Copa Brasil 1976

Copa Brasil
master	SC Internacional
Cup winners	not carried out
Teams	54
Games	411
Gates	950  (ø 2.31 per game)
spectator	7,024,637  (ø 17.092 per game)
Top scorer	Dario 16 goals
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The Copa Brasil 1976 was the 20th season of the Brazilian soccer championship .

Season course

The competition started its new season on August 29, 1976 and ended on December 12, 1976. The championship was organized by the national association CBD . At the end of the season, SC Internacional was able to defend its title from the previous year.

After the season, the sports magazine Placar awarded the Golden Ball to the best player of the year. The award went to Elías Figueroa from SC Internacional . The top scorer was Dario, also from Internacional , with 16 goals .

Attendees

By order of the military government of Brazil, the field of participants was increased from 42 participants in the previous year to a total of 54 teams.

mode

In the group stage, wins with a goal difference of more than three goals were counted as three points.

Scoring

• 1. Number of wins
• 2. Better goal difference
• 3rd total points (from the 2nd round)
• 4. Number of goals
• 5. Number of goals conceded
• 6. Number of ties

1st round: In groups A to F nine teams played against each other in groups with only one game each. The best four of a group moved into groups G to J of the second round. The lower-ranking clubs were assigned to groups K to P of the losers' elimination round.

2nd round: The teams played in groups G to J to six with only one game against each other. The top three teams in each group advanced to the third round.

In groups K to P, the teams met that did not make it into the top four in their group in the first round. They only played one game against each other. The winner of a group advanced to the third round.

3rd round: In groups Q and R, the teams played in groups of nine with only one game against each other. The respective group winners and runners-up made it to the semi-finals.

Final round: The semi-finals and the final were each decided in just one game.

Total table: A total table was formed from the results of all games. This is used by the national association to calculate the perpetual best list.

1 round

Group A

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SC Internacional (M)	8th	6th	1	0	1	25: 5	+20	20th
2.	Gremio Porto Alegre	8th	4th	1	2	1	14: 5	+ 09	16
3.	FC Santos	8th	1	3	3	1	9: 5	+ 04	12
4th	Palmeiras São Paulo	8th	1	3	2	2	7: 2	+ 05	11
5.	SER Caxias do Sul	8th	2	2	1	3	8: 5	+ 03	11
6th	Avaí FC	8th	1	1	1	5	5:11	- 06	6th
7th	Desportiva Ferroviária	8th	0	2	1	5	5:14	- 09	5
8th.	Figueirense FC	8th	0	2	1	5	3:17	-14	5
9.	Rio Branco AC	8th	0	0	1	7th	3:15	-12	1

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in Group K.
(M)	Champion of the previous year

Group B

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Botafogo FC (Ribeirão Preto)	8th	2	2	2	2	9: 5	+4	12
2.	Coritiba FC	8th	1	3	2	2	9: 7	+2	11
3.	Athletico Paranaense	8th	2	1	3	2	8: 4	+4	11
4th	Sao Paulo FC	8th	2	1	3	2	8: 5	+3	11
5.	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	8th	1	2	4th	1	9: 6	+3	11
6th	Londrina EC	8th	0	2	3	3	5: 8	-3	7th
7th	AD Confiança	8th	0	2	3	3	6:10	-4	7th
8th.	Portuguesa	8th	1	0	3	4th	6: 9	-3	6th
9.	Uberaba SC	8th	0	1	3	4th	4:10	-6	5

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in Group L.

Group C

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Corinthians São Paulo	8th	3	2	3	0	12: 3	+9	16
2.	Fortaleza EC	8th	2	2	3	1	12: 5	+7	13
3.	Guarani FC	8th	2	0	6th	0	7: 2	+5	12
4th	Clube do Remo	8th	3	0	2	3	10: 8	+2	11
5.	Nacional FC (AM)	8th	0	3	3	2	6: 8	-2	9
6th	AA Ponte Preta	8th	1	0	5	2	6: 7	-1	8th
7th	Paysandu SC	8th	1	1	2	4th	7:14	-7	7th
8th.	Rio Negro (AM)	8th	1	0	3	4th	6:11	-5	6th
9.	Ceará SC	8th	0	0	3	5	2:10	-8th	3

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in Group M

Group D

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Atlético Mineiro	8th	3	2	2	1	15: 7	+ 08	15th
2.	America FC (RJ)	8th	2	2	3	1	9: 4	+ 05	13
3.	Goiás EC	8th	1	3	2	2	11: 7	+ 04	11
4th	Operário FC (MS)	8th	1	1	6th	0	11: 8	+ 03	11
5.	CR Vasco da Gama	8th	1	3	0	4th	9:11	- 02nd	9
6th	Mixto EC	8th	1	1	2	4th	10:11	- 01	7th
7th	Americano FC (RJ)	8th	0	2	3	3	8:10	- 02nd	7th
8th.	America Mineiro	8th	1	0	2	5	8: 9	- 01	5
9.	Goiânia EC	8th	0	1	2	5	9:23	-14	4th

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in Group N.

Group E

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	EC Vitória	8th	4th	1	2	1	11: 3	+ 08	16
2.	EC Bahia	8th	3	1	4th	0	11: 2	+ 09	15th
3.	Botafogo FR	8th	3	1	3	1	14: 7	+ 07	14th
4th	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	8th	3	1	2	2	13: 6	+ 07	13
5.	Botafogo FC (PB)	8th	1	2	3	2	6: 6	000	10
6th	CS Alagoano	8th	0	2	4th	2	10:11	- 01	8th
7th	Clube de Regatas Brasil	8th	1	1	1	5	5:14	- 09	6th
8th.	Fluminense de Feira FC	8th	1	0	1	6th	6:14	- 08	4th
9.	FC Treze	8th	0	1	0	7th	6:19	-13	2

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in Group O

Group F.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	8th	5	1	1	1	24: 5	+19	18th
2.	Santa Cruz FC	8th	3	2	2	1	12: 5	+ 07	15th
3.	Sport Recife	8th	1	4th	1	2	8: 5	+ 03	12
4th	América FC (RN)	8th	1	1	5	1	6: 4	+ 02	10
5.	Volta Redonda FC	8th	1	1	4th	2	9:10	- 01	9
6th	Náutico capibaribe	8th	1	1	2	4th	8:10	- 02nd	7th
7th	EC Flamengo	8th	0	1	4th	3	7:11	- 04th	6th
8th.	ABC Natal	8th	0	0	4th	4th	5:12	- 07th	4th
9.	Sampaio Corrêa FC	8th	0	0	3	5	5:22	-17	3

	Qualified for the second round in groups G through J.
	Qualified for the second round in Group P.

2nd round

Groups of winners

Group G

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SC Internacional (M)	5	4th	0	1	0	11: 1	+10	13
2.	Botafogo FC (SP)	5	2	0	2	1	9: 6	+ 03	8th
3.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	5	1	0	3	1	7: 6	+ 01	6th
4th	Fortaleza EC	5	0	1	2	2	5: 8	- 03	4th
5.	América FC (RN)	5	0	1	1	3	4: 8	- 04th	3
6th	Goiás EC	5	0	0	3	2	2: 9	- 07th	3

	Qualified for the 3rd round
(M)	Champion of the previous year

Group H.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Gremio Porto Alegre	5	1	3	1	0	7: 1	+6	10
2.	Coritiba FC	5	1	2	1	1	5: 2	+3	8th
3.	Corinthians São Paulo	5	1	2	0	1	6: 6	00	7th
4th	Operário FC (MS)	5	2	0	0	3	5: 5	00	6th
5.	Botafogo FR	5	0	2	0	3	3: 6	-3	4th
6th	Sport Recife	5	0	0	0	5	0: 6	-6	0

Qualified for the 3rd round

Group I.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	EC Bahia	5	2	1	1	1	8: 3	+5	9
2.	Atlético Mineiro	5	1	1	3	0	11: 5	+6	8th
3.	Santa Cruz FC	5	1	1	1	2	6: 7	-1	6th
4th	FC Santos	5	0	2	2	1	5: 5	00	6th
5.	Athletico Paranaense	5	0	1	1	3	3: 9	-6	3
6th	Clube do Remo	5	0	0	2	3	5: 9	-4	2

Qualified for the 3rd round

Group J

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Palmeiras São Paulo	5	2	2	1	0	7: 1	+ 06	11
2.	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	5	2	2	0	1	10: 3	+ 07	10
3.	Guarani FC	5	2	1	0	2	11: 6	+ 05	8th
4th	America FC (RJ)	5	1	0	2	2	5: 8	- 03	5
5.	Sao Paulo FC	5	1	0	1	3	7: 8	- 01	4th
6th	EC Vitória	5	0	0	0	5	1:16	-14	0

Qualified for the 3rd round

Groups of qualifiers

Group K

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SER Caxias do Sul	4th	1	0	3	0	5: 1	+4	6th
2.	Avaí FC	4th	0	2	2	0	2-0	+2	6th
3.	Rio Branco AC	4th	0	2	2	0	2-0	+2	6th
4th	Figueirense FC	4th	1	0	0	3	4: 8	-4	3
5.	Desportiva Ferroviária	4th	0	0	1	3	1: 5	-4	1

Qualified for the 3rd round

Group L

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portuguesa	4th	2	1	1	0	9: 2	+7	9
2.	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	4th	1	2	1	0	6: 1	+5	8th
3.	Uberaba SC	4th	0	2	0	2	3: 3	00	4th
4th	AD Confiança	4th	0	1	0	3	2: 9	-7	2
5.	Londrina EC	4th	0	0	0	4th	3: 8	-5	0

Qualified for the 3rd round

Group M

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AA Ponte Preta	4th	2	0	1	1	10: 3	+7	7th
2.	Paysandu SC	4th	1	1	1	1	5: 5	00	6th
3.	Ceará SC	4th	0	1	2	1	3: 3	00	4th
4th	Rio Negro (AM)	4th	0	1	2	1	2: 3	-1	4th
5.	Nacional FC (AM)	4th	0	0	2	2	3: 9	-6	2

Qualified for the 3rd round

Groups

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CR Vasco da Gama	4th	1	2	1	0	9: 5	+4	8th
2.	Mixto EC	4th	2	1	0	1	8: 3	+5	8th
3.	Goiânia EC	4th	1	0	1	2	6: 8	-2	4th
4th	Americano FC (RJ)	4th	1	0	0	3	7: 8	-1	3
5.	America Mineiro	4th	0	1	0	3	4:10	-6	2

Qualified for the 3rd round

Group O

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Clube de Regatas Brasil	4th	1	1	2	0	6: 3	+3	7th
2.	Botafogo FC (PB)	4th	1	1	1	1	10: 8	+2	6th
3.	FC Treze	4th	0	2	0	2	3: 4	-1	4th
4th	Fluminense de Feira FC	4th	0	1	2	1	4: 4	00	4th
5.	CS Alagoano	4th	0	0	1	3	4: 8	-4	1

Qualified for the 3rd round

Group p

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Náutico capibaribe	4th	1	1	2	0	6: 1	+5	7th
2.	Sampaio Corrêa FC	4th	2	0	0	2	5: 7	-2	6th
3.	EC Flamengo	4th	1	0	2	1	3: 5	-2	5
4th	Volta Redonda FC	4th	0	1	2	1	2: 3	-1	4th
5.	ABC Natal	4th	1	0	0	3	6: 6	00	3

Qualified for the 3rd round

3rd round

Group Q

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SC Internacional (M)	8th	5	1	0	2	19: 6	+14	17th
2.	Corinthians São Paulo	8th	2	3	2	1	12: 5	+ 07	14th
3.	AA Ponte Preta	8th	1	4th	0	3	7: 6	+ 01	11
4th	Coritiba FC	8th	1	3	1	3	8: 8	000	10
5.	Palmeiras São Paulo	8th	1	1	4th	2	10: 8	+ 02	9
6th	SER Caxias do Sul	8th	1	2	1	4th	10:12	- 02nd	8th
7th	Botafogo FC (SP)	8th	1	2	0	5	8:13	- 05th	7th
8th.	Santa Cruz FC	8th	1	1	2	4th	14:20	- 06	7th
9.	Portuguesa	8th	0	0	2	6th	7:17	-10	2

	Qualified for the semifinals
(M)	Champion of the previous year

Group R

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	8th	2	4th	1	1	13: 6	+7	15th
2.	Atlético Mineiro	8th	4th	0	2	2	13: 4	+9	14th
3.	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	8th	3	1	2	2	14: 7	+7	12
4th	CR Vasco da Gama	8th	1	3	1	3	9:12	-3	10
5.	Guarani FC	8th	1	2	2	3	11:11	00	9
6th	Náutico capibaribe	8th	2	0	2	4th	8:12	-4	8th
7th	Gremio Porto Alegre	8th	1	1	2	4th	10:14	-4	7th
8th.	EC Bahia	8th	0	2	3	3	8:12	-5	7th
9.	Clube de Regatas Brasil	8th	1	0	1	6th	7:15	-5	4th

Qualified for the semifinals

Semifinals

A large number of Corinthians fans traveled to Rio de Janeiro for the semi-final match between Fluminense Rio de Janeiro and Corinthians São Paulo . It has been estimated that of the 146,000 spectators at the Estádio do Maracanã, around 70,000 were Corinthians fans.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	1: 1 1: 4 i. E.	Corinthians São Paulo	1: 1
SC Internacional	2: 1	Atlético Mineiro	2: 1

final

SC Internacional		Corinthians São Paulo
	December 12, 1976 in Estádio Beira-Rio ( Porto Alegre ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 84,000 Referee: José Roberto Wright
	Manga , Cláudio Duarte , Elías Figueroa , Marinho Peres , Vacaria , Caçapava , Falcão , Batista , Valdomiro , Dario , Lula Trainer: Rubens Minelli	Tobias , Zé Maria , Moisés , Zé Eduardo , Wladimir , Givanildo Oliveira , Ruço , Neca , Vaguinho , Geraldão , Romeu Evangelista Trainer: Davi Ferreira
	Dario (29.) Valdomiro (57.)
	Manga, Peres, Falcão	Givanildo, Ruço

Closing table

The table only served to determine the placement of the individual teams in the season. At times it was used by the association to determine an eternal ranking list. It is made up of all the games played. In the sorting, reaching the respective final phase has priority over the points scored. In the event of a tie, the number of wins counts first and then the goal difference.

rank	society	Sp.	S 3	S 2	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SC Internacional (M)	23	15th	4th	1	3	59:13	+46	54
02.	Corinthians São Paulo	23	6th	7th	6th	4th	31:17	+14	38
03.	Atlético Mineiro	22nd	8th	3	7th	4th	40:18	+22	37
04th	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	22nd	6th	5	7th	4th	34:19	+16	35
05.	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	21st	10	4th	3	4th	48:15	+33	41
06th	Gremio Porto Alegre	21st	6th	5	5	5	31:20	+11	33
07th	Palmeiras São Paulo	21st	4th	6th	7th	4th	24:11	+13	31
08th.	EC Bahia	21st	5	4th	8th	4th	24:17	+ 07	31
09.	Coritiba FC	21st	3	8th	4th	6th	22:17	+ 05	29
10.	Guarani FC	21st	5	3	8th	5	29:19	+10	29
11.	Santa Cruz FC	21st	5	4th	5	7th	32:32	000	28
12.	CR Vasco da Gama	20th	3	8th	2	7th	27:28	- 01	27
13.	Botafogo FC (SP)	21st	3	6th	4th	8th	26:24	+ 02	27
14th	AA Ponte Preta	20th	4th	4th	6th	6th	23:16	+ 07	26th
15th	SER Caxias do Sul	20th	4th	4th	5	7th	23:18	+ 05	25th
16.	Náutico capibaribe	20th	4th	2	6th	8th	22:23	- 01	22nd
17th	Clube de Regatas Brasil	20th	3	2	4th	11	18:32	−14	17th
18th	Portuguesa	20th	3	1	6th	10	22:28	- 06	17th
19th	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	12	2	4th	5	1	15: 7	+ 08	19th
20th	Botafogo FR	13	3	3	3	4th	17:13	+ 04	18th
21st	FC Santos	13	1	5	5	2	14:10	+ 04	18th
22nd	America FC (RJ)	13	3	2	5	3	14:12	+ 02	18th
23.	Fortaleza FC	13	2	3	5	3	17:13	+ 04	17th
24.	Operário FC (MS)	13	3	1	6th	3	16:13	+ 03	17th
25th	Botafogo FC (PB)	13	3	2	4th	3	16:14	+ 04	17th
26th	EC Vitória	13	4th	1	2	6th	13:19	- 06	16
27.	Mixto EC	12	3	2	2	5	18:14	+ 04	15th
28.	Sao Paulo FC	13	3	1	4th	5	15:13	+ 02	15th
29	Athletico Paranaense	13	2	2	4th	5	11:13	- 02nd	14th
30th	Goiás EC	13	1	3	5	4th	13:16	- 03	14th
31.	Paysandu SC	12	2	2	3	5	12:19	- 07th	13
32.	Clube do Remo	13	3	0	4th	6th	15:17	- 02nd	13
33.	Volta Redonda FC	12	1	2	6th	3	11:13	- 02nd	131
34.	América FC (RN)	13	1	2	6th	4th	10:12	- 02nd	13
35.	Sport Recife	13	1	4th	1	7th	8:11	- 03	12
36.	Avaí FC	12	1	3	3	5	7:11	- 04th	12
37.	Nacional FC (AM)	12	0	3	5	4th	9:17	- 08	11
38.	EC Flamengo	12	1	1	6th	4th	10:16	- 06	11
39.	Americano FC (RJ)	12	1	2	3	6th	15:18	- 03	10
40.	Rio Negro (AM)	12	1	1	5	5	8:14	- 06	10
41.	Uberaba SC	12	0	3	3	6th	7:13	- 06	9
42.	AD Confiança	12	0	3	3	6th	8:19	−11	9
43.	CS Alagoano	12	0	2	5	5	14:19	- 05th	9
44.	Sampaio Corrêa FC	12	2	0	3	7th	10:29	−19	9
45.	Figueirense FC	12	1	2	1	8th	7:25	−18	8th
46.	Fluminense de Feira FC	12	1	1	3	7th	10:18	- 05th	8th
47.	Goiânia EC	12	1	1	3	7th	15:31	−16	8th
48.	America Mineiro	12	1	1	2	8th	12:19	- 07th	7th
49.	Londrina EC	12	0	2	3	7th	8:16	- 08	7th
50.	Rio Branco AC	12	0	2	3	7th	5:15	−10	7th
51.	ABC Natal	12	1	0	4th	7th	11:18	- 07th	7th
52.	Ceará SC	12	0	1	5	6th	5:13	-0	7th
53.	FC Treze	12	0	2	2	8th	6:19	13	6th
54.	Desportiva Ferroviária	12	0	2	2	8th	6:19	+ 13	6th

	Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1977 as champion and runner-up
	Eliminated in the semi-finals
	Participants in the third round
(M)	Champion of the previous year

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Dario	Internacional	16 goals
2		Narciso Horacio Doval	Fluminense	14 goals
		Zico	Flamengo
4th		Luisinho	Flamengo	13 goals
5		Roberto Dinamite	Vasco da Gama	12 goals
6th		André Catimba	Guarani	11 goals
7th		Bebeto	Caxias	10 goals
		Neca	Corinthians
		Valdomiro	Internacional

Web links

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