2010 Campeonato Paulista

The 2010 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 109th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	2010
Champions	Santos (18th title)
Relegated	Rio Claro Monte Azul Sertãozinho Rio Branco–SP
Matches played	202
Goals scored	634 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Bueno (16)
Biggest home win	Santos 9–1 Ituano
Biggest away win	Rio Branco–SP 0–4 Santos Grêmio Prudente 0–4 Botafogo–SP Ituano 0–4 Grêmio Prudente Monte Azul 0–4 Portuguesa
Highest scoring	Santos 9–1 Ituano (10 goals)
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Santos were crowned champions after a 5–5 tie on aggregate score against Santo André in the finals, which were held at Pacaembu. As they had ended with best campaign in the first stage, they took the trophy.[1]

Format

The top four teams in the first stage qualifies to the semi-finals. The bottom four teams relegates to the Série A2. Semi-finals and finals are played in two-legged matches. The four top ranked teams that did not qualify to the semi-finals and from outside the city of São Paulo or Santos FC, would contest each other in the Campeonato do Interior (Interior Championship).[2]

Teams

Club	Home city	2009 result
Botafogo–SP	Ribeirão Preto	15th
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	10th
Corinthians	São Paulo	1st
Grêmio Prudente	Presidente Prudente	8th
Ituano	Itu	13th
Mirassol	Mirassol	7th
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	16th
Monte Azul	Monte Azul Paulista	1st (Série A2)
Oeste	Itápolis	14th
Palmeiras	São Paulo	3rd
Paulista	Jundiaí	12th
Ponte Preta	Campinas	9th
Portuguesa	São Paulo	5th
Rio Branco–SP	Americana	2nd (Série A2)
Rio Claro	Rio Claro	3rd (Série A2)
Santo André	Santo André	6th
Santos	Santos	2nd
Sertãozinho	Sertãozinho	4th (Série A2)
São Caetano	São Caetano do Sul	11th
São Paulo	São Paulo	4th

First stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos	19	15	2	2	61	24	+37	47	Advanced to the Knockout stage
2	Santo André	19	11	4	4	45	27	+18	37
3	Grêmio Prudente	19	11	4	4	34	28	+6	37
4	São Paulo	19	11	3	5	41	19	+22	36
5	Corinthians	19	10	5	4	32	18	+14	35
6	Portuguesa	19	9	4	6	29	20	+9	31
7	Botafogo–SP	19	9	4	6	27	25	+2	31	Advanced to the Campeonato do Interior
8	São Caetano	19	8	3	8	30	25	+5	27
9	Oeste	19	6	8	5	27	26	+1	26
10	Ponte Preta	19	7	4	8	25	30	−5	25
11	Palmeiras	19	6	7	6	31	32	−1	25
12	Mogi Mirim	19	7	3	9	22	35	−13	24
13	Ituano	19	6	4	9	23	37	−14	22
14	Mirassol	19	5	7	7	24	27	−3	22
15	Paulista	19	6	2	11	23	32	−9	20
16	Bragantino	19	5	5	9	37	42	−5	20
17	Rio Claro	19	5	4	10	24	34	−10	19	Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2
18	Monte Azul	19	3	6	10	23	41	−18	15
19	Sertãozinho	19	3	5	11	24	41	−17	14
20	Rio Branco-SP	19	2	6	11	17	36	−19	12

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2010. Source: UOL Esporte
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw

Results

Home \ Away	BOT	BRA	COR	ITU	MIR	MMI	MAZ	OES	PAL	PAU	PPR	POR	PRU	RBR	RCL	SAD	SAN	SER	SCT	SPA
Botafogo–SP				0–0		3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1		1–0						2–4	3–1	1–0
Bragantino	2–0			3–4			1–1	4–0	2–3			1–1	2–3	4–3					2–3	1–0
Corinthians	1–1	2–1			1–1				1–0	0–1				0–0	5–1	2–1		4–0		4–3
Ituano			0–2		4–0					1–0	1–1		0–4			1–2		1–0	0–1	0–1
Mirassol	1–1	3–0				1–0		1–1				0–1	2–2		1–2		1–2		0–3	1–1
Mogi Mirim		1–1	0–3	3–0				1–3		1–0	1–0			2–2		3–2	2–1
Monte Azul			1–1	2–2	1–2	5–3			0–1	2–3		0–4			3–2			1–0
Oeste			1–2	2–0			2–2			2–2		1–2	1–1	3–1				2–1		0–0
Palmeiras				3–3	1–1	5–1		0–0			0–2	1–1				1–3		3–2	1–4	2–0
Paulista	1–0	2–2			0–2				3–1		0–1		1–2	1–0	2–1		2–3
Ponte Preta		4–3	2–1		1–3		2–1	1–3				2–1			2–2	1–1		2–3		0–2
Portuguesa	1–2		1–1	2–3		0–1				2–1			1–2		3–1		1–1	2–0	1–0
Prudente	0–4		2–0			3–0	1–0		2–2		3–1			2–0	3–2	1–3			1–0
Rio Branco–SP	1–0			1–2	2–2		0–0		2–2		1–2	0–2				1–4	0–4
Rio Claro	1–3	1–3		1–0		0–0		0–1	1–0					3–0		1–1			3–1
Santo André	4–1	4–1			2–1		3–0	2–2		4–2		2–0					1–2		2–2	1–3
Santos		6–3	2–1	9–1			5–0	2–0	3–4		1–1		5–0		2–1			4–2
Sertãozinho		1–1			2–1	2–3				3–2			1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3				2–2
São Caetano			0–1			1–0	2–2	2–2		2–0	2–0			1–2			1–3	5–1
São Paulo	5–0					3–0	5–1			3–0		1–3	3–1	2–1	3–0		1–2		3–0

Source: Futpédia
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals							Finals
	Santos		3	3	6
	São Paulo		2	0	2
								Santos		3	2	5
								Santo André		2	3	5
	Santo André		2	1	3
	Grêmio Prudente		1	2	3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	6–2	São Paulo	3–2	3–0
Santo André	3–3	Grêmio Prudente	2–1	1–2

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	5–5	Santo André	3–2	2–3

• Santos were crowned champions due to the best campaign in the first stage.

Campeonato do Interior

Bracket

	Semifinals							Finals
	Botafogo–SP		0	2	2
	Ponte Preta		0	2	2
								Botafogo–SP		0	1	1
								São Caetano		1	0	1
	São Caetano		0	3	3
	Oeste		1	1	2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo–SP	2–2	Ponte Preta	0–0	2–2
São Caetano	3–2	Oeste	0–1	3–1

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo–SP	1–1	São Caetano	0–1	1–0

• Botafogo–SP were crowned champions due to the best campaign in the first stage.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Ricardo Bueno	Oeste	16
2	Rodriguinho	Santo André	15
3	Neymar	Santos	14
4	André	Santos	13
5	Héverton	Portuguesa	11
	Ganso	Santos	11
6	Robert	Palmeiras	10
	Eduardo	São Caetano	10

Source: UOL Esporte

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rodriguinho	Santo André	Paulista	4–2[3]	24 January 2010
Ricardo Bueno	Oeste	Mogi Mirim	3–1[4]	13 February 2010
Fernandinho^1	São Paulo	Monte Azul	5–1[5]	28 February 2010
Geovane	Mogi Mirim	Ituano	3–0[6]	13 March 2010
Robert	Palmeiras	Santos	4–3[7]	14 March 2010
André	Santos	Ituano	9–1[8]	21 March 2010
Araújo	Grêmio Prudente	Mogi Mirm	3–0[9]	25 March 2010
Borebi	Monte Azul	Mogi Mirim	5–3[10]	4 April 2010

• ¹ Fernandinho scored 4 goals.

Awards

Team of the year

Pos. Player Club GK Júlio César Santo André DF Wesley Santos DF Edu Dracena Santos DF Miranda São Paulo DF Roberto Carlos Corinthians MF Marcos Assunção Grêmio Prudente MF Arouca Santos MF Ganso Santos FW Neymar Santos FW Rodriguinho Santo André FW Robinho Santos Source: Globo Esporte

Júlio César Dracena Miranda Wesley R. Carlos Assunção Arouca Ganso Rodriguinho Robinho Neymar

Player of the Season

The Player of the Season was awarded to Neymar.[11]

Coach of the Season

The Coach of the Season award went to Dorival Júnior.[11]

Top scorer of the Season

The Top scorer award went to Ricardo Bueno, who scored 16 goals.[11]

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Season was awarded to Bruno César.[11]

Countryside Best Player of the Season

The Countryside Best Player of the Season was awarded to Rodriguinho.[11]

Best Goalkeeper of the Season

The Best Goalkeeper of the Season was awarded to Felipe, who conceded 14 goals in 12 matches.[11]

References

1. "Em jogo emocionante, Santos perde mas é Campeão Paulista". IG Esporte.
2. "Campeonato Paulista 2010 Regulamento". UOL Esporte.
3. "Campeonato Paulista 2010 - Santo André 4x2 Paulista". O Gol.
4. "Campeonato Paulista 2010 - Mogi Mirim 1x3 Oeste". O Gol.
5. "Campeonato Paulista 2010 - São Paulo 5x1 Monte Azul". O Gol.
6. "Campeonato Paulista 2010 - Mogi Mirim 3x1 Ituano". O Gol.
7. "Campeonato Paulista 2010 - Santos 3x4 Palmeiras". O Gol.
8. "Campeonato Paulista 2010 - Santos 9x1 Ituano". O Gol.
9. "Campeonato Paulista 2010 - Grêmio Prudente 3x0 Mogi Mirim". O Gol.
10. "Campeonato Paulista 2010 - Monte Azul 5x3 Mogi Mirim". O Gol.
11. "Neymar leva a melhor sobre Ganso e é o craque do Paulista". Estadão.