1976 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1976
Champions	Internacional 2nd Campeonato Brasileiro title 2nd Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores de América	Cruzeiro (title holders) Internacional Corinthians
Matches played	411
Goals scored	950 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dario (Internacional) - 16 goals
Biggest home win	Flamengo 8-1 Sampaio Corrêa (September 16, 1976)
Highest scoring	Flamengo 8-1 Sampaio Corrêa (September 16, 1976)
Average attendance	17,010
← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the II Copa Brasil) was the 20th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The championship had 54 clubs and followed the same rules of the 1975 championship. It was won by the holders Internacional.

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional	8	7	0	1	25	5	+20	20	Qualified to Second phase
2	Grêmio	8	5	2	1	14	5	+9	16
3	Santos	8	4	3	1	9	5	+4	12
4	Palmeiras	8	4	2	2	7	2	+5	11
5	Caxias	8	4	1	3	8	5	+3	11	Qualified to Group K on Second phase
6	Avaí	8	2	1	5	5	11	−6	6
7	Desportiva	8	2	1	5	5	14	−9	5
8	Figueirense	8	2	1	5	3	17	−14	5
9	Rio Branco-ES	8	0	1	7	3	15	−12	1

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo-SP	8	4	2	2	9	5	+4	12	Qualified to Second phase
2	Coritiba	8	4	2	2	9	7	+2	11
3	Atlético-PR	8	3	3	2	8	4	+4	11
4	São Paulo	8	3	3	2	8	5	+3	11
5	Cruzeiro	8	3	4	1	9	6	+3	11	Qualified to Group L on Second phase
6	Londrina	8	2	3	3	5	8	−3	7
7	Confiança	8	2	3	3	6	10	−4	7
8	Portuguesa	8	1	3	4	6	9	−3	6
9	Uberaba	8	1	3	4	4	10	−6	5

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians	8	5	3	0	12	3	+9	16	Qualified to Second phase
2	Fortaleza	8	4	3	1	12	5	+7	13
3	Guarani	8	2	6	0	7	2	+5	12
4	Remo	8	3	2	3	10	8	+2	11
5	Nacional-AM	8	3	3	2	6	8	−2	9	Qualified to Group M on Second phase
6	Ponte Preta	8	1	5	2	6	7	−1	8
7	Paysandu	8	2	2	4	7	14	−7	7
8	Rio Negro	8	1	3	4	6	11	−5	6
9	Ceará	8	0	3	5	2	10	−8	3

Source:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Mineiro	8	5	2	1	15	7	+8	15	Qualified to Second phase
2	América-RJ	8	4	3	1	9	4	+5	13
3	Goiás	8	4	2	2	11	7	+4	11
4	Operário de Campo Grande	8	2	6	0	11	8	+3	11
5	Vasco da Gama	8	4	0	4	9	11	−2	9	Qualified to Group N on Second phase
6	Mixto	8	2	2	4	10	11	−1	7
7	Americano	8	2	3	3	8	10	−2	7
8	América-MG	8	1	2	5	8	9	−1	5
9	Goiânia	8	1	2	5	9	23	−14	4

Source:

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vitória	8	5	2	1	11	3	+8	16	Qualified to Second phase
2	Bahia	8	4	4	0	11	2	+9	15
3	Botafogo	8	4	3	1	14	7	+7	14
4	Fluminense	8	4	2	2	13	6	+7	13
5	Botafogo-PB	8	3	3	2	6	6	0	10	Qualified to Group O on Second phase
6	CSA	8	2	4	2	10	11	−1	8
7	CRB	8	2	1	5	5	14	−9	6
8	Fluminense de Feira	8	1	1	6	6	14	−8	4
9	Treze	8	1	0	7	6	19	−13	2

Source:

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	8	6	1	1	24	5	+19	18	Qualified to Second phase
2	Santa Cruz	8	5	2	1	12	5	+7	15
3	Sport	8	5	1	2	8	5	+3	12
4	América-RN	8	2	5	1	6	4	+2	10
5	Volta Redonda	8	2	4	2	9	10	−1	9	Qualified to Group P on Second phase
6	Náutico	8	2	2	4	8	10	−2	7
7	Flamengo-PI	8	1	4	3	7	11	−4	6
8	ABC	8	0	4	4	5	12	−7	4
9	Sampaio Corrêa	8	0	3	5	5	22	−17	3

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Second phase

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional	5	4	1	0	11	1	+10	13	Qualified to Third phase
2	Botafogo	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	8
3	Fluminense	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	5
4	Fortaleza	5	1	2	2	5	8	−3	4
5	América-RN	5	1	1	3	4	8	−4	3
6	Goiás	5	0	3	2	2	9	−7	3

Source:

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grêmio	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	10	Qualified to Third phase
2	Coritiba	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3	8
3	Corinthians	5	3	0	2	6	6	0	7
4	Operário de Campo Grande	5	2	0	3	5	5	0	6
5	Botafogo	5	2	0	3	3	6	−3	4
6	Sport	5	0	0	5	0	6	−6	0

Source:

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahia	5	3	1	1	8	3	+5	9	Qualified to Third phase
2	Atlético Mineiro	5	2	3	0	11	5	+6	8
3	Santa Cruz	5	2	1	2	6	7	−1	6
4	Santos	5	2	2	1	5	5	0	6
5	Atlético-PR	5	1	1	3	3	9	−6	3
6	Remo	5	0	2	3	5	9	−4	2

Source:

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	11	Qualified to Third phase
2	Flamengo	5	4	0	1	10	3	+7	10
3	Guarani	5	3	0	2	11	6	+5	8
4	América-RJ	5	1	2	2	5	8	−3	5
5	São Paulo	5	1	1	3	7	8	−1	4
6	Vitória	5	0	0	5	2	16	−14	0

Source:

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Caxias	4	1	3	0	5	1	+4	6	Qualified to Third phase
2	Avaí	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2	6
3	Rio Branco-ES	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2	6
4	Figueirense	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3
5	Desportiva	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4	1

Source:

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portuguesa	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	9	Qualified to Third phase
2	Cruzeiro	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	8
3	Uberaba	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	4
4	Confiança	4	1	0	3	2	9	−7	2
5	Londrina	4	0	0	4	3	8	−5	0

Source:

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ponte Preta	4	2	1	1	10	3	+7	7	Qualified to Third phase
2	Paysandu	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	6
3	Ceará	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
4	Rio Negro	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	4
5	Nacional-AM	4	0	2	2	3	9	−6	2

Source:

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	4	3	1	0	9	5	+4	8	Qualified to Third phase
2	Mixto	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	8
3	Goiânia	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4
4	Americano	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	3
5	América-MG	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	2

Source:

Group O

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CRB	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	7	Qualified to Third phase
2	Botafogo-PB	4	2	1	1	10	8	+2	6
3	Treze	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	4
4	Fluminense de Feira	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	4
5	CSA	4	0	1	3	4	8	−4	1

Source:

Group P

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Náutico	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	7	Qualified to Third phase
2	Sampaio Corrêa	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6
3	Flamengo-PI	4	1	2	1	3	5	−2	5
4	Volta Redonda	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	4
5	ABC	4	1	0	3	6	6	0	3

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Third phase

Group Q

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional	8	6	0	2	19	6	+13	17	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Corinthians	8	5	2	1	12	5	+7	14
3	Ponte Preta	8	5	0	3	7	6	+1	11
4	Coritiba	8	4	1	3	8	8	0	10
5	Palmeiras	8	2	4	2	10	8	+2	9
6	Caxias	8	3	1	4	10	12	−2	8
7	Botafogo-SP	8	3	0	5	8	13	−5	7
8	Santa Cruz	8	2	2	4	14	20	−6	7
9	Portuguesa	8	0	2	6	7	17	−10	2

Source:

Group R

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fluminense	8	6	1	1	13	6	+7	15	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Atlético Mineiro	8	4	2	2	13	4	+9	14
3	Flamengo	8	4	2	2	14	7	+7	13
4	Vasco da Gama	8	4	1	3	9	12	−3	10
5	Guarani	8	3	2	3	11	11	0	9
6	Náutico	8	2	2	4	8	12	−4	8
7	Grêmio	8	2	2	4	10	14	−4	7
8	Bahia	8	2	3	3	8	12	−4	7
9	CRB	8	1	1	6	7	15	−8	4

Source:

Semifinals

5 December 1976 (1976-12-05)

Fluminense	1 – 1	Corinthians
Pintinho 18'		Ruço 29'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Attendance: 146,043

Referee: Saul Schmitt Mendes

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5 December 1976 (1976-12-05)

Internacional	2 – 1	Atlético Mineiro
Batista 73' Falcão 90'		Vantuir 30'

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS)

Attendance: 59,800

Referee: Sebastião Rufino

Finals

12 December 1976 (1976-12-12)

Internacional	2 – 0	Corinthians
Dario 29' Valdomiro 57'

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre (RS)

Attendance: 84,000

Referee: José Roberto Wright

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Internacional	23	19	1	3	59	13	+46	15	54
2	Corinthians	23	13	6	4	31	17	+14	6	38
3	Atlético Mineiro	22	11	7	4	40	18	+22	8	37
4	Fluminense	22	11	7	4	34	19	+15	6	35
5	Flamengo	21	14	3	4	48	15	+33	10	41
6	Grêmio	21	11	5	5	31	20	+11	6	33
7	Palmeiras	21	10	7	4	24	11	+13	4	31
8	Bahia	21	9	8	4	27	17	+10	5	31
9	Coritiba	21	11	4	6	22	17	+5	3	29
10	Guarani	21	8	8	5	29	19	+10	5	29
11	Santa Cruz	21	9	5	7	32	32	0	5	28
12	Vasco da Gama	20	11	2	7	27	28	−1	3	27
13	Botafogo	21	9	4	8	26	24	+2	5	27
14	Ponte Preta	20	8	6	6	23	16	+7	4	26
15	Caxias	20	8	5	7	23	18	+5	4	25
16	Náutico	20	6	6	8	22	23	−1	4	22
17	CRB	20	5	4	11	18	32	−14	3	17
18	Portuguesa	20	4	6	10	22	28	−6	3	17
19	Botafogo	13	6	3	4	17	13	+4	3	18
20	Santos	13	6	5	2	14	10	+4	1	18
21	América-RJ	13	5	5	3	14	12	+2	3	18
22	Fortaleza	13	5	5	3	17	13	+4	2	17
23	Operário-CG	13	4	6	3	16	13	+3	3	17
24	Vitória	13	5	2	6	13	19	−6	4	16
25	São Paulo	13	4	4	5	15	13	+2	3	15
26	Atlético Paranaense	13	4	4	5	11	13	−2	2	14
27	Goiás	13	4	5	4	13	16	−3	1	14
28	Remo	13	3	4	6	15	17	−2	3	13
29	América de Natal	13	3	6	4	10	12	−2	1	13
30	Sport	13	5	1	7	8	11	−3	1	12
31	Cruzeiro	12	6	5	1	15	7	+8	2	19
32	Botafogo-PB	12	5	4	3	16	14	+2	3	17
33	Mixto	12	5	2	5	18	14	+4	3	15
34	Paysandu	12	4	3	5	12	19	−7	2	13
35	Volta Redonda	12	3	6	3	11	13	−2	1	13
36	Avaí	12	4	3	5	7	11	−4	1	12
37	Nacional-AM	12	3	5	4	9	17	−8	0	11
38	Flamengo-PI	12	2	6	4	10	16	−6	1	11
39	Americano	12	3	3	6	15	18	−3	1	10
40	Rio Negro	12	2	5	5	8	14	−6	1	10
41	Uberaba	12	3	3	6	7	13	−6	0	9
42	Confiança	12	3	3	6	8	19	−11	0	9
43	CSA	12	2	5	5	14	19	−5	0	9
44	Sampaio Corrêa	12	2	3	7	10	29	−19	2	9
45	Figueirense	12	3	1	8	7	25	−18	1	8
46	Fluminense de Feira	12	2	3	7	10	18	−8	1	8
47	Goiânia	12	2	3	7	15	31	−16	1	8
48	América Mineiro	12	2	2	8	12	19	−7	1	7
49	Londrina	12	2	3	7	8	16	−8	0	7
50	Rio Branco-ES	12	2	3	7	5	15	−10	0	7
51	ABC	12	1	4	7	11	18	−7	1	7
52	Ceará	12	1	5	6	5	13	−8	0	7
53	Treze	12	3	0	9	9	23	−14	0	6
54	Desportiva Capixaba	12	2	2	8	6	19	−13	0	6

Source: rsssf.com

References

• 1976 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF

External links

• Results at RSSSF