1961 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 1961 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1961 Taça Brasil) was the 3rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on July 12, 1961, and ended on December 27, 1961.
| Season | 1961 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Santos 1st Taça Brasil title 1st Brazilian title |
| Copa Libertadores de América | Santos |
| Matches played | 38 |
| Goals scored | 124 (3.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pelé |
← 1960 1962 → | |
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
17 state champions qualified, along with the 1960 Taça Brasil champions, Palmeiras.
| Team | Home city | Home ground |
|---|---|---|
 ABC | (Natal-RN) | |
 América-RJ | (Rio de Janeiro-GB) | |
 Bahia | (Salvador-BA) | |
 Campinense | (Campina Grande-PB) | |
 Coritiba | (Curitiba-PR) | |
 Cruzeiro | (Belo Horizonte-MG) | |
 CSA | (Maceió-AL) | |
 Fonseca | (Niterói-RJ) | |
 Fortaleza | (Fortaleza-CE) | |
 Grêmio | (Porto Alegre-RS) | |
 Metropol | (Criciúma-SC) | |
 Moto Clube | (São Luís-MA) | |
 Náutico | (Recife-PE) | |
 Palmeiras | (São Paulo-SP) | |
 Remo | (Belém-PA) | |
 Santa Cruz-SE | (Estância-SE) | |
 Santo Antônio | (Vitória-ES) | |
| Santos | (Santos-SP) |
Northern Zone
Northeastern Group
| Semi-Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Santa Cruz-SE | 0 : 4 | Bahia | 1 - 3 | 0 - 2 | |
| CSA | 0 : 4 | Campinense | 2 - 3 | 1 - 2 | |
| Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Campinense | 0 : 4 | Bahia | 0 - 3 | 0 - 1 | |
Southern Zone
Southern Group
| Semi-Finals | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | ||
| Palmeiras | 2 : 2 | Coritiba | 2 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 1 |
| Metropol | 2 : 2 | Grêmio | 1 - 6 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 3 |
| Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Grêmio | 1 : 3 | Palmeiras | 0 - 3 | 1 - 1 | |
Eastern Group
| Semi-Finals | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Santo Antônio | 0 : 4 | Cruzeiro | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | |
| Fonseca | 1 : 3 | América-RJ | 0 - 0 | 0 - 3 | |
| Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| América-RJ | 3 : 1 | Cruzeiro | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | |
Southern Zone Final
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Palmeiras | 1 : 3 | América-RJ | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | |
National Semi-Finals
Santos and Náutico entered at this stage.
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | ||
| América-RJ | 2 : 2 | Santos | 2 - 6 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 6 |
| Náutico | 1 : 3 | Bahia | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | — |
References
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