Football in Brazil

Season	1988
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The following article presents a summary of the 1988 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 87th season of competitive football in the country.

Bahia declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions by aggregate score of 2-1.

The four worst placed teams in the first stage, which are Bangu, Santa Cruz, Criciúma and América-RJ, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inter de Limeira	6	2	3	0	1	7	6	+1	12
2	Náutico	6	2	2	1	1	6	5	+1	11
3	Ponte Preta	6	3	0	2	1	10	6	+4	11
4	Americano	6	0	0	2	4	2	8	−6	2

Internacional-SP declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions.

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Internacional-SP and Náutico, were promoted to the following year's first level.

The worst placed team in each one of the four groups in the first stage, which are Treze, Rio Branco-ES, Uberlândia, and Pelotas, were relegated to the following year's third level.

União São João declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions by aggregate score of 3-3 due to better season record.

The champion and the runner-up, which are União São João and Esportivo-MG, were promoted to the following year's first level.

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1988.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
July 7, 1988	Australia	W	1-0	Romário	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
July 10, 1988	Argentina	D	0-0	-	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
July 13, 1988	Saudi Arabia	W	4-1	Geovani (2), Jorginho, Edmar	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
July 17, 1988	Australia	W	2-0	Romário, Müller	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
July 28, 1988	Norway	D	1-1	Edmar	International Friendly
July 31, 1988	Sweden	D	1-1	Jorginho	International Friendly
August 3, 1988	Austria	W	2-0	Edmar, Andrade	International Friendly
October 12, 1988	Belgium	W	2-1	Geovani (2)	International Friendly

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1988.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
June 1, 1988	Australia	L	0–1	-	FIFA Invitational World Cup
June 3, 1988	Norway	D	2–1	unavailable	FIFA Invitational World Cup
June 5, 1988	Thailand	W	9–0	unavailable	FIFA Invitational World Cup
June 8, 1988	Netherlands	W	2–1	unavailable	FIFA Invitational World Cup
June 10, 1988	Norway	L	1–2	unavailable	FIFA Invitational World Cup
June 12, 1988	China	D	0–0	-	FIFA Invitational World Cup

• Brazilian competitions at RSSSF
• 1988 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF^{[permanent dead link]}
• 1988 Brazil women's national team matches at RSSSF^{[permanent dead link]}