Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1989

Infobox sports season
title = Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1989
league = Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
sport = Football
duration = September 6, 1989 – December 16, 1989
season = League
league_champs = Vasco
second_place = São Paulo
top_scorer = Túlio (Goiás), 11 goals

The 1989 season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on September 6, 1989, and reached its end on December 16, 1989. The competition was won by CR Vasco da Gama.

Format

;First Stage: The 22 clubs were divided in 2 groups of 11 teams each, playing against the other teams of their respective groups once. The 8 best placed teams of each group qualified to the Second Stage, while the 3 last placed teams of each group competed in the Relegation Tournament.

;Second Stage: The 16 qualified clubs were divided in two groups of 8 teams each, playing once against the other group teams. The points of this stage and of the first stage were summed. The champion of each group qualified to the final.

;Relegation Tournament: The 6 clubs eliminated in the First Stage played against each other twice. The 4 last placed teams were relegated to the following year's Série B.

;Final: It was played between the champions of the two Second Stage groups. The two clubs played a maximum of 2 matches, but the club with the best performance in the competition had the option to choose where the first match would be played, and also need only two points (one victory or two draws) to be declared as the competition champions.

tandings

First Stage

Group B

Relegation Tournament

Final standings

(1) Coritiba forfeited the match against Santos, thus was punished with a 1-0 defeat, plus the loss of 5 points and the elimination of the competition.

(2) Due to Coritiba's elimination, only 5 clubs competed in the Relegation Tournament, being relegated Atlético-PR, Guarani and Sport (plus Coritiba). According to the league rules, the last clubs standings only take in consideration this tournament results, but the points listed in the standings also include the First Stage.

The final

footballbox
date = December 16, 1989

team1 = São Paulo
score = 0 – 1
report =
team2 = Vasco
goals1 =
goals2 = Sorato goal|50
stadium = Morumbi, São Paulo
Attendance: 71,552
Referee: Wilson Carlos dos Santos

São Paulo: Gilmar; Netinho, Adílson, Ricardo Rocha and Nelsinho; Flávio, Bobô and Raí; Mário Tilico, Ney and Edivaldo (Paulo César). Head coach: Carlos Alberto Silva.

Vasco: Acácio; Luiz Carlos Winck, Quiñónez, Marco Aurélio and Mazinho; Zé do Carmo, Marco Antônio Boiadeiro and Bismarck; Sorato, Bebeto and William. Head coach: Nelsinho Rosa.

* The second leg of the final was not played as Vasco had a better season record and won the first leg.

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/braz89.html Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1989 at RSSSF]