1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1959 Taça Brasil) was the 2nd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 23 August 1959, and ended on 29 March 1960, in a tie-break match played in Rio de Janeiro, won by Bahia.^[1]

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1959
Dates	23 August 1959 – 29 March 1960
Champions	Bahia 1st Taça Brasil title 1st Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores	Bahia
Matches played	36
Goals scored	103 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Léo Briglia (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Sport Recife 6-0 Bahia
← 1937 1960 →

Format

The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Breaker 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

Sixteen state champions qualified for the tournament.

Team	Home city	Qualification method
ABC	Natal	1958 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	1958 Campeonato Mineiro champions
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	1958 Campeonato Paranaense champions
Auto Esporte Clube	João Pessoa	1958 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Bahia	Salvador	1958 Campeonato Baiano champions
Ceará	Fortaleza	1958 Campeonato Cearense champions
CSA	Maceió	1958 Campeonato Alagoano champions
Ferroviário	São Luís	1958 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	1958 Campeonato Gaúcho champions
Hercíllo Luz	Tubarão	1958 Campeonato Catarinense champions
Manufatora	Niterói	1958 Campeonato Fluminense champions
Rio Branco	Vitória	1958 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Santos	Santos	1958 Campeonato Paulista champions
Sport Recife	Recife	1958 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Tuna Luso	Belém	1958 Campeonato Paraense champions
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	1958 Campeonato Carioca champions

Northern Zone

Northeastern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
ABC	2 : 2	Ceará	1 - 1	0 - 0	1 - 2
CSA	0 : 4	Bahia	0 - 2	0 - 5	—

Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Ceará	2 : 2	Bahia	0 - 0	2 - 2	1 - 2

Northern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Tuna Luso	2 : 2	Ferroviário	3 - 1	1 - 3	1 - 0
Auto Esporte Clube	0 : 4	Sport Recife	0 - 3	2 - 5	—

Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Tuna Luso	1 : 3	Sport Recife	2 - 2	1 - 3

Northern Zone Final

			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Bahia	2 : 2	Sport Recife	3 - 2	0 - 6	2 - 0

Southern Zone

Southern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético-PR	4 : 0	Hercíllo Luz	2 - 1	1 - 0
Grêmio	w / o	Bye	—	—

Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Grêmio	4 : 0	Atlético-PR	1 - 0	1 - 0

Eastern Group

Semi-Finals			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Rio Branco-ES	4 : 0	Manufatora	3 - 0	1 - 0
Atlético Mineiro	w / o	Bye	—	—

Final			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Rio Branco-ES	1 : 3	Atlético Mineiro	2 - 2	1 - 2

Southern Zone Final

			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	0 : 4	Grêmio	1 - 4	0 - 1

National Semi-Finals

Santos and Vasco da Gama entered at this point.

			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Santos	3 : 1	Grêmio	4 - 1	0 - 0	—
Vasco da Gama	2 : 2	Bahia	0 - 1	2 - 1	0 - 1

National Final

			Scores
	Points		1st leg	2nd leg	Tie-break
Santos	2 : 2	Bahia	2 - 3	2 - 0	1 - 3

The tie-break was played in Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, on 29 March 1960. Bahia: Nadinho; Beto, Henrique, Flávio and Neizinho; Vicente and Mário; Marito, Alencar, Léo and Biriba. Santos: Lalá; Getúlio, Mauro Ramos de Oliveira, Formiga and Zé Carlos; Zito and Mário; Dorval, Pagão (Tite), Coutinho and Pepe. Goals: Vicente, Léo and Alencar (Bahia) and Coutinho (Santos) Expulsions: Getúlio, Formiga and Dorval. Referee: Frederico Lopes, assisted by Airton Vieira de Morais (named "Sansão") and Wilson Lopes de Souza.^[2]