1956 in Brazilian football explained

Country:	Brazil
Soccer:	no
Season:	1956
Prevseason:	1955
Nextseason:	1957
Flagicon:	yes

The following article presents a summary of the 1956 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 55th season of competitive football in the country.

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

The Torneio Rio-São Paulo was not contested in 1956.

Campeonato Paulista

Final Stage (Série Azul)

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Santos	30	18	15	0	3	43	18	25
2	São Paulo	30	18	13	4	1	56	20	36
3	Corinthians	25	18	9	7	2	41	22	19
4	Palmeiras	22	18	9	4	5	39	34	5
5	Portuguesa	15	18	5	5	8	23	29	-6|-!6|XV de Jaú|14|18|6|2|10|23|43|-20
7	XV de Piracicaba	13	18	4	5	9	36	46	-10|-!8|Juventus|11|18|4|3|11|23|38|-15|-!9|Taubaté|11|18|3|5|10|23|41|-19
10	São Bento-SCS	9	18	1	7	10	25	41	-16|} Championship playoff -------- Santos declared as the Campeonato Paulista champions. State championship champions State Champion State Champion Acre Rio Branco-AC Paraíba Auto Esporte Alagoas CSA Paraná Coritiba Amapá Macapá Pernambuco Sport Recife Amazonas Auto Esporte-AM Piauí River Bahia Bahia Rio de Janeiro not disputed Ceará Gentilândia Rio de Janeiro (DF) Vasco Espírito Santo Vitória-ES Rio Grande do Norte América-RN Goiás Goiânia Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa Rondônia Flamengo-RO Mato Grosso Atlético Matogrossense Santa Catarina Operário-SC Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro Cruzeiro^(1) São Paulo Santos Pará Paysandu Sergipe Santa Cruz-SE ^(1)Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro shared the Minas Gerais State Championship title. Brazil national team The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1956. width=12% Date width=12% Opposition width=1% Result width=7% Score width=26% Brazil scorers width=18% Competition January 24, 1956 L 1-4 Maurinho South American Championship January 29, 1956 D 0-0 - South American Championship February 2, 1956 W 2-1 Álvaro, Zezinho South American Championship February 5, 1956 W 1-0 Luisinho South American Championship February 10, 1956 D 0-0 - March 1, 1956 W 2-1 Luisinho, Raul Klein Panamerican Championship March 6, 1956 W 1-0 Larry Panamerican Championship March 8, 1956 W 2-1 Bodinho (2) Panamerican Championship March 13, 1956 W 7-1 Larry (3), Chinesinho (3), Bodinho Panamerican Championship March 18, 1956 D 2-2 Chinesinho, Ênio Andrade Panamerican Championship March 25, 1956 Atlético Mineiro W 1-0 Álvaro International Friendly (unofficial match) April 1, 1956 Pernambuco State Combined Team W 2-0 Escurinho, Didi International Friendly (unofficial match) April 8, 1956 W 1-0 Gino International Friendly April 11, 1956 D 1-1 Gino International Friendly April 15, 1956 W 3-2 Gino, Zózimo, Didi International Friendly April 21, 1956 D 0-0 - International Friendly April 25, 1956 L 0-3 - International Friendly May 1, 1956 W 1-0 Djalma Santos International Friendly May 9, 1956 L 2-4 Paulinho, Didi International Friendly June 12, 1956 W 2-0 Ferreira (2) Taça Oswaldo Cruz June 17, 1956 W 5-2 Leônidas, Zizinho (2), Ferreira, Ílton Vaccari Taça Oswaldo Cruz June 24, 1956 W 2-0 Zizinho, Canário Taça do Atlântico July 1, 1956 W 2-0 Canário, Ferreira International Friendly July 8, 1956 D 0-0 - Taça do Atlântico August 5, 1956 L 0-1 - International Friendly August 8, 1956 W 4-1 Zizinho (2), Pepe (2) International Friendly References Brazilian competitions at RSSSF 1956 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF ]