2016 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season	2016
Champions	Santos
Relegated	Água Santa; Mogi Mirim; XV de Piracicaba; Oeste; Capivariano; Rio Claro
Série D	Audax; São Bento
Matches played	158
Goals scored	411 (2.6 per match)
Best Player	Lucas Lima
Top goalscorer	Roger (11 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Vanderlei
Biggest home win	Ponte Preta 7–2 Água Santa; (2 April)
Biggest away win	Ferroviária 3–5 Santos; (3 April)
Highest scoring	Ponte Preta 7–2 Água Santa; (2 April)
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The 2016 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 115th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.

Format

In the first stage the twenty teams are drawn, with seeding, into four groups of five teams each, with each team playing once against the fifteen clubs from the other three groups. After each team has played fifteen matches, the top two teams of each group qualify for the quarter-final stage.
After the completion of the first stage, the six clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, will be relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.
If the four clubs with the lowest number of points are from the same group, the best third-placed club from the other groups will qualify for the quarter-final stage.
Quarter-finals and semi-finals are played in a single match, with the best placed first stage team playing at home. The finals are played in a two-legged home and away fixture, with the best placed first stage team playing the second leg at home.
In case of a draw in any knockout stage, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

Higher number of wins;
Superior goal difference;
Higher number of goals scored;
Fewest red cards received;
Fewest yellow cards received;
Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.

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Teams

Club	Home city	Manager	2015 result
Água Santa	Diadema	Márcio Bittencourt	4th (Série A2)
Audax	Osasco	Fernando Diniz	9th
Botafogo-SP	Ribeirão Preto	Márcio Fernandes	7th
Capivariano	Capivari	Roberto Fernandes	14th
Corinthians	São Paulo (Tatuapé)	Tite	3rd
Ferroviária	Araraquara	Ricardo Moraes	1st (Série A2)
Ituano	Itu	Tarcísio Pugliese	11th
Linense	Lins	Moacir Júnior	16th
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	Flávio Araújo	12th
Novorizontino	Novo Horizonte	Guilherme	2nd (Série A2)
Oeste	Itápolis	Serjão	3rd (Série A2)
Palmeiras	São Paulo (Perdizes)	Cuca	2nd
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Alexandre Gallo	5th
Red Bull Brasil	Campinas	Mauricio Barbieri	6th
Rio Claro	Rio Claro	Sérgio Guedes	15th
Santos	Santos	Dorival Júnior	1st
São Bento	Sorocaba	Paulo Roberto Santos	10th
São Bernardo	São Bernardo do Campo	Sérgio Soares	13th
São Paulo	São Paulo (Morumbi)	Edgardo Bauza	4th
XV de Piracicaba	Piracicaba	Luiz Carlos Ferreira	8th

Source: Futebol Paulista

First stage

Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. Six bottom teams (independent of group) are relegated.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos (Q)	15	9	5	1	28	14	+14	32	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	São Bento (Q)	15	7	6	2	21	11	+10	27	Advance to the quarter-finals
3	Linense (E)	15	4	8	3	21	19	+2	20
4	Botafogo-SP (E)	15	4	7	4	15	14	+1	19
5	Oeste (R)	15	3	4	8	13	20	−7	13	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (Q)	15	7	3	5	25	17	+8	24	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	São Bernardo (Q)	15	6	5	4	22	21	+1	23	Advance to the quarter-finals
3	Ponte Preta (E)	15	6	4	5	22	16	+6	22
4	Ituano (E)	15	6	4	5	19	19	0	22
5	Novorizontino (E)	15	5	6	4	24	21	+3	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Audax (Q)	15	7	3	5	24	21	+3	24	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	São Paulo (Q)	15	6	4	5	17	14	+3	22	Advance to the quarter-finals
3	Ferroviária (E)	15	5	2	8	19	21	−2	17
4	XV de Piracicaba (R)	15	3	6	6	12	19	−7	15	Relegated
5	Capivariano (R)	15	2	4	9	14	29	−15	10	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians (Q)	15	11	2	2	26	8	+18	35	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	Red Bull Brasil (Q)	15	7	1	7	24	22	+2	22	Advance to the quarter-finals
3	Água Santa (R)	15	4	4	7	17	29	−12	16	Relegated
4	Mogi Mirim (R)	15	4	3	8	12	23	−11	15
5	Rio Claro (R)	15	2	3	10	9	26	−17	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

Santos

2

A2

São Bento

0

A1

Santos

2 (3)

B1

Palmeiras

2 (2)

B1

Palmeiras

2

B2

São Bernardo

0

A1

Santos

1

2

C1

Audax

1

0

1

D1

Corinthians

4

D2

Red Bull Brasil

0

D1

Corinthians

2 (1)

C1

Audax

2 (4)

C1

Audax

4

C2

São Paulo

1

Note: Semifinal bracket depend on general table: 1 vs 4 ; 2 vs 3

General table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos (C)	19	11	7	1	34	17	+17	40	Finals of knockout stage
2	Audax (B)	19	8	5	6	31	26	+5	29	Finals of knockout stage
3	Corinthians	17	12	3	2	32	10	+22	39	Eliminated in the semifinals
4	Palmeiras	17	8	4	5	29	19	+10	28	Eliminated in the semifinals
5	São Bento	16	7	6	3	21	13	+8	27	Eliminated in the quarterfinals
6	São Bernardo (B)	16	6	5	5	22	23	−1	23
7	Red Bull Brasil (B)	16	7	1	8	24	26	−2	22
8	São Paulo	16	6	4	6	18	18	0	22
9	Ponte Preta	15	6	4	5	22	16	+6	22
10	Ituano (B)	15	6	4	5	19	19	0	22
11	Novorizontino	15	5	6	4	24	21	+3	21
12	Linense	15	4	8	3	21	19	+2	20
13	Botafogo-SP	15	4	7	4	15	14	+1	19
14	Ferroviária	15	5	2	8	19	21	−2	17
15	Água Santa (R)	15	4	4	7	16	28	−12	16	Relegation to 2017 Campeonato Paulista Série A2
16	Mogi Mirim (R)	15	4	3	8	12	23	−11	15
17	XV de Piracicaba (R)	15	3	6	6	12	19	−7	15
18	Oeste (R)	15	3	4	8	13	19	−6	13
19	Capivariano (R)	15	2	4	9	17	34	−17	10
20	Rio Claro (R)	15	2	3	10	9	26	−17	9

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head results; 6th least red cards received; 7th least yellow cards received; 8th draw.
(B) Qualification for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D; (C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

As of 8 May 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Roger	Red Bull Brasil	11
2.	Rodrigo Andrade	Audax	8
2.	Alecsandro	Palmeiras	8
3.	William Pottker	Linense	7
	Wellington Paulista	Ponte Preta
	Gabriel	Santos
	Ricardo Oliveira	Santos

Awards

Team of the year

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Vanderlei	Santos
DF	Fagner	Corinthians
DF	Felipe	Corinthians
DF	Gustavo Henrique	Santos
DF	Zeca	Santos
MF	Thiago Maia	Santos
MF	Camacho	Audax
MF	Tchê Tchê	Audax
MF	Lucas Lima	Santos
FW	Roger	Red Bull Brasil
FW	Gabriel	Santos