Taça Brasil 1959
| Taça Brasil 1959 | |
| master | EC Bahia |
| Teams | 16 |
| Games | 34 |
| Gates | 99 (ø 2.91 per game) |
| Top scorer | Léo Briglia 8 goals |
The Taça Brasil (Brazil Cup) was the first national soccer competition in Brazil. The Taça was organized in 1959 by the Brazilian Sports Federation, the CBD , in order to give all clubs in Brazil the same chance to take part in the newly created South American Club Cup , the Copa Libertadores , which started playing in 1960. The 1959 Taça Brasil champion qualified for the 1960 Copa Libertadores .
The winners of the Taça Brasil were seen at the time as Campeões, as champions of Brazil. The CBF refused to officially recognize the clubs as Brazilian champions until 2010.
Season course
The competition started its season on August 23, 1959 and ended on March 29, 1960.
The first top scorer was Léo Briglia from champions EC Bahia with 8 goals .
Best attack
- EC Bahia : 25 goals
Best defense
- Athletico Paranaense : 3 goals conceded
Supreme victory
- Sport Recife : EC Bahia : 6-0 (October 30, 1959)
Attendees
16 teams took part in the competition. The mode consisted of a kind of cup system. Participants were the winners of the 1958 state championships .
mode
After the first and second leg, only the number of wins counted, no other criteria. If both teams have won once, a playoff was played.
1st round: In the first round, the participants were divided into four regions according to their origin in order to keep travel distances and costs low. In the groups, the teams met in cup mode. The winners were determined in the first and second legs. The final winner of each group moved on to the final round.
Final round: The competition mode remained as in the first round. The qualifiers from the first round meet in the quarterfinals. The clubs of the associations from Rio de Janeiro (at that time still Guanabara (state) ) and São Paulo were traditionally considered to be stronger and completed the field in the semi-finals.
1 round
Nordeste group
The national champions of the associations of:
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | ABC Natal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ceará SC | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | Ceará SC | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 6th | EC Bahia | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | CS Alagoano | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4th | EC Bahia | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
Group Norte
The national champions of the associations of:
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Ferroviário EC (MA) | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Tuna Luso Brasileira | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Sport Recife | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 6th | Tuna Luso Brasileira | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Auto EC (PB) | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4th | Sport Recife | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
Group Sul
The national champions of the associations of:
There was only one semi-final game. Gremio was directly qualified for the final.
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 3 | Gremio Porto Alegre | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4th | Athletico Paranaense | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 | Hercílio Luz FC | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Athletico Paranaense | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Leste group
The national champions of the associations of:
There was only one semi-final game. Atlético Mineiro qualified directly for the final.
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| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Rio Branco AC | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Manufatora AC | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | Rio Branco AC | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4th | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Final round
In the final round, the champion from entered Rio de Janeiro (then Guanabara (State) ) of da Gama CR Vasco and from São Paulo of Santos in a competition.
The coach Geninho from EC Bahia was a police officer by profession . He had looked after his club all season. He had to take vacation for the game days. He received no clearance for the play-off game of the final. He was represented by Carlos Martin Volante .
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | EC Bahia | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sport Recife | 2 | 6th | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | EC Bahia | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | CR Vasco da Gama | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | EC Bahia | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14th | FC Santos | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Atlético Mineiro | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Gremio Porto Alegre | 4th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Gremio Porto Alegre | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | FC Santos | 4th | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
First leg
| FC Santos | EC Bahia | ||||||
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Manga , Getúlio , Urubatão , Chico Formiga , Dalmo Gaspar , Zito , Jair , Dorval , Coutinho , Pelé , Pepe Trainer: Lula |
Nadinho , Antônio Leone , Henrique, Beto , Vicente , Flávio, Bombeiro, Marito , Alencar , Léo Briglia , Biriba Trainers: Geninho |
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 15 ′ 1: 0 Pelé 77 ′ ( penalty ) 2: 2 Pepe
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21 ′ 1: 1 Biriba 57. ′ 1: 2 Alencar 89 ′ 2: 3 Alencar
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Return leg
| EC Bahia | FC Santos | ||||||
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Nadinho , Antônio Leone , Henrique, Beto , Vicente , Flávio, Bombeiro, Marito , Alencar , Léo Briglia , Biriba Trainers: Geninho |
Laércio , Feijó , Getúlio , Chico Formiga , Dalmo Gaspar , Zito , Urubatão , Dorval , Coutinho , Pelé , Pepe Trainer: Lula |
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7 ′ 1: 0 Coutinho 28 ′ 2: 2 Pelé
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Playoff
The playoff was played on a neutral court in Rio de Janeiro in the Estádio do Maracanã .
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Nadinho , Nenzinho, Henrique, Beto , Vicente  , Flávio, Mário , Marito , Alencar , Léo Briglia , Biriba Trainer: Carlos Martin Volante |
Lalá , Getúlio , Mauro Ramos , Chico Formiga , Zé Carlos , Zito , Marió, Dorval , Pagão ( Tite ), Coutinho , Pepe Trainer: Lula |
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37 ′ 1: 1 Vicente 46 ′ 2: 1 Léo 76 ′ 3: 1 Alencar
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27 ′ 0: 1 Coutinho
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List of goalscorers
| Pl. | Nat. | player | society | Gates |
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Léo Briglia | Bahia | 8 goals |
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Raúl Bentancor | Sports | 13 goals |
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Alencar | Bahia | 6 goals |
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.
| rank | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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| 1. | EC Bahia | 14th | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25:18 | + 7 | 20th |
| 2. | FC Santos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9: 7 | + 2 | 5 |
| 3. | Gremio Porto Alegre | 9 | 6th | 4th | 1 | 8: 5 | + 3 | 9 |
| 4th | CR Vasco da Gama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2: 3 | - 1 | 2 |
| 5. | Sport Recife | 7th | 4th | 1 | 2 | 21:10 | +11 | 9 |
| 6th | Atlético Mineiro | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5: 8 | - 3 | 3 |
| 7th | Ceará SC | 6th | 1 | 4th | 1 | 6: 6 | 0 | 6th |
| 8th. | Rio Branco AC | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7: 4 | + 3 | 5 |
| 9. | Tuna Luso Brasileira | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8: 9 | - 1 | 5 |
| 10. | Athletico Paranaense | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3: 3 | 0 | 4th |
| 11. | Ferroviário EC (MA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4: 5 | - 1 | 2 |
| 12. | ABC Natal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2: 3 | - 1 | 2 |
| 13. | Hercílio Luz FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1: 3 | - 2nd | 0 |
| 14th | Manufatora AC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0: 4 | - 4th | 0 |
| 15th | Auto EC (PB) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2: 8 | - 6 | 0 |
| 16. | CS Alagoano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0: 7 | - 7th | 0 |
| Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1960 as champions | |
| Participants in the finals | |
| Participants in the semi-finals | |
| Eliminated after the second round | |
| Eliminated in the first round final |