1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1962
Dates	2 September 1962 – 2 April 1963
Champions	Santos 2nd Taça Brasil title 2nd Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores	Santos (title holder) Botafogo
Matches played	39
Goals scored	128 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Araponga - Campinense (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Campinense 6-0 CRB
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The 1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1962 Taça Brasil) was the 5th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 2 September 1962, and ended on 2 April 1963.

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 for the tournament.

Team	Home city	Home ground
ABC	Natal-RN
Bahia	Salvador-BA
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro-GB
Campinense	Campina Grande-PB
Ceará	Fortaleza-CE
Comercial-PR	Cornélio Procópio-PR
CRB	Maceió-AL
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte-MG
Internacional	Porto Alegre-RS
Metropol	Criciúma-SC
Paysandu	Belém-PA
Rio Branco-RJ	Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ
River	Teresina-PI
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís-MA
Santo Antônio	Vitória-ES
Santos	Santos-SP
Sergipe	Aracaju-SE
Sport Recife	Recife-PE

Northern Zone

Northeastern Group

First Phase			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Campinense	4 : 0	ABC	4 - 3	3 - 1	—
CRB	2 : 2	Sergipe	1 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 1

Semi-Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Campinense	4 : 0	CRB	2 - 1	6 - 0

Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Bahia	2 : 2	Campinense	1 - 0	0 - 2	1 - 1
Campinense progressed thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs.

Northern Group

First Phase			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
River	1 : 3	Ceará	0 - 0	5 - 7
Paysandu	3 : 1	Sampaio Corrêa	3 - 2	2 - 2

Semi-Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Paysandu	2 : 2	Ceará	0 - 0	1 - 1	1 - 3

Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Sport Recife	3 : 1	Ceará	2 - 0	1 - 1

Northern Zone Final

			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Campinense	1 : 3	Sport Recife	0 - 0	0 - 2

Southern Zone

Southern Group

Semi-Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Comercial-PR	1 : 3	Metropol	1 - 1	1 - 2

Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Metropol	0 : 4	Internacional	2 - 3	2 - 3

Eastern Group

Semi-Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Rio Branco-RJ	3 : 1	Santo Antônio	1 - 1	2 - 1

Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Rio Branco-RJ	1 : 3	Cruzeiro	1 - 1	0 - 1

Southern Zone Final

			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro	1 : 3	Internacional	1 - 1	1 - 2

National Semi-Finals

Botafogo and Santos entered this stage.

			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Botafogo	2 : 2	Internacional	2 - 2	2 - 2	2 - 0
Sport Recife	1 : 3	Santos	1 - 1	0 - 4	—

National Final

			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Santos	2 : 2	Botafogo	4 - 3	1 - 3	5 - 0

External links

• Brazil Cup 1962