1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1984
Champions	Fluminense 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title 2nd Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores de América	Fluminense Vasco da Gama
Matches played	310
Goals scored	747 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roberto Dinamite (Vasco da Gama) - 16 goals
Biggest home win	Vasco da Gama 9–0 Tuna Luso (February 19, 1984)
Biggest away win	Ferroviário-CE 0–5 Santos (February 23, 1984)
Highest scoring	Vasco da Gama 9–0 Tuna Luso (February 19, 1984)
Average attendance	18,523
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 28th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Format[]

First Stage

The 40 clubs were divided in eight groups of five teams each, playing against the other teams of their respective groups twice. The three best placed teams of each group qualified to the Second Stage, while the fourth placed teams of each group competed in a playoff round named Repescagem.

Repescagem

The fourth placed teams of each group played a one-legged playoff. The winners qualified to the Second Stage.

Second Stage

The 28 qualified clubs (24 from the First Stage plus four from the Repescagem) were divided in seven groups of four teams each, playing twice against the other group teams. The two best placed teams of each group qualified to the Third Stage.

Third Stage

The 14 qualified clubs plus the club with the best average points among the ones eliminated in the Second Stage plus the Série B 1984 champion (Uberlândia) were divided in four groups of four teams each, playing against the other teams of their respective groups twice. The two best placed teams of each group qualified to the Quarterfinals.

Final Stage

The Quarterfinals, Semifinals and the Final were played in two legs.

Standings[]

First stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Paulo	8	4	3	1	16	8	+8	11	Second stage
2	Vasco da Gama	8	4	1	3	20	9	+11	9
3	Fortaleza	8	3	2	3	7	11	−4	8
4	Tuna Luso	8	2	4	2	6	15	−9	8	Repescagem
5	Nacional	8	0	4	4	5	11	−6	4

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Mineiro	8	5	2	1	18	5	+13	12	Second stage
2	Bahia	8	3	3	2	9	11	−2	9
3	Brasil	8	2	3	3	5	9	−4	7
4	Treze	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	6	Repescagem
5	Bangu	8	1	4	3	4	7	−3	6

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos	8	7	1	0	20	2	+18	15	Second stage
2	Fluminense	8	5	2	1	9	3	+6	12
3	ABC	8	3	1	4	9	10	−1	7
4	Ferroviário	8	1	2	5	2	16	−14	4	Repescagem
5	Confiança	8	1	0	7	5	14	−9	2

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santo André	8	5	2	1	12	8	+4	12	Second stage
2	Grêmio	8	5	2	1	19	7	+12	12
3	Náutico Capibaribe	8	4	2	2	10	8	+2	10
4	Coritiba	8	2	0	6	11	17	−6	4	Repescagem
5	Catuense	8	0	2	6	4	16	−12	2

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	8	4	4	0	13	6	+7	12	Second stage
2	Palmeiras	8	4	3	1	15	7	+8	11
3	Operário-MS	8	3	3	2	15	11	+4	9
4	Goiás	8	3	2	3	11	10	+1	8	Repescagem
5	Brasília	8	0	0	8	4	24	−20	0

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América-RJ	8	4	3	1	11	7	+4	11	Second stage
2	Atlético Paranaense	8	3	3	2	10	8	+2	9
3	Brasil-Pel	8	2	4	2	7	9	−2	8
4	Rio Branco	8	3	0	5	10	17	−7	6	Repescagem
5	Cruzeiro	8	2	2	4	16	13	+3	6

Group G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians	8	3	4	1	9	4	+5	10	Second stage
2	Internacional	8	2	6	0	12	5	+7	10
3	Operário-MT	8	2	3	3	10	11	−1	7
4	Joinville	8	2	3	3	6	7	−1	7	Repescagem
5	Anapolina	8	1	4	3	3	13	−10	6

Group H[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santa Cruz	8	4	3	1	11	6	+5	11	Second stage
2	Botafogo	8	4	2	2	8	5	+3	10
3	Portuguesa	8	3	3	2	10	4	+6	9
4	Auto Esporte-PI	8	3	0	5	10	17	−7	6	Repescagem
5	Moto Club	8	1	2	5	7	14	−7	4

Repescagem[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tuna Luso	0–1	Treze
Coritiba	3–1	Ferroviário
Goiás	2–1	Rio Branco
Joinville	2–0	Auto Esporte-PI

Treze, Coritiba, Goiás and Joinville qualified to the Second Stage.

Second stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	8	Third stage
2	Goiás	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	7
3	São Paulo	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7
4	Bahia	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	6	3	1	2	10	3	+7	7	Third stage
2	Grêmio	6	3	1	2	3	2	+1	7
3	Atlético Mineiro	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	5
4	Joinville	6	2	1	3	4	11	−7	5

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	7	Third stage
2	Fortaleza	6	2	3	1	7	8	−1	7
3	Palmeiras	6	2	2	2	15	9	+6	6
4	Brasil	6	1	2	3	1	10	−9	4

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Paranaense	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	7	Third stage
2	Santo André	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	7
3	Operário-MS	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	7
4	ABC	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	3

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portuguesa	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	8	Third stage
2	Flamengo	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	7
3	Brasil-Pel	6	2	1	3	4	9	−5	5
4	Internacional	6	1	2	3	5	5	0	4

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Coritiba	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	7	Third stage
2	América-RJ	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	7
3	Operário-MT	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	5
4	Botafogo	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	5

Group G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Náutico Capibaribe	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	7	Third stage
2	Corinthians	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	7
3	Santa Cruz	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	7
4	Treze	6	0	3	3	2	5	−3	3

Note: Corinthians qualified due to head-to-head results with Santa Cruz

Third stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6	10	Quarterfinals
2	Portuguesa	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	5
3	Operário-MS	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	5
4	Santo André	6	0	4	2	3	5	−2	4

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	6	4	2	0	9	1	+8	10	Quarterfinals
2	Coritiba	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	7
3	Uberlândia	6	2	2	2	4	3	+1	6
4	Fortaleza	6	0	1	5	3	13	−10	1

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	8	Quarterfinals
2	Náutico Capibaribe	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	7
3	Santos	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	6
4	América-RJ	6	0	3	3	3	9	−6	3

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grêmio	6	3	3	0	10	4	+6	9	Quarterfinals
2	Corinthians	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	8
3	Atlético Paranaense	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	5
4	Goiás	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2

Final stage[]

Quarterfinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Coritiba	2–7	Fluminense	2–2	0–5
Flamengo	3–4	Corinthians	2–0	1–4
Portuguesa	5–9	Vasco da Gama	2–5	3–4
Náutico Capibaribe	3–6	Grêmio	2–3	1–3

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grêmio	1–3	Vasco da Gama	1–0	0–3
Corinthians	0–2	Fluminense	0–2	0–0

The Final[]

Vasco: Roberto Costa; Edevaldo, Ivan, Daniel González and Aírton; Pires, Arturzinho and Mário (Geovani); Mauricinho (Jussiê), Roberto Dinamite and Marquinho. Head coach: Edu.

Fluminense: Paulo Víctor, Aldo, Duílio, Ricardo Gomes and Renato; Jandir, Delei (Renê) and Assis; Romerito, Washington (Wilsinho) and Tato. Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.

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Fluminense: Paulo Víctor; Aldo, Duílio, Ricardo Gomes and Branco; Jandir, Delei and Assis; Romerito, Washington and Tato. Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.

Vasco: Roberto Costa; Edevaldo, Ivan, Daniel González and Aírton; Pires, Arturzinho and Mário; Jussiê (Marcelo), Roberto Dinamite and Marquinho. Head coach: Edu.

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Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fluminense	26	15	9	2	37	13	+24	39
2	Vasco da Gama	26	14	5	7	51	20	+31	33
3	Grêmio	24	14	6	4	39	19	+20	34
4	Corinthians	24	9	10	5	31	19	+12	28
5	Flamengo	22	11	7	4	32	20	+12	29
6	Náutico	22	10	4	8	30	31	−1	24
7	Portuguesa	22	7	8	7	29	25	+4	22
8	Coritiba	22	7	5	10	26	36	−10	19
9	Santos	20	11	6	3	39	16	+23	28
10	Santo André	20	8	7	5	25	19	+6	23
11	Atlético Paranaense	20	7	7	6	24	21	+3	21
12	América-RJ	20	7	7	6	25	23	+2	21
13	Operário-MS	20	7	7	6	25	23	+2	21
14	Goiás	20	6	5	9	24	30	−6	17
15	Fortaleza	20	5	6	9	17	32	−15	16
16	Uberlândia	6	2	2	2	4	3	+1	6
17	São Paulo	14	6	6	2	23	14	+9	18
18	Santa Cruz	14	6	6	2	17	10	+7	18
19	Atlético Mineiro	14	7	3	4	24	12	+12	17
20	Palmeiras	14	6	5	3	30	16	+14	17
21	Botafogo	14	5	5	4	14	11	+3	15
22	Internacional	14	3	8	3	17	10	+7	14
23	Brasil-Pel	14	4	5	5	11	18	−7	13
24	Operário-MT	14	4	4	6	16	21	−5	12
25	Joinville	14	4	4	6	10	18	−8	12
26	Bahia	14	3	5	6	12	21	−9	11
27	CRB	14	3	5	6	6	19	−13	11
28	ABC	14	4	2	8	14	24	−10	10
29	Treze	14	2	5	7	9	16	−7	9
30	Tuna Luso	8	2	4	2	6	15	−9	8
31	Rio Branco	8	3	0	5	10	17	−7	6
32	Auto Esporte-PI	8	3	0	5	10	17	−7	6
33	Ferroviário	8	1	2	5	2	16	−14	4
34	Cruzeiro	8	2	2	4	16	13	+3	6
35	Bangu	8	1	4	3	4	7	−3	6
36	Anapolina	8	1	4	3	3	13	−10	6
37	Moto Club	8	1	2	5	7	14	−7	4
38	Nacional	8	0	4	4	5	11	−6	4
39	Confiança	8	1	0	7	5	14	−9	2
40	Catuense	8	0	2	6	4	16	−12	2
41	Brasília	8	0	0	8	4	24	−20	0

References[]

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1984 at RSSSF