Football league season
Campeonato Brasileiro Série ASeason | 1962 |
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Champions | Santos 2nd Taça Brasil title 2nd Brazilian title |
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Copa Libertadores de América | Santos (title holder) Botafogo |
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Matches played | 39 |
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Goals scored | 127 (3.26 per match) |
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Top goalscorer | Coutinho (7 goals) |
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The 1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1962 Taça Brasil) was the 4th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on September 2, 1962, and ended on April 2, 1963.
Format
The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Break (play-off) 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
18 State Champions qualified for the tournament.
Northern Zone
Northeastern Group
First Phase | Scores |
| Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
Campinense | 4 : 0 | ABC | 4 - 3 | 3 - 1 | — |
CRB | 2 : 2 | Sergipe | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 |
Semi-Final | Scores |
| Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
Campinense | 4 : 0 | CRB | 2 - 1 | 6 - 0 |
Final | Scores |
| Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
Bahia | 2 : 2 | Campinense | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 |
Campinense progressed thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. |
Northern Group
Semi-Final | Scores |
| Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
Paysandu | 2 : 2 | Ceará | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 |
Northern Zone Final
Southern Zone
Southern Group
Semi-Final | Scores |
| Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
Comercial-PR | 1 : 3 | Metropol | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 |
Eastern Group
Semi-Final | Scores |
| Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
Rio Branco-RJ | 3 : 1 | Santo Antônio | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
Southern Zone Final
National Semi-Finals
Botafogo and Santos entered this stage.
National Final
| Scores |
| Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
Santos | 2 : 2 | Botafogo | 4 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 5 - 0 |
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