1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Football league season

Campeonato Brasileiro Série ASeason| 1971

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Dates| 7 August 1971 – 19 December 1971
Champions| Atlético Mineiro
1st Campeonato Brasileiro title
2nd Brazilian title
Copa Libertadores| Atlético Mineiro
São Paulo
Matches played| 229
Goals scored| 419 (1.83 per match)
Top goalscorer| Dario (15 goals)
Average attendance| 20,360

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The 1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Primeiro Campeonato Nacional de Clubes, "First National Championship of Clubs") was the 16th edition of the Brazilian Championship. However, from 1976 until 2010 (when CBF unified the Brazilian titles prior to 1971, considering the 1959 Taça Brasil as the first edition of the championship) this tournament was considered by the highest entity of national football as the first edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[1] The competition was won by Atlético Mineiro, thus winning its second Brazilian title.

While the tournament represented the top tier of Brazilian football, its name was "Division Extra", with "First Division" instead used by the second-tier tournament (since known as Campeonato Brasileiro Série B).[2]

## Background

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During the 1960s, two tournaments were used to pick Brazil's representative at the Copa Libertadores: Taça Brasil (1959-1968), a single-elimination tournament between the state champions; and Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967-1970), divided in two separate group phases with teams mostly from the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Both tournaments had a format that barely covered the entire country and had regional phases that diminished fan support, leading to dissatisfaction from both the team owners and the Brazilian Confederation of Sports (CBD), who organized the championship. In 1970, the Brazil national football team won the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, becoming the first three-time world champion. Seeing the valorization of Brazilian football, president Emílio Médici and the Brazilian media pushed CBD towards a true national tournament. With a format inspired by the European tournaments, the tournament would feature 20 teams.[3] The format of the national tournament was still close to the 1970 Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, with the state of Ceará being the only addition to the seven featured in the Robertão's final edition. Some of the shunned federation states, led by Goiás, even created their own parallel national tournament, the Torneio Integração da CBD.[4]

## Competition format

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The season was divided into three phases:

* The First Phase saw the twenty teams divided into two groups of ten. Despite being divided into groups, the phase was contested in a single round-robin format, with each team playing the others once. The top six teams in each group advanced to the Second Phase.
* The Second Phase saw the twelve qualified teams divided into three groups of four. The teams within each group played each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group advanced to the Final Phase.
* The Final Phase saw the three team play each other team once. The team with the most points at the end of the round was declared the champion.

## Teams

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Twenty clubs participated in this championship (home city in parentheses):

* America-RJ (Rio de Janeiro)
* América-MG (Belo Horizonte)
* Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horizonte)
* Bahia (Salvador)
* Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro)
* Ceará (Fortaleza)
* Corinthians (São Paulo)
* Coritiba (Curitiba)
* Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte)
* Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro)
* Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro)
* Grêmio (Porto Alegre)
* Internacional (Porto Alegre)
* Palmeiras (São Paulo)
* Portuguesa (São Paulo)
* Santa Cruz (Recife)
* Santos (Santos)
* São Paulo (São Paulo)
* Sport (Recife)
* Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro)

## First phase

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### Group A standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Corinthians | 19  | 10  | 6  | 3  | 29  | 16  | +13  | 26  | Advanced to the Second Phase
2  | Cruzeiro | 19  | 7  | 9  | 3  | 26  | 12  | +14  | 23
3  | Internacional | 19  | 7  | 9  | 3  | 21  | 16  | +5  | 23
4  | Coritiba | 19  | 10  | 2  | 7  | 21  | 18  | +3  | 22
5  | Palmeiras | 19  | 8  | 6  | 5  | 20  | 14  | +6  | 22
6  | Vasco da Gama | 19  | 6  | 7  | 6  | 11  | 12  | −1  | 19
7  | Santa Cruz | 19  | 3  | 11  | 5  | 17  | 23  | −6  | 17  |
8  | Fluminense | 19  | 5  | 6  | 8  | 12  | 13  | −1  | 16
9  | Portuguesa | 19  | 6  | 3  | 10  | 16  | 24  | −8  | 15
10  | Ceará | 19  | 2  | 5  | 12  | 5  | 25  | −20  | 9

Source: [citation needed]

### Group B standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Grêmio | 19  | 8  | 7  | 4  | 18  | 11  | +7  | 23  | Advanced to the Second Phase
2  | Atlético Mineiro | 19  | 7  | 9  | 3  | 27  | 16  | +11  | 23
3  | America-RJ | 19  | 7  | 7  | 5  | 23  | 17  | +6  | 21
4  | Santos | 19  | 7  | 7  | 5  | 17  | 11  | +6  | 21
5  | Botafogo | 19  | 5  | 10  | 4  | 15  | 16  | −1  | 20
6  | São Paulo | 19  | 6  | 7  | 6  | 16  | 19  | −3  | 19
7  | Bahia | 19  | 5  | 8  | 6  | 14  | 16  | −2  | 18  |
8  | Flamengo | 19  | 4  | 10  | 5  | 13  | 17  | −4  | 18
9  | América-MG | 19  | 2  | 9  | 8  | 11  | 19  | −8  | 13
10  | Sport Recife | 19  | 4  | 4  | 11  | 10  | 27  | −17  | 12

Source: [citation needed]

## Second phase

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | São Paulo | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 9  | Advanced to the Final Phase
2  | Corinthians | 6  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 5  |
3  | America-RJ | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 5
4  | Cruzeiro | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 5

Source: [citation needed]

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Atlético Mineiro | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 10  | 6  | +4  | 7  | Advanced to the Final Phase
2  | Internacional | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 7  |
3  | Santos | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 7  | 5  | +2  | 6
4  | Vasco da Gama | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 10  | −6  | 4

Source: [citation needed]

### Group C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Botafogo | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 11  | 6  | +5  | 8  | Advanced to the Final Phase
2  | Grêmio | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 7  | −1  | 6  |
3  | Palmeiras | 6  | 1  | 4  | 1  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 6
4  | Coritiba | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 7  | −5  | 4

Source: [citation needed]

## Final phase

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Atlético Mineiro | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | +2  | 4
2  | São Paulo | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 2
3  | Botafogo | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 5  | −4  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

December 12

Atlético Mineiro| 1-0| São Paulo

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Oldair 75' |  |

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 53.903

Referee: Armando Marques

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December 15

São Paulo| 4-1| Botafogo

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Forlán 61'
Terto 65' (86)
Toninho 71' |  | Ney de Oliveira 53'

Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 33.930

Referee: Armando Marques

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December 19

Botafogo| 0-1| Atlético Mineiro

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|  | Dario 61'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 46.458

Referee: Armando Marques

## Final standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Atlético Mineiro | 27  | 12  | 10  | 5  | 39  | 22  | +17  | 34  | Finalists
2  | São Paulo | 27  | 10  | 10  | 7  | 26  | 23  | +3  | 30
3  | Botafogo | 27  | 8  | 12  | 7  | 27  | 27  | 0  | 28
4  | Corinthians | 25  | 12  | 7  | 6  | 33  | 21  | +12  | 31  | Eliminated in the Second Phase
5  | Internacional | 25  | 10  | 10  | 5  | 28  | 23  | +5  | 30
6  | Grêmio | 25  | 10  | 9  | 6  | 24  | 18  | +6  | 29
7  | Palmeiras | 25  | 9  | 10  | 6  | 27  | 20  | +7  | 28
8  | Cruzeiro | 25  | 8  | 12  | 5  | 28  | 17  | +11  | 28
9  | Santos | 25  | 9  | 9  | 7  | 24  | 16  | +8  | 27
10  | Coritiba | 25  | 11  | 4  | 10  | 23  | 25  | −2  | 26
11  | America-RJ | 25  | 8  | 10  | 7  | 27  | 21  | +6  | 26
12  | Vasco da Gama | 25  | 7  | 9  | 9  | 15  | 22  | −7  | 23
13  | Bahia | 19  | 5  | 8  | 6  | 14  | 16  | −2  | 18  | Eliminated in the First Phase
14  | Flamengo | 19  | 4  | 10  | 5  | 13  | 17  | −4  | 18
15  | Santa Cruz | 19  | 3  | 11  | 5  | 17  | 23  | −6  | 17
16  | Fluminense | 19  | 5  | 6  | 8  | 12  | 13  | −1  | 16
17  | Portuguesa | 19  | 6  | 3  | 10  | 16  | 24  | −8  | 15
18  | América-MG | 19  | 2  | 9  | 8  | 11  | 19  | −8  | 13
19  | Sport Recife | 19  | 4  | 4  | 11  | 10  | 27  | −17  | 12
20  | Ceará | 19  | 2  | 5  | 12  | 5  | 25  | −20  | 9

Source: rsssf.com

## References

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1. ^ https://ge.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2010/12/entenda-como-eram-taca-brasil-e-o-torneio-roberto-gomes-pedrosa.html (in Portuguese).
2. ^ Túnel do Tempo (in Portuguese)
3. ^ "Exclusivo: Vai Mudar Tudo em Nosso Futebol". Placar (31): 34–36. 16 October 1970.
4. ^ Stein, Leandro (2 April 2014). "Da criação do Brasileirão aos elefantes brancos, como o futebol entrou no Plano de Integração Nacional" (in Portuguese). Trivela - Universo Online. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

## Sources

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* Pontes, Ricardo FF (May 13, 2010). "Brazil 1971 Championship - Primeiro Campeonato Nacional de Clubes". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
* 1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF

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