The 2015 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2015 Paulistão Itaipava for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th 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 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 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 2014 result Botafogo Ribeirão Preto Bragantino Bragança Paulista Capivariano Capivari Corinthians São Paulo (Tatuapé) Audax Osasco Ituano Itu Linense Lins Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim Marília Marília Palmeiras São Paulo (Perdizes) Penapolense Penápolis Ponte Preta Campinas Portuguesa São Paulo (Pari) Red Bull Brasil Campinas Rio Claro Rio Claro Santos Santos São Bento Sorocaba São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo São Paulo São Paulo (Morumbi) XV de Piracicaba Piracicaba Source: Futebol Paulista
First stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Note: Semifinal bracket depended on the general table: 1 vs 4; 2 vs 3
General table
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ricardo OliveiraSantos112 CrislanPenapolense93 Alexandre PatoSão Paulo8 Rafael LonguineAudax4 Alan KardecSão Paulo7 EdmilsonRed Bull Brasil PaulinhoXV de Piracicaba5 Biro-BiroPonte Preta6 Paolo GuerreroCorinthians Rafael MarquesPalmeiras
Awards
Team of the year
Pos. Player Club GK Fernando PrassPalmeiras DF FagnerCorinthians DF GilCorinthians DF David BrazSantos DF Zé RobertoPalmeiras MF AroucaPalmeiras MF GabrielPalmeiras MF RobinhoPalmeiras MF Lucas LimaSantos FW Ricardo OliveiraSantos FW RobinhoSantos
Player of the Season The Player of the Year was awarded to Ricardo Oliveira.
Young Player of the Season The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Rafael Longuine.
Countryside Best Player of the Season The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Crislan.
Top scorer of the Season The top scorer of the season was Ricardo Oliveira, who scored 11 goals.
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