1967 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa)

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season 1967
Champions Palmeiras (2rd title)
Matches played 117
Goals scored 316 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer César
Ademar (15 goals)
Average attendance 20,545
1966
1967

The 1967 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1967 Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa) was the 9th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on March 5 and ended on June 8. Palmeiras won the championship, the 2rd national title of the club in 8 years of tournament contention.

Championship format

  • First-phase: the 15 participants play all against all twice, but divided into two groups (one 7 and one 8) for classification, in the Group B, each team plays two more matches against any other. The first 2 of each group are classified for the finals.
  • Final-phase: the four clubs classified play all against all twice. The club with most points at this stage is the champion.
  • Tie-breaking criteria:

1 - Goal difference
2 - Raffle

  • With one victory, a team still gained 2 points, instead of 3.

First phase

Group A

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Corinthians 14 9 4 1 29 13 +16 22
2 Internacional 14 5 6 3 18 16 +2 16
3 Cruzeiro 14 6 2 6 23 19 +4 14
4 Bangu 14 5 4 5 16 21 -5 14
5 São Paulo 14 3 7 4 18 13 +5 13
6 Fluminense 14 4 3 7 21 29 -8 11
7 Botafogo 14 1 7 6 12 21 -9 9

Group B

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Palmeiras 14 7 5 2 31 21 +10 19
2 Grêmio 14 6 6 2 20 11 +9 18
3 Portuguesa 14 6 5 3 24 18 +6 17
4 Santos 14 5 5 4 21 16 +5 15
5 Atlético Mineiro 14 5 4 5 18 21 -3 14
6 Flamengo 14 3 6 5 23 24 -1 12
7 Vasco 14 3 6 5 10 21 -11 12
8 Ferroviário 14 0 4 10 9 26 -17 4

Final phase

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Palmeiras 6 3 3 0 8 5 +3 9
2 Internacional 6 2 3 1 6 3 +3 7
3 Corinthians 6 2 1 3 5 8 -3 5
4 Grêmio 6 0 3 3 4 7 -3 3

Matches:












Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
1967 Champions
Palmeiras
2rd Title

References