1992 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1992 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 36th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The competition was won by Flamengo.

Format

First Stage: 20 clubs playing against each other once. The eight best placed teams qualified to the second stage.

Second Stage: 8 clubs divided in 2 groups of 4 teams each; playing against the other teams of their respective groups twice. The winner of each group qualify to the final.

Final: The finalists play against each other twice, the club with the best performance in the competition has the advantage of winning the competition if it draw both matches.

Competition standings

First Stage

Standings
Time		P	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Vasco	26	19	10	6	3	31	14	17	Qualified to Group 1
2	Botafogo	24	19	11	2	6	37	23	14	Qualified to Group 2
3	Bragantino	24	19	9	6	4	16	13	3	Qualified to Group 2
4	Flamengo	22	19	8	6	5	32	24	8	Qualified to Group 1
5	Corinthians	22	19	8	6	5	24	22	2	Qualified to Group 2
6	São Paulo	21	19	8	5	6	22	16	6	Qualified to Group 1
7	Cruzeiro	21	19	7	7	5	10	14	6	Qualified to Group 2
8	Santos	21	19	7	7	5	23	18	5	Qualified to Group 1
9	Guarani	20	19	8	4	7	15	19	-4
10	Internacional	20	19	7	6	6	19	20	-1
11	Palmeiras	19	19	8	3	8	23	17	6
12	Sport	19	19	4	11	4	15	15	0
13	Atlético Mineiro	18	19	6	6	7	15	18	-3
14	Fluminense	18	19	5	8	6	21	19	2
15	Atlético-PR	16	19	5	6	8	19	32	-13
16	Portuguesa	15	19	4	7	8	21	26	-5
17	Goiás	15	19	4	7	8	23	34	-13
18	Bahia	14	19	4	6	9	20	24	-4
19	Náutico	13	19	3	7	9	17	29	-12
20	Paysandu	12	19	5	2	12	19	35	-16

P - points earned; G - matches played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF - goals scored; GA - goals conceded; GD - goal difference

Second Stage

Group 1
Team		P	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Flamengo	7	6	3	1	2	7	5	2	Finalist
2	Vasco	6	6	1	4	1	10	9	1
3	São Paulo	6	6	2	2	2	6	7	-1
4	Santos	5	6	1	3	2	7	9	-2

Group 2
Team		P	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Botafogo	9	6	4	1	1	7	4	3	Finalist
2	Bragantino	8	6	3	2	1	6	4	2
3	Corinthians	5	6	2	1	3	8	7	1
4	Cruzeiro	2	6	1	0	5	5	11	-6

P - points earned; G - matches played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF - goals scored; GA - goals conceded; GD - goal difference

Finals

Flamengo v Botafogo

July 12, 1992

Flamengo	3 – 0	Botafogo
Júnior  15' Nélio  34' Gaúcho  38'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 102,547 Referee: José Roberto Wright

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Botafogo v Flamengo

July 19, 1992

Botafogo	2 – 2 (2 – 5 agg.)	Flamengo
Pichetti  83' Valdeir  88' (pen)		Júnior  42' Júlio César  55'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 122,001 Referee: José Roberto Wright

Botafogo

Flamengo

GK 1 Ricardo Cruz RB 2 Odemilson CB 3 René CB 4 Márcio Santos LB 6 Válber DM 11 Pingo MF 5 Carlos Alberto Santos (c) AM 8 Carlos Alberto Dias FW 10 Valdeir FW 7 Vivinho  74' CF 9 Chicão  74' Substitutes: LB 15 Jeferson Vasconcelos  74' CF 16 Pichetti  74' Manager: Gil

GK 1 Gilmar RB 2 Charles CB 3 Gélson CB 4 Wilson Gottardo  89' LB 6 Piá DM 10 Fabinho  75' DM 8 Uidemar MF 5 Júnior (c) AM 11 Zinho FW 7 Júlio César CF 9 Gaúcho  86' Substitutes: CB 13 Mauro  75' AM 15 Djalminha  86' Manager: Carlinhos

Final standings

Standings
Team		P	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Flamengo	32	27	12	8	7	44	31	13	played the final
2	Botafogo	34	27	15	4	8	46	32	14
3	Vasco	32	25	11	10	4	41	23	18	eliminated in the 2nd Stage
4	Bragantino	32	25	12	8	5	22	17	5
5	Corinthians	27	25	10	7	8	32	29	3
6	São Paulo	27	25	10	7	8	28	23	5
7	Santos	26	25	8	10	7	30	27	3
8	Cruzeiro	23	25	8	7	10	25	25	0
9	Guarani	20	19	8	4	7	15	19	-4	eliminated in the 1st Stage
10	Internacional	20	19	7	6	6	19	20	-1
11	Palmeiras	19	19	8	3	8	23	17	6
12	Sport	19	19	4	11	4	15	15	0
13	Atlético Mineiro	18	19	6	6	7	15	18	-3
14	Fluminense	18	19	5	8	6	21	19	2
15	Atlético-PR	16	19	5	6	8	19	32	-13
16	Portuguesa	15	19	4	7	8	21	26	-5
17	Goiás	15	19	4	7	8	23	34	-11
18	Bahia	14	19	4	6	9	20	24	-4
19	Náutico (1)	13	19	3	7	9	17	29	-12
20	Paysandu (1)	12	19	5	2	12	19	35	-16

P - points earned; G - matches played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF - goals scored; GA - goals conceded; GD - goal difference

(1) According to the competition rules, Náutico and Paysandu were supposed to be relegated to Série B 1993.

References

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1992 at RSSSF