1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1998
Champions	Corinthians (2nd title)
Relegated	América-MG Goiás Bragantino América-RN
Copa Libertadores	Corinthians Vasco da Gama(title holders) Palmeiras (Copa do Brasil champions)
Matches played	297
Goals scored	851 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Viola (21 goals)
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The 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 43rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

It was performed in 24 teams, and Corinthians won the championship.

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Corinthians	61	32	18	7	7	57	38	19
2	Cruzeiro	51	32	14	9	9	56	41	15
3	Santos	51	29	14	9	6	55	37	18
4	Portuguesa	48	29	13	9	7	52	42	10
5	Palmeiras	48	26	15	3	8	51	38	13
6	Coritiba	44	26	11	11	4	35	31	4
7	Sport	43	26	13	4	9	38	28	10
8	Grêmio	39	26	11	6	9	34	32	2
9	Atlético Mineiro	36	23	9	9	5	38	33	5
10	Vasco da Gama	34	23	9	7	7	34	24	10
11	Flamengo	33	23	9	6	8	37	34	3
12	Internacional	32	23	9	5	9	25	25	0
13	Vitória	30	23	9	3	11	31	38	-7
14	Botafogo	29	23	7	8	8	35	37	-2
15	São Paulo	27	23	8	3	12	34	35	-1
16	Atlético Paranaense	27	23	7	6	10	32	32	0
17	Ponte Preta	26	23	7	5	11	25	34	-9
18	Juventude	26	23	6	8	9	24	32	-8
19	Guarani	25	23	6	7	10	34	39	-5
20	Paraná	24	23	7	3	13	25	41	-16
21	América Mineiro	23	23	6	5	12	26	39	-13
22	Goiás	22	23	5	7	11	29	37	-8
23	Bragantino	21	23	5	6	12	20	37	-17
24	América de Natal	15	23	3	6	14	24	47	-23

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Viola	Santos	21
2	Marcelinho Carioca	Corinthians	19
3	Fábio Júnior	Cruzeiro	18
	Valdir	Atlético-MG	18
4	Edílson	Corinthians	15
	Leandro Amaral	Portuguesa	15
5	Romário	Flamengo	14
	Dejan Petković	Vitória	14