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 |
Winners list
All participants
Participants from Rio de Janeiro
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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