1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Season	1980
Champions	Londrina (1st title)
Promoted	Londrina CSA
Matches played	278
Goals scored	677 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Osmarzinho (Botafogo-SP) - 12 goals
Biggest home win	Paysandu 5-0 Rio Negro (March 12, 1980) Botafogo-SP 5-0 Goiânia (April 6, 1980) Botafogo-SP 6-1 Paysandu (April 20, 1980)
Biggest away win	Botafogo-BA 0-7 Americano (March 15, 1980)
Highest scoring	América-SP 6-2 Figueirense (March 15, 1980)
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The 1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, officially, the Taça de Prata 1980, was the 3rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.The championship was performed by 64 clubs, divided into 8 groups comprised of 8 teams, in which the first-placed team of each group proceeded to a playoff in which the winners would be promoted to the Second phase of the Copa Brasil of the same year. the losers would proceed to the second phase of the Taça de Prata, in which 20 teams (the losers of the promotion playoff, and the second and third-placed teams in each group)were divided into four groups of five teams.the winner of each group qualified to the semifinals, disputed in a knockout tournament format, in which the winners were promoted to the Taça de Ouro of the following year.

First phase

Group A

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Paysandu	11	7	4	3	0	12	4	+8
2	Sampaio Corrêa	9	7	3	3	1	14	10	+4
3	Tuna Luso	8	7	3	2	2	13	9	+4
4	River	8	7	2	4	1	6	3	+3
5	Moto Club	7	7	1	5	1	10	10	0
6	Rio Negro	5	7	2	1	4	8	16	-8
7	Piauí	4	7	2	0	5	8	13	-5
8	Fast	4	7	0	4	3	6	12	-6

Group B

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Paysandu	11	7	5	1	1	20	7	+13
2	CSA	10	7	5	0	2	13	7	+6
3	Bonsucesso	10	7	4	2	1	10	6	+4
4	ASA	8	7	3	2	2	6	6	0
5	Itabuna	7	7	3	1	3	9	9	0
6	Confiança	4	7	1	2	4	4	9	-5
7	Sergipe	3	7	1	1	5	8	15	-7
8	Botafogo-BA	3	7	1	1	5	6	17	-11

Group C

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Sport	12	7	5	2	0	9	1	+8
2	Fortaleza	9	7	4	1	2	12	7	+5
3	ABC	7	7	3	1	3	7	5	+2
4	Campinense	7	7	1	5	1	4	4	0
5	Central	6	7	1	4	2	3	3	0
6	Leônico	6	7	1	4	2	3	6	-3
7	Baraúnas	5	7	2	1	4	6	13	-7
8	Treze	4	7	0	4	3	5	10	-5

Group D

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Anapolina	10	7	4	2	1	11	5	+6
2	Itumbiara	10	7	5	0	2	11	6	+5
3	Uberaba	10	7	4	2	1	10	7	+3
4	Brasília	8	7	4	0	3	12	8	+4
5	Operário-MT	7	7	2	3	2	6	6	0
6	Villa Nova	5	7	1	3	3	4	5	-1
7	União Rondonópolis	5	7	2	1	4	6	12	-6
8	Guará	1	7	0	1	6	3	14	-11

Group E

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Uberlândia	9	7	4	1	2	8	5	+3
2	Comercial-MS	8	7	3	2	2	8	6	+2
3	América-MG	8	7	3	2	2	7	6	+1
4	Goiânia	8	7	2	4	1	4	3	+1
5	Caldense	7	7	3	1	3	8	4	+4
6	Vitória	6	7	2	2	3	6	8	-2
7	Goiás	6	7	1	4	2	5	6	-1
8	Rio Branco-ES	4	7	1	2	4	5	13	-8

Group F

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Bangu	11	7	5	1	1	13	5	+8
2	Ferroviária	9	7	4	1	2	11	7	+4
3	Botafogo-SP	7	7	3	1	3	11	7	+4
4	Internacional de Limeira	7	7	3	1	3	8	6	+2
5	Noroeste	7	7	3	1	3	5	8	-3
6	Goytacaz	6	7	2	2	3	4	9	-5
7	Campo Grande	5	7	2	1	4	10	11	-1
8	Serrano-RJ	4	7	1	2	4	4	13	-9

Group G

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	América-SP	13	7	6	1	0	23	9	+14
2	Caxias	10	7	3	4	0	8	5	+3
3	Grêmio Maringá	8	7	3	2	2	12	7	+5
4	Figueirense	7	7	3	1	3	13	12	+1
5	XV de Piracicaba	6	7	2	2	3	11	11	0
6	Novo Hamburgo	5	7	2	1	4	5	13	-8
7	Operário-PR	4	7	2	0	5	6	14	-8
8	Avaí	3	7	1	1	5	7	14	-7

Group H

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Juventus	11	7	5	1	1	12	6	+6
2	Comercial-SP	11	7	4	3	0	10	2	+8
3	Londrina	9	7	4	1	2	10	8	+2
4	Atlético-PR	9	7	2	5	0	5	3	+2
5	Juventude	6	7	2	2	3	8	9	-1
6	Brasil de Pelotas	5	7	0	5	2	7	9	-2
7	Criciúma	4	7	1	2	4	6	10	-4
8	Chapecoense	1	7	0	1	6	2	13	-11

Promotion play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paysandu	2-3	Americano	2-1	0-2
Juventus	2-2	América-SP	2-0	0-2
Anapolina	1-4	Sport	1-1	0-3
Uberlândia	2-4	Bangu	2-0	0-4

Second phase

Group I

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Botafogo-SP	7	4	3	1	0	18	5	+13	Qualified to Semifinals
2.	Fortaleza	5	4	1	3	0	5	3	+2
3.	Goiânia	3	4	1	1	2	3	7	-4
4.	Paysandu	3	4	1	1	2	3	9	-6
5.	Itumbiara	2	4	1	0	3	5	11	-6

Group J

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Londrina	8	4	4	0	0	8	2	+6	Qualified to Semifinals
2.	Grêmio Maringá	6	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6
3.	Sampaio Corrêa	3	4	1	1	2	6	8	-2
4.	Anapolina	2	4	0	2	2	4	9	-5
5.	Bonsucesso	1	4	0	1	3	4	9	-5

Group K

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	CSA	6	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	Qualified to Semifinals
2.	Caxias	5	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
3.	Comercial-SP	4	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2
4.	Tuna Luso	3	4	1	1	2	2	4	-2
5.	Uberlândia	2	4	1	0	3	3	6	-3

Group L

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Ferroviária	7	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	Qualified to Semifinals
2.	Uberaba	5	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
3.	ABC	5	4	2	1	1	9	10	-1
4.	Juventus	2	4	0	2	2	4	6	-2
5.	América-MG	1	4	0	1	3	4	10	-6

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo-SP	1-3	Londrina	1-2	0-1
CSA	2-0	Ferroviária	1-0	1-0

Finals

First leg

11 May 1980 (1980-05-11)

CSA	1 – 1	Londrina
Dentinho 76'		Paulinho 85'

Rei Pelé, Maceió (AL)

Attendance: 25,659

Referee: Oscar Scolfaro

Second leg

30 April 1980 (1980-04-30)

Londrina	4 – 0	CSA
Zé Antônio 29' Lívio 33' Paulinho 80', 84'

Café, Londrina (PR)

Attendance: 36,489

Referee: José Roberto Wright

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