# 2007 Campeonato Paulista

The 2007 Campeonato Paulista|Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 106th edition of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition began on 17 January and ended on 22 April, with the finals, and was held at the Morumbi in São Paulo. Santos successfully defended its 16th title to add to its cache the 2007 Cam 17th title and 2nd consecutive after a 2–2 aggregate score in the finals against São Caetano. As Santos had the best campaign in the first phase, they were crowned champions. This season marked the return of the Campeonato do Interior (Interior Championship), where the clubs from the countryside of the state of São Paulo that did not qualify to the knockout phase would contest among themselves to determine the champion club from the countryside.

## 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 | Advanced to the Semi-finals |
| 3 | São Caetano | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 36 | Advanced to the Semi-finals |
| 4 | Bragantino | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 35 | Advanced to the Semi-finals |
| 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 | Relegated to the Série A2 |
| 19 | Rio Branco-SP | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 13 | Relegated to the Série A2 |
| 20 | Santo André | 27 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 10 | Relegated to the Série A2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | BRG | GTG | PTA | PON | RBR | STA | SAN | SBE | SPA |
| América-SP | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barueri | | | | | | | | 1:2 | | |
| Bragantino | | | | | | | | | | |
| Corinthians | | | | | 3:1 | | | | | |
| Guaratinguetá | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ituano | | 1:1 | | | | | | | | |
| Juventus-SP | | | | | | 3:0 | | | | |
| Marília | | | | | | | 3:0 | | | |
| Noroeste | | | | | | | | | 4:2 | |
| Palmeiras | | | | 4:2 | | | | | | |
| Paulista | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ponte Preta | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rio Branco-SP | 1:0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rio Claro | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santo André | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santos | | | | | | | | | | |
| São Bento | | | | | | | | | | |
| São Caetano | | | 2:0 | | | | | | | |
| São Paulo | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sertãozinho | | | | | | | | | | 1:3 |

## Knockout phase
### Bracket

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

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santos | 0–0 | Bragantino | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| São Paulo | 2–5 | São Caetano | 1–1 | 1–4 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santos | 2–2 | São Caetano | 0–2 | 2–0 |

## Campeonato do Interior
### Bracket

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

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Paulista | 1–3 | Guaratinguetá | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Noroeste | 3–2 | Ponte Preta | 2–1 | 1–1 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Guaratinguetá | 2–1 | Noroeste | 1–1 | 1–0 |

## Top scorers

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