The 2011 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
Santos won the championship after beating Corinthians 2–1 on aggregate in the finals, winning their 19th title.
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
Club Home city 2010 result Americana Americana Botafogo–SP Ribeirão Preto Bragantino Bragança Paulista Corinthians São Paulo (Tatuapé) Grêmio Prudente Presidente Prudente Ituano Itu Linense Lins Mirassol Mirassol Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim Noroeste Bauru Oeste Itápolis Palmeiras São Paulo (Perdizes) Paulista Jundiaí Ponte Preta Campinas Portuguesa São Paulo (Pari) Santo André Santo André Santos Santos São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo São Caetano São Caetano do Sul São Paulo São Paulo (Morumbi)
First stage
League table
Results
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Campeonato do Interior
Semifinals
Finals
Statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals1 ElanoSantos11 LiédsonCorinthians112 Anselmo RamonOeste10 Fábio SantosOeste103 DagobertoSão Paulo94 XuxaMirassol8 KléberPalmeiras8 EduardoSão Caetano85 AnselmoBotafogo–SP7 HernanePaulista7 Maikon LeiteSantos7 Zé EduardoSantos76 Juninho QuixadáBragantino6 PatrikPalmeiras6 JaelPortuguesa6 KeirrisonSantos6 Rogério CeniSão Paulo6
Source: UOL Esporte Last updated: 15 May 2012
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Fábio Santos Oeste São Caetano 3–0 Charles Guaratinguetá Noroeste 5–1 Juninho Quixadá Bragantino São Bernardo 3–0 Jael Portuguesa Botafogo–SP 4–1 Eduardo1 São Caetano São Bernardo 6–1 Anselmo Botafogo–SP Mirassol 3–0
1 Player scored 5 goals.
Awards
Team of the year
Pos. Player Club GK Rogério CeniSão Paulo DF CicinhoPalmeiras DF Edu DracenaSantos DF ChicãoCorinthians DF LéoSantos MF RalfCorinthians MF LucasSão Paulo MF ElanoSantos FW NeymarSantos FW LiédsonCorinthians FW KléberPalmeiras
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 Lucas.
Countryside Best Player of the Season The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Fábio Santos.
Top scorer of the Season The Top scorer award went to Liédson and Elano, who scored 11 goals.
Coach of the Season The Coach of the Season award went to Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Overall table
References