Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2005

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
master	SC Corinthians
Cup winners	Paulista FC 1
Relegated	Coritiba FC , Atlético Mineiro , Paysandu SC , Brasiliense FC
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1448  (ø 3.13 per game)
spectator	5,683,584  (ø 12,302 per game)
Top scorer	Romário (22 goals)
← Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006 →
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2005 ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2005 was the 49th season of the Brazilian Série A . The number of participants was reduced from 24 to 22 in the preseason. Because of this, there were only two promoters.

Season course

The Série A started its new season on April 23, 2005 and ended on December 4, 2005. The season was marked by the uncovering of a betting scandal.

After the season, as every year, awards were given to the best players of the year. When Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão was Carlos Tévez award from SC Corinthians champion as the best player of the season. The “ Golden Ball ”, awarded by the sports magazine Placar , also went to Carlos Tévez. The top scorer with 22 goals was Romário from CR Vasco da Gama .

Betting scandal

On September 23, it became known that the referee Edílson Pereira de Carvalho made match fixing in the course of the competition in the league and the Série B and State Cup of São Paulo . On October 2, the Supreme Sports Justice Tribunal ordered that the results of the eleven premier league games must be annulled and that the games must be played again. The rearrangement of the games had a direct impact on the table, otherwise Internacional and not Corinthians would have become champions.

Repeated Games Table:

Canceled games date result 08th of May Vasco 0 - 1 Botafogo 02nd July Ponte Preta 1 - 0 São Paulo 16th of July Paysandu 1 - 2 Cruzeiro 24th July Juventude 1 - 4 Figueirense July 31 Santos 4 - 2 Corinthians 0August 7th Vasco 2 - 1 Figueirense August 10 Cruzeiro 4 - 1 Botafogo August 14th Juventude 2 - 0 Fluminense August 21 Internacional 3 - 2 Coritiba 07th of September São Paulo 3 - 2 Corinthians September 10 Fluminense 3 - 0 Brasiliense

Replay games date New result October 19th Vasco 1 - 0 Botafogo October 19th Ponte Preta 2 - 0 São Paulo October 19th Paysandu 4 - 1 Cruzeiro October 19th Juventude 2 - 2 Figueirense October 12th Santos 2 - 3 Corinthians October 12th Vasco 3 - 3 Figueirense October 12th Cruzeiro 2 - 2 Botafogo October 12th Juventude 3 - 4 Fluminense 28th of October Internacional 3 - 2 Coritiba October 24th São Paulo 1 - 1 Corinthians October 24th Fluminense 1 - 1 Brasiliense

table

If there is a tie in the table, the following criteria result in the placement:

1. Number of victories
2. Goal difference
3. Number of goals scored
4. Direct comparison
5. Number of red cards
6. Number of yellow cards

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SC Corinthians	42	24	09	09	87:59	+ 28	81
02.	SC Internacional	42	23	09	10	72:49	+ 23	78
03.	Goiás EC	42	22nd	08th	12	68:51	+ 17	74
04th	SE Palmeiras	42	20th	10	12	81:65	+ 16	70
05.	Fluminense FC	42	19th	11	12	79:70	+ 09	68
06th	Athletico Paranaense	42	18th	07th	17th	76:67	+ 09	61
07th	Paraná Clube	42	17th	10	15th	59:51	+ 08	61
08th.	Cruzeiro EC	42	17th	09	16	73:72	+ 01	60
09.	Botafogo FR	42	17th	08th	17th	57:56	+ 01	59
10.	FC Santos (M)	42	16	11	15th	68:71	- 03	59
11.	Sao Paulo FC	42	16	10	16	77:67	+ 10	58
12.	CR Vasco da Gama	42	15th	11	16	74:84	+ 10	56
13.	Fortaleza EC (N)	42	16	07th	19th	58:64	- 06	55
14th	EC Juventude	42	15th	10	17th	66:72	- 06	55
15th	CR Flamengo	42	14th	13	15th	56:60	- 04th	55
16.	Figueirense FC	42	14th	11	17th	62:72	- 10	53
17th	AD Sao Caetano	42	14th	10	18th	54:60	- 06	52
18th	AA Ponte Preta	42	15th	06th	21st	63:80	- 17th	51
19th	Coritiba FC	42	13	10	19th	51:60	- 09	49
20th	Atlético Mineiro	42	13	08th	21st	54:59	- 05th	47
21st	Paysandu SC	42	12	05	25th	63:92	- 29	41
22nd	Brasiliense FC (N)	42	10	11	21st	47:67	- 20	41

	Qualified for the first round of the Copa Libertadores 2006 and the Copa Sudamericana 2006
	Qualified for the second round of the 2006 Copa Libertadores
	Qualified for the first round of the 2006 Copa Libertadores
	Qualified for the second round of the Copa Sudamericana 2006
	Relegated to the Série B
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(N)	Last year's climber

¹ Qualified as cup winners 2005 for the first round of the Copa Libertadores 2006

List of goalscorers

The top scorer of the season Romário performed at the age of 39.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Romario	Vasco da Gama	22 goals
2		Róbson	Paysandu	21 goals
3		Carlos Tévez	Corinthians	20 goals
4th		Alex Dias	Vasco da Gama	19 goals
		Borges	Paraná
		Rafael Sóbis	Internacional

List of football top scorers Série A (Brazil)

Web links

• Série A 2005 - Summary on rsssfbrasil.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The betting scandal on folha.uol.com.br
2. ↑ Report on the scandal on port. ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )