1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1995
Champions	Botafogo (2nd title)
Relegated	Paysandu União São João
Copa Libertadores de América	Grêmio (title holders) Botafogo Corinthians (Copa do Brasil champions)
Matches played	282
Goals scored	712 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Túlio (23 goals)
← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 39th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Botafogo (C)	27	14	9	4	46	25	+21	51	Copa Libertadores 1996
2	Santos	27	15	5	7	52	40	+12	50	Supercopa Libertadores 1996
3	Cruzeiro	25	12	5	8	41	27	+14	41	Supercopa Libertadores 1996
4	Fluminense	25	9	10	6	25	22	+3	37	Copa Conmebol 1996
5	Palmeiras	23	14	3	6	37	19	+18	45
6	Bragantino	23	11	7	5	35	26	+9	40
7	Atlético Mineiro	23	10	7	6	32	27	+5	37
8	Goiás	23	10	5	8	32	23	+9	35
9	Internacional	23	9	8	6	29	22	+7	35
10	Portuguesa	23	9	8	6	28	28	0	35
11	Juventude	23	8	11	4	25	21	+4	35
12	São Paulo	23	9	6	8	26	23	+3	33	Super Copa Libertadores 1996
13	Paraná	23	8	9	6	30	24	+6	33
14	Corinthians	23	9	4	10	32	33	-1	31	Copa Libertadores 1996
15	Grêmio	23	9	4	10	26	32	-6	31
16	Criciúma	23	6	9	8	20	20	0	27
17	Bahia	23	7	5	11	22	40	-18	26
18	Guarani	23	7	4	12	27	37	-10	25
19	Sport	23	7	4	12	25	29	-4	25
20	Vasco da Gama	23	7	3	13	32	39	-7	24	Copa Conmebol 1996
21	Flamengo	23	5	9	9	23	32	-9	24	Super Copa Libertadores 1996
22	Vitória	23	5	7	11	24	34	-10	22
23	Paysandu (R)	23	3	9	11	25	42	-17	18	Relegation to Série B 1996
24	União São João (R)	23	2	3	18	18	47	-29	9

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)

Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A 1995 Champions
Botafogo 1st Title

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Túlio	Botafogo	23
2	Giovanni	Santos	17
3	Marcelo Ramos	Cruzeiro	14
4	Paulinho McLaren	Cruzeiro	12
5	Valdir	Vasco	11
	Kelly	Bragantino	11
	Marcelo Rocha	Sport	11