Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa

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The Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, also known as Taça de Prata, was a Brazilian national football competition contested between 1967 and 1970, before the creation of Campeonato Brasileiro (Brazilian National Championship) in 1971.

1 Relationship with the Copa Libertadores
2 Champions
3 Titles by team
4 External links

[edit] Relationship with the Copa Libertadores

Following the creation in 1960 of the Copa Libertadores, a South American international club competition broadly equivalent to the European Champions Cup, Brazil required a national competition to enable it to provide a meritocratic entrant - Brazil did not have a national championship at the time. Between 1959 and 1964 the winner of the Taça Brasil, a knockout competition which was contended in Brazil between 1959 and 1968, provided the Brazilian entrant for the following season's Copa Libertadores. The Copa Libertadores was expanded for 1966 and two Brazilian teams were allowed to enter; both the winners and runners-up of the 1965 and 1966 Taça Brasil entered the Copa Libertadores.

Following the formation of the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa in 1967, one Brazilian Copa Libertadores place went to the winner of the Taça Brasil, and one to the winner of the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa: this was the arrangement for the 1967 and 1968 Brazilian seasons. 1968 was the last year the Taça Brasil was contested; in 1969 and 1970 the top two finishers in the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa entered the following season's Copa Libertadores. 1970 was the Torneio's last season, and the Campeonato Brasileiro was founded as a national championship in 1971.

[edit] Champions

Year	Final		Third and Fourth places
Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third and Fourth places
1967 Details	Palmeiras (SP)	Corinthians (SP)	Internacional (RS)	Grêmio (RS)
1968 Details	Santos FC (SP)	Internacional (RS)	Vasco da Gama (RJ)	Palmeiras (SP)
1969 Details	Palmeiras (SP)	Cruzeiro (MG)	Corinthians (SP)	Botafogo (RJ)
1970 Details	Fluminense (RJ)	Palmeiras (SP)	Atlético Mineiro (MG)	Cruzeiro (MG)