1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season	1998
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

Team	City	Stadium	1997 Season
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 de Serra Negra	15th in Série B

First phase

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Round of 16
	Teams relegated to 1999 Série C

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Remo	10	6	2	2	16	9	+7	20
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
Náutico	10	2	2	6	5	13	−8	8

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Botafogo-SP	10	7	0	3	15	7	+8	21
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

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
XV de Piracicaba	10	8	0	2	24	12	+12	24
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

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Joinville	10	5	2	3	10	8	+2	17
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
Juventus	10	1	4	5	6	15	−9	7

Second phase

Teams			Scores
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

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Final phase

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gama	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
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

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Botafogo-SP	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	10
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

Final phase

Time		P	J	V	E	D	GP	GC	SG
1	Gama	10	6	2	4	0	10	6	4
2	Botafogo-SP	9	6	2	3	1	9	5	4
3	Desportiva	6	6	1	3	2	8	12	-4
4	Londrina	5	6	1	2	3	2	6	-4

	BSP	DES	GAM	LON
Botafogo-SP	—	5-1	1-2	1-0
Desportiva	1-1	—	2-2	1-0
Gama	1-1	2-2	—	3-0
Londrina	0-0	2-1	0-0	—


	Promoted to Série A 1999

Final standings

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

Sources

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

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