1965 Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Torneio Rio-São Paulo
Season1965
ChampionsPalmeiras (3rd title)
Matches played73
Goals scored258 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerAdemar Pantera (Palmeiras)
Flávio Minuano (Corinthians) – 14 goals each
Biggest home winPalmeiras 7–1 Santos (31 Mar)
Biggest away winBotafogo 2–7 Fluminense (12 May)
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The 1965 Torneio Rio São Paulo was the 18th edition of the Torneio Rio-São Paulo. It was disputed between 14 February to 23 May 1965.

Participants

Team City Nº participations Best result
America Rio de Janeiro 13 5th (1951, 1962)
Botafogo Rio de Janeiro 15 Champions: 1962, 1964 (shared)
Corinthians São Paulo (state) São Paulo 18 Champions: 1950, 1953, 1954
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 17 Champions: 1961
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro 17 Champions: 1957, 1960
Palmeiras São Paulo (state) São Paulo 18 Champions: 1933, 1951
Portuguesa São Paulo (state) São Paulo 18 Champions: 1952, 1955
Santos São Paulo (state) Santos 14 Champions: 1959, 1963, 1964 (shared)
São Paulo São Paulo (state) São Paulo 18 Runners-up: 1933, 1962
Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro 18 Champions: 1958

Format

The tournament were disputed in a two stages. In the first, clubs were split in two groups: Group A, with the teams of São Paulo, and Group B, with the teams of Rio de Janeiro. The club with the best performance in this stage were qualified to finals, clubs from second to fourth places were qualified to the second stage. In the second stage, clubs played a single round-robin tournament. The club with the best performance in second stage, were qualified to the finals.

Tournament

Following is the summary of the 1965 Torneio Rio-São Paulo tournament:[1][2]

First round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 São Paulo (state) Palmeiras 9 7 2 0 31 13 +18 16 Qualified to finals and second round
2 São Paulo (state) Portuguesa 9 3 3 3 9 13 −4 9 Qualified to second round
3 São Paulo (state) Corinthians 9 2 5 2 18 17 +1 9
4 São Paulo (state) São Paulo 9 3 2 4 15 13 +2 8
5 São Paulo (state) Santos (E) 9 3 2 4 20 24 −4 8
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.
(E) Eliminated
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Botafogo 9 5 2 2 21 16 +5 12 Qualified to second round
2 Vasco da Gama 9 5 1 3 17 12 +5 11
3 Flamengo 9 4 3 2 13 11 +2 11
4 Fluminense 9 1 2 6 10 21 −11 4
5 America (E) 9 0 2 7 8 22 −14 2
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.
(E) Eliminated

Second round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 São Paulo (state) Palmeiras 7 5 1 1 18 7 +11 11 Qualified to finals
2 São Paulo (state) São Paulo 7 4 0 3 17 20 −3 8
3 São Paulo (state) Portuguesa 7 2 4 1 11 11 0 8
4 Fluminense 7 2 2 3 16 13 +3 6
5 São Paulo (state) Corinthians 7 2 2 3 11 10 +1 6
6 Vasco da Gama 7 2 2 3 7 10 −3 6
7 Flamengo 7 2 2 3 6 10 −4 6
8 Botafogo 7 2 1 4 10 15 −5 5
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

As Palmeiras was the winner of both rounds, it was automatically declared the champions.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 São Paulo (state) Palmeiras (C) 16 12 3 1 49 20 +29 27
2 Vasco da Gama 16 7 3 6 24 22 +2 17
3 Botafogo 16 7 3 6 31 31 0 17
4 Flamengo 16 6 5 5 19 21 −2 17
5 São Paulo (state) Portuguesa 16 5 7 4 20 24 −4 17
6 São Paulo (state) São Paulo 16 7 2 7 32 33 −1 16
7 São Paulo (state) Corinthians 16 4 7 5 29 27 +2 15
8 Fluminense 16 3 4 9 26 34 −8 10
9 São Paulo (state) Santos 9 3 2 4 20 24 −4 8
10 America 9 0 2 7 8 22 −14 2
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.
(C) Champions

References

  1. ^ "Torneio Rio-São Paulo 1965". Bola na Área (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Torneio Rio-São Paulo 1965". Futebol Nacional (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.