1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, officially, the Taça de Prata 1980, was the 3rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. The championship was performed by 64 clubs, divided into 8 groups of 8 teams each, in which the first-placed team of each group proceeded to a playoff in which the winners would be promoted to the Second phase of the Copa Brasil of the same year. The losers would proceed to the second phase of the Taça de Prata, in which 20 teams (the losers of the promotion playoff, and the second and third-placed teams in each group)were divided into four groups of five teams. The winner of each group qualified to the semifinals, disputed in a knockout tournament format, in which the winners were promoted to the Taça de Ouro of the following year.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Season	1980
Promoted	Londrina CSA
Matches played	278
Goals scored	677 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Osmarzinho (Botafogo-SP) - 12 goals
Biggest home win	Paysandu 5-0 Rio Negro-AM (March 12, 1980) Botafogo-SP 5-0 Goiânia (April 6, 1980) Botafogo-SP 6-1 Paysandu (April 20, 1980)
Biggest away win	Botafogo-BA 0-7 Americano (March 15, 1980)
Highest scoring	América-SP 6-2 Figueirense (March 15, 1980)
← 1972 1981 →

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Paysandu	7	4	3	0	12	4	+8	11
2	Sampaio Corrêa	7	3	3	1	14	10	+4	9
3	Tuna Luso	7	3	2	2	13	9	+4	8
4	River	7	2	4	1	6	3	+3	8
5	Moto Club	7	1	5	1	10	10	0	7
6	Rio Negro	7	2	1	4	8	16	−8	5
7	Piauí	7	2	0	5	8	13	−5	4
8	Fast Clube	7	0	4	3	6	12	−6	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Americano	7	5	1	1	20	7	+13	11
2	CSA	7	5	0	2	13	7	+6	10
3	Bonsucesso	7	4	2	1	10	6	+4	10
4	ASA	7	3	2	2	6	6	0	8
5	Itabuna	7	3	1	3	9	9	0	7
6	Confiança	7	1	2	4	4	9	−5	4
7	Sergipe	7	1	1	5	8	15	−7	3
8	Botafogo-BA	7	1	1	5	6	17	−11	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sport	7	5	2	0	9	1	+8	12
2	Fortaleza	7	4	1	2	12	7	+5	9
3	ABC	7	3	1	3	7	5	+2	7
4	Campinense	7	1	5	1	4	4	0	7
5	Central	7	1	4	2	3	3	0	6
6	Leônico	7	1	4	2	3	6	−3	6
7	Baraúnas	7	2	1	4	6	13	−7	5
8	Treze	7	0	4	3	5	10	−5	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Anapolina	7	4	2	1	11	5	+6	10
2	Itumbiara	7	5	0	2	11	6	+5	10
3	Uberaba	7	4	2	1	10	7	+3	10
4	Brasília	7	4	0	3	12	8	+4	8
5	Operário-MT	7	2	3	2	6	6	0	7
6	Villa Nova	7	1	3	3	4	5	−1	5
7	União Rondonópolis	7	2	1	4	6	12	−6	5
8	Guará	7	0	1	6	3	14	−11	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uberlândia	7	4	1	2	8	5	+3	9
2	Comercial-MS	7	3	2	2	8	6	+2	8
3	América-MG	7	3	2	2	7	6	+1	8
4	Goiânia	7	2	4	1	4	3	+1	8
5	Caldense	7	3	1	3	8	4	+4	7
6	Vitória	7	2	2	3	6	8	−2	6
7	Goiás	7	1	4	2	5	6	−1	6
8	Rio Branco-ES	7	1	2	4	5	13	−8	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bangu	7	5	1	1	13	5	+8	11
2	Ferroviária	7	4	1	2	11	7	+4	9
3	Botafogo-SP	7	3	1	3	11	7	+4	7
4	Internacional de Limeira	7	3	1	3	8	6	+2	7
5	Noroeste	7	3	1	3	5	8	−3	7
6	Goytacaz	7	2	2	3	4	9	−5	6
7	Campo Grande	7	2	1	4	10	11	−1	5
8	Serrano-RJ	7	1	2	4	4	13	−9	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	América-SP	7	6	1	0	23	9	+14	13
2	Caxias	7	3	4	0	8	5	+3	10
3	Grêmio Maringá	7	3	2	2	12	7	+5	8
4	Figueirense	7	3	1	3	13	12	+1	7
5	XV de Piracicaba	7	2	2	3	11	11	0	6
6	Novo Hamburgo	7	2	1	4	5	13	−8	5
7	Operário-PR	7	2	0	5	6	14	−8	4
8	Avaí	7	1	1	5	7	14	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Juventus	7	5	1	1	12	6	+6	11
2	Comercial-SP	7	4	3	0	10	2	+8	11
3	Londrina	7	4	1	2	10	8	+2	9
4	Atlético-PR	7	2	5	0	5	3	+2	9
5	Juventude	7	2	2	3	8	9	−1	6
6	Brasil de Pelotas	7	0	5	2	7	9	−2	5
7	Criciúma	7	1	2	4	6	10	−4	4
8	Chapecoense	7	0	1	6	2	13	−11	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promotion play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paysandu	2-3	Americano	2-1	0-2
Juventus	2-2	América-SP[1]	2-0	0-2
Anapolina	1-4	Sport	1-1	0-3
Uberlândia	2-4	Bangu	2-0	0-4

Second phase

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo-SP	4	3	1	0	18	5	+13	7	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Fortaleza	4	1	3	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Goiânia	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Paysandu	4	1	1	2	3	9	−6	3
5	Itumbiara	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Londrina	4	4	0	0	8	2	+6	8	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Grêmio Maringá	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6	6
3	Sampaio Corrêa	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Anapolina	4	0	2	2	4	9	−5	2
5	Bonsucesso	4	0	1	3	4	9	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSA	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	6	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Caxias	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	5
3	Comercial-SP	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	4
4	Tuna Luso	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	3
5	Uberlândia	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ferroviária	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Uberaba	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5
3	ABC	4	2	1	1	9	10	−1	5
4	Juventus	4	0	2	2	4	6	−2	2
5	América-MG	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo-SP	1-3	Londrina	1-2	0-1
CSA	2-0	Ferroviária	1-0	1-0

Finals

First leg

CSA	1 – 1	Londrina
Dentinho 76'		Paulinho 85'

May 11, 1980 (1980-5-11)

Rei Pelé, Maceió (AL)

Attendance: 25,659

Referee: Oscar Scolfaro

Second leg

Londrina	4 – 0	CSA
Zé Antônio 29' Lívio 33' Paulinho 80', 84'

May 18, 1980 (1980-5-18)

Café, Londrina (PR)

Attendance: 36,489

Referee: José Roberto Wright