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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season1960
Dates6 September – 28 December 1960
ChampionsPalmeiras
1st Taça Brasil title
1st Brazilian title
Copa LibertadoresPalmeiras
Matches played37
Goals scored119 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerBececê (7 goals)
Biggest home winFluminense 8-0 Fonseca
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The 1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1960 Taça Brasil) was the 3rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 6 September 1960, and ended on 28 December 1960.

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

Seventeen state champions qualified for the tournament.

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
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-Break
Bahia 2 : 2 Santa Cruz-SE 3 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 0
Bahia qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.
Final Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Bahia 4 : 0 Capelense 2 - 0 2 - 1

Northern Group

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

Northern Zone Final

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

Southern Zone

Southern Group

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

Eastern Group

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

Southern Zone Final

Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-Break
Grêmio 2 : 2 Fluminense 1 - 0 2 - 4 1 - 1
Fluminense qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.

National Semi-Finals

Palmeiras and Santa Cruz entered at this stage.

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

References

  1. https://rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/cbr1960.htm RSSSF

External links

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