1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season1998
ChampionsGama
PromotedGama
Botafogo-SP
RelegatedFluminense
Atlético-GO
Náutico
Juventus
Volta Redonda
Americano
Top goalscorerGauchinho (XV de Piracicaba) - 13
Biggest home winXV de Piracicaba 6-0 Ceará (September 6, 1998)

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1998, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 2 to December 20, 1998. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by Gama.

Gama finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1999 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1999 Série A along with Botafogo-SP, the runners-up. The six worst ranked teams in the first round (Fluminense, Atlético-GO, Náutico, Juventus, Volta Redonda and Americano) were relegated to play Série C in 1999.

Teams

Team City Stadium 1997 Season
ABC Natal Machadão 14th in Série B
Americano Rio de Janeiro Godofredo Cruz 13th in Série B
Atlético-GO Goiânia Serra Dourada 16th in Série B
Bahia Salvador Fonte Nova 23rd in Série A
Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Santa Cruz 17th in Série B
Ceará Fortaleza Castelão 9th in Série B
CRB Maceió Pajuçara 5th in Série B
Criciúma Criciúma Heriberto Hülse 24th in Série A
Desportiva Cariacica Engenheiro Araripe 12th in Série B
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro Maracanã 25th in Série A
Gama Gama Bezerrão 7th in Série B
Joinville Joinville Ernestão 6th in Série B
Juventus São Paulo Rua Javari 2nd in Série C
Londrina Londrina Café 10th in Série B
Náutico Recife Aflitos 3rd in Série B
Paysandu Belém Curuzú 11th in Série B
Remo Belém Mangueirão 18th in Série B
Santa Cruz Recife Arruda 20th in Série B
Sampaio Corrêa São Luís Castelão 1st in Série C
Tuna Luso Belém Francisco Vasques 8th in Série B
União São João Araras Herminião 26th in Série A
Vila Nova Goiânia Serra Dourada 4th in Série B
Volta Redonda Volta Redonda Raulino de Oliveira 19th in Série B
XV de Piracicaba Piracicaba Barão da Serra Negra 15th in Série B

First phase

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Pará Remo 10 6 2 2 16 9 +7 20 Advanced to the Round of 16
Espírito Santo Desportiva 10 5 1 4 11 10 +1 16
Paraná (state) Londrina 10 4 3 3 15 10 +5 15
São Paulo (state) União São João 10 3 4 3 7 10 −3 13
Goiás Atlético-GO 10 2 4 4 8 10 −2 10 Relegated to 1999 Série C
Pernambuco Náutico 10 2 2 6 5 13 −8 8
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 10 7 0 3 15 7 +8 21 Advanced to the Round of 16
Pernambuco Santa Cruz 10 4 4 2 9 8 +1 16
Santa Catarina (state) Criciúma 10 5 0 5 17 13 +4 15
Goiás Vila Nova 10 4 2 4 16 14 +2 14
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa 10 4 2 4 5 9 −4 14
Rio de Janeiro (state) Volta Redonda 10 2 0 8 8 19 −11 6 Relegated to 1999 Série C
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
São Paulo (state) XV de Piracicaba 10 8 0 2 24 12 +12 24 Advanced to the Round of 16
Ceará Ceará 10 4 3 3 13 16 −3 15
Pará Tuna Luso 10 4 2 4 15 10 +5 14
Federal District (Brazil) Gama 10 4 1 5 13 12 +1 13
Bahia Bahia 10 4 1 5 14 14 0 13
Rio de Janeiro (state) Americano 10 1 3 6 8 23 −15 6 Relegated to 1999 Série C
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
Santa Catarina (state) Joinville 10 5 2 3 10 8 +2 17 Advanced to the Round of 16
Rio Grande do Norte ABC 10 4 3 3 19 15 +4 15
Pará Paysandu 10 3 5 2 8 5 +3 14
Alagoas CRB 10 3 5 2 8 8 0 14
Rio de Janeiro (state) Fluminense 10 2 5 3 12 12 0 11 Relegated to 1999 Série C
São Paulo (state) Juventus 10 1 4 5 6 15 −9 7
Source: [citation needed]

Second phase

Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg Agg.
Gama Federal District (Brazil) 6:0 Pará Remo 1:0 4:1 — 5:1
CRB Alagoas 4:4 São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 2:1 0:2 0:0 2:3
União São João São Paulo (state) 2:5 Santa Catarina (state) Joinville 3:3 0:3 0:0 3:6
Tuna Luso Pará 1:7 Espírito Santo Desportiva 1:1 0:2 1:3 2:6
ABC Rio Grande do Norte 3:3 Paraná (state) Londrina1 0:0 0:0 1:1 1:1
Ceará Ceará 1:7 Santa Catarina (state) Criciúma 1:1 0:3 0:2 1:6
Vila Nova Goiás 4:4 São Paulo (state) XV de Piracicaba 1:0 0:0 0:2 1:2
Paysandu Pará 7:1 Pernambuco Santa Cruz 2:0 0:0 2:1 4:1

1 Londrina qualified after defeating ABC on a penalty shoot-out.

Third phase

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Federal District (Brazil) Gama 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10 Advanced to the Final phase
Espírito Santo Desportiva 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9
Santa Catarina (state) Criciúma 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
São Paulo (state) XV de Piracicaba 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10 Advanced to the Final phase
Paraná (state) Londrina 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10
Santa Catarina (state) Joinville 6 2 2 2 7 10 −3 8
Pará Paysandu 6 1 2 3 8 9 −1 5
Source: [citation needed]

Final phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion GAM BSP DES LON
1 Gama 6 2 4 0 10 6 +4 10 Promoted to Série A 1999 1–1 2–2 3–0
2 Botafogo-SP 6 2 3 1 9 5 +4 9 1–2 5–1 1–0
3 Desportiva 6 1 3 2 8 12 −4 6 2–2 1–1 1–0
4 Londrina 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5 0–0 0–0 2–1
Source: [citation needed]

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gama 24 11 6 7 33 24 +9 39 Promoted to 1999 Série A
2 Botafogo-SP 25 13 5 7 39 24 +15 44
3 Desportiva 25 11 5 9 34 33 +1 38 Reached Final phase group
4 Londrina 25 8 9 8 27 24 +3 33
5 XV de Piracicaba 19 11 2 6 33 21 +12 35 Reached Third phase
6 Criciúma 19 9 3 7 30 20 +10 30
7 Joinville 19 8 6 5 23 21 +2 30
8 Paysandu 19 6 8 5 20 15 +5 26
9 Remo 12 6 2 4 17 14 +3 20 Reached the Second phase
10 Vila Nova 13 5 3 5 17 16 +1 18
11 ABC 13 4 6 3 20 16 +4 18
12 CRB 13 4 6 3 10 11 −1 18
13 Santa Cruz 13 4 5 4 10 12 −2 17
14 Ceará 13 4 4 5 14 22 −8 16
15 Tuna Luso 13 4 3 6 17 16 +1 15
16 União São João 13 3 6 4 10 16 −6 15
17 Sampaio Corrêa 10 4 2 4 5 9 −4 14
18 Bahia 10 4 1 5 14 14 0 13
19 Fluminense 10 2 5 3 12 12 0 11 Relegated to 1999 Série C
20 Atlético-GO 10 2 4 4 8 10 −2 10
21 Náutico 10 2 2 6 5 13 −8 8
22 Juventus 10 1 4 5 6 15 −9 7
23 Volta Redonda 10 2 0 8 8 19 −11 6
24 Americano 10 1 3 6 8 23 −15 6
Source: [citation needed]

Sources

  • "Brazil Second Level 1998". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.