| Season | 1996 |
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| Champions | Grêmio (2nd title) |
| Relegated | None |
| Copa Libertadores | Grêmio Cruzeiro (By winning the 1996 Copa do Brasil) |
| Matches played | 290 |
| Goals scored | 787 (2.71 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Paulo Nunes Renaldo (16 goals each) |
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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1996 was played between August 8 and December 15, 1996. It had 24 teams and divided into two stages. In the first one, every team played against each other once. After 23 rounds, top eight clubs qualified to next stage, and the bottom two were supposed to be relegated, but CBF decided to keep Fluminense and Bragantino in Série A after the season was over. Final stage was played in elimination system with home-and-away matches. The club with better record during first stage had the advantage to qualify in case of a draw. In the end, Grêmio won their second championship in history based on this rule. They were defeated by runners-up Portuguesa 2-0 at Morumbi Stadium, but came back on second leg, winning by the same score at their home ground, Olímpico Stadium in Porto Alegre.
Contents |
| Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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| 1 | Cruzeiro | 44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Guarani | 43 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 43 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 12 |
| 4 | Atlético Paranaense | 39 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 13 |
| 5 | Atlético Mineiro | 39 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 7 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 38 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 27 | 15 |
| 7 | Goiás | 37 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 10 |
| 8 | Portuguesa | 36 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 3 |
| 9 | Internacional | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 4 |
| 10 | Sport | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 1 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 35 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 32 | 7 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 32 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 1 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 30 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 31 | -7 |
| 14 | Coritiba | 29 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 30 | -5 |
| 15 | Vitória | 29 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 39 | -7 |
| 16 | Paraná | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 30 | -4 |
| 17 | Botafogo | 28 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 35 | -2 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 27 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 43 | -6 |
| 19 | Juventude | 27 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 37 | -6 |
| 20 | Santos | 27 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 31 | -5 |
| 21 | Criciúma | 23 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 39 | -8 |
| 22 | Bahia | 23 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 35 | -10 |
| 23 | Fluminense | 22 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 50 | -24 |
| 24 | Bragantino | 19 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 48 | -22 |
| Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential |
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| Teams qualified for next stage | |
| Teams relegated to Série B 1997 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Portuguesa | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Atlético (MG) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Portuguesa | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Atlético (PR) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Atlético (MG) | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Portuguesa | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Grêmio | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Palmeiras | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Grêmio | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Grêmio | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Goiás | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Guarani | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Goiás | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
Grêmio won based on their better record during first stage.
| Campeonato Brasileiro 1996 Champions |
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| Grêmio 2nd Title |
| # | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Paulo Nunes | Grêmio | 16 |
| Renaldo | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 3 | Túlio | Botafogo | 13 |
| Paulo Rink | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 5 | Djalminha | Palmeiras | 12 |
| Aílton | Guarani | ||
| 7 | Oséas | Atlético Paranaense | 11 |
| Müller | São Paulo | ||
| Mabília | Criciúma | ||
| Leandro Machado | Internacional | ||
| Rodrigo Fabri | Portuguesa |
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