# 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

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

| Team | City | Stadium | 1997 Season |
| ABC | Natal | Machadão | 14th in Série B |
| Americano | Rio de Janeiro | Godofredo Cruz | 13th in Série B |
| Atlético-GO | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | 16th in Série B |
| Bahia | Salvador | Fonte Nova | 23rd in Série A |
| Botafogo-SP | Ribeirão Preto | Santa Cruz | 17th in Série B |
| Ceará | Fortaleza | Castelão | 9th in Série B |
| CRB | Maceió | Pajuçara | 5th in Série B |
| Criciúma | Criciúma | Heriberto Hülse | 24th in Série A |
| Desportiva | Cariacica | Engenheiro Araripe | 12th in Série B |
| Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro | Maracanã | 25th in Série A |
| Gama | Gama | Bezerrão | 7th in Série B |
| Joinville | Joinville | Ernestão | 6th in Série B |
| Juventus | São Paulo | Rua Javari | 2nd in Série C |
| Londrina | Londrina | Café | 10th in Série B |
| Náutico | Recife | Aflitos | 3rd in Série B |
| Paysandu | Belém | Curuzú | 11th in Série B |
| Remo | Belém | Mangueirão | 18th in Série B |
| Santa Cruz | Recife | Arruda | 20th in Série B |
| Sampaio Corrêa | São Luís | Castelão | 1st in Série C |
| Tuna Luso | Belém | Francisco Vasques | 8th in Série B |
| União São João | Araras | Herminião | 26th in Série A |
| Vila Nova | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | 4th in Série B |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | Raulino de Oliveira | 19th in Série B |
| XV de Piracicaba | Piracicaba | Barão da Serra Negra | 15th in Série B |

## 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 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Londrina | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 15 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| União São João | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 13 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Atlético-GO | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
| Náutico | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 8 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |

### 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 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Criciúma | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 15 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Vila Nova | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 14 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| 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 |

### 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 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Tuna Luso | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Gama | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Bahia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | |
| Americano | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 6 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |

### 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 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Paysandu | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 14 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| CRB | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 | Advanced to the Round of 16 |
| Fluminense | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
| Juventus | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 7 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |

## Second phase

| Teams | Teams | Teams | Scores | Scores | Scores | 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 | Londrina$^1$ | 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 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| Criciúma | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | |
| XV de Piracicaba | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | |

### 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 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| Joinville | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 8 | |
| Paysandu | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 | |

## 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 | Promoted to Série A 1999 | 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 | |

## 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 | Promoted to 1999 Série A |
| 3 | Desportiva | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 38 | Reached Final phase group |
| 4 | Londrina | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 33 | Reached Final phase group |
| 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 | Reached Third phase |
| 7 | Joinville | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 30 | Reached Third phase |
| 8 | Paysandu | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 26 | Reached Third phase |
| 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 | Reached the Second phase |
| 11 | ABC | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 18 | Reached the Second phase |
| 12 | CRB | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 18 | Reached the Second phase |
| 13 | Santa Cruz | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 17 | Reached the Second phase |
| 14 | Ceará | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 16 | Reached the Second phase |
| 15 | Tuna Luso | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 15 | Reached the Second phase |
| 16 | União São João | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 15 | Reached the Second phase |
| 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 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
| 21 | Náutico | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 8 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
| 22 | Juventus | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 7 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
| 23 | Volta Redonda | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 6 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |
| 24 | Americano | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 6 | Relegated to 1999 Série C |

## Sources

* "Brazil Second Level 1998". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.