| Season | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Gama |
| Promoted | Gama Botafogo-SP |
| Relegated | Fluminense Atlético-GO Náutico Juventus Volta Redonda Americano |
| Top goalscorer | Gauchinho (XV de Piracicaba) - 13 |
| Biggest home win | XV de Piracicaba 6-0 Ceará (September 6, 1998) |
The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1998, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 2 to December 20, 1998. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by Gama.
Gama finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1999 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1999 Série A along with Botafogo-SP, the runners-up. The six worst ranked teams in the first round (Fluminense, Atlético-GO, Náutico, Juventus, Volta Redonda and Americano) were relegated to play Série C in 1999.
Teams
First phase
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Remo |
10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 20 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
 Desportiva |
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 16 | |
 Londrina |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 15 | |
 União São João |
10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 13 | |
 Atlético-GO |
10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
 Náutico |
10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 8 |
Source:
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botafogo-SP |
10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 21 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Santa Cruz |
10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 16 | |
 Criciúma |
10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 15 | |
| Vila Nova |
10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 14 | |
 Sampaio Corrêa |
10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 14 | |
 Volta Redonda |
10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 6 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
Source:
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XV de Piracicaba |
10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 24 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
 Ceará |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 15 | |
| Tuna Luso |
10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | |
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10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
 Bahia |
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | |
| Americano |
10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 6 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
Source:
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joinville |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 17 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
 ABC |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 15 | |
| Paysandu |
10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 14 | |
 CRB |
10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Fluminense |
10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
| Juventus |
10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 7 |
Source:
Second phase
| Teams | Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | Agg. |
| Gama |
6:0 | Remo |
1:0 | 4:1 | — | 5:1 |
| CRB |
4:4 | Botafogo-SP |
2:1 | 0:2 | 0:0 | 2:3 |
| União São João |
2:5 | Joinville |
3:3 | 0:3 | 0:0 | 3:6 |
| Tuna Luso |
1:7 | Desportiva |
1:1 | 0:2 | 1:3 | 2:6 |
| ABC |
3:3 | Londrina1 |
0:0 | 0:0 | 1:1 | 1:1 |
| Ceará |
1:7 | Criciúma |
1:1 | 0:3 | 0:2 | 1:6 |
| Vila Nova |
4:4 | XV de Piracicaba |
1:0 | 0:0 | 0:2 | 1:2 |
| Paysandu |
7:1 | Santa Cruz |
2:0 | 0:0 | 2:1 | 4:1 |
1 Londrina qualified after defeating ABC on a penalty shoot-out.
Third phase
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gama |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| Desportiva |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Criciúma |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | |
| XV de Piracicaba |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 |
Source:
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botafogo-SP |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| Londrina |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | |
| Joinville |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 8 | |
| Paysandu |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 |
Source:
Final phase
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | GAM | BSP | DES | LON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gama | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | Promoted to Série A 1999 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | ||
| 2 | Botafogo-SP | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | Desportiva | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 6 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||
| 4 | Londrina | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Source:
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gama | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 39 | Promoted to 1999 Série A |
| 2 | Botafogo-SP | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 44 | |
| 3 | Desportiva | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 38 | Reached Final phase group |
| 4 | Londrina | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 33 | |
| 5 | XV de Piracicaba | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 35 | Reached Third phase |
| 6 | Criciúma | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 30 | |
| 7 | Joinville | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 30 | |
| 8 | Paysandu | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 26 | |
| 9 | Remo | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 20 | Reached the Second phase |
| 10 | Vila Nova | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 18 | |
| 11 | ABC | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 18 | |
| 12 | CRB | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 18 | |
| 13 | Santa Cruz | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 17 | |
| 14 | Ceará | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 16 | |
| 15 | Tuna Luso | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 15 | |
| 16 | União São João | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 15 | |
| 17 | Sampaio Corrêa | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 14 | |
| 18 | Bahia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | |
| 19 | Fluminense | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
| 20 | Atlético-GO | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10 | |
| 21 | Náutico | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 8 | |
| 22 | Juventus | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 7 | |
| 23 | Volta Redonda | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 6 | |
| 24 | Americano | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 6 |
Source:
Sources
- "Brazil Second Level 1998". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
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