1985 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1985
Champions	Coritiba 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title 1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores de América	Coritiba Bangu
Top goalscorer	Edmar (Guarani) - 20 goals
Biggest home win	Flamengo 7-0 Santa Cruz (13 March, 1985)
Biggest away win	America-RJ 0-4 Internacional (January 27, 1985) Goiás 0-4 Corinthians (March 6, 1985) Corumbaense 1-5 Ponte Preta (April 17, 1985)
Highest scoring	Paysandu 5-4 Sampaio Corrêa (April 10, 1985)
← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 29th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Coritiba won the championship for the first time, beating Bangu in the finals. both qualified for the 1986 Copa Libertadores.

Format

First phase, Groups A and B

20 clubs, selected from past championship records, dividided into two groups of 10, playing in two rounds, with each club playing only the clubs of the other group. The winner of each round would qualify, along with the two best placed teams in each group, taking the sum of both rounds' results in account.

First phase, Groups C and D

24 clubs, 22 selected from their records in the 1984 state championships, plus the finalists of the 1984 Série B, dividided into two groups of 12, playing in two rounds, with each club playing only the clubs of their own group. The winner of each round would qualify, along with the two best placed teams in each group, taking the sum of both rounds' results in account.

Second phase

The 16 qualified teams of the first fase are placed into four groups with four teams each. The teams play each other twice inside their own groups, and the winners qualify to the semifinals.

Semifinal

The four qualified teams are placed into two brackets of two teams with the teams in each bracket playing twice, and the winners, decided on aggregate score, qualify to the finals.

Finals

Played by the two qualified teams, in a single match, played at the stadium of the finalist with the best record throughout the championship. In case of a draw in normal time, a penalty shootout will be used to define the champions.

First phase

First round

Group A

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mineiro	10	6	3	1	17	8	9	15
2	Corinthians	10	5	3	2	14	6	8	13
3	Guarani	10	5	2	3	17	12	5	12
4	Grêmio	10	3	6	1	13	9	4	12
5	Botafogo	10	4	2	4	14	16	-2	10
6	Fluminense	10	3	4	3	12	11	1	10
7	Palmeiras	10	3	2	5	13	14	-1	8
8	Coritiba	10	3	1	6	8	14	-6	7
9	America-RJ	10	2	2	6	8	15	-7	6
10	Santa Cruz	10	2	2	6	8	20	-12	6

Group B

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo	10	6	2	2	12	5	7	14
2	Internacional	10	6	1	3	18	9	9	13
3	Vasco da Gama	10	4	3	3	18	16	2	11
4	Náutico	10	4	3	3	11	9	2	11
5	São Paulo	10	4	2	4	17	19	-2	10
6	Santos	10	4	2	4	12	13	-2	10
7	Cruzeiro	10	3	4	3	11	10	1	10
8	Bahia	10	3	4	3	8	10	-2	10
9	Portuguesa	10	2	2	6	9	16	-7	6
10	Goiás	10	1	4	5	10	17	-7	6

Group C

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sport	11	9	1	1	19	3	16	19
2	Mixto	11	5	4	2	12	10	2	14
3	Botafogo-PB	11	4	6	1	9	7	2	14
4	CSA	11	5	3	3	16	11	5	13
5	Ceará	11	4	5	2	14	8	6	13
6	Paysandu	11	3	6	2	11	8	3	12
7	Nacional-AM	11	4	1	6	15	18	-3	9
8	Flamengo-PI	11	3	3	5	7	10	-3	9
9	ABC-RN	11	3	3	5	10	15	-5	9
10	Sampaio Corrêa	11	1	6	4	12	16	-4	8
11	Sergipe	11	2	2	7	6	17	-11	6
12	Remo	11	1	4	6	10	18	-8	6

Group D

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bangu	11	7	3	1	15	6	9	17
2	Ponte Preta	11	7	3	1	15	6	9	17
3	Joinville	11	7	1	3	16	6	10	15
4	Leônico	11	5	2	4	14	15	-1	12
5	Pinheiros	11	4	4	3	13	10	3	12
6	Brasil de Pelotas	11	4	3	4	16	16	0	11
7	Brasília	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	11
8	Desportiva Ferroviária	11	4	0	7	12	17	-5	8
9	Villa Nova	11	3	2	6	10	15	-5	8
10	Uberlândia	11	2	4	5	11	14	-3	8
11	Vila Nova-GO	11	2	4	5	11	17	-6	8
12	Corumbaense	11	1	3	7	4	15	-11	5

Second Round

Group A

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coritiba	10	5	2	3	10	9	1	12
2	Fluminense	10	4	3	3	12	10	2	11
3	Guarani	10	2	7	1	10	9	1	11
4	Botafogo	10	5	0	5	12	20	-8	10
5	Atlético Mineiro	10	4	2	4	13	11	2	10
6	Corinthians	10	3	4	3	10	9	1	10
7	Palmeiras	10	2	6	2	15	14	1	10
8	Grêmio	10	3	3	4	12	12	0	9
9	America-RJ	10	2	3	5	11	16	-5	7
10	Santa Cruz	10	2	1	7	13	27	-14	5

Group B

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bahia	10	7	2	1	19	9	10	16
2	Vasco da Gama	10	6	2	2	10	6	4	14
3	Goiás	10	4	2	4	11	10	1	10
4	Internacional	10	3	4	3	9	7	2	10
5	Santos	10	3	4	3	12	12	0	10
6	São Paulo	10	3	4	3	19	20	-1	10
7	Náutico	10	4	1	5	14	19	-5	9
8	Flamengo	10	3	3	4	21	13	8	9
9	Portuguesa	10	2	5	3	10	10	0	9
10	Cruzeiro	10	2	4	4	12	12	0	8

Group C

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sport	11	9	1	1	23	7	16	19
2	Ceará	11	9	0	2	20	9	11	18
3	Nacional-AM	11	6	3	2	24	11	13	15
4	CSA	11	5	3	3	16	8	8	13
5	Paysandu	11	5	3	3	15	13	2	13
6	Mixto	11	5	3	3	11	12	-1	13
7	Botafogo-PB	11	3	4	4	12	16	-4	10
8	Remo	11	4	0	7	9	20	-11	8
9	ABC-RN	11	3	2	6	17	18	-1	8
10	Flamengo-PI	11	2	2	7	7	14	-7	6
11	Sergipe	11	1	3	7	9	20	-11	5
12	Sampaio Corrêa	11	1	2	8	12	27	-15	4

Group D

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bangu	11	7	2	2	22	10	12	16
2	Brasil de Pelotas	11	6	4	1	20	9	11	16
3	Ponte Preta	11	5	5	1	22	12	10	15
4	Vila Nova-GO	11	5	2	4	14	17	-3	12
5	Joinville	11	4	4	3	12	10	23	12
6	Brasília	11	4	4	3	10	10	0	12
7	Pinheiros	11	3	5	3	8	7	1	11
8	Uberlândia	11	4	1	6	15	12	3	9
9	Desportiva Ferroviária	11	3	3	5	6	13	-7	9
10	Corumbaense	11	3	2	6	12	22	-10	8
11	Villa Nova	11	2	3	6	8	16	-8	7
12	Leônico	11	2	1	8	7	18	-11	5

General qualification

Group A

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mineiro	20	10	5	5	30	19	11	25
2	Corinthians	20	8	7	5	24	15	9	23
3	Guarani	20	7	9	4	27	21	6	23
4	Fluminense	20	7	7	6	24	21	3	21
5	Grêmio	20	6	9	5	25	21	4	21
6	Botafogo	20	9	2	9	26	36	-10	20
7	Coritiba	20	8	3	9	18	23	-5	19
8	Palmeiras	20	5	8	7	28	28	0	18
9	America-RJ	20	4	5	11	19	31	-12	13
10	Santa Cruz	20	4	3	13	21	47	-26	11

Group B

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bahia	20	10	6	4	27	19	8	26
2	Vasco da Gama	20	10	5	5	28	22	6	25
3	Flamengo	20	9	5	6	33	18	15	23
4	Internacional	20	9	5	6	27	16	11	23
5	Náutico	20	8	4	8	25	18	7	20
6	Santos	20	7	6	7	23	25	-2	20
7	São Paulo	20	7	6	7	36	39	-3	20
8	Cruzeiro	20	5	8	7	23	22	1	18
9	Goiás	20	5	6	9	21	27	-6	16
10	Portuguesa	20	4	7	9	19	26	-7	15

Group C

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sport	22	18	2	2	42	10	32	38
2	Ceará	22	13	5	4	34	17	17	31
3	Mixto	22	10	7	5	23	22	1	27
4	CSA	22	10	6	6	32	19	13	26
5	Paysandu	22	8	9	5	26	21	5	25
6	Nacional-AM	22	10	4	8	39	29	10	24
7	Botafogo-PB	22	7	10	5	21	23	-2	24
8	ABC-RN	22	6	5	11	27	33	-6	17
9	Flamengo-PI	22	5	5	12	14	24	-10	15
10	Remo	22	5	4	13	19	38	-19	14
11	Sampaio Corrêa	22	2	8	12	24	43	-19	12
12	Sergipe	22	3	5	14	15	37	-22	11

Group D

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bangu	22	14	5	3	37	16	21	33
2	Ponte Preta	22	12	8	2	37	18	19	32
3	Joinville	22	11	5	6	28	16	12	27
4	Brasil de Pelotas	22	10	7	5	36	25	11	27
5	Brasília	22	8	7	7	22	22	0	23
6	Pinheiros	22	7	9	6	21	17	4	23
7	Vila Nova-GO	22	7	6	9	25	34	-9	20
8	Leônico	22	7	3	12	21	33	-12	17
9	Desportiva Ferroviária	22	7	3	12	18	30	-12	17
10	Uberlândia	22	6	5	11	26	26	0	17
11	Villa Nova	22	5	5	12	18	31	-13	15
12	Corumbaense	22	4	5	13	16	37	-21	13

Second phase

Group E

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	3	3	0	7	3	4	9
2	Guarani	6	1	4	1	9	5	4	6
3	Ponte Preta	6	1	4	1	4	3	1	6
4	CSA	6	0	3	3	1	10	-9	3

Group F

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brasil de Pelotas	6	4	1	1	11	4	7	9
2	Flamengo	6	2	3	1	7	5	2	7
3	Ceará	6	1	3	2	5	12	-7	5
4	Bahia	6	1	1	4	8	10	-2	3

Group G

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coritiba	6	3	2	1	11	4	7	8
2	Sport	6	2	3	1	7	6	1	7
3	Joinville	6	2	1	3	8	7	1	5
4	Corinthians	6	1	2	3	3	7	-4	4

Group H

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bangu	6	4	2	0	13	5	8	10
2	Internacional	6	2	3	1	9	7	2	7
3	Vasco da Gama	6	1	3	2	9	9	0	5
4	Mixto	6	0	2	4	4	14	-10	2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brasil de Pelotas	1–4	Bangu	0–1	1–3
Coritiba	1–0	Atlético Mineiro	1–0	0–0

Finals

Bangu v Coritiba

31 July 1985

Bangu	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Coritiba
Lulinha  35'		Índio  25'
	Penalties
Gílson Gênio Pingo Baby Mário Marques Marinho Ado	5–6	Índio Marco Aurélio Édson Lela Vavá Gomes

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Attendance: 91,257 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coritiba	31	29	12	7	10	25	27	-2
2	Bangu	48	31	20	8	3	55	23	32
3	Brasil-Pel	36	30	14	8	8	48	33	15
4	Atlético Mineiro	35	28	13	9	6	37	23	14
5	Sport	45	28	20	5	3	49	16	33
6	Ponte Preta	38	28	13	12	3	41	21	20
7	Ceará	36	28	14	8	6	39	29	10
8	Joinville	32	28	13	6	9	36	23	13
9	Flamengo	30	26	11	8	7	40	23	17
10	Internacional	30	26	11	8	7	36	23	13
11	Vasco da Gama	30	26	11	8	7	37	31	6
12	Bahia	29	26	11	7	8	35	29	6
13	CSA	29	28	10	9	9	33	29	4
14	Mixto	29	28	10	9	9	27	36	-9
15	Guarani	29	26	8	13	5	36	26	10
16	Corinthians	27	26	9	9	8	27	22	5
17	Fluminense	21	20	7	7	6	24	21	3
18	Grêmio	21	20	6	9	5	25	21	4
19	Botafogo	20	20	9	2	9	26	36	-10
20	Náutico	20	20	8	4	8	25	28	-3
21	Santos	20	20	7	6	7	23	25	-2
22	São Paulo	20	20	7	6	7	36	39	-3
23	Cruzeiro	18	20	5	8	7	23	22	1
24	Palmeiras	18	20	5	8	7	28	28	0
25	Goiás	16	20	5	6	9	21	27	-6
26	Portuguesa	15	20	4	7	9	19	26	-7
27	América-RJ	13	20	4	5	11	19	31	-12
28	Santa Cruz	11	20	4	3	13	21	47	-26
29	Paysandu	25	22	8	9	5	26	21	5
30	Nacional	24	22	10	4	8	39	29	10
31	Botafogo-PB	24	22	7	10	5	21	23	-2
32	Brasília	23	22	8	7	7	22	22	0
33	Pinheiros	23	22	7	9	6	21	17	4
34	Vila Nova-GO	20	22	7	6	9	25	34	-9
35	Leônico	17	22	7	3	12	21	33	-12
36	Desportiva Capixaba	17	22	7	3	12	18	30	-12
37	Uberlândia	17	22	6	5	11	26	26	0
38	ABC	17	22	6	5	11	27	33	-6
39	Esporte Clube Flamengo-PI	15	22	5	5	12	14	24	-10
40	Villa Nova-MG	15	22	5	5	12	18	31	-13
41	Remo	14	22	5	4	13	19	38	-19
42	Corumbaense	13	22	4	5	13	16	37	-21
43	Sampaio Corrêa	12	22	2	8	12	24	43	-19
44	Sergipe	11	22	3	5	14	15	37	-22

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