1985 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1985 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 29th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Coritiba won the championship for the first time, beating Bangu in the finals; both qualified for the 1986 Copa Libertadores.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season1985
ChampionsCoritiba
1st Campeonato Brasileiro title
1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores
de América
Top goalscorerEdmar (Guarani) - 20 goals
Biggest home winFlamengo 7-0 Santa Cruz (March 13, 1985)
Biggest away win
Highest scoringPaysandu 5-4 Sampaio Corrêa (April 10, 1985)
1984
1986

This season bears the bizarre distinction of being one of the few seasons in recorded top-level professional worldwide football history in which a team won the national championship outright while scoring fewer goals than it allowed. Coritiba won the title despite finishing with a negative overall goal differential. Another example is the 1986 K League, another split phase competition where the team that won a phase performed badly in another, before winning a finals knock out competition to win the championship.

Uberlândia finished with a goal differential of zero, but ended in 37th place.

Format

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There was a first phase (which consisted of two rounds), a second phase, a semifinal, and a final. During the first two phases, a win counted as two points while a draw counted as one, as was common at the time.

First phase, Groups A and B
20 clubs, selected from past championship records, divided into two groups of 10, with each club playing only the clubs of the other group. There were two rounds played. The winner of each group in each round would qualify (four teams in all). In addition, the two teams in each group with the best overall points from both rounds added together would qualify for the second phase. Therefore, a total of eight teams would qualify from Groups A and B.
First phase, Groups C and D
24 clubs, 22 selected from their records in the 1984 state championships, plus the finalists of the 1984 Série B, divided into two groups of 12, playing in two rounds, with each club playing only the clubs of their own group. Again, two full rounds were played. The winner of each round in each group would qualify (four teams in all). In addition, the two teams in each group with the best overall points from both rounds added together would qualify for the second phase. Therefore, a total of eight teams would qualify from Groups C and D.
Second phase
The 16 qualified teams of the first phase were placed into four mini-leagues (or groups) with four teams each. The teams played each other twice inside their own mini-league, and the winners of each mini-league qualified to the semifinals.
Semifinal
The four qualified teams were placed into two brackets of two teams with the teams in each bracket playing twice (home and away), and the winners, decided on aggregate score, qualified to the finals.
Finals
Played by the two qualified teams, in a single match, at the stadium of the finalist with the best record throughout the championship. In case of a draw in normal time, a penalty shootout would be used to determine the champions.

First phase

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First round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Atlético Mineiro 10 6 3 1 17 8 +9 15 Second phase
2   Corinthians 10 5 3 2 14 6 +8 13
3   Guarani 10 5 2 3 17 12 +5 12
4   Grêmio 10 3 6 1 13 9 +4 12
5   Botafogo 10 4 2 4 14 16 −2 10
6   Fluminense 10 3 4 3 12 11 +1 10
7   Palmeiras 10 3 2 5 13 14 −1 8
8   Coritiba 10 3 1 6 8 14 −6 7
9   America-RJ 10 2 2 6 8 15 −7 6
10   Santa Cruz 10 2 2 6 8 20 −12 6
Source: rsssf.com

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Flamengo 10 6 2 2 12 5 +7 14 Second phase
2   Internacional 10 6 1 3 18 9 +9 13
3   Vasco da Gama 10 4 3 3 18 16 +2 11
4   Náutico 10 4 3 3 11 9 +2 11
5   São Paulo 10 4 2 4 17 19 −2 10
6   Santos 10 4 2 4 11 13 −2 10
7   Cruzeiro 10 3 4 3 11 10 +1 10
8   Bahia 10 3 4 3 8 10 −2 10
9   Portuguesa 10 2 2 6 9 16 −7 6
10   Goiás 10 1 4 5 10 17 −7 6
Source: rsssf.com

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sport 11 9 1 1 19 3 +16 19 Second phase
2   Mixto 11 5 4 2 12 10 +2 14
3   Botafogo-PB 11 4 6 1 9 7 +2 14
4   CSA 11 5 3 3 16 11 +5 13
5   Ceará 11 4 5 2 14 8 +6 13
6   Paysandu 11 3 6 2 11 8 +3 12
7   Nacional-AM 11 4 1 6 15 18 −3 9
8   Flamengo-PI 11 3 3 5 7 10 −3 9
9   ABC-RN 11 3 3 5 10 15 −5 9
10   Sampaio Corrêa 11 1 6 4 12 16 −4 8
11   Sergipe 11 2 2 7 6 17 −11 6
12   Remo 11 1 4 6 10 18 −8 6
Source: rsssf.com

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bangu 11 7 3 1 15 6 +9 17 Second phase
2   Ponte Preta 11 7 3 1 15 6 +9 17
3   Joinville 11 7 1 3 16 6 +10 15
4   Leônico 11 5 2 4 14 15 −1 12
5   Pinheiros 11 4 4 3 13 10 +3 12
6   Brasil de Pelotas 11 4 3 4 16 16 0 11
7   Brasília 11 4 3 4 12 12 0 11
8   Desportiva Ferroviária 11 4 0 7 12 17 −5 8
9   Villa Nova 11 3 2 6 10 15 −5 8
10   Uberlândia 11 2 4 5 11 14 −3 8
11   Vila Nova-GO 11 2 4 5 11 17 −6 8
12   Corumbaense 11 1 3 7 4 15 −11 5
Source: rsssf.com

Second round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Coritiba 10 5 2 3 10 9 +1 12 Second phase
2   Fluminense 10 4 3 3 12 10 +2 11
3   Guarani 10 2 7 1 10 9 +1 11
4   Botafogo 10 5 0 5 12 20 −8 10
5   Atlético Mineiro 10 4 2 4 13 11 +2 10
6   Corinthians 10 3 4 3 10 9 +1 10
7   Palmeiras 10 2 6 2 15 14 +1 10
8   Grêmio 10 3 3 4 12 12 0 9
9   America-RJ 10 2 3 5 11 16 −5 7
10   Santa Cruz 10 2 1 7 13 27 −14 5
Source: rsssf.com

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bahia 10 7 2 1 19 9 +10 16 Second phase
2   Vasco da Gama 10 6 2 2 10 6 +4 14
3   Goiás 10 4 2 4 11 10 +1 10
4   Internacional 10 3 4 3 9 7 +2 10
5   Santos 10 3 4 3 12 12 0 10
6   São Paulo 10 3 4 3 19 20 −1 10
7   Náutico 10 4 1 5 14 19 −5 9
8   Flamengo 10 3 3 4 21 13 +8 9
9   Portuguesa 10 2 5 3 10 10 0 9
10   Cruzeiro 10 2 4 4 12 12 0 8
Source: rsssf.com

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sport 11 9 1 1 23 7 +16 19
2   Ceará 11 9 0 2 20 9 +11 18 Second phase
3   Nacional-AM 11 6 3 2 24 11 +13 15
4   CSA 11 5 3 3 16 8 +8 13
5   Paysandu 11 5 3 3 15 13 +2 13
6   Mixto 11 5 3 3 11 12 −1 13
7   Botafogo-PB 11 3 4 4 12 16 −4 10
8   Remo 11 4 0 7 9 20 −11 8
9   ABC-RN 11 3 2 6 17 18 −1 8
10   Flamengo-PI 11 2 2 7 7 14 −7 6
11   Sergipe 11 1 3 7 9 20 −11 5
12   Sampaio Corrêa 11 1 2 8 12 27 −15 4
Source: rsssf.com

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bangu 11 7 2 2 22 10 +12 16
2   Brasil de Pelotas 11 6 4 1 20 9 +11 16 Second phase
3   Ponte Preta 11 5 5 1 22 12 +10 15
4   Vila Nova-GO 11 5 2 4 14 17 −3 12
5   Joinville 11 4 4 3 12 10 +2 12
6   Brasília 11 4 4 3 10 10 0 12
7   Pinheiros 11 3 5 3 8 7 +1 11
8   Uberlândia 11 4 1 6 15 12 +3 9
9   Desportiva Ferroviária 11 3 3 5 6 13 −7 9
10   Corumbaense 11 3 2 6 12 22 −10 8
11   Villa Nova 11 2 3 6 8 16 −8 7
12   Leônico 11 2 1 8 7 18 −11 5
Source: rsssf.com

Overall, aggregated results from the first phase

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Atlético Mineiro 20 10 5 5 30 19 +11 25 Second phase
2   Corinthians 20 8 7 5 24 15 +9 23 Second phase
3   Guarani 20 7 9 4 27 21 +6 23
4   Fluminense 20 7 7 6 24 21 +3 21
5   Grêmio 20 6 9 5 25 21 +4 21
6   Botafogo 20 9 2 9 26 36 −10 20
7   Coritiba 20 8 3 9 18 23 −5 19 Second phase
8   Palmeiras 20 5 8 7 28 28 0 18
9   America-RJ 20 4 5 11 19 31 −12 13
10   Santa Cruz 20 4 3 13 21 47 −26 11
Source: rsssf.com

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bahia 20 10 6 4 27 19 +8 26 Second phase
2   Vasco da Gama 20 10 5 5 28 22 +6 25 Second phase
3   Flamengo 20 9 5 6 33 18 +15 23 Second phase
4   Internacional 20 9 5 6 27 16 +11 23 Second phase
5   Náutico 20 8 4 8 25 18 +7 20
6   Santos 20 7 6 7 23 25 −2 20
7   São Paulo 20 7 6 7 36 39 −3 20
8   Cruzeiro 20 5 8 7 23 22 +1 18
9   Goiás 20 5 6 9 21 27 −6 16
10   Portuguesa 20 4 7 9 19 26 −7 15
Source: rsssf.com

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sport 22 18 2 2 42 10 +32 38 Second phase
2   Ceará 22 13 5 4 34 17 +17 31
3   Mixto 22 10 7 5 23 22 +1 27 Second phase
4   CSA 22 10 6 6 32 19 +13 26
5   Paysandu 22 8 9 5 26 21 +5 25
6   Nacional-AM 22 10 4 8 39 29 +10 24
7   Botafogo-PB 22 7 10 5 21 23 −2 24
8   ABC-RN 22 6 5 11 27 33 −6 17
9   Flamengo-PI 22 5 5 12 14 24 −10 15
10   Remo 22 5 4 13 19 38 −19 14
11   Sampaio Corrêa 22 2 8 12 24 43 −19 12
12   Sergipe 22 3 5 14 15 37 −22 11
Source: rsssf.com

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bangu 22 14 5 3 37 16 +21 33 Second phase
2   Ponte Preta 22 12 8 2 37 18 +19 32 Second phase
3   Joinville 22 11 5 6 28 16 +12 27
4   Brasil de Pelotas 22 10 7 5 36 25 +11 27 Second phase
5   Brasília 22 8 7 7 22 22 0 23
6   Pinheiros 22 7 9 6 21 17 +4 23
7   Vila Nova-GO 22 7 6 9 25 34 −9 20
8   Leônico 22 7 3 12 21 33 −12 17
9   Desportiva Ferroviária 22 7 3 12 18 30 −12 17
10   Uberlândia 22 6 5 11 26 26 0 17
11   Villa Nova 22 5 5 12 18 31 −13 15
12   Corumbaense 22 4 5 13 16 37 −21 13
Source: rsssf.com

Second phase

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Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Atlético Mineiro 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 9 Semifinals
2   Guarani 6 1 4 1 9 5 +4 6
3   Ponte Preta 6 1 4 1 4 3 +1 6
4   CSA 6 0 3 3 1 10 −9 3
Source: rsssf.com

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brasil de Pelotas 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 9 Semifinals
2   Flamengo 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 7
3   Ceará 6 1 3 2 5 12 −7 5
4   Bahia 6 1 1 4 8 10 −2 3
Source: rsssf.com

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Coritiba 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 8 Semifinals
2   Sport 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 7
3   Joinville 6 2 1 3 8 7 +1 5
4   Corinthians 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 4
Source: rsssf.com

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bangu 6 4 2 0 13 5 +8 10 Semifinals
2   Internacional 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 7
3   Vasco da Gama 6 1 3 2 9 9 0 5
4   Mixto 6 0 2 4 4 14 −10 2
Source: rsssf.com

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Brasil de Pelotas  1–4  Bangu 0–1 1–3
Coritiba  1–0  Atlético Mineiro 1–0 0–0

Finals

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Bangu  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Coritiba
Lulinha   35' Índio   25'
Penalties
5–6
Attendance: 91,257

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Coritiba 29 12 7 10 25 27 −2 31
2 Bangu 31 20 8 3 55 23 +32 48
3 Brasil de Pelotas 30 14 8 8 48 33 +15 36
4 Atlético Mineiro 28 13 9 6 37 23 +14 35
5 Sport 28 20 5 3 49 16 +33 45
6 Ponte Preta 28 13 12 3 41 21 +20 38
7 Ceará 28 14 8 6 39 29 +10 36
8 Joinville 28 13 6 9 36 23 +13 32
9 Flamengo 26 11 8 7 40 23 +17 30
10 Internacional 26 11 8 7 36 23 +13 30
11 Vasco da Gama 26 11 8 7 37 31 +6 30
12 Bahia 26 11 7 8 35 29 +6 29
13 CSA 28 10 9 9 33 29 +4 29
14 Mixto 28 10 9 9 27 36 −9 29
15 Guarani 26 8 13 5 36 26 +10 29
16 Corinthians 26 9 9 8 27 22 +5 27
17 Fluminense 20 7 7 6 24 21 +3 21
18 Grêmio 20 6 9 5 25 21 +4 21
19 Botafogo 20 9 2 9 26 36 −10 20
20 Náutico 20 8 4 8 25 28 −3 20
21 Santos 20 7 6 7 23 25 −2 20
22 São Paulo 20 7 6 7 36 39 −3 20
23 Cruzeiro 20 5 8 7 23 22 +1 18
24 Palmeiras 20 5 8 7 28 28 0 18
25 Goiás 20 5 6 9 21 27 −6 16
26 Portuguesa 20 4 7 9 19 26 −7 15
27 América-RJ 20 4 5 11 19 31 −12 13
28 Santa Cruz 20 4 3 13 21 47 −26 11
29 Paysandu 22 8 9 5 26 21 +5 25
30 Nacional 22 10 4 8 39 29 +10 24
31 Botafogo-PB 22 7 10 5 21 23 −2 24
32 Brasília 22 8 7 7 22 22 0 23
33 Pinheiros 22 7 9 6 21 17 +4 23
34 Vila Nova-GO 22 7 6 9 25 34 −9 20
35 Leônico 22 7 3 12 21 33 −12 17
36 Desportiva Capixaba 22 7 3 12 18 30 −12 17
37 Uberlândia 22 6 5 11 26 26 0 17
38 ABC 22 6 5 11 27 33 −6 17
39 Flamengo-PI 22 5 5 12 14 24 −10 15
40 Villa Nova-MG 22 5 5 12 18 31 −13 15
41 Remo 22 5 4 13 19 38 −19 14
42 Corumbaense 22 4 5 13 16 37 −21 13
43 Sampaio Corrêa 22 2 8 12 24 43 −19 12
44 Sergipe 22 3 5 14 15 37 −22 11
Source: rsssf.com

References

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