1994 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1994 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 38th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1994
Champions	Palmeiras 8th Brazilian title
Relegated	Remo Náutico
Copa Libertadores de América	Palmeiras Grêmio (Copa do Brasil champions)
Matches played	310
Goals scored	744 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Amoroso Túlio (19 goals each)
← 1993 1995 →

Overview

The Palmeiras won the championship. Relegated: Remo and Nautico.

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Corinthians	10	5	3	2	18	14	+4	13	Qualified to second stage, earned a bonus point
2	Flamengo	10	4	4	2	16	11	+5	12	Qualified to second stage
3	Grêmio	10	4	4	2	12	9	+3	12
4	Sport	10	3	4	3	11	16	−5	10
5	Criciúma	10	2	5	3	14	11	+3	9	Relegation league
6	Bragantino	10	1	2	7	8	18	−10	4

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botafogo	10	5	2	3	16	12	+4	12	Qualified to second stage, earned a bonus point
2	Paysandu	10	5	2	3	14	13	+1	12	Qualified to second stage
3	São Paulo	10	3	5	2	11	10	+1	11
4	Portuguesa	10	2	6	2	4	4	0	10
5	Atlético Mineiro	10	2	4	4	8	10	−2	8	Relegation league
6	Vitória	10	1	5	4	9	13	−4	7

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guarani	10	7	1	2	17	7	+10	15	Qualified to second stage, earned a bonus point
2	Santos	10	6	2	2	16	8	+8	14	Qualified to second stage
3	Vasco da Gama	10	4	3	3	12	9	+3	11
4	Bahia	10	4	3	3	11	13	−2	11
5	Remo	10	2	1	7	5	15	−10	5	Relegation league
6	Cruzeiro	10	1	2	7	7	16	−9	4

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Palmeiras	10	9	1	0	26	7	+19	19	Qualified to second stage, earned a bonus point
2	Fluminense	10	4	2	4	14	15	−1	10	Qualified to second stage
3	Paraná	10	3	3	4	15	18	−3	9
4	Internacional	10	3	2	5	14	13	+1	8
5	União São João	10	3	2	5	10	14	−4	8	Relegation league
6	Náutico	10	1	4	5	7	19	−12	6

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Second stage

First round

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Corinthians	7	5	1	1	13	6	+7	12	Qualified to quarterfinals
2	Guarani	7	4	3	0	11	6	+5	12
3	Grêmio	7	3	1	3	9	9	0	7
4	Internacional	7	2	3	2	9	10	−1	7
5	Paysandu	7	2	2	3	6	8	−2	6
6	Vasco da Gama	7	2	1	4	7	9	−2	5
7	Portuguesa	7	2	1	4	6	8	−2	5
8	Fluminense	7	1	2	4	7	12	−5	4

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Palmeiras	7	4	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Qualified to quarterfinals
2	Sport	7	4	2	1	15	8	+7	10
3	São Paulo	7	3	3	1	14	12	+2	9
4	Bahia	7	2	4	1	9	8	+1	8
5	Santos	7	2	2	3	10	11	−1	6
6	Botafogo	7	2	1	4	7	12	−5	6
7	Flamengo	7	1	2	4	3	7	−4	4
8	Paraná	7	0	4	3	5	8	−3	4

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Second round

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guarani	8	5	2	1	11	5	+6	12	Qualified to quarterfinals
2	Portuguesa	8	5	1	2	16	8	+8	11
3	Fluminense	8	3	2	3	14	13	+1	8
4	Vasco da Gama	8	2	4	2	4	7	−3	8
5	Internacional	8	2	3	3	4	5	−1	7
6	Grêmio	8	2	1	5	6	12	−6	5
7	Paysandu	8	1	2	5	2	11	−9	4
8	Corinthians	8	1	2	5	6	16	−10	4

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botafogo	8	5	3	0	13	5	+8	13	Qualified to quarterfinals
2	Santos	8	5	1	2	10	3	+7	11
3	São Paulo	8	5	0	3	14	9	+5	10
4	Bahia	8	3	4	1	10	6	+4	10
5	Paraná	8	3	2	3	9	9	0	8
6	Flamengo	8	2	3	3	5	9	−4	7
7	Palmeiras	8	2	2	4	11	12	−1	6
8	Sport	8	1	2	5	5	10	−5	4

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Second stage overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guarani	15	9	5	1	22	11	+11	24	Qualified – Round Winner
2	São Paulo	15	8	3	4	28	21	+7	19	Qualified – Overall
3	Botafogo	15	7	4	4	20	17	+3	19	Qualified – Round Winner
4	Bahia	15	5	8	2	19	14	+5	18	Qualified – Overall
5	Santos	15	7	3	5	20	14	+6	17
6	Palmeiras	15	6	4	5	19	17	+2	17	Qualified – Round Winner
7	Portuguesa	15	7	2	6	22	16	+6	16
8	Corinthians	15	6	3	6	19	22	−3	16	Qualified – Round Winner
9	Sport	15	5	4	6	20	18	+2	14
10	Internacional	15	4	6	5	13	15	−2	14
11	Vasco da Gama	15	4	5	6	11	16	−5	13
12	Grêmio	15	5	2	8	15	21	−6	12
13	Fluminense	15	4	4	7	21	25	−4	12
14	Paraná	15	3	6	6	14	17	−3	12
15	Flamengo	15	3	5	7	8	16	−8	11
16	Paysandu	15	3	4	8	8	19	−11	10

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Relegation league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bragantino	14	7	5	2	20	10	+10	19	Qualified to quarterfinals
2	Atlético Mineiro	14	7	4	3	22	13	+9	18
3	Vitória	14	6	3	5	16	15	+1	15
4	Criciúma	14	5	4	5	20	23	−3	14
5	União São João	14	4	5	5	16	18	−2	13
6	Cruzeiro	14	5	2	7	15	19	−4	12
7	Remo	14	4	4	6	13	19	−6	12	Relegation to Série B 1995
8	Náutico	14	4	1	9	9	14	−5	9

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1994.htm

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (C)	31	20	6	5	58	30	+28	46	Copa Libertadores 1995
2	Corinthians	31	12	9	10	43	44	−1	33	1995 Copa CONMEBOL
3	Guarani	29	17	6	6	45	26	+19	40
4	Atlético Mineiro	28	11	8	9	36	28	+8	30
5	Botafogo	27	13	6	8	38	32	+6	32	Quarterfinalists
6	São Paulo	27	12	8	7	42	35	+7	32
7	Bahia	27	9	11	7	32	31	+1	29
8	Bragantino	26	8	9	9	29	29	0	25
9	Santos	25	13	5	7	36	22	+14	31
10	Portuguesa	25	9	8	8	26	20	+6	26
11	Grêmio	25	9	6	10	27	30	−3	24	Copa Libertadores 1995
12	Vasco da Gama	25	8	8	9	23	25	−2	24
13	Sport	25	8	8	9	31	34	−3	24
14	Flamengo	25	7	9	9	24	27	−3	23
15	Fluminense	25	8	6	11	35	40	−5	22
16	Paysandu	25	8	6	11	22	32	−10	22
17	Internacional	25	7	8	10	27	28	−1	22
18	Paraná	25	6	9	10	29	35	−6	21
19	Vitória	24	7	8	9	25	28	−3	22	Relegation League
20	Criciúma	24	7	9	8	34	34	0	23
21	União São João	24	7	7	10	26	32	−6	21
22	Cruzeiro	24	6	4	14	22	35	−13	16
23	Remo (R)	24	6	5	13	18	34	−16	17	Relegation to Série B 1995
24	Náutico (R)	24	5	5	14	16	33	−17	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Final stage

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	1F	Palmeiras	2	2
	2O	Bahia	1	1
							Palmeiras		3	2
							Guarani		1	1
	2E	Guarani	0	4
	1O	São Paulo	1	2
													Palmeiras		3	1
													Corinthians		1	1
	1E	Corinthians*	1	0
	1R	Bragantino	1	0
							Corinthians*		2	1
							Atlético Mineiro		3	0
	2F	Botafogo	0	2
	2R	Atlético Mineiro	2	1

*Corinthians qualified due to better record.

Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A 1994 champions
Palmeiras 8th title

Final

15 December 1994

16:00

Corinthians	1 − 3	Palmeiras
Marques 67'		Rivaldo 45, 63' Edmundo 65'

Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo

Attendance: 36,409

Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

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18 December 1994

16:00

Palmeiras	1 − 1	Corinthians
Rivaldo 81'		Marques 3'

Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo

Attendance: 35,217

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals[1]
1	Amoroso	Guarani	19
	Túlio	Botafogo	19
2	Rivaldo	Palmeiras	14
	Evair	Palmeiras	14
	Ézio	Fluminense	14
3	Reinaldo	Atlético Mineiro	13