Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1994

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
master	SE Palmeiras
Cup winners	Gremio FBPA
Relegated	Clube do Remo , Nautical Capibaribe
Teams	24
Games	310
Gates	744  (ø 2.4 per game)
spectator	3,168,868  (ø 10,222 per game)
Top scorer	Márcio Amoroso , Túlio (19 goals)
← Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1993 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1995 →
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1994 ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1994 was the 38th season of the Brazilian Série A .

Season course

The Série A started its new season on August 13, 1994 and ended on December 18, 1994. The championship was organized by the national association CBF . This year the two-point rule was applied in Brazil for the last time .

1st round mode : First the clubs competed in four groups (A - D) of six teams each and played against each other once. The first four teams in each group qualified for the second round. The group winners also received a bonus point for the second round.

2nd round : The sixteen teams competed in two groups (E - F) of eight teams each and played against each other once. The group winners qualified directly for the quarter-finals.

3rd round : The teams in groups E and F each played once against the members of the other group. The group winners qualified directly for the quarter-finals.

Overall table qualification : An overall table was created from the results of the second and third round. The two best teams that had not yet qualified for the quarter-finals made it through to the quarter-finals.

Round of hope : The eight teams that were eliminated in the first round played the last two places in the quarter-finals and the two relegated teams to the 1995 Série B.

After the season, as every year, awards were given to the best players of the year. The “ Golden Ball ”, awarded by the sports magazine Placar , went to Márcio Amoroso from SE Palmeiras . The top scorers were Márcio Amoroso and Túlio with 19 goals.

For the Copa Libertadores 1995 , SE Palmeiras qualified as champions in 1994 and Grêmio Porto Alegre as cup winners in 1994.

1 round

Group A

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SC Corinthians	10	5	3	2	18:14	+ 04	13
02.	CR Flamengo	10	4th	4th	2	16:11	+ 05	12
03.	Gremio FBPA	10	4th	2	2	12: 9	+ 03	12
04th	Sport Recife	10	3	4th	3	11:16	- 05th	10
05.	Criciúma EC	10	2	5	3	14:11	+ 03	9
06th	CA Bragantino	10	1	2	7th	8:18	- 10	4th

	Qualified for the second round with bonus point as group first
	Qualified for the second round

Group B

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Botafogo FR	10	5	2	3	16:12	+ 04	12
02.	Paysandu SC	10	5	2	3	14:13	+ 01	12
03.	Sao Paulo FC	10	3	5	2	11:10	+ 01	11
04th	Portuguesa	10	2	6th	2	9: 5	0000	10
05.	Atlético Mineiro	10	2	4th	4th	8:10	- 02nd	8th
06th	EC Vitória	10	1	5	4th	9:13	- 04th	7th

	Qualified for the second round with bonus point as group first
	Qualified for the second round

Group C

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Guarani FC	10	8th	1	2	23:11	+ 12	15th
02.	FC Santos	10	7th	2	2	19: 8	+ 11	14th
03.	CR Vasco da Gama	10	6th	3	2	15:10	+ 05	11
04th	EC Bahia	10	5	4th	2	13: 8	+ 05	11
05.	Clube do Remo	10	5	3	3	20:16	+ 04	5
06th	Cruzeiro EC	10	3	3	5	13:18	- 05th	4th

	Qualified for the second round with bonus point as group first
	Qualified for the second round

Group D

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SE Palmeiras (M)	10	9	1	0	26: 7	+ 19	19th
02.	Fluminense FC	10	4th	2	4th	14:15	- 01	10
03.	Paraná Clube	10	3	3	4th	15:18	- 03	9
04th	SC Internacional	10	5	4th	2	9: 5	+ 04	8th
05.	União São João EC	10	3	2	5	14:13	+ 01	8th
06th	Náutico capibaribe	10	1	4th	5	7:19	- 12	6th

	Qualified for the second round with bonus point as group first
	Qualified for the second round
(M)	Champion of the previous year

2nd round

Group E

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SC Corinthians 1	7th	5	1	1	13: 6	+ 7	12
02.	Guarani FC 1	7th	4th	3	0	11: 6	+ 5	12
03.	Gremio FBPA	7th	3	1	3	9: 9	0	7th
04th	SC Internacional	7th	2	3	2	9:10	- 1	7th
05.	Paysandu SC	7th	2	2	3	6: 8	- 2nd	6th
06th	CR Vasco da Gama	7th	2	1	4th	6: 8	- 2nd	5
07th	Portuguesa	7th	2	1	4th	6: 8	- 2nd	5
08th.	Fluminense FC	7th	1	2	4th	7:12	- 5th	4th

Qualified for the quarter finals

¹Incl. Bonus point as group winner from round 1

Group F.

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SE Palmeiras 1 (M)	7th	4th	2	1	8: 5	+ 3	11
02.	Sport Recife	7th	4th	2	1	15: 8	+ 7	10
03.	Sao Paulo FC	7th	6th	1	5	17:14	+ 03	9
04th	EC Bahia	7th	2	4th	1	9: 8	+ 01	8th
05.	FC Santos	7th	4th	2	6th	17:18	- 01	6th
06th	Botafogo FR 1	7th	3	5	4th	14:12	+ 03	6th
07th	CR Flamengo	7th	4th	1	7th	18:19	- 01	4th
08th.	Paraná Clube	7th	4th	1	7th	18:19	- 01	4th

	Qualified for the quarter finals
(M)	Champion of the previous year

¹Incl. Bonus point as group winner from round 1

3rd round

Group E

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Guarani FC	8th	5	2	1	11: 5	+ 06	12
02.	Portuguesa	8th	5	1	2	16: 8	+ 08	11
03.	Fluminense FC	8th	3	2	3	14:13	+ 01	8th
04th	CR Vasco da Gama	8th	2	4th	2	4: 7	- 03	8th
05.	SC Internacional	8th	2	3	3	4: 5	- 01	7th
06th	Gremio FBPA	8th	2	1	5	6:12	- 06	5
07th	Paysandu SC	8th	1	2	5	2:11	- 09	4th
08th.	SC Corinthians	8th	1	2	5	6:16	- 10	4th

	Qualified for the quarter finals
	was already qualified for the quarter-finals

Group F.

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Botafogo FR	8th	5	3	0	13: 5	+ 8	13
02.	FC Santos	8th	5	1	2	10: 3	+ 7	11
03.	Sao Paulo FC	8th	5	0	3	14: 9	+ 5	10
04th	EC Bahia	8th	3	4th	1	10: 6	+ 4	10
05.	Paraná Clube	8th	3	2	3	9: 9	0	8th
06th	CR Flamengo	8th	2	3	3	5: 9	- 4th	7th
07th	SE Palmeiras (M)	8th	2	2	4th	11:12	- 1	6th
08th.	Sport Recife	8th	1	2	5	5:10	- 5th	4th

	Qualified for the quarter finals
	was already qualified for the quarter-finals
(M)	Champion of the previous year

Qualification table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Guarani FC	38	21st	12	05	66:36	+ 30	75
02.	Sao Paulo FC	38	21st	09	08th	59:35	+ 24	72
03.	Botafogo FR	38	21st	04th	13	59:44	+ 15	67
04th	EC Bahia	38	19th	08th	11	55:45	+ 10	65
05.	FC Santos	38	18th	10	10	67:48	+ 19	64
06th	SE Palmeiras (M)	38	15th	09	14th	48:47	+ 01	54
07th	Portuguesa	38	15th	08th	15th	51:43	+ 08	53
08th.	SC Corinthians	38	14th	11	13	57:47	+ 10	53
09.	Sport Recife	38	14th	11	13	55:48	+ 07	53
10.	SC Internacional	38	15th	07th	16	48:44	+ 04	52
11.	CR Vasco da Gama	38	13	10	14th	48:45	+ 03	52
12.	Gremio FBPA	38	12	12	14th	50:61	- 11	48
13.	Fluminense FC	38	12	09	17th	45:54	- 09	45
14th	Paraná Clube	38	11	12	15th	49:48	+ 01	45
15th	CR Flamengo	38	11	12	15th	44:53	- 11	45
16.	Paysandu SC	38	11	11	16	44:54	- 10	44

	Qualified for the quarter-finals by placing in this table
	was already qualified for the quarter-finals
(M)	Champion of the previous year

Round of hope

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	CA Bragantino	14th	7th	5	2	20:10	+ 10	19th
02.	Atlético Mineiro	14th	7th	4th	3	22:13	+ 09	18th
03.	EC Vitória	14th	6th	3	5	16:15	+ 01	15th
04th	Criciúma EC	14th	5	4th	5	16:18	- 02nd	14th
05.	União São João EC	14th	4th	5	5	16:18	- 02nd	13
06th	Cruzeiro EC	14th	5	2	7th	15:19	- 04th	12
07th	Clube do Remo	14th	4th	4th	6th	13:19	- 06	12
08th.	Náutico capibaribe	14th	4th	1	9	9:14	- 05th	9

	Qualified for the quarter finals
	Relegated to Série B in 1995

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Mineiro	3: 2	Botafogo FR	2-0	1: 2
CA Bragantino	1: 1	SC Corinthians	1: 1	0-0
EC Bahia	2: 4	SE Palmeiras	1: 2	1: 2
Sao Paulo FC	3: 4	Guarani FC	1-0	2: 4

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Mineiro	3: 3	SC Corinthians	3: 2	0: 1
SE Palmeiras	5: 2	Guarani FC	3: 1	2: 1

final

1st game

SC Corinthians		SE Palmeiras
	December 15, 1994 in Estádio do Pacaembu , São Paulo Result: 1: 3 (0: 0) Spectators: 36,409 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva
	Ronaldo , Paulo Roberto , Pinga ( Gralak ), Henrique , Branco , Zé Elias , Luisinho , Marcelinho Paulista ( Marques ), Souza , Marcelinho Carioca , Viola Trainer: Jair Pereira	Velloso , Cláudio , Zago , Cléber , Roberto Carlos , César Sampaio , Flávio Conceição , Zinho , Rivaldo , Edmundo ( Amaral ), Evair Trainer: Vanderlei Luxemburgo
	1: 3 Marques (67th)	0: 1 Rivaldo (44.) 0: 2 Rivaldo (63.) 0: 3 Edmundo (65.)
	Paulo Roberto, Zé Elias, Marcelinho Carioca, viola	Evair, Cléber

2nd game

SE Palmeiras		SC Corinthians
	December 18, 1994 in Estádio do Pacaembu , São Paulo Result: 1: 1 (0: 1) Spectators: 35,217 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas
	Velloso , Cláudio , Zago , Cléber , Wágner , César Sampaio , Flávio Conceição ( Amaral ), Zinho , Rivaldo , Edmundo ( Tonhão ), Evair Trainer: Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Ronaldo , Paulo Roberto , Gralak , Henrique , Branco , Luisinho , Marcelinho Paulista , Souza ( Tupãzinho ), Marcelinho Carioca , Viola ( Marques ) Trainer: Jair Pereira
	1: 1 Rivaldo (81st)	0: 1 Marques (3rd)
	Zago, César Sampaio	Ronaldo, Gralak, Marcelinho Paulista
		Branco (52nd), Luisinho (64th)

Closing table

The tables only served to determine the placement of the individual teams in the season. It consists of all games played, with the exception of the games from the round of hope. The two finalists will be rated first, then the other semi-finalists in third and fourth place. The other quarter-finalists take fifth to eighth place. The last six are the teams from the round of hope that did not qualify for the quarter-finals.

01.	SE Palmeiras (M)	31	20th	06th	05	58:30	+ 28	46
02.	SC Corinthians	31	12	09	10	43:44	- 01	33
03.	Guarani FC	29	17th	06th	06th	45:26	+ 19	40
04th	Atlético Mineiro	28	11	08th	09	36:28	+ 08	30th
05.	Botafogo FR	27	13	06th	08th	38:32	+ 06	32
06th	Sao Paulo FC	27	12	08th	07th	42:35	+ 07	32
07th	EC Bahia	27	09	11	07th	32:31	+ 01	29
08th.	CA Bragantino	26th	08th	09	09	29:29	0000	25th
09.	FC Santos	25th	13	05	07th	36:22	+ 14	31
10.	Portuguesa	25th	09	08th	08th	26:20	+ 06	26th
11.	Gremio FBPA	25th	09	06th	10	27:30	- 03	24
12.	CR Vasco da Gama	25th	08th	08th	09	23:25	- 02nd	24
13.	Sport Recife	25th	08th	08th	09	31:34	- 03	24
14th	CR Flamengo	25th	07th	09	09	24:27	- 03	23
15th	Fluminense FC	25th	08th	06th	11	35:40	- 05th	22nd
16.	Paysandu SC	25th	08th	06th	11	22:32	- 10	22nd
17th	SC Internacional	25th	07th	08th	10	27:28	- 01	22nd
18th	Paraná Clube	25th	06th	09	10	29:35	- 06	21st
19th	EC Vitória	24	07th	08th	09	25:28	- 03	22nd
20th	Criciúma EC	24	07th	09	08th	34:34	0000	23
21st	União São João EC	24	07th	07th	10	26:32	- 06	21st
22nd	Cruzeiro EC	24	06th	04th	14th	22:35	- 13	16
23.	Clube do Remo	24	06th	05	13	18:34	- 16	17th
24.	Náutico capibaribe	24	05	05	14th	16:33	- 17th	15th

	Qualified for the 1995 Copa Libertadores as champions
	Qualified for the 1995 Copa Libertadores as a cup winner in 1994
	finalist
	Eliminated in the semi-finals
	Eliminated in the quarterfinals
	Eliminated after the 3rd round and determination of the qualification table
	Eliminated in the hope round
	Relegated to the Série B in 1995
(M)	Champion of the previous year

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Túlio	Botafogo	19 goals
		Márcio Amoroso	Guarani
2		Evair	Palmeiras	14 goals
		Ézio	Fluminense
		Rivaldo	Palmeiras
6th		Reinaldo	Atlético Mineiro	13 goals

List of football top scorers Série A (Brazil)

Web links

• Série A 1994 - Summary on rsssfbrasil.com