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Deutsch1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
| Season | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 September – 28 December 1960 |
| Champions | Palmeiras 1st Taça Brasil title 1st Brazilian title |
| Copa Libertadores | Palmeiras |
| Matches played | 37 |
| Goals scored | 119 (3.22 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bececê (7 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Fluminense 8-0 Fonseca |
← 1959 1961 → | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Seventeen state champions qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Home city | Home ground |
|---|---|---|
 ABC | (Natal-RN) | |
 Bahia | (Salvador-BA) | |
 Capelense | (Capela-AL) | |
 Coritiba | (Curitiba-PR) | |
 Cruzeiro | (Belo Horizonte-MG) | |
 Estrela do Mar | (João Pessoa-PB) | |
 Fluminense | (Rio de Janeiro-GB) | |
 Fonseca | (Niterói-RJ) | |
 Fortaleza | (Fortaleza-CE) | |
 Grêmio | (Porto Alegre-RS) | |
 Moto Club | (São Luís-MA) | |
 Palmeiras | (São Paulo-SP) | |
 Paula Ramos | (Florianópolis-SC) | |
 Paysandu | (Belém-PA) | |
 Rio Branco-ES | (Vitória-ES) | |
 Santa Cruz-SE | (Estância-SE) | |
 Santa Cruz | (Recife-PE) |
Northern Zone
[edit]Northeastern Group
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Fortaleza | 3 : 1 | Bahia | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | |
Southern Zone
[edit]Southern Group
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]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
[edit]| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Fortaleza | 0 : 4 | Palmeiras | 1 - 3 | 2 - 8 | |