2007 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season 2007
Champions Santos (17th title)
Relegated América
São Bento
Rio Branco
Santo André
Matches played 202
Goals scored 603 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer Somália (13)
2006
2008

The 2007 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 106th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition began on 17 January and ended on 22 April with the finals, which was held at the Morumbi in São Paulo. Santos won their 17th title in history and 2nd consecutive after a 2–2 aggregate score in the finals against São Caetano.[1] As Santos had the best campaign in the firsth phase, they were crowned champions. This season marked the return of Campeonato do Interior (Countryside Championship), in which the clubs from São Paulo's countryside who did not qualified to knockout phase play against each other to define the "Countryside Champions".

First phase

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Santos 19 16 2 1 45 19 +26 50 Advanced to the Semi-finals
2 São Paulo 19 13 5 1 41 14 +27 44
3 São Caetano 19 11 3 5 32 22 +10 36
4 Bragantino 19 10 5 4 35 17 +18 35
5 Palmeiras 19 10 5 4 39 25 +14 35
6 Paulista 19 9 4 6 34 31 +3 31
7 Noroeste 19 9 3 7 38 30 +8 30
8 Ponte Preta 19 9 3 7 29 24 +5 30
9 Corinthians 19 8 5 6 35 27 +8 29
10 Guaratinguetá 19 7 4 8 29 26 +3 25
11 Ituano 19 7 4 8 22 25 3 25
12 Rio Claro 19 5 7 7 23 31 8 22
13 Juventus-SP 19 6 2 11 18 31 13 20
14 Marília 19 5 5 9 29 30 1 20
15 Barueri 19 6 1 12 24 40 16 19
16 Sertãozinho 19 4 7 8 22 33 11 19
17 América-SP 19 4 5 10 22 36 14 17 Relegated to the Série A2
18 São Bento 19 4 4 11 27 48 21 16
19 Rio Branco-SP 19 3 4 12 18 40 22 13
20 Santo André 27 2 4 21 40 37 +3 10

Updated to games played on 11 April 2007.
Source: UOL Esporte
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] AME BAR BRGCORGTGITUJUVMACNORPALPTAPONRBRRCLSTASANSBESCASPASER
América-SP
Barueri
Bragantino
Corinthians
Guaratinguetá
Ituano
Juventus-SP
Marília
Noroeste
Palmeiras
Paulista
Ponte Preta
Rio Branco-SP
Rio Claro
Santo André
Santos
São Bento
São Caetano
São Paulo
Sertãozinho

Updated to games played on 11 April 2012.
Source: Futpédia
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Knockout phase

Bracket

  Semi-finals Finals
                         
1  Santos 0 0 0  
4  Bragantino 0 0 0  
    1  Santos 0 2 2
  3  São Caetano 2 0 2
2  São Paulo 1 1 2
3  São Caetano 1 4 5  

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos Brazil 0–0 Brazil Bragantino 0–0 0–0
São Paulo Brazil 2–5 Brazil São Caetano 1–1 1–4

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos Brazil 2–2 Brazil São Caetano 0–2 2–0

Campeonato do Interior

Bracket

  Semi-finals Finals
                         
6  Paulista 0 1 1  
10  Guaratinguetá 1 2 3  
    10  Guaratinguetá 1 1 2
  7  Noroeste 1 0 1
7  Noroeste 2 1 3
8  Ponte Preta 1 1 2  

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paulista Brazil 1–3 Brazil Guaratinguetá 0–1 1–2
Noroeste Brazil 3–2 Brazil Ponte Preta 2–1 1–1

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guaratinguetá Brazil 2–1 Brazil Noroeste 1–1 1–0

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Brazil Somáila São Caetano 13
2 Brazil Edmundo Palmeiras 12
Brazil Finazzi Ponte Preta 12
3 Brazil Edno Noroeste 11
Brazil Cléber Santana Santos 11
4 Brazil Sorato Ituano 10
5 Brazil Marcos Denner Paulista 9
6 Brazil Alex Afonso Bragantino 8
Brazil Thiago Humberto Grêmio Barueri 8
Brazil Osmar Palmeiras 8
Brazil Gílson Paulista 8
Brazil Roberto Santos São Bento 8

Source: [2]

See also

References

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