1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
| Season | 1979 |
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| Champions |
Internacional 3rd Campeonato Brasileiro title 3rd Brazilian title |
| Copa Libertadores de América |
Internacional Vasco da Gama |
| Matches played | 583 |
| Goals scored | 1,366 (2.34 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | César (América-RJ) - 13 goals |
| Biggest home win | Fluminense 6-0 Maranhão (November 29, 1979) |
| Biggest away win | Operário-MS 0-5 Santa Cruz (October 28, 1979) |
| Highest scoring | Londrina 6-2 Santa Cruz (November 15, 1979) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Internacional (23 matches) |
| Average attendance | 9,105 |
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The 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the V Copa Brasil) was the 23rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
In the First phase, 80 clubs were divided into 8 groups of 10 clubs.in the groups A, B, C, D, E and F, the four first clubs qualified to the Second phase, while in the groups G and H, eight clubs qualified.
A edition of the Rio-São Paulo tournament was slated to happen in 1979 (it never came to fruition), and because of that, six clubs from Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Vasco da Gama, Goytacaz, Americano, Fluminense and Flamengo) and ten from São Paulo (Corinthians, Santos, Portuguesa, São Paulo, Francana, São Bento, XV de Piracicaba, XV de Jaú, Inter de Limeira and Comercial-SP) were to enter in the Second phase, joining the 40 teams that had qualified in the First phase.These teams would be divided in 7 groups of 8 teams, in which the two top-placed teams in each group qualified to the Third phase.
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