Taça Brasil 1960
| Taça Brasil 1960 | |
| master | Palmeiras São Paulo |
| Teams | 17th |
| Games | 37 |
| Gates | 119 (ø 3.22 per game) |
| Top scorer | Bececê 7 goals |
| ← Taça Brasil 1959 | |
The Taça Brasil (Brazil Cup) was the first national soccer competition in Brazil. The Taça was hosted by the Brazilian Sports Federation, the CBD , in 1960 . The 1960 Taça Brasil champion qualified for the 1961 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 September 6, 1960 and ended on December 28, 1960.
The top scorer was Bececê from Fortaleza EC with 7 goals .
Supreme victory
- Fluminense Rio de Janeiro : Fortaleza EC : 8-0 (August 31, 1960)
Attendees
In its second season, the competition for a team was increased to 17 participants. The mode consisted of a kind of cup system. Participants were the winners of the 1959 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. If this did not result in a winner, the goal difference counted. If the comparison did not result in a winner, the decision was made by tossing a coin.
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 the same 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 | EC Bahia | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | EC Santa Cruz | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | EC Bahia | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4th | CS Capelense | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Group Norte
The national champions of the associations of:
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Paysandu SC | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Moto Club | 3 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Fortaleza EC | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Moto Club | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Estrela do Mar EC | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | ABC Natal | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fortaleza EC | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | ABC Natal | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Group Sul
The national champions of the associations of:
There was only one semi-final game. Gremio was directly qualified for the final. After there was no winner in the final even after a play-off, the group winner was decided by tossing a coin. This went out in favor of Gremio.
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 3 | Gremio Porto Alegre | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4th | Coritiba FC | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | Paula Ramos SC | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Coritiba FC | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
Leste group
The national champions of the associations of:
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| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Rio Branco AC | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 6th | Fluminense Rio de Janeiro | 1 | 4th | |||||||||
| 3 | Fonseca AC | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4th | Fluminense Rio de Janeiro | 3 | 8th | |||||||||
Final round
In the final round, the champions from São Paulo from SE Palmeiras and the national champions from Pernambuco from Santa Cruz FC entered the competition.
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Fortaleza EC | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | EC Bahia | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Santa Cruz FC | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Fortaleza EC | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Fortaleza EC | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | SE Palmeiras | 3 | 8th | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fluminense | 0 | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 4th | Gremio FBPA | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 7th | SE Palmeiras | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Fluminense | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
First leg
| Fortaleza EC | Palmeiras São Paulo | |||||
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Pedrinho , Toinho, Mesquita , Sanatiel , Ninoso , Célio (Cassinho), Raimundo Benedito , Walter Vieira , Zé Raimundo , Charuto  , Bececê Trainer: França |
Valdir , Djalma Santos , Valdemar Carabina , Aldemar , Jorge, Zequinha , Chinesinho , Julinho , Romeiro , Humberto Tozzi , Cruz Trainer: Osvaldo Brandão |
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1: 3 Benedito 52. ′ 
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1: 0 Romeiro 8. ′ 2: 0 Romeiro 17. ′ 3: 0 Humberto 19 ′
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Return leg
| Palmeiras São Paulo | Fortaleza EC | ||||||
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Valdir , Djalma Santos , Valdemar Carabina , Aldemar , Jorge, Zequinha , Chinesinho , Julinho , Romeiro , Humberto Tozzi , Cruz Trainer: Osvaldo Brandão |
Pedrinho , Toinho, Mesquita , Sanatiel , Ninoso , Célio , Sapenha, Raimundo Benedito , Walter Vieira , Moésio , Charuto , Bececê Trainer: França |
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1: 1 Zequinha 8. ′ 2: 1 Chinesinho 10. ′ 3: 1 Romeiro 12. ′ 4: 1 Julinho 21. ′ 5: 2 Cruz 53. ′ 6: 2 Cruz 56. ′ 7: 2 Chinesinho 69. ′ 8 : 2 Humberto 77. ′
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0: 1 Charuto 6. ′ 2: 4 Charuto 44. ′
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List of goalscorers
| Pl. | Nat. | player | society | Gates |
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Bececê | Fortaleza | 7 goals |
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Jair Francisco | Fluminense | 6 goals |
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Waldo | Fluminense | ||
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Duílio Dias | Coritiba | ||
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Maurinho | Sports | 4 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. | Palmeiras São Paulo | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12: 3 | + 9 | 7th |
| 2. | Fortaleza EC | 10 | 4th | 4th | 2 | 16:17 | - 1 | 12 |
| 3. | Fluminense Rio de Janeiro | 9 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 21: 7 | +14 | 11 |
| 4th | Santa Cruz FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3: 4 | - 1 | 1 |
| 5. | EC Bahia | 7th | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9: 6 | + 3 | 8th |
| 6th | Gremio Porto Alegre | 6th | 1 | 4th | 1 | 9:10 | - 1 | 6th |
| 7th | Coritiba FC | 5 | 1 | 4th | 0 | 11: 6 | + 5 | 6th |
| 8th. | Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4: 6 | - 2nd | 5 |
| 9. | Moto Club de São Luís | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8: 7 | + 1 | 5 |
| 10. | CS Capelense | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1: 4 | - 3 | 0 |
| 11. | ABC Natal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12: 8 | + 4 | 5 |
| 12. | SC Santa Cruz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3: 4 | - 1 | 3 |
| 13. | Rio Branco AC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2: 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14th | Paula Ramos SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1: 6 | - 5th | 1 |
| 15th | Paysandu SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4: 7 | - 3 | 0 |
| 16. | Fonseca AC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0:11 | -11 | 0 |
| 17th | Estrela do Mar EC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4:11 | - 7th | 2 |
| Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1961 as champions | |
| Participants in the finals | |
| Participants in the semi-finals | |
| Eliminated after the second round | |
| Eliminated in the first round final | |
| Eliminated in the quarterfinals of the first round |