1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1999
Champions	Corinthians (3rd title)
Relegated	Botafogo-SP Juventude Paraná Gama
Copa Libertadores	Coritnhians Atlético Mineiro Palmeiras (By winning the 1999 Copa Libertadores) Juventude (By winning the 1999 Copa do Brasil) Atlético Paranaense (By winning the brazilian play-offs to the Libertadores)
Matches played	250
Goals scored	710 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guilherme (28 goals)
← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 43rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

It was performed in 22 teams, and Corinthians won the championship.

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Corinthians	59	29	18	5	6	61	38	23
2	Atlético Mineiro	49	29	15	4	10	56	40	16
3	Vitória	42	27	12	6	9	41	47	-6
4	São Paulo	40	26	13	1	12	45	35	10
5	Cruzeiro	42	23	12	6	5	50	39	11
6	Ponte Preta	38	24	11	5	8	29	23	6
7	Vasco da Gama	38	24	10	8	6	40	31	9
8	Guarani	35	24	10	5	9	32	25	7
9	Atlético Paranaense	31	21	9	4	8	36	31	5
10	Palmeiras	31	21	8	7	6	36	23	13
11	Santos	30	21	8	6	7	25	26	-1
12	Flamengo	29	21	9	2	10	30	33	-3
13	Coritiba	29	21	7	8	6	31	29	2
14	Botafogo	26	21	8	2	11	23	37	-14
15	Gama	26	21	7	5	9	24	29	-5
16	Internacional	24	21	7	3	11	18	26	-8
17	Paraná	24	21	6	6	9	23	29	-6
18	Grêmio	22	21	6	4	11	24	43	-19
19	Juventude	22	21	5	7	9	18	32	-14
20	Botafogo-SP	21	21	5	6	10	27	38	-11
21	Portuguesa	18	21	4	6	11	27	31	-4
22	Sport	17	21	3	8	10	14	25	-11

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Guilherme	Atlético Mineiro	28
2	Alex Alves	Cruzeiro	21
	Luizão	Corinthians	21
3	Marcelinho Carioca	Corinthians	15
4	Edmundo	Vasco	13
	Dodô	Santos	13
5	França	São Paulo	12
	Romário	Flamengo	12

Relegation

The criterion for relegation to the Série B in 1999 was the average of points obtained in 1999 and 1998. The four teams with the smallest averages would be relegated.The CBF-defined formula for the point average (PA) was:

PA = ( (P98/23) + (P99/21) ) / 2

P98 being the number of points in 1998 and P99 the number of points in 1999.

As to Gama e Botafogo-SP, that had ascended from the Série B and as such, didn't dispute the 1998 Série A, the formula was reduced to:

PA = P99/21

Originally,the six worst point averages were:

1. Gama: 1,238
2. Internacional: 1,219
3. Botafogo: 1,178
4. Paraná: 1,093
5. Juventude: 1,089
6. Botafogo/SP: 1,000

Which would mean that Botafogo, Paraná, Juventude and Botafogo-SP would be relegated.However, the matches of São Paulo against Internacional and Botafogo were annulled and the points gained by São Paulo in both matches (three against Botafogo, one against Internacional) were given to both clubs, due to the fielding of the ineligible player Sandro Hiroshi in both matches.So, the six worst point averages became:

1. Internacional: 1,267
2. Botafogo: 1,249
3. Gama: 1,238
4. Paraná: 1,093
5. Juventude: 1,089
6. Botafogo/SP: 1,000

This meant that Botafogo escaped from relegation and Gama joined Botafogo/SP, Juventude and Paraná in the Série B em 2000.

Gama didn't accept this decision and appealed. The judicial disputes lasted months and CBF was stopped from organizing the 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro. The Clube dos 13 assumed the organization of the championship, that was named Copa João Havelange, with the participation of 116 teams divided em 3 groups.