1961 in Brazilian football

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The following article presents a summary of the 1961 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 60th season of competitive football in the country.

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[edit] Taça Brasil

Semifinals

Team #1 Agg Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
América-RJ 4-12 Santos 2-6 1-0 1-6
Náutico 0-1 Bahia 0-0 0-1 -

Final

December 22, 1961 Bahia 1–1 Santos
December 27, 1961 Santos 5–1 Bahia

Santos declared as the Taça Brasil champions by aggregate score of 6-2.

[edit] Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Final Stage

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Flamengo 6 3 3 0 0 10 2 6
2 Botafogo 5 3 2 1 0 3 1 2
3 Vasco 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 2
4 Palmeiras 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1
5 Santos 0 3 0 0 3 3 9 -6
6 Corinthians 0 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5

Flamengo declared as the Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions.

[edit] State Championship champions

State Champion State Champion
Acre Rio Branco-AC Pará Paysandu
Alagoas CRB Paraíba Campinense
Amapá Santana Paraná Comercial-PR
Amazonas São Raimundo Pernambuco Sport Recife
Bahia Bahia Piauí River
Ceará Ceará Rio de Janeiro Rio Branco-RJ
Distrito Federal Defelê Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Espírito Santo Santo Antônio Rio Grande do Sul Internacional
Goiás Vila Nova Rondônia Flamengo-PI
Guanabara Botafogo Roraima -
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa Santa Catarina Metropol
Mato Grosso Mixto São Paulo Santos
Mato Grosso do Sul - Sergipe Sergipe
Minas Gerais Cruzeiro Tocantins -

[edit] Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team Copa Libertadores 1961
Palmeiras Runner-up

[edit] Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1961.

Date Opposition Result Score Brazil scorers Competition
April 30, 1961 Flag of Paraguay Paraguay W 2-0 Coutinho, Pepe Taça Oswaldo Cruz
May 3, 1961 Flag of Paraguay Paraguay W 3-2 Coutinho (2), Quarentinha Taça Oswaldo Cruz
May 7, 1961 Flag of Chile Chile W 2-1 Garrincha, Didi Bernardo O'Higgins Cup
May 11, 1961 Flag of Chile Chile W 1-0 Gérson Bernardo O'Higgins Cup
June 29, 1961 Flag of Paraguay Paraguay W 3-2 Joel, Dida, Henrique Frade International Friendly

[edit] References

Seasons in Brazilian football
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1910s: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009