Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1999

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
master	SC Corinthians
Cup winners	EC Juventude
Teams	22nd
Games	250
Gates	710  (ø 2.84 per game)
spectator	4,254,615  (ø 17,018 per game)
Top scorer	Guilherme (28 goals)
← Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1998 Copa João Havelange 2000 →
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1999 ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1999 was the 43rd season of the Brazilian Série A .

Season course

The Série A started its new season on August 19, 1999 and ended on December 22, 1999. The championship was organized by the national association CBF . During the competition, all 22 Série A clubs met once based on a pre-season schedule. The best eight teams then met again in one game in a knockout round. The final was then in return legs. The two best clubs from the final table, including the results from the knockout games, qualified directly for participation in the international competitions.

At the end of the season there was a dispute over the relegation places. These were awarded according to a point system, which resulted from the results obtained from the 1998 and 1999 seasons. Accordingly, should have descended:

First calculation relegated

rank	society	Points
01.	SE Gama	1,238
02.	SC Internacional	1.219
03.	Botafogo FR	1.178
04th	Paraná Clube	1.093
05.	EC Juventude	1,089
06th	Botafogo FC (SP)	1,000

	Qualified for the A 2000 series
	Relegated to the Série B 2000

The clubs Botafogo FR and SC Internacional appealed against ratings from games against FC São Paulo . He had used the player Sandro Hiroshi irregularly in the matches. The sports court approved these objections and rated the games 1-0 for the opponents of São Paulo. As a result, the Botafogo FR managed a non-relegation place and the new rating resulted:

New calculation relegated

rank	society	Points
01.	SC Internacional	1.267
02.	Botafogo FR	1.249
03.	SE Gama	1,238
04th	Paraná Clube	1.093
05.	EC Juventude	1,089
06th	Botafogo FC (SP)	1,000

	Qualified for the A 2000 series
	Relegated to the Série B 2000

The SE Gama , who was thereby on a relegation place, filed a complaint with a civil court. This court found the SE Gama right. The FIFA ban but the CBF that the SE Gama was allowed to participate in the national competition, precisely because of this action and not a sports court had raised civil court. The situation was not resolved by the start of the next season. Then the Clube dos 13 agreed to host the competition for the year 2000.

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 Marcelinho Carioca from the champions SC Corinthians . The top scorer with 28 goals was Guilherme from Atlético Mineiro .

Preliminary round table

The table shows the results as assessed after the objections of Botafogo FR and SC Internacional.

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SC Corinthians (M)	21st	14th	02	05	49:31	+ 17	44
02.	Cruzeiro EC	21st	12	06th	03	46:32	+ 14	42
03.	CR Vasco da Gama	21st	10	06th	05	33:23	+ 10	36
04th	AA Ponte Preta	21st	10	05	06th	23:16	+ 07	35
05.	Sao Paulo FC	21st	11	01	09	35:24	+ 11	34
06th	EC Vitória	21st	10	04th	07th	31:33	- 02nd	34
07th	Atlético Mineiro	21st	10	03	08th	39:30	+ 09	33
08th.	Guarani FC	21st	10	03	08th	31:22	+ 09	33
09.	Athletico Paranaense	21st	09	04th	08th	36:31	- 05th	31
10.	SE Palmeiras	21st	08th	07th	06th	36:23	+ 13	31
11.	FC Santos	21st	08th	06th	07th	25:26	- 01	30th
12.	CR Flamengo	21st	09	02	10	30:33	- 03	29
13.	Coritiba FC	21st	07th	08th	06th	31:29	- 02nd	29
14th	Botafogo FR	21st	08th	02	11	23:37	- 14	26th
15th	SE Gama	21st	07th	05	09	24:29	- 05th	26th
16.	SC Internacional	21st	07th	03	11	18:26	- 08	24
17th	Paraná Clube	21st	06th	06th	09	23:29	- 06	24
18th	Gremio Porto Alegre	21st	06th	04th	11	24:43	- 19th	22nd
19th	EC Juventude	21st	05	07th	09	18:32	- 14	22nd
20th	Botafogo FC (SP)	21st	05	06th	10	27:38	- 11	21st
21st	Portuguesa	21st	04th	06th	11	27:31	- 04th	18th
22nd	Sport Recife	21st	08th	08th	10	14:25	- 11	17th

	Qualified for the top eight round
	Intended for relegation to the Série B
(M)	Champion of the previous year

KO round

The knockout round and the final were played according to the "best of three" rule .

	Quarter finals							Semifinals							final
	1.	SC Corinthians	0	2	1
	8th.	Guarani FC	0	0	1
									SC Corinthians	3	2
									Sao Paulo FC	2	1
	4th	AA Ponte Preta	2	2	2
	5.	Sao Paulo FC	3	1	3
																SC Corinthians	2	2	0
																Atlético Mineiro	3	0	0
	3.	CR Vasco da Gama	4th	2	1
	6th	EC Vitória	5	2	1
									EC Vitória	0	2	0
									Atlético Mineiro	3	1	3
	2.	Cruzeiro EC	2	2
	7th	Atlético Mineiro	4th	3

final

1st game

Atlético Mineiro		SC Corinthians
	December 12, 1999 in Mineirão , Belo Horizonte Result: 3: 2 (3: 1) Spectators: 78,382
	Kléber , Bruno , Caçapa , Carlos Galván , Ronildo , Alexandre Gallo , Valdir Benedito , Juliano Belletti ( Edgar ), Robert , Marques ( Adriano ) ( Cairo Lima ), Guilherme Trainer: Humberto Ramos	Dida , César Prates ( Marcos Senna ), Luciano , Márcio Costa , Kléber ( Augusto ), Vampeta , Freddy Rincón ( Gilmar Fubá ), Ricardinho , Marcelinho Carioca , Edílson , Luizão Trainer: Oswaldo de Oliveira
	1: 0 Guilherme (15th) 2: 0 Guilherme (27th) 3: 1 Guilherme (44th)	2: 1 Vampeta (39th) 3: 2 Luizão (69th)

2nd game

SC Corinthians		Atlético Mineiro
	December 19, 1999 in Estádio do Morumbi , São Paulo Result : 2-0
	Dida , Índio , João Carlos , Márcio Costa , Kléber ( Augusto ), Vampeta , Gilmar Fubá , Ricardinho ( Edu ), Marcelinho Carioca ( Marcos Senna ), Edílson , Luizão Trainer: Oswaldo de Oliveira	Velloso , Bruno , Caçapa , Carlos Galván , Ronildo , Alexandre Gallo , Valdir Benedito , Juliano Belletti ( Mancini ), Robert ( Adriano ), Curê ( Lincoln ), Guilherme Trainer: Humberto Ramos
	1-0 Luizão (28th) 2-0 Luizão (59th)
	Luizão (90th + 3)

3rd game

SC Corinthians		Atlético Mineiro
	December 22, 1999 in Estádio do Morumbi , São Paulo Result : 0-0
	Dida , Índio , João Carlos , Márcio Costa , Kléber , Vampeta ( Marcos Senna ), Gilmar Fubá ( Edu ), Freddy Rincón , Ricardinho , Marcelinho Carioca ( Dinei ), Edílson Trainer: Oswaldo de Oliveira	Velloso , Bruno , Caçapa , Carlos Galván , Ronildo , Alexandre Gallo , Valdir Benedito ( Mancini ), Juliano Belletti , Robert ( Adriano ), Lincoln ( Hernani ), Guilherme Trainer: Humberto Ramos
		Belletti (83.)

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.	SC Corinthians (M)	29	18th	05	06th	61:38	+ 23	59
02.	Atlético Mineiro	29	15th	04th	10	56:40	+ 16	49
03.	EC Vitória	27	12	06th	09	41:47	- 06	42
04th	Sao Paulo FC 2	26th	13	01	12	45:35	+ 10	40
05.	Cruzeiro EC 2	23	12	06th	05	50:39	+ 11	42
06th	AA Ponte Preta	24	11	05	08th	29:23	+ 06	38
07th	CR Vasco da Gama	24	10	08th	06th	40:31	+ 09	38
08th.	Guarani FC	24	10	05	09	32:25	+ 07	35
09.	Athletico Paranaense	21st	09	04th	08th	36:31	- 05th	31
10.	SE Palmeiras	21st	08th	07th	06th	36:23	+ 13	31
11.	FC Santos	21st	08th	06th	07th	25:26	- 01	30th
12.	CR Flamengo	21st	09	02	10	30:33	- 03	29
13.	Coritiba FC	21st	07th	08th	06th	31:29	- 02nd	29
14th	Botafogo FR	21st	08th	02	11	23:37	- 14	26th
15th	SE Gama	21st	07th	05	09	24:29	- 05th	26th
16.	SC Internacional	21st	07th	03	11	18:26	- 08	24
17th	Paraná Clube	21st	06th	06th	09	23:29	- 06	24
18th	Gremio Porto Alegre	21st	06th	04th	11	24:43	- 19th	22nd
19th	EC Juventude 1	21st	05	07th	09	18:32	- 14	22nd
20th	Botafogo FC (SP)	21st	05	06th	10	27:38	- 11	21st
21st	Portuguesa	21st	04th	06th	11	27:31	- 04th	18th
22nd	Sport Recife	21st	08th	08th	10	14:25	- 11	17th

	Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2000 as top of the table
	Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2000 as defending champion
	Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2000 as a qualifying round winner
	Intended for relegation to the Série B
(M)	Champion of the previous year

¹ Qualified as cup winner 1999 for the Copa Libertadores 2000

² São Paulo FC are ahead of Cruzerio EC in the table, as São Paulo progressed one round in the knockout round.

Qualification Copa Libertadores 2000

In the first round the teams ranked 9th to 16th were qualified. However, only to teams that did not relegate to the B series. This concerned the SE Gama. This allowed Gremio 18th to participate in the qualification as the next non-relegated. As last year's Copa Libertadores winner, Palmeiras was automatically registered for this competition. The starting place for the qualification of Palmeiras was therefore reassigned to the winner of a play-off between Sport Recife and Portuguesa.

In the second round , the winning teams from the first round and the teams eliminated in the quarter-finals of the championship knockout round were qualified.

The knockout round and the final were played according to the "best of three" rule .

Play-off

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sport Recife	3: 4	Portuguesa	3: 1	0: 3

Qualification preliminary round

	Quarter finals							Semifinals							final
	18th	Gremio Porto Alegre	2	0
	11.	FC Santos	1	1
									Gremio Porto Alegre	1	1
									SC Internacional 3	1	1
	16.	SC Internacional	1	1
	12.	CR Flamengo	0	1
																SC Internacional	1	1
																Athletico Paranaense	1	2
	14th	Botafogo FR	1	1
	13.	Coritiba FC	1	3
									Coritiba FC	1	2
									Athletico Paranaense	4th	1
	21st	Portuguesa	3	0
	9.	Athletico Paranaense	0	2

Qualification main round

	Quarter finals							Semifinals							final
	16.	SC Internacional	1	1
	9.	Athletico Paranaense	1	2
									Athletico Paranaense	4th	1
								4th	Sao Paulo FC	2	2
																Athletico Paranaense	3	1
																Cruzeiro EC	0	2
	16.	CR Vasco da Gama	3	2
	5.	Cruzeiro EC	1	4th
									Cruzeiro EC	3	2
								3.	EC Vitória	1	1

³ Internacional one round further because better placement in the championship.

List of goalscorers

The qualifying round for the Copa Libertadores was not included in this rating.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Guilherme	Atlético Mineiro	28 goals
2		Alex Alves	Cruzeiro	22 goals
3		Luizão	Corinthians	21 goals
4th		Marcelinho Carioca	Corinthians	15 goals

List of football top scorers Série A (Brazil)

Web links

• Série A 1999 - Summary on rsssfbrasil.com