Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa

The Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa - from 1968 also known as Taça de Prata ("Silver Cup") and often called Robertão ("Big Roberto") - is a Brazilian football competition for club teams held four times between 1967 and 1970 and is, together with the Taça Brasil Forerunner of today's national Brazilian championship, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol . The winners of the tournament were seen at the time as Campeões , champions of Brazil, and were recognized as such by the Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD). After the reorganization of the national sports system in the 1970s, the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) became the highest organ of Brazilian football. This denied the winners of Taça Brasil and Taça de Prata recognition as national champions until 2010.

history

The tournament emerged from the Torneio Rio-São Paulo , the competition between the best club teams of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo , which has been held at irregular intervals since 1933, which was officially named after the former Brazilian national team and Botafogo FR goalkeeper and goalkeeper, who died the same year later chairman of the Association of São Paulo Roberto Gomes Pedrosa was named. In the absence of a national competition - such a competition was not really feasible before the establishment of affordable air connections in the large country - the Rio-São Paulo was probably the most important regional tournament in Brazil. After the introduction of a national competition with the Taça Brasil ("Brazil Cup"), a cup competition that was created in 1959 primarily to determine the Brazilian participants in the Copa Libertadores , which was introduced in 1960 , the tournament increasingly lost its importance.

In 1967 , the organizing associations of São Paulo and Guanabara invited clubs from the states of Minas Gerais , Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul to take part in order to broaden the base . The winner of the tournament was promised a place at the Libertadores . 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.

After the successful course of the first tournament, which was won by the leading club team in Brazil at the time, SE Palmeiras from São Paulo, the Brazilian Football Association, the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol , took over the lead and the top clubs from the states of Pernambuco and Bahia took part invited. The second Robertão was also called Taça Prata ("Silver Cup") because of the newly donated trophy . The winner was FC Santos , which was the last great success of the Pelé era.

After the tournament was held again in 1968 with great success, the Brazilian Association stopped the competition for the Taça Brasil and both Libertadores participants, which Brazil were entitled to at that time, were now determined via the Robertão. In 1969 Palmeiras won the tournament a second time and in 1970, Fluminense FC , a club from Rio de Janeiro, also won the silver cup. The Cruzeiro EC from Belo Horizonte and Palmeiras each qualified for the second Libertadores place in those years.

After 1970, the association opened access to clubs from all the states of Brazil, and in 1971 the country's first official national football championship was held under the name Campeonato Nacional de Clubes .

The winners of the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, as well as the Taça Brasil, have since endeavored to be equated by the association with the champions of Brazil from 1971 onwards, but this was denied to them until 2010. These clubs like to point out that they were finally registered as champions for the Copa Libertadores and at the time also generally referred to as champions of Brazil, as well as various official publications of the CBD in which they were also explicitly referred to as Campeão , as champions. On December 21, 2010, the long-awaited Unificação dos Títulos brasileiros , the official recognition as champions by the CBF , finally took place in a festive ceremony at the Itanhangá Golf Club in the west of Rio de Janeiro . Association President Ricardo Teixeira presented the representatives of the clubs that have won the Taça Brasil and Taça de Prata official diplomas, championship sashes and miniature editions of the current championship trophy with the club name and the year of the title win engraved. The clubs were given 20 medals each to be passed on to the players involved; Pelé received his six championship medals during the ceremony. Since that day, lists of the champions of Brazil without the winners of Taça Brasil and Taça de Prata are also officially incomplete.

mode

The tournament began in 1967 with 15 participants. Five each came from Rio de Janeiro, then known as the state of Guanabara, and the state of São Paulo. Two participants each came from Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul and one from Paraná. From 1968 a club from the states of Pernambuco and Bahia were added.

The participants were divided into two groups, which comprised 7 and 8 teams in 1967 and 8 and 9 teams in the following years. The individual teams each played once against all teams from their own and the other group. The first two of the two groups qualified for the final group in which in 1967 everyone competed against everyone once at home and away. In the following years each competed only once against all the others. The first of the final group was the competition winner.

In 1967, the points and goals from the first round were added to the results of the final round. In later years this was no longer the case and in the final group only the results of the final games counted.

overview

The main table, which can be sorted, shows all participants in the four draws of the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa and their placements. The placements of the first four in 1967 are based on the total number of points from the first and second round, in the other years on the results of the final round.

society	Association	1967 0	1968 0	1969 0	1970 0
EC Bahia	BA		16.	11.	11.
Atlético Mineiro	MG	8th.	7th	6th	3.
Cruzeiro EC	MG	7th	8th.	2.	4th
Náutico capibaribe	PE		17th
Santa Cruz FC	PE			15th	12.
Athletico Paranaense	PR		9.		13.
Coritiba FC	PR			12.
Ferroviário AC	PR	15th
America FC	RJ			7th	15th
Bangu AC	RJ	9.	11.
Botafogo FR	RJ	14th	13.	4th	7th
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	RJ	11.	15th	16.	6th
CR Vasco da Gama	RJ	12.	3.	17th	17th
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	RJ	13.	12.	9.	1.
Gremio Porto Alegre	RS	4th	6th	10.	8th.
SC Internacional	RS	3.	2.	5.	5.
Portuguesa	SP	5.	14th	14th
FC Santos	SP	6th	1.	8th.	10.
Corinthians São Paulo	SP	2.	5.	3.	9.
Palmeiras São Paulo	SP	1.	4th	1.	2.
Sao Paulo FC	SP	10.	10.	13.	14th
AA Ponte Preta	SP				16.

master

1967: SE Palmeiras (São Paulo) 1968: FC Santos (Santos, SP) 1969: SE Palmeiras (São Paulo) 1970: Fluminense FC (Rio de Janeiro)

Top scorer

1967: 15 goals - César Maluco (Palmeiras) 15 goals - Ademar Pantera (Flamengo) 0000 0 1968: 18 goals - Toninho Guerreiro (FC Santos) 1969: 14 goals - Edu (America) 1970: 12 goals - Tostão (Cruzeiro)

Participants - games - goals - per game

1967: 15-117-316-2.70 1968: 17-142-361-2.54 1969: 17-142-381-2.68 1970: 17-142-313-2.20

Spectators - per game

1967: 2,403,765-20,545 1968: 2,520,358-17,749 1969: 3,133,514-22,067 1970: 2,876,778-20,259

Season details

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1967

Winner 1967: SE Palmeiras ( São Paulo ) The championship team: Perez; Djalma Santos , Baldochi, Minuca, Ferrari ; Dudu , Ademir da Guia ; Dario, Zico, Servilio , César Maluco , Tupãzinho , Reinaldo. Coach: Mario Travaglini

society Sp. GUV Points Gates TD 1. SE Palmeiras 20th 10-8-2 28-12 39:26 13 2. Corinthians Paulista 20th 11-5-4 27-13 34:24 10 3. SC Internacional 20th 07-9-4 23-17 24:19 05 4th Gremio FBPA 20th 06-9-5 21-19 24:18 06th

Finals matches

05/20/1967 SC Corinthians - Gremio FBPA 2: 1 05/21/1967 SC Internacional - SE Palmeiras 1: 2 05/24/1967 SC Corinthians - SE Palmeiras 2: 2 05/24/1967 Grêmio FBPA - SC Internacional 1: 1 05/28/1967 SC Corinthians - SC Internacional 0: 1 05/28/1967 Grêmio FBPA - SE Palmeiras 1: 1 06/01/1967 SE Palmeiras - SC Internacional 0-0 06/01/1967 Gremio FBPA - SC Corinthians 0: 1 06/04/1967 Palmeiras - SC Corinthians 1-0 06/04/1967 SC Internacional - Gremio FBPA 0-0 06/07/1967 SC Internacional - SC Corinthians 3-0 06/08/1967 SE Palmeiras - Grêmio FBPA 2: 1

Period :	March 5 - June 8, 1967
Participants / Games :	15/316
Top scorer :	15 goals - César Maluco (Palmeiras) 015 goals - Ademar Pantera (Flamengo)
Best attack :	39 goals - Palmeiras
Best Defense :	13 goals - São Paulo
Biggest victory :	03/12/1967 - SE Palmeiras - Vasco da Gama 5: 0
Goals / per game :	316 / 2.70
Spectators / per game :	2,403,765 / 20,545
Most visited games :	05.03. - 91.042 - Atlético Mineiro - Cruzeiro EC 0: 4 019.03. - 56,637 - CR Flamengo - FC Santos 0-1 013.05. - 56.208 - SC Corinthians 1-1 FC Santos

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Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1968

1968 winner: Santos Futebol Clube ( Santos , SP) The championship team: Cláudio, Laércio ; Carlos Alberto Torres , Ramos Delgado , Marçal, Rildo , Clodoaldo , Lima , Edu , Toninho Guerreiro , Douglas , Pelé , Abel . Coach: Antonio Fernandes (Antoninho)

society Sp. GUV Points Gates TD 1. FC Santos 3 3-0-0 6-2 7: 2 5 2. SC Internacional 3 1-0-2 2-4 6: 5 1 3. CR Vasco da Gama 3 1-0-2 2-4 4: 7 −3 4th SE Palmeiras 3 1-0-2 2-4 3: 6 −3

Finals matches

December 04, 1968 SE Palmeiras - CR Vasco da Gama 3-0 December 04, 1968 SC Internacional - FC Santos 1: 2 December 8, 1968 CR Vasco da Gama - SC Internacional 3: 2 December 8, 1968 FC Santos - SE Palmeiras 3-0 December 10, 1968 CR Vasco da Gama - Santos FC 1: 2 December 10, 1968 SC Internacional - SE Palmeiras 3-0

Period :	August 24 - December 10, 1968
Participants / Games :	17/142
Top scorer :	18 goals - Toninho Guerreiro (Santos FC)
Best attack :	44 goals - Santos FC
Best Defense :	11 goals - Gremio
Biggest victory :	10/10/1968 - FC Santos - EC Bahia 9: 2
Goals / per game :	361 / 2.54
Spectators / per game :	2,520,358 / 17,749
Most visited games :	10/27 - 87.360 - Atlético Mineiro - Cruzeiro EC 0: 1 030.11. - 79.894 - CR Flamengo - Vasco da Gama 0: 2 015.09. - 78,022 - CR Flamengo - FC Santos 0-2

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Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1969

Winner 1969: SE Palmeiras ( São Paulo ) The championship team: Émerson Leão ; Eurico, Baldochi, Nélson, Zeca, Dudu , Ademir da Guia , Cardoso, Copeu, Jaime, César Maluco , Pio, Serginho. Coach: Rubens Minelli

society Sp. GUV Points Gates TD 1. SE Palmeiras 3 1-2-0 4-2 4: 2 2 2. Cruzeiro EC 3 1-2-0 4-2 5: 4 1 3. Corinthians Paulista 3 1-1-1 3-3 2: 2 0 4th Botafogo FR 3 0-1-2 1-5 3: 6 −3

Finals matches

11/30/1969 SE Palmeiras - SC Corinthians 0-0 11/30/1969 Botafogo FR - Cruzeiro EC 2: 2 December 3rd, 1969 Cruzeiro EC - SE Palmeiras 1: 1 December 3rd, 1969 SC Corinthians - Botafogo FR 1-0 December 07, 1969 SE Palmeiras - Botafogo FR 3: 1 December 07, 1969 Cruzeiro EC - SC Corinthians 2: 1

Period :	September 6 - December 7, 1969
Participants / Games :	17/142
Top scorer :	14 goals - Edu (América)
Best attack :	31 goals - SC Corinthians
Best Defense :	15 goals - Corinthians & Internacional
Biggest victory :	08.10.1969 - FC Santos 6-2 Portuguesa
Goals / per game :	381 / 2.68
Spectators / per game :	3,133,514 / 22,067
Most visited games :	28.09. - 97928 - Atlético Mineiro - Cruzeiro EC 1: 2 026.10. - 87,872 - Fluminense FC - Santos FC 0-0 011/01 - 70,322 - CR Flamengo - Santos FC 1: 4

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Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1970

1970 winner: Fluminense FC ( Rio de Janeiro ) The championship team: Félix ; Oliveira, Galhardo, Assis, Marco Antônio Feliciano , Toninho ; Denilson, Didi; Cafuringa, Mickey, Cláudio Garcia, Lula . Coach: Paulo Amaral .

society Sp. GUV Points Gates TD 1. Fluminense FC 3 2-1-0 5-1 3: 1 2 2. SE Palmeiras 3 2-0-1 4-2 7: 3 4th 3. Atlético Mineiro 3 0-2-1 2-4 2: 5 −3 4th Cruzeiro EC 3 0-1-2 1-5 3: 6 −3

Finals matches

December 13, 1970 Fluminense FC - SE Palmeiras 1-0 December 13, 1970 Cruzeiro - Atlético MG 1: 1 December 16, 1970 Cruzeiro EC - Fluminense FC 0: 1 December 16, 1970 SE Palmeiras - Atlético-MG 3-0 December 20, 1970 SE Palmeiras - Cruzeiro EC 4: 2 December 20, 1970 Fluminense FC - Atlético MG 1: 1

Period :	September 20 - December 20, 1970
Participants / Games :	17/142
Top scorer :	Tostao (Cruzeiro)
Best attack :	29 goals - Fluminense FC
Best Defense :	9 goals - CR Flamengo
Biggest victory :	11/18/1970 - Cruzeiro EC - AA Ponte Preta 6-0
Goals / per game :	313 / 2.20
Spectators / per game :	2,876,778 / 20,259
Most visited games :	December 20 - 112,403 - Fluminense FC 1-1 Atlético Mineiro 013.12. - 085.253 - Atlético Mineiro - Cruzeiro EC 1: 1 022.11. - 081.616 - CR Flamengo - Fluminense FC 1: 1 025.10. - 076.505 - Atlético Mineiro - Cruzeiro EC 1: 1 002.12. - 069,156 - CR Flamengo 1-0 Atlético Mineiro

Web links

• Ricardo Pontes: List of Winners Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (with links to season details) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
• Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa . BOLA N @ AREA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ De 1959 a 1970, os campeões brasileiros ( Memento of December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , Confederação Brasileira de Futebol , December 21, 2010

• Audience figures from: Roberto CV Mack: Futebol Empresa . Palestra Edições, Rio de Janeiro 1980