1961 in Brazilian football explained

Country:Brazil
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Season:1961
Prevseason:1960
Nextseason:1962
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The following article presents a summary of the 1961 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 60th season of competitive football in the country.

Taça Brasil

Semifinals

Team #1AggTeam #21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
America-RJ4-12Santos2-61-01-6
Náutico0-1Bahia0-00-1-|}

Final------------

Santos declared as the Taça Brasil champions by aggregate score of 6-2.

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Final Stage

PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference
1Flamengo633001026
2Botafogo53210312
3Vasco da Gama43201422
4Palmeiras3311123-1|-!5|Santos|0|3|0|0|3|3|9|-6|-!6|Corinthians|0|3|0|0|3|0|5|-5

Flamengo declared as the Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions.

State championship champions

StateChampionStateChampion
AcreRio Branco-ACParáPaysandu
AlagoasCRBParaíbaCampinense
AmapáSantanaParanáComercial-PR
AmazonasSão RaimundoPernambucoSport Recife
BahiaBahiaPiauíRiver
CearáCearáRio de JaneiroRio Branco-RJ
Distrito FederalDefelêRio Grande do NorteABC
Espírito SantoSanto AntônioRio Grande do SulInternacional
GoiásVila NovaRondôniaFlamengo-PI
GuanabaraBotafogoRoraima-|-|Maranhão|Sampaio Corrêa||Santa Catarina|Metropol|-|Mato Grosso|Mixto||São Paulo|Santos|-|Mato Grosso do Sul|-||Sergipe|Sergipe|-|Minas Gerais|Cruzeiro||Tocantins|-

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

width= 50%Teamwidth= 50%Copa Libertadores 1961
PalmeirasRunner-up

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1961.

width=12%Datewidth=12%Oppositionwidth=1%Resultwidth=7%Scorewidth=26%Brazil scorerswidth=18%Competition
April 30, 1961W2-0Coutinho, PepeTaça Oswaldo Cruz
May 3, 1961W3-2Coutinho (2), QuarentinhaTaça Oswaldo Cruz
May 7, 1961W2-1Garrincha, DidiBernardo O'Higgins Cup
May 11, 1961W1-0GérsonBernardo O'Higgins Cup
June 29, 1961W3-2Joel, Dida, Henrique FradeInternational Friendly

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