1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Football league season
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The 1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1960 Taça Brasil) was the 3rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 6 September 1960, and ended on 28 December 1960.[1]
| Season | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 September – 28 December 1960 |
| Champions | Palmeiras (1st title) |
| Copa Libertadores | Palmeiras |
| Matches | 37 |
| Goals | 119 (3.22 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bececê (7 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Fluminense 8-0 Fonseca |
← 1959 1961 → | |
Format
The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Break (play-off) if the sides were tied on points (however, if the tie-break was a draw, the aggregate score of the first two legs was used to determine the winner).
Teams
Seventeen state champions qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Home city | Home ground |
|---|---|---|
 ABC | Natal | |
 Bahia | Salvador | |
 Capelense | Capela | |
 Coritiba | Curitiba | |
 Cruzeiro | Belo Horizonte | |
 Estrela do Mar | João Pessoa | |
 Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro | |
 Fonseca | Niterói | |
 Fortaleza | Fortaleza | |
 Grêmio | Porto Alegre | |
 Moto Club | São Luís | |
 Palmeiras | São Paulo | |
 Paula Ramos | Florianópolis | |
 Paysandu | Belém | |
 Rio Branco-ES | Vitória | |
 Santa Cruz-SE | Estância | |
 Santa Cruz | Recife |
Northern Zone
Northeastern Group
| Semi-Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-Break | ||
| Bahia | 2 : 2 | Santa Cruz-SE | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 |
| Bahia qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. | |||||
Northern Group
Northern Zone Final
Southern Zone
Southern Group
| Semi-Finals | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Paula Ramos | 1 : 3 | Coritiba | 1 - 1 | 0 - 5 | |
Eastern Group
| Semi-Finals | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-Break | ||
| Cruzeiro | 2 : 2 | Rio Branco-ES | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Fonseca | 0 : 4 | Fluminense | 0 - 3 | 0 - 8 | — |
| Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Cruzeiro | 1 : 3 | Fluminense | 1 - 1 | 1 - 4 | |
Southern Zone Final
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-Break | ||
| Grêmio | 2 : 2 | Fluminense | 1 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 1 |
| Fluminense qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. | |||||
National Semi-Finals
Palmeiras and Santa Cruz entered at this stage.
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Palmeiras | 3 : 1 | Fluminense | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | |
| Santa Cruz | 1 : 3 | Fortaleza | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | |