2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 48th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The competition was won by Santos, coached by Vanderlei Luxemburgo. Runners-up were Atlético Paranaense, which led the competition for 11 weeks and lost the title in the penultimate round. The other teams qualified for the Copa Libertadores were from the state of São Paulo, São Paulo and Palmeiras. The highest goal scorer was Washington (Atlético Paranaense), who scored 34 goals and broke the tournament's record. Beginning two seasons were four teams would be relegated and only two promoted so the tournament would have 20 teams by 2006, the four teams relegated to the second division were Criciúma, Guarani, Vitória and Grêmio.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	2004
Champions	Santos 2nd Campeonato Brasileiro title 8th Brazilian title
Relegated	Criciúma Guarani Vitória Grêmio
Copa Libertadores	Santos Atlético Paranaense São Paulo Palmeiras
Copa Sudamericana	Corinthians Goiás Juventude Internacional Fluminense
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,536 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Washington (34 goals)
Biggest home win	São Paulo 7–0 Paysandu (R33, 28 September)
Biggest away win	Corinthians 0–5 Atlético Paranaense (R7, 23 May) Atlético Mineiro 0–5 São Paulo (R36, 17 October)
Highest scoring	Criciúma 7–2 Goiás (R6, 16 May)
Highest attendance	50,650 Atlético Mineiro 3–0 São Caetano (R46, 19 December)
Total attendance	4,170,639
Average attendance	7,556
← 2003 2005 →

Format

For the second consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with most points at the end of the season will be declared champion. The bottom four teams will be relegated and will play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2005 season.

International qualification

The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2005 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the competition, while the fourth place in the standings will qualify to the First Stage.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

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Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Mineirão Independência (7 matches) Ipatingão (2 matches) Morumbi (one match)	75,783 30,000 16,000 67,428
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Arena da Baixada Serra Dourada (one match)	28,237 45,000
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Caio Martins Maracanã (3 matches) Mario Helênio (one match)	15,000 87,238 31,863
Corinthians	São Paulo	Pacaembu Morumbi (2 matches) Major José Levy Sobrinho (one match)	37,952 67,428 18,000
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira	38,000
Criciúma	Criciúma	Heriberto Hülse	19,900
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Mineirão Independência (2 matches) Ipatingão (one match)	75,783 30,000 16,000
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Orlando Scarpelli Santa Cruz (one match)	19,069 29,292
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Raulino de Oliveira Maracanã (6 matches)	21,000 87,238
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã Raulino de Oliveira (7 matches)	87,238 21,000
Goiás	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	45,000
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Olímpico Bento Freitas (2 matches) Colosso da Lagoa (2 matches)	45,000 18,000 30,000
Guarani	Campinas	Brinco de Ouro	40,988
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Beira-Rio	56,000
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	Alfredo Jaconi Colosso da Lagoa (one match)	30,519 30,000
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Palestra Itália Pacaembu (2 matches) Morumbi (one match)	29,876 37,952 67,428
Paraná	Curitiba	Pinheirão	45,000
Paysandu	Belém	Mangueirão	45,007
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro Teixeirão (3 matches) Pacaembu (one match) Prudentão (one match) Wilson de Barros (one match)	21,256 32,168 37,952 45,954 19,900
São Caetano	São Caetano do Sul	Anacleto Campanella	22,738
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi Pacaembu (one match)	67,428 37,952
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário Maracanã (4 matches)	22,150 87,238
Vitória	Salvador	Barradão	32,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
				Front	Sleeve
Atlético Mineiro	Procópio Cardoso	Hélcio	Umbro	MRV Engenharia	Centauro
Atlético Paranaense	Levir Culpi	Washington	Umbro	Claro	Varig
Botafogo	Paulo Bonamigo	Fernando	Kappa	—	Bob's
Corinthians	Tite	Anderson	Nike	Pepsi	Siemens
Coritiba	Antonio Lopes	Tuta	Penalty	Claro	—
Criciúma	Lori Sandri	Cléber Gaúcho	Placar	Siecesc	Claro
Cruzeiro	Ney Franco	Cris	Topper	Siemens Mobile	—
Figueirense	Ivan Izzo	Márcio Goiano	Umbro	Fame	Claro
Flamengo	Andrade	Fabiano Eller	Nike	Petrobras	—
Fluminense	Alexandre Gama	Romário	Adidas	Unimed	Unimed
Goiás	Celso Roth	Paulo Baier	Topper	Fiat	Cifarma
Grêmio	Cláudio Duarte	Claudiomiro	Kappa	Banrisul	—
Guarani	Jair Picerni	Jean	Umbro	Medial Saúde	Wizard
Internacional	Muricy Ramalho	Sangaletti	Topper	Banrisul	—
Juventude	Ivo Wortmann	Índio	DalPonte	Duroline	Pigozzi
Palmeiras	Estevam Soares	Baiano	Diadora	Pirelli	—
Paraná	Paulo Campos	Flávio	Rhumell	Empalux	Claro
Paysandu	Sinomar Naves	Alex Pinho	Finta	Big Ben	Cerpa
Ponte Preta	Nenê Santana	Piá	Penalty	CNA	Paulistão Supermercados
Santos	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Ricardinho	Umbro	Bombril	Helios
São Caetano	Péricles Chamusca	Sílvio Luiz	Wilson	Consul	—
São Paulo	Emerson Leão	Rogério Ceni	Topper	LG	Habib's
Vasco da Gama	Joel Santana	Petkovic	Umbro	—	RIO
Vitória	Evaristo de Macedo	Edílson	Umbro	Muriel Cosméticos	Lousano

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos	46	27	8	11	103	58	+45	89	Qualified for the 2005 Copa Libertadores
2	Atlético Paranaense	46	25	11	10	93	56	+37	86
3	São Paulo	46	24	10	12	78	43	+35	82
4	Palmeiras	46	22	13	11	72	47	+25	79
5	Corinthians	46	20	14	12	54	54	0	74	Qualified for the 2005 Copa Sudamericana
6	Goiás	46	21	9	16	81	68	+13	72
7	Juventude	46	20	10	16	60	66	−6	70
8	Internacional	46	20	7	19	66	59	+7	67
9	Fluminense	46	18	13	15	65	68	−3	67
10	Ponte Preta	46	19	7	20	43	73	−30	64
11	Figueirense	46	17	12	17	57	59	−2	63
12	Coritiba	46	15	17	14	53	48	+5	62
13	Cruzeiro	46	16	8	22	69	81	−12	56
14	Paysandu	46	14	14	18	56	76	−20	56
15	Paraná	46	15	9	22	52	73	−21	54
16	Vasco	46	14	12	20	64	68	−4	54
17	Flamengo	46	13	15	18	51	53	−2	54
18	São Caetano	46	23	8	15	65	49	+16	53[a]
19	Atlético Mineiro	46	12	17	17	60	66	−6	53
20	Botafogo	46	11	18	17	62	71	−9	51
21	Criciúma	46	13	11	22	61	78	−17	50	Relegation
22	Guarani	46	11	16	19	43	55	−12	49
23	Vitória	46	13	9	24	68	87	−19	48
24	Grêmio	46	9	12	25	60	80	−20	39

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. São Caetano lost 24 points due to the incident leading to the death of footballer Serginho

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Atlético Mineiro	15	16	15	18	19	19	16	16	19	15	19	18	19	16	18	18	20	20	19	17	19	18	17	17	18	18	17	19	19	18	19	19	19	21	19	21	18	20	20	22	18	22	22	22	20	19
Atlético Paranaense	23	23	16	17	17	13	10	5	8	10	8	4	7	8	5	9	7	8	6	7	6	5	5	3	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Botafogo	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	23	24	20	21	21	20	23	21	20	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	17	18	19	20	22	18	21	17	20	17	18	19	20
Corinthians	17	11	17	21	20	16	18	19	21	21	21	22	21	18	16	16	16	17	16	15	11	13	10	8	10	10	8	8	7	8	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5
Coritiba	9	8	9	10	14	15	17	20	16	19	18	14	16	19	17	17	17	16	17	18	16	14	12	13	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	11	12
Criciúma	8	7	8	5	11	4	2	2	1	2	5	10	11	14	15	14	15	14	14	10	9	9	13	10	12	13	13	14	15	15	18	18	17	19	17	18	17	17	17	17	19	16	19	20	21	21
Cruzeiro	4	3	7	4	9	5	3	8	6	5	7	11	5	10	6	5	10	11	12	13	10	12	9	14	14	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	13	13
Figueirense	7	1	1	3	6	2	7	6	4	3	1	2	3	2	3	4	5	7	3	5	8	8	8	12	11	14	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	11	10	12	10	11
Flamengo	14	17	20	19	21	23	23	22	22	22	23	21	22	22	24	24	24	22	23	24	24	23	23	20	22	21	19	17	18	19	17	17	16	18	20	17	19	19	21	18	20	21	18	17	18	17
Fluminense	11	14	18	14	13	11	8	11	9	11	14	9	12	9	12	11	11	10	11	12	14	11	15	15	15	15	14	12	11	10	9	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	9	8	9
Goiás	1	2	11	8	4	9	13	13	12	12	11	13	6	5	7	7	3	5	7	4	3	6	7	7	7	4	5	5	3	3	4	5	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6
Grêmio	13	15	6	13	12	14	12	14	15	18	15	17	17	20	21	21	18	19	18	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	21	21	22	22	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Guarani	22	21	13	16	16	21	21	18	20	16	20	19	20	21	20	20	23	24	21	22	22	22	21	21	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22
Internacional	21	12	12	9	10	6	5	7	5	6	9	5	8	6	8	6	8	9	10	11	13	16	14	11	13	12	15	16	14	14	14	15	13	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	11	9	12	10	9	8
Juventude	18	19	21	15	18	18	15	12	13	14	13	15	18	15	11	10	9	6	8	8	7	7	6	5	4	5	3	4	4	6	7	6	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	7
Palmeiras	12	22	19	12	8	12	9	4	7	8	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	5	3	5	4	4	2	1	2	4	3	5	7	6	4	3	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4
Paraná	3	13	5	11	7	10	14	15	14	17	17	20	15	17	19	19	21	18	20	21	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	24	22	22	21	22	22	21	22	20	22	18	16	14	15	15
Paysandu	10	18	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	22	23	24	24	22	22	19	21	22	23	20	20	22	22	20	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	19	20	19	17	14
Ponte Preta	2	4	2	1	5	7	6	9	10	7	2	6	9	7	9	8	4	2	4	6	4	3	3	6	5	7	7	6	9	9	8	7	7	7	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	12	10
Santos	16	10	14	20	15	17	19	21	17	13	12	7	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
São Caetano	6	6	4	6	2	3	1	1	3	1	4	8	10	13	14	12	13	12	9	9	12	10	11	9	8	8	9	9	8	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	16	18
São Paulo	5	5	3	2	1	1	4	3	2	4	6	3	2	4	4	3	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	6	6	7	6	5	5	9	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3
Vasco da Gama	20	20	22	22	22	20	20	17	18	20	16	16	14	12	13	15	12	15	13	14	15	17	18	18	16	16	16	15	16	17	16	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	14	16
Vitória	19	9	10	7	3	8	11	10	11	9	10	12	13	11	10	13	14	13	15	16	17	15	16	16	17	17	18	20	20	20	20	21	21	20	22	20	21	18	19	19	21	17	21	21	22	23

Source: ogol.com

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals[2]
1	Washington	Atlético-PR	34
2	Deivid	Santos	22
	Alex Dias	Goiás	22
3	Robinho	Santos	21
4	Fabrício Carvalho	São Caetano	19
	Edílson	Vitória	19
	Cláudio Pitbull	Grêmio	19

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Botafogo	Levir Culpi	26 April 2004	23rd	Luiz Matter (interim)	28 April 2004
Santos	Émerson Leão	6 May 2004	17th	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	8 May 2004
Botafogo	Luiz Matter (interim)	16 May 2004	21st	Mauro Galvão	18 May 2004
Cruzeiro	PC Gusmão (interim)	16 May 2004	4th	Émerson Leão	18 May 2004
Palmeiras	Jair Picerni	21 May 2004	11th	Estevam Soares	23 May 2004
Ponte Preta	Estevam Soares	23 May 2004	5th	Marco Aurélio	8 June 2004
Corinthians	Oswaldo de Oliveira	24 May 2004	16th	Tite	27 May 2004
Grêmio	Adílson Batista	4 June 2004	14th	José Luiz Plein	8 June 2004
Paraná	Paulo Campos	26 June 2004	16th	Gilson Kleina	4 July 2004
Internacional	Lori Sandri	28 June 2004	8th	Joel Santana	2 July 2004
Vitória	Agnaldo Liz	30 June 2004	9th	Oswaldo de Oliveira	1 July 2004
Flamengo	Abel Braga	18 July 2004	23rd	Andrade (interim)	20 July 2004
Atlético Mineiro	Paulo Bonamigo	19 July 2004	18th	Jair Picerni	19 July 2004
Flamengo	Andrade (interim)	28 July 2004	22nd	PC Gusmão	28 July 2004
Cruzeiro	Émerson Leão	29 July 2004	10th	Ney Franco (interim)	31 July 2004
Ponte Preta	Marco Aurélio	1 August 2004	5th	Nenê Santana	4 August 2004
Cruzeiro	Ney Franco (interim)	5 August 2004	10th	Marco Aurélio	5 August 2004
Fluminense	Ricardo Gomes	15 August 2004	14th	Alexandre Gama	19 August 2004
Botafogo	Mauro Galvão	16 August 2004	22nd	Paulo Bonamigo	17 August 2004
Flamengo	PC Gusmão	16 August 2004	19th	Ricardo Gomes	20 August 2004
Vitória	Oswaldo de Oliveira	19 August 2004	16th	Hélio dos Anjos	19 August 2004
Paraná	Gilson Kleina	28 August 2004	23rd	Paulo Campos	1 September 2004
Internacional	Joel Santana	2 September 2004	14th	Muricy Ramalho	2 September 2004
São Paulo	Cuca	2 September 2004	7th	Émerson Leão	3 September 2004
Grêmio	José Luiz Plein	10 September 2004	21st	Cuca	10 September 2004
Vasco	Geninho	27 September 2004	16th	Joel Santana	27 September 2004
Vitória	Hélio dos Anjos	30 September 2004	21st	Evaristo de Macedo	30 September 2004
Atlético Mineiro	Jair Picerni	3 October 2004	22nd	Mário Sérgio	5 October 2004
Grêmio	Cuca	27 October 2004	24th	Claúdio Duarte	27 October 2004
Flamengo	Ricardo Gomes	1 November 2004	22nd	Andrade (interim)	6 November 2004
Cruzeiro	Marco Aurélio	17 November 2004	13th	Ney Franco (interim)	21 November 2004
Atlético Mineiro	Mário Sérgio	28 November 2004	22nd	Procópio Cardoso	4 December 2004

Attendances

#	Club	Average attendance[3]
1	Paysandu SC	14,834
2	Atlético Paranaense	14,041
3	Corinthians	13,705
4	Santos FC	12,914
5	Palmeiras	12,815
6	Figueirense	11,950
7	Flamengo	10,407
8	Atlético Mineiro	10,248
9	Internacional	9,716
10	Goiás EC	9,278
11	São Paulo FC	8,570
12	Coritiba FC	8,352
13	Grêmio	7,959
14	Fluminense	7,780
15	Criciúma EC	7,405
16	Juventude	6,613
17	Vitória	5,933
18	Botafogo	5,723
19	Cruzeiro	5,082
20	Vasco da Gama	4,886
21	Paraná Clube	4,858
22	Guarani FC	3,852
23	AA Ponte Preta	3,825
24	AD São Caetano	2,472