| Competition: | Campeonato Paulista - Série A1 |
| Season: | 2012 |
| Winners: | Santos (20th title) |
| Relegated: | Portuguesa Guaratinguetá Catanduvense Comercial |
| Continentalcup1: | Copa do Brasil |
| Continentalcup2: | Série D |
| League Topscorer: | Neymar (20) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Santos 6–1 Ponte Preta Santos 5–0 Guaratinguetá Santos 5–0 Catanduvense |
| Biggest Away Win: | Botafogo–SP 2–6 Palmeiras Guaratinguetá 0–4 Mirassol Linense 0–4 XV de Piracicaba |
| Highest Scoring: | Botafogo–SP 2–6 Palmeiras (8 goals) |
| Matches: | 202 |
| Total Goals: | 628 |
| Longest Wins: | 8 games São Paulo (11th round - 18th round) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 14 games Palmeiras (1st round - 14th round) |
| Longest Winless: | 13 games Comercial (5th round - 17th round) |
| Longest Losses: | 7 games XV de Piracicaba (6th round - 12th round) |
| Highest Attendance: | 53,749[1] Santos 4–2 Guarani |
| Lowest Attendance: | 278[2] São Caetano 2–2 Mirassol |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2012 for sponsorship reasons)[3] was the 111th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
The finals were played between Santos and Guarani. Santos won 7–2 on aggregate.[4] It was the third consecutive year that they won. This had happened for the first time since 1968, when Santos won three years in a row for the last time (1966/1967/1968).
The top eight teams in the First Stage qualifies to the Quarter-Finals. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Série A2. Quarter and Semi-Finals will be played in one-legged matches.The best-four teams not qualified to the Semi-Finals not from the city of São Paulo or Santos FC, will compete in the Campeonato do Interior.[5]
São Bernardo, Barueri, Noroeste and Santo André were relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 after finishing in the bottom four spots of the table at the end of the 2011 season.[6] Santo André were relegated after they played the finals in the 2010 season against Santos, being runner-up.The four relegated teams were replaced by XV de Piracicaba, Comercial, Guarani and Catanduvese, that were promoted from 2011 Série A2.[7] Comercial return to play in the first division after 25 years away from it[8] while XV de Piracicaba, Guarani and Catanduvense, are back after playing the last time in the years: 1995, 2009 and 1993 respectively.
| Club | Home city | 2011 result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| São Paulo (Tatuapé) | |||
| São Paulo (Perdizes) | |||
| São Paulo (Pari) | |||
| São Paulo (Morumbi) | |||
See main article: 2012 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage.
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Source UOL Esporte and Futebol Paulista
Last updated: 13 May 2012
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–1[9] | |||||
| 3–1[10] | |||||
 Fernando Gabriel | 3–1[11] | ||||
| 5–0[12] | |||||
| 3–1[13] |
The Player of the Year was awarded to Neymar.[19]
The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Romarinho.
The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Fumagalli.
The Top scorer award went to Neymar, who scored 20 goals.