1962 in Brazilian football explained
| Country: | Brazil |
| Soccer: | no |
| Season: | 1962 |
| Prevseason: | 1961 |
| Nextseason: | 1963 |
| Flagicon: | yes |
The following article presents a summary of the 1962 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 61st season of competitive football in the country.
Taça Brasil
Semifinals
| Team #1 | Agg | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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| Botafogo | 6-4 | Internacional | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 |
| Sport | 1-5 | Santos | 1-1 | 0-4 | -|} Final----------------
Santos declared as the Taça Brasil champions by aggregate score of 9–6.
Torneio Rio-São Paulo
Final Stage
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
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| 1 | Botafogo | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
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| 2 | São Paulo | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
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| 3 | Palmeiras | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
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| 4 | Flamengo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4|} Botafogo declared as the Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions.
State championship champions
Other competition champions
Brazilian clubs in international competitions
Brazil national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1962.
| width=12% | Date | width=12% | Opposition | width=1% | Result | width=7% | Score | width=26% | Brazil scorers | width=18% | Competition |
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| April 21, 1962 | | W | 6-0 | Didi, Pelé, Coutinho, Vavá, Garrincha, Nílton Santos | Taça Oswaldo Cruz | | April 24, 1962 | | W | 4-0 | Pelé (2), Pepe, Vavá | Taça Oswaldo Cruz | | May 6, 1962 | | W | 2-1 | | International Friendly | | May 9, 1962 | | W | 1-0 | Pelé | International Friendly | | May 12, 1962 | | W | 3-1 | Garrincha, Coutinho, Pelé | International Friendly | | May 16, 1962 | | W | 3-1 | Vavá, Pelé (2) | International Friendly | | May 30, 1962 | | W | 2-0 | Zagallo, Pelé | World Cup | | June 2, 1962 | | D | 0-0 | - | World Cup | | June 6, 1962 | | W | 2-1 | Amarildo (2) | World Cup | | June 10, 1962 | | W | 3-1 | Garrincha (2), Vavá | World Cup | | June 13, 1962 | | W | 4-2 | Garrincha (2), Vavá (2) | World Cup | | June 17, 1962 | | W | 3-1 | Amarildo, Zito, Vavá | World Cup | |
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