2012 Campeonato Paulista


The 2012 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 111th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
The finals were played between Santos and Guarani. Santos won 7–2 on aggregate. It was the third consecutive year that they won, the first time since 1968, when the same Santos won three years in a row for the last time.

Format

The top eight teams in the First Stage qualifies to the Quarter-Finals. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Série A2. Quarter and Semi-Finals will be played in one-legged matches.
The best-four teams not qualified to the Semi-Finals not from the city of São Paulo or Santos FC, will compete in the Campeonato do Interior.

Teams

, Barueri, Noroeste and Santo André were relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 after finishing in the bottom four spots of the table at the end of the 2011 season.
Santo André were relegated after they played the finals in the 2010 season against Santos, being runner-up.
The four relegated teams were replaced by XV de Piracicaba, Comercial, Guarani and Catanduvese, that were promoted from 2011 Série A2.
Comercial return to play in the first division after 25 years away from it while XV de Piracicaba, Guarani and Catanduvense, are back after playing the last time in the years: 1995, 2009 and 1993 respectively.
ClubHome city2011 result
Botafogo–SPRibeirão Preto
BragantinoBragança Paulista
CatanduvenseCatanduva
ComercialRibeirão Preto
CorinthiansSão Paulo
GuaraniCampinas
GuaratinguetáGuaratinguetá
ItuanoItu
LinenseLins
MirassolMirassol
Mogi MirimMogi Mirim
OesteItápolis
PalmeirasSão Paulo
PaulistaJundiaí
Ponte PretaCampinas
PortuguesaSão Paulo
SantosSantos
São CaetanoSão Caetano do Sul
São PauloSão Paulo
XV de PiracicabaPiracicaba

First stage

League table

Results

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Campeonato do Interior

Semifinals

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Finals

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Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source and
Last updated: 13 May 2012

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
NeymarSantosBotafogo4–109 02 2012
Willian JoséSão PauloPaulista3–116 02 2012
Fernando GabrielBragantinoCatanduvense3–126 02 2012
NeymarSantosGuaratinguetá5–029 03 2012
NeymarSantosSão Paulo3–129 04 2012

Scoring

Team of the year

Pos.PlayerClub
GK RafaelSantos
DF OzielGuarani
DF Edu DracenaSantos
DF RhodolfoSão Paulo
DF CortêsSão Paulo
MF Marcos AssunçãoPalmeiras
MF PaulinhoCorinthians
MF LucasSão Paulo
MF GansoSantos
FW NeymarSantos
FW HernaneMogi Mirim

Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Neymar.

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Romarinho.

Countryside Best Player of the Season

The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Fumagalli.

Top scorer of the Season

The Top scorer award went to Neymar, who scored 20 goals.