1957 in Brazilian football

The following article presents a summary of the 1957 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 56th season of competitive football in the country.

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Final Standings

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Fluminense	16	9	7	2	0	23	11	12
2	Vasco da Gama	11	9	5	1	3	17	14	3
3	Flamengo	11	9	5	1	3	19	11	8
4	Santos	10	9	4	2	3	22	16	6
5	Portuguesa	9	9	4	1	4	21	21	0
6	Botafogo	9	9	3	3	3	16	19	-3
7	São Paulo	8	9	3	2	4	14	12	2
8	Palmeiras	6	9	1	4	4	14	22	-8
9	Corinthians	6	9	1	4	4	10	20	-10
10	América	4	9	2	0	7	10	20	-10

Fluminense declared as the Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions.

State championship champions

State	Champion	State	Champion
Acre	Rio Branco-AC	Paraíba	Botafogo-PB
Alagoas	CSA	Paraná	Coritiba
Amapá	Macapá	Pernambuco	Santa Cruz
Amazonas	Nacional	Piauí	Botafogo-PI
Bahia	Vitória	Rio de Janeiro	not disputed
Ceará	Ceará	Rio de Janeiro (DF)	Botafogo
Espírito Santo	Rio Branco-ES	Rio Grande do Norte	América-RN
Goiás	Atlético Goianiense	Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio
Maranhão	Ferroviário-MA	Rondônia	Ferroviário-RO
Mato Grosso	Atlético Matogrossense	Santa Catarina	Hercílio Luz
Minas Gerais	América-MG	São Paulo	São Paulo
Pará	Paysandu	Sergipe	Santa Cruz-SE

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1957.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
March 13, 1957	Chile	W	4-2	Didi (3), Pepe	South American Championship
March 21, 1957	Ecuador	W	7-1	Evaristo (2), Pepe, Zizinho, Joel (2), Índio	South American Championship
March 23, 1957	Colombia	W	9-0	Evaristo (5), Didi (2), Zizinho, Pepe	South American Championship
March 28, 1957	Uruguay	L	2-3	Evaristo, Didi	South American Championship
March 31, 1957	Peru	W	1-0	Didi	South American Championship
April 3, 1957	Argentina	L	0-3	-	South American Championship
April 13, 1957	Peru	D	1-1	Índio	World Cup Qualifying
April 21, 1957	Peru	W	1-0	Didi	World Cup Qualifying
June 11, 1957	Portugal	W	2-1	Didi, Tite	International Friendly
June 16, 1957	Portugal	W	3-0	Zito, Mazola, Del Vecchio	International Friendly
July 7, 1957	Argentina	L	1-2	Pelé	Roca Cup
July 10, 1957	Argentina	W	2-0	Pelé, Mazola	Roca Cup
September 15, 1957	Chile	L	0-1	-	Bernardo O'Higgins Cup
September 18, 1957	Chile	D	1-1	Matos	Bernardo O'Higgins Cup

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