The 2020 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 119th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
Format In the first stage the sixteen teams were 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 had played twelve matches, the top two teams of each group qualified 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, were relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were 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 match, the winner was decided via a penalty shoot-out. The two highest-placed teams not otherwise qualified qualified for the 2021 Copa do Brasil. The top three highest-placed teams in the general table at the end of the competition who were not playing in any level of the national Brazilian football league system qualified for the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were 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 2019 result Água Santa Diadema Toninho Cecílio Botafogo Ribeirão Preto Claudinei Oliveira Corinthians São Paulo (Tatuapé) Tiago Nunes Ferroviária Araraquara Sérgio Soares Guarani Campinas Thiago Carpini Inter de Limeira Limeira Elano Ituano Itu Vinícius Bergantin Mirassol Mirassol Ricardo Catalá Novorizontino Novo Horizonte Roberto Fonseca Oeste Itápolis Renan Freitas Palmeiras São Paulo (Perdizes) Vanderlei Luxemburgo Ponte Preta Campinas João Brigatti Red Bull Bragantino Bragança Paulista Felipe Conceição Santo André Santo André Paulo Roberto Santos Santos Santos Jesualdo Ferreira São Paulo São Paulo (Morumbi) Fernando Diniz Red Bull took over Clube Atlético Bragantino, which resulted in the relegation of Red Bull Brasil to the second tier. Água Santa was awarded the qualification to Série A1 Source: Regulamento do Paulistão 2020
First stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Overall table
Awards Team of the Year
Pos. Player Club GK CássioCorinthians DF FagnerCorinthians DF Felipe MeloPalmeiras DF GilCorinthians DF EdimarRed Bull Bragantino MF PatrickPalmeiras MF Dani AlvesSão Paulo MF João PauloPonte Preta FW Yeferson SoteldoSantos FW WillianPalmeiras FW ArturRed Bull Bragantino Manager Vanderlei LuxemburgoPalmeiras Manager Ricardo CataláMirassol
Player of the Year The Player of the Year was awarded to Artur of Red Bull Bragantino.
Young Player of the Year The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Patrick of Palmeiras.
Countryside Best Player of the Year The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Artur of Red Bull Bragantino.
Top Scorer of the Season The top scorer of the season was Ytalo, who scored seven goals for Red Bull Bragantino.
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 YtaloRed Bull Bragantino72 Júnior TodinhoGuarani6 WillianPalmeiras PabloSão Paulo Murilo RangelInter de Limeira6 CamiloMirassol5 Mauro BoselliCorinthians RonaldoSanto André
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