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2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

2nd Campeonato Brasileiro title 8th Brazilian title Guarani Vitória Grêmio Atlético Paranaense São Paulo Palmeiras Goiás Juventude Internacional Fluminense (R33, 28 September) (R7, 23 May) Atlético Mineiro 0–5 São Paulo (R36, 17 October) (R6, 16 May) Atlético Mineiro 3–0 São Caetano (R46, 19 December)

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.

Format

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

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

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Front
Atlético Mineiro	BRA Procópio Cardoso	BRA Hélcio	ENG Umbro	BRA MRV Engenharia	BRA Centauro
Atlético Paranaense	BRA Levir Culpi	BRA Washington	ENG Umbro	MEX Claro	BRA Varig
Botafogo	BRA Paulo Bonamigo	BRA Fernando	ITA Kappa	—	BRA Bob's
Corinthians	BRA Tite	BRA Anderson	USA Nike	USA Pepsi	GER Siemens
Coritiba	BRA Antonio Lopes	BRA Tuta	BRA Penalty	MEX Claro	—
Criciúma	BRA Lori Sandri	BRA Cléber Gaúcho	BRA Placar	BRA Siecesc	MEX Claro
Cruzeiro	BRA Ney Franco	BRA Cris	BRA Topper	GER Siemens Mobile	—
Figueirense	BRA Ivan Izzo	BRA Márcio Goiano	ENG Umbro	BRA Fame	MEX Claro
Flamengo	BRA Andrade	BRA Fabiano Eller	USA Nike	BRA Petrobras	—
Fluminense	BRA Alexandre Gama	BRA Romário	GER Adidas	BRA Unimed	BRA Unimed
Goiás	BRA Celso Roth	BRA Paulo Baier	BRA Topper	ITA Fiat	BRA Cifarma
Grêmio	BRA Cláudio Duarte	BRA Claudiomiro	ITA Kappa	BRA Banrisul	—
Guarani	BRA Jair Picerni	BRA Jean	ENG Umbro	BRA Medial Saúde	BRA Wizard
Internacional	BRA Muricy Ramalho	BRA Sangaletti	BRA Topper	BRA Banrisul	—
Juventude	BRA Ivo Wortmann	BRA Índio	BRA DalPonte	BRA Duroline	BRA Pigozzi
Palmeiras	BRA Estevam Soares	BRA Baiano	ITA Diadora	ITA Pirelli	—
Paraná	BRA Paulo Campos	BRA Flávio	BRA Rhumell	BRA Empalux	MEX Claro
Paysandu	BRA Sinomar Naves	BRA Alex Pinho	BRA Finta	BRA Big Ben	BRA Cerpa
Ponte Preta	BRA Nenê Santana	BRA Piá	BRA Penalty	BRA CNA	BRA Paulistão Supermercados
Santos	BRA Vanderlei Luxemburgo	BRA Ricardinho	ENG Umbro	BRA Bombril	BRA Helios
São Caetano	BRA Péricles Chamusca	BRA Sílvio Luiz	USA Wilson	BRA Consul	—
São Paulo	BRA Emerson Leão	BRA Rogério Ceni	BRA Topper	KOR LG	BRA Habib's
Vasco da Gama	BRA Joel Santana	SCG Dejan Petković	ENG Umbro	—	BRA RIO
Vitória	BRA Evaristo de Macedo	BRA Edílson	ENG Umbro	BRA Muriel Cosméticos	BRA Lousano

Standings

Positions by round

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Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	url=http://futpedia.globo.com/campeonatos/campeonato-brasileiro/2004/jogadores/pagina/0/ordem/7
1	BRA Washington	Atlético-PR	34
BRA Deivid	Santos	22
BRA Alex Dias	Goiás	22
3	BRA Robinho	Santos	21
BRA Fabrício Carvalho	São Caetano	19
BRA Edílson	Vitória	19
BRA Cláudio Pitbull	Grêmio	19

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Botafogo	BRA Levir Culpi	26 April 2004	23rd	BRA Luiz Matter (interim)	28 April 2004
Santos	BRA Émerson Leão	6 May 2004	17th	BRA Vanderlei Luxemburgo	8 May 2004
Botafogo	BRA Luiz Matter (interim)	16 May 2004	21st	BRA Mauro Galvão	18 May 2004
Cruzeiro	BRA PC Gusmão (interim)	16 May 2004	4th	BRA Émerson Leão	18 May 2004
Palmeiras	BRA Jair Picerni	21 May 2004	11th	BRA Estevam Soares	23 May 2004
Ponte Preta	BRA Estevam Soares	23 May 2004	5th	BRA Marco Aurélio	8 June 2004
Corinthians	BRA Oswaldo de Oliveira	24 May 2004	16th	BRA Tite	27 May 2004
Grêmio	BRA Adílson Batista	4 June 2004	14th	BRA José Luiz Plein	8 June 2004
Paraná	BRA Paulo Campos	26 June 2004	16th	BRA Gilson Kleina	4 July 2004
Internacional	BRA Lori Sandri	28 June 2004	8th	BRA Joel Santana	2 July 2004
Vitória	BRA Agnaldo Liz	30 June 2004	9th	BRA Oswaldo de Oliveira	1 July 2004
Flamengo	BRA Abel Braga	18 July 2004	23rd	BRA Andrade (interim)	20 July 2004
Atlético Mineiro	BRA Paulo Bonamigo	19 July 2004	18th	BRA Jair Picerni	19 July 2004
Flamengo	BRA Andrade (interim)	28 July 2004	22nd	BRA PC Gusmão	28 July 2004
Cruzeiro	BRA Émerson Leão	29 July 2004	10th	BRA Ney Franco (interim)	31 July 2004
Ponte Preta	BRA Marco Aurélio	1 August 2004	5th	BRA Nenê Santana	4 August 2004
Cruzeiro	BRA Ney Franco (interim)	5 August 2004	10th	BRA Marco Aurélio	5 August 2004
Fluminense	BRA Ricardo Gomes	15 August 2004	14th	BRA Alexandre Gama	19 August 2004
Botafogo	BRA Mauro Galvão	16 August 2004	22nd	BRA Paulo Bonamigo	17 August 2004
Flamengo	BRA PC Gusmão	16 August 2004	19th	BRA Ricardo Gomes	20 August 2004
Vitória	BRA Oswaldo de Oliveira	19 August 2004	16th	BRA Hélio dos Anjos	19 August 2004
Paraná	BRA Gilson Kleina	28 August 2004	23rd	BRA Paulo Campos	1 September 2004
Internacional	BRA Joel Santana	2 September 2004	14th	BRA Muricy Ramalho	2 September 2004
São Paulo	BRA Cuca	2 September 2004	7th	BRA Émerson Leão	3 September 2004
Grêmio	BRA José Luiz Plein	10 September 2004	21st	BRA Cuca	10 September 2004
Vasco	BRA Geninho	27 September 2004	16th	BRA Joel Santana	27 September 2004
Vitória	BRA Hélio dos Anjos	30 September 2004	21st	BRA Evaristo de Macedo	30 September 2004
Atlético Mineiro	BRA Jair Picerni	3 October 2004	22nd	BRA Mário Sérgio	5 October 2004
Grêmio	BRA Cuca	27 October 2004	24th	BRA Claúdio Duarte	27 October 2004
Flamengo	BRA Ricardo Gomes	1 November 2004	22nd	BRA Andrade (interim)	6 November 2004
Cruzeiro	BRA Marco Aurélio	17 November 2004	13th	BRA Ney Franco (interim)	21 November 2004
Atlético Mineiro	BRA Mário Sérgio	28 November 2004	22nd	BRA Procópio Cardoso	4 December 2004

Attendances

!#!!Club!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Paysandu SC || 14,834 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Atlético Paranaense || 14,041 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Corinthians || 13,705 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Santos FC || 12,914 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Palmeiras || 12,815 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Figueirense || 11,950 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Flamengo || 10,407 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Atlético Mineiro || 10,248 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Internacional || 9,716 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Goiás EC || 9,278 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || São Paulo FC || 8,570 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Coritiba FC || 8,352 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Grêmio || 7,959 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Fluminense || 7,780 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Criciúma EC || 7,405 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Juventude || 6,613 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Vitória || 5,933 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Botafogo || 5,723 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Cruzeiro || 5,082 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Vasco da Gama || 4,886 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Paraná Clube || 4,858 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Guarani FC || 3,852 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AA Ponte Preta || 3,825 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AD São Caetano || 2,472 |- |} }}

References

"BOLA N@ ÁREA - Campeonato Brasileiro 2004".
"2004 Série A Statistics". Globo Esporte.
(6 March 2025). "Série A 2004 - Attendance".

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