1976 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1976
Champions	Internacional (2nd 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

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

Group B

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Botafogo-SP	12	8	4	2	2	9	5	+14	Qualified to Second phase
2.	Coritiba	11	8	4	2	2	9	7	+2
3.	Atlético-PR	11	8	3	3	2	8	4	+4
4.	São Paulo	11	8	3	3	2	8	5	+3
5.	Cruzeiro	11	8	3	4	1	9	6	+3	Qualified to Group L on Second phase
6.	Londrina	7	8	2	3	3	5	8	-3
7.	Confiança	7	8	2	3	3	6	10	-4
8.	Portuguesa	6	8	1	3	4	6	9	-3
9.	Uberaba	5	8	1	3	4	4	10	-6

Group C

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

Group D

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

Group E

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

Group F

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

Second phase

Group G

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

Group H

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Grêmio	10	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Coritiba	8	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3
3.	Corinthians	7	5	3	0	2	6	6	0
4.	Operário de Campo Grande	6	5	2	0	3	5	5	0
5.	Botafogo	4	5	2	0	3	3	6	-3
6.	Sport	0	5	0	0	5	0	6	-6

Group I

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

Group J

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

Group K

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Caxias	6	4	1	3	0	5	1	+4	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Avaí	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2
3.	Rio Branco-ES	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2
4.	Figueirense	3	4	1	0	3	4	8	-4
5.	Desportiva	1	4	0	1	3	1	5	-4

Group L

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Portuguesa	9	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Cruzeiro	8	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5
3.	Uberaba	4	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
4.	Confiança	2	4	1	0	3	2	9	-7
5.	Londrina	0	4	0	0	4	3	8	-5

Group M

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

Group N

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

Group O

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

Group P

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Náutico	7	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	Qualified to Third phase
2.	Sampaio Corrêa	6	4	2	0	2	5	7	-2
3.	Flamengo-PI	5	4	1	2	1	3	5	-2
4.	Volta Redonda	4	4	1	2	1	2	3	-1
5.	ABC	3	4	1	0	3	6	6	0

Third phase

Group Q

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

Group R

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

Semifinals

Fluminense v Corinthians

5 December 1976 (1976-12-05)

Fluminense	1 – 1	Corinthians
Carlos Alberto Pintinho  18'		Ruço  29'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Attendance: 146,043 Referee: Saul Schmitt Mendes

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Internacional v Atlético Mineiro

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

Internacional v Corinthians

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

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