2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season 2005
Champions Corinthians
4th Campeonato Brasileiro title
4th Brazilian title
Relegated Coritiba
Atlético Mineiro
Paysandu
Brasiliense
Copa Libertadores Corinthians
Internacional
Goiás
Palmeiras
São Paulo (as the Libertadores title holders)
Copa Sudamericana Fluminense
Atlético Paranaense
Paraná
Cruzeiro
Botafogo
Santos
Vasco da Gama
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1448 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer Romário (22 goals)
Average attendance 17,536
← 2004
2006 →

The 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Taça Nestlé Brasileirão 2005 for sponsorship reasons) was the 49th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Corinthians claiming their fourth national title. The season officially kicked off on April 23, 2005 and concluded on December 4.

New teams for 2005

Promoted in 2004

Brasiliense and Fortaleza

Relegated in 2004

Criciúma, Guarani, Vitória, Grêmio

The season

Champion and contenders

Pre-season favorites Corinthians captured their fourth national championship edition despite a turbulent early season and a campaign that went through 3 different head coaches. Key players Carlos Tevez, Carlos Alberto, Roger and Gustavo Nery led the team to a result of 81 points in 42 games. Despite early season turmoil, Corinthians benefited from being one of the few teams in Brazil who could afford to maintain their talent base throughout the season without having to sell key players. The legitimacy of their title was disputed late in the season due to several scandals on and off the field. As 2005 champions, Corinthians received berth into the first round of the Libertadores Cup as well as the South American Cup in 2006.

Internacional of Rio Grande du Sul executed a strong campaign, finishing with a total of 78 points. Coach Muricy Ramalho led a team with Rafael Sobis, Fernandão, and Tinga to the best performance of any team in the second half, narrowly missing the opportunity for their own fourth national title, but also securing a place in the first round of the Libertadores.

Goiás and Palmeiras were awarded pre-Libertadores qualifying matches with teams to be determined by Conmebol for their 3rd (Goiás's best ever) and 4th-place finishes.

Consolation prize

In the top middle of the pack Fluminense, Atlético/PR, Paraná, Cruzeiro, Botafogo, Santos, and São Paulo were awarded allocations in the 2006 Copa Sul-Americana; with São Paulo, who cannot participate due to Libertadores commitments, ceding their spot to 12th placed Vasco da Gama. Santos in particular saw their season nose-dive as star player Robinho was transferred to Real Madrid mid season (a similar fate encountered by Cruzeiro as striker Fred was shipped off to Lyon). Atlético/PR and São Paulo both suffered for having to dedicate their primary attention to the 2005 Libertadores Finals.

The bottom

Finishing in the bottom four and relegated to Série B for 2006 are storied franchise Atlético Mineiro as well as perennial mid-majors Coritiba, Paysandu, and Brasiliense. Série B champions and runner-up Grêmio and Santa Cruz took their place.

New teams for 2006

Promoted in 2005

Grêmio and Santa Cruz

Relegated in 2005

Coritiba, Altético/MG, Paysandu, and Brasiliense

Turmoil on and off the field

The season experienced significant turmoil off the field, marred by a match fixing scandal, which resulted in the replay of 11 série A matches between rounds 31 and 37.

Miscellaneous

Statistics

Final standings

Final Standings
Team Pts G W D L GF GA GD
1 Corinthians[1] 81 42 24 9 9 87 59 28
2 Internacional 78 42 23 9 10 72 49 23
3 Goiás 74 42 22 8 12 68 51 17
4 Palmeiras 70 42 20 10 12 81 65 16
5 Fluminense 68 42 19 11 12 79 70 9
6 Atlético Paranaense 61 42 18 7 17 76 67 9
7 Paraná 61 42 17 10 15 59 51 8
8 Cruzeiro 60 42 17 9 16 73 72 1
9 Botafogo 59 42 17 8 17 57 56 1
10 Santos 59 42 16 11 15 68 71 -3
11 São Paulo[2] 58 42 16 10 16 77 67 10
12 Vasco da Gama[2] 56 42 15 11 16 74 84 -10
13 Fortaleza 55 42 16 7 19 58 64 -6
14 Juventude 55 42 15 10 17 66 72 -6
15 Flamengo 55 42 14 13 15 56 60 -4
16 Figueirense 53 42 14 11 17 65 72 -7
17 São Caetano 52 42 14 10 18 54 60 -6
18 Ponte Preta 51 42 15 6 21 63 80 -17
19 Coritiba 49 42 13 10 19 51 60 -9
20 Atlético Mineiro 47 42 13 8 21 54 59 -5
21 Paysandu 41 42 12 5 25 63 92 -29
22 Brasiliense 41 42 10 11 21 47 67 -20
Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses;
GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential
Teams qualify for the 2006 Copa Libertadores
Teams qualify for the 2006 Copa Sudamericana
Teams relegated to série B in 2006
  1. ↑ As champions, Corinthians retain the right to participate in both Libertadores Cup and Copa Sul-Americana in 2006.
  2. 1 2 Despite qualifying for the Copa Sul-Americana, São Paulo cannot participate in 2006 as they are already classified for the Libertadores Cup as defending champions. The seed has already been reallocated to Vasco da Gama.

Top goal scorers

Scorer Goals Team
Romário 22 Vasco da Gama
Róbson 21 Paysandu
Carlos Tevez 20 Corinthians
Alex Dias 19 Vasco da Gama
Borges 19 Paraná
Rafael Sóbis 19 Internacional

Mid-season transactions

While the CBF and Clube dos 13 continue to modify the league format in the hopes of decreasing the number of mid-season departures and improve the overall quality of play, the 2006 edition saw a significant number of players depart for Europe and elsewhere.

Team Player(s) Arriving Player(s) Departing
Atlético Mineiro Euller, Luís Mário and Catanha César Fábio Júnior and André Luiz
Atlético-PR Finazzi Aloísio and Felipe Baloy
Botafogo Zé Roberto, Ruy and Reinaldo César Prates, Túlio and Jefferson
Brasiliense Dill Oséas and Agnaldo
Corinthians Javier Mascherano and Nilmar Anderson and Gil
Coritiba Caio and Renaldo Rafinha, Fernando and Miranda
Cruzeiro Alecsandro and Louzada Fred, Athirson and Ruy
Figueirense Edmundo and Fernandes Fábio Mello and Creedence Clearwater
Flamengo Augusto Recife and César Augusto Ramírez Henrique and Jean
Fluminense Dejan Petković and Milton do Ó Felipe, Fabiano Eller and Antônio Carlos
Fortaleza Rinaldo and Lúcio Danilo and Nélio
Goiás Roni, Dodô and Mário Jardel Danilo Dias and Válber
Internacional Iarley, Márcio Mossoró and Wason Rentería Felipe Soares
Juventude Caíco and Daniel Naldo and Túlio Souza
Palmeiras Marcinho, Washington and Juninho Paulista Magrão, Osmar, Ricardinho
Paraná Chiquinho and Maicossuel Renaldo
Paysandu Felipe Saad, Carlos Alberto and Luiz Carlos Flávio Tanajura, Alex Pinho and Luiz Carlos
Ponte Preta Evando Harison, Roger and Kahê (sold)
São Caetano Claudecir, Somália, Edílson Marcinho
São Paulo Christian and Roger Luizão
Vasco da Gama Adán Vergara, Fábio Braz and Morais Dominguez, Anderson Costa and Coutinho

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