1985 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	1985
Champions	Coritiba; 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title; 1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores; de América	Coritiba; Bangu;
Top goalscorer	Edmar (Guarani) - 20 goals
Biggest home win	Flamengo 7-0 Santa Cruz (March 13, 1985)
Biggest away win	America-RJ 0-4 Internacional (January 27, 1985); Goiás 0-4 Corinthians (March 6, 1985); Corumbaense 1-5 Ponte Preta (April 17, 1985);
Highest scoring	Paysandu 5-4 Sampaio Corrêa (April 10, 1985)
	← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 29th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Coritiba won the championship for the first time, beating Bangu in the finals; both qualified for the 1986 Copa Libertadores.

This season bears the bizarre distinction of being one of the few seasons in recorded top-level professional worldwide football history in which a team won the national championship outright while scoring fewer goals than it allowed. Coritiba managed to win the title despite finishing with a negative overall goal differential. Another example is the 1986 K League, another split phase competition where the team that won a phase performed badly in another, before winning a finals knock out competition to win the championship.

Uberlândia finished with a goal differential of zero, but ended in 37th place.

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