Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1970

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1970
master	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
Teams	17th
Games	142
Gates	313  (ø 2.2 per game)
spectator	2,876,778  (ø 20,259 per game)
Top scorer	Tostão 12 goals
← Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1969 Campeonato Nacional de Clubes 1971 →
not carried out ↓

The Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa 1970 was the fourth season of the tournament and the 14th Brazilian soccer championship after the recognition of this competition and the Taça Brasil by the CBF in 2010.

All 22 players on the 1970 World Cup team took part in the tournament.

Season course

The competition started its new season on September 20, 1970 and ended on December 20, 1970. The championship was organized by the national association CBD . At the end of the season, the Fluminense Rio de Janeiro celebrated its first title.

The Golden Ball award given by the sports magazine Placar to the best player of the year was not awarded in 1970. The player Francisco Reyes of Flamengo had in the year with the most points in the ranking of the magazine. The top scorer was Tostão from Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte with 15 goals .

Best attack

• Fluminense Rio de Janeiro : 29 goals

Best defense

• Flamengo Rio de Janeiro : 9 goals conceded

Supreme victory

• Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte  : AA Ponte Preta : 6-0 (November 21, 1970)

Attendees

17 teams took part in the competition.

 Bahia

• EC Bahia

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

• America FC (RJ)
• 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

• Santa Cruz FC

 Rio Grande do Sul

• Gremio Porto Alegre
• SC Internacional

 São Paulo

• Corinthians São Paulo
• Palmeiras São Paulo
• AA Ponte Preta
• 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.

Total table:

An overall table was formed from the results of all games. This is used by the national association to calculate the perpetual best list.

1 round

Group A

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Palmeiras Sao Paulo (M)	16	9	5	2	16: 7	+9	23
2.	Atlético Mineiro	16	7th	6th	3	21:13	+8	20th
3.	Botafogo FR	16	7th	5	4th	21:13	+8	19th
4th	Gremio Porto Alegre	16	6th	6th	4th	17:13	+4	18th
5.	FC Santos	16	5	6th	5	20:20	00	16
6th	EC Bahia	16	5	5	6th	11:18	-7	15th
7th	Sao Paulo FC	16	3	5	8th	14:20	-6	11
8th.	America FC (RJ)	16	2	6th	8th	15:23	-8th	10

Participants in the final round

(M) = champion of the previous year

Group B

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	16	9	3	4th	29:14	+15	21st
2.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	16	8th	4th	4th	26:16	+10	20th
3.	SC Internacional	16	8th	4th	4th	21:12	+ 09	20th
4th	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	16	7th	6th	3	18: 9	+ 09	20th
5.	Corinthians São Paulo	16	5	6th	5	16:15	+ 01	16
6th	Santa Cruz FC	16	3	8th	5	14:22	- 08	14th
7th	Athletico Paranaense	16	4th	4th	8th	13:22	- 09	12
8th.	AA Ponte Preta	16	3	4th	9	11:34	-23	10
9.	CR Vasco da Gama	16	2	3	11	14:26	-12	7th

Participants in the final round

Final round

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

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	3	2	1	0	3: 1	+2	5
2.	Palmeiras Sao Paulo (M)	3	2	0	1	7: 3	+4	4th
3.	Atlético Mineiro	3	0	2	1	2: 5	-3	2
4th	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	3	0	1	2	3: 6	-3	1

master

(M) = champion of the previous year

The championship team

	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
	Goal: Pantera , Jorge Vitório , Felix Defense: Assis , Marco Antônio , Oliveira , Galhardo , Silveira , Toninho , Albérico , Paulo Lumumba Midfield: Denílson , Didi , Cafuringa , Samarone , Wilton , Jair , Cláudio Garcia Attack: Flávio Minuano , Mickey , Lula Coach: Paulo Amaral

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.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	19th	10	5	4th	29:16	+13	25th
02.	Palmeiras Sao Paulo (M)	19th	11	5	3	24:11	+13	27
03.	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	19th	9	4th	6th	32:20	+12	22nd
04th	Atlético Mineiro	19th	7th	8th	4th	23:18	+ 05	22nd
05.	SC Internacional	16	8th	4th	4th	21:12	+ 09	20th
06th	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	16	7th	6th	3	18: 9	+ 09	20th
07th	Botafogo FR	16	7th	5	4th	21:13	+ 08	19th
08th.	Gremio Porto Alegre	16	6th	6th	4th	16:13	+ 03	18th
09.	Corinthians São Paulo	16	5	6th	5	17:16	+ 01	16
10.	FC Santos	16	5	6th	5	20:20	000	16
11.	EC Bahia	16	5	5	6th	11:18	- 07th	15th
12.	Santa Cruz FC	16	3	8th	5	14:22	- 08	14th
13.	Athletico Paranaense	16	4th	4th	8th	13:22	- 09	12
14th	Sao Paulo FC	16	3	5	8th	14:20	- 06	11
15th	America FC (RJ)	16	2	6th	8th	15:23	- 08	10
16.	AA Ponte Preta	16	3	4th	9	11:34	-13	10
17th	CR Vasco da Gama	16	2	3	11	14:26	-12	7th

	Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1971 as champion and runner-up
	Participants in the final round

(M) = champion of the previous year

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Tostao	Cruzeiro	12 goals
2		Flávio Minuano	Fluminense	11 goals

The 10 most visited games

The most popular game between Fluminense and Atlético Mineiro sold 112,403 tickets. A total of over 130,000 visitors are said to have been in the stadium.

Pl.	number	home	Result	guest	date	Gameday
1	112,403	Fluminense	1: 1	Atlético Mineiro	20th December 1970	Final round
2	85.253	Atlético Mineiro	1: 1	Cruzeiro	December 13, 1970	Final round
3	81,616	Flamengo	1: 1	Fluminense	November 22, 1970	1 round
4th	76.505	Atlético Mineiro	1: 1	Cruzeiro	October 25, 1970	1 round
5	69,156	Flamengo	1-0	Atlético Mineiro	2nd December 1970	1 round
6th	62,634	Flamengo	1-0	Internacional	November 22, 1970	1 round
7th	59,083	Botafogo FR	0-0	Flamengo	November 25, 1970	1 round
8th	58,059	Atlético Mineiro	3: 1	Fluminense	November 29, 1970	1 round
9	55,392	Fluminense	3: 1	Vasco	November 1, 1970	1 round
10	54,620	Flamengo	3: 1	Palmeiras São Paulo	September 27, 1970	1 round

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ most visited games on rsssfbrasil.com