The 2017 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 116th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
Format In the first stage the sixteen teams are drawn, with seeding, 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 qualify for the quarter-final stage. After the completion of the first stage, the two clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, will be relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and 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 2016 result Audax OsascoFernando Diniz Botafogo-SP Ribeirão PretoMoacir Júnior Corinthians São Paulo (Tatuapé)Fábio Carille Ferroviária Araraquara PC Oliveira Ituano Itu Roque Júnior Linense Lins Márcio Fernandes MirassolMirassolMoisés Egert Novorizontino Novo Horizonte Silas Pereira Palmeiras São Paulo (Perdizes)Eduardo Baptista Ponte Preta Campinas Felipe Moreira Red Bull Brasil Campinas Alberto Valentim Santo André Santo André Toninho Cecílio Santos Santos Dorival Júnior São Bento Sorocaba Paulo Roberto Santos São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo Sérgio Vieira São Paulo São Paulo (Morumbi)Rogério Ceni Source: Futebol Paulista
First stage
Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals Two bottom teams (independent of group) are relegated
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
General table
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1. GilbertoSão Paulo9 William PottkerPonte Preta2. HenanSanto André7 LuccaPonte Preta3. JôCorinthians64. CuevaSão Paulo5 PrattoSão Paulo RobertoNovorizontino WillianPalmeiras XuxaMirassol
Awards Team of the year
Pos. Player Club GK AranhaPonte Preta DF FagnerCorinthians DF Yerry MinaPalmeiras DF PabloCorinthians DF Guilherme AranaCorinthians MF Felipe MeloPalmeiras MF Fernando BobPonte Preta MF Christian CuevaSão Paulo MF RodriguinhoCorinthians FW JôCorinthians FW William PottkerPonte Preta MAN Fábio CarilleCorinthians
Player of the Season The Player of the Year was awarded to William Pottker.
Young Player of the Season The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Clayson.
Countryside Best Player of the Season The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to William Pottker.
Top scorer of the Season The top scorer of the season was Gilberto and William Pottker, who scored nine goals each.
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