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.[1]

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
Bahia Bahia Salvador
Alagoas Capelense Capela
Paraná (state) Coritiba Curitiba
Minas Gerais Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte
Paraíba Estrela do Mar João Pessoa
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro (state) Fonseca Niterói
Ceará Fortaleza Fortaleza
Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio Porto Alegre
Maranhão Moto Club São Luís
São Paulo (state) Palmeiras São Paulo
Santa Catarina (state) Paula Ramos Florianópolis
Pará Paysandu Belém
Espírito Santo Rio Branco-ES Vitória
Sergipe Santa Cruz-SE Estância
Pernambuco Santa Cruz Recife

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 : 9 São Paulo 1 - 3 2 - 8

References

  1. ^ https://rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/cbr1960.htm RSSSF
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Ta%C3%A7a_Brasil
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