Brazil Cup 1959

Participants

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal-RN)    
Clube ATLÉTICO Mineiro (Belo Horizonte-MG) 
Clube ATLÉTICO Paranaense (Curitiba-PR)
AUTO ESPORTE Clube (João Pessoa-PB)
Esporte Clube BAHIA (Salvador-BA)
CEARÁ Sporting Club (Fortaleza-CE)
Centro Sportivo Alagoano - CSA (Maceió-AL)
FERROVIÁRIO Esporte Clube (São Luís-MA)
GRÊMIO de Football Portoalegrense (Porto Alegre-RS)
HERCÍLIO LUZ Futebol Clube (Tubarão-SC)
MANUFATORA Atlético Clube (Niterói-RJ) 
RIO BRANCO Atlético Clube (Vitória-ES) 
SANTOS Futebol Clube (Santos-SP)
SPORT Club do Recife (Recife-PE)
TUNA LUSO Brasileira (Belém-PA) 
Clube de Regatas VASCO DA GAMA (Rio de Janeiro-GB)
  
  
NORTHERN ZONE
  
Northeastern Group 
  
First Phase

[Aug 23 and 30]
ABC            1-1   0-0  Ceará
CSA            0-5   0-2  Bahia

Final

[Sep 20 and 27]
Ceará          0-0   2-2  Bahia
[Sep 29] - playoff
Bahia          2-1  Ceará

Northern Group

First Phase
  
[Aug 23 and 30]
Tuna Luso      3-1   1-3  Ferroviário
Auto Esporte   0-3   2-5  Sport
[Sep 1] - playoff
Ferroviário    0-1  Tuna Luso

Final

[Sep 13 and 20]
Tuna Luso      2-2   1-3  Sport
  
Northern Zone Decision

[Oct 27 and 30]
Bahia          3-2   0-6  Sport
[Nov 3] - playoff
Sport          0-2  Bahia


SOUTHERN ZONE

Southern Group

First Phase

[Aug 23 and 30]
Atlético-PR    2-1   1-0  Hercílio Luz 
  
Final

[Sep 13 and 27]
Grêmio         1-0   1-0  Atlético-PR
  
Eastern Group

First Phase 

[Aug 23 and 30]
Rio Branco     3-0   1-0  Manufatora

Final

[Sep 13 and 20]
Rio Branco     2-2   0-2  Atlético-MG

Southern Zone Decision

[Oct 18 and 25]
Atlético-MG    1-4   0-1  Grêmio
  
SEMIFINAL

[Nov 17 and 25]
Santos         4-1   0-0  Grêmio
[Nov 19 and 24]
Vasco da Gama  0-1   2-1  Bahia
[Nov 26] - playoff
Bahia          1-0  Vasco da Gama

FINAL
  
[Dec 10 and 30]
Santos         2-3   2-0  Bahia
[Mar 3/60]
Bahia          3-1  Santos

Esporte Clube Bahia were the 1959 Taça Brasil champions.

Details on first leg of final:

10/12/1959 Santos 2-3 Bahia
                    Pelé            15' (1-0)
                    Biriba          26' (1-1)
                    Alencar         57' (1-2)
                    Pepe (penalty)  77' (2-2)
                    Alencar         89' (2-3)
Referee: Alberto da Gama Malcher
Att: 23 000
Santos: Manga, Getúlio, Urubatão, Formiga, Dalmo - Zito, Jair Rosa Pinto
- Dorval, Coutinho, Pelé, Pepe. (Coach: Lula)
Bahia: Nadinho, Leone, Henrique, Vicente, Beto - Flávio, Bombeiro -
Marito, Alencar, Leo, Biriba. (Coach: Geninho)


1960

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About this document

First leg final details thanks to Marcelo Leme de Arruda

Prepared and maintained by Ricardo Pontes and Julio Bovi Diogo for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Ricardo Pontes (rffp@sti.com.br) and Julio Bovi Diogo (juliodiogo@atribuna.com.br)
Last updated: 14 Oct 1999