1972 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1972
Champions	Palmeiras (5th title)
Copa Libertadores de América	Palmeiras Botafogo
Matches played	352
Goals scored	731 (2.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pedro Rocha (São Paulo) Dario (Atlético Mineiro) - 17 goals
Biggest home win	Atlético Mineiro 5-0 Vitória (October 8, 1972)
Biggest away win	Náutico 0-6 São Paulo (November 5, 1972) Flamengo 0-6 Botafogo (November 15, 1972)
Average attendance	17,594
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The 1972 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Segundo Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes) was the 16th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

The championship had 26 teams, and Palmeiras won the championship.The championship had four phases.

• The First Phase saw the twenty-six teams divided into four groups.two groups of six, and two groups of seven. Despite being divided into groups, the phase was contested in a single round-robin format, with each team playing the others once. The top four teams in each group advanced to the Second Phase.
• The Second Phase saw the sixteen qualified teams divided into four groups of four. The teams within each group played each other in a single round-robin format. The top team from each group advanced to the Semifinals.
• The Semifinals were played in the form of knockout tournament, in which the winner of the match advanced to the finals.In case of a draw, the team with the best record on the championship advanced.
• The Finals were disputed using the same rules of the semifinals.

First phase

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Second phase

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Internacional	25	11	12	2	34	20	+14	34
Vasco da Gama	25	10	10	5	23	15	+8	30
São Paulo	25	11	6	8	45	31	+14	28
América-RJ	25	8	10	7	19	21	−1	26
Bahia	25	6	11	8	16	23	−7	23
Sergipe	25	2	5	18	14	41	−27	9

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Palmeiras	25	14	8	3	39	15	+24	36
Coritiba	25	12	9	4	34	17	+17	33
Cruzeiro	25	12	9	4	37	20	+17	33
Flamengo	25	10	8	7	21	20	+1	28
Remo	25	5	15	5	21	20	+1	25
Náutico	25	7	8	10	30	34	−4	22
ABC	25	4	7	14	20	33	−13	15

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Corinthians	25	11	10	4	29	24	+5	32
Atlético Mineiro	25	10	6	9	31	26	+5	26
Botafogo	25	7	11	7	30	30	0	25
Santa Cruz	25	7	9	9	31	26	-5	23
Nacional-AM	25	4	10	11	23	31	-8	18
Portuguesa	25	4	9	12	25	37	−12	17

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos	25	11	9	5	31	19	+12	31
Grêmio	25	10	8	7	22	26	-4	28
Ceará	25	8	12	5	27	25	+2	28
Fluminense	25	9	9	7	21	19	+2	27
Vitória	25	6	10	9	13	26	-13	22
América-MG	25	3	12	10	18	28	−10	18
CRB	25	1	11	13	18	45	−27	13

Second phase

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Semifinals

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Internacional	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	5
Vasco da Gama	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4
Flamengo	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2	2
Cruzeiro	3	0	1	2	4	7	-3	1

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Palmeiras	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
São Paulo	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	4
Coritiba	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	2
América-RJ	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Corinthians	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
Atlético Mineiro	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Ceará	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2
Fluminense	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Botafogo	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Grêmio	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Santos	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	2
Santa Cruz	3	1	0	2	3	7	-4	2

Semifinals

Palmeiras v Internacional

20 December 1972 (1972-12-20)

Palmeiras	1 – 1	Internacional
Nei  69'		Tovar  15'

Pacaembu, São Paulo (SP) Attendance: 47,822 Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

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Botafogo v Corinthians

20 December 1972 (1972-12-20)

Botafogo	2 – 1	Corinthians
Jairzinho  25' Nei Conceição  83'		Nélson Lopes  8'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (GB) Attendance: 68,695 Referee: Sebastião Rufino

Finals

Palmeiras v Botafogo

23 December 1972 (1972-12-23)

Palmeiras	0 – 0	Botafogo

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP) Attendance: 58,277 Referee: Agomar Martins

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Palmeiras	42	30	16	10	4	46	19	27
2	Botafogo	33	30	10	13	7	38	31	7
3	Internacional	40	29	13	14	2	42	25	17
4	Corinthians	36	29	12	12	5	31	26	5
5	Coritiba	35	28	13	9	6	36	23	13
6	Cruzeiro	34	28	12	10	6	41	27	14
7	Vasco da Gama	34	28	11	12	5	28	18	10
8	Santos	33	28	12	9	7	34	22	12
9	São Paulo	32	28	13	6	9	49	32	17
10	Grêmio	31	28	11	9	8	24	18	6
11	Atlético Mineiro	30	28	11	8	9	35	29	6
12	Flamengo	30	28	10	10	8	24	25	-1
13	Ceará	30	28	8	14	6	28	27	1
14	Fluminense	29	28	9	11	8	23	22	1
15	América-RJ	28	28	9	10	9	22	26	-4
16	Santa Cruz	25	28	8	9	11	34	43	-9
17	Remo	25	25	5	15	5	21	20	1
18	Bahia	23	25	6	11	8	16	23	-7
19	Náutico	22	25	7	8	10	30	34	-4
20	Vitória	22	25	6	10	9	13	26	-13
21	Nacional-AM	18	25	4	10	11	23	31	-8
22	América Mineiro	18	25	3	12	10	18	28	-10
23	Portuguesa	17	25	4	9	12	25	37	-12
24	ABC	15	25	4	7	14	18	33	-15
25	CRB	13	25	1	11	13	18	45	-27
26	Sergipe	9	25	2	5	18	14	41	-27