1959 in Brazilian football

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The following article presents a summary of the 1959 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 58th season of competitive football in the country.

Taça Brasil

Semifinals

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Team #1 !Agg !Team #2 !1st leg !2nd leg !3rd leg
Santos \|4-1 \|Grêmio \|4-1 \|0-0 \|-
Vasco da Gama \|2-3 \|Bahia \|0-1 \|2-1 \|0-1

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Team #1

!Agg

!Team #2

!1st leg

!2nd leg

!3rd leg

Santos

|4-1

|Grêmio

|4-1

|0-0

Vasco da Gama

|2-3

|Bahia

|0-1

|2-1

|0-1

Final

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{{footballbox | date = December 30, 1959

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Bahia declared as the Taça Brasil champions by aggregate score of 5-5.

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Final Standings

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Position !Team !Points !Played !Won !Drawn !Lost !For !Against !Difference
style="background: gold;" !1 \|Santos \|13 \|9 \|6 \|1 \|2 \|24 \|16 \|8
2 \|Vasco da Gama \|12 \|9 \|4 \|4 \|1 \|12 \|6 \|6
3 \|Flamengo \|11 \|9 \|5 \|1 \|3 \|24 \|15 \|9
4 \|Palmeiras \|10 \|9 \|5 \|0 \|4 \|17 \|19 \|-2
5 \|São Paulo \|10 \|9 \|4 \|2 \|3 \|23 \|22 \|1
6 \|America-RJ \|9 \|9 \|4 \|1 \|4 \|19 \|23 \|-4
7 \|Botafogo \|8 \|9 \|4 \|0 \|5 \|15 \|16 \|-1
8 \|Fluminense \|6 \|9 \|2 \|2 \|5 \|13 \|14 \|-1
9 \|Corinthians \|6 \|9 \|2 \|2 \|5 \|10 \|21 \|-11
10 \|Portuguesa \|5 \|9 \|2 \|1 \|6 \|16 \|21 \|-5

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!Position

!Team

!Points

!Played

!Won

!Drawn

!Lost

!For

!Against

!Difference

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|Santos

|13

|24

|16

|Vasco da Gama

|12

|Flamengo

|11

|24

|15

|Palmeiras

|10

|17

|19

|-2

|São Paulo

|10

|23

|22

|America-RJ

|19

|23

|-4

|Botafogo

|15

|16

|-1

|Fluminense

|13

|14

|-1

|Corinthians

|10

|21

|-11

|Portuguesa

|16

|21

|-5

Santos declared as the Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions.

State championship champions

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State !Champion ! !State !Champion
Acre \|Independência \| \|Paraíba \|Estrela do Mar
Alagoas \|Capelense \| \|Paraná \|Coritiba
Amapá \|Macapá \| \|Pernambuco \|Santa Cruz
Amazonas \|Auto Esporte \| \|Piauí \|River
Bahia \|Bahia \| \|Rio de Janeiro \|Fonseca
Brasília \|Brasiliense (Núcleo Bandeirante) \| \|Rio de Janeiro (DF) \|Fluminense
Ceará \|Fortaleza \| \|Rio Grande do Norte \|ABC
Espírito Santo \|Rio Branco-ES \| \|Rio Grande do Sul \|Grêmio
Goiás \|Goiânia \| \|Rondônia \|Ypiranga-RO
Maranhão \|Moto Club \| \|Roraima \|-
Mato Grosso \|Mixto \| \|Santa Catarina \|Paula Ramos
Mato Grosso do Sul \|- \| \|São Paulo \|Palmeiras
Minas Gerais \|Cruzeiro \| \|Sergipe \|Santa Cruz-SE
Pará \|Paysandu \| \|Tocantins \|-

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State

!Champion

!State

!Champion

|Brasiliense (Núcleo Bandeirante)

|ABC

Other competition champions

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Competition !Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais \|São Paulo

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Competition

!Champion

Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais

|São Paulo

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1959.

width=12%\|Date !width=12%\|Opposition !width=1%\|Result !width=7%\|Score !width=26%\|Brazil scorers !width=18%\|Competition
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March 10, 1959	{{fb\|PER}}	D	2-2	Didi, Pelé	South American Championship
March 15, 1959	{{fb\|CHI}}	W	3-0	Pelé (2), Didi	South American Championship
March 21, 1959	{{fb\|BOL}}	W	4-2	Paulo Valentim (2), Pelé, Didi	South American Championship
March 26, 1959	{{fb\|URU}}	W	3-1	Paulo Valentim (3)	South American Championship
March 29, 1959	{{fb\|PAR}}	W	4-1	Pelé (3), Chinesinho	South American Championship
April 4, 1959	{{fb\|ARG}}	D	1-1	Pelé	South American Championship
May 13, 1959	{{fb\|ENG}}	W	2-0	Julinho, Henrique Frade	International Friendly
May 13, 1959	{{fb\|CHI}}	W	7-0	Pelé (3), Quarentinha (2), Dino Sani, Dorval	Bernardo O'Higgins Cup
May 20, 1959	{{fb\|CHI}}	W	1-0	Quarentinha	Bernardo O'Higgins Cup
December 5, 1959	{{fb\|PAR}}	W	3-2	Paulo (2), Zé de Mello	South American Championship
December 12, 1959	{{fb\|URU}}	L	0-3\|
\|South American Championship
December 19, 1959	{{fb\|ECU}}	W	3-1	Geraldo, Paulo, Zé de Mello	South American Championship
December 22, 1959	{{fb\|ARG}}	L	1-4	Geraldo	South American Championship
December 27, 1959	{{fb\|ECU}}	W	2-1	Traçaia, Zé de Mello	International Friendly

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012162022/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/current.htm Brazilian competitions at RSSSF]
[http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/chancedegol/sel/brazil195960.htm 1959 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF]{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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