1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Football league season

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	1980
Champions	Flamengo 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title 1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores de América	Flamengo Atlético Mineiro
Matches played	307
Goals scored	826 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zico (Flamengo) - 21 goals
Biggest home win	Coritiba 7-1 Ferroviário-CE (April 3, 1980) Coritiba 7-1 Desportiva (May 4, 1980)
Biggest away win	Vitória 0-5 Ceará (March 5, 1980) Itabaiana 0-5 Náutico (March 30, 1980) Vitória 0-5 Vasco da Gama (May 7, 1980)
Highest scoring	São Paulo 5-3 Coritiba (March 8, 1980) Flamengo 6-2 Palmeiras (April 13, 1980) Coritiba 7-1 Ferroviário-CE (April 3, 1980) Vitória 2-6 Corinthians (April 21, 1980) Coritiba 7-1 Desportiva (May 4, 1980)
Average attendance	20,792
← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the VI Copa Brasil) was the 24th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Teams and locations

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Recife

Rio de Janeiro teams:
América-RJ
Bangu
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Portuguesa
São Paulo
Recife teams:
Náutico
Santa Cruz
Sport Recife class=notpageimage| Locations of the 1980 Série A teams

The teams were selected by record on previous state championship.

State	Team	Qualification method
São Paulo 8 berths	Corinthians	1979 Campeonato Paulista Champion
	Ponte Preta	1979 Campeonato Paulista runners-up
	Palmeiras	1979 Campeonato Paulista Semifinalist
	Guarani	1979 Campeonato Paulista Semifinalist
	São Paulo	1979 Campeonato Paulista 7th
	Santos	1979 Campeonato Paulista 5th
	Portuguesa	1979 Campeonato Paulista 8th
	América-SP	Promoted from 1980 Taça de Prata
Rio de Janeiro 7 berths	Flamengo	1979 Campeonato Carioca Champion
	Fluminense	1979 Campeonato Carioca runners
	Vasco da Gama	1979 Campeonato Carioca 3rd
	Botafogo	1979 Campeonato Carioca 4th
	America-RJ	1979 Campeonato Carioca 9th
	Americano	Promoted from 1980 Taça de Prata
	Bangu	Promoted from 1980 Taça de Prata
Pernambuco 3 berths	Santa Cruz	1979 Campeonato Pernambucano Champion
	Náutico	1979 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Sport Recife	Promoted from 1980 Taça de Prata
Rio Grande do Sul 3 berths	Grêmio	1979 Campeonato Gaúcho Champion
	Internacional	1979 Campeonato Gaúcho 3rd
	São Paulo-RS	1979 Campeonato Gaúcho 4th
Bahia 2 berths	Bahia	1979 Campeonato Baiano Champion
Bahia 2 berths	Vitória	1979 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
Ceará 2 berths	Ferroviário	1979 Campeonato Cearense Champion
Ceará 2 berths	Ceará	1979 Campeonato Cearense 3rd
Goiás 2 berths	Vila Nova	1979 Campeonato Goiano Champion
Goiás 2 berths	Atlético Goianiense	1979 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Minas Gerais 2 berths	Atlético Mineiro	1979 Campeonato Mineiro Champion
Minas Gerais 2 berths	Cruzeiro	1979 Campeonato Mineiro runners-up
Paraná 2 berths	Coritiba	1979 Campeonato Paranaense Champion
Paraná 2 berths	Colorado	1979 Campeonato Paranaense runners-up
Alagoas	CRB	1979 Campeonato Alagoano champions
Amazonas	Nacional-AM	1979 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Distrito Federal	Gama	1979 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Espírito Santo	Desportiva	1979 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Maranhão	Maranhão	1979 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Mato Grosso	Mixto	1979 Campeonato Matogrossense champions
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário	1979 Campeonato Sul-Mato-grossense champions
Pará	Remo	1979 Campeonato Paraense runners-up
Paraíba	Botafogo-PB	1979 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Piauí	Flamengo	1979 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Rio Grande do Norte	América de Natal	1979 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Santa Catarina	Joinville	1979 Campeonato Catarinense champions
Sergipe	Itabaiana	1979 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Entered directly on second phase.

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians	9	7	1	1	18	8	+10	15	Second phase
2	Botafogo	9	4	2	3	16	10	+6	10
3	Colorado	9	4	2	3	9	10	−1	10
4	Remo	9	4	2	3	6	8	−2	10
5	Cruzeiro	9	3	4	2	9	9	0	10
6	Joinville	9	3	3	3	15	9	+6	9
7	Bahia	9	3	2	4	10	9	+1	8
8	Operário-MS	9	3	2	4	8	12	−4	8
9	CRB	9	2	1	6	9	13	−4	5
10	Portuguesa	9	2	1	6	7	19	−12	5

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Mineiro	9	7	1	1	22	7	+15	15	Second phase
2	Fluminense	9	4	4	1	18	10	+8	12
3	Palmeiras	9	4	3	2	16	7	+9	11
4	Ceará	9	3	3	3	13	11	+2	9
5	Guarani	9	3	3	3	9	7	+2	9
6	Vitória	9	3	3	3	16	17	−1	9
7	Desportiva	9	3	2	4	10	14	−4	8
8	América-RN	9	1	5	3	6	18	−12	7
9	Vila Nova	9	2	2	5	5	15	−10	6
10	Flamengo-PI	9	1	2	6	9	18	−9	4

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos	9	7	1	1	17	5	+12	15	Second phase
2	Flamengo	9	5	3	1	16	7	+9	13
3	Botafogo-PB	9	5	1	3	14	16	−2	11
4	Internacional	9	5	0	4	13	10	+3	10
5	Ponte Preta	9	4	2	3	20	11	+9	10
6	Ferroviário-CE	9	2	4	3	9	10	−1	8
7	Náutico	9	2	3	4	12	14	−2	7
8	Itabaiana	9	3	0	6	10	22	−12	6
9	Mixto	9	2	1	6	11	18	−7	5
10	São Paulo-RS	9	1	3	5	6	15	−9	5

Source:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Coritiba	9	5	2	2	16	11	+5	12	Second phase
2	Grêmio	9	4	4	1	18	8	+10	12
3	São Paulo	9	4	4	1	17	10	+7	12
4	Vasco da Gama	9	5	1	3	12	7	+5	11
5	Santa Cruz	9	4	3	2	12	10	+2	11
6	Atlético-GO	9	3	5	1	11	7	+4	11
7	América-RJ	9	2	2	5	9	11	−2	6
8	Gama	9	1	4	4	9	18	−9	6
9	Nacional-AM	9	1	3	5	4	15	−11	5
10	Maranhão	9	0	4	5	3	14	−11	4

Source:

Second phase

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	6	4	2	0	16	5	+11	10	Third phase
2	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	19	9	+10	9	Third phase
3	Náutico	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	3
4	Vitória	6	1	0	5	3	20	−17	2

Source:

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Paulo	6	3	3	0	15	8	+7	9	Third phase
2	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	7	Third phase
3	Ceará	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	4
4	Americano	6	1	2	3	2	7	−5	4

Source:

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional	6	5	1	19	6	+13	10	Third phase
2	Atlético Mineiro	6	5	1	15	5	+10	10	Third phase
3	Atlético-GO	6	1	5	5	16	−11	2
4	Bahia	6	1	5	5	17	−12	2

Source:

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruzeiro	6	4	2	0	10	2	+8	10	Third phase
2	Fluminense	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	7	Third phase
3	Sport	6	1	2	3	5	8	−3	4
4	Botafogo-PB	6	0	3	3	4	12	−8	3

Source:

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	7	Third phase
2	Guarani	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	6	Third phase
3	América-RJ	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	6
4	Joinville	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	5

Source:
Notes:

Guarani ended up tied with América-RJ in every tiebreaking criteria, so a play-off was disputed, in which Guarani won by 3-2.

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	6	4	2	0	15	6	+9	10	Third phase
2	Palmeiras	6	2	2	2	10	13	−3	6	Third phase
3	Santa Cruz	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	5
4	Bangu	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	3

Source:

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Coritiba	6	4	2	0	17	3	+14	10	Third phase
2	Desportiva	6	3	1	2	8	14	−6	7	Third phase
3	Remo	6	2	1	3	8	6	+2	5
4	Ferroviário-CE	6	0	2	4	4	14	−10	2

Source:

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grêmio	6	5	1	13	5	+8	10	Third phase
2	Ponte Preta	6	4	2	8	6	+2	8	Third phase
3	Colorado	6	2	4	9	7	+2	4
4	América-SP	6	1	5	6	18	−12	2

Source:

Third phase

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Mineiro	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	4	Semifinals
2	Vasco da Gama	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
3	São Paulo	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Fluminense	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source:

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Semifinals
2	Guarani	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Palmeiras	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Cruzeiro	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source:

Group O

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5	Semifinals
2	Santos	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Desportiva	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	3
4	Ponte Preta	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source:

Group P

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Coritiba	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	4	Semifinals
2	Grêmio	3	2	0	1	2	5	−3	4
3	Corinthians	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	3
4	Botafogo	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source:

Semifinals

First leg

21 May 1980 (1980-05-21)

Atlético Mineiro	1 – 1	Internacional
Reinaldo 40'		Cléo 53'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (MG)Attendance: 63,633Referee:

José Roberto Wright

21 May 1980 (1980-05-21)

Coritiba	0 – 2	Flamengo
		Zico 24', 59'

Couto Pereira, Curitiba (PR)Attendance: 58,311Referee:

José de Assis Aragão

Second leg

25 May 1980 (1980-05-25)

Internacional	0 – 3	Atlético Mineiro
		Reinaldo 17' Éder 45', 90'

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS)Attendance: 59,087Referee:

Roberto Nunes Morgado

25 May 1980 (1980-05-25)

Flamengo	4 – 3	Coritiba
Nunes 32', 36' Carlos Alberto 39' Anselmo 72'		Vilson Tadei 20' Aladim 29' Luís Freire 89'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)Attendance: 87,934Referee:

Carlos Sérgio Rosa Martins

Finals

First leg

28 May 1980 (1980-05-28)

Atlético Mineiro	1 – 0	Flamengo
Reinaldo 55'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (MG)Attendance: 90,028Referee:

Romualdo Arppi Filho

Second leg

1 June 1980 (1980-06-01)

Flamengo	3 – 2	Atlético Mineiro
Nunes 7', 82' Zico 44'		Reinaldo 8', 66'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)Attendance: 154,355Referee:

José de Assis Aragão

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo	22	14	6	2	46	20	+26	34
2	Atlético Mineiro	22	15	4	3	46	16	+30	34
3	Internacional	20	13	1	6	38	22	+16	27
4	Coritiba	20	11	4	5	38	21	+17	26
5	Corinthians	18	12	3	3	43	19	+24	27
6	Grêmio	18	11	4	3	33	18	+15	26
7	Santos	18	11	3	4	29	12	+17	25
8	Vasco da Gama	18	10	5	3	31	14	+17	25
9	São Paulo	18	8	8	2	36	22	+14	24
10	Cruzeiro	18	7	7	4	19	14	+5	21
11	Fluminense	18	6	8	4	30	22	+8	20
12	Ponte Preta	18	8	3	7	30	23	+7	19
13	Palmeiras	18	6	7	5	27	22	+5	19
14	Botafogo	18	7	4	7	28	22	+6	18
15	Desportiva Capixaba	18	7	4	7	20	32	−12	18
16	Guarani	18	6	6	6	17	15	+2	18
17	Santa Cruz	15	5	6	4	20	17	+3	16
18	Remo	15	6	3	6	14	14	0	15
19	Colorado	15	6	2	7	18	17	+1	14
20	Botafogo-PB	15	5	4	6	18	28	−10	14
21	Joinville	15	4	6	5	20	16	+4	14
22	Ceará	15	4	5	6	20	22	−2	13
23	Atlético-GO	15	4	5	6	16	23	−7	13
24	América-RJ	15	4	4	7	14	17	−3	12
25	Vitória	15	4	3	8	19	37	−18	11
26	Bahia	15	4	2	9	15	26	−11	10
27	Náutico	15	3	4	8	17	23	−6	10
28	Ferroviário	15	2	6	7	13	24	−11	10
29	Sport	6	1	2	3	5	8	−3	4
30	Americano	6	1	2	3	2	7	−5	4
31	Bangu	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	3
32	América-SP	6	1	0	5	6	18	−12	2
33	Operário-MS	9	3	2	4	8	12	−4	8
34	América-RN	9	1	5	3	6	18	−12	7
35	Itabaiana	9	3	0	6	10	22	−12	6
36	Vila Nova-GO	9	2	2	5	5	15	−10	6
37	Gama	9	1	4	4	9	18	−9	6
38	CRB	9	2	1	6	9	13	−4	5
39	Mixto	9	2	1	6	11	18	−7	5
40	Portuguesa	9	2	1	6	7	19	−12	5
41	São Paulo-RS	9	1	3	5	6	15	−9	5
42	Nacional	9	1	3	5	4	15	−11	5
43	Flamengo-PI	9	1	2	6	9	18	−9	4
44	Maranhão	9	0	4	5	3	14	−11	4

Source: rsssf.com

References

1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF

v t e Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2025 clubs	Atlético Mineiro Bahia Botafogo Corinthians Ceará Cruzeiro Flamengo Fluminense Fortaleza Grêmio Internacional Juventude Mirassol Palmeiras Red Bull Bragantino Santos São Paulo Sport Vasco da Gama Vitória
Copa dos Campeões Estaduais (FBF)	1937
Taça Brasil	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa	1967 1968 1969 1970
Campeonato Nacional de Clubes	1971 1972 1973 1974
Copa Brasil	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986
Taça de Ouro	1980 1981 1982 1983 1985
Copa União	1987 1988
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Copa João Havelange	2000
Champions Top Scorers 1987 Copa União Bola de Ouro Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Troféu Osmar Santos Troféu João Saldanha Triple Crown Winning managers Goalscoring goalkeepers

Categories: