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

Season	2021
Dates	28 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

Club	Home city	Manager	2020 result
Botafogo	Ribeirão Preto	Alexandre Gallo	14th
Corinthians	São Paulo (Itaquera)	TBC	2nd
Ferroviária	Araraquara	Pintado	11th
Guarani	Campinas	Allan Aal	10th
Inter de Limeira	Limeira	Thiago Carpini	12th
Ituano	Itu	Vinícius Bergantin	13th
Mirassol	Mirassol	Eduardo Baptista	3rd
Novorizontino	Novo Horizonte	Léo Condé	9th
Palmeiras	São Paulo (Barra Funda)	TBC	1st
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Fábio Moreno	4th
Red Bull Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	TBC	5th
Santo André	Santo André	Paulo Roberto Santos	7th
Santos	Santos	TBC	8th
São Bento	Sorocaba	Edson Vieira	2nd (Série A2)
São Caetano	São Caetano do Sul	Wilson Júnior	1st (Série A2)
São Paulo	São Paulo (Morumbi)	TBC	6th

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.