2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Football league season
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Season 2004 Champions Santos 2nd Campeonato Brasileiro title 8th Brazilian title Relegated Criciúma Guarani Vitória Grêmio Copa Libertadores Santos Atlético Paranaense São Paulo Palmeiras Copa Sudamericana Corinthians Goiás Juventude Internacional Fluminense Matches played 552 Goals scored 1,536 (2.78 per match) Top goalscorer Washington (34 goals)Biggest home win São Paulo 7–0 Paysandu (R33, 28 September) Biggest away win Corinthians 0–5 Atlético Paranaense (R7, 23 May) Atlético Mineiro 0–5 São Paulo (R36, 17 October) Highest scoring Criciúma 7–2 Goiás (R6, 16 May) Highest attendance 50,650Atlético Mineiro 3–0 São Caetano (R46, 19 December) Total attendance 4,170,639 Average attendance 7,556
The 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 48th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A . The competition was won by Santos , coached by Vanderlei Luxemburgo .
Runners-up were Atlético Paranaense , which led the competition for 11 weeks and lost the title in the penultimate round. The other teams qualified for the Copa Libertadores were from the state of São Paulo, São Paulo and Palmeiras .
The highest goal scorer was Washington (Atlético Paranaense), who scored 34 goals and broke the tournament's record. Beginning two seasons were four teams would be relegated and only two promoted so the tournament would have 20 teams by 2006 , the four teams relegated to the second division were Criciúma , Guarani , Vitória and Grêmio .
For the second consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with most points at the end of the season will be declared champion. The bottom four teams will be relegated and will play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2005 season.
International qualification
The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL 's 2005 Copa Libertadores . The top-three teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the competition, while the fourth place in the standings will qualify to the First Stage.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
[ 1]
Team
Home city
Stadium
Capacity
Atlético Mineiro
Belo Horizonte
Mineirão Independência (7 matches) Ipatingão (2 matches) Morumbi (one match)
75,783 30,000 16,000 67,428
Atlético Paranaense
Curitiba
Arena da Baixada Serra Dourada (one match)
28,237 45,000
Botafogo
Rio de Janeiro
Caio Martins Maracanã (3 matches) Mario Helênio (one match)
15,000 87,238 31,863
Corinthians
São Paulo
Pacaembu Morumbi (2 matches) Major José Levy Sobrinho (one match)
37,952 67,428 18,000
Coritiba
Curitiba
Couto Pereira
38,000
Criciúma
Criciúma
Heriberto Hülse
19,900
Cruzeiro
Belo Horizonte
Mineirão Independência (2 matches) Ipatingão (one match)
75,783 30,000 16,000
Figueirense
Florianópolis
Orlando Scarpelli Santa Cruz (one match)
19,069 29,292
Flamengo
Rio de Janeiro
Raulino de Oliveira Maracanã (6 matches)
21,000 87,238
Fluminense
Rio de Janeiro
Maracanã Raulino de Oliveira (7 matches)
87,238 21,000
Goiás
Goiânia
Serra Dourada
45,000
Grêmio
Porto Alegre
Olímpico Bento Freitas (2 matches) Colosso da Lagoa (2 matches)
45,000 18,000 30,000
Guarani
Campinas
Brinco de Ouro
40,988
Internacional
Porto Alegre
Beira-Rio
56,000
Juventude
Caxias do Sul
Alfredo Jaconi Colosso da Lagoa (one match)
30,519 30,000
Palmeiras
São Paulo
Palestra Itália Pacaembu (2 matches) Morumbi (one match)
29,876 37,952 67,428
Paraná
Curitiba
Pinheirão
45,000
Paysandu
Belém
Mangueirão
45,007
Ponte Preta
Campinas
Moisés Lucarelli
19,728
Santos
Santos
Vila Belmiro Teixeirão (3 matches) Pacaembu (one match) Prudentão (one match) Wilson de Barros (one match)
21,256 32,168 37,952 45,954 19,900
São Caetano
São Caetano do Sul
Anacleto Campanella
22,738
São Paulo
São Paulo
Morumbi Pacaembu (one match)
67,428 37,952
Vasco da Gama
Rio de Janeiro
São Januário Maracanã (4 matches)
22,150 87,238
Vitória
Salvador
Barradão
32,000
Personnel and kits
Standings
Positions by round
Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Atlético Mineiro 15 16 15 18 19 19 16 16 19 15 19 18 19 16 18 18 20 20 19 17 19 18 17 17 18 18 17 19 19 18 19 19 19 21 19 21 18 20 20 22 18 22 22 22 20 19 Atlético Paranaense 23 23 16 17 17 13 10 5 8 10 8 4 7 8 5 9 7 8 6 7 6 5 5 3 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 Botafogo 24 24 24 24 24 22 22 23 23 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 22 23 24 20 21 21 20 23 21 20 22 22 21 21 21 20 20 17 18 19 20 22 18 21 17 20 17 18 19 20 Corinthians 17 11 17 21 20 16 18 19 21 21 21 22 21 18 16 16 16 17 16 15 11 13 10 8 10 10 8 8 7 8 10 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 Coritiba 9 8 9 10 14 15 17 20 16 19 18 14 16 19 17 17 17 16 17 18 16 14 12 13 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 11 12 13 13 13 11 12 Criciúma 8 7 8 5 11 4 2 2 1 2 5 10 11 14 15 14 15 14 14 10 9 9 13 10 12 13 13 14 15 15 18 18 17 19 17 18 17 17 17 17 19 16 19 20 21 21 Cruzeiro 4 3 7 4 9 5 3 8 6 5 7 11 5 10 6 5 10 11 12 13 10 12 9 14 14 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 13 13 Figueirense 7 1 1 3 6 2 7 6 4 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 7 3 5 8 8 8 12 11 14 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 12 13 11 10 12 10 11 Flamengo 14 17 20 19 21 23 23 22 22 22 23 21 22 22 24 24 24 22 23 24 24 23 23 20 22 21 19 17 18 19 17 17 16 18 20 17 19 19 21 18 20 21 18 17 18 17 Fluminense 11 14 18 14 13 11 8 11 9 11 14 9 12 9 12 11 11 10 11 12 14 11 15 15 15 15 14 12 11 10 9 10 10 10 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 11 9 8 9 Goiás 1 2 11 8 4 9 13 13 12 12 11 13 6 5 7 7 3 5 7 4 3 6 7 7 7 4 5 5 3 3 4 5 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 Grêmio 13 15 6 13 12 14 12 14 15 18 15 17 17 20 21 21 18 19 18 19 18 19 19 19 19 19 21 21 22 22 23 22 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Guarani 22 21 13 16 16 21 21 18 20 16 20 19 20 21 20 20 23 24 21 22 22 22 21 21 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 23 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 Internacional 21 12 12 9 10 6 5 7 5 6 9 5 8 6 8 6 8 9 10 11 13 16 14 11 13 12 15 16 14 14 14 15 13 14 14 14 13 14 15 14 11 9 12 10 9 8 Juventude 18 19 21 15 18 18 15 12 13 14 13 15 18 15 11 10 9 6 8 8 7 7 6 5 4 5 3 4 4 6 7 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 7 Palmeiras 12 22 19 12 8 12 9 4 7 8 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 5 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 4 3 5 7 6 4 3 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 4 4 Paraná 3 13 5 11 7 10 14 15 14 17 17 20 15 17 19 19 21 18 20 21 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 22 24 22 22 21 22 22 21 22 20 22 18 16 14 15 15 Paysandu 10 18 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 23 22 23 24 24 22 22 19 21 22 23 20 20 22 22 20 22 20 18 17 16 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 19 20 19 17 14 Ponte Preta 2 4 2 1 5 7 6 9 10 7 2 6 9 7 9 8 4 2 4 6 4 3 3 6 5 7 7 6 9 9 8 7 7 7 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 11 12 10 Santos 16 10 14 20 15 17 19 21 17 13 12 7 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 São Caetano 6 6 4 6 2 3 1 1 3 1 4 8 10 13 14 12 13 12 9 9 12 10 11 9 8 8 9 9 8 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 16 18 São Paulo 5 5 3 2 1 1 4 3 2 4 6 3 2 4 4 3 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 6 6 7 6 5 5 9 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 Vasco da Gama 20 20 22 22 22 20 20 17 18 20 16 16 14 12 13 15 12 15 13 14 15 17 18 18 16 16 16 15 16 17 16 16 18 16 16 16 16 15 14 15 15 15 15 16 14 16 Vitória 19 9 10 7 3 8 11 10 11 9 10 12 13 11 10 13 14 13 15 16 17 15 16 16 17 17 18 20 20 20 20 21 21 20 22 20 21 18 19 19 21 17 21 21 22 23
Top scorers
Attendances
#
Club
Average attendance[ 3]
1
Paysandu SC
14,834
2
Atlético Paranaense
14,041
3
Corinthians
13,705
4
Santos FC
12,914
5
Palmeiras
12,815
6
Figueirense
11,950
7
Flamengo
10,407
8
Atlético Mineiro
10,248
9
Internacional
9,716
10
Goiás EC
9,278
11
São Paulo FC
8,570
12
Coritiba FC
8,352
13
Grêmio
7,959
14
Fluminense
7,780
15
Criciúma EC
7,405
16
Juventude
6,613
17
Vitória
5,933
18
Botafogo
5,723
19
Cruzeiro
5,082
20
Vasco da Gama
4,886
21
Paraná Clube
4,858
22
Guarani FC
3,852
23
AA Ponte Preta
3,825
24
AD São Caetano
2,472
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