1968 in Brazilian football

The following article presents a summary of the 1968 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 67th^{[citation needed]} season of competitive football in the country.

Football in Brazil

Season	1968
← 1967 1969 →

Taça Brasil

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Cruzeiro	1–2	Botafogo	0–1	1–1	-
Fortaleza	1–2	Náutico	2–1	1–2	2–1

Final

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September 3, 1968

Fortaleza	2–2	Botafogo

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October 4, 1968

Botafogo	4–0	Fortaleza

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Botafogo declared as the Taça Brasil champions by aggregate score of 6–2.

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa

Final Stage

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Santos	6	3	3	0	0	7	2	5
2	Internacional	2	3	1	0	2	6	5	1
3	Vasco da Gama	3	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3
4	Palmeiras	1	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3

Santos declared as the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa champions.

State championship champions

State	Champion		State	Champion
Acre	Atlético Acreano		Pará	Remo
Alagoas	CSA		Paraíba	Botafogo-PB
Amapá	Santana		Paraná	Coritiba
Amazonas	Nacional		Pernambuco	Náutico
Bahia	Galícia		Piauí	Piauí
Ceará	Ferroviário		Rio de Janeiro	Americano
Distrito Federal	Defelê		Rio Grande do Norte	Alecrim
Espírito Santo	Rio Branco-ES		Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio
Goiás	Goiânia		Rondônia	Moto Clube
Guanabara	Botafogo		Roraima	-
Maranhão	Moto Club		Santa Catarina	Comerciário
Mato Grosso	Operário (VG)		São Paulo	Santos
Mato Grosso do Sul	-		Sergipe	Confiança
Minas Gerais	Cruzeiro		Tocantins	-

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa Norte-Nordeste	Sport Recife
Torneio dos Campeões da CBD	Grêmio Maringá

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 1968
Náutico	Group stage
Palmeiras	Runner-up

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1968.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
June 9, 1968	Uruguay	W	2–0	Tostão, Sadi	Taça Rio Branco
June 12, 1968	Uruguay	W	4–0	Paulo Borges, Tostão, Jairzinho, Gérson	Taça Rio Branco
June 16, 1968	West Germany	L	1–2	Tostão	International Friendly
June 20, 1968	Poland	W	6–3	Rivellino (2), Jairzinho (2), Tostão, Natal	International Friendly
June 23, 1968	Czechoslovakia	L	2–3	Natal, Carlos Alberto Torres	International Friendly
June 25, 1968	Yugoslavia	W	2–0	Carlos Alberto Torres, Tostão	International Friendly
June 30, 1968	Portugal	W	2–0	Rivellino, Tostão	International Friendly
July 7, 1968	Mexico	W	2–0	Jairzinho (2)	International Friendly
July 10, 1968	Mexico	L	1–2	Rivellino	International Friendly
July 14, 1968	Peru	W	4–3	Natal, Jairzinho, Roberto Miranda, Carlos Alberto Torres	International Friendly
July 17, 1968	Peru	W	4–0	Rivellino, Gérson, Tostão, Jairzinho	International Friendly
July 25, 1968	Paraguay	W	4–0	Pelé (2), Toninho Guerreiro, Eduardo	Taça Oswaldo Cruz
July 28, 1968	Paraguay	L	0–1	-	Taça Oswaldo Cruz
August 7, 1968	Argentina	W	4–1	Waltencir, Roberto Miranda, Paulo César Caju, Jairzinho	International Friendly
August 11, 1968	Argentina	W	3–2	Evaldo, Rodrigues, Dirceu Lopes	International Friendly
October 31, 1968	Mexico	L	1–2	Carlos Alberto Torres	International Friendly
November 3, 1968	Mexico	W	2–1	Pelé, Jairzinho	International Friendly
November 6, 1968	FIFA XI	W	2–1	Rivellino, Tostão	International Friendly (unofficial match)
November 13, 1968	Coritiba	W	2–1	Dirceu Lopes, Zé Carlos	International Friendly (unofficial match)
December 14, 1968	West Germany	D	2–2	Eduardo (2)	International Friendly
December 17, 1968	Yugoslavia	D	3–3	Carlos Alberto Torres, Pelé, Babá	International Friendly
December 19, 1968	Yugoslavia	W	3–2	Vaguinho, Amauri, Ronaldo	International Friendly

References

• 1968 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF^{[permanent dead link]}