1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1995
Champions	Botafogo 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title 2nd Brazilian title
Relegated	Paysandu União São João
Copa Libertadores de América	Grêmio (title holders) Botafogo Corinthians (Copa do Brasil champions)
Matches played	282
Goals scored	712 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Túlio (23 goals)
← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 39th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

It was contested by 24 teams, and Botafogo won the championship, the club's second Série A title in history.

Of the 24 participating teams, only two were relegated, Paysandu and União São João. Also only the first two teams from the Série B in 1995 would be qualified to the Série A in 1996. Fluminense, Palmeiras, Bragantino and Vasco da Gama all qualified to the Copa CONMEBOL, then the third major tournament of the continental zone, below the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Libertadores, the latter reserved only for previous champions of the former.

The eventual champions, Botafogo, together with Corinthians and Grêmio, qualified to the Copa Libertadores of 1996, the major South American cup tournament. Corinthians qualified by winning the Copa do Brasil in 1995 and Grêmio for being the holders of the Copa Libertadores title.

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cruzeiro	11	8	1	2	23	11	+12	25	Qualified to semifinals
2	Palmeiras	11	7	2	2	19	8	+11	23
3	Bragantino	11	6	3	2	15	10	+5	21
4	Paraná	11	5	4	2	13	8	+5	19
5	Botafogo	11	5	3	3	20	16	+4	18
6	Guarani	11	3	3	5	13	18	−5	12
7	Grêmio	11	3	3	5	12	18	−6	12
8	Juventude	11	2	6	3	6	9	−3	12
9	Vitória	11	2	5	4	10	16	−6	11
10	Paysandu	11	2	4	5	14	18	−4	10
11	Corinthians	11	2	2	7	13	18	−5	8
12	Flamengo	11	2	2	7	9	17	−8	8

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1995.htm

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fluminense	11	6	3	2	10	4	+6	21	Qualified to semifinals
2	Internacional	11	6	3	2	15	10	+5	21
3	Santos	11	6	1	4	19	18	+1	19
4	São Paulo	11	5	4	2	9	5	+4	19
5	Portuguesa	11	5	3	3	16	14	+2	18
6	Goiás	11	4	4	3	15	9	+6	16
7	Criciúma	11	4	3	4	10	8	+2	15
8	Bahia	11	4	2	5	13	16	−3	14
9	Sport	11	3	3	5	9	11	−2	12
10	Vasco da Gama	11	3	2	6	14	20	−6	11
11	Atlético Mineiro	11	2	5	4	9	12	−3	11
12	União São João	11	1	1	9	7	19	−12	4

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1995.htm

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botafogo	12	8	3	1	22	6	+16	27	Qualified to semifinals
2	Corinthians	12	7	2	3	19	15	+4	23
3	Juventude	12	6	5	1	19	12	+7	23
4	Palmeiras	12	7	1	4	18	11	+7	22
5	Grêmio	12	6	1	5	14	14	0	19
6	Bragantino	12	5	4	3	20	16	+4	19
7	Flamengo	12	3	7	2	14	15	−1	16
8	Cruzeiro	12	4	2	6	17	15	+2	14
9	Paraná	12	3	5	4	17	16	+1	14
10	Guarani	12	4	1	7	14	19	−5	13
11	Vitória	12	3	2	7	14	18	−4	11
12	Paysandu	12	1	5	6	11	24	−13	8

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1995.htm

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santos	12	8	3	1	25	13	+12	27	Qualified to semifinals
2	Atlético Mineiro	12	8	2	2	23	15	+8	26
3	Goiás	12	6	1	5	17	14	+3	19
4	Portuguesa	12	4	5	3	12	14	−2	17
5	São Paulo	12	4	2	6	17	18	−1	14
6	Internacional	12	3	5	4	14	12	+2	14
7	Vasco da Gama	12	4	1	7	18	19	−1	13
8	Sport	12	4	1	7	16	18	−2	13
9	Fluminense	12	2	7	3	9	12	−3	13
10	Bahia	12	3	3	6	9	24	−15	12
11	Criciúma	12	2	6	4	10	12	−2	12
12	União São João	12	1	2	9	11	28	−17	5

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1995.htm

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Botafogo (C)	27	14	9	4	46	25	+21	51	Copa Libertadores 1996
2	Santos	27	15	5	7	52	40	+12	50	Supercopa Libertadores 1996
3	Cruzeiro	25	12	5	8	41	27	+14	41
4	Fluminense	25	9	10	6	25	22	+3	37	Copa Conmebol 1996
5	Palmeiras	23	14	3	6	37	19	+18	45
6	Bragantino	23	11	7	5	35	26	+9	40
7	Atlético Mineiro	23	10	7	6	32	27	+5	37
8	Goiás	23	10	5	8	32	23	+9	35
9	Internacional	23	9	8	6	29	22	+7	35
10	Portuguesa	23	9	8	6	28	28	0	35
11	Juventude	23	8	11	4	25	21	+4	35
12	São Paulo	23	9	6	8	26	23	+3	33	Super Copa Libertadores 1996
13	Paraná	23	8	9	6	30	24	+6	33
14	Corinthians	23	9	4	10	32	33	−1	31	Copa Libertadores 1996
15	Grêmio	23	9	4	10	26	32	−6	31
16	Criciúma	23	6	9	8	20	20	0	27
17	Bahia	23	7	5	11	22	40	−18	26
18	Guarani	23	7	4	12	27	37	−10	25
19	Sport	23	7	4	12	25	29	−4	25
20	Vasco da Gama	23	7	3	13	32	39	−7	24	Copa Conmebol 1996
21	Flamengo	23	5	9	9	23	32	−9	24	Super Copa Libertadores 1996
22	Vitória	23	5	7	11	24	34	−10	22
23	Paysandu (R)	23	3	9	11	25	42	−17	18	Relegation to Série B 1996
24	União São João (R)	23	2	3	18	18	47	−29	9

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Final stage

	Semifinals						Finals
	1	Santos*	1	5
	4	Fluminense	4	2
							Santos		1	1
							Botafogo		2	1
	2	Botafogo*	1	0
	3	Cruzeiro	1	0

* Botafogo and Santos qualified to the Final by the advantage of prior results.

Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A 1995 Champion
Botafogo 2nd title

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Túlio	Botafogo	23
2	Giovanni	Santos	17
3	Marcelo Ramos	Cruzeiro	14
4	Paulinho McLaren	Cruzeiro	12
5	Valdir	Vasco	11
	Kelly	Bragantino	11
	Marcelo Rocha	Sport	11