2016 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	2016
Dates	30 January – 9 April 2016
Matches played	28
Goals scored	68 (2.43 per match)
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The 2016 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 is 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:

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.

Teams

Club	Home city	2015 result
Água Santa	Diadema	4th (Série A2)
Audax	Osasco	9th
Botafogo-SP	Ribeirão Preto	7th
Capivariano	Capivari	14th
Corinthians	São Paulo	3rd
Ferroviária	Araraquara	1st (Série A2)
Ituano	Itu	11th
Linense	Lins	16th
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	12th
Novorizontino	Novo Horizonte	2nd (Série A2)
Oeste	Itápolis	3rd (Série A2)
Palmeiras	São Paulo	2nd
Ponte Preta	Campinas	5th
Red Bull Brasil	Campinas	6st
Rio Claro	Rio Claro	15th
Santos	Santos	1st
São Bento	Sorocaba	10th
São Bernardo	São Bernardo do Campo	13th
São Paulo	São Paulo	4th
XV de Piracicaba	Piracicaba	8th

Source: Futebol Paulista

First stage

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

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Main article: 2016 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage

Bracket

Template:8TeamBracket-2legsOnlyFinal Note : Semifinal bracklet depend on general table: 1 vs 4 ; 2 vs 3

Top scorers

As of 3 April 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Roger	Red Bull Brasil	10
2.	Rodrigo Andrade	Audax	8
3.	William Pottker	Linense	7
	Wellington Paulista	Ponte Preta