Copa Rio de Janeiro 1952

Participants:

Austria Wien      (Austria, runners-up 1951/52)
Corinthians       (Brazil, São Paulo state champions 1951, 1952)
Fluminense        (Brazil, Rio de Janeiro state champions 1951)
Grasshopper Club  (Switzerland, champions 1951/52)
Libertad          (Paraguay, runners-up 1952)
Penarol           (Uruguay, champions 1951)
1.FC Saarbrücken  (West Germany, runners-up 1951/52)
Sporting CP       (Portugal, champions 1951/52)

Withdrawals:

Juventus          (Italy, champions 1951/52)
Racing            (Argentina, champions 1951)

Rio de Janeiro Group (all matches in Maracanã)
   
        Peñarol - Grasshopper            1-0
Jul 13: Fluminense - Sporting            0-0
        Peñarol - Sporting               3-1
Jul 17: Fluminense - Grasshopper         1-0
          [Marinho 78]
        Sporting - Grasshopper           2-1
Jul 20: Fluminense - Peñarol             3-0
          [Marinho 38, 75, Orlando 89]

Table
 1.Fluminense           3  2  1  0   4- 0   5
 2.Peñarol              3  2  0  1   4- 4   4
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 3.Sporting CP (Lisboa) 3  1  1  1   3- 4   3
 4.Grasshopper Club     3  0  0  3   1- 4   0

São Paulo Group (all matches in Pacaembu)
        Austria - Libertad               4-2
Jul 13: Corinthians - Saarbrücken        6-1
Jul 16: Austria - Saarbrücken            5-1
        Corinthians - Libertad           6-1
Jul 19: Libertad - Saarbrücken           4-1  [*]
        Corinthians - Austria            2-1
[*] first win by a Paraguayan club over a European one

Table
 1.Corinthians          3  3  0  0  14- 3   6
 2.Austria Wien         3  2  0  1  10- 5   4
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 3.Libertad             3  1  0  2   7-11   2
 4.1.FC Saarbrücken     3  0  0  3   3-15   0
 
Semifinals
 
São Paulo semifinal
        Corinthians - Peñarol            2-1
        Corinthians - Peñarol            w/o
 
Rio de Janeiro semifinal  

Jul 23: Fluminense - Austria             1-0
          [Didi 73]
Jul 27: Fluminense - Austria             5-2
          [Tele 7, Orlando 40, 77, ?, Quincas 53; ? 10, ? 21]

Finals (both matches in Maracanã)

Jul 30: Fluminense - Corinthians         2-0
          [Orlando, Marinho]
Aug  2: Fluminense - Corinthians         2-2
         [Didi 10, Marinho 65; Jackson 57, Souza 90]

Fluminense played the last final with:
Castilho, Píndaro, Pinheiro (Nestor), Jair, Édson, Bigode, Telê (Robson), 
Didi, Marinho, Orlando and Quincas.

Winners: Fluminense

Topscorers:
Marinho, Orlando (both Fluminense)    5 goals

1951

1953 (Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Corrêa Meyer)

About this document

With thanks to Daniel Dalence Garcia (ddgarcia@terra.com.br) for Fluminense scorers

Prepared and maintained by Marcelo Leme de Arruda for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Marcelo Leme de Arruda (mlarruda@terra.com.br)
Last updated: 14 Feb 2007