2014 Campeonato Paulista

The 2014 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2014 Paulistão Chevrolet for sponsorship reasons^[1]) was the 113th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Ituano became the champions.

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	2014
Dates	January 18 – April 13, 2014
Champions	Ituano
Relegated	Comercial Oeste Atlético Sorocaba Paulista
Série D	Ituano Penapolense
Matches played	157
Goals scored	421 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alan Kardec Cícero Léo Costa Luís Fabiano (9 goals each)
Biggest home win	Santos 5–0 Bragantino (27 February)
Biggest away win	Linense 0–4 Corinthians (5 March) Ponte Preta 0–4 Mogi Mirim (23 March)
Highest scoring	São Bernardo 5–5 Rio Claro (5 March)
← 2013 2015 →

Format

• In the first stage the twenty teams are drawn, with seeding, into four groups of five teams each, with each team playing once against the fifteen clubs from the other three groups. After each team has played fifteen matches, the top two teams of each group qualify for the quarter-final stage.
• After the completion of the first stage, the four clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, will be relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.
• If all four clubs with the lowest number of points are from the same group, the best third-placed club from the other groups will qualify for the quarter-final stage.

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 points obtained;
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.

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Teams

Club	Home city	2013 result
Atlético Sorocaba	Sorocaba	15th
Botafogo	Ribeirão Preto	7th
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	11th
Corinthians	São Paulo (Tatuapé)	1st
Comercial	Ribeirão Preto	4th (Série A2)
Audax	Osasco	3rd (Série A2)
Ituano	Itu	14th
Linense	Lins	9th
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	4th
Oeste	Itápolis	16th
Palmeiras	São Paulo (Perdizes)	6th
Paulista	Jundiaí	13th
Penapolense	Penápolis	8th
Ponte Preta	Campinas	5th
Portuguesa	São Paulo (Pari)	1st (Série A2)
Rio Claro	Rio Claro	2nd (Série A2)
Santos	Santos	2nd
São Bernardo	São Bernardo do Campo	12th
São Paulo	São Paulo (Morumbi)	3rd
XV de Piracicaba	Piracicaba	10th

Source: Futebol Paulista

First stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Paulo	15	8	3	4	28	15	+13	27
2	Penapolense	15	6	1	8	14	17	−3	19
3	Linense	15	5	1	9	9	21	−12	16
4	Comercial	15	3	3	9	13	21	−8	12
5	Atlético Sorocaba	15	2	5	8	16	29	−13	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botafogo	15	9	1	5	23	20	+3	28
2	Ituano	15	8	4	3	16	10	+6	28
3	Corinthians	15	7	3	5	24	19	+5	24
4	Audax	15	6	5	4	17	15	+2	23
5	XV de Piracicaba	15	5	4	6	18	18	0	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santos	15	11	3	1	39	16	+23	36
2	Ponte Preta	15	8	0	7	17	23	−6	24
3	São Bernardo	15	6	5	4	23	18	+5	23
4	Portuguesa	15	6	2	7	23	19	+4	20
5	Paulista	15	0	4	11	14	31	−17	4

Source: Globo Esporte

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Palmeiras	15	11	2	2	27	13	+14	35
2	Bragantino	15	7	2	6	17	18	−1	23
3	Rio Claro	15	5	5	5	29	27	+2	20
4	Mogi Mirim	15	4	5	6	25	30	−5	17
5	Oeste	15	3	2	10	16	28	−12	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Main article: 2014 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

C1

Santos

4

C2

Ponte Preta

0

C1

Santos

3

A2

Penapolense

2

A1

São Paulo

0 (4)

A2

Penapolense (p)

0 (5)

C1

Santos

0

1

1 (6)

B2

Ituano (p)

1

0

1 (7)

D1

Palmeiras

2

D2

Bragantino

0

D1

Palmeiras

0

B2

Ituano

1

B1

Botafogo–SP

0 (1)

B2

Ituano (p)

0 (4)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ituano	19	10	5	4	18	11	+7	35	Champion
2	Santos	19	14	3	2	47	19	+28	45	Runner-up
3	Palmeiras	17	12	2	3	29	14	+15	38	Eliminated in Semifinals
4	Penapolense	17	6	2	9	16	20	−4	20
5	Botafogo	16	9	2	5	23	20	+3	29	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	São Paulo	16	8	4	4	28	15	+13	28
7	Ponte Preta	16	8	0	8	17	27	−10	24
8	Bragantino	16	7	2	7	17	20	−3	23
9	Corinthians	15	7	3	5	24	19	+5	24	Eliminated in the group stage
10	São Bernardo	15	6	5	4	23	18	+5	23
11	Audax	15	6	5	4	17	15	+2	23
12	Portuguesa	15	6	2	7	23	19	+4	20
13	Rio Claro	15	5	5	5	29	27	+2	20
14	XV de Piracicaba	15	5	4	6	18	18	0	19
15	Mogi Mirim	15	5	1	9	25	30	−5	16
16	Linense	15	5	1	9	9	21	−12	16
17	Comercial	15	2	5	8	13	27	−14	11	Relegation to 2015 Campeonato Paulista Série A2
18	Oeste	15	3	2	10	16	28	−12	11
19	Atlético Sorocaba	15	2	5	8	16	29	−13	11
20	Paulista	15	0	4	11	14	31	−17	4

Updated to match(es) played on March 30, 2014. Source: Soccerway.com
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.

Awards

Team of the year

Pos. Player Club GK Fernando Prass Palmeiras DF Cicinho Santos DF Anderson Salles Ituano DF Lúcio Palmeiras DF Álvaro Pereira São Paulo MF Arouca Santos MF Hudson Botafogo MF Cícero Santos FW Geuvânio Santos FW Thiago Ribeiro Santos FW Alan Kardec Palmeiras Source Globo Esporte Last updated: 9 April 2014

Fernando Prass Anderson Salles Lúcio Cicinho Álvaro Pereira Arouca Hudson Cícero Thiago Ribeiro Geuvânio Alan Kardec

Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Cícero Santos.^[3]

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Geuvânio.^[3]

Countryside Best Player of the Season

The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Léo Costa.^[3]

Top scorer of the Season

The top scorer of the season – TBD.