1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1997
Champions	Vasco da Gama 3rd Campeonato Brasileiro title 3rd Brazilian title
Relegated	Bahia Criciúma Fluminense União São João
Copa Libertadores de América	Cruzeiro (title holders) Vasco da Gama Grêmio (Copa do Brasil champion)
Matches played	351
Goals scored	969 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Edmundo (29 goals)
← 1996 1998 →

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

It was competed for by 26 teams, and Vasco da Gama won the title.

First phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vasco da Gama	25	17	3	5	55	32	+23	54	Qualified to Second Phase
2	Internacional	25	15	6	4	52	21	+31	51
3	Atlético Mineiro	25	14	5	6	42	33	+9	47
4	Portuguesa	25	12	9	4	45	28	+17	45
5	Flamengo	25	12	6	7	30	24	+6	42
6	Santos	25	12	5	8	39	33	+6	41
7	Palmeiras	25	10	10	5	47	24	+23	40
8	Juventude	25	9	10	6	24	20	+4	37
9	Vitória	25	9	9	7	44	40	+4	36
10	Botafogo	25	8	10	7	32	32	0	34
11	Sport	25	9	6	10	34	32	+2	33
12	São Paulo	25	8	9	8	41	32	+9	33
13	Paraná	25	8	8	9	30	30	0	32
14	Grêmio	25	7	10	8	34	47	−13	31
15	Coritiba	25	7	9	9	31	32	−1	30
16	América de Natal	25	7	9	9	31	40	−9	30
17	Corinthians	25	8	5	12	23	27	−4	29
18	Atlético Paranaense	25	9	6	10	37	41	−4	28
19	Goiás	25	8	4	13	30	40	−10	28
20	Cruzeiro	25	6	10	9	30	35	−5	28
21	Guarani	25	6	10	9	36	43	−7	28
22	Bragantino	25	7	5	13	27	46	−19	26
23	Bahia	25	6	8	11	39	49	−10	26	Relegated to 1998 Série B
24	Criciúma	25	6	7	12	27	35	−8	25
25	Fluminense	25	4	10	11	26	41	−15	22
26	União São João	25	2	9	14	18	47	−29	15

Source: https://rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1997.htm
Notes:

Second phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	6	4	2	0	14	5	+9	14	Qualified for the final
2	Flamengo	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
3	Juventude	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7
4	Portuguesa	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	6	5	1	0	10	4	+6	16	Qualified for the final
2	Santos	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7
3	Internacional	6	2	0	4	8	10	−2	6
4	Atlético Mineiro	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6

Source:

Final

December 14, 1997

Palmeiras	0–0	Vasco da Gama

Morumbi

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December 21, 1997

Vasco da Gama	0–0	Palmeiras

Maracanã

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Vasco da Gama were declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions because the club had scored more points than Palmeiras throughout the year.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vasco da Gama	33	21	7	5	69	37	+32	70
2	Palmeiras	33	15	13	5	57	28	+29	58
3	Internacional	31	17	6	8	60	31	+29	57
4	Atlético Mineiro	31	16	5	10	48	42	+6	53
5	Flamengo	31	14	8	9	37	32	+5	50
6	Portuguesa	31	13	10	8	50	36	+14	49
7	Santos	31	14	6	11	48	43	+5	48
8	Juventude	31	11	11	9	30	31	−1	44
9	Vitória	25	9	9	7	44	40	+4	36
10	Botafogo	25	8	10	7	32	32	0	34
11	Sport	25	9	6	10	34	32	+2	33
12	São Paulo	25	8	9	8	41	32	+9	33
13	Paraná	25	8	8	9	30	30	0	32
14	Grêmio	25	7	10	8	34	47	−13	31
15	Coritiba	25	7	9	9	31	32	−1	30
16	América de Natal	25	7	9	9	31	40	−9	30
17	Corinthians	25	8	5	12	23	27	−4	29
18	Atlético Paranaense	25	9	6	10	37	41	−4	28
19	Goiás	25	8	4	13	30	40	−10	28
20	Cruzeiro	25	6	10	9	30	35	−5	28
21	Guarani	25	6	10	9	36	43	−7	28
22	Bragantino	25	7	5	13	27	46	−19	26
23	Bahia (R)	25	6	8	11	39	49	−10	26
24	Criciúma (R)	25	6	7	12	27	35	−8	25
25	Fluminense (R)	25	4	10	11	26	41	−15	22
26	União São João (R)	25	2	9	14	18	47	−29	15

Source:
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Edmundo	Vasco	29
2	Christian	Internacional	24
3	Dodô	São Paulo	21
4	Rodrigo Fabri	Portuguesa	17
5	Valdir	Atlético Mineiro	16
6	Guga	Portuguesa	13
7	Oséas	Palmeiras	11

External links

• Results by round at bolanarea.com