2015 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	2015
Champions	Santos
Relegated	Penapolense Portuguesa Bragantino Marília
Série D	Red Bull Brasil Botafogo
Matches played	158
Goals scored	330 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Oliveira (11 goals)
Biggest home win	São Paulo 4–0 Audax (21 February) São Bernardo 4–0 Marília Atlético Clube (8 April)
Biggest away win	Red Bull Brasil 1–6 Audax (6 March)
Highest scoring	Corinthians 5–3 Penapolense (26 March)
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The 2015 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2015 Paulistão Itaipava for sponsorship reasons^[1]) was the 114th 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 four clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, will be relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.

• If all 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.

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:

1. Higher number of wins;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. Fewest red cards received;
5. Fewest yellow cards received;
6. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.

^[2]

Teams

Club	Home city	2014 result
Botafogo	Ribeirão Preto	5th
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	8th
Capivariano	Capivari	1st (Série A2)
Corinthians	São Paulo	9th
Audax	Osasco	11th
Ituano	Itu	1st
Linense	Lins	16th
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	15th
Marília	Marília	4th (Série A2)
Palmeiras	São Paulo	3rd
Penapolense	Penápolis	4th
Ponte Preta	Campinas	7th
Portuguesa	São Paulo	12th
Red Bull Brasil	Campinas	2nd (Série A2)
Rio Claro	Rio Claro	13th
Santos	Santos	2nd
São Bento	Sorocaba	3rd (Série A2)
São Bernardo	São Bernardo do Campo	10th
São Paulo	São Paulo	6th
XV de Piracicaba	Piracicaba	14th

Source: Futebol Paulista

First stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
São Paulo	15	10	2	3	30	10	+20	32
Red Bull Brasil	15	7	3	5	20	19	+1	24
Mogi Mirim	15	5	5	5	17	20	−3	20
Ituano	15	4	8	3	12	13	−1	20
São Bernardo	15	5	3	7	13	13	0	18

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Corinthians	15	11	4	0	28	10	+18	37
Ponte Preta	15	8	3	4	22	17	+5	27
Audax	15	6	4	5	23	19	+4	22
São Bento	15	4	9	2	17	13	+4	21
Rio Claro	15	4	4	7	11	16	−5	16

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Palmeiras	15	10	1	4	23	10	+13	31
Botafogo	15	6	4	5	16	14	+2	22
Linense	15	4	4	7	12	25	−13	16
Portuguesa	15	2	7	6	13	22	−9	13
Marília	15	0	2	13	6	35	−29	2

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos	15	10	4	1	29	12	+17	34
XV de Piracicaba	15	5	3	7	17	20	−3	18
Capivariano	15	4	4	7	20	23	−3	16
Penapolense	15	4	3	8	17	22	−5	15
Bragantino	15	2	1	12	8	22	−14	7

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

D1

Santos

3

D2

XV de Piracicaba

0

D1

Santos

2

A1

São Paulo

1

A1

São Paulo

3

A2

Red Bull Brasil

0

D1

Santos

0

2 (4)

C1

Palmeiras

1

1 (2)

B1

Corinthians

1

B2

Ponte Preta

0

B1

Corinthians

2 (5)

C1

Palmeiras

2 (6)

C1

Palmeiras

1

C2

Botafogo

0

Note : Semifinal bracklet 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	19	13	4	2	36	15	+21	43	Champion and 2016 Copa do Brasil
2	Palmeiras	19	12	2	5	28	14	+14	38	Runner-up and 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16^1
3	Corinthians	17	12	5	0	31	12	+19	41	Eliminated in Semifinals and 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16^1
4	São Paulo	17	11	2	4	34	12	+22	35
5	Ponte Preta	16	8	3	5	22	18	+4	27	Eliminated in Quarterfinals and 2016 Copa do Brasil
6	Red Bull Brasil	16	7	3	6	20	22	−2	24	Eliminated in Quarterfinals , Série D and 2016 Copa do Brasil
7	Botafogo	16	6	4	6	16	15	+1	22	Eliminated in Quarterfinals and Série D
8	XV de Piracicaba	16	5	3	8	17	23	−6	18	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
9	Audax	15	6	4	5	23	19	+4	22	Eliminated in the group stage
10	São Bento	15	4	9	2	17	13	+4	21
11	Ituano	15	4	8	3	12	13	−1	20
12	Mogi Mirim	15	5	5	5	17	20	−3	20
13	São Bernardo	15	5	3	7	13	13	0	18
14	Capivariano	15	4	4	7	20	23	−3	16
15	Rio Claro	15	4	4	7	11	16	−5	16
16	Linense	15	4	4	7	13	25	−12	16
17	Penapolense (R)	15	4	3	8	17	22	−5	15	Relegation to2016 Campeonato Paulista Série A2
18	Portuguesa (R)	15	2	7	6	13	22	−9	13
19	Bragantino (R)	15	2	1	12	8	22	−14	7
20	Marília (R)	15	0	2	13	6	35	−29	2

Updated to games played on April 27, 2015.
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.
¹ Palmeiras has a berth guaranteed to the third stage as the 2015 Copa do Brasil champions.Corinthians and São Paulo has a berth guaranteed to the third stage as 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions and 3rd
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

As of 3 May 2015

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Ricardo Oliveira	Santos	11
2	Crislan	Penapolense	9
3	Alexandre Pato	São Paulo	8
	Rafael Longuine	Audax
4	Alan Kardec	São Paulo	7
	Edmilson	Red Bull Brasil
	Paulinho	XV de Piracicaba
5	Biro-Biro	Ponte Preta	6
	Paolo Guerrero	Corinthians
	Rafael Marques	Palmeiras

Awards

Team of the year

Pos. Player Club GK Fernando Prass Palmeiras DF Fagner Corinthians DF Gil Corinthians DF David Braz Santos DF Zé Roberto Palmeiras MF Arouca Palmeiras MF Gabriel Palmeiras MF Robinho Palmeiras MF Lucas Lima Santos FW Ricardo Oliveira Santos FW Robinho Santos Source Globo Esporte Last updated: 30 April 2015

Fernando Prass Gil David Braz Fagner Zé Roberto Arouca Gabriel Robinho Lucas Lima Ricardo Oliveira Robinho

Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Ricardo Oliveira.^[4]

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Rafael Longuine.^[4]

Countryside Best Player of the Season

The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Crislan.^[4]

Top scorer of the Season

The top scorer of the season was Ricardo Oliveira, who scored 11 goals.^[3]

References

1. "Por R$ 8 milhões, cervejaria compra nome do Campeonato Paulista". Folha de S.Paulo.
2. "Regulamento do Paulistão 2015" (PDF). FPF.
3. "Campeonato Paulista 2015: Artilharia". globoesporte. Rede Globo. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
4. "Finalistas, Santos e Palmeiras dominam a seleção do Paulistão". Globo Esporte.

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