The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1998, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 2 to December 20, 1998. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by Gama.
Gama finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1999 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1999 Série A along with Botafogo-SP, the runners-up. The six worst ranked teams in the first round (Fluminense, Atlético-GO, Náutico, Juventus, Volta Redonda and Americano) were relegated to play Série C in 1999.
Teams Team City Stadium 1997 Season ABC Natal Machadão 14th in Série B Americano Rio de Janeiro Godofredo Cruz 13th in Série B Atlético-GO Goiânia Serra Dourada 16th in Série B Bahia Salvador Fonte Nova 23rd in Série A Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Santa Cruz 17th in Série B Ceará Fortaleza Castelão 9th in Série B CRB Maceió Pajuçara 5th in Série B Criciúma Criciúma Heriberto Hülse 24th in Série A Desportiva Cariacica Engenheiro Araripe 12th in Série B Fluminense Rio de Janeiro Maracanã 25th in Série A Gama Gama Bezerrão 7th in Série B Joinville Joinville Ernestão 6th in Série B Juventus São Paulo Rua Javari 2nd in Série C Londrina Londrina Café 10th in Série B Náutico Recife Aflitos 3rd in Série B Paysandu Belém Curuzú 11th in Série B Remo Belém Mangueirão 18th in Série B Santa Cruz Recife Arruda 20th in Série B Sampaio Corrêa São Luís Castelão 1st in Série C Tuna Luso Belém Francisco Vasques 8th in Série B União São João Araras Herminião 26th in Série A Vila Nova Goiânia Serra Dourada 4th in Série B Volta Redonda Volta Redonda Raulino de Oliveira 19th in Série B XV de Piracicaba Piracicaba Barão da Serra Negra 15th in Série B
First phase
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second phase TeamsScoresTeam 1PointsTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg Agg. Gama 6:0 Remo1:04:1—5:1 CRB 4:4 Botafogo-SP2:10:20:02:3 União São João 2:5 Joinville3:30:30:03:6 Tuna Luso 1:7 Desportiva1:10:21:32:6 ABC 3:3 Londrina10:00:01:11:1 Ceará 1:7 Criciúma1:10:30:21:6 Vila Nova 4:4 XV de Piracicaba1:00:00:21:2 Paysandu 7:1 Santa Cruz2:00:02:14:1
1 Londrina qualified after defeating ABC on a penalty shoot-out.
Third phase Group 1
Group 2
Final phase
Final standings
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