Football in Brazil
Season1976
Brazil

The following article presents a summary of the 1976 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 75th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Semifinals

Home team Score Away team
Fluminense 1-1 (1-4 pen) Corinthians
Internacional 2-1 Atlético Mineiro

Final

Internacional2–0Corinthians

Internacional declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions.

State championship champions

State Champion State Champion
Acre Juventus-AC Pará Paysandu
Alagoas CRB Paraíba Botafogo-PB
Amapá Ypiranga Paraná Coritiba
Amazonas Nacional Pernambuco Santa Cruz
Bahia Bahia Piauí Flamengo-PI
Ceará Ceará Rio de Janeiro Central
Distrito Federal Brasília Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Espírito Santo Vitória-ES Rio Grande do Sul Internacional
Goiás Goiás Rondônia Moto Clube
Guanabara Fluminense Roraima Atlético Roraima
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa Santa Catarina Joinville
Mato Grosso Operário-CG São Paulo Palmeiras
Mato Grosso do Sul - Sergipe Confiança
Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro Tocantins -

Youth competition champions

Competition Champion
Copa São Paulo de Juniores Atlético Mineiro

Other competition champions

Competition Champion
Taça Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro
Torneio de Integração da Amazônia Rio Branco
Torneio José Américo de Almeida Filho Vitória

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team Copa Libertadores 1976 Intercontinental Cup 1976
Cruzeiro Champions
defeated
Argentina River Plate		 Runner-up
lost to
Germany Bayern Munich
Internacional Group stage
eliminated
finished second in the group		 N/A

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1976.

Date City Opposition Result Score Brazil scorers Competition
February 21, 1976Brazil BrasíliaFederal District (Brazil) Brasília Combined TeamW1-0FlechaInternational Friendly (unofficial match)
February 25, 1976Uruguay Montevideo UruguayW2-1Nelinho, ZicoTaça do Atlântico/Taça Rio Branco
February 27, 1976Argentina Buenos Aires ArgentinaW2-1Lula, ZicoTaça do Atlântico/Roca Cup
April 7, 1976Paraguay Asunción ParaguayD1-1ÉneasTaça do Atlântico/Taça Oswaldo Cruz
April 28, 1976Brazil Rio de Janeiro UruguayW2-1Rivellino, ZicoTaça do Atlântico/Taça Rio Branco
May 19, 1976Brazil Rio de Janeiro ArgentinaW2-0Lula, NecaTaça do Atlântico/Roca Cup
May 23, 1976United States Los Angeles EnglandW1-0Roberto DinamiteUSA Bicentenary Cup
May 28, 1976United States SeattleUnited States NASL Combined TeamW2-0Gil (2)USA Bicentenary Cup
May 31, 1976United States New Haven ItalyW4-1Gil (2), Zico, Roberto DinamiteUSA Bicentenary Cup
June 2, 1976United States San FranciscoMexico UNAMW4-3Gil, Zico, Roberto Dinamite (2)International Friendly (unofficial match)
June 4, 1976Mexico Guadalajara MexicoW3-0Roberto Dinamite (2), GilInternational Friendly
June 9, 1976Brazil Rio de Janeiro ParaguayW3-1Roberto Dinamite (2), ZicoTaça do Atlântico/Taça Oswaldo Cruz
October 6, 1976Brazil Rio de JaneiroBrazil FlamengoL0-2-International Friendly (unofficial match)
December 1, 1976Brazil Rio de Janeiro Soviet UnionW2-0Falcão, ZicoInternational Friendly

References

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