| Copa Paulista | |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Country: | São Paulo (state), Brazil |
| Num Teams: | 27 |
| Champions: | Votuporanguense |
| Runner-Up: | Ferroviária |
| Matches: | 218 |
| Goals: | 501 |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Felipe Henrique Jose dos Santos (Olímpia) Leonardo Luiz e Castro (Red Bull Brasil) |
| Prevseason: | 2017 Copa Paulista |
| Nextseason: | 2019 Copa Paulista |
The 2018 Copa Paulista was the 20th edition of São Paulo State Cup. 27 teams participate in the tournament. The winner gets to choose between a qualification spot for the 2019 Copa do Brasil or the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The spot not chosen by the winners will be taken by the second-placed team. [1]
Votuporanguense defeated Ferroviária on the finals to win their first title. [2] As champions, Votuporanguense chose to qualify to the 2019 Copa do Brasil and thus Ferroviária qualified to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
First Stage: The clubs will be divided into four groups according to their location. The top four of each group will advance to the second stage.
Second Stage: The 16 clubs will be divided into four groups of four. The winner and runners-up of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.
Each stage will be played in a double round-robin format.