1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	1977
Champions	São Paulo; 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title; 1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores; de América	São Paulo; Atlético Mineiro
Matches played	485
Goals scored	1,204 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Reinaldo (Atlético Mineiro) - 28 goals
Biggest home win	Bahia 7-0 Vitória-ES (November 2, 1977)
Biggest away win	Fluminense de Feira 0-6 Flamengo (October 26, 1977)
Highest scoring	CRB 6-4 Sport (November 20, 1977)
Longest winning run	Atlético Mineiro (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Atlético Mineiro (21 matches)
Longest losing run	Sergipe (7 matches)
Average attendance	16,404
	← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the III Copa Brasil) was the 21st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

It was performed by 62 teams, and São Paulo won the championship. This championship is notable for producing a rare instance of an unbeaten runner-up. Atlético Mineiro had won all but three of its matches, which were drawn, but was to play a single final match against São Paulo, without any advantage. A controversial scoreless draw, marred by violent play mostly (but not exclusively) on the part of São Paulo, had to be solved in a penalty shootout.

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional	9	6	2	1	15	5	10	4	18	Qualified to Second phase
2	Grêmio	9	5	2	2	21	8	13	5	17
3	Grêmio Maringá	9	5	1	3	11	9	2	2	13
4	Operário-MS	9	4	3	2	13	9	4	2	13
5	Joinville	9	4	2	3	11	14	−3	1	11
6	Avaí	9	3	1	5	8	8	0	2	9	Qualified to Group M on Second phase
7	Juventude	9	3	2	4	6	8	−2	0	8
8	Coritiba	9	3	2	4	9	15	−6	0	8
9	Caxias	9	1	5	3	7	10	−3	0	7
10	Dom Bosco	9	0	2	7	11	26	−15	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	9	7	2	0	16	5	11	4	20	Qualified to Second phase
2	São Paulo	9	6	2	1	14	3	11	4	18
3	Santa Cruz	9	4	3	2	16	6	10	2	13
4	XV de Piracicaba	9	2	7	0	6	3	3	1	12
5	CSA	9	3	3	3	8	7	1	2	11
6	CRB	9	3	1	5	12	19	−7	2	9	Qualified to Group N on Second phase
7	Sport	9	1	4	4	11	16	−5	1	7
8	Náutico	9	2	2	5	7	11	−4	0	6
9	Treze	9	1	4	4	6	17	−11	0	6
10	Botafogo-PB	9	1	2	6	3	12	−9	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Ponte Preta	10	7	2	1	18	5	13	4	20	Qualified to Second phase
2	Portuguesa	10	6	2	2	12	5	7	3	17
3	Corinthians	10	5	3	2	13	5	8	3	16
4	Guarani	10	5	2	3	12	6	6	3	15
5	ABC	10	4	3	3	11	8	3	2	13
6	Ceará	10	4	1	5	10	11	−1	1	10	Qualified to Group O on Second phase
7	América-RN	10	3	3	4	10	15	−5	1	10
8	River	10	2	4	4	12	17	−5	1	9
9	Sampaio Corrêa	10	2	4	4	6	11	−5	1	9
10	Fortaleza	10	2	2	6	8	15	−7	0	6
11	Flamengo-PI	10	1	2	7	6	20	−14	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo	9	6	3	0	15	3	12	4	19	Qualified to Second phase
2	Vasco da Gama	9	6	2	1	14	3	11	4	18
3	Goytacaz	9	4	4	1	14	8	6	2	14
4	Brasília	9	5	1	3	8	8	0	0	11
5	Americano	9	3	3	3	8	13	−5	1	10
6	Goiás	9	2	5	2	9	10	−1	1	10	Qualified to Group P on Second phase
7	Atlético-PR	9	2	3	4	10	12	−2	2	9
8	Londrina	9	2	3	4	12	16	−4	1	8
9	Goiânia	9	1	3	5	9	17	−8	0	5
10	Vila Nova	9	0	3	6	5	14	−9	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	10	6	3	1	25	6	19	6	21	Qualified to Second phase
2	Fluminense	10	7	1	2	20	6	14	2	17
3	Confiança	10	6	2	2	15	11	4	2	16
4	Bahia	10	5	3	2	17	5	12	3	16
5	América-RJ	10	5	4	1	12	7	5	1	15
6	Desportiva	10	5	1	4	12	15	−3	2	13	Qualified to Group Q on Second phase
7	Vitória-ES	10	3	2	5	9	25	−16	1	9
8	Volta Redonda	10	2	4	4	10	11	−1	1	9
9	Vitória	10	1	3	6	6	15	−9	1	6
10	Sergipe	10	2	0	8	7	19	−12	0	4
11	Fluminense de Feira	10	0	3	7	4	17	−13	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Mineiro	9	8	1	0	26	8	18	8	25	Qualified to Second phase
2	Cruzeiro	9	4	3	2	15	9	6	4	15
3	Botafogo-SP	9	6	0	3	19	11	8	2	14
4	Remo	9	4	2	3	14	10	4	3	13
5	Santos	9	4	1	4	13	12	1	4	13
6	Uberaba	9	3	3	3	10	8	2	2	11	Qualified to Group R on Second phase
7	Paysandu	9	3	2	4	12	19	−7	1	9
8	Nacional-AM	9	3	1	5	7	16	−9	1	8
9	América-MG	9	1	2	6	8	15	−7	1	5
10	Fast	9	1	1	7	10	26	−16	1	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second phase

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians	4	3	1	0	8	0	8	2	9	Qualified to Third phase
2	São Paulo	4	2	1	1	9	3	6	2	7
3	América-RJ	4	1	3	0	3	2	1	0	5
4	Internacional	4	1	1	2	7	5	2	1	4
5	Brasília	4	0	0	4	2	19	−17	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	4	3	1	0	7	3	4	1	8	Qualified to Third phase
2	Bahia	4	3	0	1	5	1	4	2	8
3	Santos	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	0	4
4	Goytacaz	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	0	3
5	Portuguesa	4	0	0	4	2	7	−5	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Ponte Preta	4	2	1	1	5	1	4	2	7	Qualified to Third phase
2	Vasco da Gama	4	2	2	0	3	1	2	0	6
3	Remo	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	0	4
4	Joinville	4	1	1	2	4	4	0	1	4
5	Confiança	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo	4	2	2	0	7	4	3	1	7	Qualified to Third phase
2	Operário-MS	4	2	2	0	5	2	3	1	7
3	Botafogo-SP	4	0	4	0	4	4	0	0	4
4	Fluminense	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	0	3
5	CSA	4	0	1	3	4	9	−5	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	4	3	0	1	5	2	3	1	7	Qualified to Third phase
2	XV de Piracicaba	4	2	0	2	4	3	1	1	5
3	Cruzeiro	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	1	5
4	Grêmio Maringá	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	1	4
5	ABC	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Mineiro	4	4	0	0	9	2	7	3	11	Qualified to Third phase
2	Santa Cruz	4	3	0	1	8	5	3	1	7
3	Grêmio	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	1	4
4	Guarani	4	1	0	3	6	4	2	1	3
5	Americano	4	0	0	4	0	11	−11	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Caxias	4	2	2	0	9	4	5	1	7	Qualified to Third phase
2	Juventude	4	2	1	1	6	3	3	1	6
3	Avaí	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3	0	4
4	Coritiba	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	1	3
5	Dom Bosco	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sport	4	4	0	0	9	1	8	2	10	Qualified to Third phase
2	Náutico	4	2	0	2	8	5	3	1	5
3	CRB	4	1	1	2	4	3	1	1	4
4	Botafogo-PB	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4	1	3
5	Treze	4	1	1	2	3	11	−8	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group O

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	América-RN	5	3	2	0	11	2	9	3	11	Qualified to Third phase
2	Ceará	5	2	2	1	6	4	2	1	7
3	River	5	2	1	2	6	12	−6	0	5
4	Sampaio Corrêa	5	1	2	2	9	9	0	1	5
5	Fortaleza	5	1	1	3	4	6	−2	1	4
6	Flamengo-PI	5	0	4	1	2	5	−3	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group P

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Londrina	4	3	0	1	9	5	4	1	7	Qualified to Third phase
2	Goiás	4	2	1	1	10	7	3	1	6
3	Atlético-PR	4	1	2	1	9	9	0	0	4
4	Vila Nova	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	1	4
5	Goiânia	4	1	0	3	5	12	−7	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group Q

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Vitória	5	3	1	1	8	5	3	2	9	Disqualified^[a]
2	Desportiva	5	2	2	1	6	5	1	1	7	Qualified to Third phase
3	Volta Redonda	5	2	2	1	7	5	2	1	7
4	Vitória-ES	5	2	1	2	4	5	−1	0	5
5	Fluminense de Feira	5	1	2	2	2	4	−2	0	4
6	Sergipe	5	0	2	3	5	8	−3	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ In the match between Desportiva and Fluminense de Feira, Fluminense de Feira had 5 players sent off while the match was still 0-0. It was eventually discovered that Fluminense de Feira had been bribed by the Bahian Football Federation to do this in order to not let Desportiva qualify to the third phase instead of Vitória, which would happen if Desportiva won by two goals or more. CBD ordered an extra match between Desportiva and Vitória-BA because of the bribery event in the match between Desportiva and Fluminense-BA. Vitória did not show to play the extra match, thus Desportiva was awarded the berth.

Group R

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Fast	4	3	0	1	6	3	3	1	7	Qualified to Third phase
2	América-MG	4	3	0	1	5	3	2	1	7
3	Uberaba	4	2	1	1	5	3	2	1	6
4	Paysandu	4	0	2	2	5	8	−3	0	2
5	Nacional-AM	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Third phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Londrina	5	5	0	0	8	1	7	2	12
2	Vasco da Gama	5	2	2	1	6	3	3	1	7
3	Corinthians	5	2	2	1	3	2	1	0	6
4	Santos	5	0	3	2	5	7	−2	0	3
5	Flamengo	5	0	3	2	1	3	−2	0	3
6	Caxias	5	0	2	3	5	12	−7	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Atlético Mineiro	5	4	1	0	14	2	12	2	11
2	Botafogo	5	3	2	0	8	1	7	3	11
3	Bahia	5	1	3	1	4	6	−2	1	6
4	Cruzeiro	5	1	2	2	10	12	−2	0	4
5	América-RN	5	0	3	2	2	10	−8	0	3
6	Fast	5	0	1	4	6	12	−6	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	São Paulo	5	4	0	1	14	8	6	3	11
2	Grêmio	5	3	1	1	5	4	1	0	7
3	Botafogo-SP	5	2	2	1	5	6	−1	0	6
4	Ponte Preta	5	2	0	3	6	6	0	1	5
5	Sport	5	2	0	3	6	7	−1	0	4
6	XV de Piracicaba	5	0	1	4	2	7	−5	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Operário-MS	5	3	1	1	9	2	7	3	10
2	Santa Cruz	5	3	2	0	9	4	5	2	10
3	Remo	5	2	2	1	9	5	4	2	8
4	Palmeiras	5	2	0	3	10	10	0	2	6
5	América-RJ	5	0	3	2	4	10	−6	0	3
6	Desportiva	5	0	2	3	3	13	−10	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	6–4	Londrina	4-2	2-2
São Paulo	3–1	Operário-MS	3-0	0-1

First leg

26 February 1978

Atlético Mineiro	4 – 2	Londrina
Ziza 18' Reinaldo 31', 65', 90 3'		Brandão 57' Carlos Alberto Garcia 73'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (MG)

Attendance: 96,404

Referee:

Aírton Vieira de Morais

26 February 1978

São Paulo	3 – 0	Operário-MS
Serginho Chulapa 32', 90 3' Neca 87'

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP)

Attendance: 103,092

Referee:

José Roberto Wright

Second leg

1 March 1978

Londrina	2 – 2	Atlético Mineiro
Brandão 43' Ademar 46'		Caio Cambalhota 17' Serginho 34'

Estádio do Café, Londrina (PR)

Attendance: 38,440

Referee:

Valquir Pimentel

1 March 1978

Operário-MS	1 – 0	São Paulo
Tadeu Santos 79'

Morenão, Campo Grande (MS)

Attendance: 20,161

Referee:

Luís Carlos Félix

Final

5 March 1978

Atlético Mineiro	0 – 0	São Paulo

Penalties
Toninho Cerezo Ziza Alves Joãozinho Paulista Márcio Gugu	2–3	Getúlio Chicão Peres Antenor Bezerra

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (MG)

Attendance: 102,974

Referee:

Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	São Paulo	21	13	4	4	40	15	25	9	39
2	Atlético Mineiro	21	17	4	0	55	16	39	11	49
3	Operário-MS	20	10	6	4	28	16	12	6	32
4	Londrina	20	10	4	6	33	28	5	4	28
5	Botafogo	18	11	7	0	30	8	22	8	37
6	Palmeiras	18	12	3	3	33	18	15	7	34
7	Ponte Preta	19	11	3	5	29	12	17	7	32
8	Corinthians	19	10	6	3	24	7	17	5	31
9	Flamengo	19	9	6	4	31	11	20	7	31
10	Santa Cruz	18	10	5	3	33	15	18	5	30
11	Bahia	19	9	6	4	26	12	14	6	30
12	Vasco da Gama	18	8	8	2	26	10	16	5	29
13	Grêmio	18	9	4	5	31	18	13	6	28
14	Remo	18	8	4	6	26	18	8	5	25
15	Botafogo-SP	18	8	6	4	28	21	7	2	24
16	Cruzeiro	18	6	7	5	30	27	3	5	24
17	América-RN	20	6	8	6	23	27	−4	4	24
18	América-RJ	19	6	10	3	19	19	0	1	23
19	Desportiva Capixaba	20	7	5	8	21	33	−12	3	22
20	Sport	18	7	4	7	26	24	2	3	21
21	Santos	18	5	6	7	21	22	−1	4	20
22	XV de Piracicaba	18	4	8	6	12	13	−1	2	18
23	Caxias	18	3	9	6	21	26	−5	1	16
24	Fast	18	4	2	12	22	41	−19	2	12
25	Internacional	13	7	3	3	22	10	12	5	22
26	Fluminense	14	8	2	4	23	10	13	2	20
27	Confiança	14	7	2	5	17	19	−2	2	18
28	Guarani	14	6	2	6	18	10	8	4	18
29	Portuguesa	14	6	2	6	14	12	2	3	17
30	Maringá	13	6	2	5	14	13	1	3	17
31	Goytacaz	13	5	5	3	16	13	3	2	17
32	ABC	14	5	4	5	14	14	0	2	16
33	Joinville	13	5	3	5	15	18	−3	2	15
34	CSA	13	3	4	6	12	16	−4	2	12
35	Brasília	13	5	1	7	10	27	−17	0	11
36	Americano	13	3	4	6	8	24	−16	1	11
37	Ceará	15	6	3	6	16	15	1	2	17
38	Uberaba	13	5	4	4	15	11	4	3	17
39	Goiás	13	4	6	3	19	17	2	2	16
40	Volta Redonda	15	4	6	5	17	16	1	2	16
41	Vitória	15	4	4	7	14	20	−6	3	15
42	Juventude	13	5	3	5	12	11	1	1	14
43	Vitória-ES	15	5	3	7	13	30	−17	1	14
44	River	15	4	5	6	18	29	−11	1	14
45	Sampaio Corrêa	15	3	6	6	15	20	−5	2	14
46	Avaí	13	5	1	7	14	17	−3	2	13
47	CRB	13	4	2	7	16	22	−6	3	13
48	Atlético Paranaense	13	3	5	5	19	21	−2	2	13
49	América Mineiro	13	4	2	7	13	18	−5	2	12
50	Coritiba	13	4	2	7	16	23	−7	1	11
51	Náutico	13	4	2	7	15	16	−1	1	11
52	Paysandu	13	3	4	6	17	27	−10	1	11
53	Fortaleza	15	3	3	9	12	21	−9	1	10
54	Nacional	13	3	2	8	9	22	−13	1	9
55	Treze	13	2	5	6	9	28	−19	0	9
56	Flamengo-PI	15	1	6	8	8	25	−17	0	8
57	Botafogo-PB	13	2	2	9	9	22	−13	1	7
58	Goiânia	13	2	3	8	14	29	−15	0	7
59	Vila Nova	13	1	4	8	11	20	−9	1	7
60	Fluminense-BA	15	1	5	9	6	21	−15	0	7
61	Sergipe	15	2	2	11	12	27	−15	0	6
62	Dom Bosco-MT	13	1	3	9	13	32	−19	0	5

Source: rsssf.com

References

1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF

[table_note_res_DQ0.77808277531438-1] In the match between Desportiva and Fluminense de Feira, Fluminense de Feira had 5 players sent off while the match was still 0-0. It was eventually discovered that Fluminense de Feira had been bribed by the Bahian Football Federation to do this in order to not let Desportiva qualify to the third phase instead of Vitória, which would happen if Desportiva won by two goals or more. CBD ordered an extra match between Desportiva and Vitória-BA because of the bribery event in the match between Desportiva and Fluminense-BA. Vitória did not show to play the extra match, thus Desportiva was awarded the berth.

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