| Season | 1963 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 August 1963 – 28 January 1964 |
| Champions | Santos 3rd Taça Brasil title 3rd Brazilian title |
| Copa Libertadores | Santos (title holder) Bahia |
| Matches played | 45 |
| Goals scored | 120 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ruiter - Confiança (9 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Santos 6-0 Bahia |
← 1962 1964 → | |
The 1963 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1963 Taça Brasil) was the 6th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[1]
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).
Twenty state champions qualified for the tournament including, for the first time, the champions of the Federal District and Goiás.
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Sport Recife | 1 : 3 | Bahia | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| Atlético Mineiro | 1 : 3 | Grêmio | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | |
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 | |
