1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	1978
Champions	Guarani; 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title; 1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores; de América	Guarani; Palmeiras
Matches played	792
Goals scored	1,771 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paulinho (Vasco da Gama) - 19 goals
Biggest home win	Guarani 7-0 Itabuna (April 30, 1978)
Biggest away win	Sergipe 0-5 Vasco da Gama (May 11, 1978); Remo 0-5 Vasco da Gama (June 10, 1978)
Highest scoring	Botafogo-PB 6-3 Uberlândia (May 1, 1978)
Longest winning run	Guarani (11 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Botafogo (24 matches)
Longest losing run	Nacional-AM (8 matches)
Average attendance	10,540
	← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the IV Copa Brasil) was the 22nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview edit

It was contested by 74 teams, and Guarani won the championship.

First phase edit

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Internacional	12	8	2	2	26	11	+15	3	21
2	Grêmio	12	8	3	1	22	9	+13	1	20
3	Coritiba	12	7	3	2	16	9	+7	0	17
4	Caxias	12	5	5	2	13	9	+4	0	15
5	Juventude	12	4	5	3	12	10	+2	1	14
6	Joinville	12	3	7	2	11	10	+1	0	13
7	Londrina	12	5	1	6	17	16	+1	1	12
8	Grêmio Maringá	12	4	3	5	18	15	+3	1	12
9	Chapecoense	12	4	1	7	9	17	−8	0	9
10	Atlético-PR	12	3	3	6	7	15	−8	0	9
11	Figueirense	12	2	5	5	12	17	−5	0	9
12	Colorado	12	4	0	8	7	15	−8	0	8
13	Brasil de Pelotas	12	1	2	9	6	23	−17	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Santa Cruz	12	8	4	0	24	6	+18	3	23
2	Cruzeiro	12	8	2	2	30	13	+17	3	21
3	Náutico	12	9	1	2	22	9	+13	1	20
4	Atlético Mineiro	12	7	3	2	17	5	+12	3	20
5	Villa Nova	12	6	2	4	13	9	+4	0	14
6	Sport	12	5	4	3	13	7	+6	0	14
7	ABC	12	3	5	4	12	18	−6	0	11
8	América-RN	12	2	6	4	11	15	−4	0	10
9	Botafogo-PB	12	3	2	7	17	26	−9	1	9
10	Campinense	12	2	4	6	11	24	−13	1	9
11	Uberaba	12	2	5	5	7	14	−7	0	9
12	Uberlândia	12	1	5	6	11	28	−17	0	7
13	América-MG	12	1	2	9	10	24	−14	1	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Corinthians	11	6	5	0	15	1	+14	3	20
2	Goiás	11	6	3	2	13	5	+8	1	16
3	Mixto	11	4	7	0	14	7	+7	1	16
4	Operário-MS	11	5	4	2	11	7	+4	1	15
5	Santos	11	3	5	3	16	11	+5	2	13
6	Brasília	11	4	3	4	10	13	−3	0	11
7	Comercial-MS	11	2	7	2	9	10	−1	0	11
8	Vila Nova	11	3	3	5	9	12	−3	1	10
9	Desportiva	11	2	5	4	5	9	−4	0	9
10	Dom Bosco	11	2	4	5	11	18	−7	1	9
11	Anapolina	11	1	5	5	7	12	−5	0	7
12	Rio Branco-ES	11	1	3	7	5	20	−15	0	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Vasco da Gama	11	8	3	0	26	5	+21	3	22
2	Botafogo	11	7	4	0	16	3	+13	2	20
3	Bahia	11	6	3	2	17	7	+10	1	16
4	Ponte Preta	11	6	2	3	19	10	+9	2	16
5	Guarani	11	5	4	2	21	9	+12	2	16
6	Vitória	11	5	3	3	12	12	0	0	13
7	CRB	11	4	4	3	16	12	+4	0	12
8	CSA	11	3	2	6	10	18	−8	0	8
9	Confiança	11	1	3	7	8	21	−13	0	5
10	Volta Redonda	11	1	3	7	3	16	−13	0	5
11	Sergipe	11	1	3	7	5	20	−15	0	5
12	Itabuna	11	1	2	8	7	27	−20	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Palmeiras	11	6	4	1	20	4	+16	3	19
2	São Paulo	11	6	2	3	23	9	+14	3	17
3	Botafogo-SP	11	5	3	3	23	16	+7	3	16
4	Ceará	11	6	3	2	13	10	+3	0	15
5	América-SP	11	6	0	5	12	9	+3	1	13
6	Comercial-SP	11	4	4	3	11	8	+3	1	13
7	Noroeste	11	4	3	4	9	11	−2	0	11
8	Fortaleza	11	3	4	4	10	10	0	1	11
9	Moto Club	11	3	5	3	6	7	−1	0	11
10	River	11	2	3	6	8	21	−13	0	7
10	Sampaio Corrêa	11	2	3	6	8	21	−13	0	7
12	Flamengo-PI	11	0	4	7	1	19	−18	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Flamengo	11	10	0	1	19	7	+12	1	21
2	Portuguesa	11	7	3	1	20	4	+16	2	19
3	Remo	11	6	2	3	15	4	+11	2	16
4	América-RJ	11	5	3	3	13	11	+2	0	13
5	Fluminense	11	5	2	4	9	9	0	0	12
6	Goytacaz	11	4	3	4	8	8	0	1	12
7	Americano	11	2	7	2	5	4	+1	0	11
8	Fast	11	4	2	5	8	14	−6	0	10
9	Paysandu	11	2	5	4	6	11	−5	0	9
10	Bangu	11	3	0	8	10	20	−10	1	7
11	XV de Piracicaba	11	1	4	6	9	16	−7	0	6
12	Nacional-AM	11	1	1	9	4	18	−14	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second phase edit

Group G edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Internacional	8	6	2	0	13	6	+7	0	14
2	Cruzeiro	8	5	3	0	9	3	+6	0	13
3	Palmeiras	8	3	3	2	5	5	0	0	9
4	Ponte Preta	8	2	3	3	7	7	0	0	7
5	Goytacaz	8	2	3	3	9	11	−2	0	7
6	Vitória	8	2	3	3	4	7	−3	0	7
7	Atlético Mineiro	8	1	5	2	7	7	0	0	7
8	América-SP	8	1	3	4	9	8	+1	1	6
9	Mixto	8	1	1	6	6	15	−9	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Santa Cruz	8	5	3	0	11	5	+6	0	13
2	Goiás	8	4	1	3	13	9	+4	2	11
3	Bahia	8	3	3	2	10	9	+1	1	10
4	Grêmio	8	2	5	1	8	7	+1	1	10
5	Fluminense	8	3	3	2	7	6	+1	0	9
6	Santos	8	2	3	3	6	8	−2	1	8
7	Náutico	8	2	2	4	9	10	−1	1	7
8	Ceará	8	2	1	5	11	13	−2	1	6
9	Joinville	8	1	3	4	6	14	−8	0	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group I edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Botafogo	8	5	3	0	15	5	+10	2	15
2	Sport	8	3	3	2	12	6	+6	2	11
3	Botafogo-SP	8	4	1	3	10	7	+3	1	10
4	Corinthians	8	4	1	3	7	7	0	0	9
5	América-RJ	8	3	3	2	9	8	+1	0	9
6	Operário-MS	8	3	2	3	7	9	−2	0	8
7	Flamengo^[a]	8	2	4	2	7	6	+1	0	8
8	Juventude	8	1	2	5	6	17	−11	0	4
9	Comercial-SP	8	0	3	5	3	11	−8	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Flamengo qualified as the eliminated team in the groups G, H, I and J with the best campaign overall.

Group J edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Vasco da Gama	8	5	2	1	19	6	+13	2	14
2	São Paulo	8	4	3	1	13	6	+7	2	13
3	Portuguesa	8	5	2	1	15	9	+6	0	12
4	Guarani	8	3	3	2	12	10	+2	2	11
5	Caxias	8	3	2	3	11	9	+2	2	10
6	Coritiba	8	3	2	3	8	8	0	1	9
7	Remo	8	3	1	4	12	16	−4	1	8
8	Villa Nova	8	2	0	6	6	17	−11	1	5
9	Brasília	8	0	1	7	1	16	−15	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group K edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Londrina	6	5	1	0	11	4	+7	0	11
2	Colorado	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	1	9
3	Grêmio Maringá^[a]	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	1	8
4	Chapecoense	6	1	4	1	4	5	−1	0	6
5	Figueirense	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	0	5
6	Brasil de Pelotas	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	0	3
7	Atlético-PR	6	0	2	4	3	8	−5	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Grêmio Maringá qualified as the eliminated team in the groups K, L, M, N, O and P with the best overall campaign.

Group L edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Botafogo-PB	6	4	2	0	10	2	+8	1	11
2	ABC	6	2	4	0	7	4	+3	0	8
3	Uberaba	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	0	6
4	Uberlândia	6	1	3	2	3	3	0	0	5
5	América-MG	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	0	5
6	Campinense	6	1	3	2	4	9	−5	0	5
7	América-RN	6	0	3	3	6	10	−4	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group M edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Dom Bosco	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	1	8
2	Comercial-MS	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2	0	6
3	Vila Nova	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	0	5
4	Desportiva	5	2	0	3	5	6	−1	0	4
5	Rio Branco-ES	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	0	4
6	Anapolina	5	1	2	2	4	6	−2	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group N edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Volta Redonda	5	4	0	1	8	4	+4	1	9
2	CRB	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3	0	7
3	Itabuna	5	2	1	2	6	3	+3	1	6
4	CSA	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	0	6
5	Confiança	5	2	0	3	5	9	−4	0	4
6	Sergipe	5	0	0	5	2	10	−8	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group O edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Noroeste	5	4	0	1	8	4	+4	8
2	Fortaleza	5	3	1	1	7	4	+3	7
3	Flamengo-PI	5	3	0	2	5	4	+1	6
4	Sampaio Corrêa	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	4
5	Moto Club	5	1	1	3	4	7	−3	3
6	River	5	1	0	4	5	8	−3	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group P edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Americano	5	3	2	0	8	1	+7	1	9
2	Bangu	5	3	2	0	9	3	+6	1	9
3	XV de Piracicaba	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	1	6
4	Paysandu	5	1	3	1	9	6	+3	1	6
5	Fast	5	1	1	3	4	11	−7	0	3
6	Nacional-AM	5	0	1	4	1	11	−10	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Third phase edit

Group Q edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Guarani	7	6	1	0	12	2	+10	2	15
2	Internacional	7	6	0	1	12	5	+7	1	13
3	Botafogo-SP	7	4	0	3	12	7	+5	1	9
4	Goiás	7	3	1	3	9	9	0	1	8
5	Santos	7	2	2	3	10	6	+4	2	8
6	Botafogo-PB	7	2	1	4	6	10	−4	0	5
7	Londrina	7	1	1	5	4	13	−9	0	3
8	Goytacaz	7	1	0	6	3	16	−13	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group R edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Santa Cruz	7	3	4	0	17	9	+8	2	12
2	Sport	7	4	2	1	9	6	+3	1	11
3	Ponte Preta	7	2	5	0	8	2	+6	2	11
4	Operário-MS	7	3	2	2	8	8	0	0	8
5	Fluminense	7	2	3	2	7	5	+2	1	8
6	Portuguesa	7	2	3	2	6	5	+1	0	7
7	Dom Bosco	7	1	1	5	6	14	−8	0	3
8	Volta Redonda	7	0	2	5	3	15	−12	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group S edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Grêmio	7	6	1	0	18	3	+15	3	16
2	Palmeiras	7	2	4	1	11	5	+6	2	10
3	Botafogo	7	3	3	1	9	8	+1	0	9
4	América-RJ	7	3	1	3	7	9	−2	0	7
5	Coritiba	7	2	3	2	5	6	−1	0	7
6	Flamengo	7	1	3	3	7	10	−3	0	5
7	Noroeste	7	1	2	4	4	16	−12	0	4
8	São Paulo	7	0	3	4	6	10	−4	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group T edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Bahia	7	5	1	1	14	3	+11	2	13
2	Vasco da Gama	7	4	3	0	13	5	+8	1	12
3	Caxias	7	3	3	1	11	5	+6	1	10
4	Corinthians	7	2	3	2	7	8	−1	0	7
5	Cruzeiro	7	1	5	1	5	5	0	0	7
6	Americano	7	2	1	4	3	12	−9	0	5
7	Grêmio Maringá	7	1	2	4	7	10	−3	1	5
8	Vitória	7	0	2	5	2	14	−12	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarterfinals edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Palmeiras	3–2	Bahia	2-1	1-1
Internacional	3–1	Santa Cruz	1-0	2-1
Sport	0–6	Guarani	0-2	0-4
Vasco da Gama	2–2	Grêmio	1-1	1-1

First leg edit

26 July 1978

Palmeiras	2 – 1	Bahia
Toninho 16', 53'		Beijoca 71'

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP)

Attendance: 46,745

Referee:

Valquir Pimentel

26 July 1978

Internacional	1 – 0	Santa Cruz
Jair 21'

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS)

Attendance: 30,859

Referee:

Oscar Scolfaro

27 July 1978

Sport	0 – 2	Guarani
		Zenon 17' Capitao 75'

Arruda, Recife (PE)

Attendance: 16,518

Referee:

Luís Carlos Félix

27 July 1978

Vasco da Gama	1 – 1	Grêmio
Guina 79'		André Catimba 79'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Attendance: 84,327

Referee:

Emídio Marques de Mesquita

Second leg edit

30 July 1978

Bahia	1 – 1	Palmeiras
Douglas 59'		Toninho 24'

Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador (BA)

Attendance: 80,000

Referee:

José Roberto Wright

30 July 1978

Santa Cruz	1 – 2	Internacional
Nunes 6'		Bil 48', 89'

Arruda, Recife (PE)

Attendance: 39,647

Referee:

Valquir Pimentel

30 July 1978

Guarani	4 – 0	Sport
Miranda 10' Capitao 50', 65' Renato 80'

Brinco de Ouro, Campinas (SP)

Attendance: 18,216

Referee:

Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

30 July 1978

Grêmio	1 – 1	Vasco da Gama
Tarciso 39'		Roberto Dinamite 19'

Olímpico, Porto Alegre (RS)

Attendance: 57,965

Referee:

José de Assis Aragão

Semifinals edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guarani	4–1	Vasco da Gama	2-0	2-1
Palmeiras	3–1	Internacional	2-0	1-1

First leg edit

2 August 1978

Guarani	2 – 0	Vasco da Gama
Lele 45+3' (o.g.) Renato 54'

Brinco de Ouro, Campinas (SP)

Attendance: 30,092

Referee:

Manuel Amaro de Lima

3 August 1978

Palmeiras	2 – 0	Internacional
Toninho 16', 81'

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP)

Attendance: 59,459

Referee:

Luís Carlos Félix

Second leg edit

6 August 1978

Vasco da Gama	1 – 2	Guarani
Dirceu 82'		Zenon 7', 65'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Attendance: 101,541

Referee:

Maurílio José Santiago

6 August 1978

Internacional	1 – 1	Palmeiras
Chico Spina 29'		Jorge Mendonça 86'

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS)

Attendance: 56,611

Referee:

Valquir Pimentel

Finals edit

First leg edit

10 August 1978

Palmeiras	0 – 1	Guarani
		Zenon 76'

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo (SP)

Attendance: 99,829

Referee:

Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

Second leg edit

13 August 1978

Guarani	1 – 0	Palmeiras
Careca 36'

Brinco de Ouro, Campinas (SP)

Attendance: 27,086

Referee:

José Roberto Wright

Final standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PE^[1]	Pts
1	Guarani	32	20	8	4	57	22	+35	6	54
2	Palmeiras	32	13	13	6	42	19	+23	5	44
3	Internacional	31	22	5	4	55	26	+29	4	53
4	Vasco da Gama	30	17	10	3	61	22	+39	6	50
5	Santa Cruz	29	16	11	2	53	23	+30	5	48
6	Grêmio	29	16	11	2	50	21	+29	5	48
7	Bahia	28	14	8	6	43	22	+21	4	40
8	Sport	29	12	9	8	34	25	+9	3	36
9	Botafogo	26	15	10	1	40	16	+24	4	44
10	Cruzeiro	27	14	10	3	44	21	+23	3	41
11	Portuguesa	26	14	8	4	41	18	+23	2	38
12	Corinthians	26	12	9	5	29	16	+13	3	36
13	Botafogo-SP	26	13	4	9	45	30	+15	5	35
14	Goiás	26	13	5	8	35	23	+12	4	35
15	Caxias	27	11	10	6	35	23	+12	3	35
16	Flamengo	26	13	7	6	33	23	+10	1	34
17	Ponte Preta	26	10	10	6	34	19	+15	4	34
18	Coritiba	27	12	8	7	29	23	+6	1	33
19	São Paulo	26	10	8	8	42	25	+17	5	33
20	Operário-MS	26	11	8	7	26	24	+2	1	31
21	América-RJ	26	11	7	8	29	28	+1	0	29
22	Fluminense	26	10	8	8	23	20	+3	1	29
23	Santos	26	7	10	9	32	25	+7	5	29
24	Londrina	25	11	3	11	32	33	−1	1	26
25	Botafogo-PB	25	9	5	11	33	38	−5	2	25
26	Maringá	25	8	6	11	36	32	+4	3	25
27	Americano-RJ	23	7	10	6	16	17	−1	1	25
28	Noroeste	23	9	5	9	21	31	−10	0	23
29	Vitória	26	7	8	11	18	33	−15	0	22
30	Goytacaz-RJ	26	7	6	13	20	35	−15	1	21
31	Dom Bosco-MT	23	6	6	11	25	36	−11	2	20
32	Volta Redonda	23	5	5	13	14	35	−21	1	16
33	Náutico	20	11	3	6	31	19	+12	2	27
34	Atlético Mineiro	20	8	8	4	24	12	+12	3	27
35	Remo	19	9	3	7	27	20	+7	3	24
36	Ceará	19	8	4	7	24	23	+1	1	21
37	Villa Nova-MG	20	8	2	10	19	26	−7	1	19
38	América-SP	19	7	3	9	21	17	+4	2	19
39	Mixto	19	5	8	6	20	22	−2	1	19
40	Juventude	20	5	7	8	18	27	−9	1	18
41	Joinville	20	4	10	6	17	24	−7	0	18
42	Comercial-SP	19	4	7	8	14	19	−5	1	16
43	Brasília	19	4	4	11	11	29	−18	0	12
44	CRB	16	7	5	4	21	14	+7	0	19
45	ABC	18	5	9	4	19	22	−3	0	19
46	Fortaleza	16	6	5	5	17	14	+3	1	18
47	Colorado	18	7	2	9	15	20	−5	1	17
48	Comercial-MS	16	4	9	3	16	15	+1	0	17
49	Bangu	16	6	2	8	19	23	−4	2	16
50	Vila Nova-GO	16	5	4	7	14	19	−5	1	15
51	Chapecoense	18	5	5	8	13	22	−9	0	15
52	Paysandu	16	3	8	5	15	17	−2	1	15
53	CSA	16	5	4	7	18	24	−6	0	14
54	Moto Club	16	4	6	6	10	14	−4	0	14
55	Figueirense	18	4	6	8	18	23	−5	0	14
56	Campinense	18	3	7	8	15	33	−18	1	14
57	Fast	16	5	3	8	12	25	−13	0	13
58	Desportiva Capixaba	16	4	5	7	10	15	−5	0	13
59	Uberaba	18	2	9	7	13	20	−7	0	13
60	América-RN	18	2	9	7	17	25	−8	0	13
61	XV de Piracicaba	16	3	5	8	16	22	−6	1	12
62	Atlético Paranaense	18	3	5	10	10	23	−13	0	11
63	Sampaio Corrêa	16	3	5	8	11	26	−15	0	11
64	Uberlândia	18	3	5	10	14	31	−17	0	11
65	Anapolina	16	2	7	7	11	18	−7	0	11
66	Flamengo-PI	16	3	4	9	7	23	−16	0	10
67	Itabuna	16	3	3	10	13	30	−17	1	10
68	América Mineiro	18	2	5	11	14	30	−16	1	10
69	River	16	3	3	10	13	29	−16	0	9
70	Confiança	16	3	3	10	13	30	−17	0	9
71	Rio Branco-ES	16	2	5	9	11	27	−16	0	9
72	Brasil de Pelotas	18	2	3	13	11	36	−25	0	7
73	Sergipe	16	1	3	12	7	30	−23	0	5
74	Nacional	16	1	2	13	5	29	−24	0	4

Source: rsssf.com

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Victories by three goals of difference or more were rewarded with three points instead of two.

References edit

1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF

[table_note_FLA0.28112565366604-2] Flamengo qualified as the eliminated team in the groups G, H, I and J with the best campaign overall.

[table_note_GRM0.062167949537825-3] Grêmio Maringá qualified as the eliminated team in the groups K, L, M, N, O and P with the best overall campaign.

[3points-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Victories by three goals of difference or more were rewarded with three points instead of two.

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