Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1996

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
master	Gremio Porto Alegre
Cup winners	Cruzeiro EC
Teams	24
Games	290
Gates	787  (ø 2.71 per game)
spectator	3,164,890  (ø 10,913 per game)
Top scorer	Renaldo , Paulo Nunes (19 goals)
← Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1997 →
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1996 ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1996 was the 40th season of the Brazilian Série A .

Season course

The Série A started its new season on August 8, 1996 and ended on December 15, 1996. The championship was organized by the national association CBF .

During the competition, all 24 clubs of the Série A met once on a pre-season schedule. The best eight teams then competed against each other again in quarter-finals and semi-finals to determine the finalists. The final table including the results from the knockout games was used to determine the qualification for the international competitions.

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 Djalminha from SE Palmeiras . The top scorers were Renaldo and Paulo Nunes with 19 goals.

On May 7, 1997 the news magazine Jornal Nacional published recordings of telephone conversations made by a corruption system within the CBF. The voice of Ivens Mendes, President of CONAF (National Football Arbitration Commission) since 1988, was identified in a tape recording of a telephone conversation. In this phone call with the President of Atlético Paranese, Mario Celso Petraglia, it was apparently agreed that the referee would whistle for Atlético in exchange for a cash payment in the game against Vasco da Gama. The game was held on April 3, 1997 in Curitiba. Atlético won 3-1, with referee Oscar Roberto de Godoi dismissing striker Edmundo von Vasco. Another recording appeared to be about an arrangement with the President Alberto Dualib of the SC Corinthians.

On May 14, the House Committee on Education, Culture and Sport set up a committee of inquiry. Its work was never officially completed. There was also no final report, only a draft for it. There were only sporting consequences for Athletico Paranaense , who was the only one who could prove an advantage. The club received a deduction of five points for the 1997 season. This incident also led the CBF to the decision that the actual relegated teams of the season could remain in the league.

Preliminary round table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Cruzeiro EC	23	13	05	05	31:17	+ 14	44
02.	Guarani FC	23	13	04th	06th	23:14	+ 09	43
03.	SE Palmeiras	23	12	07th	04th	42:20	+ 22	43
04th	Atlético Paranese (N)	23	12	03	08th	41:28	+ 13	39
05.	Atlético Mineiro	23	12	03	08th	39:32	+ 07	39
06th	Gremio Porto Alegre	23	11	05	07th	42:27	+ 15	38
07th	Goiás EC	23	11	04th	08th	37:27	+ 10	37
08th.	Portuguesa	23	11	03	09	32:29	+ 03	36
09.	SC Internacional	23	10	05	08th	31:27	+ 04	35
10.	Sport Recife	23	10	05	08th	32:31	+ 01	35
11.	Sao Paulo FC	23	09	08th	06th	39:32	+ 03	35
12.	SC Corinthians	23	07th	11	05	20:19	- 01	32
13.	CR Flamengo	23	09	03	11	24:31	- 07th	30th
14th	Coritiba FC	23	08th	05	10	25:30	- 05th	29
15th	EC Vitória	23	08th	05	10	32:39	- 07th	29
16.	Paraná Clube	23	08th	04th	11	26:30	- 04th	28
17th	Botafogo FR (M)	23	07th	07th	07th	33:35	- 02nd	28
18th	CR Vasco da Gama	23	08th	03	12	37:43	- 06	27
19th	EC Juventude	23	08th	03	12	31:37	- 06	27
20th	FC Santos	23	07th	06th	10	26:31	- 05th	27
21st	Criciúma EC	23	06th	05	12	31:39	- 08	23
22nd	EC Bahia (N)	23	05	08th	10	25:35	- 10	23
23.	Fluminense FC	23	06th	04th	13	26:50	- 24	22nd
24.	CA Bragantino	23	05	04th	14th	26:48	- 22	19th

	Qualified for the top eight round
	Relegated to Série B for 1997 -> but not completed
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from Série B 1995

KO round

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Cruzeiro EC	1: 3	Portuguesa	1-0	0: 3
Atlético Mineiro	3: 2	Atlético Paranese	3: 1	0: 1
SE Palmeiras	2: 3	Gremio Porto Alegre	1-0	1: 3
Guarani FC	2: 3	Goiás EC	1-0	1: 3

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Portuguesa	3: 2	Atlético Mineiro	1-0	2: 2
Goiás EC	3: 4	Gremio Porto Alegre	2: 2	1: 3

final

After the two finals there was no winner. A penalty shootout was not planned. Due to the better table placement in the preliminary round, Gremio Porto Alegre was awarded the championship title.

1st game

Portuguesa		Gremio Porto Alegre
	December 11, 1996 in Estádio do Morumbi , São Paulo Result: 2: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 29,355 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos
	Clemer , Valmir , Émerson , Marcelo , Roque , Capitão , Alexandre Gallo , Zé Roberto , Wolnei Caio , Rodrigo Fabri ( Tico ), Alex Alves ( Flávio Guarujá ) Trainer: Candinho	Danrlei , Ribeiro , Adílson Batista , Rivarola , Roger , Dinho ( Mauro Galvão ), Goiano , Emerson ( João Antônio ), Carlos Miguel ( Ailton Ferraz ), Paulo Nunes , Zé Alcino Trainer: Luiz Felipe Scolari
	1-0 Gallo (38th) 2-0 Rodrigo Fabri (60th)
	Valmir	Adílson Batista, Roger, Emerson
		Ribeiro

2nd game

Gremio Porto Alegre		Portuguesa
	December 15, 1996 in Estádio Olímpico Monumental , Porto Alegre Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 52,587 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas
	Danrlei , Arce , Rivarola ( Luciano ), Mauro Galvão , Roger , Dinho ( Ailton Ferraz ), Goiano , Emerson ( Zé Afonso ), Carlos Miguel , Paulo Nunes , Zé Alcino Trainer: Luiz Felipe Scolari	Clemer , Valmir , Émerson , César Belli , Carlos Roberto ( Flávio Guarujá ), Capitão , Alexandre Gallo , Zé Roberto , Wolnei Caio , Rodrigo Fabri ( Tico ), Alex Alves Trainer: Candinho
	1-0 Paulo Nunes (3rd) 2-0 Ailton Ferraz (84th)
	Dinho, Goiano	Flávio Guarujá, Gallo

Closing table

The table of the preliminary round was supplemented by the goals scored and the number of games in the knockout round. The ranking is based on the number of rounds reached and only then based on the points gained.

01.	Gremio Porto Alegre	29	14th	06th	09	52:32	+ 20	48
02.	Portuguesa	29	14th	04th	11	40:34	+ 14	46
03.	Atlético Mineiro	27	13	04th	10	44:37	+ 07	43
04th	Goiás EC	27	12	05	10	43:34	+ 09	41
05.	Cruzeiro EC	25th	14th	05	06th	32:20	+ 12	47
06th	Guarani FC	25th	14th	04th	07th	25:17	+ 08	46
07th	SE Palmeiras	25th	13	07th	05	44:23	+ 11	46
08th.	Atlético Paranese (N)	25th	13	03	09	43:31	+ 12	42
09.	SC Internacional	23	10	05	08th	31:27	+ 04	35
10.	Sport Recife	23	10	05	08th	32:31	+ 01	35
11.	Sao Paulo FC	23	09	08th	06th	39:32	+ 03	35
12.	SC Corinthians	23	07th	11	05	20:19	- 01	32
13.	CR Flamengo	23	09	03	11	24:31	- 07th	30th
14th	Coritiba FC	23	08th	05	10	25:30	- 05th	29
15th	EC Vitória	23	08th	05	10	32:39	- 07th	29
16.	Paraná Clube	23	08th	04th	11	26:30	- 04th	28
17th	Botafogo FR (M)	23	07th	07th	07th	33:35	- 02nd	28
18th	CR Vasco da Gama	23	08th	03	12	37:43	- 06	27
19th	EC Juventude	23	08th	03	12	31:37	- 06	27
20th	FC Santos	23	07th	06th	10	26:31	- 05th	27
21st	Criciúma EC	23	06th	05	12	31:39	- 08	23
22nd	EC Bahia (N)	23	05	08th	10	25:35	- 10	23
23.	Fluminense FC	23	06th	04th	13	26:50	- 24	22nd
24.	CA Bragantino	23	05	04th	14th	26:48	- 22	19th

	Qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores as champions
	Qualified for the 1997 Copa Conmebol
	Qualified for the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL victorious Copa do Nordeste 1997
	Relegated to Série B 1997 -> was not carried out
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from Série B 1996

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Renaldo	Atlético MG	16 goals
		Paulo Nunes	Gremio
3		Túlio	Botafogo	13 goals
		Paulo Rink	Atlético PR
5		Djalminha	Palmeiras	12 goals
		Aílton	Guarani

List of football top scorers Série A (Brazil)

Web links

• Série A 1996 - Summary on rsssfbrasil.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report on the scandal on folha.uol.com.br
2. ↑ Report on the scandal on oglobo.globo.com