2016 Campeonato Paulista

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

Source: Futebol Paulista

First stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

General table

Updated to games played on 8 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head results; 6th least red cards received; 7th least yellow cards received; 8th draw.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

As of 8 May 2016

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 Source Globo Esporte Last updated: 9 May 2016

Vanderlei Felipe Gustavo Henrique Fagner Zeca Camacho Thiago Maia Tchê Tchê Lucas Lima Roger Gabriel

Player of the Season

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

Young Player of the Season

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

Countryside Best Player of the Season

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

Top scorer of the Season

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

References

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