Football in Brazil

Season	1956
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The following article presents a summary of the 1956 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 55th season of competitive football in the country.

The Torneio Rio-São Paulo was not contested in 1956.

Final Stage (Série Azul)

Championship playoff

Santos declared as the Campeonato Paulista champions.

⁽¹⁾Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro shared the Minas Gerais State Championship title.

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1956.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
January 24, 1956	Chile	L	1-4	Maurinho	South American Championship
January 29, 1956	Paraguay	D	0-0	-	South American Championship
February 2, 1956	Peru	W	2-1	Álvaro, Zezinho	South American Championship
February 5, 1956	Argentina	W	1-0	Luisinho	South American Championship
February 10, 1956	Uruguay	D	0-0	-	South American Championship
March 1, 1956	Chile	W	2-1	Luisinho, Raul Klein	Panamerican Championship
March 6, 1956	Peru	W	1-0	Larry	Panamerican Championship
March 8, 1956	Mexico	W	2-1	Bodinho (2)	Panamerican Championship
March 13, 1956	Costa Rica	W	7-1	Larry (3), Chinesinho (3), Bodinho	Panamerican Championship
March 18, 1956	Argentina	D	2-2	Chinesinho, Ênio Andrade	Panamerican Championship
March 25, 1956	Atlético Mineiro	W	1-0	Álvaro	International Friendly (unofficial match)
April 1, 1956	Pernambuco State Combined Team	W	2-0	Escurinho, Didi	International Friendly (unofficial match)
April 8, 1956	Portugal	W	1-0	Gino	International Friendly
April 11, 1956	Switzerland	D	1-1	Gino	International Friendly
April 15, 1956	Austria	W	3-2	Gino, Zózimo, Didi	International Friendly
April 21, 1956	Czechoslovakia	D	0-0	-	International Friendly
April 25, 1956	Italy	L	0-3	-	International Friendly
May 1, 1956	Turkey	W	1-0	Djalma Santos	International Friendly
May 9, 1956	England	L	2-4	Paulinho, Didi	International Friendly
June 12, 1956	Paraguay	W	2-0	Ferreira (2)	Taça Oswaldo Cruz
June 17, 1956	Paraguay	W	5-2	Leônidas, Zizinho (2), Ferreira, Ílton Vaccari	Taça Oswaldo Cruz
June 24, 1956	Uruguay	W	2-0	Zizinho, Canário	Taça do Atlântico
July 1, 1956	Italy	W	2-0	Canário, Ferreira	International Friendly
July 8, 1956	Argentina	D	0-0	-	Taça do Atlântico
August 5, 1956	Czechoslovakia	L	0-1	-	International Friendly
August 8, 1956	Czechoslovakia	W	4-1	Zizinho (2), Pepe (2)	International Friendly

• Brazilian competitions at RSSSF
• 1956 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF^{[permanent dead link]}