1961 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season1961
ChampionsSantos
1st Taça Brasil title
1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores
de América
Santos
Matches played38
Goals scored124 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorerPelé
1960
1962

The 1961 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1961 Taça Brasil) was the 3rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on July 12, 1961, and ended on December 27, 1961.

Format[]

The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Break (play-off) if the sides were tied on points (however, if the tie-break was a draw, the aggregate score of the first two legs was used to determine the winner).

Teams[]

17 state champions qualified, along with the 1960 Taça Brasil champions, Palmeiras.

Team Home city
Rio Grande do Norte ABC (Natal-RN)
Bandeira Guanabara.jpg América-RJ (Rio de Janeiro-GB)
Bahia Bahia (Salvador-BA)
Paraíba Campinense (Campina Grande-PB)
Paraná (state) Coritiba (Curitiba-PR)
Minas Gerais Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte-MG)
Alagoas CSA (Maceió-AL)
Rio de Janeiro (state) Fonseca (Niterói-RJ)
Ceará Fortaleza (Fortaleza-CE)
Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio (Porto Alegre-RS)
Santa Catarina (state) Metropol (Criciúma-SC)
Maranhão Moto Clube (São Luís-MA)
Pernambuco Náutico (Recife-PE)
São Paulo (state) Palmeiras (São Paulo-SP)
Pará Remo (Belém-PA)
Sergipe (Estância-SE)
Espírito Santo (Vitória-ES)
São Paulo (state) Santos (Santos-SP)

Northern Zone[]

Northeastern Group[]

Semi-Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
0 : 4 Bahia 1 - 3 0 - 2
CSA 0 : 4 Campinense 2 - 3 1 - 2
Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Campinense 0 : 4 Bahia 0 - 3 0 - 1

Northern Group[]

1st Round Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortaleza 3 : 1 ABC 3 - 1 1 - 1
Remo 3 : 1 Moto Club 4 - 0 3 - 3
Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
Remo 2 : 2 Fortaleza 1 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 2

Northern Zone Final[]

Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Bahia 4 : 0 Fortaleza 2 - 0 3 - 2

Southern Zone[]

Southern Group[]

Semi-Finals Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
Palmeiras 2 : 2 Coritiba 2 - 0 1 - 3 4 - 1
Metropol 2 : 2 Grêmio 1 - 6 3 - 2 1 - 3
Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Grêmio 1 : 3 Palmeiras 0 - 3 1 - 1

Eastern Group[]

Semi-Finals Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
0 : 4 Cruzeiro 1 - 2 1 - 3
Fonseca 1 : 3 América-RJ 0 - 0 0 - 3
Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
América-RJ 3 : 1 Cruzeiro 2 - 1 1 - 1

Southern Zone Final[]

Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Palmeiras 1 : 3 América-RJ 1 - 1 1 - 2

National Semi-Finals[]

Santos and Náutico entered at this stage.

Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
América-RJ 2 : 2 Santos 2 - 6 1 - 0 1 - 6
Náutico 1 : 3 Bahia 0 - 0 0 - 1

National Final[]

Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Bahia 1 : 3 Santos 1 - 5 1 - 1

References[]

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