1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season1977
ChampionsSão Paulo
1st Campeonato Brasileiro title
1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores
de América		São Paulo
Atlético Mineiro
Matches played485
Goals scored1,204 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerReinaldo (Atlético Mineiro) - 28 goals
Biggest home winBahia 7-0 Vitória-ES (November 2, 1977)
Biggest away winFluminense de Feira 0-6 Flamengo (October 26, 1977)
Highest scoringCRB 6-4 Sport (November 20, 1977)
Longest winning runAtlético Mineiro (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAtlético Mineiro (21 matches)
Longest losing runSergipe (7 matches)
Average attendance16,404
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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:
  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.

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 Paraná (state) Londrina 5 5 0 0 8 1 +7 2 12
2 Rio de Janeiro (state) Vasco da Gama 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3 1 7
3 São Paulo (state) Corinthians 5 2 2 1 3 2 +1 0 6
4 São Paulo (state) Santos 5 0 3 2 5 7 −2 0 3
5 Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo 5 0 3 2 1 3 −2 0 3
6 Rio Grande do Sul 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 Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro 5 4 1 0 14 2 +12 2 11
2 Rio de Janeiro (state) Botafogo 5 3 2 0 8 1 +7 3 11
3 Bahia Bahia 5 1 3 1 4 6 −2 1 6
4 Minas Gerais Cruzeiro 5 1 2 2 10 12 −2 0 4
5 Rio Grande do Norte América-RN 5 0 3 2 2 10 −8 0 3
6 Amazonas (Brazilian state) 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 (state) São Paulo 5 4 0 1 14 8 +6 3 11
2 Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio 5 3 1 1 5 4 +1 0 7
3 São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 5 2 2 1 5 6 −1 0 6
4 São Paulo (state) Ponte Preta 5 2 0 3 6 6 0 1 5
5 Pernambuco Sport 5 2 0 3 6 7 −1 0 4
6 São Paulo (state) 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 Mato Grosso do Sul Operário-MS 5 3 1 1 9 2 +7 3 10
2 Pernambuco Santa Cruz 5 3 2 0 9 4 +5 2 10
3 Pará Remo 5 2 2 1 9 5 +4 2 8
4 São Paulo (state) Palmeiras 5 2 0 3 10 10 0 2 6
5 Rio de Janeiro (state) América-RJ 5 0 3 2 4 10 −6 0 3
6 Espírito Santo 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

Atlético Mineiro Minas Gerais4 – 2Paraná (state) Londrina
Ziza 18'
Reinaldo 31', 65', 90+3'		 Brandão 57'
Carlos Alberto Garcia 73'
Attendance: 96,404
São Paulo São Paulo (state)3 – 0Mato Grosso do Sul Operário-MS
Serginho Chulapa 32', 90+3'
Neca 87'
Attendance: 103,092

Second leg

Londrina Paraná (state)2 – 2Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro
Brandão 43'
Ademar 46'		 Caio Cambalhota 17'
Serginho 34'
Attendance: 38,440
Operário-MS Mato Grosso do Sul1 – 0São Paulo (state) São Paulo
Tadeu Santos 79'
Attendance: 20,161

Final

Atlético Mineiro Minas Gerais0 – 0São Paulo (state) São Paulo
Penalties
Toninho Cerezo soccer ball with red X
Ziza soccer ball with check mark
Alves soccer ball with check mark
Joãozinho Paulista soccer ball with red X
Márcio Gugu soccer ball with red X		 2–3 soccer ball with red X Getúlio
soccer ball with red X Chicão
soccer ball with check mark Peres
soccer ball with check mark Antenor
soccer ball with check mark Bezerra
Attendance: 102,974

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

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