1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1959
Champions	Bahia (1st title)
Copa Libertadores de América	Bahia
Matches played	36
Goals scored	103 (2.86 per match)
1960 →

The 1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1959 Taça Brasil) was the 1st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on August 23, 1959 and ended on March 3, 1960.

Format

The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Breaker if the sides were tied on points.

Teams

16 State Champions qualified for the tournament:

Team	Home city	Home ground
ABC	Natal
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba
Auto Esporte Clube	João Pessoa
Bahia	Salvador
Ceará	Fortaleza
CSA	Maceió
Ferroviário	São Luís
Grêmio	Porto Alegre
Hercíllo Luz	Tubarão
Manufatora	Niterói
Rio Branco	Vitória
Santos	Santos
Sport Recife	Recife
Tuna Luso	Belém
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro

Northern Zone

Northeastern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
ABC	2 : 2	Ceará	1 - 1	0 - 0	1 - 2
CSA	0 : 4	Bahia	0 - 2	0 - 5	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Ceará	2 : 2	Bahia	0 - 0	2 - 2	1 - 2

Northern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Tuna Luso	2 : 2	Ferroviário	3 - 1	1 - 3	1 - 0
Auto Esporte Clube	0 : 4	Sport	0 - 3	2 - 5	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Tuna Luso	1 : 3	Sport Recife	2 - 2	1 - 3	—

Northern Zone Final

			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Bahia	2 : 2	Sport	3 - 2	0 - 6	2 - 0

Southern Zone

Southern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético-PR	4 : 0	Hercíllo Luz	2 - 1	1 - 0	—
Grêmio	w / o	Bye	—	—	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Grêmio	4 : 0	Atlético-PR	1 - 0	1 - 0	—

Eastern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Rio Branco-ES	4 : 0	Manufatora	3 - 0	1 - 0	—
Atlético Mineiro	w / o	Bye	—	—	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Rio Branco-ES	1 : 3	Atlético Mineiro	2 - 2	1 - 2	—

Southern Zone Final

			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	0 : 4	Grêmio	1 - 4	0 - 1	—

National Semi-Finals

Santos and Vasco da Gama enter at this point.

			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	3 : 1	Grêmio	4 - 1	0 - 0	—
Vasco da Gama	2 : 2	Bahia	0 - 1	2 - 1	0 - 1

National Final

			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	2 : 2	Bahia	2 - 3	2 - 0	1 - 3

External links

• 1959 Taça Brasil