Taça Morumbi (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) 1957



Friendly tournament played in São Paulo in June 1957, to celebrate the
inauguration of Morumbi stadium (however, the stadium was not finished
and the matches were held in Pacaembu stadium...).

Group of Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)
16/06 - Flamengo               4-1 Dinamo Zagreb
19/06 - Combinado Vasco/Santos 6-1 Belenenses
22/06 - Combinado Vasco/Santos 1-1 Dinamo Zagreb
23/06 - Flamengo               3-1 Belenenses
26/06 - Combinado Vasco/Santos 1-1 Flamengo
27/06 - Belenenses              -  Dinamo Zagreb

 1.Flamengo                3  2  1  0  8- 3  5  Qualified
 2.Combinado Vasco/Santos  3  1  2  0  8- 3  4  Qualified
 3.Dinamo Zagreb           2  0  1  1  2- 5  1
 4.Belenenses              2  0  0  2  2- 9  0

Group of São Paulo (Pacaembu)
19/06 - Corinthians            2-0 Sevilla
19/06 - São Paulo              1-0 Lazio
23/06 - São Paulo              2-2 Sevilla
23/06 - Corinthians            5-0 Lazio
25/06 - São Paulo              3-2 Corinthians
26/06 - Lazio                  3-0 Sevilla

 1.São Paulo               3  2  1  0  6- 4  5  Qualified
 2.Corinthians             3  2  0  1  9- 3  4  Qualified
 3.Lazio                   3  1  0  2  3- 6  2
 4.Sevilla                 3  0  1  2  2- 7  1

Final Phase (scheduled as a round robin tournament)
29/06 - Flamengo               3-1 Corinthians   (Pacaembu)
29/06 - Combinado Vasco/Santos 1-1 São Paulo
06/07 - Flamengo               1-1 Benfica?      (Pacaembu)

NB: unclear whether July 6 match is part of tournament and other
    results of final phase apparently missing



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Prepared and maintained by Javier García and Marcelo Leme de Arruda for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authosr: Javier García (mcalvo@tmb.net) and Marcelo Leme de Arruda (mlarruda@terra.com.br)
Last updated: 21 Feb 2004

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