1980 in Brazilian football

The following article presents a summary of the 1980 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 79th season of competitive football in the country.

Football in Brazil

Season	1980
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Main article: 1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	4-1	Internacional	1-1	3-0
Coritiba	3-6	Flamengo	0-2	3-4

Final

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May 28, 1980

Atlético Mineiro	1–0	Flamengo

Mineirão

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June 1, 1980

Flamengo	3–2	Atlético Mineiro

Maracanã

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Flamengo declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions by aggregate score of 3-3.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo-SP	1-3	Londrina	1-2	0-1
CSA	2-0	Ferroviária	1-0	1-0

Final

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May 11, 1980

CSA	1–1	Londrina

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May 18, 1980

Londrina	4–0	CSA

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Londrina declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions by aggregate score of 5–1.

Promotion

The champion and the runner-up, which are Londrina and CSA, were promoted to the following year's first level.

State championship champions

State	Champion		State	Champion
Acre	Juventus-AC		Paraíba	Campinense
Alagoas	CSA		Paraná	Cascavel Colorado(1)
Amapá	Macapá		Pernambuco	Sport Recife
Amazonas	Nacional		Piauí	River
Bahia	Vitória		Rio de Janeiro	Fluminense
Ceará	Ceará		Rio Grande do Norte	América-RN
Distrito Federal	Brasília		Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio
Espírito Santo	Desporiva		Rondônia	Moto Clube
Goiás	Vila Nova		Roraima	Atlético Roraima
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa		Santa Catarina	Joinville
Mato Grosso	Mixto		São Paulo	São Paulo
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário		Sergipe	Itabaiana
Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro		Tocantins	-
Pará	Paysandu

⁽¹⁾Cascavel and Colorado shared the Paraná State Championship title.

Youth competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa São Paulo de Juniores	Internacional

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Taça Minas Gerais	Uberaba
Torneio de Integração da Amazônia	Ferroviário

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 1980
Internacional	Runner-up
Vasco	Group stage

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1980.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
April 2, 1980	Brazil Youth Team	W	7-1	Falcão, Reinaldo (2), Zico (2), Joãozinho, Baltazar	International Friendly (unofficial match)
May 1, 1980	Minas Gerais State Combined Team	W	4-0	Serginho Chulapa, Renato (2), Sócrates	International Friendly (unofficial match)
June 8, 1980	Mexico	W	2-0	Zé Sérgio, Serginho Chulapa	International Friendly
June 15, 1980	Soviet Union	L	1-2	Nunes	International Friendly
June 24, 1980	Chile	W	2-1	Zico, Toninho Cerezo	International Friendly
June 29, 1980	Poland	D	1-1	Zico	International Friendly
August 27, 1980	Uruguay	W	1-0	Getúlio	International Friendly
September 25, 1980	Paraguay	W	2-1	Reinaldo, Zé Sérgio	International Friendly
October 30, 1980	Paraguay	W	6-0	Zé Sérgio, Tita, Zico (2), Sócrates, Luizinho	International Friendly
December 21, 1980	Switzerland	W	2-0	Sócrates, Zé Sérgio	International Friendly