1998 in Brazilian football explained

Country:	Brazil
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Season:	1998
Prevseason:	1997
Nextseason:	1999
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The following article presents a summary of the 1998 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 97th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

See main article: 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Quarterfinals

Team #1	Agg	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Cruzeiro	6-5	Palmeiras	2-1	1-2	3-2
Grêmio	2-2	Corinthians	0-1	2-0	0-1
Portuguesa	5-3	Coritiba	3-1	0-0	2-2
Sport	4-6	Santos	3-1	1-2	0-3

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Cruzeiro	5-3	Portuguesa	3-1	1-2	1-0
Santos	3-4	Corinthians	2-1	0-2	1-1

Final----------------

Corinthians declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions by aggregate score of 5-3.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are América-MG, Goiás, Bragantino and América-RN, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

See main article: 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. Gama declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions.

Promotion

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Gama and Botafogo-SP, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The six worst teams among the two worst placed teams in each one of the four groups in the first stage, which were Atlético Goianiense, Náutico, Volta Redonda, Americano, Fluminense and Juventus, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

See main article: 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. Avaí declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions.

Promotion

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Avaí and São Caetano, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Copa do Brasil

See main article: Copa do Brasil 1998.

The Copa do Brasil final was played between Palmeiras and Cruzeiro.------------

Palmeiras declared as the cup champions on better goal difference by aggregate score of 2-1.

Regional and state championship champions

Regional championship champions

Competition	Champion
Campeonato do Nordeste	América-RN
Copa Norte	Sampaio Corrêa
Torneio Rio-São Paulo	Botafogo

State championship champions

State	Champion	State	Champion
Acre	Independência	Paraíba	Botafogo-PB
Alagoas	CSA	Paraná	Atlético Paranaense
Amapá	Aliança	Pernambuco	Sport Recife
Amazonas	São Raimundo	Piauí	Picos
Bahia	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro	Vasco
Ceará	Ceará	Rio Grande do Norte	ABC
Distrito Federal	Gama	Rio Grande do Sul	Juventude
Espírito Santo	Linhares EC	Rondônia	Ji-Paraná
Goiás	Goiás	Roraima	Atlético Roraima
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa	Santa Catarina	Criciúma
Mato Grosso	Sinop	São Paulo	São Paulo
Mato Grosso do Sul	Ubiratan	Sergipe	Lagartense
Minas Gerais	Cruzeiro	Tocantins	Alvorada
Pará	Paysandu

Youth competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa Macaé de Juvenis	Vasco
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil	Grêmio
Copa São Paulo de Juniores	Internacional
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores	Palmeiras

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa Paraná	Atlético Paranaense
Copa Pernambuco	Sport
Copa Rio	Fluminense
Copa Santa Catarina	Tubarão
Torneio Maria Quitéria	Bahia

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

width= 14%	Team	width= 14%	Copa Libertadores 1998	width= 14%	Copa Mercosur 1998	width= 14%	Copa CONMEBOL 1998	width= 14%	Copa Interamericana 1998	width= 14%	Recopa Sudamericana 1998	width= 14%	Intercontinental Cup 1998
América-RN	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Round of 16	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlético Mineiro	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Semifinals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Corinthians	Did not qualify	Group stage	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cruzeiro	Round of 16	Runner-up	Did not qualify	N/A	Champions	N/A
Flamengo	Did not qualify	Group stage	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grêmio	Quarterfinals	Group stage	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A	N/A
Palmeiras	Did not qualify	Champions	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sampaio Corrêa	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Semifinals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Santos	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Champions	N/A	N/A	N/A
São Paulo	Did not qualify	Group stage	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vasco	Champions	Group stage	Did not qualify	Runner-up	N/A	Runner-up

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1998.

width=12%	Date	width=12%	Opposition	width=1%	Result	width=7%	Score	width=26%	Brazil scorers	width=18%	Competition
February 3, 1998		D	0-0	-	Gold Cup
February 5, 1998		D	1-1	Romário	Gold Cup
February 8, 1998		W	4-0	Edmundo, Romário, Élber (2)	Gold Cup
February 10, 1998		L	0-1	-	Gold Cup
February 15, 1998		W	1-0	Romário	Gold Cup
March 25, 1998		W	2-1	César Sampaio, Ronaldo	International Friendly
April 29, 1998		L	0-1	-	International Friendly
May 31, 1998	Athletic Bilbao	D	1-1	Rivaldo	Friendly (unofficial match)^[1]
June 3, 1998		W	3-0	Giovanni, Rivaldo, Cafu	International Friendly
June 10, 1998		W	2-1	César Sampaio, Tom Boyd (own goal)	World Cup
June 16, 1998		W	3-0	Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Bebeto	World Cup
June 23, 1998		L	1-2	Bebeto	World Cup
June 27, 1998		W	4-1	César Sampaio (2), Ronaldo (2)	World Cup
July 3, 1998		W	3-2	Bebeto, Rivaldo (2)	World Cup
July 7, 1998		D	1-1 (4-2 pen)	Ronaldo	World Cup
July 12, 1998		L	0-3	-	World Cup
September 23, 1998		D	1-1	Marcelinho Carioca	International Friendly
October 14, 1998		W	5-1	Marcelinho Carioca, Élber (3), Cafu	International Friendly
October 18, 1998		W	5-1	Élber, Amoroso (2), Rivaldo, Marcos Assunção	International Friendly

Women's football

Brazil women's national football team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1998.

width=12%	Date	width=12%	Opposition	width=1%	Result	width=7%	Score	width=26%	Brazil scorers	width=18%	Competition
March 2, 1998		W	15 - 0	unavailable
March 5, 1998		W	12 - 1	unavailable	Sudamericano Femenino
March 6, 1998		W	14 - 0	unavailable	Sudamericano Femenino
March 10, 1998		W	7 - 0	unavailable	Sudamericano Femenino
March 13, 1998		W	11 - 1	unavailable	Sudamericano Femenino
March 15, 1998		W	7 - 1	unavailable	Sudamericano Femenino
September 15, 1998		D	2 - 2	Pretinha (2)	U.S. Cup
September 18, 1998		W	11 - 0	Roseli (6), Pretinha (4), Nenê	U.S. Cup
September 20, 1998		L	0 - 3		U.S. Cup

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 1998:

Competition	Performance
Sudamericano Femenino	Champions
U.S. Cup	Runner-up

Domestic competition champions

Competition	Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro	Portuguesa
Campeonato Carioca	Vasco
Campeonato Paulista	Lusa Sant'Anna

References

Notes and References

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