Brazil Cup 1966

Participants

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal-RN)
AMERICANO Futebol Clube (Campos-RJ)  
ANÁPOLIS Futebol Clube (Anápolis-GO)
CAMPINENSE Clube (Campina Grande-PB)
Associação Desportiva CONFIANÇA (Aracaju-SE)
CRUZEIRO Esporte Clube (Belo Horizonte-MG)
Centro Sportivo Alagoano - CSA (Maceió-AL)
Associação DESPORTIVA Ferroviária (Cariacica-ES)
Clube Atlético FERROVIÁRIO (Curitiba-PR)
Esporte Clube FLAMENGO (Teresina-PI) 
FLUMINENSE Futebol Clube (Rio de Janeiro-GB)
FORTALEZA Esporte Clube (Fortaleza-CE)
GRÊMIO Foot-ball Porto Alegrense (Porto Alegre-RS)
Esporte Clube INTERNACIONAL (Lages-SC)
Clube NÁUTICO Capibaribe (Recife-PE)
Sociedade Esportiva PALMEIRAS (São Paulo-SP)
PAYSANDU Sport Club (Belém-PA)
RABELLO Futebol Clube (Brasília-DF)
Atlético RIO NEGRO Clube (Manaus-AM)
SAMPAIO CORRÊA Futebol Clube (São Luís-MA)
SANTOS Futebol Clube (Santos-SP)
Esporte Clube VITÓRIA (Salvador-BA)


NORTHERN ZONE

Northeastern Group

First Phase     

[Jul 10 and 17] 

CSA               2-0   1-0  Confiança
[Jul 14 and 24]
Campinense        2-0   2-1  ABC

Semifinal       

[Aug 15 and 21]
Campinense        2-3   0-2  CSA

Final

[Aug 31 and Sep 13]
CSA               2-3   2-4  Vitória

Northern Group

First Phase

[Jul 13 and 17]
Paysandu          6-0   3-0  Rio Negro
[Jul 17 and 24]
Flamengo-PI       2-0   1-1  Sampaio Corrêa

Semifinal

[Aug 7 and 15]
Paysandu          2-0   0-2  Flamengo-PI  
[Aug 18] - playoff
Flamengo-PI       0-0  Paysandu

Final

[Aug 31 and Sep 7] 
Fortaleza         3-1   1-1  Paysandu 

Northern Zone Decision

Semifinal

[Sep 20 and 23]
Fortaleza         1-1   0-4  Vitória

Final

[Sep 28 and Oct 5]
Náutico           3-0   3-2  Vitória

SOUTHERN ZONE

Southern Group

First Phase

[Jul 10 and 17]
Internacional-SC  3-3   0-2  Ferroviário

Final

[Aug 17 and Sep 4]
Ferroviário       0-0   0-3  Grêmio

Central Group

First Phase 

[Jul 10 and 17]
Desportiva        2-2   0-3  Americano
[Jul 13 and 20]
Rabello           2-0   0-1  Anápolis
[Aug 14] - playoff
Anápolis          4-1  Rabello

Semifinal

[Aug 23 and 28]
Anápolis          2-0   1-2  Americano
[Aug 30] - playoff
Americano         3-2 Anápolis

Final

[Sep 7 and 14]
Americano         0-4   1-6  Cruzeiro

Southern Zone Decision

[Oct 9 and 23]
Grêmio            0-0   1-2  Cruzeiro

QUARTERFINALS

[Oct 19 and 26]
Palmeiras         0-0   0-0  Náutico
[Oct 28] - playoff
Náutico           3-0  Palmeiras

SEMIFINALS

[Nov 9 and 17]
Náutico           0-2   5-3  Santos
[Nov 9 and 23]
Cruzeiro          1-0   3-1  Fluminense
[Nov 19] - playoff
Santos            4-1  Náutico

FINAL

[Nov 30 and Dec 7]
Cruzeiro          6-2   3-2  Santos

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube are the 1966 Taça Brasil champions

07/12/1966 Santos 2-3 Cruzeiro
                    Pelé          23' (1-0)
                    Toninho       25' (2-0)
                    Tostão        64' (1-2)
                    Dirceu Lopes  73' (2-2)
                    Natal         89' (2-3)
Referee: Armando Marques
Att: 30.000 (estimated)
Santos: Cláudio, Zé Carlos, Oberdan, Haroldo, Lima - Zito, Mengálvio -
Amauri (Dorval), Toninho, Pelé, Edu. (Coach: Lula)
Cruzeiro: Raul, Pedro Paulo, William, Procópio, Neco - Piazza, Dirceu
Lopes - Natal, Tostão, Evaldo, Hílton Oliveira. (Coach: Aírton Moreira)

Cruzeiro and Santos qualified to Taça Libertadores 1967
(later, Santos withdrew from the competition)



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About this document

Second leg final details thanks to Marcelo Leme de Arruda

Thanks to Alexandre Magno Barreto Berwanger (ambberwanger@yahoo.com.br).

Prepared and maintained by Ricardo Pontes and Julio Bovi Diogo for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil

Authors: Ricardo Pontes (rffp@terra.com.br) and Julio Bovi Diogo (juliodiogo@litoral.com.br)
Last updated: 23 Nov 2008

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