1996 Campeonato Paulista

The 1996 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 95th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Palmeiras won the championship by the 21st time. Ferroviária, Novorizontino and XV de Jaú were relegated.[1]

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season1996
ChampionsPalmeiras
RelegatedFerroviária
Novorizontino
XV de Jaú
Matches played240
Goals scored734 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorerGiovanni (Santos) - 24 goals
Biggest home winPalmeiras 6-0 América (March 21, 1996)
Mogi Mirim 6-0 XV de Jaú (May 1, 1996)
Biggest away winBotafogo 0-8 Palmeiras (March 16, 1996)
Highest scoringUnião São João 2-8 Santos (April 6, 1996)
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Championship

The championship was disputed in a double round-robin format, with the winners of the first and second rounds of the championship qualifying to the finals; In case that the same team won both rounds, it would automatically win the title.[2]

First round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Palmeiras 15 14 1 0 61 8 +53 43 Qualified to finals
2 Portuguesa 15 11 3 1 33 13 +20 36
3 Mogi Mirim 15 10 2 3 20 13 +7 32
4 Corinthians 15 8 4 3 37 17 +20 28
5 São Paulo 15 7 4 4 26 21 +5 25
6 União São João 15 6 5 4 25 19 +6 23
7 América 15 6 3 6 23 30 −7 21
8 Santos 12 6 2 4 24 27 −3 20
9 Araçatuba 15 5 3 7 15 24 −9 18
10 Rio Branco 15 5 2 8 20 24 −4 17
11 Juventus 15 4 3 8 12 22 −10 15
12 Novorizontino 15 3 6 6 17 27 −10 15
13 XV de Jaú 15 3 3 9 17 33 −16 12
14 Botafogo 15 3 3 9 20 39 −19 12
15 Guarani 15 2 3 10 10 28 −18 9
16 Ferroviária 15 1 5 9 13 28 −15 8
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 1996. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Palmeiras 15 13 1 1 41 11 +30 40 Qualified to finals
2 Santos 15 10 1 4 45 27 +18 31
3 São Paulo 15 9 3 3 28 14 +14 30
4 Botafogo 15 9 2 4 24 21 +3 29
5 Guarani 15 7 4 4 17 14 +3 25
6 Corinthians 15 6 6 3 21 14 +7 24
7 Araçatuba 15 6 3 6 25 28 −3 21
8 Rio Branco 15 5 5 5 22 25 −3 20
9 Juventus 15 3 9 3 23 24 −1 18
10 América 15 4 5 6 16 21 −5 17
11 Portuguesa 15 3 8 4 20 17 +3 17
12 Mogi Mirim 15 3 4 8 22 21 +1 13
13 Novorizontino 15 3 4 8 19 28 −9 13
14 XV de Jaú 15 3 3 9 13 26 −13 12
15 União São João 15 1 8 6 11 27 −16 11
16 Ferroviária 15 0 4 11 14 43 −29 4
Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 1996. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Palmeiras 30 27 2 1 102 19 +83 83 Champions
2 São Paulo 30 16 7 7 54 35 +19 55
3 Portuguesa 30 14 11 5 53 30 +23 53
4 Corinthians 30 14 10 6 58 31 +27 52
5 Santos 30 16 3 11 69 54 +15 51
6 Mogi Mirim 30 13 6 11 42 34 +8 45
7 Botafogo 30 12 5 13 44 60 −16 41
8 Araçatuba 30 11 6 13 40 52 −12 39
9 América 30 10 8 12 39 51 −12 38
10 Rio Branco 30 10 7 13 42 49 −7 37
11 Guarani 30 9 7 14 27 42 −15 34
12 União São João 30 7 13 10 36 46 −10 34
13 Juventus 30 7 12 11 35 46 −11 33
14 Novorizontino 30 6 10 14 36 55 −19 28 Relegated
15 XV de Jaú 30 6 6 18 30 59 −29 24
16 Ferroviária 30 1 9 20 27 71 −44 12
Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 1996. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

References
  1. "Championship of Sao Paulo 1996". rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  2. "Campeonato Paulista 1996". futebolnacional.com.br. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
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