Taça Brasil

The Taça Brasil ( Brazil Cup ) was held from 1959 to 1968 and was the first national football competition in Brazil. The Taça was in 1959 by the Brazilian sports association that Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD ), the (CBF ) mutated later the Brazilian Football Federation Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, introduced to give all the clubs in Brazil the same opportunity to the newly created South America Cup for teams, Copa Libertadores, in 1960 their game commenced operations to participate. 1989, a national cup competition was re- launched with the national championship, held parallel to the Copa do Brasil.

Until 1964, only the winner for the Libertadores qualified. After its extension were allowed to participate in 1965 and 1966 and the runners-up. 1968 qualified again only the winner, because from this point also the winner of the Torneio Rio - São Paulo successor competition Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa - also known as Taça de Prata, Silver Cup - the always already unofficially as a predecessor of 1971 introduced national championship, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol was, a place has been allocated.

The winner of Taça Brasil were contemporary, regarded as Champ, as a champion of Brazil. The CBF refused but by 2010 the clubs, as well as the winners de Taça de Prata, the official recognition as Brazilian champion.

The winner of the Taça Brasil as well as the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Torneio, have since been eager to become football historically assimilated by the Association with the masters of Brazil from 1971. These clubs referenced happy that they were finally reported as a champion for the Copa Libertadores and contemporary also often commonly referred to generally as champion of Brazil. Finally took place on 21 December 2010 in a festive ceremony in Itanhangá Golf Club in the west of Rio de Janeiro, the long-awaited Unificação Títulos dos brasileiros, the official recognition by the CBF as a Master. Federation President Ricardo Teixeira presented representatives of the organizations which have won the Taça Brasil, and the Taça de Prata official diplomas, championship sashes and miniature versions of the current championship trophy engraved with the team name and year of the title gain. The clubs each 20 medals were handed over to forwarding to the players involved; Pele were handed out his six championship medals already in the ceremony. Since that day, lists of champions Brazil are officially incomplete without the winner of Taça Brasil and Taça de Prata.

Mode

Originally considered the winner of the State Championship Regional Cup competitions speak with return games from, from whose winner again qualified for the quarter - national and / or semi-finals. For this, the State champion of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo were again automatically qualified usually due to the assumed skill level.

1967 and 1968, the semi-finalists were determined from the lower states in group play with home and away matches.

Also the national finals took place with home and away matches. Here, the goal difference was attributed no importance, and if necessary held a play. Accomplished this but a draw, then the goal difference was taken into account.

Statistics

Statistics

Clubs from ...

• 7x São Paulo ( state ) São Paulo
• 1x Minas Gerais Minas Gerais
• 1x Rio de Janeiro ( state ) Rio de Janeiro
• 1x Bahia Bahia

Final and Scorers

Playoffs:

Notes:

• In the playoff of 1959, there were four field references within the past 20 minutes (4 x Santos - among others Coutinho - 1 x Bahia)
• Pele was expelled in the final leg of 1965 between Vasco da Gama and Santos of the field