2023 Campeonato Paulista

The 2023 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 122nd season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition was played from 15 January to 9 April 2023.[1]

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season2023
Dates14 January – 9 April 2023
ChampionsPalmeiras
RelegatedSão Bento
Ferroviária
Matches played104
Goals scored230 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerRóger Guedes
Giuliano Galoppo
(8 goals each)
Biggest home winSão Paulo 5–1 Internacional de Limeira
Santos 4–0 Portuguesa
Red Bull Bragantino 5–1 Ituano
Palmeiras 4–0 Água Santa
Biggest away winInternacional de Limeira 0–5 Guarani
Highest scoringSão Paulo 5–1 Internacional de Limeira
Guarani 1–5 São Bernardo
Red Bull Bragantino 5–1 Ituano
Longest winning runSão Bernardo (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runPalmeiras (14 games)
Longest winless run2 teams (8 games)
Longest losing runInternacional de Limeira (5 games)
2022
2024

Palmeiras won their 25th title, having beaten Água Santa 5−2 on aggregate.

Format

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  • In the first stage the sixteen seeded teams were drawn 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 qualified for the quarter-final stage.[2]
  • After the completion of the first stage, the two clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, were relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.[2]
  • Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a single match, with the best placed team playing at home.[2]
  • The finals were played in a two-legged home and away fixture, with the best placed team playing the second leg at home.[2]
  • In case of a draw in any knockout stage, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[2]
  • The two highest-placed teams not otherwise qualified qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil.[2]
  • 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 qualified for the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.[2]

Tiebreakers

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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.

TV partners

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The broadcasting rights of the 2023 Campeonato Paulista were acquired by Record TV for the second consecutive year, with their streaming app Play Plus also transmitting the matches live. Aside of that, the streaming platforms HBO Max and Estádio TNT Sports (owned by TNT) and the Paulistão official YouTube channel and app (Paulistão Play) also broadcast the matches live.[3] On 28 October 2022, TNT also announced the transmission of some matches in their paid TV channel, with pay-per-view channel Premiere also transmitting some matches.[4]

Teams

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Club Home city Manager 2022 result
Água Santa Diadema   Thiago Carpini 14th
Botafogo Ribeirão Preto   Adilson Batista 9th
Corinthians São Paulo (Tatuapé)   Fernando Lázaro 3rd
Ferroviária Araraquara   Elano 11th
Guarani Campinas   Moisés Moura (caretaker) 7th
Internacional de Limeira Limeira   Pintado 12th
Ituano Itu   Gilmar Dal Pozzo 5th
Mirassol Mirassol   Ricardo Catalá 10th
Palmeiras São Paulo (Perdizes)   Abel Ferreira 1st
Portuguesa São Paulo (Pari)   Gilson Kleina 1st (Série A2)
Red Bull Bragantino Bragança Paulista   Pedro Caixinha 4th
Santo André Santo André   Matheus Costa 8th
Santos Santos   Odair Hellmann 13th
São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo   Márcio Zanardi 6th
São Bento Sorocaba   Paulo Roberto Santos 2nd (Série A2)
São Paulo São Paulo (Morumbi)   Rogério Ceni 2nd

First stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Bull Bragantino 12 6 2 4 15 10 +5 20 Knockout stage
2 Botafogo 12 4 2 6 14 17 −3 14
3 Santos 12 3 5 4 14 17 −3 14
4 Internacional de Limeira 12 3 2 7 4 18 −14 11
Source: Soccerway


Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 São Paulo 12 7 2 3 23 10 +13 23 Knockout stage
2 Água Santa 12 7 2 3 13 9 +4 23
3 Mirassol 12 4 3 5 14 14 0 15
4 Guarani 12 4 2 6 14 14 0 14
Source: Soccerway


Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Corinthians 12 6 4 2 19 10 +9 22 Knockout stage
2 Ituano 12 3 3 6 11 18 −7 12
3 São Bento (R) 12 2 4 6 5 14 −9 10 Relegation to Série A2
4 Ferroviária (R) 12 2 3 7 11 18 −7 9
Source: Soccerway
(R) Relegated


Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Palmeiras 12 8 4 0 18 5 +13 28 Knockout stage
2 São Bernardo 12 8 2 2 21 9 +12 26
3 Santo André 12 4 2 6 9 14 −5 14
4 Portuguesa 12 2 4 6 10 18 −8 10
Source: Soccerway


Knockout stage

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The knockout stage of the 2023 Campeonato Paulista commenced on 11 March 2023 with the quarter-finals and ended on 9 April 2023 with the final. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.

Round dates

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Round First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 11–13 March 2023
Semi-finals 19–20 March 2023
Finals 2 April 2023 9 April 2023

Format

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The quarter-finals will be played in a single match at the stadium of the better-ranked team in the first phase. If no goals were scored during the match, the tie will be decided via a penalty shoot-out. The semi-finals will be played with the same format as the quarter-finals. The finals will be played over two legs, with the team having the better record in matches from the previous stages hosting the second leg.

Qualified teams

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Group Winners Runners-up
A Red Bull Bragantino Botafogo
B São Paulo Água Santa
C Corinthians Ituano
D Palmeiras São Bernardo

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
           
D1 Palmeiras 1
D2 São Bernardo 0
D1 Palmeiras 1
C2 Ituano 0
C1 Corinthians 1 (6)
C2 Ituano 1 (7)
D1 Palmeiras 1 4 5
B2 Água Santa 2 0 2
B1 São Paulo 0 (5)
B2 Água Santa 0 (6)
B2 Água Santa 1 (4)
A1 Red Bull Bragantino 1 (2)
A1 Red Bull Bragantino 2
A2 Botafogo 0

Quarter-finals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Palmeiras 1−0 São Bernardo
Corinthians 1−1 (6–7 p) Ituano
Red Bull Bragantino 2–0 Botafogo
São Paulo 0−0 (5–6 p) Água Santa
Palmeiras1–0São Bernardo
  • Rony   42'
Report
Attendance: 39,258


Red Bull Bragantino2–0Botafogo
Report
Attendance: 4,867
Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

São Paulo0–0Água Santa
Report
Penalties
5–6
Attendance: 39,454
Referee: Vinícius Gonçalves Dias Araújo

Semi-finals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Palmeiras 1–0 Ituano
Água Santa 1−1 (4–2 p) Red Bull Bragantino
Palmeiras1–0Ituano
Report
Attendance: 40,664
Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Palmeiras 5–2 Água Santa 1–2 4–0

First leg

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Água Santa2–1Palmeiras
Report
Attendance: 22,896

Second leg

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Palmeiras4–0Água Santa
Report
Attendance: 41,444
Referee: Raphael Claus


 2023 Campeonato Paulista champions 
Palmeiras
25th title

Overall table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Palmeiras (C, Q) 16 11 4 1 25 7 +18 37 Finalists
2 Água Santa (Q, D) 16 8 4 4 16 15 +1 28
3 Red Bull Bragantino (Q) 14 7 3 4 18 11 +7 24 Eliminated in the Semi-finals
4 Ituano (Q) 14 3 4 7 12 20 −8 13
5 São Bernardo (Q) 13 8 2 3 21 10 +11 26 Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
6 São Paulo 13 7 3 3 23 10 +13 24
7 Corinthians 13 6 5 2 20 11 +9 23
8 Botafogo 13 4 2 7 14 19 −5 14
9 Mirassol 12 4 3 5 14 14 0 15
10 Guarani 12 4 2 6 14 14 0 14
11 Santo André (D) 12 4 2 6 9 14 −5 14
12 Santos 12 3 5 4 14 17 −3 14
13 Inter de Limeira (D) 12 3 2 7 4 18 −14 11
14 Portuguesa 12 2 4 6 10 18 −8 10
15 São Bento (R) 12 2 4 6 5 14 −9 10 Relegation to Série A2
16 Ferroviária (R) 12 2 3 7 11 18 −7 9
Source: Soccerway
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) Champions; (D) Qualification for the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D; (Q) Qualification for the 2024 Copa do Brasil; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Róger Guedes Corinthians 8
  Giuliano Galoppo São Paulo
3   Bruno Mezenga Água Santa 7
4   John Kennedy Ferroviária 6
  Rony Palmeiras

References

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  1. ^ "Paulistão 2023: FPF divulga tabela; veja a ordem dos jogos" [2023 Paulistão: FPF publish calendar; see the order of matches] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "FPF define formato do Paulistão 2023, confira!" [FPF define format of the 2023 Paulistão, check it out!] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Paulistão 2023 será transmitido de graça no Youtube pela 2ª vez" [2023 Paulistão will be transmitted for free on YouTube for the 2nd time] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Exame. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. ^ Simon, Allan (28 October 2022). "Paulistão voltará a ser transmitido na TV por assinatura em 2023" [Paulistão will be transmitted again on the paid TV in 2023] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. Retrieved 10 December 2022.