1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Nacional de Clubes
Season	1971
Champions	Atlético Mineiro (1st title)
Copa Libertadores	Atlético Mineiro São Paulo
Top goalscorer	Dario (20 goals)
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The 1971 Campeonato Nacional de Clubes (officially known as the Primeiro Campeonato Nacional de Clubes) was the first Brazilian football championship since the end of the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa. It was won by Atlético Mineiro, who claimed their first Brazilian football championship.

1 Competition format
2 Teams
3 First phase
- 3.1 Group A standings
- 3.2 Group B standings
4 Second phase
5 Final phase
6 Final standings
7 References

Competition format

The season was divided into three phases:

The First Phase saw the twenty teams divided into two groups of ten. Despite being divided into groups, the phase was contested in a single round-robin format, with each team playing the others once. The top six teams in each group advanced to the Second Phase.
The Second Phase saw the twelve qualified teams divided into three groups of four. The teams within each group played each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group advanced to the Final Phase.
The Final Phase saw the three team play each other team once. The team with the most points at the end of the round was declared the champion.

Teams

Twenty clubs participated in this championship (home city in parenthesis):

First phase

Group A standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	19	10	6	3	29	16	+13	26	Advanced to the Second Phase
2	Cruzeiro	19	7	9	3	26	12	+14	23
3	Internacional	19	7	9	3	21	16	+5	23
4	Coritiba	19	10	2	7	21	18	+3	22
5	Palmeiras	19	8	6	5	20	14	+6	22
6	Vasco da Gama	19	6	7	6	11	12	−1	19
7	Santa Cruz	19	3	11	5	17	23	−6	17
8	Fluminense	19	5	6	8	12	13	−1	16
9	Portuguesa	19	6	3	10	16	24	−8	15
10	Ceará	19	2	5	12	5	25	−20	9

Group B standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grêmio	19	8	7	4	18	11	+7	23	Advanced to the Second Phase
2	Atlético Mineiro	19	7	9	3	27	16	+11	23
3	America (RJ)	19	7	7	5	23	17	+6	21
4	Santos	19	7	7	5	17	11	+6	21
5	Botafogo	19	5	10	4	15	16	−1	20
6	São Paulo	19	6	7	6	16	19	−3	19
7	Bahia	19	5	8	6	14	16	−2	18
8	Flamengo	19	4	10	5	13	17	−4	18
9	América (MG)	19	2	9	8	11	19	−8	13
10	Sport	19	4	4	11	10	27	−17	12

Second phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	São Paulo	6	3	3	0	6	2	+4	9	Advanced to the Final Phase
2	Corinthians	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	5
3	America (RJ)	6	1	3	2	4	4	0	5
4	Cruzeiro	6	1	3	2	2	5	−3	5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	7	Advanced to the Final Phase
2	Internacional	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	7
3	Santos	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	6
4	Vasco da Gama	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	4

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Botafogo	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	8	Advanced to the Final Phase
2	Grêmio	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	6
3	Palmeiras	6	1	4	1	7	6	+1	6
4	Coritiba	6	1	2	3	2	7	−5	4

Final phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mineiro	2	2	0	2	0	+2	4
2	São Paulo	2	1	1	4	2	+2	2
3	Botafogo	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

December 12	Atlético Mineiro	1–0	São Paulo
	Oldair ?'

December 15	São Paulo	4–1	Botafogo
	Terto ?', ??' Forlán ?' Toninho ?'		Ney Oliveira ?'

December 19	Botafogo	0–1	Atlético Mineiro
			Dario ?'

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Mineiro	27	12	10	5	39	22	+17	34	Finalists
2	São Paulo	27	10	10	7	26	23	+3	30
3	Botafogo	27	8	12	7	27	27	0	28
4	Corinthians	25	12	7	6	33	21	+12	31	Eliminated in the Second Phase
5	Internacional	25	10	10	5	28	23	+5	30
6	Grêmio	25	10	9	6	24	18	+6	29
7	Palmeiras	25	9	10	6	27	20	+7	28
8	Cruzeiro	25	8	12	5	28	17	+11	28
9	Santos	25	9	9	7	24	16	+8	27
10	Coritiba	25	11	4	10	23	25	−2	26
11	America (RJ)	25	8	10	7	27	21	+6	26
12	Vasco da Gama	25	7	9	9	15	22	−7	23
13	Bahia	19	5	8	6	14	16	−2	18	Eliminated in the Second Phase
14	Flamengo	19	4	10	5	13	17	−4	18
15	Santa Cruz	19	3	11	5	17	23	−6	17
16	Fluminense	19	5	6	8	12	13	−1	16
17	Portuguesa	19	6	3	10	16	24	−8	15
18	América (MG)	19	2	9	8	11	19	−8	13
19	Sport	19	4	4	11	10	27	−17	12
20	Ceará	19	2	5	12	5	25	−20	9

References

Pontes, Ricardo FF (May 13, 2010). "Brazil 1971 Championship - Primeiro Campeonato Nacional de Clubes". RSSSF Brazil. http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1971.htm. Retrieved December 27, 2010.

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