1940 in Brazilian football

Template:Short description Template:Infobox football country season The following article presents a summary of the 1940 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 39th season of competitive football in the country.

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Final Standings

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	For	Against	Difference
1	Flamengo	13	8	6	30	12	8
2	Fluminense	13	8	5	25	15	10
3	Corinthians	9	8	4	19	15	4
4	Palestra Itália	8	8	3	22	19	3
5	Portuguesa	7	8	3	13	23	-10
6	Botafogo	6	8	2	25	25	0
7	Vasco da Gama	6	8	2	17	19	-2
8	América	6	8	2	15	25	-10
9	São Paulo	4	8	1	11	24	-13

The 1940 Torneio Rio-São Paulo was not concluded, thus no club was declared as the competition champion.

Campeonato Paulista

Final Standings

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Palestra Itália-SP	33	20	15	3	2	53	19	34
2	Portuguesa	30	20	13	4	3	46	24	22
3	Ypiranga-SP	27	20	13	1	6	56	37	19
4	Corinthians	26	20	12	2	6	54	31	23
5	Portuguesa Santista	25	20	11	3	6	53	40	13
6	São Paulo	19	20	9	1	10	42	41	1
7	Santos	18	20	7	4	9	51	49	2
8	São Paulo Railway	16	20	5	6	9	44	50	-6
9	Hespanha	10	20	5	0	15	25	47	-22
10	Comercial-SP	9	20	3	3	14	25	72	-47
11	Juventus	7	20	3	1	16	29	68	-39

Palestra Itália-SP declared as the Campeonato Paulista champions.

State championship champions

State	Champion		State	Champion
Acre	-		Paraíba	Treze
Alagoas	CRB		Paraná	Atlético Paranaense
Amapá	-		Pernambuco	Santa Cruz
Amazonas	Rio Negro		Piauí	-
Bahia	Bahia		Rio de Janeiro	Goytacaz and unknown (shared)
Ceará	Tramways-CE		Rio de Janeiro (DF)	Fluminense
Espírito Santo	Americano-ES		Rio Grande do Norte	ABC
Goiás	-		Rio Grande do Sul	Internacional
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa		Rondônia	-
Mato Grosso	-		Santa Catarina	Ypiranga-SC
Minas Gerais	Palestra Itália-MG		São Paulo	Palestra Itália-SP
Pará	Remo		Sergipe	Sergipe

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais	Rio de Janeiro (DF)

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1940.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
February 18, 1940	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Argentina	flag alias = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-alt = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1812 = Flag of Belgrano (1812).svg	flag alias-1816 = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1818 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1819 = Flag of Argentina (1818).svg	flag alias-1820 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1829 = Flag of Liga Federal.svg	flag alias-1835 = Flag of Argentina (1840).svg	flag alias-1850 = Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg	flag alias-1861 = Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg	link alias-naval = Argentine Navy	link alias-coast guard = Argentine Naval Prefecture	flag alias-marines = Naval Jack of Argentina.svg	link alias-marines = Argentine Naval Infantry Command	link alias-air force = Argentine Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of Argentina (3-2).svg	link alias-army = Argentine Army	flag alias-navy = Flag of Argentina.svg	link alias-navy = Argentine Navy	empty = Argentina XV national rugby union team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||D||2-2||Leônidas da Silva (2)||Roca Cup
February 25, 1940	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Argentina	flag alias = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-alt = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1812 = Flag of Belgrano (1812).svg	flag alias-1816 = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1818 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1819 = Flag of Argentina (1818).svg	flag alias-1820 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1829 = Flag of Liga Federal.svg	flag alias-1835 = Flag of Argentina (1840).svg	flag alias-1850 = Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg	flag alias-1861 = Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg	link alias-naval = Argentine Navy	link alias-coast guard = Argentine Naval Prefecture	flag alias-marines = Naval Jack of Argentina.svg	link alias-marines = Argentine Naval Infantry Command	link alias-air force = Argentine Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of Argentina (3-2).svg	link alias-army = Argentine Army	flag alias-navy = Flag of Argentina.svg	link alias-navy = Argentine Navy	empty = Argentina XV national rugby union team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||L||0-3||-||Roca Cup
March 5, 1940	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Argentina	flag alias = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-alt = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1812 = Flag of Belgrano (1812).svg	flag alias-1816 = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1818 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1819 = Flag of Argentina (1818).svg	flag alias-1820 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1829 = Flag of Liga Federal.svg	flag alias-1835 = Flag of Argentina (1840).svg	flag alias-1850 = Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg	flag alias-1861 = Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg	link alias-naval = Argentine Navy	link alias-coast guard = Argentine Naval Prefecture	flag alias-marines = Naval Jack of Argentina.svg	link alias-marines = Argentine Naval Infantry Command	link alias-air force = Argentine Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of Argentina (3-2).svg	link alias-army = Argentine Army	flag alias-navy = Flag of Argentina.svg	link alias-navy = Argentine Navy	empty = Argentina XV national rugby union team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||L||1-6||Jair da Rosa Pinto||Roca Cup
March 10, 1940	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Argentina	flag alias = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-alt = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1812 = Flag of Belgrano (1812).svg	flag alias-1816 = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1818 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1819 = Flag of Argentina (1818).svg	flag alias-1820 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1829 = Flag of Liga Federal.svg	flag alias-1835 = Flag of Argentina (1840).svg	flag alias-1850 = Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg	flag alias-1861 = Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg	link alias-naval = Argentine Navy	link alias-coast guard = Argentine Naval Prefecture	flag alias-marines = Naval Jack of Argentina.svg	link alias-marines = Argentine Naval Infantry Command	link alias-air force = Argentine Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of Argentina (3-2).svg	link alias-army = Argentine Army	flag alias-navy = Flag of Argentina.svg	link alias-navy = Argentine Navy	empty = Argentina XV national rugby union team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||W||3-2||Hércules (2), Leônidas da Silva||Roca Cup
March 17, 1940	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Argentina	flag alias = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-alt = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1812 = Flag of Belgrano (1812).svg	flag alias-1816 = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1818 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1819 = Flag of Argentina (1818).svg	flag alias-1820 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1829 = Flag of Liga Federal.svg	flag alias-1835 = Flag of Argentina (1840).svg	flag alias-1850 = Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg	flag alias-1861 = Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg	link alias-naval = Argentine Navy	link alias-coast guard = Argentine Naval Prefecture	flag alias-marines = Naval Jack of Argentina.svg	link alias-marines = Argentine Naval Infantry Command	link alias-air force = Argentine Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of Argentina (3-2).svg	link alias-army = Argentine Army	flag alias-navy = Flag of Argentina.svg	link alias-navy = Argentine Navy	empty = Argentina XV national rugby union team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||L||1-5||Leônidas da Silva||Roca Cup
March 24, 1940	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Uruguay	flag alias = Flag of Uruguay.svg	flag alias-1828 = Flag of Uruguay (1828-1830).svg	link alias-naval = National Navy of Uruguay	flag alias-army = Flag of Uruguayan Army.svg	National Army of Uruguay	link alias-air force = Uruguayan Air Force	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Uruguayan Air Force.svg	link alias-navy = National Navy of Uruguay	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||L||3-4||Pedro Amorim, Hércules, Leônidas da Silva||Copa Rio Branco
March 31, 1940	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Uruguay	flag alias = Flag of Uruguay.svg	flag alias-1828 = Flag of Uruguay (1828-1830).svg	link alias-naval = National Navy of Uruguay	flag alias-army = Flag of Uruguayan Army.svg	National Army of Uruguay	link alias-air force = Uruguayan Air Force	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Uruguayan Air Force.svg	link alias-navy = National Navy of Uruguay	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||D||1-1||Leônidas da Silva||Copa Rio Branco

References

• Brazilian competitions at RSSSF
• 1940 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF