1973 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	1973
Champions	Palmeiras (6th title)
Copa Libertadores de América	Palmeiras São Paulo
Matches played	656
Goals scored	1267 (1.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ramón (Santa Cruz) - 21 goals
Biggest home win	Rio Negro 5-0 Sergipe (October 21, 1973) Remo 5-0 Moto Club (December 2, 1973) Cruzeiro 6-1 Vitória (January 26, 1974) Botafogo 6-1 Fortaleza (February 6, 1974)
Biggest away win	América-RN 1-6 Santos (September 26, 1973) Tiradentes 0-5 Palmeiras (February 3, 1974)
Average attendance	15,460
← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the Terceiro Campeonato Nacional de Clubes) was the 17th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

40 teams took part and Palmeiras won the championship.

The First Phase was contested in two turns.In the first, the forty teams were divided into two groups of twenty.Each team played once against the teams of its own group.In the second turn, the forty teams were divided into four groups of ten teams, and once again, the teams played only against the teams of their own group.The twenty best teams considering both first and second turns qualified to the Second phase.
The Second Phase saw the twenty qualified teams divided into two groups of ten. The teams within each group played each other in a single round-robin format. The two top teams from each group advanced to the Final phase.
The Final phase saw the four qualified teams play each other in a single round-robin tournament.The team with the most points won the Championship.

First phase

First turn

Group A

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	Internacional	25	19	10	5	4	19	11	+8
2.	Cruzeiro	25	19	9	7	3	21	12	+9
3.	Corinthians	25	19	9	7	3	21	13	+8
4.	São Paulo	25	19	8	9	2	22	10	+12
5.	Coritiba	24	19	10	4	5	23	11	+12
6.	Botafogo	24	19	8	8	3	21	10	+11
7.	Fortaleza	23	19	7	9	3	21	15	+6
8.	Bahia	22	19	7	8	4	17	11	+6
9.	Guarani	22	19	6	10	3	24	18	+6
10.	América-MG	21	19	6	9	4	16	10	+6
11.	Nacional-AM	21	19	4	13	2	17	15	+2
12.	Fluminense	20	19	7	6	6	18	16	+2
13.	Tiradentes	19	19	6	7	6	12	12	0
14.	Figueirense	16	19	4	8	7	11	16	-5
15.	CEUB	14	19	5	4	10	15	20	-5
16.	Sport	14	19	5	4	10	16	28	-12
17.	América-RJ	14	19	3	8	8	11	19	-8
18.	CRB	10	19	3	4	12	12	28	-16
19.	Moto Club	10	19	1	8	10	7	28	-21
20.	Paysandu	22	19	1	4	14	11	32	-21

Group B

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	Palmeiras	32	19	13	6	0	24	4	+20
2.	Grêmio	29	19	11	7	1	23	6	+17
3.	Goiás	24	19	9	6	4	24	11	+13
4.	Santos	22	19	8	6	5	27	16	+11
5.	Vitória	21	19	7	7	5	16	12	+4
6.	Portuguesa	20	19	6	8	5	29	20	+9
7.	Vasco da Gama	20	19	6	8	5	18	13	+5
8.	Atlético-PR	19	19	7	5	7	14	15	-1
9.	Atlético Mineiro	19	19	6	7	6	21	18	+3
10.	Rio Negro	19	19	6	7	6	17	14	+3
11.	Santa Cruz	18	19	5	8	6	15	25	-10
12.	Ceará	18	19	4	10	5	12	16	-4
13.	América-RN	17	19	5	7	7	22	28	-6
14.	Olaria	16	19	5	6	8	15	16	-1
15.	Desportiva	16	19	5	6	8	12	14	-2
16.	Comercial de Campo Grande	16	19	5	6	8	16	25	-9
17.	Remo	15	19	7	1	11	10	21	-11
18.	Flamengo	15	19	6	3	10	18	24	-6
19.	Náutico	14	19	5	4	10	15	26	-11
20.	Sergipe	10	19	3	4	12	6	30	-24

Second turn

Group 1

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	América-MG	14	9	5	4	0	14	6	+8
2.	Flamengo	11	9	5	1	3	13	10	+3
3.	Cruzeiro	11	9	4	3	2	13	10	+3
4.	Vasco da Gama	11	9	4	3	2	9	7	+2
5.	Atlético Mineiro	10	9	4	2	3	13	11	+2
6.	Olaria	8	9	2	4	3	12	13	-1
7.	Botafogo	7	9	2	3	4	8	10	-2
8.	Fluminense	7	9	2	3	4	7	9	-2
9.	Figueirense	6	9	1	4	4	4	13	-9
10.	América-RJ	5	9	2	1	6	11	15	-4

Group 2

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	Santos	13	9	5	3	1	12	4	+8
2.	Palmeiras	11	9	5	1	3	10	7	+3
3.	Guarani	11	9	4	3	2	10	6	+4
4.	Grêmio	11	9	4	3	2	5	7	-2
5.	São Paulo	10	9	2	6	1	7	6	+1
6.	Coritiba	9	9	4	1	4	10	9	+1
7.	Internacional	8	9	2	4	3	7	9	-2
8.	Corinthians	6	9	1	4	4	8	11	-3
9.	Atlético-PR	6	9	1	4	4	6	9	-3
10.	Portuguesa	5	9	1	3	5	4	11	-7

Group 3

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	Ceará	13	9	5	3	1	14	7	+7
2.	Vitória	13	9	5	3	1	7	2	+5
3.	Fortaleza	12	9	3	6	0	11	4	+7
4.	Tiradentes	11	9	4	3	2	9	7	+2
5.	América-RN	9	9	4	1	4	11	8	+3
6.	CRB	9	9	3	3	3	11	15	-4
7.	Bahia	8	9	3	2	4	12	11	+1
8.	Nacional-AM	7	9	3	1	5	11	15	-4
9.	Rio Negro	5	9	1	3	5	3	7	-4
10.	Sergipe	3	9	1	1	7	5	18	-13

Group 4

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	Remo	12	9	4	4	1	15	7	+8
2.	Santa Cruz	12	9	4	4	1	15	8	+7
3.	Comercial-MS	10	9	4	2	3	14	11	+3
4.	Goiás	10	9	3	4	2	8	5	+3
5.	Desportiva	9	9	3	3	3	8	8	0
6.	Sport	9	9	2	5	2	8	8	0
7.	CEUB	8	9	3	2	4	8	13	-5
8.	Náutico	8	9	2	4	3	5	7	-2
9.	Paysandu	8	9	2	4	3	7	10	-3
10.	Moto Club	4	9	0	4	5	4	15	-11

Final standings

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Palmeiras	43	28	18	7	3	34	11	+23	Qualified to Second phase
2.	Grêmio	40	28	15	10	3	28	13	+15
3.	Cruzeiro	36	28	13	10	5	34	22	+12
4.	Santos	35	28	13	9	6	39	20	+19
5.	América-MG	35	28	11	13	4	30	16	+14
6.	São Paulo	35	28	10	15	3	29	16	+13
7.	Fortaleza	35	28	10	15	3	32	19	+13
8.	Goiás	34	28	12	10	6	32	16	+16
9.	Vitória	34	28	12	10	6	23	14	+9
10.	Coritiba	33	28	14	5	9	33	20	+13
11.	Internacional	33	28	12	9	7	26	20	+6
12.	Guarani	33	28	10	13	5	34	24	+10
13.	Botafogo	31	28	10	11	7	29	20	+9
14.	Vasco da Gama	31	28	10	11	7	27	20	+7
15.	Corinthians	31	28	10	11	7	29	24	+5
16.	Ceará	31	28	9	13	6	26	33	-7
17.	Bahia	30	28	10	10	8	29	22	+7
18.	Tiradentes	30	28	10	10	8	21	19	+2
19.	Santa Cruz	30	28	9	12	7	30	33	-3
20.	Atlético Mineiro	29	28	10	9	9	34	29	+5
21.	Nacional-AM	28	28	7	14	7	28	30	-2
22.	Remo	27	28	11	5	12	25	28	-3
23.	Fluminense	27	28	9	9	10	25	25	0
24.	Flamengo	26	28	11	4	13	31	34	-3
25.	América-RN	26	28	9	8	11	33	36	-3
26.	Comercial-MS	26	28	9	8	11	30	36	-6
27.	Desportiva	25	28	8	9	11	20	22	-2
28.	Atlético-PR	25	28	8	9	11	20	24	-4
29.	Portuguesa	25	28	7	11	10	33	31	+2
30.	Rio Negro	24	28	7	10	11	20	21	-1
31.	Olaria	24	28	7	10	11	27	29	-2
32.	Sport	23	28	7	9	12	24	36	-12
33.	CEUB	22	28	8	6	14	23	33	-10
34.	Náutico	22	28	7	8	13	20	33	-13
35.	Figueirense	22	28	5	12	11	15	29	-14
36.	CRB	19	28	6	7	15	23	43	-20
37.	América-RJ	19	28	5	9	14	22	34	-12
38.	Paysandu	14	28	3	8	17	18	42	-24
39.	Moto Club	14	28	1	12	15	11	43	-32
40.	Sergipe	13	28	4	5	19	11	48	-37

Second phase

Group 1

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	Palmeiras	14	9	5	4	0	15	1	+14	Qualified to Final phase
2.	Internacional	12	9	4	4	1	8	5	+3	Qualified to Final phase
3.	Atlético Mineiro	12	9	4	4	1	9	6	+3
4.	Coritiba	10	9	3	4	2	8	6	+2
5.	Corinthians	10	9	3	4	2	8	6	+2
6.	América-MG	9	9	4	1	4	13	11	+2
7.	Vasco da Gama	7	9	3	3	3	10	8	+2
8.	Bahia	8	9	1	6	2	9	10	-1
9.	Tiradentes	5	9	1	3	5	3	14	-11
10.	Ceará	1	9	0	1	8	5	21	-16

Group 2

P	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Promotion or relegation
1.	São Paulo	14	9	6	2	1	13	4	+9	Qualified to Final phase
2.	Cruzeiro	14	9	5	4	0	13	4	+9	Qualified to Final phase
3.	Botafogo	12	9	5	2	2	18	10	+8
4.	Grêmio	11	9	5	1	3	6	6	0
5.	Santos	11	9	4	3	2	17	9	+8
6.	Santa Cruz	8	9	3	2	4	9	13	-4
7.	Vitória	7	9	3	1	5	9	16	-7
8.	Guarani	6	9	2	2	5	8	14	-6
9.	Goiás	6	9	1	4	4	10	12	-2
10.	Fortaleza	1	9	0	1	8	6	21	-15

Final phase

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that qualified to the 1974 Copa Libertadores

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Palmeiras	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
São Paulo	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	3
Cruzeiro	3	1	0	2	1	2	-1	2
Internacional	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Palmeiras	62	40	25	12	3	52	13	39
2	São Paulo	52	40	17	18	5	46	22	24
3	Cruzeiro	52	40	19	14	7	48	28	20
4	Internacional	47	40	17	13	10	37	31	6
5	Grêmio	51	37	20	11	6	34	19	15
6	Santos	46	37	17	12	8	56	29	27
7	América Mineiro	44	37	15	14	8	43	27	16
8	Coritiba	43	37	17	9	11	41	26	15
9	Botafogo	43	37	15	13	9	47	30	17
10	Vitória	41	37	15	11	11	32	30	2
11	Atlético Mineiro	41	37	14	13	10	43	35	8
12	Corinthians	41	37	13	15	9	37	30	7
13	Goiás	40	37	13	14	10	42	28	14
14	Vasco da Gama	40	37	13	14	10	37	28	9
15	Guarani	39	37	12	15	10	42	38	4
16	Santa Cruz	38	37	12	14	11	39	46	-7
17	Bahia	38	37	11	16	10	38	32	6
18	Fortaleza	36	37	10	16	11	38	40	-2
19	Tiradentes	35	37	11	13	13	24	33	-9
20	Ceará	32	37	9	14	14	31	44	-13
21	Nacional-AM	28	28	7	14	7	28	30	-2
22	Remo	27	28	11	5	12	25	28	-3
23	Fluminense	27	28	9	9	10	25	25	0
24	Flamengo	26	28	11	4	13	31	34	-3
25	América de Natal	26	28	9	8	11	33	36	-3
26	Comercial-MS	26	28	9	8	11	30	36	-6
27	Desportiva Capixaba	25	28	8	9	11	20	22	-2
28	Atlético Paranaense	25	28	8	9	11	20	24	-4
29	Portuguesa	25	28	7	11	10	33	31	2
30	Rio Negro	24	28	7	10	11	20	21	-1
31	Olaria	24	28	7	10	11	27	29	-2
32	Sport	23	28	7	9	12	24	36	-12
33	CEUB	22	28	8	6	14	23	33	-10
34	Náutico	22	28	7	8	13	20	33	-13
35	Figueirense	22	28	5	12	11	15	29	-14
36	CRB	19	28	6	7	15	23	43	-20
37	América-RJ	19	28	5	9	14	22	34	-12
38	Paysandu	14	28	3	8	17	18	42	-24
39	Moto Club	14	28	1	12	15	11	43	-32
40	Sergipe	13	28	4	5	19	11	48	-37

References

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

2016 clubs	América-MG Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Botafogo Chapecoense Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Figueirense Flamengo Fluminense Grêmio Internacional Palmeiras Ponte Preta Santa Cruz Santos São Paulo Sport Vitória

Taça Brasil	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa	1967 1968 1969 1970

Brasileirão	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Champions Top Scorers 1987 Copa União Bola de Ouro Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Triple Crown

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