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1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

1st Taça Brasil title 1st Brazilian title The 1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1959 Taça Brasil) was the 2nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 23 August 1959, and ended on 29 March 1960, in a tie-break match played in Rio de Janeiro, won by Bahia.

Format

The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Breaker 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

Sixteen state champions qualified for the tournament.

TeamHome cityQualification method
Rio Grande do Norte ABCNatal1958 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Minas Gerais Atlético MineiroBelo Horizonte1958 Campeonato Mineiro champions
Paraná Atlético ParanaenseCuritiba1958 Campeonato Paranaense champions
Paraíba Auto Esporte ClubeJoão Pessoa1958 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Bahia BahiaSalvador1958 Campeonato Baiano champions
Ceará CearáFortaleza1958 Campeonato Cearense champions
Alagoas CSAMaceió1958 Campeonato Alagoano champions
Maranhão FerroviárioSão Luís1958 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Rio Grande do Sul GrêmioPorto Alegre1958 Campeonato Gaúcho champions
Santa Catarina Hercíllo LuzTubarão1958 Campeonato Catarinense champions
Rio de Janeiro ManufatoraNiterói1958 Campeonato Fluminense champions
Espírito Santo Rio BrancoVitória1958 Campeonato Capixaba champions
São Paulo SantosSantos[1958 Campeonato Paulista](1958-campeonato-paulista) champions
Pernambuco Sport RecifeRecife1958 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Pará Tuna LusoBelém1958 Campeonato Paraense champions
Guanabara Vasco da GamaRio de Janeiro[1958 Campeonato Carioca](1958-campeonato-carioca) champions

Northern Zone

Northeastern Group

Semi-FinalsScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break
ABC2 : 2**Ceará**1 - 10 - 01 - 2
CSA0 : 4**Bahia**0 - 20 - 5—
FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break
Ceará2 : 2**Bahia**0 - 02 - 21 - 2

Northern Group

Semi-FinalsScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break
**Tuna Luso**2 : 2Ferroviário3 - 11 - 31 - 0
Auto Esporte Clube0 : 4**Sport Recife**0 - 32 - 5—
FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg
Tuna Luso1 : 3**Sport Recife**2 - 21 - 3

Northern Zone Final

ScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break
**Bahia**2 : 2Sport Recife3 - 20 - 6

Southern Zone

Southern Group

Semi-FinalsScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg
**Atlético-PR**4 : 0Hercíllo Luz2 - 11 - 0
**Grêmio**w / oBye——
FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg
**Grêmio**4 : 0Atlético-PR1 - 01 - 0

Eastern Group

Semi-FinalsScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg
**Rio Branco-ES**4 : 0Manufatora3 - 01 - 0
**Atlético Mineiro**w / oBye——
FinalScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg
**Rio Branco-ES**1 : 3Atlético Mineiro2 - 21 - 2

Southern Zone Final

ScoresPoints1st leg2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro0 : 4**Grêmio**1 - 4

National Semi-Finals

Santos and Vasco da Gama entered at this point.

ScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break
**Santos**3 : 1Grêmio4 - 10 - 0
Vasco da Gama2 : 2**Bahia**0 - 12 - 1

National Final

ScoresPoints1st leg2nd legTie-break
Santos2 : 2**Bahia**2 - 32 - 0

The tie-break was played in Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, on 29 March 1960. Bahia: Nadinho; Beto, Henrique, Flávio and Neizinho; Vicente and Mário; Marito, Alencar, Léo and Biriba. Santos: Lalá; Getúlio, Mauro Ramos de Oliveira, Formiga and Zé Carlos; Zito and Mário; Dorval, Pagão (Tite), Coutinho and Pepe. Goals: Vicente, Léo and Alencar (Bahia) and Coutinho (Santos) Expulsions: Getúlio, Formiga and Dorval. Referee: Frederico Lopes, assisted by Airton Vieira de Morais (named "Sansão") and Wilson Lopes de Souza.

References

References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brazcup59.html RSSSF.
  2. https://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/confira-detalhes-do-titulo-do-bahia-na-taca-brasil-de-1959,f8459329da49a310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html Check out details of Bahia's title in the 1959 Brazilian Cup (in Portuguese).
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