1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1979
Champions	Internacional 3rd Campeonato Brasileiro title 3rd Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores de América	Internacional Vasco da Gama
Matches played	583
Goals scored	1,366 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	César (América-RJ) - 13 goals
Biggest home win	Fluminense 6-0 Maranhão (November 29, 1979)
Biggest away win	Operário-MS 0-5 Santa Cruz (October 28, 1979)
Highest scoring	Londrina 6-2 Santa Cruz (November 15, 1979)
Longest unbeaten run	Internacional (23 matches)
Average attendance	9,105
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The 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the V Copa Brasil) was the 23rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

In the First phase, 80 clubs were divided into 8 groups of 10 clubs.in the groups A, B, C, D, E and F, the four first clubs qualified to the Second phase, while in the groups G and H, eight clubs qualified.

An edition of the Rio-São Paulo tournament was slated to happen in 1979 (it never came to fruition), and because of that, six clubs from Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Vasco da Gama, Goytacaz, Americano, Fluminense and Flamengo) and ten from São Paulo (Corinthians, Santos, Portuguesa, São Paulo, Francana, São Bento, XV de Piracicaba, XV de Jaú, Inter de Limeira and Comercial-SP) were to enter in the Second phase, joining the 40 teams that had qualified in the First phase. These teams would be divided in 7 groups of 8 teams, in which the two top-placed teams in each group qualified to the Third phase.

In the Third phase, the 14 qualified teams joined Guarani and Palmeiras, finalists of the previous year's championship, and were divided into four groups of four teams, in which the first-placed teams in each group qualified to the semifinals.

However, Corinthians, Portuguesa, Santos and São Paulo demanded to enter only in the third phase instead of the second. When CBD refused, the four teams withdrew from the championship. In order to replace them in the second phase, four berths were opened to the four best teams out of the 40 teams that had been eliminated in the first phase.

Internacional won the championship undefeated, becoming the only team to win the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in this way.

First phase

Group A

Home \ Away	ANA	AVA	COL	CON	GON	JOI	JUV	LON	NHA	SER
Anapolina		2–1		4–0	2–1	1–0				2–0
Avaí			0–1	1–1				1–1		0–2
Colorado	3–2			1–1	2–0	1–0		1–2
Confiança					0–1	1–3		2–1	1–0	0–2
Goiânia		1–1					2–1	0–1		1–1
Joinville		3–2			0–0		2–1	0–0	3–0
Juventude	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1						2–0
Londrina	1–0						1–1		1–0	2–2
Novo Hamburgo	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–0		1–1
Sergipe			1–1			2–1			0–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Londrina	9	4	4	1	10	7	+3	12
2	Colorado	9	4	4	1	10	6	+4	12
3	Anapolina	9	5	0	4	13	9	+4	10
4	Joinville	9	4	2	3	12	8	+4	10
5	Juventude	9	3	4	2	12	9	+3	10
6	Sergipe	9	3	4	2	10	9	+1	10
7	Novo Hamburgo	9	2	4	3	4	7	−3	8
8	Goiânia	9	2	3	4	6	9	−3	7
9	Confiança	9	2	2	5	7	15	−8	6
10	Avaí	9	0	5	4	9	14	−5	5

Source:

Group B

Home \ Away	BRP	CAL	CAX	CHA	CLT	CRI	DES	GRM	OP-PR	SP-RS
Brasil de Pelotas		2–0				3–0	1–1	0–0
Caldense				2–0	3–0				1–0	1–0
Caxias	0–0	0–1		5–1					3–0
Chapecoense	1–1					0–1		2–3		1–2
Colatina	0–0		0–1	1–1			0–0			0–1
Criciúma		2–0	0–0		0–1				4–0	2–1
Desportiva		2–0	2–1	0–0		1–0			2–0
Grêmio Maringá		3–2	0–0		2–0	2–0	2–0
Operário-PR	1–1			1–0	1–0			0–2
São Paulo-RS	1–1		2–1				1–2	1–1	0–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grêmio Maringá	9	6	3	0	15	5	+10	15
2	Desportiva	9	5	3	1	10	5	+5	13
3	Brasil de Pelotas	9	2	7	0	9	4	+5	11
4	Caldense	9	5	0	4	10	9	+1	10
5	São Paulo-RS	9	4	2	3	9	9	0	10
6	Criciúma	9	4	1	4	9	8	+1	9
7	Caxias	9	3	3	3	11	6	+5	9
8	Operário-PR	9	2	1	6	3	13	−10	5
9	Colatina	9	1	3	5	2	9	−7	5
10	Chapecoense	9	0	3	6	6	16	−10	3

Source:

Group C

Home \ Away	AT-GO	BRA	CO-MS	FL-BA	GAM	GUA	ITA	ITU	MIX	OP-MT
Atlético-GO		2–1	4–1			3–0		3–2		2–2
Brasília			2–2			1–0	3–2		2–1
Comercial-MS				2–0	3–1	–		3–1	2–0	0–1
Fluminense-BA	1–0	1–0			0–0	1–1		1–0
Gama	4–3	4–1				2–0	1–0		2–1
Guará										0–1
Itabuna	1–0		1–1	1–0		0–0			0–1
Itumbiara		2–1			1–0	3–1	1–1			1–0
Mixto	2–0			1–1		3–0		1–0		4–3
Operário-MT		3–0		1–0	0–0		1–4

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gama	9	5	2	2	14	9	+5	12
2	Mixto	9	5	1	3	14	10	+4	11
3	Comercial-MS	8	4	2	2	14	10	+4	10
4	Operário-MT	9	4	2	3	12	11	+1	10
5	Atlético-GO	9	4	1	4	17	14	+3	9
6	Itumbiara	9	4	1	4	11	11	0	9
7	Itabuna	9	3	3	3	10	8	+2	9
8	Fluminense de Feira	9	3	3	3	5	6	−1	9
9	Brasília	9	3	1	5	11	17	−6	7
10	Guará	8	0	2	6	2	14	−12	2

Source:

Group D

Home \ Away	AM-MG	BO-PB	CAM	CAG	FAS	PAY	RNE	TRE	TUL	VLL
América-MG		3–0				2–0	3–2	2–1		0–0
Botafogo-PB			2–0	2–0	3–0			0–1		4–2
Campinense	0–1				3–0		2–0	1–0	1–0
Campo Grande	1–0		1–0		0–0	2–1			3–0
Fast	1–3					1–1	3–1		3–2	0–1
Paysandu		4–2	0–1				1–2	2–2	1–0
Rio Negro		0–0		0–0					1–4	0–1
Treze				2–0	6–1		3–1
Tuna Luso	2–1	2–2						2–0		0–1
Villa Nova			0–0	1–2		2–0		1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	América-MG	9	6	1	2	15	7	+8	13
2	Campo Grande	9	5	2	2	9	6	+3	12
3	Villa Nova	9	5	2	2	9	6	+3	12
4	Campinense	9	5	1	3	8	4	+4	11
5	Botafogo-PB	9	4	2	3	15	12	+3	10
6	Treze	9	4	1	4	15	10	+5	9
7	Tuna Luso	9	3	1	5	12	13	−1	7
8	Fast	9	2	2	5	9	20	−11	6
9	Paysandu	9	2	2	5	10	14	−4	6
10	Rio Negro	9	1	2	6	7	17	−10	4

Source:

Group E

Home \ Away	CE-PE	MAR	MOT	NÁU	PIA	RÍV	SAM	TIR	UBR	UBL
Central-PE		2–2				1–0	2–0	1–1		2–0
Maranhão			3–0		1–1	1–0	3–0			1–1
Moto Club	2–1							1–0	2–0
Náutico	1–1	2–3	1–0		2–2		2–0		0–1
Piauí	0–2		0–0					2–2		0–0
Ríver			2–1	3–1	1–1				1–2
Sampaio Corrêa			1–0		4–2	0–0			2–0
Tiradentes		0–3		0–1		3–1	1–1
Uberaba	2–1	0–1			3–0			2–0		3–1
Uberlândia			2–0	0–1		2–1	4–1	4–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maranhão	9	6	3	0	18	6	+12	15
2	Uberaba	9	7	0	2	15	6	+9	14
3	Central	9	4	3	2	13	8	+5	11
4	Uberlândia	9	4	2	3	14	9	+5	10
5	Náutico	9	4	2	3	11	10	+1	10
6	Moto Club	9	3	1	5	6	10	−4	7
7	Sampaio Corrêa	9	3	1	5	7	16	−9	6
8	River	9	2	2	5	9	12	−3	6
9	Piauí	9	0	6	3	8	15	−7	6
10	Tiradentes	9	1	3	5	7	16	−9	5

Source:
Notes:

Group F

Home \ Away	ABC	AM-RN	ASA	CRB	CSA	FER	FOR	ITA	LEÔ	POT
ABC		1–0	1–2	4–2			1–0	1–1
América-RN			2–0		2–1	0–0
ASA				1–1		0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1
CRB		1–0							1–0	3–0
CSA	3–1		2–1	1–0			3–0		2–1
Ferroviário	0–3			0–0	1–1			1–1
Fortaleza		3–1		0–0		0–0			3–1	0–1
Itabaiana		1–0		2–0	2–1		3–1			0–0
Leônico	1–0	4–0				1–0		1–0		2–0
Potiguar	1–1	1–0	1–2		0–0	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CSA	9	5	2	2	14	8	+6	12
2	ASA	9	5	1	3	11	10	+1	11
3	Itabaiana	9	4	3	2	10	6	+4	11
4	Leônico	9	5	0	4	12	8	+4	10
5	ABC	9	4	2	3	13	10	+3	10
6	CRB	9	3	3	3	8	8	0	9
7	Ferroviário-CE	9	2	5	2	6	7	−1	9
8	Potiguar	9	2	3	4	5	10	−5	7
9	Fortaleza	9	2	2	5	7	12	−5	6
10	América-RN	9	2	1	6	5	12	−7	5

Source:

Group G

Home \ Away	AM-RJ	AT-PR	COR	GRÊ	FIG	INT	OP-MS	RB-ES	SCR	SPO
América-RJ		1–3	3–0		1–0		3–0	3–1
Atlético-PR				1–0		0–0	0–2		0–1
Coritiba		1–1			1–0	0–3		1–1		2–0
Grêmio	1–3		4–1						1–0	4–0
Figueirense		1–0		2–1			0–0		1–1
Internacional	1–1			1–0	1–0		2–2	5–1
Operário-MS			2–0	0–3				4–0	0–5	1–0
Rio Branco-ES		1–1		0–0	1–1					2–0
Santa Cruz	1–0		0–0			1–2		3–3		0–1
Sport	0–2	2–2			2–2	0–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internacional	9	6	3	0	18	5	+13	15
2	América-RJ	9	6	1	2	17	7	+10	13
3	Operário-MS	9	4	2	3	11	13	−2	10
4	Grêmio	9	4	1	4	14	8	+6	9
5	Santa Cruz	9	3	3	3	12	8	+4	9
6	Atlético-PR	9	2	4	3	8	9	−1	8
7	Figueirense	9	2	4	3	7	8	−1	8
8	Coritiba	9	2	3	4	6	14	−8	7
9	Rio Branco-ES	9	1	5	3	10	18	−8	7
10	Sport	9	1	2	6	5	18	−13	4

Source:

Group H

Home \ Away	AT-MG	BAH	CEA	CRU	DBO	GOI	NA-AM	REM	VIL	VIT
Atlético Mineiro			3–1	1–1		0–0			0–0	1–1
Bahia	0–1				2–1	1–0		1–0		1–2
Ceará		3–1		1–1		0–2		4–1	2–4
Cruzeiro		5–0			1–1		4–1	3–0
Dom Bosco	1–1		2–5			0–1	2–1
Goiás				3–1			2–0			1–0
Nacional-AM	0–0	1–0	1–1						2–4	0–0
Remo	2–2				1–2	1–0	3–0			1–2
Vila Nova		0–0		0–1	1–1	2–1		2–1
Vitória			4–1	2–4	0–2				0–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cruzeiro	9	5	3	1	21	9	+12	13
2	Vila Nova	9	4	4	1	13	8	+5	12
3	Goiás	9	5	1	3	10	5	+5	11
4	Atlético Mineiro	9	2	7	0	9	6	+3	11
5	Dom Bosco	9	3	3	3	12	13	−1	9
6	Ceará	9	3	2	4	18	19	−1	8
7	Vitória	9	2	4	3	10	11	−1	8
8	Bahia	9	3	1	5	6	13	−7	7
9	Remo	9	2	2	5	10	15	−5	6
10	Nacional-AM	9	1	3	5	6	16	−10	5

Source:

Second phase

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coritiba	7	5	1	1	11	3	+8	11
2	Atlético Mineiro	7	4	2	1	9	5	+4	10
3	Campinense	7	3	2	2	6	4	+2	8
4	Francana	7	3	1	3	7	9	−2	7
5	América-RJ	7	2	2	3	14	9	+5	6
6	Brasil de Pelotas	7	2	2	3	8	8	0	6
7	Colorado	7	2	1	4	9	11	−2	5
8	Mixto	7	1	1	5	4	19	−15	3

Source:

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Operário-MS	7	5	2	0	16	5	+11	12
2	São Bento	7	4	1	2	11	12	−1	9
3	Botafogo	7	3	3	1	9	4	+5	9
4	Joinville	7	3	2	2	8	9	−1	8
5	Figueirense	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	6
6	Comercial-MS	7	2	1	4	4	8	−4	5
7	Grêmio Maringá	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	3
8	ABC	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0

Source:
Notes:

ABC withdrew from its last two matches against Grêmio Maringá and Figueirense

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internacional	7	4	3	0	10	2	+8	11
2	Atlético-PR	7	4	2	1	6	2	+4	10
3	Desportiva	7	4	1	2	10	8	+2	9
4	Internacional de Limeira	7	2	4	1	7	4	+3	8
5	Caldense	7	2	3	2	5	6	−1	7
6	São Paulo-RS	7	1	3	3	4	10	−6	5
7	Anapolina	7	1	2	4	5	10	−5	4
8	Goytacaz	7	1	0	6	3	8	−5	2

Source:

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo	7	5	2	0	14	2	+12	12
2	XV de Piracicaba	7	5	0	2	15	8	+7	10
3	Grêmio	7	5	0	2	9	5	+4	10
4	Londrina	7	4	1	2	15	8	+7	9
5	Santa Cruz	7	3	1	3	8	10	−2	7
6	Bahia	7	2	0	5	4	11	−7	4
7	Náutico	7	1	1	5	6	13	−7	3
8	Gama	7	0	1	6	4	18	−14	1

Source:

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vasco da Gama	7	5	2	0	13	1	+12	12
2	Goiás	7	4	3	0	12	3	+9	11
3	América-MG	7	2	4	1	6	5	+1	8
4	Ceará	7	2	2	3	9	8	+1	6
5	Operário-MT	7	1	4	2	7	12	−5	6
6	Botafogo-PB	7	2	1	4	8	13	−5	5
7	Central	7	1	2	4	6	8	−2	4
8	ASA	7	1	2	4	7	18	−11	4

Source:

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vitória	7	5	0	2	12	7	+5	10
2	Uberlândia	7	4	2	1	8	5	+3	10
3	Fluminense	7	3	4	0	18	6	+12	10
4	Vila Nova	7	2	5	0	6	3	+3	9
5	Campo Grande	7	2	2	3	10	7	+3	6
6	XV de Jaú	7	2	2	3	8	10	−2	6
7	Maranhão	7	2	0	5	3	15	−12	4
8	Itabaiana	7	0	1	6	4	16	−12	1

Source:

Group O

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cruzeiro	7	5	1	1	19	8	+11	11
2	Comercial-SP	7	4	1	2	8	6	+2	9
3	Uberaba	7	3	2	2	7	5	+2	8
4	CSA	7	3	1	3	5	6	−1	7
5	Dom Bosco	7	3	0	4	8	11	−3	6
6	Americano	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
7	Leônico	7	1	3	3	9	9	0	5
8	Villa Nova	7	2	0	5	6	14	−8	4

Source:

Third phase

Group P

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coritiba	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
2	Vitória	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Guarani	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
4	XV de Piracicaba	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source:

Group R

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Palmeiras	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	6
2	Flamengo	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	4
3	Comercial-SP	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1
4	São Bento	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

Source:

Group S

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internacional	3	3	0	0	4	2	+2	6
2	Goiás	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Cruzeiro	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Atlético Mineiro	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	1

Source:
Notes:

Atlético Mineiro withdrew after the match against Cruzeiro, that ended in a 0-0 draw, and the points of the remaining matches were awarded to Goiás and Internacional.

Group T

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vasco da Gama	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	5
2	Operário-MS	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	4
3	Uberlândia	3	0	2	1	3	10	−7	2
4	Atlético-PR	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source:

Semifinals

First leg

12 December 1979 (1979-12-12)

Coritiba	1 – 1	Vasco da Gama
Catinha 20' (o.g.) Renato 54'		Luís Freire 85'

Couto Pereirao, Curitiba (PR)

Attendance: 50,582

Referee: José Favilli Neto

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13 December 1979 (1979-12-13)

Palmeiras	2 – 3	Internacional
Baroninho 34' Jorge Mendonça 55'		Jair 50' Falcão 64', 70'

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP)

Attendance: 61,259

Referee: Wilson Carlos dos Santos

Second leg

16 December 1979 (1979-12-16)

Vasco da Gama	2 – 1	Coritiba
Paulinho 4' Roberto Dinamite 36'		Gardel 22'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Attendance: 61,483

Referee: Roberto Nunes Morgado

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16 December 1979 (1979-12-16)

Internacional	1 – 1	Palmeiras
Jair 48'		Mococa 52'

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS)

Attendance: 69,575

Referee: José Roberto Wright

Finals

First leg

20 December 1979 (1979-12-20)

Vasco da Gama	0 – 2	Internacional
		Chico Spina 28', 55'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Attendance: 58,655

Referee: Oscar Scolfaro

Second leg

23 December 1979 (1979-12-23)

Internacional	2 – 1	Vasco da Gama
Jair 41' Falcão 58'		Wilsinho 84'

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS)

Attendance: 54,659

Referee: José Favilli Neto

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internacional	23	16	7	0	40	13	+27	39
2	Vasco da Gama	14	8	4	2	27	8	+19	20
3	Coritiba	21	9	6	6	24	20	+4	24
4	Palmeiras	5	3	1	1	16	6	+10	7
5	Operário-MS	19	11	4	4	31	22	+9	26
6	Cruzeiro	19	10	6	3	43	21	+22	26
7	Goiás	19	10	5	4	23	10	+13	25
8	Vitória	19	9	4	6	28	23	+5	22
9	Uberlândia	19	8	6	5	25	24	+1	22
10	Atlético Mineiro	19	6	10	3	18	11	+7	22
11	Atlético Paranaense	19	6	7	6	17	16	+1	19
12	Flamengo	10	7	2	1	21	6	+15	16
13	XV de Piracicaba	10	5	0	5	16	14	+2	10
14	Comercial-SP	10	4	2	4	11	15	−4	10
15	São Bento	10	4	2	4	13	22	−9	10
16	Guarani	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
17	Uberaba	16	10	2	4	22	11	+11	22
18	Desportiva Capixaba	16	9	4	3	20	13	+7	22
19	Londrina	16	8	5	3	25	15	+10	21
20	América Mineiro	16	8	5	3	21	12	+9	21
21	Vila Nova-GO	16	6	9	1	19	11	+8	21
22	Grêmio	16	9	1	6	23	13	+10	19
23	América-RJ	16	8	3	5	31	16	+15	19
24	Campinense	16	8	3	5	14	8	+6	19
25	CSA	16	8	3	5	19	14	+5	19
26	Maranhão	16	8	3	5	21	21	0	19
27	Campo Grande	16	7	4	5	19	13	+6	18
28	Grêmio Maringá	15	7	4	4	19	14	+5	18
29	Joinville	16	7	4	5	20	17	+3	18
30	Caldense	16	7	3	6	15	15	0	17
31	Colorado	16	6	5	5	19	17	+2	17
32	Brasil-Pel	16	4	9	3	17	12	+5	17
33	Villa Nova-MG	16	7	2	7	15	20	−5	16
34	Santa Cruz	16	6	4	6	20	18	+2	16
35	Operário-MT	16	5	6	5	19	23	−4	16
36	Leônico	16	6	3	7	21	17	+4	15
37	Comercial-MS	15	6	3	6	18	18	0	15
38	Botafogo-PB	16	6	3	7	23	25	−2	15
39	Dom Bosco	16	6	3	7	20	24	−4	15
40	ASA	16	6	3	7	18	28	−10	15
41	Central	16	5	5	6	19	16	+3	15
42	São Paulo-RS	16	5	5	6	13	19	−6	15
43	Anapolina	16	6	2	8	18	19	−1	14
44	Mixto	16	6	2	8	18	29	−11	14
45	Ceará	16	5	4	7	27	27	0	14
46	Figueirense	15	3	8	4	11	12	−1	14
47	Náutico	16	5	3	8	17	23	−6	13
48	Gama	16	5	3	8	18	27	−9	13
49	Itabaiana	16	4	4	8	14	22	−8	12
50	Bahia	16	5	1	10	10	24	−14	11
51	ABC	14	4	2	8	16	18	−2	10
52	Fluminense	7	3	4	0	18	6	+12	10
53	Botafogo	7	3	3	1	9	4	+5	9
54	Internacional-SP	7	2	4	1	7	4	+3	8
55	Francana	7	3	1	3	7	9	−2	7
56	XV de Jaú	7	2	2	3	8	10	−2	6
57	Americano	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
58	Goytacaz	7	1	0	6	3	8	−5	2
59	Rio Branco	9	1	5	3	10	18	−8	7
60	Remo	9	2	2	5	10	15	−5	6
61	Nacional	9	1	3	5	6	16	−10	5
62	Sport	9	1	2	6	5	18	−13	4
63	Juventude	9	3	4	2	12	9	+3	10
64	Sergipe	9	3	4	2	10	9	+1	10
65	Treze	9	4	1	4	15	10	+5	9
66	Atlético-GO	9	4	1	4	17	14	+3	9
67	Criciúma	9	4	1	4	9	8	+1	9
68	Itumbiara	9	4	1	4	11	11	0	9
69	Caxias	9	3	3	3	11	6	+5	9
70	Itabuna	9	3	3	3	10	8	+2	9
71	CRB	9	3	3	3	8	8	0	9
72	Fluminense-BA	9	3	3	3	5	6	−1	9
73	Ferroviário	9	2	5	2	6	7	−1	9
74	Novo Hamburgo	9	2	4	3	4	7	−3	8
75	Tuna Luso	9	3	1	5	12	13	−1	7
76	Moto Club	9	3	1	5	6	10	−4	7
77	Brasília	9	3	1	5	11	17	−6	7
78	Goiânia	9	2	3	4	6	9	−3	7
79	Potiguar	9	2	3	4	5	10	−5	7
80	Paysandu	9	2	2	5	10	14	−4	6
81	Fortaleza	9	2	2	5	7	12	−5	6
82	Confiança	9	2	2	5	7	15	−8	6
83	Sampaio Corrêa	9	2	2	5	7	16	−9	6
84	Fast	9	2	2	5	9	20	−11	6
85	River	9	1	4	4	9	12	−3	6
86	Piauí	9	0	6	3	8	15	−7	6
87	América-RN	9	2	1	6	5	12	−7	5
88	Operário-PR	9	2	1	6	3	13	−10	5
89	Colatina	9	1	3	5	2	9	−7	5
90	Tiradentes	9	1	3	5	7	16	−9	5
91	Avaí	9	0	5	4	9	14	−5	5
92	Rio Negro	9	1	2	6	7	17	−10	4
93	Chapecoense	9	0	3	6	6	16	−10	3
94	Guará	8	0	2	6	2	14	−12	2

Source: rsssf.com

References

• 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF