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

Season	1996
Champions	Palmeiras
Relegated	Ferroviária Novorizontino XV de Jaú
Matches played	240
Goals scored	734 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giovanni (Santos) - 24 goals
Biggest home win	Palmeiras 6-0 América (March 21, 1996) Mogi Mirim 6-0 XV de Jaú (May 1, 1996)
Biggest away win	Botafogo 0-8 Palmeiras (March 16, 1996)
Highest scoring	União 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.