1973 in Brazilian football explained

Country:	Brazil
Soccer:	no
Season:	1973
Prevseason:	1972
Nextseason:	1974
Flagicon:	yes

The following article presents a summary of the 1973 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 72nd season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

See main article: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1973.

Final Stage

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Palmeiras	5	3	2	1	0	3	1	2
2	São Paulo	3	3	1	1	1	4	2	2
3	Cruzeiro	2	3	1	0	2	1	2	-1|-!4|Internacional|2|3|1|0|2|3|6|-3|} Palmeiras declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions. State championship champions State Champion State Champion Acre Rio Branco-AC Pará Remo Alagoas CRB Paraíba Campinense Amapá Amapá Paraná Coritiba Amazonas Rodoviária Pernambuco Santa Cruz Bahia Bahia Piauí River Ceará Fortaleza Rio de Janeiro Barbará Distrito Federal CEUB Rio Grande do Norte ABC Espírito Santo Rio Branco-ES Rio Grande do Sul Internacional Goiás Vila Nova Rondônia São Domingos Guanabara Fluminense Roraima -|-|Maranhão|Ferroviário-MA||Santa Catarina|Avaí|-|Mato Grosso|Operário (VG)||São Paulo|Santos Portuguesa^(1)|-|Mato Grosso do Sul|-		Sergipe	Itabaiana
Minas Gerais	Cruzeiro		Tocantins	-|} ^(1)Santos and Portuguesa shared the São Paulo State Championship title. Other competition champions Competition Champion Taça Minas Gerais Cruzeiro Torneio do Povo Coritiba Brazilian clubs in international competitions width= 50% Team width= 50% Copa Libertadores 1973 Botafogo Semifinals Palmeiras Group stage Brazil national team The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1973. width=12% Date width=12% Opposition width=1% Result width=7% Score width=26% Brazil scorers width=18% Competition May 27, 1973 W 5-0 Rivellino (2), Valdomiro, Leivinha (2) International Friendly June 3, 1973 W 2-0 Rivellino, Paulo César Caju International Friendly June 6, 1973 W 4-1 Paulo César Caju (2), Valdomiro, Leivinha International Friendly June 9, 1973 L 0-2 - International Friendly June 13, 1973 D 1-1 Jairzinho International Friendly June 16, 1973 W 1-0 Dirceu International Friendly June 21, 1973 W 1-0 Jairzinho International Friendly June 25, 1973 L 0-1 - International Friendly June 30, 1973 W 1-0 Derek Johnstone (own goal) International Friendly July 3, 1973 W 4-3 Paulo César Caju (2), Jairzinho, Valdomiro International Friendly (unofficial match) December 19, 1973 W 2-1 Pelé, Luís Pereira International Friendly (unofficial match) References Brazilian competitions at RSSSF 1973 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF