Football in Brazil

Season	1940
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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.

Final Standings

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

Final Standings

Palestra Itália-SP declared as the Campeonato Paulista champions.

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	Argentina	D	2-2	Leônidas da Silva (2)	Roca Cup
February 25, 1940	Argentina	L	0-3	-	Roca Cup
March 5, 1940	Argentina	L	1-6	Jair da Rosa Pinto	Roca Cup
March 10, 1940	Argentina	W	3-2	Hércules (2), Leônidas da Silva	Roca Cup
March 17, 1940	Argentina	L	1-5	Leônidas da Silva	Roca Cup
March 24, 1940	Uruguay	L	3-4	Pedro Amorim, Hércules, Leônidas da Silva	Copa Rio Branco
March 31, 1940	Uruguay	D	1-1	Leônidas da Silva	Copa Rio Branco

• Brazilian competitions at RSSSF
• 1940 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF^{[permanent dead link‍]}