1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1975
Champions	Internacional 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title 1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores de América	Internacional Cruzeiro
Top goalscorer	Flávio Minuano (Internacional) - 16 goals
Biggest home win	Internacional 5-0 Sergipe (September 17, 1975)
Biggest away win	Vitória 0-5 Internacional (August 23, 1975)
Highest scoring	Moto Club 4-3 Paysandu (August 20, 1975) Fluminense 5-2 Atlético Mineiro (August 30, 1975) América-RN 3-4 São Paulo (August 31, 1975) América-RJ 5-2 Atlético-PR (September 13, 1975) Campinense 2-5 Bahia (September 28, 1975)
Average attendance	15,985
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The 1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the I Copa Brasil) was the 19th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

It was performed by 42 teams, and Internacional won the championship. It was divided into four phases:

• In the First phase, the 42 teams were divided into two groups of eleven teams and two groups of ten. The teams played once against the teams of the other group that had an equal number of team to theirs, meaning that the teams of Group A would face the teams of Group B and the teams of Group C would face the ones of Group D. No teams were eliminated, and victories by two goals of difference or more were worth three points.
• In the Second phase, the teams were divided into six groups. Two group comprised ten teams, with Group 1 receiving the top five teams in Group A and B, and Group 2 receiving the top five teams in groups C and D. The teams of those group played once against those of the other, and the six best teams in each group qualified to the third phase. The Groups 3, 4, 5 and 6 received the teams that couldn't qualify to the Groups 1 and 2, and in each one of them, the teams played against the teams of their own groups once, and only one team in each group qualified to the Third phase. As in the previous round, victories by two goals of difference or more were worth three points.
• In the third phase, The 16 teams were divided into two group of eight teams, and each team played against the others of its own group. The first two teams in each group qualified to the Semifinals, as in the previous rounds, victories by two goals of difference or more were worth three points.
• Both semifinals and finals were disputed in the form of a one-leg knock out tournament.

First phase

Group A

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	América-RJ	15	10	4	3	3	17	11	+6	Qualified to Group 1 on Second phase
2.	Coritiba	14	10	5	2	3	10	5	+5
3.	Remo	14	10	4	5	1	11	8	+3
4.	Atlético Mineiro	14	10	4	4	2	11	9	+2
5.	Palmeiras	14	10	3	5	2	12	9	+3
6.	Fortaleza	12	10	3	5	2	8	7	+1	Qualified to Group 3 on Second phase
7.	Botafogo	10	10	3	3	4	12	12	0
8.	Comercial de Campo Grande	10	10	3	3	4	7	11	-4
9.	Rio Negro	8	10	1	5	4	5	12	-7
10.	Moto Club	4	10	1	2	7	9	29	-20

Group B

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Cruzeiro	19	10	5	5	0	15	2	+13	Qualified to Group 1 on Second phase
2.	Corinthians	16	10	5	4	1	10	3	+7
3.	Fluminense	15	10	5	1	4	18	13	+5
4.	Guarani	13	10	3	4	3	10	9	+1
5.	Tiradentes	12	10	4	2	4	10	8	+2
6.	Atlético-PR	10	10	3	2	5	18	19	-1	Qualified to Group 4 on Second phase
7.	Ceará	10	10	3	2	5	6	10	-4
8.	América-MG	10	10	1	7	2	6	9	-3
9.	Paysandu	9	10	2	4	4	13	15	-2
10.	Nacional-AM	8	10	1	6	3	7	14	-7

Group C

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Flamengo	14	11	5	2	4	12	11	+1	Qualified to Group 2 on Second phase
2.	Grêmio	13	11	2	7	2	11	9	+2
3.	América-RN	12	11	4	3	4	18	17	+1
4.	Figueirense	12	11	3	5	3	14	12	+2
5.	Santa Cruz	12	11	3	5	3	14	12	+2
6.	Goiânia	11	11	4	2	5	13	16	-3	Qualified to Group 5 on Second phase
7.	Portuguesa	10	11	3	4	4	6	9	-3
8.	Vitória	10	11	3	3	5	8	16	-8
9.	Santos	8	11	2	3	6	8	15	-7
10.	Sergipe	6	11	1	4	6	7	17	-10
11.	Campinense	3	11	0	3	8	8	27	-19

Group D

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Internacional	23	11	8	2	1	24	5	+19	Qualified to Group 2 on Second phase
2.	São Paulo	21	11	7	4	0	19	8	+11
3.	Vasco da Gama	18	11	6	3	2	19	10	+9
4.	Goiás	18	11	4	7	0	16	7	+9
5.	Sport	17	11	5	5	1	16	10	+6
6.	Náutico	15	11	5	3	3	14	10	+4	Qualified to Group 6 on Second phase
7.	CSA	13	11	5	2	4	10	10	0
8.	Bahia	13	11	2	7	2	13	10	+3
9.	CEUB	11	11	3	5	3	12	12	0
10.	Desportiva	7	11	2	3	6	10	20	-10
11.	Americano	6	11	3	0	8	8	17	-9

Second phase

Group 1

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Fluminense	19	10	6	2	2	19	6	+13	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Cruzeiro	17	10	6	3	1	12	5	+7
3.	Corinthians	13	10	4	4	2	10	6	+4
4.	América-RJ	12	10	4	3	3	10	10	0
5.	Palmeiras	12	10	3	5	2	10	10	0
6.	Guarani	12	10	2	7	1	8	7	+1
7.	Remo	11	10	3	3	4	11	15	-4
8.	Atlético Mineiro	10	10	2	5	3	13	15	-2
9.	Coritiba	7	10	1	4	5	9	15	-6
10.	Tiradentes	7	10	2	3	5	7	15	-8

Group 2

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Internacional	19	10	5	4	1	15	4	+11	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Santa Cruz	16	10	5	4	1	12	6	+6
3.	Flamengo	12	10	4	1	5	12	12	0
4.	São Paulo	12	10	2	7	1	8	6	+2
5.	Grêmio	11	10	3	3	4	16	14	+2
6.	Sport	10	10	2	5	3	6	7	-1
7.	Figueirense	10	10	2	5	3	11	13	-2
8.	Goiás	9	10	2	4	4	8	15	-7
9.	América-RN	7	10	2	2	6	10	19	-9
10.	Vasco da Gama	6	10	1	4	5	6	13	-7

Group 3

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Botafogo	7	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Comercial de Campo Grande	5	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1
3.	Fortaleza	5	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1
4.	Rio Negro	3	4	1	1	2	4	6	-2
5.	Moto Club	1	4	0	1	3	4	7	-3

Group 4

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Nacional-AM	7	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Atlético-PR	6	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
3.	Ceará	3	4	1	1	2	2	5	-3
4.	América-MG	3	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1
5.	Paysandu	3	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1

Group 5

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Portuguesa	12	5	4	1	0	14	2	+12	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Santos	12	5	4	1	0	12	3	+9
3.	Goiânia	5	5	2	1	2	4	4	0
4.	Vitória	5	5	2	0	3	5	8	-3
5.	Sergipe	3	5	1	0	4	4	10	-6
6.	Campinense	1	5	0	1	4	5	17	-12

Group 6

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Náutico	13	5	4	1	0	12	2	+10	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Bahia	9	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5
3.	Desportiva	6	5	2	1	2	5	6	-1
4.	Americano	5	5	2	0	3	4	7	-3
5.	CEUB	4	5	1	1	3	4	8	-4
6.	CSA	1	5	0	1	4	2	9	-7

Third phase

Group 1

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Fluminense	14	7	5	1	1	14	5	+9	Qualified to Semifinals
2.	Cruzeiro	11	7	3	2	2	9	5	+4
3.	América-RJ	10	7	3	3	1	8	6	+2
4.	Palmeiras	10	7	3	1	3	10	8	+2
5.	Corinthians	9	7	4	1	2	9	8	+1
6.	Guarani	9	7	3	1	3	9	9	0
7.	Botafogo	6	7	2	1	4	6	10	-4
8.	Nacional-AM	0	7	0	0	7	1	17	-16

Group 2

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Santa Cruz	14	7	5	1	1	14	6	+8	Qualified to Semifinals
2.	Internacional	12	7	4	2	1	9	3	+6
3.	Flamengo	12	7	4	2	1	10	5	+5
4.	São Paulo	8	7	2	3	2	8	7	+1
5.	Portuguesa	8	7	2	3	2	8	10	-2
6.	Sport	5	7	1	3	3	7	11	-4
7.	Grêmio	5	7	1	3	3	5	7	-2
8.	Náutico	1	7	0	1	6	4	16	-12

Semifinals

Fluminense v Internacional

7 December 1975

Fluminense	0 – 2	Internacional
		Lula  33' Paulo César  74'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Attendance: 97,908 Referee: Dulcídio Boschilia

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Santa Cruz v Cruzeiro

7 December 1975

Santa Cruz	2 – 3	Cruzeiro
Fumanchu  32',  73'		Zé Carlos  43' Palhinha  47',  90'

Arruda, Recife (PE) Attendance: 38,118 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho

Finals

Internacional v Cruzeiro

14 December 1975

Internacional	1 – 0	Cruzeiro
Figueroa  56'

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS) Attendance: 82,568 Referee: Dulcídio Boschilia

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	P	W	D	L	PE	GF	GA	GD
1	Internacional	58	30	19	8	3	12	51	12	39
2	Cruzeiro	49	29	15	10	4	9	39	15	24
3	Fluminense	48	28	16	4	8	12	51	26	25
4	Santa Cruz	42	29	13	10	6	6	42	27	15
5	São Paulo	41	28	11	14	3	5	35	21	14
6	Corinthians	38	27	13	9	5	3	29	17	12
7	Flamengo	38	28	13	5	10	7	34	28	6
8	América-RJ	37	27	11	9	7	6	35	27	8
9	Palmeiras	36	27	9	11	7	7	32	27	5
10	Guarani	34	27	8	12	7	6	29	25	4
11	Sport	32	28	8	13	7	3	29	28	1
12	Portuguesa	30	23	9	8	6	4	28	21	7
13	Náutico	29	23	9	5	9	6	30	28	2
14	Grêmio	29	28	6	13	9	4	32	30	2
15	Botafogo	23	21	7	6	8	3	24	25	-1
16	Nacional-AM	15	21	3	8	10	1	14	34	-20
17	Goiás	27	21	6	11	4	4	24	22	2
18	Remo	25	20	7	8	5	3	22	23	-1
19	Vasco da Gama	24	21	7	7	7	3	25	23	2
20	Atlético Mineiro	24	20	6	9	5	3	24	24	0
21	Figueirense	22	21	5	10	6	2	25	25	0
22	Coritiba	21	20	6	6	8	3	19	20	-1
23	Tiradentes	19	20	6	5	9	2	17	23	-6
24	América de Natal	19	21	6	5	10	2	28	36	-8
25	Bahia	22	16	5	9	2	3	20	12	8
26	Santos	20	16	6	4	6	4	20	18	2
27	Fortaleza	17	14	5	6	3	1	13	11	2
28	Goiânia	16	16	6	3	7	1	17	20	-3
29	Atlético Paranaense	16	14	5	3	6	3	22	21	1
30	Comercial-MS	15	14	5	4	5	1	14	17	-3
31	Vitória	15	16	5	3	8	2	13	24	-11
32	CEUB	15	16	4	6	6	1	16	20	-4
33	CSA	14	16	5	3	8	1	12	19	-7
34	Ceará	13	14	4	3	7	2	8	15	-7
35	Desportiva Capixaba	13	16	4	4	8	1	15	26	-11
36	América Mineiro	13	14	2	8	4	1	11	15	-4
37	Paysandu	12	14	3	5	6	1	18	21	-3
38	Americano	11	16	5	0	11	1	12	24	-12
39	Rio Negro	11	14	2	6	6	1	9	18	-9
40	Sergipe	9	16	2	4	10	1	11	27	-16
41	Moto Club	5	14	1	3	10	0	13	36	-23
42	Campinense	4	16	0	4	12	0	13	44	-31

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