2021 Campeonato Paulista

The 2021 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 will be the 120th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.The competition is scheduled to be played from 28 February to 23 May 2021.[1]

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season2021
Dates28 February - 23 May 2021
2019
2021
All statistics correct as of 9 December 2020.

In addition, it was also decided that Paulistão 2021 will have VAR in all games, including those in the first phase of the competition.[2]

Format

  • In the first stage the sixteen teams are drawn, with seeding, into four groups of four teams each, with each team playing once against the twelve clubs from the other three groups. After each team has played twelve matches, the top two teams of each group qualify for the quarter-final stage.
  • After the completion of the first stage, the two clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, will be relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.
  • Quarter-finals, semi-finals and 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.
  • The two highest-placed teams not otherwise qualified will qualify for the 2022 Copa do Brasil.
  • The top three highest-placed teams in the general table at the end of the competition who are not playing in any level of the national Brazilian football league system will qualify for the 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

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.[3]

Teams

ClubHome cityManager2020 result
BotafogoRibeirão Preto Alexandre Gallo14th
CorinthiansSão Paulo (Itaquera) TBC2nd
FerroviáriaAraraquara Pintado11th
GuaraniCampinas Allan Aal10th
Inter de LimeiraLimeira Thiago Carpini12th
ItuanoItu Vinícius Bergantin13th
MirassolMirassol Eduardo Baptista3rd
NovorizontinoNovo Horizonte Léo Condé9th
PalmeirasSão Paulo (Barra Funda) TBC1st
Ponte PretaCampinas Fábio Moreno4th
Red Bull BragantinoBragança Paulista TBC5th
Santo AndréSanto André Paulo Roberto Santos7th
SantosSantos TBC8th
São BentoSorocaba Edson Vieira2nd (Série A2)
São CaetanoSão Caetano do Sul Wilson Júnior1st (Série A2)
São PauloSão Paulo (Morumbi) TBC6th

First Stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Botafogo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 knockout stage
2 Corinthians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Inter de Limeira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Santo André 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: GloboEsporte.com

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ferroviária 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 knockout stage
2 Ponte Preta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 São Bento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 São Paulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: GloboEsporte.com

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ituano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 knockout stage
2 Novorizontino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Palmeiras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Red Bull Bragantino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: GloboEsporte.com

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guarani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 knockout stage
2 Mirassol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 São Caetano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: GloboEsporte.com

References

  1. "Campeonato Paulista 2021" (in Portuguese). Globo. 9 December 2020.
  2. "Campeonato Paulista 2021" (in Portuguese). Goal. 9 December 2020.
  3. "Regulamento do Paulistão 2020". FPF.
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