Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1998

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1998
master	SE Gama
Climbers	SE Gama, Botafogo FC (SP) in the Série A 1999
Relegated	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro , Atlético Goianiense , Náutico Capibaribe , CA Juventus , Volta Redonda FC , Americano FC (RJ) in the Série C 1999
Teams	24
Games	179
Gates	363  (ø 2.03 per game)
Top scorer	Gauchinho ( XV de Novembro ) 13 goals
← Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1999 →
↑ Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1998 Série C ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1998 was the 20th season of the second football league in Brazil .

Season course

The competition started its new season on August 2, 1998 and ended on December 20, 1997. The championship was organized by the national association CBF . At the end of the season, the SE Gama was able to celebrate the championship.

The competition was held in four phases. The first round consisted of four groups of six clubs each. The four best in a group moved into the second round. In the second round , the sixteen clubs met in a knockout round. In this, the clubs met three times. The third round with the eight winners again played in group mode. The two best qualified for the final round, in which the group mode was played again.

The group winner of the final round became champions. This and the group runner-up rose to the first division in 1999 . The worst clubs from each group as well as the two worst fifth placed were relegated to the third division.

Attendees

The participants were:

State	club	qualification	Result
Alagoas	Clube de Regatas Brasil	5th series B 1997	2nd round
Bahia	EC Bahia	23rd Series A 1997	1 round
Brasília	SE Gama	7th series B 1997	master
Ceará	Ceará SC	9. Series B 1997	2nd round
Espírito Santo	Desportiva Ferroviária	12th series B 1997	Final round 3.
Goiás	Atlético Goianiense	16. Series B 1997	1 round
	Vila Nova FC	4th series B 1997	2nd round
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa FC	1st Série C 1997	1 round
Pará	Clube do Remo	18th series B 1997	2nd round
	Paysandu SC	11th series B 1997	3rd round
	Tuna Luso Brasileira	8. Series B 1997	2nd round
Paraná	Londrina EC	10. Series B 1997	Final round 4.
Pernambuco	Náutico capibaribe	3rd series B 1997	1 round
	Santa Cruz FC	20th series B 1997	2nd round
Rio de Janeiro	Americano FC (RJ)	13th series B 1997	1 round
	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	25th series A 1997	1 round
	Volta Redonda FC	19th series B 1997	1 round
Rio Grande do Norte	ABC Natal	14th series B 1997	2nd round
Santa Catarina	Criciúma EC	24th series A 1997	3rd round
	Joinville EC	6th series B 1997	3rd round
São Paulo	Botafogo FC (SP)	17th series B 1997	Runner-up
	CA Juventus	2nd series C 1997	1 round
	União São João EC	26th series A 1997	2nd round
	EC XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)	15th series B 1997	3rd round

1 round

In the first round, the 24 participants competed against each other in four groups of six clubs each. The best four clubs in each group and the best fourth in the group made it to the second round.

The ranking resulted from:

• Number of points
• Number of victories
• Goal difference
• Goals scored
• Direct comparison

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Clube do Remo	10	6th	2	2	016: 900	+7	20th
2.	Desportiva Ferroviária	10	5	1	4th	011:100	+1	16
3.	Londrina EC	10	4th	3	3	015:100	+5	15th
4th	União São João EC	10	3	4th	3	007:100	−3	13
5.	Atlético Goianiense	10	2	4th	4th	008:100	−2	10
6th	Náutico capibaribe	10	2	2	6th	005:130	−8	08th

Second round qualification

Group B

The game between Volta Redonda FC and Santa Cruz FC on matchday one ended 4-0 for Volta, but was rated 2-0 for Santa Cruz. Volta had used a player irregularly. The game between Sampaio Corrêa FC and Volta on matchday eight was also re-evaluated. Again, a player was used irregularly by Volta. Instead of 2: 2, the CBF decided to 2-0 for Sampaio Corrêa.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Botafogo FC (SP)	10	7th	0	3	015: 700	+8	21st
2.	Santa Cruz FC	10	4th	4th	2	009: 800	+1	16
3.	Criciúma EC	10	5	0	5	017:130	+4	15th
4th	Vila Nova FC	10	4th	2	4th	016:140	+2	14th
5.	Sampaio Corrêa FC	10	4th	2	4th	005: 900	−4	14th
6th	Volta Redonda FC	10	2	0	8th	008:190	−11	06th

Second round qualification

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	XV de Novembro	10	8th	0	2	024:120	+12	24
2.	Ceará SC	10	4th	3	3	013:160	−3	15th
3.	Tuna Luso Brasileira	10	4th	2	4th	015:100	+5	14th
4th	SE Gama	10	4th	1	5	013:120	+1	13
5.	EC Bahia	10	4th	1	5	014:140	± 0	13
6th	Americano FC (RJ)	10	1	3	6th	008:230	−15	06th

Second round qualification

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Joinville EC	10	5	2	3	010: 800	+2	17th
2.	ABC Natal	10	4th	3	3	019:150	+4	15th
3.	Paysandu SC	10	3	5	2	008: 500	+3	14th
4th	Clube de Regatas Brasil	10	3	5	2	008: 800	± 0	14th
5.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	10	2	5	3	012:120	± 0	11
6th	CA Juventus	10	1	4th	5	006:150	−9	07th

Second round qualification

2nd round

The first-mentioned team in the pairings had home rights first. The other two games were played at the second-named one. The team that scored five points first moved on to the next round.

date		total		First leg	Return leg	3rd game
13.10./18.10.	SE Gama	5: 1	Clube do Remo	1-0	4: 1
13.10 / 18.10 / 20.10.	Clube de Regatas Brasil	2: 3	Botafogo FC (SP)	2: 1	0: 2	0-0
13.10 / 18.10 / 20.10.	União São João EC	3: 6	Joinville EC	3: 3	0: 3	0-0
13.10 / 18.10 / 20.10.	Tuna Luso Brasileira	5: 2	Desportiva Ferroviária	1: 1	0: 2	1: 3
13.10 / 18.10 / 20.10.	ABC Natal	1: 1 (3: 4 on account)	Londrina EC	0-0	0-0	1: 1
25.10./29.10./1.11.	Ceará SC	1: 6	Criciúma EC	1: 1	0: 3	0: 2
26.10./29.10./1.11.	Vila Nova FC	1: 2	XV de Novembro	1-0	0-0	0: 2
26.10./31.10./2.11.	Paysandu SC	4: 1	Santa Cruz FC	2-0	0-0	2: 1

3rd round

Group M

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SE Gama	6th	3	1	2	005: 500	± 0	10
2.	Desportiva Ferroviária	6th	3	0	3	009: 900	± 0	09
3.	Criciúma EC	6th	2	2	2	007: 600	+1	08th
4th	EC XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)	6th	2	1	3	007: 800	−1	07th

Qualification final round

Groups

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Botafogo FC (SP)	6th	3	1	2	012:100	+2	10
2.	Londrina EC	6th	3	1	2	009: 700	+2	10
3.	Joinville EC	6th	2	2	2	007:100	−3	08th
4th	Paysandu SC	6th	1	2	3	008: 900	−1	05

Qualification final round

final

The final round was decided on the last group match day, December 20, 1998.

Final group

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SE Gama	6th	2	4th	0	010: 600	+4	10
2.	Botafogo FC (SP)	6th	2	3	1	009: 500	+4	09
3.	Desportiva Ferroviária	6th	1	3	2	008:120	−4	06th
4th	Londrina EC	5	1	2	2	002: 600	−4	05

Qualification Série A 1999

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	club	Gates
1		Gauchinho	XV de Novembro	13
2		Nando	Criciúma EC	11
3		Mauro	Londrina EC	9
4th		Ivan	ABC Natal	8th
		Marcos Roberto	Desportiva Ferroviária	8th
		Rodrigo Beckham	SE Gama	8th
		Gilson	Joinville EC	8th
8th		Lúcio	Botafogo FC (SP)	7th
		Indio	Desportiva Ferroviária	7th

Closing table

The table was used to determine the placement of the individual teams in the season. At times it was used by the association to determine an eternal ranking list. It is made up of all the games played. In the sorting, reaching the respective final phase has priority over the points scored.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SE Gama	24	11	6th	7th	033:240	+9	39
2.	Botafogo FC (SP)	25th	13	5	7th	039:240	+15	44
3.	Desportiva Ferroviária	25th	11	5	9	034:330	+1	38
4th	Londrina EC	25th	8th	9	8th	027:240	+3	33
5.	XV de Novembro	19th	11	2	6th	033:210	+12	35
6th	Criciúma EC	19th	9	3	7th	030:200	+10	30th
7th	Joinville EC	19th	8th	6th	5	023:210	+2	30th
8th.	Paysandu SC	19th	6th	8th	5	020:150	+5	26th
9.	Clube do Remo	12	6th	2	4th	017:140	+3	20th
10.	Vila Nova FC	13	5	3	5	017:160	+1	18th
11.	ABC Natal	13	4th	6th	3	020:160	+4	18th
12.	Clube de Regatas Brasil	13	4th	6th	3	010:110	−1	18th
13.	Santa Cruz FC	13	4th	5	4th	010:120	−2	17th
14th	Ceará SC	13	4th	4th	5	014:220	−8	16
15th	Tuna Luso Brasileira	13	4th	3	6th	017:160	+1	15th
16.	União São João EC	13	3	6th	4th	010:160	−6	15th
17th	Sampaio Corrêa FC	10	4th	2	4th	005: 900	−4	14th
18th	EC Bahia	10	4th	1	5	014:140	± 0	13
19th	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	10	2	5	3	012:120	± 0	11
20th	Atlético Goianiense	10	2	4th	4th	008:100	−2	10
21st	Náutico capibaribe	10	2	2	6th	005:130	−8	08th
22nd	CA Juventus	10	1	4th	5	006:150	−9	07th
23.	Volta Redonda FC	10	2	0	8th	008:190	−11	06th
24.	Americano FC (RJ)	10	1	3	6th	008:230	−15	06th

	Promoted to Série A 1999
	Participants in the final round
	3rd round participant
	Participants 2nd round
	Relegated Série C 1999

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