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1961 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Field	Value
competition	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
season	1961
dates	9 July – 27 December 1961
winners	Santos
1st Taça Brasil title
1st Brazilian title
continentalcup1	Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Santos
matches	38
total goals	124
league topscorer	Pelé (7 goals)
biggest home win	Grêmio 6–1 Metropol
Santos 6–1 America-RJ
prevseason	1960
nextseason	1962

1st Taça Brasil title 1st Brazilian title Santos 6–1 America-RJ The 1961 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1961 Taça Brasil) was the 4th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on July 12, 1961, and ended on December 27, 1961. Santos were crowned champions after beating Bahia in the final, drawing 1–1 in the home leg before winning 5–1 in the away leg.

Format

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).

Teams

Eighteen state champions qualified, along with the 1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions, Palmeiras.

Team	Home city
Rio Grande do Norte ABC	Natal
Guanabara América-RJ	Rio de Janeiro
Bahia Bahia	Salvador
Paraíba Campinense	Campina Grande
Paraná Coritiba	Curitiba
Minas Gerais Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
Alagoas CSA	Maceió
Rio de Janeiro Fonseca	Niterói
Ceará Fortaleza	Fortaleza
Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio	Porto Alegre
Santa Catarina Metropol	Criciúma
Maranhão Moto Club	São Luís
Pernambuco Náutico	Recife
São Paulo Palmeiras	São Paulo
Pará Remo	Belém
Sergipe Santa Cruz-SE	Estância
Espírito Santo Santo Antônio	Vitória
São Paulo Santos	Santos

Northern Zone

Northeastern Group

Semi-Final	Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg
Santa Cruz-SE	0 : 4	Bahia	1 - 3	0 - 2
CSA	0 : 4	Campinense	2 - 3	1 - 2

Final	Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg
Campinense	0 : 4	Bahia	0 - 3	0 - 1

Northern Group

1st Round	Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg
Fortaleza	3 : 1	ABC	3 - 1	1 - 1
Remo	3 : 1	Moto Club	4 - 0	3 - 3

Final	Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Remo	2 : 2	Fortaleza	1 - 0	1 - 2	0 - 2

Northern Zone Final

Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg
Bahia	4 : 0	Fortaleza	2 - 0

Southern Zone

Southern Group

Semi-Finals	Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Palmeiras	2 : 2	Coritiba	2 - 0	1 - 3	4 - 1
Metropol	2 : 2	Grêmio	1 - 6	3 - 2	1 - 3

Final	Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg
Grêmio	1 : 3	Palmeiras	0 - 3	1 - 1

Eastern Group

Semi-Finals	Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg
Santo Antônio	0 : 4	Cruzeiro	1 - 2	1 - 3
Fonseca	1 : 3	América-RJ	0 - 0	0 - 3

Final	Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg
América-RJ	3 : 1	Cruzeiro	2 - 1	1 - 1

Southern Zone Final

Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg
Palmeiras	1 : 3	América-RJ	1 - 1

National Semi-Finals

Santos and Náutico entered at this stage.

Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
América-RJ	2 : 2	Santos	2 - 6	1 - 0
Náutico	1 : 3	Bahia	0 - 0	0 - 1

National Final

Scores	Points	1st leg	2nd leg
Bahia	1 : 3	Santos	1 - 5

References

https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brazcup61.html RSSSF

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