2012 Campeonato Paulista

The 2012 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2012 for sponsorship reasons)^[3] was the 111th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	2012
Champions	Santos (20th title)
Relegated	Portuguesa Guaratinguetá Catanduvense Comercial
Matches played	202
Goals scored	628 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Neymar (20)
Biggest home win	Santos 6–1 Ponte Preta Santos 5–0 Guaratinguetá Santos 5–0 Catanduvense
Biggest away win	Botafogo–SP 2–6 Palmeiras Guaratinguetá 0–4 Mirassol Linense 0–4 XV de Piracicaba
Highest scoring	Botafogo–SP 2–6 Palmeiras (8 goals)
Longest winning run	8 games São Paulo (11th round - 18th round)
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Palmeiras (1st round - 14th round)
Longest winless run	13 games Comercial (5th round - 17th round)
Longest losing run	7 games XV de Piracicaba (6th round - 12th round)
Highest attendance	53,749[1] Santos 4–2 Guarani
Lowest attendance	278[2] São Caetano 2–2 Mirassol
← 2011 2013 →

The finals were played between Santos and Guarani. Santos won 7–2 on aggregate.^[4] It was the third consecutive year that they won. This had happened for the first time since 1968, when Santos won three years in a row for the last time (1966/1967/1968).

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.^[5]

Teams

São Bernardo, 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.^[6] 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.^[7] Comercial return to play in the first division after 25 years away from it^[8] while XV de Piracicaba, Guarani and Catanduvense, are back after playing the last time in the years: 1995, 2009 and 1993 respectively.

Botafogo–SP

Bragantino

Campinas

Catanduvense

Comercial

Guaratinguetá

Ituano

Linense

Mirassol

Mogi Mirim

Oeste

Paulista

Santos

São Caetano

São Paulo

XV de Piracicaba

Locations of the 2012 Campeonato Paulista teams

Club	Home city	2011 result
Botafogo–SP	Ribeirão Preto	13th
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	15th
Catanduvense	Catanduva	4th (Série A2)
Comercial	Ribeirão Preto	3rd (Série A2)
Corinthians	São Paulo (Tatuapé)	2nd
Guarani	Campinas	2nd (Série A2)
Guaratinguetá	Guaratinguetá	12th
Ituano	Itu	16th
Linense	Lins	14th
Mirassol	Mirassol	7th
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	11th
Oeste	Itápolis	6th
Palmeiras	São Paulo (Perdizes)	3rd
Paulista	Jundiaí	10th
Ponte Preta	Campinas	5th
Portuguesa	São Paulo (Pari)	8th
Santos	Santos	1st
São Caetano	São Caetano do Sul	9th
São Paulo	São Paulo (Morumbi)	4th
XV de Piracicaba	Piracicaba	1st (Série A2)

First stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	19	14	4	1	28	11	+17	46	Advanced to the Knockout stage
2	São Paulo	19	13	4	2	42	21	+21	43
3	Santos	19	12	3	4	46	18	+28	39
4	Guarani	19	11	3	5	26	18	+8	36
5	Palmeiras	19	10	6	3	37	24	+13	36
6	Mogi Mirim	19	10	5	4	32	22	+10	35
7	Bragantino	19	8	5	6	33	33	0	29
8	Ponte Preta	19	8	4	7	34	31	+3	28
9	Mirassol	19	6	7	6	31	25	+6	25	Advanced to the Campeonato do Interior
10	Oeste	19	6	7	6	32	30	+2	25
11	Linense	19	6	5	8	31	40	−9	23
12	São Caetano	19	5	8	6	24	25	−1	23
13	Paulista	19	7	1	11	26	29	−3	22
14	Ituano	19	5	5	9	25	34	−9	20
15	Botafogo–SP	19	6	1	12	24	40	−16	19
16	XV de Piracicaba	19	5	3	11	23	29	−6	18
17	Portuguesa	19	4	6	9	22	29	−7	18	Relegated to the Série A2
18	Guaratinguetá	19	4	3	12	22	43	−21	15
19	Catanduvense	19	2	7	10	19	36	−17	13
20	Comercial	19	3	3	13	18	37	−19	12

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2012. Source: Futpédia and UOL Esporte
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th less red cards; 5th less yellow cards ; 6th raffle;

Results

Home \ Away	BRP	BRG	CAT	COM	COR	GUA	GTG	ITU	LIN	MIR	MOG	OES	PAL	PTA	PON	POR	SAN	SCA	SPA	PIR
Botafogo-SP				1–2		2–1		0–1			0–1		2–6		1–2		1–4	2–3		2–1
Bragantino	1–1			2–1		1–0					2–0	1–4	1–2			1–1		2–0	3–3
Catanduvense	2–4	2–4				1–2	1–3		2–2		0–2	1–1	1–1		1–1
Comercial			2–1		3–3	0–2	2–1	0–1	3–4	0–1	1–3	0–2
Corinthians	1–0	1–1	2–1			1–1			1–0	2–1			2–1	1–0					1–0	1–0
Guarani								2–0	2–1	2–0		2–1	3–1	2–1		1–0	0–2			2–0
Guaratinguetá	2–1	2–2			0–2	2–1				0–4	1–1		2–3		2–1			2–2
Ituano		1–4	1–1		0–1		3–0		2–3	1–1				2–1				2–2	2–4
Linense	1–3	2–1					4–2			1–1	0–2		1–3					3–3	2–1	0–4
Mirassol	3–0	2–3	1–1								2–2			1–2	3–3	4–2	1–3		0–1	3–0
Mogi Mirim					1–1	3–0		2–2						3–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–0		2–2
Oeste	2–3				0–3		2–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–2			2–1		3–2			2–3
Palmeiras				2–2				3–0		0–1	2–0	1–1			2–1	1–1		0–0	3–3	3–2
Paulista	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–0			2–2		1–2				0–1				1–1	1–2		2–1
Ponte Preta		5–1		1–0	1–2	1–1		1–0	2–1			2–2		4–1		3–1			1–3
Portuguesa	3–0		0–0	3–0	0–2		2–1	1–1	2–2					0–2			0–2			1–0
Santos		2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0		5–0	2–1	4–1			1–1	1–2		6–1
São Caetano			1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1				2–2		2–2			1–0	1–1	2–1			1–1
São Paulo	4–0		2–0	1–1		1–1	3–0				2–0			3–1		2–1	3–2	2–1
XV de Piracicaba		2–3	0–2	2–1			2–0	1–2				2–1			2–1		1–1		0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2012. Source: Futpédia
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Main article: 2012 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Corinthians	2
	8	Ponte Preta	3
						8	Ponte Preta	1
						4	Guarani	3
	4	Guarani	3
	5	Palmeiras	2
											4	Guarani	0	2	2
											3	Santos	3	4	7
	2	São Paulo	4
	7	Bragantino	1
						2	São Paulo	1
						3	Santos	3
	3	Santos	2
	6	Mogi Mirim	0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
São Paulo	4–1	Bragantino
Santos	2–0	Mogi Mirim
Corinthians	2–3	Ponte Preta
Guarani	3–2	Palmeiras

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
São Paulo	1–3	Santos
Guarani	3–1	Ponte Preta

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guarani	2–7	Santos	0–3	2–4

Campeonato do Interior

Semifinals

28 April

16:00 UTC-03:00

Mogi Mirim	3 – 2	Oeste
Renê Júnior 30' Hernane 68', 70'	Report	Wanderson 7' Roger 57'

Romildo Ferreira, Mogi Mirim

Attendance: 468^[9]

Referee: Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral^[10]

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28 April

18:30 UTC-03:00

Bragantino	1 – 1	Mirassol
Fernando Gabriel 39'	Report	Gilsinho 46'
Penalties
Fernando Gabriel Giancarlo Romarinho Léo Jaime	4–2	Xuxa Luciano Sorriso Gilsinho Henrique Dias

Nabi Abi Chedid, Bragança Paulista

Attendance: 447^[11]

Referee: Wilson Seneme^[10]

Finals

5 May

18:30 UTC-03:00

1st leg

Bragantino	2 – 4	Mogi Mirim
Victor Ferraz 3' André Astorga 31'	Report	João Paulo 20' Felipe 27', 52' Ronei 90+1'

Nabi Abi Chedid, Bragança Paulista

Attendance: 2,077^[12]

Referee: Raphael Claus^[13]

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12 May

18:30 UTC-03:00

2nd leg

Mogi Mirim	4 – 2	Bragantino
Fernandinho 20' Luciano Castan 23' (o.g.) Edson Ratinho 40' (pen.) Henrnane 52'	Report	Giancarlo 45+1' Léo Jaime 89'

Romildo Ferreira, Mogi Mirm

Attendance: 3,609^[14]

Referee: Jose Claudio Rocha Filho^[15]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Neymar	Santos	20
2	Hernane	Mogi Mirim	16
3	Giancarlo	Bragantino	13
4	Willian José	São Paulo	11
5	Fumagalli	Guarani	9
	Xuxa	Mirassol	9
7	Hernán Barcos	Palmeiras	8
	Marcelo Costa	São Caetano	8
	Henrique Dias	Mirassol	8
	Edson	Botafogo–SP	8
	Felipe	Mogi Mirim	8
	Lenílson	Linense	8
	Mazinho	Oeste	8

Source UOL Esporte and Futebol Paulista
Last updated: 13 May 2012

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Neymar	Santos	Botafogo	4–1[16]	9 February 2012
Willian José	São Paulo	Paulista	3–1[17]	16 February 2012
Fernando Gabriel	Bragantino	Catanduvense	3–1[18]	26 February 2012
Neymar	Santos	Guaratinguetá	5–0[19]	29 March 2012
Neymar	Santos	São Paulo	3–1[20]	29 April 2012

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Dener for Paulista against Portuguesa (21 January 2012)^[21]
• Last goal of the season: Alan Kardec for Santos against Guarani (13 May 2012).
• Fastest goal of the season: 17 seconds – Hernane for Mogi Mirim against Linense (25 March 2012)^[22]
• Largest winning margin: 5 goals^[23]
  • Santos 6–1 Ponte Preta (25 February 2012)
  • Santos 5–0 Guaratinguetá (29 March 2012)
  • Santos 5–0 Catanduvense (15 April 2012)
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals^[23]
  • Botafogo–SP 2–6 Palmeiras (11 March 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals^[23]
  • Botafogo–SP 2–6 Palmeiras (11 March 2012)
  • Santos 6–1 Ponte Preta (25 February 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals^[23]
  • Comercial 3–4 Linense (21 January 2012)

Discipline

• Most yellow cards (club): 83^[24]
  • Bragantino
• Most yellow cards (player): 9^[25]
  • Alan Mota (Ituano)
  • Domingos (Guarani)
  • Guilherme Andrade (Ponte Preta)
• Most red cards (club): 8^[24]
  • Guaratingetá
• Most red cards (player): 2^[25]
  • Alan Mota (Ituano)

Awards

Team of the year

Pos. Player Club GK Rafael Santos DF Oziel Guarani DF Edu Dracena Santos DF Rhodolfo São Paulo DF Cortês São Paulo MF Marcos Assunção Palmeiras MF Paulinho Corinthians MF Lucas São Paulo MF Ganso Santos FW Neymar Santos FW Hernane Mogi Mirim Source Globo Esporte and Lancenet Last updated: 14 May 2012

Rafael Dracena Rhodolfo Oziel Cortês Paulinho Assunção Lucas Ganso Hernane Neymar

Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Neymar.^[26]

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Romarinho.^[26]

Countryside Best Player of the Season

The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Fumagalli.^[26]

Top scorer of the Season

The Top scorer award went to Neymar, who scored 20 goals.^[26]