| Season | 1963 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Santos 3rd Taça Brasil title 3rd Brazilian title |
| Copa Libertadores de América | Santos (title holder) Bahia |
| Matches played | 45 |
| Goals scored | 120 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pelé (8 goals) |
← 1962 1964 → | |
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 | Home ground |
|---|---|---|
 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) | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | 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 | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Confiança | 4 : 0 | Campinense | 2 - 0 | 4 - 3 | |
| Semi-Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | ||
| Ceará | 2 : 2 | Confiança | 2 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
| Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | ||
| Bahia | 2 : 2 | Ceará | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
Northern Group
| First Phase | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | ||
| Sampaio Corrêa | 2 : 2 | River | 3 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 |
| Semi-Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| River | 0 : 4 | Paysandu | 1 - 3 | 0 - 1 | |
| Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Paysandu | 0 : 4 | Sport Recife | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 | |
Northern Zone Final
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Sport Recife | 1 : 3 | Bahia | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | |
Southern Zone
Southern Group
| Semi-Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Londrina | 0 : 4 | Metropol | 2 - 3 | 1 - 2 | |
| Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Grêmio | 3 : 1 | Metropol | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | |
Central Group
| First Phase | 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 | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | ||
| Rio Branco | 2 : 2 | Vila Nova | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Atlético Mineiro | 3 : 1 | Rio Branco | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | |
Southern Zone Final
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Bahia | 3 : 1 | Botafogo | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | |
| Grêmio | 0 : 4 | Santos | 1 - 3 | 3 - 4 | |
National Final
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Santos | 4 : 0 | Bahia | 6 - 0 | 2 - 0 | |
References
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