2016 Campeonato Paulista Explained

Competition:	Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season:	2016
Winners:	Santos
Relegated:	Água Santa Mogi Mirim XV de Piracicaba Oeste Capivariano Rio Claro
Num Teams:	20
Continentalcup2:	Série D
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Audax São Bento
League Topscorer:	Roger (11 goals)
Best Player:	Lucas Lima
Best Goalkeeper:	Vanderlei
Biggest Home Win:	Ponte Preta 7–2 Água Santa (2 April)
Biggest Away Win:	Ferroviária 3–5 Santos (3 April)
Highest Scoring:	Ponte Preta 7–2 Água Santa (2 April)
Matches:	158
Total Goals:	411
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

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

• 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.

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Teams

Club	Home city	Manager	2015 result
		Márcio Bittencourt
	Osasco
	Ribeirão Preto
		Roberto Fernandes
	São Paulo (Tatuapé)	Tite
		Ricardo Moraes
		Tarcísio Pugliese
		Moacir Júnior
		Guilherme
		Serjão
	São Paulo (Perdizes)	Cuca
		Alexandre Gallo
		Mauricio Barbieri
		Sérgio Guedes
		Dorival Júnior
		Paulo Roberto Santos
	São Paulo (Morumbi)	Edgardo Bauza
		Luiz Carlos Ferreira

Source: Futebol Paulista

First stage

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

See main article: 2016 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage.

Bracket

Note: Semifinal bracket depend on general table: 1 vs 4 ; 2 vs 3

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Roger	Red Bull Brasil	11
2.	Rodrigo Andrade	Audax	8
	Alecsandro	Palmeiras
3.	William Pottker	Linense	7
	Wellington Paulista	Ponte Preta
	Gabriel	Santos
	Ricardo Oliveira	Santos

Awards

Team of the year

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Vanderlei	Santos
DF	Fagner	Corinthians
DF	Felipe	Corinthians
DF	Gustavo Henrique	Santos
DF	Zeca	Santos
MF	Thiago Maia	Santos
MF	Camacho	Audax
MF	Tchê Tchê	Audax
MF	Lucas Lima	Santos
FW	Roger	Red Bull Brasil
FW	Gabriel	Santos

Player of the SeasonThe Player of the Year was awarded to Lucas Lima.^[2]

Young Player of the SeasonThe Young Player of the Year was awarded to Tchê Tchê.^[3]

Countryside Best Player of the SeasonThe Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Roger.^[4]

Top scorer of the SeasonThe top scorer of the season was Roger, who scored 11 goals.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regulamento do Paulistão 2015. FPF. 2015-12-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150209151305/http://www.fpf.org.br/arquivos/201501/1691524742.pdf. 2015-02-09. dead.
2. Web site: Lucas Lima é o vencedor do #EsseÉOMeuCraque! O meia do Santos teve 22% para craque do Paulistão Itaipava 2016. Federação Paulista de Futebol.
3. Web site: O júri de jornalistas convidados da FPF escolheu Tche Tche como jogador revelação do Paulistão Itaipava!. Federação Paulista de Futebol.
4. Web site: E o atacante Roger, do Red Bull Brasil, foi eleito o Craque do Interior. Federação Paulista de Futebol.