Uruguay II Division

 

Second Level (Primera B) 1971

Final Table:

 1.Rentistas     18   8  7  3  20-13  23  Promoted
 2.Fénix         18   7  8  3  24-18  22  Promotion Playoff
 3.Miramar       18   8  6  4  19-13  22  Promotion Playoff
 4.Wanderers     18   8  5  5  23-17  21 
Standing from left: ?,?, Luis Argibay, Ruben Martínez, Olivera, Wellington Castro.
Front: Elbio Alemán, Oscar Alfonso, Julio Fernández, Jorge Sanín, Aníbal Merli. 
 5.Colón         18   7  5  6  23-18  19
 6.Progreso      18   6  7  5  26-28  19
 7.Cerrito       18   7  3  8  18-21  17
 8.Rampla Juniors   18   3  9  6  16-20  15
 9.El Tanque     18   4  5  9  17-23  13
10.La Luz        18   2  5 11  14-29   9
Promotion/Relegation Playoff

Round 1
Central Esp. – Fénix            1-1
Miramar – Racing                1-1

Round 2
Central Esp. – Miramar          4-2
Racing – Fénix                  2-2

Round 3
Central Esp. – Racing           2-1
Fénix – Miramar                 3-2

 1.Central Esp.   3   2  1  0   7- 4   5
 2.Fénix          3   1  2  0   6- 5   4 
 3.Racing         3   0  2  1   4- 5   2  Relegated
 4.Miramar        3   0  1  2   5- 8   1

Promoted: Rentistas 
Relegated from 1st level: Racing

Rentistas (Montevideo) – Second Division champions and promoted to top flight. Well done!

Misiones (Montevideo) – Third Division champions and promoted to Second Division.

Uruguay I Division

 

Uruguay. I Division – 2-staged season.

Standing from left: Ubiña, Cubilla, Masnik, Brunel, JC Morales, Montero Castillo
Crouching: Manga, Maneiro, Mamelli, Esparrago, JC Blanco
 1. Nacional                   22  12  8  2  42-17  32 
 2. Peñarol                    22  13  6  3  40-23  32 
 3. Liverpool                  22  10  9  3  31-16  29 
 4. Bella Vista                22  10  7  5  28-19  27 
 5. Danubio                    22  10  5  7  24-25  25 
 6. Cerro                      22   6  8  8  26-36  20 
 7. CA River Plate             22   4 12  6  18-22  20 
 8. Defensor                   22   6  8  8  14-18  20 
 9. Huracán Buceo              22   6  5 11  27-30  17 
10. Sud América                22   3 10  9  20-27  16 
11. Racing                     22   3  7 12  23-44  13 
12. Central                    22   2  9 11  21-37  13 

314 goals = 2.378 goals/match. 

Group A - Championship Round: 
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 1. Nacional                    5   3  2  0  10- 6   8 
Back row from left: Cocito (Kinesiólogo), Omar Caetano, Walter Corbo, Roberto Matosas, Alfredo Lamas, Elías R. Figueroa, Mario González, Roque Máspoli (DT) Front: Ermindo Onega, Luis Villalba, Raúl Castronovo, Milton Viera, Ilija Petcovich. 
 2. Peñarol                     5   3  1  1  11- 7   7 
Second row from left: Agapito Rivero,Quiroga,Campo,Moyano,Carlitos Perez,Hurt, 
Front: ?,Pierino Lattuada,Torito Gomez,Linder Moreira,Tano Bertochi
 3. Liverpool                   5   2  1  2   7- 5   5 
 5. Huracán Buceo               5   1  3  1   6- 9   5 
 4. Danubio                     5   0  3  2   2- 4   3 
 6. Bella Vista                 5   0  2  3   7-12   2 

43 goals = 2.867 goals/match. 

Group B - Relegation Round: 
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Standing from left: Arnoldo Labella, Carlos Martínez, Héctor Roux, Ruben Albanese, Eduardo Rivera, Gustavo De Simone.
Crouching: Gerardo Rodríguez, Abel Roux, Sergio Castillo, Luiz Carlos, Antonio Veloso.
 1. Central                     5   3  2  0  10- 4   8 
 2. Cerro                       5   2  2  1  11- 9   6 
Back row from left: Nelson Moraes, Washington Moglia, Juan Parraviccini, Fernando Morena, Antonio De Lucca.
Front: Juan Ramón Silva, Andrés Aguirre, Carlos Rodríguez, Faber Ross, Ovidio Pedernera, Carlos Luthar.
 3. CA River Plate              5   2  2  1   9- 7   6 
 4. Sud América                 5   3  0  2   7- 4   6 
Second row from left: Líber Arispe, Baudilio Jauregui, Walter Gassire, Raúl Caresani, Juan C. Leiva, Hugo Fernández.
Front: Leonardo Hernández, Gervasio Ramilo, Miguel A. Leiva, Hamlet Tabárez, Walter Cufré.
 5. Defensor                    5   1  1  3   5- 9   3 
Standing from left: Carlos Guarroz, Fernando Apolinario, Roberto Gil, Ricardo Moss, Carlos Trasante, ?. 
Crouching: Rossi, Carlos Ravel, Jorge Siviero, Luis Caltieri, Sergio Acuña. 
 6. Racing                      5   0  1  4   4-13   1 

46 goals = 3.067 goals/match.

Champions: Nacional 
Relegated: Racing 
  

Brazil II Division

 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1971, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from September 12 to December 22, 1971. The competition had 23 clubs. The tournament consisted in a fusion of the already existing Torneio Centro-Sul and the Copa Norte-Nordeste, with the champions of each tournament facing off in the finals.

Villa Nova beat Remo on the finals, and was declared 1971 Brazilian Série B champions. The relegation and promotion system hadn't been implemented yet, so no clubs were promoted.

First phase

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Ferroviário-CE 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 9 Qualified to the Second phase

2  Campinense 5 3 0 2 5 5 0 6

3  ABC 5 1 1 3 8 10 −2 3

4  Ferroviário-PE[a] 4 0 2 2 5 8 −3 2

Notes:

1.  Ferroviário-PE didn't play its last two matches, against Campinense and ABC.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Itabaiana 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 5 Qualified to the Second phase

2  CRB 4 2 0 2 9 7 2 4

3  Náutico 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 3

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Flamengo-PI 8 5 2 1 12 7 +5 12 Qualified to the Second phase

2  Sampaio Corrêa 8 5 1 2 16 8 +8 11

3  River 8 5 0 3 12 8 +4 10

4  Guarany de Sobral 8 2 2 4 8 12 −4 6

5  Maranhão 8 0 1 7 3 16 −13 1

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Remo 6 3 2 1 7 1 +6 8 Qualified to the Second phase

2  Tuna Luso 6 2 4 0 5 1 +4 8

3  Paysandu 6 1 3 2 3 5 −2 5

4  Sport Belém 6 1 1 4 2 10 −8 3

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Ponte Preta 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5 6 Qualified to the Second phase

2  América-SC 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 4

3  Londrina 4 0 2 2 3 8 −5 2

Second phase

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Ponte Preta 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4 Qualified to the semifinals

2  Mixto[a] 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0

Notes:

1.  Mixto had previously received a bye to the Second phase

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Villa Nova[a] 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3 Qualified to the semifinals

2  Central-RJ[b] 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1

Notes:

1.  Villa Nova had previously received a bye to the Second phase

2.  Central-RJ had previously received a bye to the Second phase

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Remo 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 4 Qualified to the semifinals

2  Rodoviária-AM[a] 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0

Notes:

1.  Rodoviária-AM had previously received a bye to the Second phase

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Itabaiana 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 5 Qualified to the semifinals

Back row from left: Esteves, Marcelino, Ivan Limeira, Hamilton Ayres, Eldo, Zé Maria Paiva;

Front: Zezinho Fumaça, Odacir, Simplício, Amilton Melo, Alísio

2  Ferroviário-CE 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 4

Standing from left: Edésio Leitão (técnico), Edson, Décio Costa, Dias, Matintim, Louro, Zé do Braga, Rodrigues Filho (presidente), Carlos Augusto (supervisor)

Crouching; Escurinho (massagista), Carlinhos, Gringo, Odacy, Nadinho, Iratan

3  Flamengo-PI 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3

Semifinals

Teams Scores Tie-breaker

Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg

Itabaiana  1:3  Remo 0:0 0:2 —

Villa Nova[1]  2:2  Ponte Preta 1:0 0:1 1:1

Finals

15 December 1971

Remo	1 – 0	Villa Nova
Ernani

19 December 1971

Villa Nova	3 – 0	Remo
Dias  5' Jésum  22' Paulinho  46'

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22 December 1971

Villa Nova	2 – 1	Remo
Mário Lourenço  49' (pen.)  78' (pen.)		Cabecinha  9'

After 3 games Remo (Belem) lost the championship.

Villa Nova (Nova Lima) triumphed at the end. Unfortunately, going up to the first level of Brazilian football was not in the books... and not their fault: such were the 'rules'.  

Brazil I Division

 

Brazil. first national championship.The 1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Primeiro Campeonato Nacional de Clubes, "First National Championship of Clubs") was the 16th edition of the Brazilian Championship. However, from 1976 until 2010 (when CBF unified the Brazilian titles prior to 1971, considering the 1959 Taça Brasil as the first edition of the championship) this tournament was considered by the highest entity of national football as the first edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.The competition was won by Atlético Mineiro, thus winning its second Brazilian title.

While the tournament represented the top tier of Brazilian football, its name was "Division Extra", with "First Division" instead used by the second-tier tournament (since known as Campeonato Brasileiro Série B). During the 1960s, two tournaments were used to pick Brazil's representative at the Copa Libertadores: Taça Brasil (1959-1968), a single-elimination tournament between the state champions; and Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967-1970), divided in two separate group phases with teams mostly from the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Both tournaments had a format that barely covered the entire country and had regional phases that diminished fan support, leading to dissatisfaction from both the team owners and the Brazilian Confederation of Sports (CBD), who organized the championship. In 1970, the Brazil national football team won the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, becoming the first three-time world champion. Seeing the valorization of Brazilian football, president Emílio Médici and the Brazilian media pushed CBD towards a true national tournament. With a format inspired by the European tournaments, the tournament would feature 20 teams.[3] The format of the national tournament was still close to the 1970 Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, with the state of Ceará being the only addition to the seven featured in the Robertão's final edition. Some of the shunned federation states, led by Goiás, even created their own parallel national tournament, the Torneio Integração da CBD.

The season was divided into three phases:

• The First Phase saw the twenty teams divided into two groups of ten. Despite being divided into groups, the phase was contested in a single round-robin format, with each team playing the others once. The top six teams in each group advanced to the Second Phase.

• The Second Phase saw the twelve qualified teams divided into three groups of four. The teams within each group played each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group advanced to the Final Phase.

• The Final Phase saw the three team play each other team once. The team with the most points at the end of the round was declared the champion.

  There was no relegation to and no promotion from the second tier (Serie B), which rendered it entirely meaningless and opened the door for constant compaints, political machinations, and bowing to demands of the big clubs.

Participants
América FC (Belo Horizonte-MG)         Fluminense FC (Rio de Janeiro-GB)
América FC (Rio de Janeiro-GB)         Grêmio FBPA (Porto Alegre-RS)
C Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horizonte-MG) SC Internacional (Porto Alegre-RS)
EC Bahia (Salvador-BA)                 SE Palmeiras (São Paulo-SP)
Botafogo FR (Rio de Janeiro-GB)        A Portuguesa de Desportos (São Paulo-SP)
Ceará SC (Fortaleza-CE)                Santa Cruz FC (Recife-PE)
SC Corinthians Paulista (São Paulo-SP) Santos FC (SP)
Coritiba FC (Curitba-PR)               São Paulo FC (SP)
Cruzeiro EC (Belo Horizonte-MG)        Sport Clube do Recife (PE)
CR Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro-GB)        CR Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro-GB)
First Phase

Tables

Group A
 1.Corinthians     19 10  6  3  29-16  26  Qualified
 2.Cruzeiro        19  7  9  3  26-12  23  Qualified
 3.Internacional   19  7  9  3  21-16  23  Qualified
 4.Coritiba        19 10  2  7  21-18  22  Qualified
 5.Palmeiras       19  8  6  5  20-14  22  Qualified
 6.Vasco da Gama   19  6  7  6  11-12  19  Qualified
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 7.Santa Cruz      19  3 11  5  17-23  17
 8.Fluminense      19  5  6  8  12-13  16
Standing from left: Luís Américo, Fogueira, Ulisses, Marinho Peres, Orlando, Arengui. Crouching: Xaxá, Lorico, Cabinho, Tatá, Piau.
 9.Portuguesa      19  6  3 10  16-24  15
10.Ceará           19  2  5 12   5-25   9

Group B
 1.Grêmio          19  8  7  4  18-11  23
 2.Atlético-MG     19  7  9  3  27-16  23
 3.América-GB      19  7  7  5  23-17  21
 4.Santos          19  7  7  5  17-11  21
 5.Botafogo        19  5 10  4  15-16  20
 6.São Paulo       19  6  7  6  16-19  19
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 7.Bahia           19  5  8  6  14-16  18
Second row from left: Ubirajara – Aloisío – Fred – Reyes – Liminha – Paulo Henrique
Front: Rogério – Samarone – Zé Eduardo – Zico – Rodrigues Neto
 8.Flamengo        19  4 10  5  13-17  18

 9.América-MG      19  2  9  8  11-19  13
10.Sport           19  4  4 11  10-27  12

Second Phase

Group A

Table
 1.São Paulo        6  3  3  0   6- 2   9  Qualified
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 2.Corinthians      6  2  1  3   4- 5   5
 3.América-GB       6  1  3  2   4- 4   5
 4.Cruzeiro         6  1  3  2   2- 5   5

Group B

Table
 1.Atlético-MG      6  3  1  2  10- 6   7  Qualified
Standing from left: Gainete. Denes. Henrique. Jorge Andrade. Carbono, Edson Madureira.
Front: Valdomiro. Sergio. Claudiomiro. Paulo Cesar Carpegiani, Beni.
 2.Internacional    6  3  1  2   7- 7   7
 3.Santos           6  2  2  2   7- 5   6
 4.Vasco da Gama    6  1  2  3   4-10   4

Group C

Table
 1.Botafogo         6  3  2  1  11- 6   8  Qualified
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 2.Grêmio           6  2  2  2   6- 7   6
 3.Palmeiras        6  1  4  1   7- 6   4
Back row from left: Pescuma. Hermes. Hidalgo. Célio. Cláudio Marques, Nilo.
Front: Leocidio. Negreiros. Paquito. Tião Abaeté, Rinaldo. 
 4.Coritiba         6  1  2  3   2- 7   4

Final Playoff

[Dec 12]
Atlético-MG    1-0  São Paulo
  [Oldair]
[Dec 15]
São Paulo      4-1  Botafogo
  [Terto (2), Forlan, Toninho; Nei Oliveira]
[Dec 19]
Botafogo       0-1  Atlético-MG
  [Dario]

Table
 1.Atlético-MG      2  2  0  0   2- 0   4  Champions
 2.São Paulo        2  1  0  1   4- 2   2
 3.Botafogo         2  0  0  2   1- 5   0

Final Table – it had no practical meaning whatsoever. 
 1.Atlético-MG     27 12 10  5  39-22  34
 2.São Paulo       27 10 10  7  26-23  30
 3.Botafogo        27  8 12  7  27-27  28
 4.Corinthians     25 12  7  6  33-21  31
 5.Internacional   25 10 10  5  28-23  30
 6.Grêmio          25 10  9  6  24-18  29
 7.Palmeiras       25  9 10  6  27-20  28
 8.Cruzeiro        25  8 12  5  28-17  28
 9.Santos          25  9  9  7  24-16  27
10.Coritiba        25 11  4 10  23-25  26
11.América-GB      25  8 10  7  27-21  26
12.Vasco da Gama   25  7  9  9  15-22  23
13.Bahia           19  5  8  6  14-16  18
14.Flamengo        19  4 10  5  13-17  18
15.Santa Cruz      19  3 11  5  17-23  17
16.Fluminense      19  5  6  8  12-13  16
17.Portuguesa      19  6  3 10  16-24  15
18.América-MG      19  2  9  8  11-19  13
19.Sport           19  4  4 11  10-27  12
20.Ceará           19  2  5 12   5-25   9

Atletico Mineiro (Belo Horizonte) won the first official championship of Brazil – historic success, although diminished with time. Yet, it was a big surprise at the time, especially in Europe – Atletico Mineiro was relatively unknown club, almost without stars – compared to any other world-famous club. Their 30-year old coach was also unknown rookie in its second year as a coach – a former second-rank player named Tele Santana.