Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1968

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1968
master	FC Santos
Teams	17th
Games	142
Gates	361  (ø 2.54 per game)
spectator	2,520,358  (ø 17,749 per game)
Top scorer	Toninho Guerreiro 18 goals
← Taça Brasil 1967 Taça Brasil 1968 →

The Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1968 was the second season of the tournament and the 11th Brazilian soccer championship after the recognition of this competition and the Taça Brasil by the CBF in 2010.

Season course

The competition started its new season on August 24, 1968 and ended on December 10, 1968. The championship was organized by the national association CBD . At the end of the season, FC Santos was able to celebrate its sixth title (according to the count from 2010). In the Robertao it was the club's first title.

The top scorer was Toninho Guerreiro from champions FC Santos with 14 goals . During the season, Pelé won his sixth and final Brazilian championship.

Best attack

• Santos FC : 44 goals

Best defense

• Gremio Porto Alegre : 11 goals conceded

Supreme victory

• FC Santos  : EC Bahia : 9-2 (October 10, 1968)

Attendees

17 teams took part in the competition. The representatives of the states of Bahia and Pernambuco were newly represented .

 Bahia

• EC Bahia

 Rio de Janeiro (then still Guanabara (federal state) )

• Bangu AC
• Botafogo FR
• Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
• Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
• CR Vasco da Gama

 Minas Gerais

• Atlético Mineiro
• Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte

 Paraná

• Athletico Paranaense

 Pernambuco

• Náutico capibaribe

 Rio Grande do Sul

• Gremio Porto Alegre
• SC Internacional

 São Paulo

• Corinthians São Paulo
• Palmeiras São Paulo
• Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
• FC Santos
• Sao Paulo FC

mode

Allocation of places

• 1. Number of points
• 2. Better goal difference
• 3. Number of goals
• 4. Number of wins
• 5. Direct comparison

1 round:

In the first round, the 17 participants were divided into two groups. All participants in both groups played against each other once (16 games per team). The best four teams in each group advanced to the final round.

Final round:

In the final round, the teams only met once. The best team from all six games became champions.

1 round

Group A

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Palmeiras São Paulo	16	9	6th	1	24: 9	+15	24
2.	SC Internacional	16	7th	6th	3	20:15	+ 05	20th
3.	Corinthians São Paulo	16	10	0	6th	23:20	+ 03	20th
4th	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	16	6th	5	5	22:18	+ 04	17th
5.	Athletico Paranaense	16	6th	5	5	28:25	+ 03	17th
6th	Bangu AC	16	3	8th	5	12:17	- 05th	14th
7th	Botafogo FR	16	4th	5	7th	17:22	- 05th	13
8th.	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	16	2	7th	7th	10:21	-11	11
9.	Náutico capibaribe	16	2	4th	10	12:25	-13	8th

Participants in the final round

Group B

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Santos	16	9	4th	3	37:18	+19	22nd
2.	CR Vasco da Gama	16	9	2	5	27:22	+ 01	20th
3.	Gremio Porto Alegre	16	6th	7th	3	17:11	+ 06	19th
4th	Atlético Mineiro	16	7th	6th	5	18:15	+ 03	19th
5.	Sao Paulo FC	16	4th	6th	6th	23:24	- 01	14th
6th	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	16	6th	1	9	19:23	- 04th	13
7th	Portuguesa	16	3	5	8th	18:29	-11	11
8th.	EC Bahia	16	4th	2	10	14:27	-13	10

Participants in the final round

Final round

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

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Santos	3	3	0	0	7: 2	+5	6th
2.	SC Internacional	3	1	0	2	6: 5	+1	2
3.	CR Vasco da Gama	3	1	0	2	4: 7	-2	2
4th	Palmeiras São Paulo	3	1	0	2	3: 6	-3	2

master

The championship team

FC Santos

Goal: Laércio , Cláudio , Gilmar Defense: Hermes , Turcão , Oberdan , José Ramos Delgado , Dé , Carlos Alberto , Joel Camargo , Emerson Marçal , Orlando Peçanha , Geraldino , Belga Midfield: Abel Verônico , Negreiros , Lima , Clodoaldo , Almiro , Buglê , Leo Oliveira , Douglas Attack: Manoel Maria , Rildo , Pelé , Orlandinho , Edú , Toninho Guerreiro , Pepe , Amauri Silva , Coutinho Coach: Antoninho Fernandes

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Toninho Guerreiro	Santos	15 goals
2		Pelé	Santos	12 goals
3		Luis Artime	Palmeiras	11 goals
		Valfrido Campos	Vasco
5		Claudiomiro	Internacional	9 goals
6th		Alcindo	Gremio	8 goals
		Zé Roberto	Athletico Paranaense
		Paulo Borges	Corinthians

The 10 most visited games

Pl.	number	home	Result	guest	Stadion	date	Gameday
1	87,360	Atlético Mineiro	0: 1	Cruzeiro	Mineirão	October 27, 1968	1 round
2	79,894	Flamengo	3: 1	Vasco	Maracanã	November 30, 1968	1 round
3	78.022	Flamengo	0: 2	Santos	Maracanã	15th September 1968	1 round
4th	62,145	Vasco	4: 1	Santos	Maracanã	29th September 1968	1 round
5	61,546	Atlético Mineiro	2: 2	Santos	Mineirão	November 24, 1968	1 round
6th	57,390	Internacional	1: 3	Santos	Olímpico	October 23, 1968	1 round
7th	57,441	Vasco	1: 2	Santos	Maracanã	December 10, 1968	Final round
8th	56,728	Corinthians	1: 2	Santos	Morumbi	October 6, 1968	1 round

Web links

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