Taça Brasil
The Taça Brasil ( Brazil Cup ) was held from 1959 to 1968 and was the first national soccer competition in Brazil. The Taça was introduced in 1959 by the Brazilian Sports Federation, the Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD), which later mutated into the Brazilian Football Association Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), in order to give all clubs in Brazil the same chance to participate in the newly created South American Club Team Cup, the Copa Libertadores , which began playing in 1960, to participate. In 1989, with the Copa do Brasil held parallel to the national championship , another national cup competition was launched.
Until 1964, only the winner qualified for the Libertadores. After its expansion, the defeated finalists were also allowed to participate in 1965 and 1966. In 1968, only the winner qualified again, since from this point on the winner of the Torneio Rio-São Paulo successor competition Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa - also known as Taça de Prata , silver cup - the always unofficial predecessor of the national championship introduced in 1971, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol was deemed to have been assigned a seat.
The winners of the Taça Brasil were seen at the time as Campeões , as champions of Brazil. However, until 2010 the CBF refused the clubs, as well as the winners de Taça de Prata, official recognition as Brazilian champions.
The winners of the Taça Brasil as well as the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa have since endeavored to be equated with the champions of Brazil from 1971 onwards by the association in terms of football history. These clubs like to point out that they were finally registered as champions for the Copa Libertadores and at the time often referred to as champions of Brazil in general. On December 21, 2010, the long-awaited Unificação dos Títulos brasileiros , the official recognition as champions by the CBF , finally took place in a festive ceremony at the Itanhangá Golf Club in the west of Rio de Janeiro . Association President Ricardo Teixeira presented the representatives of the clubs that have won the Taça Brasil and Taça de Prata official diplomas, championship sashes and miniature editions of the current championship trophy with the club name and the year of the title win engraved. The clubs were given 20 medals each to be passed on to the players involved; Pelé received his six championship medals during the ceremony. Since that day, lists of the champions of Brazil without the winners of Taça Brasil and Taça de Prata are also officially incomplete.
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Originally, the winners of the state championships held regional, so to speak, cup competitions with home and away legs, from the winners of which in turn qualified for the national quarter and / or semi-finals. In turn, the national champions of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo were automatically qualified for these due to their assumed playing strength.
In 1967 and 1968, the semi-finals from the lesser states were determined in group matches with home and away legs.
The national final also took place with home and away legs. The goal difference was not given any importance and a decision game was held if necessary. If they ended in a draw, the goal difference was taken into account.
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Winner:
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Finals and top scorer
| year | Finals | Semi-finalists | Top scorer | ||||||||
| 1959 | EC Bahia | - | FC Santos | 3: 2, 0: 2, 3: 1 | CR Vasco da Gama | Gremio Porto Alegre | 8 goals - Léo Briglia (Bahia) | ||||
| 1960 | SE Palmeiras | - | Fortaleza EC | 3: 1, 8: 2 | Fluminense FC | Santa Cruz FC | 7 goals - Bececê (Fortaleza) | ||||
| 1961 | FC Santos | - | EC Bahia | 1: 1, 5: 1 | America FC (RJ) | Náutico capibaribe | 9 goals - Pelé (Santos) | ||||
| 1962 | FC Santos | - | Botafogo FR | 4: 3, 1: 3, 5: 0 | Sport Recife | SC Internacional | 7 goals - Coutinho (Santos) | ||||
| 1963 | FC Santos | - | EC Bahia | 6-0, 2-0 | Gremio Porto Alegre | Botafogo FR | 9 goals - Ruiter ( Confiança ) | ||||
| 1964 | FC Santos | - | CR Flamengo | 4: 1, 0: 0 | SE Palmeiras | Ceará SC | 7 goals - Pelé (Santos) | ||||
| 1965 | FC Santos | - | CR Vasco da Gama | 5: 1, 1: 0 | SE Palmeiras | Náutico capibaribe | 9 goals - Bitá (Náutico) | ||||
| 1966 | Cruzeiro EC | - | FC Santos | 6: 2, 3: 2 | Fluminense FC | Náutico capibaribe | 10 goals - Bitá (Náutico), Toninho Guerreiro (Santos) | ||||
| 1967 | SE Palmeiras | - | Náutico capibaribe | 3: 1, 1: 2, 2: 0 | Gremio Porto Alegre | Cruzeiro EC | 6 goals - Chiclete ( FC Treze ) | ||||
| 1968 | Botafogo FR | - | Fortaleza EC | 2: 2, 4: 0 | Cruzeiro EC | Náutico capibaribe | 7 goals - Fernando Ferretti (Botafogo) | ||||
Playoffs:
- 1959: Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, held in March 1960
- 1962: Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, held in April 1963
- 1967: Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, held in December 1967
Remarks:
- In the decider of 1959 there were four expulsions within the last 20 minutes (4 × Santos - including Coutinho - 1 × Bahia)
- Pelé was sent off in the final second leg of 1965 between Vasco da Gama and Santos
See also
- Copa do Brasil
- Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol
- List of football top scorers Série A (Brazil)
- List of Brazilian soccer champions
Web links
- RSSSF Brasil: Brazil Cup History (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ De 1959 a 1970, os campeões brasileiros ( Memento of December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , Confederação Brasileira de Futebol , December 21, 2010