Football league season
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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.
[1]Teams [ edit ]
Source: Futebol Paulista
First stage [ edit ]
Group winners and runners-up advance to the ♠ quarter-finals.
Six bottom teams (independent of group) are relegated.
Group A [ edit ]
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 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[ citation needed ]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated Source:Eliminated;Qualified for the ♠ phase indicated;RelegatedGroup B [ edit ]
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 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[ citation ♠ needed ]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated Source:Eliminated;Qualified for the phase indicatedGroup C [ edit ]
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 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[ citation needed ]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for ♠ the phase indicated; (R) Relegated Source:Eliminated;Qualified for the phase indicated;RelegatedGroup D [ edit ]
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 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[ citation needed ]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) ♠ Relegated Source:Qualified for the phase indicated;Relegated
Knockout stage [ edit ]Bracket [ edit ]
Note: Semifinal bracket depend on general table: 1 ♠ vs 4 ; 2 vs 3
General table [ edit ]
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 ♠ (C) Champion; (R) Relegated 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.
Qualification for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Champion;Relegated
Top scorers [ edit ]As of 8 May 2016Awards [ edit ]
Team of ♠ the year [ edit ]
Player of the Season
The Player of the Year was awarded to Lucas Lima.[2]
Young Player of the ♠ Season
The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Tchê Tchê.[3]
Countryside Best Player of the Season
The Countryside Best Player of ♠ the Year was awarded to Roger.[4]
Top scorer of the Season
The top scorer of the season was Roger, who scored 11 ♠ goals.
