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)
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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