1999 Campeonato Paulista

The 1999 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 98th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Corinthians won the championship by the 23rd time. Ituano and São José were relegated.[1]

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season1999
ChampionsCorinthians
RelegatedItuano
São José
Matches played162
Goals scored555 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorerAlex (Mogi Mirim) - 12 goals
Biggest home winRio Branco 7-1 Mogi Mirim (March 24, 1999)
Biggest away winPortuguesa Santista 0-5 Guarani (February 3, 1999)
Portuguesa Santista 1-6 Santos (May 5, 1999)
Highest scoringMatonense 5-4 União São João (February 21, 1999)
← 1998
2000 →

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 the four best teams in each group would qualify for the second phase, with the others going to the relegation group.

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Portuguesa (A) 10 7 1 2 20 10 +10 22 Qualified to Second phase
2 União Barbarense (A) 10 6 2 2 20 10 +10 20
3 Rio Branco (A) 10 5 1 4 19 13 +6 16
4 Inter de Limeira (A) 10 3 2 5 10 17 −7 11
5 São José (E) 10 2 5 3 7 13 −6 11 Relegation Playoffs
6 Ituano (E) 10 1 2 7 8 21 −13 5
Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 1999. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mogi Mirim (A) 10 5 3 2 20 14 +6 18 Qualified to Second phase
2 Matonense (A) 10 5 1 4 21 23 −2 16
3 Guarani (A) 10 4 4 2 19 12 +7 16
4 Portuguesa Santista (A) 10 4 1 5 16 19 −3 13
5 Araçatuba (E) 10 3 3 4 18 19 −1 12 Relegation Playoffs
6 União São João (E) 10 2 2 6 17 24 −7 8
Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 1999. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Relegation playoffs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 União São João 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
2 Araçatuba 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12
3 Ituano (R) 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Relegated
4 São José (R) 6 0 1 5 4 15 −11 1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 1999. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Second phase

In the second phase, the 8 qualified teams were joined by the four participants of the Rio-São Paulo tournament. The 12 teams were divided in two groups of six teams, with each team playing twice against the teams of its own group, and once against the teams of the other group, with the two best teams in each group qualifying to the Semifinals.

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 São Paulo 1612314618+2839
2 Palmeiras 169523222+1032
3 Portuguesa 169342925+430
4 Rio Branco 166193631+519
5 Inter de Limeira 165472736-919
6 Matonense 165292532-717

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Santos 169433722+1531
2 Corinthians 168263127+426
3 União Barbarense 166372926+321
4 Mogi Mirim 164571832-1417
5 Guarani 1633102132-1112
6 Portuguesa Santista 1613121139-286

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Palmeiras[2] 3–3 Santos 2-1 1–2
Corinthians 5–1 São Paulo 4-0 1-1

Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Corinthians 5–2 Palmeiras 3-0 2–2

References
  1. http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablessz/sp1999.htm
  2. Palmeiras qualified for having a better season record
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