| Country: | Brazil |
| Soccer: | no |
| Season: | 1940 |
| Prevseason: | 1939 |
| Nextseason: | 1941 |
| Flagicon: | yes |
The following article presents a summary of the 1940 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 39th season of competitive football in the country.
Final Standings
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | For | Against | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flamengo | 13 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 12 | 8 | |
| 2 | Fluminense | 13 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 10 | |
| 3 | Corinthians | 9 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 4 | |
| 4 | Palestra Itália | 8 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | |
| 5 | Portuguesa | 7 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 23 | -10|-!6|Botafogo|6|8|2|25|25|0|-!7|Vasco da Gama|6|8|2|17|19|-2 | |
| 8 | América | 6 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 25 | -10|-!9|São Paulo|4|8|1|11|24|-13 |
The 1940 Torneio Rio-São Paulo was not concluded, thus no club was declared as the competition champion.
Final Standings
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestra Itália-SP | 33 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 2 | Portuguesa | 30 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Ypiranga-SP | 27 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 37 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Corinthians | 26 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 31 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Portuguesa Santista | 25 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 40 | 13 | |||
| 6 | São Paulo | 19 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Santos | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 49 | 2 | |||
| 8 | São Paulo Railway | 16 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 50 | -6|-!9|Hespanha|10|20|5|0|15|25|47|-22|-!10|Comercial-SP|9|20|3|3|14|25|72|-47|-!11|Juventus|7|20|3|1|16|29|68|-39|} Palestra Itália-SP declared as the Campeonato Paulista champions. State championship champions | Santa Catarina | Ypiranga-SC | |
| Minas Gerais | Palestra Itália-MG | São Paulo | Palestra Itália-SP | |||||||||
| Pará | Remo | Sergipe | Sergipe |
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1940.
| width=12% | Date | width=12% | Opposition | width=1% | Result | width=7% | Score | width=26% | Brazil scorers | width=18% | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 18, 1940 | D | 2-2 | Leônidas da Silva (2) | Roca Cup | |||||||
| February 25, 1940 | L | 0-3 | - | Roca Cup | |||||||
| March 5, 1940 | L | 1-6 | Jair da Rosa Pinto | Roca Cup | |||||||
| March 10, 1940 | W | 3-2 | Hércules (2), Leônidas da Silva | Roca Cup | |||||||
| March 17, 1940 | L | 1-5 | Leônidas da Silva | Roca Cup | |||||||
| March 24, 1940 | L | 3-4 | Pedro Amorim, Hércules, Leônidas da Silva | Copa Rio Branco | |||||||
| March 31, 1940 | D | 1-1 | Leônidas da Silva | Copa Rio Branco |