Taça Brasil 1963

Taça Brasil 1963
master	FC Santos
Teams	20th
Games	45
Gates	120  (ø 2.67 per game)
Top scorer	Ruiter 9 goals
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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 1963 . The runner-up of the Taça Brasil 1963 qualified for the Copa Campeones de América 1964 , since the champion of the Taça Brasil 1963 was already qualified as defending champion of the Copa Campeones de América 1964.

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 on August 7, 1963 in its season and ended on January 28, 1964. At the end of the season, FC Santos was able to defend the title and won it for the third time in a row.

The top scorer was Ruiter from AD Confiança with 9 goals .

Supreme victory

•  Santos FC  : EC Bahia 6-0 - final (25 January 1964) 

Attendees

Compared to the previous season, the league was expanded by two participants. 20 clubs took part. The mode consisted of a kind of cup system. Participants were the winners of the 1962 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 two 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. In this came the state championship of Rio de Janeiro of Botafogo FR and the state championship of São Paulo of FC Santos in the competition.

1 round

Zone north

The north zone was divided into two groups. The group northeast and north. Both groups played their best team first. The best of both groups contested the finals of the North Zone. The winner moved on to the final round.

Northeast group

The national champions of the associations of:

 Alagoas

• CS Capelense

 Bahia

• EC Bahia - The club qualified directly for the finals of the Northeast group.

 Ceará

• Ceará SC - The club qualified directly for the semi-finals of the Northeast group.

 Paraíba

• Campinense Clube

 Rio Grande do Norte

• ABC Natal

 Sergipe

• AD Confiança

1st round group northeast

	total		First leg	Return leg
Campinense Clube	6: 4	ABC Natal	2: 2	0-0
CS Capelense	4: 6	AD Confiança	3: 1	0: 2

Campinense won the playoff game against ABC 4-2. Confiança won the play-off against Capelense 3-1.

2nd round group northeast

	total		First leg	Return leg
AD Confiança	6: 3	Campinense Clube	2-0	4: 3

Semi-final group Northeast

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ceará SC	5: 4	AD Confiança	2: 4	1-0

Ceará won the playoff against Confiança 2-0.

Final group northeast

	total		First leg	Return leg
EC Bahia	3: 2	Ceará SC	1: 1	0-0

Bahia won the playoff against Ceará 1-0.

Group north

The national champions of the associations of:

 Maranhão

• Sampaio Corrêa FC

 Pará

• Paysandu SC - The club qualified directly for the Group North semi-finals.

 Pernambuco

• Sport Recife - The club qualified directly for the finals of Group North.

 Piauí

• Ríver AC

1st round group north

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sampaio Corrêa FC	4: 4	Ríver AC	3-0	0: 2

Ríver won the playoff against Sampaio 2-1.

Semi-final group north

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ríver AC	1: 4	Paysandu SC	1: 3	0: 1

Final group north

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sport Recife	3-0	Paysandu SC	1-0	2-0

Final North Zone

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sport Recife	5: 2	EC Bahia	2: 2	0: 1

Tournament schedule zone north

1st round northeast							Preliminary round north / northeast							Quarter finals							Semifinals							final
								Sampaio	3	0	1
								Ríver AC	0	2	2
															Ríver AC	1	0
															Paysandu SC	3	1
																						Paysandu SC	0	0
																						Sport Recife	1	2
																													EC Bahia	2	1
																													Sport Recife	2	0
																						EC Bahia	1	0	1
																						Ceará SC	1	0	0
															Ceará SC	2	1	2
	Campinense	2	0	4th											AD Confiança	4th	0	0
	ABC Natal	2	0	2				Campinense	0	3
	CS Capelense	3	0	1				AD Confiança	2	4th
	AD Confiança	1	2	3

Zone south

The south zone was divided into two groups. The group south and central. Both groups played their best team first. The best of both groups contested the finals of the South Zone. The winner moved on to the final round.

Group south

The national champions of the associations of:

 Paraná

• Londrina EC

 Rio Grande do Sul

• Grêmio Porto Alegre - The kub was set for the group final.

 Santa Catarina

• EC Metropol

Semi-final group south

	total		First leg	Return leg
EC Metropol	5: 3	Londrina EC	3: 2	2: 1

Final group south

	total		First leg	Return leg
Gremio Porto Alegre	3: 1	EC Metropol	1: 1	2-0

Central group

The national champions of the associations of:

 Federal District

• Defelê FC

 Espírito Santo

• Rio Branco AC

 Goiás

• Vila Nova FC

Guanabara

• Fonseca AC

 Minas Gerais

• Atlético Mineiro - The kub was set for the group final.

Quarter Finals Group Central

	total		First leg	Return leg
Rio Branco AC	6: 4	Fonseca AC	0: 1	3-0
Vila Nova FC	5-0	Defelê FC	2-0	3-0

The play-off between Rio Branco and Fonseca ended 3-3. The decision to advance Rio Branco was made by tossing a coin.

Semi-final group central

	total		First leg	Return leg
Rio Branco AC	2: 1	Vila Nova FC	0: 1	1-0

The play-off between Rio Branco and Vila Nova ended 1-0.

Final group central

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Mineiro	2: 1	Rio Branco AC	1-0	1: 1

Final zone south

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Mineiro	2: 3	Gremio Porto Alegre	1: 1	1: 2

Tournament schedule zone south

First round							Quarter finals							Semifinals							final
															Gremio FBPA	1	2
															EC Metropol	1	0
								EC Metropol	3	2
								Londrina EC	2	1
																						Gremio FBPA	1	2
																						Atlético Mineiro	1	1
															Atlético Mineiro	1	1
	Rio Branco AC	0	3	3											Rio Branco AC	0	1
	Fonseca AC	1	0	3				Rio Branco AC	0	1	1
	Vila Nova FC	2	3					Vila Nova FC	1	0	0
	Defelê FC	0	0

Final round

In the final round, the champion from the stepped Campeonato Paulista of Santos and the Campeonato Carioca of Botafogo FR in a competition.

Tournament schedule

	Semifinals							final
	1	Botafogo FR	0	0
	2	EC Bahia	1	0
								5	FC Santos	6th	2
								6th	EC Bahia	0	0
	3	FC Santos	3	4th
	4th	Gremio FBPA	1	3

First leg

FC Santos		EC Bahia
	January 25, 1964 in Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo ) Result: 6: 0 Referee: Armando Marques
	Gilmar , Ismael , Mauro Ramos , Haroldo , Geraldino , Lima , Mengálvio , Dorval Rodrigues , Coutinho , Pelé , Pepe Trainer: Lula	Nadinho , Henrique, Ivan, Hélio, Roberto, Nilsinho, Valencia (Vermelho), Vevê, Hamilton , Mário , Biriba
	2 × Pelé , 2 × Pepe , 1 × Coutinho , 1 × Mengálvio

Return leg

EC Bahia		FC Santos
	January 28, 1964 in Estádio Fonte Nova ( Salvador (Bahia) ) Result: 0: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 35,365 Referee: Armando Marques
	Nadinho , Henrique, Russo (Ivan), Hélio, Roberto, Nilsinho, Miro, Vevê, Hamilton , Mário , Biriba	Gilmar , Ismael ( Joel Camargo ), Mauro Ramos , Haroldo , Geraldino , Lima , Mengálvio , Dorval Rodrigues , Coutinho , Pelé , Pepe Trainer: Lula
		0: 1 Pelé 28. ′ 0: 2 Pelé 80. ′

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
01.	FC Santos	4th	4th	0	0	15: 4	+11	8th
02.	EC Bahia	9	3	4th	2	6:11	- 05th	10
03.	Gremio Porto Alegre	6th	2	2	2	10:10	000	6th
04th	Botafogo FR	2	0	1	1	0: 1	- 01	1
05.	Sport Recife	4th	2	1	1	5: 3	+ 02	5
06th	Atlético Mineiro	4th	1	2	1	4: 4	000	4th
07th	Rio Branco AC	8th	3	2	3	9: 7	+ 02	8th
08th.	Ceará SC	6th	2	2	2	6: 6	000	6th
09.	EC Metropol	4th	2	1	1	6: 6	000	5
10.	Paysandu SC	4th	2	0	2	4: 4	000	4th
11.	AD Confiança	8th	5	0	3	16:12	+ 04	10
12.	Vila Nova FC	5	3	0	2	6: 2	+ 04	6th
13.	Ríver AC	5	2	0	3	5: 8	- 03	4th
14th	Londrina EC	2	0	0	2	3: 5	- 02nd	0
15th	Campinense Clube	5	1	2	2	9:10	- 01	4th
16.	Fonseca AC	3	1	1	1	4: 6	- 02nd	3
17th	Sampaio Corrêa FC	3	1	0	2	2: 4	- 02nd	2
18th	Defelê FC	2	0	0	2	4: 5	- 01	0
19th	CS Capelense	3	1	0	2	4: 6	- 02nd	2
20th	ABC Natal	3	0	2	1	1: 4	- 03	2

	Qualified for the Copa Campeones de América 1964
	Participants in the finals
	Participants in the semi-finals
	Eliminated in the zone finals
	Eliminated in the group finals
	Eliminated in the semi-finals of the groups
	Eliminated in the preliminary round of the Northeast group

Web links

• Summary on rsssfbrasil.com
• Summary on fussballzz.de
• Summary on acervosantosfc.com