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Romário, of Flamengo, and Dejan Petković, of Vitória, with 7 goals each, were the competition's topscorers.
The four teams relegated to the second division were Criciúma, Guarani, Vitória and Grêmio.
The 20 teams played home and away matches among each other and, by the end of the year, the four best-ranked (Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa and Vitória) were promoted to the first division and the four worst-ranked (Paulista, Santa Cruz, Remo, Ituano) were relegated to the third division.
The 2008 winner was Ricardinho, who committed seven fouls in the 25 games he played for Vitória.
After a season at Esporte Clube Vitória he moved from the Campeonato Brasileira Seria A to the Portuguese Liga where he played for Gil Vicente and C.F. Os Belenenses.