1998 Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil 1998 was the 10th staging of the Copa do Brasil.

1998 Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil 1998
Country	Brazil
Dates	January 20 - May 30
Teams	42
Champions	Palmeiras (SP)
Runners-up	Cruzeiro (MG)
Matches played	75
Goals scored	233 (3.11 per match)
← 1997 1999 →

The competition started on January 20, 1998, and concluded on May 30, 1998, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, in which Palmeiras lifted the trophy for the first time with a 2–0 victory over Cruzeiro.

Romário, of Flamengo, with 7 goals, was the competition's topscorer.

Format

The preliminary round was disputed by 20 clubs, while the first stage was disputed by 32 clubs, including the ones qualified from the preliminary stage. The competition was disputed in a knock-out format. In the preliminary stage and in the first round if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round. The following rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used.

Competition stages

Preliminary Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ABC (RN)	1-4	Fluminense (RJ)	1-4	-
Ji-Paraná (RO)	2-5	América (MG)	2-3	0-2
Villa Nova (MG)	5-6	Santos (SP)	3-4	2-2
Operário (MS)	0-4	Flamengo (RJ)	0-0	0-4
Remo (PA)	2-5	Portuguesa (SP)	2-0	0-5
Amapá (AP)	3-3	Baré (RR)	1-1	2-2
CSA (AL)	0-4	Palmeiras (SP)	0-1	0-3
Vila Nova (GO)	2-1	Coritiba (PR)	2-1	0-0
Linhares (ES)	1-1	América (RN)	0-0	1-1
Avaí (SC)	2-6	Atlético (MG)	1-1	1-5

Knockout Stages

	1st Round					2nd Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Alvorada (TO)	1 0
	32	Atlético (MG)	2 7
						Atlético (MG)		1 0
						Paraná (PR)		1 1
	17	Fluminense (RJ)	0
	16	Paraná (PR)	2
											Paraná (PR)		0 0
											Santos (SP)		1 1
	9	Goiás (GO)	2
	24	Santos (SP)	5
						Santos (SP)		3 5
						Bahia (BA)		3 2
	25	Botafogo (PB)	2 2
	8	Bahia (BA)	3 1
																Santos (SP)		1 2
																Palmeiras (SP)		1 2
	5	São Raimundo (AM)	0 0
	28	Botafogo (RJ)	1 4
						Botafogo (RJ)		2 0
						Palmeiras (SP)		1 1
	21	Ceará (CE)	1 0
	12	Palmeiras (SP)	1 6
											Palmeiras (SP)		2 1
											Sport (PE)		0 1
	13	Portuguesa (SP)	2 2
	20	Sport (PE)	1 4
						Sport (PE)		3 2
						América (MG)		3 1
	29	América (MG)	1 0 (pen: 4)
	4	Internacional (RS)	0 1 (pen: 2)
																					Palmeiras (SP)		0 2
																					Cruzeiro (MG)		1 0
	3	Gama (DF)	2
	30	Flamengo (RJ)	4
						Flamengo (RJ)		2 0
						Vitória (BA)		5 5
	19	Operário (MT)	2 1
	14	Vitória (BA)	2 3
											Vitória (BA)		0 1
											Cruzeiro (MG)		2 0
	11	Amapá (AP)	1
	22	Cruzeiro (MG)	7
						Cruzeiro (MG)		3 1
						Corinthians (SP)		1 1
	27	Itabaiana (SE)	0
	6	Corinthians (SP)	3
																Cruzeiro (MG)		2 0
																Vasco (RJ)		0 0
	7	Rio Branco (AC)	0
	26	Vila Nova (GO)	2
						Vila Nova (GO)		0 0
						Vasco (RJ)		0 2
	23	Picos (PI)	1 0
	10	Vasco (RJ)	1 8
											Vasco (RJ)		1 4
											São Paulo (SP)		1 3
	15	Sampaio Corrêa (MA)	0 0
	18	São Paulo (SP)	0 4
						São Paulo (SP)		2 2
						Grêmio (RS)		0 0
	31	Linhares (ES)	0 0
	2	Grêmio (RS)	0 2

Copa do Brasil 1998 Winners
Palmeiras First Title

References

• (in Portuguese) Copa do Brasil top scorers at Campeões do Futebol
• Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.