The 2016 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 115th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
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 six clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, will be relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2. If the 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. Quarter-finals and semi-finals are played in a single match, with the best placed first stage team playing at home. The finals are played in a two-legged home and away fixture, with the best placed first stage team playing the second leg at home. In case of a draw in any knockout stage, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
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: Higher number of wins; Superior goal difference; Higher number of goals scored; Fewest red cards received; Fewest yellow cards received; Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.
Teams
Club Home city Manager 2015 result Água Santa Diadema Márcio Bittencourt Audax OsascoFernando Diniz Botafogo-SP Ribeirão PretoMárcio Fernandes Capivariano Capivari Roberto Fernandes Corinthians São Paulo (Tatuapé)Tite Ferroviária Araraquara Ricardo Moraes Ituano Itu Tarcísio Pugliese Linense Lins Moacir Júnior Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim Flávio Araújo Novorizontino Novo Horizonte Guilherme Oeste Itápolis Serjão Palmeiras São Paulo (Perdizes)Cuca Ponte Preta Campinas Alexandre Gallo Red Bull Brasil Campinas Mauricio Barbieri Rio Claro Rio Claro Sérgio Guedes Santos Santos Dorival Júnior São Bento Sorocaba Paulo Roberto Santos São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo Sérgio Soares São Paulo São Paulo (Morumbi)Edgardo Bauza XV de Piracicaba Piracicaba Luiz Carlos Ferreira Source: Futebol Paulista
First stage Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. Six bottom teams (independent of group) are relegated. Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Note: Semifinal bracket depend on general table: 1 vs 4 ; 2 vs 3
General table
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1. RogerRed Bull Brasil112. Rodrigo AndradeAudax8 AlecsandroPalmeiras3. William PottkerLinense7 Wellington PaulistaPonte Preta GabrielSantos Ricardo OliveiraSantos
Awards Team of the year
Pos. Player Club GK VanderleiSantos DF FagnerCorinthians DF FelipeCorinthians DF Gustavo HenriqueSantos DF ZecaSantos MF Thiago MaiaSantos MF CamachoAudax MF Tchê TchêAudax MF Lucas LimaSantos FW RogerRed Bull Brasil FW GabrielSantos
Player of the Season The Player of the Year was awarded to Lucas Lima.
Young Player of the Season The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Tchê Tchê.
Countryside Best Player of the Season The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Roger.
Top scorer of the Season The top scorer of the season was Roger, who scored 11 goals.
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