Torneio Rio-São Paulo

The Torneio Rio-São Paulo was a soccer tournament between the leading club teams from the city of Rio de Janeiro , then the federal district, trading as the state of Guanabara from 1960 , and the state of São Paulo . Between 1933 and 2002 it was held a total of 25 times at irregular intervals.

history

The tournament was held by the state associations and was officially called Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa from 1954 in honor of the former Brazilian national team and Botafogo FR goalkeeper and later chairman of the Association of São Paulo, who died that same year.

The big time of the tournament was in the 1950s and lasted into the 1960s. In the absence of a national competition - such a competition was difficult to hold before affordable flight connections began in that large country - this was probably the most important regional tournament in Brazil.

After the introduction of national competitions, which began with the Taça Brasil , a cup competition - which was created in 1959 primarily to determine the Copa Libertadores participants - the competition increasingly lost its importance.

In 1967, clubs from other states, initially from Minas Gerais , Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul, were invited. Since this was no longer just a competition between clubs from Rio and São Paulo, the official name Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa was successfully propagated. From 1968 the tournament, also known as Robertão ("great Roberto"), was held under the aegis of the Brazilian Federation and expanded to include participants from Pernambuco and Bahia . After the newly donated trophy, a silver cup, the tournament was also called Taça Prata . This competition, which was held until 1970, is now generally regarded as the predecessor of the Brazilian national championship that has been held since 1971. (For details on Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa see main article Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa )

After a break of almost 30 years from the 1990s to 2002, the Rio-São Paulo tournament was played out primarily to fill gaps in the game plan, but the importance of this is nowhere near that of previous years. Further events are not planned.

mode

In the heyday of the competition it took place in one of the cities of Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo . As a rule, five clubs from each of the two organizing associations took part, each of which competed once against each other in a simple round.

statistics

Chronological list of winners 1933 Palestra Itália¹ 1940 No winner is determined 1950 SC Corinthians Paulista 1951 SE Palmeiras 1952 Associação Portuguesa de Desportos 1953 SC Corinthians Paulista 1954 SC Corinthians Paulista 1955 Associação Portuguesa de Desportos 1957 Fluminense FC 1958 CR Vasco da Gama 1959 Santos FC 1960 Fluminense FC 1961 CR Flamengo 1962 Botafogo FR 1963 Santos FC 1964 Santos FC Botafogo FR 1965 SE Palmeiras 1966 Botafogo FR SC Corinthians Paulista Santos FC CR Vasco da Gama 1993 SE Palmeiras 1997 Santos FC 1998 Botafogo FR 1999 CR Vasco da Gama 2000 SE Palmeiras 2001 Sao Paulo FC 2002 SC Corinthians Paulista

Winners list 5 × SE Palmeiras SC Corinthians Paulista (1 shared) Santos FC (2 shared) 4 × Botafogo FR (2 shared) 3 × Fluminense FC (1 shared) CR Vasco da Gama (1 shared) 2 × Associação Portuguesa de Desportos CR Flamengo (1 shared) 1 × Sao Paulo FC States 18 × São Paulo 10 × Rio de Janeiro All participants Participants from São Paulo 25 × Corinthians São Paulo 25 × Palmeiras São Paulo 20 × Ass. Portuguesa de Desportos 25 × São Paulo FC 21 × Santos FC 01 × Etti Jundiaí ² 01 × Guarani FC 01 × AA Ponte Preta 01 × AD São Caetano 01 × AA São Bento 01 × CA Ypiranga Participants from Rio de Janeiro 25 × CR Vasco da Gama 25 × Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 24 × Fluminense Rio de Janeiro 23 Botafogo FR 13 × América FC 07 × Bangu AC 01 × Americano FC (RJ) 01 × Bonsucesso FC 01 × Olaria AC

¹) Palestra Italia was renamed SE Palmeiras in 1942.
²) Etti Jundiaí was renamed back to the traditional name Paulista FC in 2003.

Web links

• Summary on rsssfbrasil.com