1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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 29, 1960, in a tie-break match played in Rio de Janeiro, won by Bahia.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season1959
ChampionsBahia
1st Taça Brasil title
1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores
de América		Bahia
Matches played36
Goals scored103 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerLéo Briglia (8 goals)
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 (however, if the tie-break was a draw, the aggregate score of the first two legs was used to determine the winner).

Teams

16 State Champions qualified for the tournament:

Team Home city Qualification method
Rio Grande do Norte ABCNatal1958 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Minas Gerais Atlético MineiroBelo Horizonte1958 Campeonato Mineiro champions
Paraná (state) 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 (state) Hercíllo LuzTubarão1958 Campeonato Catarinense champions
Rio de Janeiro (state) ManufatoraNiterói1958 Campeonato Fluminense champions
Espírito Santo Rio BrancoVitória1958 Campeonato Capixaba champions
São Paulo (state) SantosSantos1958 Campeonato Paulista champions
Pernambuco Sport RecifeRecife1958 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Pará Tuna LusoBelém1958 Campeonato Paraense champions
Vasco da GamaRio de Janeiro1958 Campeonato Carioca champions

Northern Zone

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

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

Northern Zone Final
Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
Bahia 2 : 2 Sport Recife 3 - 2 0 - 6 2 - 0

Southern Zone

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

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

Southern Zone Final
Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro 0 : 4 Grêmio 1 - 4 0 - 1

National Semi-Finals

Santos and Vasco da Gama entered at this point.

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

National Final
Scores
Points 1st leg 2nd leg Tie-break
Santos 2 : 2 Bahia 2 - 3 2 - 0 1 - 3

The tie-break was played in Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, on March 29, 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.

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