| Competition: | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |
| Season: | 1962 |
| Dates: | 2 September 1962 – 2 April 1963 |
| Winners: | Santos 2nd Taça Brasil title 2nd Brazilian title |
| Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Santos (title holder) Botafogo |
| Matches: | 39 |
| Total Goals: | 128 |
| League Topscorer: | Araponga - Campinense (8 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Campinense 6-0 CRB |
| Prevseason: | 1961 |
| Nextseason: | 1963 |
The 1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1962 Taça Brasil) was the 5th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on 2 September 1962, and ended on 2 April 1963.[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).
Eighteen state champions qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Home city | Home ground |
|---|---|---|
| ABC | Natal-RN | |
| Bahia | Salvador-BA | |
| Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro-GB | |
| Campinense | Campina Grande-PB | |
| Ceará | Fortaleza-CE | |
| Comercial-PR | Cornélio Procópio-PR | |
| CRB | Maceió-AL | |
| Cruzeiro | Belo Horizonte-MG | |
| Internacional | Porto Alegre-RS | |
| Metropol | Criciúma-SC | |
| Paysandu | Belém-PA | |
| Rio Branco-RJ | Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ | |
| River | Teresina-PI | |
| Sampaio Corrêa | São Luís-MA | |
| Santo Antônio | Vitória-ES | |
| Santos | Santos-SP | |
| Sergipe | Aracaju-SE | |
| Sport Recife | Recife-PE |
| First Phase | Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | |||
| Campinense | 4 : 0 | ABC | 4 - 3 | 3 - 1 | — | |
| CRB | 2 : 2 | Sergipe | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | |
| Final | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | ||
| Bahia | 2 : 2 | Campinense | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 |
| Campinense progressed thanks to a better Goal Difference over the first 2 legs. | |||||
| First Phase | Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||
| River | 1 : 3 | Ceará | 0 - 0 | 5 - 7 | |
| Paysandu | 3 : 1 | Sampaio Corrêa | 3 - 2 | 2 - 2 | |
Botafogo and Santos entered this stage.
| Scores | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Tie-break | |||
| Botafogo | 2 : 2 | Internacional | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | |
| Sport Recife | 1 : 3 | Santos | 1 - 1 | 0 - 4 | — | |