1923 in Brazilian football

The following article presents a summary of the 1923 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 22nd season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Paulista

Final Stage

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Corinthians	29	17	14	1	2	53	14	39
2	Palestra Itália-SP	24	17	11	2	4	44	22	22
3	Sírio	23	17	10	3	4	35	20	15
4	AA São Bento	19	17	8	3	6	35	33	2
5	Portuguesa	18	17	6	6	5	25	25	0
6	Ypiranga-SP	15	17	5	5	7	22	24	-2
7	Germânia	14	17	6	2	9	27	42	-15
8	AA das Palmeiras	11	17	4	3	10	26	47	-21

Corinthians declared as the Campeonato Paulista champions.

State championship champions

State	Champion	State	Champion
Amazonas	Nacional	Paraná	Britânia
Bahia	Botafogo-BA	Pernambuco	Sport Recife
Ceará	Fortaleza	Rio de Janeiro (DF)	Vasco
Espírito Santo	América-ES	Rio Grande do Norte	ABC
Maranhão	Football Athletic Club	Rio Grande do Sul	not disputed
Minas Gerais	América-MG	São Paulo	Corinthians
Pará	Paysandu	Sergipe	Cotingüiba
Paraíba	América-PB

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais	São Paulo

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1923.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
November 11, 1923	Paraguay	L	0-1	-	South American Championship
November 18, 1923	Argentina	L	1-2	Nilo	South American Championship
November 21, 1923	Paraguay	W	2-0	Zezé I, Nilo	Taça Rodrigues Alves
November 25, 1923	Uruguay	L	1-2	Nilo	South American Championship
November 28, 1923	Durazno Combined Team	W	9-0	ZezéI (4), Amaro, Nilo (2), Coelho (2)	International Friendly (unofficial match)
December 2, 1923	Argentina	W	2-0	Zezé I, Nilo	Taça Confraternidad Brasil-Argentina
December 9, 1923	Argentina	L	0-2	-	Roca Cup

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