1963 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
# 1963 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 1963 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1963 Taça Brasil) was the 5th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

## 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

20 State Champions qualified for the tournament including, for the first time, the champions of the Federal Distrito and Goiás.

| Team | Home city |
| - | - |
| ABC | (Natal-RN) |
| Atlético Mineiro | (Belo Horizonte-MG) |
| Bahia | (Salvador-BA) |
| Botafogo | (Rio de Janeiro-GB) |
| Campinense | (Campina Grande-PB) |
| Capelense | (Capela-AL) |
| Ceará | (Fortaleza-CE) |
| Confiança | (Aracaju-SE) |
| Defelê | (Brasília-DF) |
| Fonseca | (Niterói-RJ) |
| Grêmio | (Porto Alegre-RS) |
| Londrina | (Londrina-PR) |
| Metropol | (Criciúma-SC) |
| Paysandu | (Belém-PA) |
| Rio Branco | (Vitória-ES) |
| Sampaio Corrêa | (São Luís-MA) |
| Santos | (Santos-SP) |
| Sport Recife | (Recife-PE) |
| River | (Teresina-PI) |
| Vila Nova | (Goiânia-GO) |

## Northern Zone

### Northeastern Group

| First Phase | First Phase | First Phase | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Campinense | 2 : 2 | ABC | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 2 |
| Capelense | 2 : 2 | Confiança | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 3 |
| Second Phase | Second Phase | Second Phase | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Confiança | 4 : 0 | Campinense | 2 - 0 | 4 - 3 |
| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Ceará | 2 : 2 | Confiança | 2 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Bahia | 2 : 2 | Ceará | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 |

### Northern Group

| First Phase | First Phase | First Phase | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Sampaio Corrêa | 2 : 2 | River | 3 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 |
| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| River | 0 : 4 | Paysandu | 1 - 3 | 0 - 1 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Paysandu | 0 : 4 | Sport Recife | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 |

### Northern Zone Final

| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sport Recife | 1 : 3 | Bahia | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 |

## Southern Zone

### Southern Group

| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Londrina | 0 : 4 | Metropol | 2 - 3 | 1 - 2 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Grêmio | 3 : 1 | Metropol | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 |

### Central Group

| First Phase | First Phase | First Phase | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Vila Nova | 4 : 0 | Defelê | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | — |
| Rio Branco | 2 : 2 | Fonseca | 0 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 |
| Rio Branco progressed thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. |||||
| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break |
| Rio Branco | 2 : 2 | Vila Nova | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Final | Final | Final | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Mineiro | 3 : 1 | Rio Branco | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 |

### Southern Zone Final

| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Mineiro | 1 : 3 | Grêmio | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 |

## National Semi-Finals

Botafogo and Santos entered in this stage

| | | | Scores | Scores |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bahia | 3 : 1 | Botafogo | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Grêmio | 0 : 4 | Santos | 1 - 3 | 3 - 4 |

## National Final

| | | | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Points | | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santos | 4 : 0 | Bahia | 6 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
