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Campeonato Brasileiro 2005

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2005 Brazilian Soccer Championship (Brasileirão)
Teams 22
Champion Corinthians
Runner-up Inter
Leading Scorer Romário (Vasco da Gama)
Goals 22
Total Goals 1,442
Number of Games 462
Average Goals/Game 3.12


Corinthians won the 35th edition of the Brazilian national championship, claiming their fourth national title. The season officially kicked off on April 23rd, 2005 and concluded on December 4th.

New Teams from 2004

Brasiliense and Fortaleza

Relegated in 2004

Criciúma, Guarani, Vitória, Grêmio

The Season

Champion and Contenders

Pre-season favorites Corinthians captured their fourth national championship edition despite a turbulent early season and a campaign that went through 3 different head coaches. Key players Carlos Tévez, Carlos Alberto, Roger and Gustavo Nery led the team to a result of 81 points in 42 games. Despite early season turmoil, Corinthians benefited from being one of the few teams in Brazil who could afford to maintain their talent base throughout the season without having to sell key players. The legitimacy of their title was disputed late in the season due to several scandals on and off the field. As 2005 champions, Corinthians have received berth into the first round of the Libertadores Cup as well as the South American Cup in 2006.

Internacional of Rio Grande du Sul executed a strong campaign, finishing with a total of 78 points. Coach Muricy Ramalho led a team with Rafael Sobis, Fernandão, and Tinga to the best performance of any team in the second half, narrowly missing the opportunity for their own fourth national title, but also securing a place in the first round of the Libertadores.

Goiás and Palmeiras were awarded pre-Libertadores qualifying matches with teams to be determined by Conmebol for their 3rd (Goiás's best ever) and 4th place finishes.

Consolation Prize

In the top middle of the pack Fluminense, Atlético/PR, Paraná, Cruzeiro, Botafogo, Santos, and São Paulo were awarded allocations in the 2006 Copa Sul-Americana; with São Paulo, who cannot participate due to Libertadores commitments, ceding their spot to 12th placed Vasco da Gama. Santos in particular saw their season nose-dive as star player Robson was transferred to Real Madrid mid season (a similar fate encountered by Cruzeiro as striker Fred was shipped off to Lyon). Atlético/PR and São Paulo both suffered for having to dedicate their primary attention to the 2005 Libertadores Finals.

The Bottom

Finishing in the bottom four and relegated to Série B for 2006 are storied franchise Atlético/MG as well as perennial mid-majors Coritiba, Paysandu, and Brasiliense. Série B champions and runner-up Grêmio and Santa Cruz will take their place.

New Teams for 2006

Grêmio and Santa Cruz

Relegated in 2006

Coritiba, Altético/MG, Paysandu, and Brasiliense

Turmoil on and off the field

The season experienced significant turmoil off the field, marred by a match fixing scandal, which resulted in the replay of 11 série A matches between rounds 31 and 37, including 2 losses by Corinthians which were replayed to the regain of 4 points. While temporarily sub judice, the CBF was eventually given permission to award the title to Corinthians.

Referee errors towards the end of the season also added drama in the final rounds of the season. In round 39, Inter had a legitimate goal by their opponent disallowed, thus allowing them to maintain the victory and the points margin. Corinthians and Inter faced off in round 40, and with the game tied 1 – 1 in the second half, Inter midfielder Tinga got behind the Corinthians defense and collided with goalkeeper Fábio Costa. Referee Márcio Rezende de Freitas expelled the attacking player for diving, but upon viewing the replay after the game admitted that the correct call would have been to award a penalty shot. In the remaining tournament, neither Inter nor Corinthians were able to solidify their position by each amassing a win and a loss in the next-to-final and final round.

Miscellaneous

  • At 39 years young, World Cup 1994 hero Romário won the title of leading goal scorer in the league with 22 goals for Vasco da Gama.
  • 2005 noticed a marked impact by foreigners in the Brazilian league. Corinthians contracted 3 Argentine players (with Carlitos Tévez becoming the 3rd “gringo” to captain a Brazilian team to the championship) and started the season with Daniel Passarella, of Argentina as coach. Native Serbian Petkovic led Fluminense to a respectable result and won the Silver Ball for the second year in a row as the best midfielder in the Brazilian tournament.

Statistics

Final Standings

Final Standings
Team Pts G W D L GF GA GD
1 File:Corinthians simbolo.gifCorinthians 2 81 42 24 9 9 87 59 28
2 File:SC internacional.GIF Internacional 78 42 23 9 10 72 49 23
3 File:Goias football.png Goiás 74 42 22 8 12 68 51 17
4 File:Palmeiras Symbol.png Palmeiras 70 42 20 10 12 81 65 16
5 File:Logo fluminense.jpg Fluminense 68 42 19 11 12 79 70 9
6 File:ParanaenseBrazilLogo.GIF Atlético Paranaense 61 42 18 7 17 76 67 9
7 File:Parana.gif Paraná 61 42 17 10 15 59 51 8
8 File:Times logo cruzeiro grande.gif Cruzeiro 60 42 17 9 16 73 72 1
9 File:Botafogo football.png Botafogo 59 42 17 8 17 57 56 1
10 File:SantosBrazilLogo.GIF Santos 59 42 16 11 15 68 71 -3
11 File:Sao Paulo (Soccer) Shield.gif São Paulo1 58 42 16 10 16 77 67 10
12 File:VascoDaGamaSoccerLogo.GIF Vasco da Gama 1 56 42 15 11 16 74 84 -10
13 File:FortalezaEsporteClubeEscudo.png Fortaleza 55 42 16 7 19 58 64 -6
14 File:Juventude logo.png Juventude 55 42 15 10 17 66 72 -6
15 File:Flamengo logo football.png Flamengo 55 42 14 13 15 56 60 -4
16 File:Figueirense.png Figueirense 53 42 14 11 17 65 72 -7
17 File:São Caetano2.gif São Caetano 52 42 14 10 18 54 60 -6
18 File:Pontepreta.png Ponte Preta 51 42 15 6 21 63 80 -17
19 File:Coritiba logo.png Coritiba 49 42 13 10 19 51 60 -9
20   Atlético Mineiro 47 42 13 8 21 54 59 -5
21 File:Paysandu.png Paysandu 41 42 12 5 25 63 92 -29
22 File:Brasiliense.png Brasiliense 41 42 10 11 21 47 67 -20
Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses;
GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential
Teams qualify for the Libertadores Cup
Teams qualify for the South American Cup
Teams relegated to série B in 2006

Note 1: Despite qualifying for the Copa Sul-Americana, São Paulo cannot participate in 2006 as they are already classified for the Libertadores Cup as defending champions. The seed has already been reallocated to Vasco da Gama.
Note 2: As champions, Corinthians retain the right to participate in both Libertadores Cup and Copa Sul-Americana in 2006.

Top Goal Scorers

Scorer Goals Team
Romário 22 Vasco da Gama
Róbson 21 Paysandu
Carlitos Tevez 20 Corinthians
Alex Dias 19 Vasco da Gama
Borges 19 Paraná
Rafael Sobis 19 Internacional

Mid-Season Transactions

While the CBF and Clube dos 13 continue to modify the league format in the hopes of decreasing the number of mid-season departures and improve the overall quality of play, the 2006 edition saw a significant number of players depart for Europe and elsewhere.

Team Player(s) Arriving Player(s) Departing
Atlético-MG Euller, Luís Mário and Catanha César Fábio Júnior and André Luiz
Atlético-PR Finazzi Aloísio and Baloy
Botafogo Zé Roberto, Ruy and Reinaldo César Prates, Túlio and Jefferson
Brasiliense Dill Oséas and Agnaldo
Corinthians Mascherano and Nilmar Anderson and Gil
Coritiba Caio and Renaldo Rafinha, Fernando and Miranda
Cruzeiro Alecssandro and Louzada Fred, Athirson and Ruy
Figueirense Edmundo and Fernandes Fábio Mello and Creedence
Flamengo Augusto Recife and Ramirez Henrique and Jean
Fluminense Petkovic and Mílton do Ó Felipe, Fabiano Eller and Antônio Carlos
Fortaleza Rinaldo and Lúcio Danilo and Nélio
Goiás Roni, Dodô and Jardel Danilo Dias and Válber
Internacional Iarley, Márcio Mossoró and Rentería Felipe Soares
Juventude Caíco and Daniel Naldo and Túlio
Palmeiras Marcinho, Washington and Juninho Paulista Magrão, Osmar, Ricardinho
Paraná Chiquinho and Maicossuel Renaldo
Paysandu Felipe Saad, Carlos Alberto and Luís Carlos Flávio Tanajura, Alex Pinho and Luís Carlos
Ponte Preta Evando Harisson, Roger and Kahê (vendidos)
São Caetano Claudecir, Somália Edílson Marcinho
São Paulo Christian and Roger Luizão
Vasco da Gama Vergara, Fábio Braz and Morais Dominguez, Anderson and Coutinho

Lower Divisions

Série B

After only one year in Série B, storied club Grêmio won the title and promotion to Série A for 2006. Also rising are Santa Cruz. Two teams who made the final-four group but could not make the top two include Náutico and Portuguesa.

There were two incidents in the final match that saw Grêmio defeat Náutico 1 x 0. Prior to the match, Náutico supporters locked the guest team in the locker room (in retaliation for a match in Porto Alegre when the hosts failed to supply drinking water). Later in the match, the referee awarded a penalty to Náutico, and a fracas ensued in which 3 Grêmio players were ejected (in addition one player who had already been sent off). After a 25 minute hiatus before order was restored, Náutico took the penalty (which would have eliminated Grêmio and placed Náutico and Santa Cruz in the top league), but the Grêmio keeper made the save and his team promptly scored the goal that secured them the title, despite having on 6 players on the field.

Série C

The Série C final-four group stage saw teams from almost every region of Brazil: Clube do Remo|Remo]] (PA) in the North; América de Natal (RN) from the Northeast; Ipatinga (MG) from the Southeast; and Novo Hamburgo (RS) from the South. In the end, Remo and América de Natal, and champion and runner-up, were promoted to Série B for 2006 after only one season in the third division.

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