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.
