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Football tournament season
1997 Festival Brasileiro de Futebol
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates20 Nov – 6 Dec
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsParaná (state) Coritiba
Runner-upRio de Janeiro (state) Botafogo
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored43 (3.31 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Marquinhos (Coritiba)
5 goals

The Festival Brasileiro de Futebol was a friendly football competition organized in the year of 1997, bringing together teams that did not qualify for the final phase of the Brazilian Championship that year. The tournament organized by the Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT).

Participants

Club City
Botafogo Rio de Janeiro
Corinthians São Paulo
Coritiba Curitiba
Operário Campo Grande
Paraná Curitiba
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo São Paulo
Vitória Salvador

Format

The championship was disputed with two groups in a single round-robin format. The two group winners qualified for the final match. All matches in the first stage were played in the Morenão stadium.

First stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paraná (state) Coritiba 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Advanced to Final
2 Bahia Vitória 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 São Paulo (state) São Paulo 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4 Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Updated to match(es) played on April 23, 2023. Source: RSSSF Brasil and Campeões do Futebol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) head-to-head points.
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rio de Janeiro (state) Botafogo 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advanced to Final
2 Paraná (state) Paraná 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3 São Paulo (state) Corinthians 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4 Mato Grosso do Sul Operário 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on April 23, 2023. Source: RSSSF Brasil and Campeões do Futebol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) head-to-head points.

Final match

Coritiba was entitled to hold the final at home due to the better campaign. The attendance revenue were split between the clubs.

Coritiba Paraná (state)3–3Rio de Janeiro (state) Botafogo
  • Marquinhos 10'
  • Rogério Barbosa 22'
  • Basílio 84'
Penalties
7–6
  • soccer ball with check mark Djair
  • soccer ball with check mark Jefferson
  • soccer ball with check mark Ricardo França
  • soccer ball with check mark Pingo
  • soccer ball with check mark Jorge Luiz
  • soccer ball with check mark Marco Aurélio
  • soccer ball with red X Dimba
  • soccer ball with red X Robson
Estádio Couto Pereira, CuritibaReferee: Getúlio Barbosa de Sousa

References

  1. "Coritiba - Confrontos". Futebol80. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. "O Coritiba campeão do Festival Brasileiro de Futebol de 1997". O Curioso do Futebol (in Portuguese). 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. "Coxa e Botafogo decidiram título em 97". Cortiba (official website) (in Portuguese). 30 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

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