2024 Campeonato Paulista

The 2024 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 123rd season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition was played from 20 January to 7 April 2024.^[1]

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	2024
Dates	20 January – 7 April 2024
Champions	Palmeiras
Relegated	Ituano Santo André
Copa do Brasil	Red Bull Bragantino Novorizontino Inter de Limeira Ponte Preta Portuguesa
Série D	Inter de Limeira Portuguesa Água Santa
Matches played	104
Goals scored	230 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Manuel López (10 goals)
← 2023 2025 →

Format

• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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 2025 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 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.^[2]

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.

TV partners

The broadcasting rights of the 2024 Campeonato Paulista were acquired by Record TV for the third 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]

Teams

Água Santa

Botafogo

Corinthians

Guarani

Inter de Limeira

Ituano

Mirassol

Novorizontino

Palmeiras

Ponte Preta

Portuguesa

Bragantino

Santos

Santo André

São Bernardo

São Paulo

Location of teams in 2024 Campeonato Paulista

Club	Home city	Head coach	2023 result
Água Santa	Diadema	Bruno Pivetti	2nd
Botafogo	Ribeirão Preto	Paulo Gomes	8th
Corinthians	São Paulo (Itaquera)	António Oliveira	7th
Guarani	Campinas	Claudinei Oliveira	10th
Internacional de Limeira	Limeira	Júnior Rocha	13th
Ituano	Itu	Alberto Valentim	4th
Mirassol	Mirassol	Mozart	9th
Novorizontino	Novo Horizonte	Eduardo Baptista	2nd (Série A2)
Palmeiras	São Paulo (Barra Funda)	Abel Ferreira	1st
Ponte Preta	Campinas	João Brigatti	1st (Série A2)
Portuguesa	São Paulo (Pari)	Pintado	14th
Red Bull Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Pedro Caixinha	3rd
Santo André	Santo André	Márcio Fernandes	11th
Santos	Santos	Fábio Carille	12th
São Bernardo	São Bernardo do Campo	Márcio Zanardi	5th
São Paulo	São Paulo (Morumbi)	Thiago Carpini	6th

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos	12	8	1	3	18	10	+8	25	Knockout stage
2	Portuguesa	12	3	1	8	8	17	−9	10
3	Santo André (R)	12	1	5	6	8	17	−9	8	Relegation to Série A2
4	Ituano (R)	12	1	3	8	5	19	−14	6

Source: Soccerway
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	12	8	4	0	20	9	+11	28	Knockout stage
2	Ponte Preta	12	4	5	3	15	11	+4	17
3	Água Santa	12	4	3	5	8	11	−3	15
4	Guarani	12	2	4	6	10	14	−4	10

Source: Soccerway

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Bragantino	12	6	3	3	13	9	+4	21	Knockout stage
2	Inter de Limeira	12	5	2	5	17	15	+2	17
3	Corinthians	12	4	2	6	14	14	0	14
4	Mirassol	12	3	5	4	17	17	0	14

Source: Soccerway

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Paulo	12	6	4	2	20	12	+8	22	Knockout stage
2	Novorizontino	12	6	4	2	16	10	+6	22
3	São Bernardo	12	6	3	3	14	9	+5	21
4	Botafogo-SP	12	3	3	6	8	16	−8	12

Source: Soccerway

Knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2024 Campeonato Paulista began on 16 March 2024 with the quarter-finals and ended on 7 April 2024 with the final. A total of eight teams will compete in the knockout stage.^[1]

Round dates

Round	First leg	Second leg
Quarter-finals	16–17 March 2024	–
Semi-finals	27–28 March 2024	–
Finals	31 March 2024	7 April 2024

Format

The quarter-finals will be played in a single match at the stadium of the better-ranked team in the first phase. If the match ends in a draw, 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

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Santos	Portuguesa
B	Palmeiras	Ponte Preta
C	Red Bull Bragantino	Inter de Limeira
D	São Paulo	Novorizontino

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

B1

Palmeiras

5

B2

Ponte Preta

1

B1

Palmeiras

1

D2

Novorizontino

0

D1

São Paulo

1 (4)

D2

Novorizontino

1 (5)

B1

Palmeiras

0

2

2

A1

Santos

1

0

1

A1

Santos

0 (4)

A2

Portuguesa

0 (2)

A1

Santos

3

C1

Red Bull Bragantino

1

C1

Red Bull Bragantino

3

C2

Inter de Limeira

0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Palmeiras	5−1	Ponte Preta
Red Bull Bragantino	3−0	Inter de Limeira
São Paulo	1−1 (4–5 p)	Novorizontino
Santos	0−0 (4–2 p)	Portuguesa

16 March 2024

18:00 UTC-03:00

Palmeiras	5–1	Ponte Preta
López 3', 19', 70' Murilo 38' Piquerez 66'	Report	Renato 90'

Arena Barueri, Barueri

Attendance: 18,119

Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira

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17 March 2024

16:00 UTC-03:00

Red Bull Bragantino	3–0	Inter de Limeira
Thiago Borbas 40', 58' Vitinho 61'	Report

Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, Bragança Paulista

Attendance: 5,386

Referee: Edina Alves Batista

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17 March 2024

18:00 UTC-03:00

São Paulo	1–1	Novorizontino
Ferreira 23'	Report	Rômulo 12'
Penalties
Lucas Moura Luciano Pablo Maia Michel Araújo Igor Vinícius Diego Costa	4–5	Lucca Danilo Barcelos Fabrício Daniel Chico Marlon Renato Palm

Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 55,197

Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

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17 March 2024

20:15 UTC-03:00

Santos	0–0	Portuguesa
	Report
Penalties
Giuliano Guilherme Rincón Jair	4–2	Eduardo Diniz Felipe Marques Quintana Luccas Paraizo

Vila Belmiro, Santos

Attendance: 13,882

Referee: Raphael Claus

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Santos	3–1	Red Bull Bragantino
Palmeiras	1–0	Novorizontino

27 March 2024

20:30 UTC-03:00

Santos	3–1	Red Bull Bragantino
Joaquim 8' Guilherme 45+1' Giuliano 63'	Report	Eduardo Sasha 51'

Neo Química Arena, São Paulo

Attendance: 44,804

Referee: Matheus Delgado Candançan

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28 March 2024

21:35 UTC-03:00

Palmeiras	1–0	Novorizontino
Endrick 53'	Report

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 40,448

Referee: Edina Alves Batista

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Palmeiras	2–1	Santos	0–1	2–0

First leg

31 March 2024

18:00 UTC-03:00

Santos	1–0	Palmeiras
Otero 48'	Report

Vila Belmiro, Santos

Attendance: 15,946

Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

Santos

Palmeiras

GK 1 João Paulo RB 4 JP Chermont  83' CB 6 Joaquim CB 2 Gil LB 3 Felipe Jonatan DM 5 João Schmidt  52'  83' DM 8 Diego Pituca (c) AM 10 Giuliano  70' RW 7 Rómulo Otero  70' ST 9 Julio Furch  37' LW 11 Guiherme Substitutes: GK 12 Gabriel Brazão DF 13 Messias DF 14 Jair DF 15 Aderlan  90+3'  83' MF 16 Nonato DF 17 Dodô MF 18 Tomás Rincón  83' MF 19 Juan Cazares  70' FW 20 Alfredo Morelos  90+1'  37' MF 21 Hyan FW 22 Pedrinho  70' FW 23 Weslley Patati   Head coach: Fábio Carille

GK 21 Weverton CB 2 Marcos Rocha (c) CB 13 Luan CB 26 Murilo RWB 12 Mayke  85' DM 5 Aníbal Moreno DM 8 Zé Rafael  61'  65' LWB 22 Joaquín Piquerez  74' AM 23 Raphael Veiga ST 9 Endrick  65' ST 42 Flaco López  65' Substitutes: GK 14 Marcelo Lomba DF 6 Vanderlan  74' FW 10 Rony  65' DF 15 Gustavo Gómez FW 16 Caio Paulista MF 17 Lázaro  65' FW 19 Breno Lopes MF 25 Gabriel Menino MF 27 Richard Ríos  65' FW 31 Luis Guilherme DF 34 Kaiky Naves FW 41 Estêvão  90+2'  85' Head coach: Abel Ferreira

Man of the match: Rómulo Otero (Santos) Assistant referees: Marcelo Carvalho Van Gasse Fabrini Bevilaqua Costa Fourth official: Lucas Canetto Bellote Video assistant referee: Daiane Muniz dos Santos Assistant video assistant referees: José Claudio Rocha Filho Adriano de Assis Miranda

Match rules 90 minutes Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Second leg

7 April 2024

18:00 UTC-03:00

Palmeiras	2–0	Santos
Raphael Veiga 33' (pen.) Moreno 67'	Report

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 41,446

Referee: Raphael Claus

Palmeiras

Santos

GK 21 Weverton RB 12 Mayke  90+2' CB 15 Gustavo Gómez (c)  71' CB 26 Murilo LB 22 Joaquín Piquerez DM 5 Aníbal Moreno DM 8 Zé Rafael  41'  46' AM 23 Raphael Veiga RW 9 Endrick  71' ST 42 Flaco López  83' LW 17 Lázaro  65' Substitutes: GK 14 Marcelo Lomba DF 2 Marcos Rocha  71' DF 6 Vanderlan FW 10 Rony  83' DF 13 Luan  71' FW 16 Caio Paulista FW 19 Breno Lopes MF 25 Gabriel Menino MF 27 Richard Ríos  46' FW 31 Luis Guilherme  65' MF 35 Fabinho FW 41 Estêvão Head coach: Abel Ferreira

GK 1 João Paulo RB 4 Aderlan  58'  65' CB 6 Joaquim CB 2 Gil  60' LB 3 Felipe Jonatan  64' DM 5 João Schmidt DM 8 Diego Pituca (c)  86' AM 10 Giuliano RW 7 Rómulo Otero  74' ST 9 Alfredo Morelos  61'  64' LW 11 Guiherme Substitutes: GK 12 Diógenes GK 21 Gabriel Brazão DF 13 Messias DF 14 Jair DF 15 JP Chermont  65' MF 16 Nonato DF 17 Hayner  64' MF 18 Tomás Rincón MF 19 Juan Cazares FW 20 Julio Furch  64' FW 22 Pedrinho  74' FW 23 Weslley Patati  86'   Head coach: Fábio Carille

Man of the match: Endrick (Palmeiras) Assistant referees: Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis Neuza Ines Back Fourth official: Edina Alves Batista Video assistant referee: Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral Assistant video assistant referees: Marcio Henrique de Gois Vitor Carmona Metestaine

Match rules 90 minutes Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (C)	16	11	4	1	28	11	+17	37	Finalists
2	Santos	16	10	2	4	22	13	+9	32
3	Red Bull Bragantino	14	7	3	4	17	12	+5	24	Eliminated in the Semi-finals
4	Novorizontino	14	6	5	3	17	12	+5	23
5	São Paulo	13	6	5	2	21	13	+8	23	Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
6	Inter de Limeira	13	5	2	6	17	18	−1	17
7	Ponte Preta	13	4	5	4	16	16	0	17
8	Portuguesa	13	3	2	8	8	17	−9	11
9	São Bernardo	12	6	3	3	14	9	+5	21
10	Água Santa	12	4	3	5	8	11	−3	15
11	Corinthians	12	4	2	6	14	14	0	14
12	Mirassol	12	3	5	4	17	17	0	14
13	Botafogo	12	3	3	6	8	16	−8	12
14	Guarani	12	2	4	6	10	14	−4	10
15	Santo André (R)	12	1	5	6	8	17	−9	8	Relegation to Série A2
16	Ituano (R)	12	1	3	8	5	19	−14	6

Source: ge
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; (R) Relegated

Awards

Team of the Year

Pos. Player Club GK João Paulo Santos DF Hayner Santos DF Joaquim Santos DF Murilo Palmeiras DF Juninho Capixaba Red Bull Bragantino MF João Schmidt Santos MF Diego Pituca Santos MF Rômulo Novorizontino FW Endrick Palmeiras FW José Manuel López Palmeiras FW Guilherme Santos Head coach Abel Ferreira Palmeiras Source:[4]

João Paulo Joaquim Murilo Hayner J. Capixaba João Schmidt Rômulo Diego Pituca Endrick Guilherme López

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year was awarded to Endrick of Palmeiras.^[4]

Breakthrough Player of the Year

The Breakthrough Player of the Year was awarded to Rômulo of Novorizontino.^[4]

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Manuel López	Palmeiras	10
2	Dellatorre	Mirassol	7
	Raphael Veiga	Palmeiras
4	Eduardo Sasha	Red Bull Bragantino	5
	Yuri Alberto	Corinthians