1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Football league season

Campeonato Brasileiro Série BSeason| 1998

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Champions| Gama
Promoted| Gama
Botafogo-SP
Relegated| Fluminense
Atlético-GO
Náutico
Juventus
Volta Redonda
Americano
Top goalscorer| Gauchinho (XV de Piracicaba) - 13
Biggest home win| XV de Piracicaba 6-0 Ceará (September 6, 1998)

← Série B 1997

Série B 1999 →

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1998, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 2 to December 20, 1998. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by Gama.

Gama finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1999 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1999 Série A along with Botafogo-SP, the runners-up. The six worst ranked teams in the first round (Fluminense, Atlético-GO, Náutico, Juventus, Volta Redonda and Americano) were relegated to play Série C in 1999.

## Teams

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ABC | Natal | Machadão | 14th in Série B
Americano | Rio de Janeiro | Godofredo Cruz | 13th in Série B
Atlético-GO | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | 16th in Série B
Bahia | Salvador | Fonte Nova | 23rd in Série A
Botafogo-SP | Ribeirão Preto | Santa Cruz | 17th in Série B
Ceará | Fortaleza | Castelão | 9th in Série B
CRB | Maceió | Pajuçara | 5th in Série B
Criciúma | Criciúma | Heriberto Hülse | 24th in Série A
Desportiva | Cariacica | Engenheiro Araripe | 12th in Série B
Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro | Maracanã | 25th in Série A
Gama | Gama | Bezerrão | 7th in Série B
Joinville | Joinville | Ernestão | 6th in Série B
Juventus | São Paulo | Rua Javari | 2nd in Série C
Londrina | Londrina | Café | 10th in Série B
Náutico | Recife | Aflitos | 3rd in Série B
Paysandu | Belém | Curuzú | 11th in Série B
Remo | Belém | Mangueirão | 18th in Série B
Santa Cruz | Recife | Arruda | 20th in Série B
Sampaio Corrêa | São Luís | Castelão | 1st in Série C
Tuna Luso | Belém | Francisco Vasques | 8th in Série B
União São João | Araras | Herminião | 26th in Série A
Vila Nova | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | 4th in Série B
Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | Raulino de Oliveira | 19th in Série B
XV de Piracicaba | Piracicaba | Barão da Serra Negra | 15th in Série B

## First phase

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### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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Remo | 10  | 6  | 2  | 2  | 16  | 9  | +7  | 20  | Advanced to the Round of 16
Desportiva | 10  | 5  | 1  | 4  | 11  | 10  | +1  | 16
Londrina | 10  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 15  | 10  | +5  | 15
União São João | 10  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 7  | 10  | −3  | 13
Atlético-GO | 10  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 8  | 10  | −2  | 10  | Relegated to 1999 Série C
Náutico | 10  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 5  | 13  | −8  | 8

Source: [citation needed]

### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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Botafogo-SP | 10  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 15  | 7  | +8  | 21  | Advanced to the Round of 16
Santa Cruz | 10  | 4  | 4  | 2  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 16
Criciúma | 10  | 5  | 0  | 5  | 17  | 13  | +4  | 15
Vila Nova | 10  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 16  | 14  | +2  | 14
Sampaio Corrêa | 10  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 5  | 9  | −4  | 14  |
Volta Redonda | 10  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 8  | 19  | −11  | 6  | Relegated to 1999 Série C

Source: [citation needed]

### Group C

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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XV de Piracicaba | 10  | 8  | 0  | 2  | 24  | 12  | +12  | 24  | Advanced to the Round of 16
Ceará | 10  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 13  | 16  | −3  | 15
Tuna Luso | 10  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 15  | 10  | +5  | 14
Gama | 10  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 13  | 12  | +1  | 13
Bahia | 10  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 14  | 14  | 0  | 13  |
Americano | 10  | 1  | 3  | 6  | 8  | 23  | −15  | 6  | Relegated to 1999 Série C

Source: [citation needed]

### Group D

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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Joinville | 10  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 10  | 8  | +2  | 17  | Advanced to the Round of 16
ABC | 10  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 19  | 15  | +4  | 15
Paysandu | 10  | 3  | 5  | 2  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 14
CRB | 10  | 3  | 5  | 2  | 8  | 8  | 0  | 14
Fluminense | 10  | 2  | 5  | 3  | 12  | 12  | 0  | 11  | Relegated to 1999 Série C
Juventus | 10  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 15  | −9  | 7

Source: [citation needed]

## Second phase

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Teams  | Scores

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Team 1  | Points  | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg  | 3rd leg  | Agg.
Gama | 6:0  |  Remo | 1:0  | 4:1  | —  | 5:1
CRB | 4:4  |  Botafogo-SP | 2:1  | 0:2  | 0:0  | 2:3
União São João | 2:5  |  Joinville | 3:3  | 0:3  | 0:0  | 3:6
Tuna Luso | 1:7  |  Desportiva | 1:1  | 0:2  | 1:3  | 2:6
ABC | 3:3  |  Londrina1 | 0:0  | 0:0  | 1:1  | 1:1
Ceará | 1:7  |  Criciúma | 1:1  | 0:3  | 0:2  | 1:6
Vila Nova | 4:4  |  XV de Piracicaba | 1:0  | 0:0  | 0:2  | 1:2
Paysandu | 7:1  |  Santa Cruz | 2:0  | 0:0  | 2:1  | 4:1

1 Londrina qualified after defeating ABC on a penalty shoot-out.

## Third phase

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### Group 1

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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Gama | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 10  | Advanced to the Final phase
Desportiva | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 9  | 9  | 0  | 9
Criciúma | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 8  |
XV de Piracicaba | 6  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 7  | 8  | −1  | 7

Source: [citation needed]

### Group 2

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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Botafogo-SP | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 12  | 10  | +2  | 10  | Advanced to the Final phase
Londrina | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 9  | 7  | +2  | 10
Joinville | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 7  | 10  | −3  | 8  |
Paysandu | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 8  | 9  | −1  | 5

Source: [citation needed]

## Final phase

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion  |  | GAM | BSP | DES | LON

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1  | Gama | 6  | 2  | 4  | 0  | 10  | 6  | +4  | 10  | Promoted to Série A 1999 |  |  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 3–0
2  | Botafogo-SP | 6  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 9  | 5  | +4  | 9  |  | 1–2  |  | 5–1  | 1–0
3  | Desportiva | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 8  | 12  | −4  | 6  |  |  | 2–2  | 1–1  |  | 1–0
4  | Londrina | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 6  | −4  | 5  |  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  |

Source: [citation needed]

## Final standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | Gama | 24  | 11  | 6  | 7  | 33  | 24  | +9  | 39  | Promoted to 1999 Série A
2  | Botafogo-SP | 25  | 13  | 5  | 7  | 39  | 24  | +15  | 44
3  | Desportiva | 25  | 11  | 5  | 9  | 34  | 33  | +1  | 38  | Reached Final phase group
4  | Londrina | 25  | 8  | 9  | 8  | 27  | 24  | +3  | 33
5  | XV de Piracicaba | 19  | 11  | 2  | 6  | 33  | 21  | +12  | 35  | Reached Third phase
6  | Criciúma | 19  | 9  | 3  | 7  | 30  | 20  | +10  | 30
7  | Joinville | 19  | 8  | 6  | 5  | 23  | 21  | +2  | 30
8  | Paysandu | 19  | 6  | 8  | 5  | 20  | 15  | +5  | 26
9  | Remo | 12  | 6  | 2  | 4  | 17  | 14  | +3  | 20  | Reached the Second phase
10  | Vila Nova | 13  | 5  | 3  | 5  | 17  | 16  | +1  | 18
11  | ABC | 13  | 4  | 6  | 3  | 20  | 16  | +4  | 18
12  | CRB | 13  | 4  | 6  | 3  | 10  | 11  | −1  | 18
13  | Santa Cruz | 13  | 4  | 5  | 4  | 10  | 12  | −2  | 17
14  | Ceará | 13  | 4  | 4  | 5  | 14  | 22  | −8  | 16
15  | Tuna Luso | 13  | 4  | 3  | 6  | 17  | 16  | +1  | 15
16  | União São João | 13  | 3  | 6  | 4  | 10  | 16  | −6  | 15
17  | Sampaio Corrêa | 10  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 5  | 9  | −4  | 14  |
18  | Bahia | 10  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 14  | 14  | 0  | 13
19  | Fluminense | 10  | 2  | 5  | 3  | 12  | 12  | 0  | 11  | Relegated to 1999 Série C
20  | Atlético-GO | 10  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 8  | 10  | −2  | 10
21  | Náutico | 10  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 5  | 13  | −8  | 8
22  | Juventus | 10  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 15  | −9  | 7
23  | Volta Redonda | 10  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 8  | 19  | −11  | 6
24  | Americano | 10  | 1  | 3  | 6  | 8  | 23  | −15  | 6

Source: [citation needed]

## Sources

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* "Brazil Second Level 1998". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

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