1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season 1960
Champions Palmeiras (1st title)
Copa Libertadores
de América
Palmeiras
Matches played 37
Goals scored 119 (3.22 per match)
1959
1961

The 1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1960 Taça Brasil) was the 2nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on September 6, 1960 and ended on December 28, 1960.

Format

The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, plus a Tie-Breaker if the sides were level on points.

Teams

Team Home city Home ground
Rio Grande do Norte ABC(Natal-RN)
Bahia Bahia(Salvador-BA)
Alagoas Capelense(Capela-AL)
Paraná (state) Coritiba(Curitiba-PR)
Minas Gerais Cruzeiro(Belo Horizonte-MG)
Paraíba Estrela do Mar(João Pessoa-PB)
Fluminense(Rio de Janeiro-GB)
Rio de Janeiro (state) Fonseca(Niterói-RJ)
Ceará Fortaleza(Fortaleza-CE)
Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio(Porto Alegre-RS)
Maranhão Moto Club(São Luís-MA)
São Paulo (state) Palmeiras(São Paulo-SP)
Santa Catarina (state) Paula Ramos(Florianópolis-SC)
Pará Paysandu(Belém-PA)
Espírito Santo Rio Branco-ES(Vitória-ES)
Sergipe Santa Cruz-SE(Estância-SE)
Pernambuco Santa Cruz(Recife-PE)

Northern Zone

Northeastern Group

Semi-Final Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Bahia 2 : 2 Santa Cruz-SE 3 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 0

Note - Bahia qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.

Final Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Bahia 4 : 0 Capelense 2 - 0 2 - 1

Northern Group

1st Round Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Estrela do Mar 2 : 2 ABC 2 - 1 1 - 5 1 - 5
Paysandu 0 : 4 Moto Club 2 - 3 2 - 4
Semi-Final Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortaleza 3 : 1 ABC 3 - 0 1 - 1
Final Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortaleza 3 : 1 Moto Club 2 - 0 1 - 1

Northern Zone Final

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

Southern Zone

Southern Group

Semi-Finals Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Paula Ramos 1 : 3 Coritiba 1 - 1 0 - 5
Final Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Coritiba 2 : 2 Grêmio 1 - 1 3 - 3 1 - 1

Eastern Group

Semi-Finals Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruzeiro 2 : 2 Rio Branco-ES 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0
Fonseca 0 : 4 Fluminense 0-3 0-8
Final Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruzeiro 1 : 3 Fluminense 1 - 1 1 - 4

Southern Zone Final

Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Grêmio 2 : 2 Fluminense 1 - 0 2 - 4 1 - 1

Note - Fluminense qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.

National Semi-Finals

Palmeiras and Santa Cruz-PE entered at this stage.

Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Palmeiras 3 : 1 Fluminense 0 - 0 1 - 0
Santa Cruz 1 : 3 Fortaleza 2 - 2 1 - 2

National Final

Scores Tie-breaker
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortaleza 0 : 4 Palmeiras 1 - 3 2 - 8

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