Season 1995 Dates 19 Aug 1995 – 17 Dec 1995 Goals scored 712 | Top goalscorer Túlio (23 goals) Location Brazil Matches played 282 | |
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Champions Botafogo1st Campeonato Brasileiro title2nd Brazilian title Similar 1996 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1994 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1997 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1992 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1993 Campeonato Brasileiro | ||
Botafogo x santos finais do campeonato brasileiro de 1995
The 1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 39th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
Contents
Overview
It was performed in 24 teams, and Botafogo won the championship, the club's second Série A title in history.
Of the 24 participating teams, only two were relegated, Paysandu and União São João. Also only the first two teams from the Série B in 1995 would be qualificated to the Série A in 1996. Fluminense, Palmeiras, Bragantino and Vasco da Gama all qualified to the Copa CONMEBOL, then the second major tournament of the continental zone, and predecessor of the present-day Copa Sudamericana.
The eventual champions, Botafogo, together with Corinthians and Grêmio, qualified to the Copa Libertadores of 1996, the major South American cup tournament. Corinthians qualified by winning the Copa do Brasil in 1995 and Grêmio for being the holders of the Copa Libertadores title.
Final standings
Semifinals
Cruzeiro 1 x 1 Botafogo (12.07.1995, Belo Horizonte)
Botafogo 0 x 0 Cruzeiro (12.10.1995, Rio de Janeiro)
Fluminense 4 x 1 Santos (12.07.1995, Rio de Janeiro)
Santos 5 x 2 Fluminense (12.10.1995, São Paulo)
Botafogo and Santos classified to Final by the advantage of prior results.
Final
Botafogo 2 x 1 Santos (12.13.1995, Rio de Janeiro)
Santos 1 x 1 Botafogo (12.17.1995, São Paulo)