1998 Brazil Football Championship

Championship Stage Table

Team		ABOUT	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	WG
one	Corinthians	46	23	14	four	five	46	thirty	sixteen
2	Palmeiras	45	23	14	3	6	46	32	14
3	Coritiba	42	23	eleven	9	3	32	26	6
four	Santos	41	23	eleven	eight	four	46	29th	17
five	Sports Recife	40	23	12	four	7	34	22	12
6	Portuguesa Desportos	40	23	eleven	7	five	44	34	ten
7	Cruzeiro	37	23	ten	7	6	42	28	14
eight	Gremio	36	23	ten	6	7	32	thirty	2
9	Atletico Mineiro	36	23	9	9	five	38	33	five
ten	Vasco da Gama	34	23	9	7	7	34	24	ten
eleven	Flamengo	33	23	9	6	eight	37	34	3
12	Internacional	32	23	9	five	9	25	25	0
13	Vitoria	thirty	23	9	3	eleven	31	38	-7
14	Botafogo	29th	23	7	eight	eight	35	37	-2
15	Sao paulo	27	23	eight	3	12	34	35	-one
sixteen	Atletico Paranaense	27	23	7	6	ten	32	32	0
17	Ponte Preta	26	23	7	five	eleven	25	34	-9
18	Juventude	26	23	6	eight	9	24	32	-eight
nineteen	Guarani	25	23	6	7	ten	34	39	-five
20	Parana	24	23	7	3	13	25	41	-sixteen
21	America Mineiro	23	23	6	five	12	26	39	-13
22	Goias	22	23	five	7	eleven	29th	37	-eight
23	Bragantino	21	23	five	6	12	20	37	-17
24	America (Natal)	15	23	3	6	14	24	47	-23

Playoffs

Corinthians finished first in the regular season, gaining 46 points in 23 rounds and only one ahead of Palmeiras. The playoffs were held out of three matches. In the quarterfinals, Timau lost 0-2 in the first home game, but defeated Gremio twice in the guest and second home games - 1-0 each, going to the next stage ^[1] . In the semifinal confrontation with Santos, the outcome of the confrontation was decided by the best goal difference. The Pisces won 2-1 at home (Carlos Gamarra scored a goal for the guests) ^[2] , while Corinthians turned out to be stronger 2-0 on the Pakaemba on December 6 (goals scored by Marcelinho Carioca and Edilson) ^[3] . In the third game, the teams drew 1: 1 (Edilson scored at Corinthians) ^[4] .

In the final, Corinthians again, as the winner of the preliminary stage, received the right to hold two of the three games at home. The opponent was Cruzeiro, who took only seventh place in the Brazilian standings, but having experience of the recent victory in the 1997 Libertadores Cup . The first game of the "fox" was held at the Mineyran stadium. Cruzeiro successfully started the meeting, his players Mueller and Valdo Filo made the score 2-0 already in the middle of the match. But the substitution of Dynea turned the course of the meeting. At the 53rd minute he equalized, and three minutes later he took part in the attack, successfully completed by Marcelinho - 2: 2. In the second game, Marcelinho again with the transfer of Dynea opened the scoring, but Cruzeiro managed to reduce the result to a draw. The decisive meeting took place on December 23. For “Corinthians” in the second half, Edilson and Marcelinho scored, who scored from the show once again replacing Dynea - 2: 0 ^[5] .

1.   Viola ( Santos ) - 21
2.   Marcelinho Carioca ( Corinthians ) - 19
3.   Fabio Junior ( Cruzeiro ) - 18
4.   Valdir Bigode ( Atlético Mineiro ) - 18

• Championship statistics on the Globo website (port.)
• RSSSF Brazil. Brazil 1998 Championship . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (June 6, 2008). Date of treatment January 6, 2017.