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1968 in Brazilian football

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The following article presents a summary of the 1968 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 67th season of competitive football in the country.

Taça Brasil

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Cruzeiro	1–2	Botafogo	0–1	1–1	-
Fortaleza	1–2	Náutico	2–1	1–2	2–1

Final

Botafogo declared as the Taça Brasil champions by aggregate score of 6–2.

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa

Final Stage

Position	Team	Points	Played	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Santos	6	3	3	0	7	2	5
Internacional	2	3	1	2	6	5	1
Vasco da Gama	3	3	1	2	4	7	-3
Palmeiras	1	3	1	2	3	6	-3

Santos declared as the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa champions.

State championship champions

State	Champion	Champion
Acre	Atlético Acreano	Pará
Alagoas	CSA	Paraíba
Amapá	Santana	Paraná
Amazonas	Nacional	Pernambuco
Bahia	Galícia	Piauí
Ceará	Ferroviário	Rio de Janeiro
Distrito Federal	Defelê	Rio Grande do Norte
Espírito Santo	Rio Branco-ES	Rio Grande do Sul
Goiás	Goiânia	Rondônia
Guanabara	Botafogo	Roraima
Maranhão	Moto Club	Santa Catarina
Mato Grosso	Operário (VG)	São Paulo
Mato Grosso do Sul	-	Sergipe
Minas Gerais	Cruzeiro	Tocantins

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa Norte-Nordeste	Sport Recife
Torneio dos Campeões da CBD	Grêmio Maringá

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 1968
Náutico	Group stage
Palmeiras	Runner-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 1968.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
June 9, 1968		W	2–0	Tostão, Sadi	Taça Rio Branco
June 12, 1968		W	4–0	Paulo Borges, Tostão, Jairzinho, Gérson	Taça Rio Branco
June 16, 1968		L	1–2	Tostão	International Friendly
June 20, 1968		W	6–3	Rivellino (2), Jairzinho (2), Tostão, Natal	International Friendly
June 23, 1968		L	2–3	Natal, Carlos Alberto Torres	International Friendly
June 25, 1968		W	2–0	Carlos Alberto Torres, Tostão	International Friendly
June 30, 1968		W	2–0	Rivellino, Tostão	International Friendly
July 7, 1968		W	2–0	Jairzinho (2)	International Friendly
July 10, 1968		L	1–2	Rivellino	International Friendly
July 14, 1968		W	4–3	Natal, Jairzinho, Roberto Miranda, Carlos Alberto Torres	International Friendly
July 17, 1968		W	4–0	Rivellino, Gérson, Tostão, Jairzinho	International Friendly
July 25, 1968		W	4–0	Pelé (2), Toninho Guerreiro, Eduardo	Taça Oswaldo Cruz
July 28, 1968		L	0–1	-	Taça Oswaldo Cruz
October 31, 1968		L	1–2	Carlos Alberto Torres	International Friendly
November 3, 1968		W	2–1	Pelé, Jairzinho	International Friendly
November 6, 1968	FIFA XI	W	2–1	Rivellino, Tostão	International Friendly (unofficial match)
November 13, 1968	Brazil Coritiba	W	2–1	Dirceu Lopes, Zé Carlos	International Friendly (unofficial match)
December 14, 1968		D	2–2	Eduardo (2)	International Friendly
December 17, 1968		D	3–3	Carlos Alberto Torres, Pelé, Babá	International Friendly
December 19, 1968		W	3–2	Vaguinho, Amauri, Ronaldo	International Friendly

References

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