Brazil Cup 1961

Participants

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal-RN) 
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Rio de Janeiro-GB)
Esporte Clube BAHIA (Salvador-BA)
CAMPINENSE Clube (Campina Grande-PB)
CORITIBA Football Club (Curitiba-PR)
CRUZEIRO Esporte Clube (Belo Horizonte-MG) 
Centro Sportivo Alagoano - CSA (Maceió-AL)
FONSECA Futebol Clube (Niterói-RJ)
FORTALEZA Esporte Clube (Fortaleza-CE)
GRÊMIO de Football Portoalegrense (Porto Alegre-RS)
Esporte Clube METROPOL (Criciúma-SC)
MOTO CLUBE (São Luís-MA)
Clube NÁUTICO Capibaribe (Recife-PE)
Sociedade Esportiva PALMEIRAS (São Paulo-SP)
Clube do REMO (Belém-PA)
SANTA CRUZ Futebol Clube (Recife-PE)
SANTO ANTÔNIO Futebol Clube (Vitória - ES)
SANTOS Futebol Clube (Santos-SP) 
 
 
NORTHERN ZONE       

Northeastern Group  
 
First Phase
 
[Jul 20 and Aug 3]
Santa Cruz     0-2   1-3  Bahia
[Jul 23 and 30]
CSA            2-3   1-2  Campinense
 
Final
 
[Sep 24 and 29]     
Campinense     0-3   0-1  Bahia
 
Northern Group      
 
First Phase         

[Jul 16 and 23]
Remo           4-0   3-3  Moto Clube
Fortaleza      3-1   1-1  ABC

Final

[Aug 13 and 20]
Remo           1-0   1-2  Fortaleza
[Aug 23]
Fortaleza      2-0  Remo

Northern Zone Decision 

[Oct 26 and Nov 5]
Bahia          2-0   3-2  Fortaleza


SOUTHERN ZONE

Southern Group

First Phase

[Jul 12 and 23]
Palmeiras      2-0   1-3  Coritiba
[Aug 2 and 9]
Metropol       1-6   3-2  Grêmio
[Aug 9] - playoff
Palmeiras      4-1  Coritiba
[Aug 16] - playoff
Grêmio         3-1  Metropol
 
Final

[Sep 20 and 27]
Grêmio         0-3   1-1  Palmeiras 
 
Eastern Group
 
First Phase 

[Jul 9 and 13]
Fonseca        0-0   0-3  América
[Jul 23 and 30]
Santo Antônio  1-3   1-2  Cruzeiro

Final

[Aug 23 and 30]
América        2-1   1-1  Cruzeiro

Southern Zone Decision

[Oct 15 and 18]
Palmeiras      1-1   1-2  América


SEMIFINALS

[Nov 11 and 19] 
América        2-6   1-0  Santos
[Nov 23 and 27]
Náutico        0-0   0-1  Bahia
[Nov 21] - playoff
Santos         6-1  América

FINAL

[Dec 22 and 27]
Bahia          1-1   1-5   Santos

Santos Futebol Clube are the 1961 Taça Brasil champions


1960

1962

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About this document

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: 15 Oct 1999