# 1976 in Brazilian football

The following article presents a summary of the 1976 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 75th season of competitive football in the country.

## Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Semifinals
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Fluminense | 1-1 (1-4 pen) | Corinthians |
| Internacional | 2-1 | Atlético Mineiro |
Final
Internacional declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions.

## State championship champions

| State | Champion | State | Champion |
| Acre | Juventus-AC | Pará | Paysandu |
| Alagoas | CRB | Paraíba | Botafogo-PB |
| Amapá | Ypiranga | Paraná | Coritiba |
| Amazonas | Nacional | Pernambuco | Santa Cruz |
| Bahia | Bahia | Piauí | Flamengo-PI |
| Ceará | Ceará | Rio de Janeiro | Central |
| Distrito Federal | Brasília | Rio Grande do Norte | ABC |
| Espírito Santo | Vitória-ES | Rio Grande do Sul | Internacional |
| Goiás | Goiás | Rondônia | Moto Clube |
| Guanabara | Fluminense | Roraima | Atlético Roraima |
| Maranhão | Sampaio Corrêa | Santa Catarina | Joinville |
| Mato Grosso | Operário-CG | São Paulo | Palmeiras |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | - | Sergipe | Confiança |
| Minas Gerais | Atlético Mineiro | Tocantins | - |

## Youth competition champions

| Competition | Champion |
| Copa São Paulo de Juniores | Atlético Mineiro |

## Other competition champions

| Competition | Champion |
| Taça Minas Gerais | Atlético Mineiro |
| Torneio de Integração da Amazônia | Rio Branco |
| Torneio José Américo de Almeida Filho | Vitória |

## Brazilian clubs in international competitions

| Team | Copa Libertadores 1976 | Intercontinental Cup 1976 |
| Cruzeiro | Champions defeated River Plate | Runner-up lost to Bayern Munich |
| Internacional | Group stage eliminated finished second in the group | N/A |

## Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1976.
| Date | City | Opposition | Result | Score | Brazil scorers | Competition |
| February 21, 1976 | Brasília | Brasília Combined Team | W | 1-0 | Flecha | International Friendly (unofficial match) |
| February 25, 1976 | Montevideo | Uruguay | W | 2-1 | Nelinho, Zico | Taça do Atlântico/Taça Rio Branco |
| February 27, 1976 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | W | 2-1 | Lula, Zico | Taça do Atlântico/Roca Cup |
| April 7, 1976 | Asunción | Paraguay | D | 1-1 | Éneas | Taça do Atlântico/Taça Oswaldo Cruz |
| April 28, 1976 | Rio de Janeiro | Uruguay | W | 2-1 | Rivellino, Zico | Taça do Atlântico/Taça Rio Branco |
| May 19, 1976 | Rio de Janeiro | Argentina | W | 2-0 | Lula, Neca | Taça do Atlântico/Roca Cup |
| May 23, 1976 | Los Angeles | England | W | 1-0 | Roberto Dinamite | USA Bicentenary Cup |
| May 28, 1976 | Seattle | NASL Combined Team | W | 2-0 | Gil (2) | USA Bicentenary Cup |
| May 31, 1976 | New Haven | Italy | W | 4-1 | Gil (2), Zico, Roberto Dinamite | USA Bicentenary Cup |
| June 2, 1976 | San Francisco | UNAM | W | 4-3 | Gil, Zico, Roberto Dinamite (2) | International Friendly (unofficial match) |
| June 4, 1976 | Guadalajara | Mexico | W | 3-0 | Roberto Dinamite (2), Gil | International Friendly |
| June 9, 1976 | Rio de Janeiro | Paraguay | W | 3-1 | Roberto Dinamite (2), Zico | Taça do Atlântico/Taça Oswaldo Cruz |
| October 6, 1976 | Rio de Janeiro | Flamengo | L | 0-2 | - | International Friendly (unofficial match) |
| December 1, 1976 | Rio de Janeiro | Soviet Union | W | 2-0 | Falcão, Zico | International Friendly |