3 7 27 20 +7 3 24
36 Ceará 19 8 4 7 24 23 +1 1 21
37 Villa Nova-MG 20 8 2 10 19 26 −7 1 19
38 América-SP 19 7 3 9 21 17 +4 2 19
39 Mixto 19 5 8 6 20 22 −2 1 19
40 Juventude 20 5 7 8 18 27 −9 1 18
41 Joinville 20 4 10 6 17 24 −7 0 18
42 Comercial-SP 19 4 7 8 14 19 −5 1 16
43 Brasília 19 4 4 11 11 29 −18 0 12
44 CRB 16 7 5 4 21 14 +7 0 19
45 ABC 18 5 9 4 19 22 −3 0 19
46 Fortaleza 16 6 5 5 17 14 +3 1 18
47 Colorado 18 7 2 9 15 20 −5 1 17
48 Comercial-MS 16 4 9 3 16 15 +1 0 17
49 Bangu 16 6 2 8 19 23 −4 2 16
50 Vila Nova-GO 16 5 4 7 14 19 −5 1 15
51 Chapecoense 18 5 5 8 13 22 −9 0 15
52 Paysandu 16 3 8 5 15 17 −2 1 15
53 CSA 16 5 4 7 18 24 −6 0 14
54 Moto Club 16 4 6 6 10 14 −4 0 14
55 Figueirense 18 4 6 8 18 23 −5 0 14
56 Campinense 18 3 7 8 15 33 −18 1 14
57 Fast 16 5 3 8 12 25 −13 0 13
58 Desportiva Capixaba 16 4 5 7 10 15 −5 0 13
59 Uberaba 18 2 9 7 13 20 −7 0 13
60 América-RN 18 2 9 7 17 25 −8 0 13
61 XV de Piracicaba 16 3 5 8 16 22 −6 1 12
62 Atlético Paranaense 18 3 5 10 10 23 −13 0 11
63 Sampaio Corrêa 16 3 5 8 11 26 −15 0 11
64 Uberlândia 18 3 5 10 14 31 −17 0 11
65 Anapolina 16 2 7 7 11 18 −7 0 11
66 Flamengo-PI 16 3 4 9 7 23 −16 0 10
67 Itabuna 16 3 3 10 13 30 −17 1 10
68 América Mineiro 18 2 5 11 14 30 −16 1 10
69 River 16 3 3 10 13 29 −16 0 9
70 Confiança 16 3 3 10 13 30 −17 0 9
71 Rio Branco-ES 16 2 5 9 11 27 −16 0 9
72 Brasil de Pelotas 18 2 3 13 11 36 −25 0 7
73 Sergipe 16 1 3 12 7 30 −23 0 5
74 Nacional 16 1 2 13 5 29 −24 0 4
Source: rsssf.com

Notes
  1. Victories by two goals of difference or more were rewarded with three points instead of two.
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