Copa Brasil 1978

Copa Brasil
master	Guarani FC
Cup winners	not carried out
Teams	94
Games	792
Gates	1,771  (ø 2.24 per game)
spectator	8,346,888  (ø 10,539 per game)
Top scorer	Paulinho 19 goals
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The Copa Brasil 1978 was the 22nd season of the Brazilian soccer championship .

Season course

The competition started on March 25, 1978 in its new season and ended on August 13, 1978. It was the penultimate championship, which was organized by the national association CBD . At the end of the season, Guarani FC celebrated their first title.

After the season, the sports magazine Placar awarded the " Golden Ball " to the best player of the year. The award went to Paulo Roberto Falcão from SC Internacional . The top scorer was Paulinho from CR Vasco da Gama with 19 goals .

Attendees

The field of participants was increased from 62 participants in the previous year to a total of 74 teams.

mode

In the group stage, wins with a goal difference of more than three goals were counted as three points.

• 1 round:

In groups A to B, thirteen teams played against each other in groups with only one game each. Likewise in groups C to F, which consisted of twelve teams each. The top six of a group moved into groups G to J of the second round. The lower-ranked clubs were assigned to groups K to P of the elimination round.

• 2nd round:

The teams played in groups G to J to nine with only one game against each other. The best six teams in each group advanced to the third round.

• Elimination round:

In groups K to P, there is only one game against each other. The winners of a group moved on to the third round. In addition, the best team from all games in groups G to J and K to P advanced one round.

• 3rd round:

In groups Q to T, the teams played against each other in groups of eight with only one game each. The top two in each group made it to the quarterfinals.

• Final round:

All games of the final round were played in knockout games with a return leg.

• Total table:

An overall table was formed from the results of all games. This is used by the national association to calculate the perpetual best list.

1 round

Group A

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SC Internacional	12	3	5	2	2	26:11	+ 15	21st
02.	Gremio Porto Alegre	12	1	7th	3	1	22: 9	+ 11	20th
03.	Coritiba FC	12	0	7th	3	2	16: 9	+ 06	17th
04th	SER Caxias do Sul	12	0	5	5	2	13: 9	+ 04	15th
05.	EC Juventude	12	1	3	5	3	12:10	+ 02	14th
06th	Joinville EC	12	0	3	7th	2	11:10	+ 01	13
07th	Londrina EC	12	1	4th	1	6th	17:16	+ 01	12
08th.	Gremio de Esportes Maringá	12	1	3	3	5	18:15	+ 03	12
09.	Chapecoense	12	0	4th	1	7th	9:17	- 08	9
10.	Athletico Paranaense	12	0	3	3	6th	7:15	- 08	9
11.	Figueirense FC	12	0	2	5	5	12:17	- 05th	9
12.	Colorado EC	12	0	4th	0	8th	7:15	- 08	8th
13.	Gremio Esportivo Brasil	12	0	1	2	9	6:23	- 17th	4th

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in groups K to P.

Group B

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Santa Cruz FC	12	3	5	4th	0	24: 6	+ 18	23
02.	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	12	3	5	2	2	30:13	+ 17	21st
03.	Náutico capibaribe	12	1	8th	1	2	22: 9	+ 13	20th
04th	Atlético Mineiro	12	3	4th	3	2	17: 5	+ 12	20th
05.	Villa Nova AC	12	0	6th	2	4th	13: 9	+ 04	14th
06th	Sport Recife	12	0	5	4th	3	13: 7	+ 06	14th
07th	ABC Natal	12	0	3	5	4th	12:18	- 06	11
08th.	América FC (RN)	12	0	2	6th	4th	11:15	- 04th	10
09.	Botafogo FC (PB)	12	1	2	2	7th	17:26	- 09	9
10.	Campinense Clube	12	1	1	4th	6th	11:24	- 13	9
11.	Uberaba SC	12	0	1	5	6th	7:14	- 07th	7th
12.	Uberlândia EC	12	0	2	2	8th	11:28	- 17th	6th
13.	America Mineiro	12	1	0	2	9	10:24	- 10	5

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in groups K to P.

Group C

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Corinthians São Paulo	11	3	3	5	0	15: 1	+ 14	20th
02.	Goiás EC	11	1	5	3	2	13: 5	+ 08	16
03.	Mixto EC	11	1	3	7th	0	14: 7	+ 07	16
04th	Operário FC (MS)	11	1	4th	4th	2	11: 7	+ 04	15th
05.	FC Santos	11	2	1	5	3	16:11	+ 05	13
06th	Brasília FC	11	0	4th	3	4th	10:13	- 03	11
07th	EC Comercial (MS)	11	0	2	7th	2	9:10	- 01	11
08th.	Vila Nova FC	11	1	2	3	5	9:12	- 03	10
09.	AD Ferroviária Vale do Rio Doce	11	0	2	5	4th	5: 9	- 04th	9
10.	CE Dom Bosco	11	1	1	4th	5	11:18	- 07th	9
11.	AA Anapolina	11	0	1	5	5	7:12	- 05th	7th
12.	Rio Branco AC	11	0	1	3	7th	5:20	- 15	5

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in groups K to P.

Group D

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	CR Vasco da Gama	11	3	5	3	0	26: 5	+ 21	22nd
02.	Botafogo FR	11	2	5	4th	0	16: 3	+ 03	20th
03.	EC Bahia	11	1	5	3	2	17: 7	+ 10	16
04th	AA Ponte Preta	11	2	4th	2	3	19:10	+ 09	16
05.	Guarani FC	11	2	3	4th	2	21: 9	+ 12	16
06th	EC Vitória	11	0	5	3	3	12:12	000	13
07th	Clube de Regatas Brasil	11	0	4th	4th	3	16:12	+ 04	12
08th.	CS Alagoano	11	0	3	2	6th	10:18	- 08	8th
09.	AD Confiança	11	0	1	3	7th	8:21	- 13	5
10.	Volta Redonda FC	11	0	1	3	7th	3:16	- 13	5
11.	CS Sergipe	11	0	1	3	7th	5:20	- 15	5
12.	Itabuna EC	11	0	1	2	8th	7:27	- 20	4th

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in groups K to P.

Group E

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Palmeiras São Paulo	11	3	3	4th	1	20: 4	+ 16	19th
02.	Sao Paulo FC (M)	11	3	3	2	3	23: 9	+ 14	17th
03.	Botafogo FC (SP)	11	3	2	3	3	23:16	+ 07	16
04th	Ceará SC	11	0	6th	3	2	13:10	+ 03	15th
05.	America FC (SP)	11	1	5	0	5	12: 9	+ 03	13
06th	Comercial FC (Ribeirão Preto)	11	1	3	4th	3	11: 8	+ 03	13
07th	EC Noroeste	11	0	4th	3	4th	9:11	- 03	11
08th.	Fortaleza EC	11	1	2	4th	4th	10:10	000	11
09.	Moto Club de São Luís	11	0	3	5	3	6: 7	- 01	11
10.	Ríver AC	11	0	2	3	6th	8:21	- 13	7th
10.	Sampaio Corrêa FC	11	0	2	3	6th	8:21	- 13	7th
12.	EC Flamengo	11	0	0	4th	7th	2:19	- 17th	4th

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in groups K to P.
(M)	Champion of the previous year

Group F.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	11	1	9	0	1	19: 7	+ 12	21st
02.	Portuguesa	11	2	5	3	1	20: 4	+ 16	19th
03.	Clube do Remo	11	2	4th	2	3	15: 4	+ 11	16
04th	America FC (RJ)	11	0	5	3	3	13:11	+ 02	13
05.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	11	0	5	2	4th	9: 9	000	12
06th	Goytacaz FC	11	1	3	3	4th	8: 8	000	12
07th	Americano FC (RJ)	11	0	2	7th	2	5: 4	+ 01	11
08th.	Nacional Fast Clube	11	0	4th	2	5	8:14	- 06	10
09.	Paysandu SC	11	0	2	5	4th	6:11	- 05th	9
10.	Bangu AC	11	1	2	0	8th	10:20	- 10	7th
11.	EC XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)	11	0	1	4th	6th	9:16	- 07th	6th
12.	Nacional FC (AM)	11	0	1	1	9	4:18	- 14	3

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in groups K to P.

2nd round

Group G

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SC Internacional	8th	0	6th	2	0	13: 6	+ 7	15th
02.	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	8th	0	5	3	0	9: 3	+ 6	13
03.	Palmeiras São Paulo	8th	0	3	3	2	5: 5	00	10
04th	AA Ponte Preta	8th	0	2	3	3	7: 7	00	9
05.	Goytacaz FC	8th	0	2	3	3	9:11	- 2nd	9
06th	EC Vitória	8th	0	2	3	3	4: 7	- 3	8th
07th	Atlético Mineiro	8th	0	1	5	2	7: 7	00	8th
08th.	America FC (SP)	8th	1	0	3	4th	9: 8	+ 1	7th
09.	Mixto EC	8th	0	1	1	6th	6:15	- 9	7th

Qualified for the third round

Group H.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Santa Cruz FC	8th	0	5	3	0	11: 5	+ 6	13
02.	Goiás EC	8th	2	2	1	3	13: 9	+ 4	11
03.	EC Bahia	8th	1	2	3	2	10: 9	+ 1	10
04th	Gremio Porto Alegre	8th	1	1	5	1	8: 7	+ 1	10
05.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	8th	0	3	3	2	7: 6	+ 1	9
06th	FC Santos	8th	1	1	3	3	6: 8	- 2nd	8th
07th	Náutico capibaribe	8th	1	1	2	4th	9:10	- 2nd	7th
08th.	Ceará SC	8th	1	1	1	5	11:13	- 2nd	6th
09.	Joinville EC	8th	0	1	3	4th	6:14	- 8th	5

Qualified for the third round

Group I.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Botafogo FR	8th	2	3	3	0	15: 5	+ 10	15th
2.	Sport Recife	8th	2	1	3	2	12: 6	+ 06	11
3.	Botafogo FC (SP)	8th	1	3	1	3	10: 7	+ 03	10
4th	Corinthians São Paulo	8th	0	4th	1	3	7: 7	000	9
5.	America FC (RJ)	8th	0	3	3	2	9: 8	+ 01	9
6th	Operário FC (MS)	8th	0	3	2	3	7: 9	- 02nd	8th
7th	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	8th	0	2	4th	2	7: 6	+ 01	8th
8th.	EC Juventude	8th	0	1	2	5	6:17	- 11	4th
9.	Comercial FC (Ribeirão Preto)	8th	0	0	3	5	3:11	- 08	3

	Qualified for the 3rd round
	Qualified for the 3rd round as the best unqualified club from the first two rounds

Group J

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CR Vasco da Gama	8th	2	3	2	1	19: 6	+ 13	14th
2.	Sao Paulo FC	8th	2	2	3	1	13: 6	+ 07	13
3.	Portuguesa	8th	0	5	2	1	15: 9	+ 06	12
4th	Guarani FC	8th	2	1	3	2	12:10	+ 02	11
5.	SER Caxias do Sul	8th	2	1	2	3	11: 9	+ 02	10
6th	Coritiba FC	8th	1	2	2	3	8: 8	000	9
7th	Clube do Remo	8th	1	2	1	4th	12:16	- 04th	8th
8th.	Villa Nova AC	8th	1	1	0	6th	6:17	- 11	5
9.	Brasília FC	8th	0	0	1	7th	1:16	- 15	1

Qualified for the 3rd round

1. Qualification table

The table was used to determine which club, as the best in the second round and not yet qualified, was allowed to move directly into the third round. The results from the two rounds played were evaluated.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	19th	1	11	4th	3	26:13	+ 13	29
02.	Náutico capibaribe	20th	2	9	3	6th	31:19	+ 12	27
03.	Atlético Mineiro	20th	3	5	8th	4th	24:12	+ 11	27
04th	Clube do Remo	19th	3	6th	3	7th	27:20	+ 07	24
05.	Ceará SC	19th	1	7th	4th	7th	24:23	+ 01	21st
06th	Villa Nova AC	20th	1	7th	2	10	19:26	- 07th	19th
07th	America FC (SP)	19th	2	5	3	9	21:17	+ 04	19th
08th.	Mixto EC	19th	1	4th	8th	6th	20:22	- 02nd	19th
09.	EC Juventude	20th	1	4th	7th	8th	18:27	- 09	18th
10.	Joinville EC	20th	0	4th	10	6th	17:24	- 07th	18th
11.	Comercial FC (Ribeirão Preto)	19th	1	3	7th	8th	14:19	- 05th	16
12.	Brasília FC	19th	0	4th	4th	11	11:29	- 18th	12

Qualified for the third round

Elimination round

Group K

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Londrina EC	6th	0	5	1	0	11: 4	+ 7	11
2.	Colorado EC	6th	1	2	2	1	8: 5	+ 3	9
3.	Gremio de Esportes Maringá	6th	1	2	1	2	11: 7	+ 4	8th
4th	Chapecoense	6th	0	1	4th	1	4: 5	- 1	6th
5.	Figueirense FC	6th	0	2	1	3	6: 6	00	5
6th	Gremio Esportivo Brasil	6th	0	1	1	4th	5:13	- 8th	3
7th	Athletico Paranaense	6th	0	0	2	4th	3: 8	- 5th	2

	Qualified for the 3rd round
	Qualified for the 3rd round as the best club not yet qualified from all rounds

Group L

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Botafogo FC (PB)	6th	1	3	2	0	10: 2	+ 8	11
2.	ABC Natal	6th	0	2	4th	0	7: 4	+ 3	8th
3.	Uberaba SC	6th	0	1	4th	1	6: 6	00	6th
4th	Uberlândia EC	6th	0	1	3	2	3: 3	00	5
5.	America Mineiro	6th	0	1	3	2	4: 6	- 2nd	7th
6th	Campinense Clube	6th	0	1	3	2	4: 9	- 5th	4th
7th	América FC (RN)	6th	0	0	3	3	6:10	- 4th	3

Qualified for the 3rd round

Group M

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CE Dom Bosco	5	1	2	1	1	8: 4	+ 4	8th
2.	EC Comercial (MS)	5	0	2	2	1	7: 5	+ 2	6th
3.	Vila Nova FC	5	0	2	1	2	5: 7	- 2nd	5
4th	AD Ferroviária Vale do Rio Doce	5	0	2	0	3	5: 6	- 1	4th
5.	Rio Branco AC	5	0	1	2	2	6: 7	- 1	4th
6th	AA Anapolina	5	0	1	2	2	4: 6	- -	4th

Qualified for the 3rd round

Groups

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Volta Redonda FC	5	1	3	0	1	8: 4	+ 4	9
2.	Clube de Regatas Brasil	5	0	3	1	1	5: 2	+ 3	7th
3.	Itabuna EC	5	1	1	1	2	6: 3	+ 3	6th
4th	CS Alagoano	5	0	2	2	1	8: 6	+ 2	6th
5.	AD Confiança	5	0	2	0	3	5: 9	- 4th	4th
6th	CS Sergipe	5	0	0	0	5	2:10	- 8th	0

Qualified for the 3rd round

Group O

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	EC Noroeste	5	0	4th	0	1	8: 4	+ 4	8th
2.	Fortaleza EC	5	0	3	1	1	7: 4	+ 3	7th
3.	EC Flamengo	5	0	3	0	2	5: 4	+ 1	6th
4th	Sampaio Corrêa FC	5	0	1	2	2	3: 5	- 2nd	6th
5.	Moto Club de São Luís	5	0	1	1	3	4: 7	- 3	3
6th	Ríver AC	5	0	1	0	4th	5: 8	- 3	2

Qualified for the 3rd round

Group p

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Americano FC (RJ)	5	1	2	2	0	8: 1	+ 07	9
2.	Bangu AC	5	1	2	2	0	9: 3	+ 06	9
3.	EC XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)	5	1	1	1	2	7: 6	+ 01	6th
4th	Paysandu SC	5	1	0	3	1	9: 6	+ 03	6th
5.	Nacional Fast Clube	5	0	1	1	3	4:11	- 07th	3
6th	Nacional FC (AM)	5	0	0	1	4th	1:11	- 10	6th

	Qualified for the 3rd round
(M)	Champion of the previous year

2. Qualification table

The table was used to determine which club was the best and not yet qualified in the elimination round and was allowed to move into the third round. The results from all rounds played were evaluated.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Gremio de Esportes Maringá	18th	2	5	4th	7th	29:22	+ 07	20th
02.	Clube de Regatas Brasil	16	0	7th	5	4th	21:14	+ 07	19th
03.	ABC Natal	18th	0	5	9	4th	19:22	- 03	19th
04th	Fortaleza EC	16	1	5	5	5	17:14	+ 07	18th
05.	Colorado EC	18th	1	6th	2	9	15:20	- 05th	17th
06th	EC Comercial (MS)	16	0	4th	9	3	16:15	+ 01	17th
07th	Bangu AC	16	2	4th	2	8th	19:23	- 04th	16
08th.	Vila Nova FC	16	1	4th	4th	7th	14:19	- 05th	15th
09.	AC Chapecoense	18th	0	5	5	8th	13:22	- 09	15th
10.	Paysandu SC	16	1	2	8th	5	15:17	- 02nd	15th
11.	CS Alagoano	16	0	5	4th	7th	18:24	- 06	14th
12.	Moto Club de São Luís	16	0	4th	6th	6th	10:14	- 04th	14th
13.	Figueirense FC	18th	0	4th	6th	8th	18:23	- 06	14th
14th	Campinense Clube	18th	1	2	7th	8th	15:33	- 18th	14th
15th	Nacional Fast Clube	16	0	5	3	8th	12:25	- 13	13
16.	AD Ferroviária Vale do Rio Doce	16	0	4th	5	7th	10:15	- 05th	13
17th	Uberaba SC	18th	0	2	9	7th	13:20	- 07th	13
18th	América FC (RN)	18th	0	2	9	7th	17:25	- 08	13
19th	EC XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)	16	1	2	5	8th	16:22	- 06	12
20th	Athletico Paranaense	18th	0	3	5	10	10:23	- 13	11
21st	Sampaio Corrêa FC	16	0	3	5	8th	11:26	- 15	11
22nd	Uberlândia EC	18th	0	3	5	10	14:31	- 17th	11
23.	AA Anapolina	16	0	2	7th	7th	11:18	- 07th	11
24.	EC Flamengo	16	0	3	4th	9	7:23	- 16	10
25th	Itabuna EC	16	1	2	3	10	13:30	- 17th	10
26th	America Mineiro	18th	1	1	5	11	14:30	- 16	10
27.	Ríver AC	16	0	3	3	10	13:29	- 16	9
28.	AD Confiança	16	0	3	3	10	13:30	- 17th	9
29	Rio Branco AC	16	0	2	5	9	11:27	- 16	9
30th	Gremio Esportivo Brasil	18th	0	2	3	13	11:36	- 15	7th
31.	CS Sergipe	16	0	1	3	12	7:30	- 23	5
32.	Nacional FC (AM)	16	0	1	2	13	5:29	- 24	4th

Qualified for the third round

3rd round

Group Q

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Guarani FC	7th	2	4th	1	0	12: 2	+ 10	15th
2.	SC Internacional	7th	1	5	0	1	12: 5	+ 07	13
3.	Botafogo FC (SP)	7th	1	3	0	3	12: 7	+ 05	9
4th	Goiás EC	7th	1	2	1	3	9: 9	000	8th
5.	FC Santos	7th	2	0	2	3	10: 6	+ 04	8th
6th	Botafogo FC (PB)	7th	0	2	1	4th	6:10	- 04th	5
7th	Londrina EC	7th	0	1	1	5	4:13	- 09	5
8th.	Goytacaz FC	7th	0	1	0	6th	3:16	- 13	3

Qualified for the quarter finals

Group R

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Santa Cruz FC	7th	2	1	4th	0	17: 9	+ 08	12
2.	Sport Recife	7th	1	3	2	1	9: 6	+ 03	11
3.	AA Ponte Preta	7th	2	0	5	0	8: 2	+ 06	11
4th	Operário FC (MS)	7th	0	3	2	2	8: 8	000	8th
5.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	7th	1	1	3	2	7: 5	+ 02	8th
6th	Portugues	7th	0	2	3	2	6: 5	+ 01	7th
7th	CE Dom Bosco	7th	0	1	1	5	6:14	- 08	3
8th.	Volta Redonda FC	7th	0	0	2	5	3:15	- 12	6th

Qualified for the quarter finals

Group S

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Gremio Porto Alegre	7th	3	3	1	0	18: 3	+ 15	16
2.	Palmeiras São Paulo	7th	2	0	4th	1	11: 5	+ 06	10
3.	Botafogo FR	7th	0	3	3	1	9: 8	+ 01	9
4th	America FC (RJ)	7th	0	3	1	3	7: 9	- 02nd	7th
5.	Coritiba FC	7th	0	2	3	2	5: 6	- 01	7th
6th	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	7th	0	1	3	3	7:10	- 03	5
7th	EC Noroeste	7th	0	1	2	4th	4:16	- 12	4th
8th.	Sao Paulo FC	7th	0	0	3	4th	6:10	- 04th	3

Qualified for the quarter finals

Group T

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	EC Bahia	7th	2	3	1	1	14: 3	+ 11	13
2.	CR Vasco da Gama	7th	1	3	3	0	13: 5	+ 08	12
3.	SER Caxias do Sul	7th	1	2	3	1	11: 5	+ 06	10
4th	Corinthians São Paulo	7th	0	2	3	2	7: 8	- 01	7th
5.	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	7th	0	1	5	1	5: 5	000	7th
6th	Americano FC (RJ)	7th	0	2	1	4th	3:12	- 09	5
7th	Gremio de Esportes Maringá	7th	1	0	2	4th	7:10	- 03	5
8th.	EC Vitória	7th	0	0	2	5	2:14	- 14	2

Qualified for the quarter finals

Quarter finals

After the two draws on the return leg, CR Vasco da Gama was allowed to move into the semifinals, as he had done better in the group games compared to Gremio Porto Alegre .

	total		First leg	Return leg
SC Internacional	3: 1	Santa Cruz FC	1-0	2: 1
Palmeiras São Paulo	3: 2	EC Bahia	2: 1	1: 1
CR Vasco da Gama	2: 2	Gremio Porto Alegre	1: 1	1: 1
Sport Recife	0: 6	Guarani FC	0: 2	0: 4

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Guarani FC	4: 1	CR Vasco da Gama	2-0	2: 1
Palmeiras São Paulo	3: 1	SC Internacional	2-0	1: 1

final

First leg

In the second half, Palmeiras goalkeeper Émerson Leão fouled Guarani player Careca . Leão received the red card for this and field player Escurinho was used as a substitute goalkeeper. He couldn't save the penalty taken by Zenon .

Palmeiras São Paulo		Guarani FC
	August 10, 1978 in Estádio do Morumbi ( São Paulo ) Result: 0: 1 (0: 1) Spectators: 99,829 Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
	Émerson Leão , Rosemiro , Alfredo Mostarda , Marinho Peres ( Zé Mário ), Pedrinho , Jair , Toninho Vanusa , Jorge , Silvio ( Escurinho ), Toninho Quintino , Nei Trainer: Jorge Silva Vieira	Neneca , Mauro Cabeção , Edson Gomes , Édson , Miranda , Zé Carlos , Renato , Zenon , Capitão , Careca , Bozó ( Adriano ) Trainer: Carlos Alberto Silva
		0: 1 Zenon (76.)
	Toninho, Jorge	Gomes, Édson Boaro, Zenon, Mauro
	Leão

Return leg

Guarani FC		Palmeiras São Paulo
	August 13, 1978 in Estádio Brinco de Ouro ( Campinas ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 27,086 Referee: José Roberto Wright
	Neneca , Mauro Cabeção , Edson Gomes , Édson , Miranda , Zé Carlos , Manguinha , Renato , Capitão , Careca , Bozó Trainer: Carlos Alberto Silva	Gilmar , Rosemiro , Beto Fuscão ( Jair ), Alfredo Mostarda , Pedrinho , Ivo , Toninho Vanusa , Jorge , Silvio , Escurinho , Nei Trainer: Jorge Silva Vieira
	1-0 Careca (36th)
	Mauro, Bozó	Mostarda, Toninho

Closing table

The table only served 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. In the event of a tie, the number of wins counts first and then the goal difference.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Guarani FC	32	6th	14th	8th	4th	57:22	+ 35	54
02.	Palmeiras São Paulo	32	5	8th	13	6th	42:19	+ 23	44
03.	SC Internacional	31	4th	18th	5	4th	55:26	+ 29	53
04th	CR Vasco da Gama	30th	6th	11	10	3	61:22	+ 39	50
05.	Santa Cruz FC	29	5	11	11	2	53:23	+ 30	48
06th	Gremio Porto Alegre	29	5	11	11	2	50:21	+ 29	48
07th	EC Bahia	28	4th	10	8th	6th	43:22	+ 21	40
08th.	Sport Recife	29	3	9	9	8th	34:25	+ 09	36
09.	Botafogo FR	26th	4th	11	10	1	40:16	+ 24	42
10.	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	27	3	11	10	3	44:21	+ 23	41
11.	Portuguesa	26th	2	12	8th	4th	41:18	+ 23	38
12.	Corinthians São Paulo	26th	3	9	9	5	29:16	+ 13	36
13.	Botafogo FC (SP)	26th	5	8th	4th	9	45:30	+ 15	35
14th	Goiás EC	26th	4th	9	5	8th	35:23	+ 12	35
15th	SER Caxias do Sul	27	3	8th	10	6th	35:23	+12	35
16.	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	26th	1	12	7th	6th	33:23	+ 10	34
17th	AA Ponte Preta	26th	4th	6th	10	6th	34:19	+ 15	34
18th	Coritiba FC	27	1	11	8th	7th	29:23	+ 06	33
19th	Sao Paulo FC (M)	26th	5	5	8th	8th	42:25	+ 17	33
20th	Operário FC (MS)	26th	1	10	8th	7th	26:24	+ 02	31
21st	America FC (RJ)	26th	0	11	7th	8th	29:28	+ 01	29
22nd	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	26th	1	9	8th	8th	23:20	+ 03	29
23.	FC Santos	26th	5	2	10	9	32:25	+ 07	29
24.	Londrina EC	25th	1	10	3	11	32:33	- 01	26th
25th	Botafogo FC (PB)	25th	2	7th	5	11	33:38	- 05th	25th
26th	Gremio de Esportes Maringá	25th	3	5	6th	11	36:32	+ 04	25th
27.	Americano FC	23	1	6th	10	6th	16:17	- 01	25th
28.	EC Noroeste	23	0	9	5	9	21:31	- 10	23
29	EC Vitória	26th	0	7th	8th	11	18:33	- 15	22nd
30th	Goytacaz FC	26th	1	6th	6th	13	20:35	- 15	21st
31.	CE Dom Bosco	23	2	4th	6th	11	25:36	- 11	20th
32.	Volta Redonda FC	23	1	4th	5	13	14:35	- 21	16
33.	Náutico capibaribe	20th	2	9	3	6th	31:19	+12	27
34.	Atlético Mineiro	20th	3	5	8th	4th	24:12	+ 12	27
35.	Clube do Remo	19th	3	6th	3	7th	27:20	+ 07	24
36.	Ceará SC	19th	1	7th	4th	7th	24:23	+ 01	21st
37.	Villa Nova AC	20th	1	7th	2	10	19:26	- 07th	19th
38.	America FC (SP)	19th	2	5	3	9	21:17	+ 04	19th
39.	Mixto EC	19th	1	4th	8th	6th	20:22	- 02nd	19th
40.	EC Juventude	20th	1	4th	7th	8th	18:27	- 09	18th
41.	Joinville EC	20th	0	4th	10	6th	17:24	- 07th	18th
42.	Comercial FC (Ribeirão Preto)	19th	1	3	7th	8th	14:19	- 05th	16
43.	Brasília FC	19th	0	4th	4th	11	11:29	- 18th	12
44.	Clube de Regatas Brasil	16	0	7th	5	4th	21:14	- 07th	19th
45.	ABC Natal	18th	0	5	9	4th	19:22	- 03	19th
46.	Fortaleza EC	16	1	5	5	5	17:14	+ 03	18th
47.	Colorado EC	18th	1	6th	2	9	15:20	- 05th	17th
48.	EC Comercial (MS)	16	0	4th	9	3	16:15	+ 01	17th
49.	Bangu AC	16	2	4th	2	8th	19:23	- 04th	16
50.	Vila Nova FC	16	1	4th	4th	7th	14:19	- 05th	15th
51.	Chapecoense	18th	0	5	5	8th	13:22	- 09	15th
52.	Paysandu SC	16	1	2	8th	5	15:17	- 02nd	15th
53.	CS Alagoano	16	0	5	4th	7th	18:24	- 06	14th
54.	Moto Club de São Luís	16	0	4th	6th	6th	10:14	- 04th	14th
55.	Figueirense FC	18th	0	4th	6th	8th	18:23	- 05th	14th
56.	Campinense Clube	18th	1	2	7th	8th	15:33	- 18th	14th
57.	Nacional Fast Clube	16	0	5	3	8th	12:25	- 13	13
58.	AD Ferroviária Vale do Rio Doce	16	0	4th	5	7th	10:15	- 05th	13
59.	Uberaba SC	18th	0	2	9	7th	13:20	- 07th	13
60.	América FC (RN)	18th	0	2	9	7th	17:25	- 08	13
61.	EC XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)	16	1	2	5	8th	16:22	- 06	12
62.	Athletico Paranaense	18th	0	3	5	10	10:23	+ 13	11
63.	Sampaio Corrêa FC	16	0	3	5	8th	11:26	- 15	11
64.	Uberlândia EC	18th	0	3	5	10	14:31	- 17th	11
65.	AA Anapolina	16	0	2	7th	7th	11:18	- 07th	11
66.	EC Flamengo	16	0	3	4th	9	7:23	16	10
67.	Itabuna EC	16	1	2	3	10	13:30	- 17th	10
68.	America Mineiro	18th	1	1	5	11	14:30	- 16	10
69.	Ríver AC	16	0	3	3	10	13:29	- 16	9
70.	AD Confiança	16	0	3	3	10	13:30	- 17th	9
71.	Rio Branco AC	16	0	2	5	9	11:27	- 16	9
72.	Gremio Esportivo Brasil	18th	0	2	3	13	11:36	- 25	7th
73.	CS Sergipe	16	0	1	3	12	7:30	- 23	5
74.	Nacional FC (AM)	16	0	1	2	13	5:29	- 24	4th

	Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1979 as champion and runner-up
	Eliminated in the semi-finals
	Eliminated in the quarterfinals
	Eliminated in the third round
	Eliminated in the second round
(M)	Champion of the previous year

Web links

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