| Competition: | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |
| Season: | 1960 |
| Dates: | 6 September – 28 December 1960 |
| Winners: | Palmeiras 1st Taça Brasil title 1st Brazilian title |
| Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Palmeiras |
| Matches: | 37 |
| Total Goals: | 119 |
| League Topscorer: | Bececê (7 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Fluminense 8-0 Fonseca |
| Prevseason: | 1959 |
| Nextseason: | 1961 |
The 1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1960 Taça Brasil) was the 3rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 6 September 1960, and ended on 28 December 1960.[1]
The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Break (play-off) 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).
Seventeen state champions qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Home city | Home ground |
|---|---|---|
| ABC | (Natal-RN) | |
| Bahia | (Salvador-BA) | |
| Capelense | (Capela-AL) | |
| Coritiba | (Curitiba-PR) | |
| Cruzeiro | (Belo Horizonte-MG) | |
| Estrela do Mar | (João Pessoa-PB) | |
| Fluminense | (Rio de Janeiro-GB) | |
| Fonseca | (Niterói-RJ) | |
| Fortaleza | (Fortaleza-CE) | |
| Grêmio | (Porto Alegre-RS) | |
| Moto Club | (São Luís-MA) | |
| Palmeiras | (São Paulo-SP) | |
| Paula Ramos | (Florianópolis-SC) | |
| Paysandu | (Belém-PA) | |
| Rio Branco-ES | (Vitória-ES) | |
| Santa Cruz-SE | (Estância-SE) | |
| Santa Cruz | (Recife-PE) |
| Semi-Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-Break | ||
| Bahia | 2 : 2 | Santa Cruz-SE | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 |
| Bahia qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. | |||||
| 1st Round | Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | |||
| Estrela do Mar | 2 : 2 | ABC | 2 - 1 | 1 - 5 | 1 - 5 | |
| Paysandu | 0 : 4 | Moto Club | 2 - 3 | 2 - 4 | — | |
| Semi-Finals | Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-Break | |||
| Cruzeiro | 2 : 2 | Rio Branco-ES | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | |
| Fonseca | 0 : 4 | Fluminense | 0 - 3 | 0 - 8 | — | |
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-Break | ||
| Grêmio | 2 : 2 | Fluminense | 1 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 1 |
| Fluminense qualified thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. | |||||
Palmeiras and Santa Cruz entered at this stage.
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Palmeiras | 3 : 1 | Fluminense | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | |
| Santa Cruz | 1 : 3 | Fortaleza | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | |