The 2014 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2014 Paulistão Chevrolet for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Ituano became the champions.
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: Higher number of points obtained; 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 2013 result Atlético Sorocaba Sorocaba Botafogo Ribeirão Preto Bragantino Bragança Paulista Corinthians São Paulo (Tatuapé) Comercial Ribeirão Preto Audax Osasco Ituano Itu Linense Lins Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim Oeste Itápolis Palmeiras São Paulo (Perdizes) Paulista Jundiaí Penapolense Penápolis Ponte Preta Campinas Portuguesa São Paulo (Pari) Rio Claro Rio Claro Santos Santos São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo São Paulo São Paulo (Morumbi) XV de Piracicaba Piracicaba Source: Futebol Paulista
First stage
Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Final standings
Awards
Team of the year
Pos. Player Club GK Fernando PrassPalmeiras DF CicinhoSantos DF Anderson SallesItuano DF LúcioPalmeiras DF Álvaro PereiraSão Paulo MF AroucaSantos MF HudsonBotafogo MF CíceroSantos FW GeuvânioSantos FW Thiago RibeiroSantos FW Alan KardecPalmeiras
Player of the Season The Player of the Year was awarded to Cícero Santos.
Young Player of the Season The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Geuvânio.
Countryside Best Player of the Season The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Léo Costa.
Top scorer of the Season The top scorer of the season – TBD.
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