Histora.org newsletter December 22, 1999 Corinthians have defeated Atletico Mineiro in the final of the 1999 Brazilian Championship after finishing first the the qualifying table and downing Guarani Campinas in the quarter-finals and Sao Paulo in the Semi-finals. Corinthians are the first back to back champions of Brazil since Palmeiras were champions in 1993 and 1994. 1999 Brazilian Championship: --------------------------------------------------------------- Rank First round Pts GD P W D L GF GA --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Corinthians 44 +18 21 14 2 5 49 31 2 Cruzeiro 42 +14 21 12 6 3 46 32 3 Vasco da Gama 36 +10 21 10 6 5 33 23 4 Ponte Preta 35 +7 21 10 5 6 23 16 5 Sao Paulo 34 +11 21 11 1 9 35 24 6 Vitoria Esprito Santo 34 -2 21 10 4 7 31 33 7 Atletico Mineiro 33 +9 21 10 3 8 39 30 8 Guarani Campinas 33 +9 21 10 3 8 31 22 9 Atletico Paranaense 31 +5 21 9 4 8 36 31 10 Palmeiras 31 +13 21 8 7 6 36 23 11 Santos 30 -1 21 8 6 7 25 26 12 Flamengo 29 -3 21 9 2 10 30 33 13 Coritiba 29 +2 21 7 8 6 31 29 14 Botafogo 26 -14 21 8 2 11 23 37 15 Gama Brasilia 26 -5 21 7 5 9 24 29 16 Inter Porto Alegre 24 -8 21 7 3 11 18 26 17 Parana 24 -6 21 6 6 9 23 29 18 Gremio Porto Alegre 22 -19 21 6 4 11 24 43 19 Juventude 22 -14 21 5 7 9 18 32 20 Botafogo Sao Paulo 21 -11 21 5 6 10 27 38 21 Portuguesa 18 -4 21 4 6 11 27 31 22 Sport Recife 17 -11 21 3 8 10 14 25 --------------------------------------------------------------- ===================================================================== Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final Winner --------------------------------------------------------------------- Corinthians (0 - 0) (2 - 0) (1 - 1) Corinthians Guarani Campinas (2 - 1) (3 - 2) Corinthians Ponte Preta (2 - 3) (2 - 1) (2 - 3) Sao Paulo Sao Paulo (2 - 3) (2 - 0) (0 - 0) Corinthians Vitoria Esprito Santo (5 - 4) (2 - 2) (1 - 1) Vitoria Esprito Santo Vasco da Gama (0 - 3) (2 - 1) (0 - 3) Atletico Mineiro Cruzeiro (2 - 4) (2 - 3) Atletico Mineiro Atletico Mineiro ===================================================================== Past Brazilian Champions : ============================================================= Year Winner Scores Runner-Up ============================================================= 1971 Atletico Mineiro 1-0 Sao Paulo 1972 Palmeiras 0-0 Botafogo 1973 Palmeiras 0-0 Sao Paulo 1974 Cruzeiro 1-1 Vasco da Gama 1975 Inter Porto Alegre 1-0 Cruzeiro 1976 Inter Porto Alegre 2-0 Corinthians 1977 Sao Paulo 0-0 Atletico Mineiro 1978 Guarani Campinas 1-0,1-0 Palmeiras 1979 Inter Porto Alegre 2-1,2-0 Vasco da Gama 1980 Flamengo 3-2,0-1 Atletico Mineiro 1981 Gremio Porto Alegre 2-1,1-0 Sao Paulo 1982 Flamengo 1-1,0-0,1-0 Gremio Porto Alegre 1983 Flamengo 1-2,3-0 Santos 1984 Fluminense 1-0,0-0 Vasco da Gama 1985 Coritiba 1-1 Bangu 1986 Sao Paulo 1-1,1-1 Guarani Campinas 1987 Flamengo 1-1,1-0 Inter Porto Alegre 1988 EC Bahia 2-1,0-0 Inter Porto Alegre 1989 Vasco da Gama 1-0 Sao Paulo 1990 Corinthians 1-0,1-0 Sao Paulo 1991 Sao Paulo 1-0,0-0 Bragantino 1992 Flamengo 3-0,2-2 Botafogo 1993 Palmeiras 0-1,2-0 Vitoria Bahia 1994 Palmeiras 3-1,1-1 Corinthians 1995 Botafogo 2-1,1-1 Santos 1996 Gremio Porto Alegre 2-0,0-2 Portuguesa 1997 Vasco da Gama 0-0,0-0 Palmeiras 1998 Corinthians 2-2,1-1,2-0 Cruzeiro 1999 Corinthians 2-3,2-0,0-0 Atletico Mineiro ============================================================= All-time rankings in Brazil: 'TPts' is 'Tournament Points', a system where you reward clubs by advancing far into tournaments. In this case, we give clubs 12 points for being champions, 6 points for being runners-up, 3 for losing in the semi-finals, and 1 for losing in the quarter-finals. 'Apps' is number of appearances, '1st' and '2nd' are 1st place and 2nd place finishes. ================================================================= Rank Entity TPts App 1st 2nd Wins Drws Loss GFor GAgs ================================================================= 1. Sao Paulo 79 28 3 5 286 211 166 966 638 2. Flamengo 71 29 5 _ 295 191 186 925 673 3. Palmeiras 71 28 4 2 302 188 144 935 560 4. Inter Porto Alegre 68 29 3 2 293 201 172 897 602 5. Corinthians 65 28 3 2 292 209 166 870 629 6. Atletico Mineiro 59 29 1 3 298 210 163 952 648 7. Vasco da Gama 56 29 2 3 285 218 169 969 653 8. Gremio Porto Alegre 47 28 2 1 285 184 188 843 650 9. Cruzeiro 41 29 1 2 266 209 170 869 642 10. Botafogo 37 29 1 2 235 189 192 773 680 11. Fluminense 30 27 1 _ 216 174 190 706 609 12. Guarani Campinas 28 22 1 1 202 152 135 655 493 13. Santos 27 28 _ 2 261 203 178 852 644 14. Coritiba 23 21 1 _ 175 124 155 508 490 15. EC Bahia 18 27 1 _ 182 191 182 597 616 16. Portuguesa 12 25 _ 1 191 184 180 671 614 17. Bragantino 11 9 _ 1 67 67 69 228 255 18. Vitoria Bahia 8 11 _ 1 85 77 82 249 288 19. Bangu 7 8 _ 1 55 43 45 173 147 20. Ponte Preta 6 11 _ _ 98 69 66 304 229 ================================================================= Corinthians' past record in the Brazilian Championship: ================================================== Year RA TPts Finishing round W D L GF GA ================================================== 1971 2 1 Quarter-Finals 12 7 6 33 21 1972 4 3 Semi-Finals 12 12 5 31 26 1973 2 0 Quarter-Finals 13 15 9 37 30 1974 1 0 Quarter-Finals 8 10 6 29 21 1975 2 0 Quarter-Finals 13 9 5 30 18 1976 5 6 Final 13 6 4 31 17 1977 3 0 Quarter-Finals 10 6 3 24 7 1978 3 0 Third Round 12 9 5 29 16 1980 3 0 Quarter-Finals 12 3 3 43 19 1981 1 0 Second Round 4 3 8 14 22 1982 4 3 Semi-Finals 6 2 4 19 15 1983 4 0 Third Round 10 6 4 42 23 1984 5 3 Semi-Finals 9 10 5 31 19 1985 2 0 Quarter-Finals 9 9 8 27 22 1986 3 1 Quarter-Finals 13 12 5 42 20 1987 1 0 Quarter-Finals 2 6 7 9 16 1988 1 0 Second Round 6 6 5 21 15 1989 2 1 Semi-Finals 14 7 7 26 19 1990 5 12 Winner 12 8 5 23 20 1991 0 1 Quarter-Finals 8 8 3 23 17 1992 1 1 Semi-Finals 10 7 8 32 29 1993 2 3 Semi-Finals 12 7 1 38 18 1994 7 6 Final 12 9 10 43 44 1995 1 0 Second Round 9 4 10 32 33 1996 0 0 First Round 7 11 5 20 19 1997 0 0 First Round 8 5 12 23 27 1998 5 12 Winner 18 7 7 57 38 1999 5 12 Winner 18 5 6 61 38 ================================================== (RA = Rounds advanced, TPts = 'Tournament Points' earned) Corinthians' record in Copa Libertadores: ======================================================== Year Round Opposing club R ======================================================== 1977 First Round (Bra) Inter Porto Alegre L -------------------------------------------------------- 1991 First Round (Uru) Bella Vista W Second Round (Arg) Boca Juniors L -------------------------------------------------------- 1996 First Round (Chi) Universidad Catolica W Second Round (Ecu) Espoli W Quarter-Finals (Bra) Gremio Porto Alegre L -------------------------------------------------------- 1999 Second Round (Par) Olimpia W Third Round (Bol) Jorge Wilsterman W Quarter-Finals (Bra) Palmeiras L ========================================================