1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1960
Champions	Palmeiras (1st title)
Copa Libertadores de América	Palmeiras
Matches played	37
Goals scored	119 (3.22 per match)
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The 1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1960 Taça Brasil) was the 2nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on September 6, 1960 and ended on December 28, 1960.

Format

The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, plus a Tie-Breaker if the sides were level on points.

Teams

Team	Home city	Home ground
ABC	(Natal-RN)
Bahia	(Salvador-BA)
Capelense	(Capela-AL)
Coritiba	(Curitiba-PR)
Cruzeiro	(Belo Horizonte-MG)
Estrela do Mar	(João Pessoa-PB)
Fluminense	(Rio de Janeiro-GB)
Fonseca	(Niterói-RJ)
Fortaleza	(Fortaleza-CE)
Grêmio	(Porto Alegre-RS)
Moto Club	(São Luís-MA)
Palmeiras	(São Paulo-SP)
Paula Ramos	(Florianópolis-SC)
Paysandu	(Belém-PA)
Rio Branco-ES	(Vitória-ES)
Santa Cruz-SE	(Estância-SE)
Santa Cruz	(Recife-PE)

Northern Zone

Northeastern Group

Semi-Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Bahia	2 : 2	Santa Cruz-SE	3 - 1	1 - 2	0 - 0

Note - Bahia qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Bahia	4 : 0	Capelense	2 - 0	2 - 1	—

Northern Group

1st Round			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Estrela do Mar	2 : 2	ABC	2 - 1	1 - 5	1 - 5
Paysandu	0 : 4	Moto Club	2 - 3	2 - 4	—

Semi-Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Fortaleza	3 : 1	ABC	3 - 0	1 - 1	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Fortaleza	3 : 1	Moto Club	2 - 0	1 - 1	—

Northern Zone Final

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

Southern Zone

Southern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Paula Ramos	1 : 3	Coritiba	1 - 1	0 - 5	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Coritiba	2 : 2	Grêmio	1 - 1	3 - 3	1 - 1

Eastern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro	2 : 2	Rio Branco-ES	0 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 0
Fonseca	0 : 4	Fluminense	0-3	0-8	—

Final			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro	1 : 3	Fluminense	1 - 1	1 - 4	—

Southern Zone Final

			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Grêmio	2 : 2	Fluminense	1 - 0	2 - 4	1 - 1

Note - Fluminense qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.

National Semi-Finals

Palmeiras and Santa Cruz-PE entered at this stage.

			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Palmeiras	3 : 1	Fluminense	0 - 0	1 - 0	—
Santa Cruz	1 : 3	Fortaleza	2 - 2	1 - 2	—

National Final

			Scores		Tie-breaker
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Fortaleza	0 : 4	Palmeiras	1 - 3	2 - 8	—

External links

• 1960 Taça Brasil