2000 Campeonato Paulista Explained

Competition:Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season:2000
Winners:São Paulo (20th title)
Relegated:América
Araçatuba
League Topscorer:França (São Paulo) - 18 goals
Biggest Home Win:Matonense 7-0 Araçatuba (February 6, 2000)
Biggest Away Win:Mogi Mirim 1-5 Portuguesa (April 23, 2000)
Highest Scoring:Mogi Mirim 4-7 União São João (February 13, 2000)
Matches:170
Total Goals:535
Prevseason:1999
Nextseason:2001

The 2000 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 99th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship for the 20th time. América and Araçatuba were relegated.[1]

Championship

First phase

The first phase was disputed by all the teams of the championship, save for Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo, which would dispute the Rio-São Paulo tournament at the time and would only enter in the second phase. The teams would be divided in two groups of six teams, and all would qualify for the second phase, except for the team with the fewest points out of the twelve, which would be relegated to the second phase of second level of that year, and replaced by the team that won the first phase of the second level.

Group 1

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1Ponte Preta107212010+1023
2Portuguesa105322312+1118
3Matonense105142213+916
4Portuguesa Santista103431515013
5Araçatuba10226925-166
6Inter de Limeira101271125-145

Group 2

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1Guarani105411710+719
2União Barbarense105231712+517
3União São João105141815+316
4Rio Branco104331610+615
5Mogi Mirim103251720-311
6América10046826-184

Second phase

In the second phase, the 11 qualified teams were joined by Botafogo, winner of the first phase of the second level, and the four participants of the Rio-São Paulo tournament. The 16 teams were divided in four groups of four teams, with each team playing twice against the teams of its own group, and once against the teams of other group (3 against 5 and 4 against 6), with the two best teams in each group qualifying to the Quarterfinals and the team with the fewest points among all the 16 being relegated to the Second level of the following year.

Group 3

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1São Paulo108112512+1325
2Guarani104241011-114
3União Barbarense103341116-512
4Portuguesa Santista103161214-210

Group 4

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1Corinthians108022910+1924
2Ponte Preta104331413+115
3Matonense103521512+314
4Araçatuba10118727-20-16[2]

Group 5

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1Palmeiras106221914+520
2Rio Branco104151922-313
3União São João101631518-39
4Botafogo10226913-48

Group 6

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1Portuguesa104511813+517
2Santos104421915+416
3Inter de Limeira103251315-211
4Mogi Mirim103071020-109

Quarterfinals

Group 7

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1Santos641195+413
2São Paulo6321137+611
3Portuguesa62131011-17
4Guarani6105514-93

Group 8

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1Corinthians63301610+612
2Palmeiras63211411+311
3Ponte Preta6204914-56
4Rio Branco6033610-43

Semifinals

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Finals

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: São Paulo 2000.
  2. Araçatuba lost 20 points for fielding three ineligible players in four matches