1916 in Brazilian football explained

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Season:1916
Prevseason:1915
Nextseason:1917
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The following article presents a summary of the 1916 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 15th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Paulista

In 1916 there were two different editions of the Campeonato Paulista. One was organized by the Associação Paulista de Esportes Atléticos (APEA) while the other one was organized by the Liga Paulista de Foot-Ball (LPF).

APEA's Campeonato Paulista

Final Standings

PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference
1Paulistano1912912401723
2AA São Bento14116232627-1|-!3|Mackenzie|13|12|6|1|5|27|23|4|-!4|Ypiranga-SP|13|12|6|1|5|19|19|0|-!5|Santos|9|11|4|1|6|23|31|-8|-!6|AA das Palmeiras|6|12|4|0|8|20|28|-8
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Paulistano declared as the APEA's Campeonato Paulista champions.

LPF's Campeonato Paulista

Final Standings

PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference
1Corinthians16880020317
2União Lapa1085031418-4|-!3|Alumni|10|7|4|2|1|6|8|-2
4Campos Elíseos983321266
5Maranhão7731367-1|-!6|Minas Gerais|7|7|2|3|2|6|8|-2
7Payssandu-SP7923449-5|-!8|Americano-SP|6|5|2|2|1|13|3|10|-!9|Ítalo|5|6|2|1|3|5|8|-3
10Vicentino57214711-4|-!11|SC Luzitano|5|7|2|1|4|4|10|-6
12Ruggerone31111928-6|-!13|SC Internacional de São Paulo|--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-!13|Germânia|--|-|-|-|-|-|-|}

SC Internacional de São Paulo and Germânia matches were canceled, as both clubs abandoned the competition.

The LPF's Campeonato Paulista was not concluded as APEA's and LPF's competitions fused, and Corinthians declared as the LPF's Campeonato Paulista champions.

State championship champions

StateChampion
AmazonasNacional
BahiaRepública
Minas GeraisAmérica-MG
ParanáCoritiba
PernambucoSport Recife
Rio de Janeiro (DF)América-RJ
São PauloPaulistano (by APEA)
Corinthians (by LPF)

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1916.

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July 8, 1916D1-1DemóstenesSouth American Championship
July 10, 1916D1-1AlencarSouth American Championship
July 12, 1916L1-2FriedenreichSouth American Championship
July 18, 1916W1-0Mimi SodréInternational Friendly

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