Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1997

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
master	CR Vasco da Gama
Cup winners	Gremio Porto Alegre
Relegated	EC Bahia , Criciúma EC , Fluminense FC , União São João EC
Teams	26th
Games	351
Gates	969  (ø 2.76 per game)
spectator	3,684,353  (ø 10,497 per game)
Top scorer	Edmundo (29 goals)
← Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1996 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1998 →
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1997 ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1997 was the 41st season of the Brazilian Série A .

Season course

The Série A started its new season on July 5, 1997 and ended on December 21, 1997. The championship was organized by the national association CBF .

During the competition, all 26 Série A clubs met once based on a pre-season schedule. The best eight teams then met again in two groups. Two group winners were determined in each of the first and second legs. These then also competed against each other in the return leg. The final table, including the results from the knockout games, was used to determine the qualification for the international competitions.

Due to a corruption scandal in the 1996 season, Athletico Paranaense was fined five points for the 1997 season. This incident also led the CBF to the decision that the relegated teams from the 1996 season could remain in the league and the starting field was thus increased from 24 to 26 teams. For this, however, had to relegate four teams in the 1997 season.

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 Edmundo from the master CR Vasco da Gama . Edmundo was also the top scorer with 29 goals.

The season had the lowest number of spectators ever to an encounter (as of September 17, 2018). The game between EC Juventude and Portuguesa (result 2: 1) on December 3, 1997 in the Estádio Olímpico Monumental in Porto Alegre was only attended by 55 people.

Preliminary round table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	CR Vasco da Gama	25th	17th	03	05	55:32	+ 23	54
02.	SC Internacional	25th	15th	06th	04th	52:21	+ 31	51
03.	Atlético Mineiro	25th	14th	05	06th	42:33	+ 09	47
04th	Portuguesa	25th	12	09	04th	46:29	+ 17	45
05.	CR Flamengo	25th	12	06th	07th	30:24	+ 06	42
06th	FC Santos	25th	12	05	08th	39:33	+ 06	41
07th	SE Palmeiras	25th	10	10	05	47:24	+ 23	40
08th.	EC Juventude	25th	09	10	06th	24:20	+ 04	37
09.	EC Vitória	25th	09	09	07th	44:40	+ 04	36
10.	Botafogo FR	25th	08th	10	07th	32:32	0000	34
11.	Sport Recife	25th	09	06th	10	34:32	+ 02	33
12.	Sao Paulo FC	25th	08th	09	08th	41:32	+ 11	33
13.	Paraná Clube	25th	08th	08th	08th	30:30	0000	32
14th	Gremio Porto Alegre (M)	25th	07th	10	08th	34:47	- 13	31
15th	Coritiba FC	25th	07th	09	09	31:32	- 01	30th
16.	América FC (RN) (N)	25th	07th	09	09	31:40	- 09	30th
17th	SC Corinthians	25th	08th	05	12	23:27	- 04th	28
18th	Athletico Paranaense	25th	09	06th	10	37:41	- 04th	28
19th	Goiás EC	25th	08th	04th	13	30:40	- 10	28
20th	Cruzeiro EC	25th	06th	10	09	30:35	- 05th	28
21st	Guarani FC	25th	06th	10	09	36:43	- 07th	28
22nd	CA Bragantino	25th	07th	05	13	27:46	- 19th	26th
23.	EC Bahia	25th	06th	08th	11	39:49	- 10	26th
24.	Criciúma EC	25th	06th	07th	12	27:35	- 08	25th
25th	Fluminense FC	25th	04th	10	11	26:41	- 15	25th
26th	União São João EC (N)	25th	02	09	14th	18:47	- 29	15th

	Qualified for the top eight round
	Relegated to the Série B in 1998
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from Série B 1996

Second round

Group A

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	CR Vasco da Gama	6th	4th	2	0	46: 05	+ 9	14th
02.	CR Flamengo	6th	2	2	2	07: 08	- 1	8th
03.	EC Juventude	6th	2	1	3	11: 05	+ 6	7th
04th	Portuguesa	6th	1	1	4th	05: 08	- 3	4th

Finalists

Group B

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SE Palmeiras	6th	5	1	0	10: 04	+ 6	16
02.	FC Santos	6th	2	1	3	09:10	- 1	7th
03.	SC Internacional	6th	2	0	4th	08:10	- 2nd	6th
04th	Atlético Mineiro	6th	2	0	4th	06: 09	- 3	6th

Finalists

final

No goals were scored in either of the finals. Due to the better table placement in the preliminary round, the CR Vasco da Gama was awarded the championship title.

1st game

SE Palmeiras		CR Vasco da Gama
	December 14, 1997 in Estádio do Morumbi , São Paulo Result : 0-0 Spectators: 54,243 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva
	Velloso , Pimentel , Roque Júnior , Cléber , Junior , Rogério , Marquinhos , Alex ( Oseas ), Zinho , Euller ( Edmílson ), Viola Trainer: Luiz Felipe Scolari	Carlos Germano , Válber , Odvan , Mauro Galvão , Felipe , Luisinho , Nasa , Juninho ( Mauricinho ), Ramon ( Alex Pinho ), Edmundo , Evair ( Nélson ) Trainer: Antônio Lopes
	Edmílson	Carlos Germano, Válber, Felipe
		Edmundo (82).

2nd game

CR Vasco da Gama		SE Palmeiras
	December 21, 1997 in Estádio do Maracanã , Rio de Janeiro Result : 0-0 Spectators: 89,200 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos
	Carlos Germano , Válber , Odvan , Mauro Galvão , Felipe , Luisinho , Nasa , Juninho ( Pedrinho ), Ramon ( Alex Pinho ), Edmundo , Evair ( Nélson ) Trainer: Antônio Lopes	Velloso , Pimentel , Roque Júnior , Cléber , Junior , Galeano ( Marquinhos ), Rogério , Alex ( Oseas ), Zinho , Euller , Viola ( Cris ) Trainer: Luiz Felipe Scolari
	Carlos Germano, Edmundo	Zinho

Closing table

The table of the preliminary round was supplemented by the goals scored and the number of games in the knockout round.

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	CR Vasco da Gama	33	21st	07th	05	69:37	+ 32	70
02.	SE Palmeiras	33	15th	13	05	57:28	+ 29	58
03.	SC Internacional	31	17th	06th	08th	60:31	+ 29	57
04th	Atlético Mineiro	31	12	09	04th	46:29	+ 17	53
05.	CR Flamengo	31	12	06th	07th	30:24	+ 06	50
06th	Portuguesa	31	12	05	08th	39:33	+ 06	49
07th	FC Santos	31	10	10	05	47:24	+ 23	48
08th.	EC Juventude	31	09	10	06th	24:20	+ 04	44
09.	EC Vitória	25th	09	09	07th	44:40	+ 04	36
10.	Botafogo FR	25th	08th	10	07th	32:32	0000	34
11.	Sport Recife	25th	09	06th	10	34:32	+ 02	33
12.	Sao Paulo FC	25th	08th	09	08th	41:32	+ 11	33
13.	Paraná Clube	25th	08th	08th	08th	30:30	0000	32
14th	Gremio Porto Alegre (M)	25th	07th	10	08th	34:47	- 13	31
15th	Coritiba FC	25th	07th	09	09	31:32	- 01	30th
16.	América FC (RN) (N)	25th	07th	09	09	31:40	- 09	30th
17th	SC Corinthians	25th	08th	05	12	23:27	- 04th	28
18th	Athletico Paranaense	25th	09	06th	10	37:41	- 04th	28
19th	Goiás EC	25th	08th	04th	13	30:40	- 10	28
20th	Cruzeiro EC	25th	06th	10	09	30:35	- 05th	28
21st	Guarani FC	25th	06th	10	09	36:43	- 07th	28
22nd	CA Bragantino	25th	07th	05	13	27:46	- 19th	26th
23.	EC Bahia	25th	06th	08th	11	39:49	- 10	26th
24.	Criciúma EC	25th	06th	07th	12	27:35	- 08	25th
25th	Fluminense FC	25th	04th	10	11	26:41	- 15	25th
26th	União São João EC (N)	25th	02	09	14th	18:47	- 29	15th

	Qualified for the 1998 Copa Libertadores as champions
	Qualified for the 1998 Copa Libertadores as defending champions 1997
	Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1998 as cup winner 1997
	Relegated to the Série B in 1998
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from Série B 1996

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Edmundo	CR Vasco da Gama	29 goals
2		Christian	Internacional	24 goals
3		Dodô	Sao Paulo FC	21 goals
4th		Rodrigo Fabri	Portugesa	17 goals
5		Valdir	Atletico Mineiro	16 goals
6th		Guga	Portugesa	13 goals

List of football top scorers Série A (Brazil)

Web links

• Série A 1997 - Summary on rsssfbrasil.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 55 viewers , report on memoriasdoesporte.com.br from September 19, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on September 19, 2018