# 1998 Campeonato Paulista

The 1998 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 97th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship for their 19th Campeonato Paulista title. Juventus was relegated.

## Championship
### First phase

The first phase was disputed by all the teams of the championship, except for Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo, which would participate the Rio-São Paulo tournament at the time and would only enter in the second phase. The teams would be divided in two groups of six teams, and the four best teams in each group would qualify for the second phase, with the others going to the relegation group.

#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ituano (A) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 19 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | São José (A) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 18 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Portuguesa (A) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 14 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 4 | União São João (A) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 14 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 5 | Portuguesa Santista (E) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 13 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 6 | Juventus (E) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 9 | Relegation Playoffs |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rio Branco (A) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 17 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Guarani (A) | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 16 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Mogi Mirim (A) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 14 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 4 | Matonense (A) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 14 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 5 | Inter de Limeira (E) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 13 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 6 | Araçatuba (E) | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 7 | Relegation Playoffs |

### Relegation Playoffs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter de Limeira | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | |
| 2 | Araçatuba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 | |
| 3 | Portuguesa Santista | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Juventus (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | Relegated |

### Second phase

In the second phase, the 8 qualified teams were joined by the four participants of the Rio-São Paulo tournament. The 12 teams were divided in two groups of six teams, with each team playing twice against the teams of its own group, with the two best teams in each group qualifying to the Semifinals.

#### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians (A) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 20 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 2 | Palmeiras (A) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 19 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 3 | Guarani (E) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 17 | |
| 4 | Ituano (E) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 12 | |
| 5 | Mogi Mirim (E) | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 10 | |
| 6 | União São João (E) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 4 | |

#### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo (A) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 25 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 2 | Portuguesa (A) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 18 | Qualified to Semifinals |
| 3 | Santos (E) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 14 | |
| 4 | Matonense (E) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 13 | |
| 5 | Rio Branco (E) | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 11 | |
| 6 | São José (E) | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | −21 | 3 | |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Palmeiras | 2–5 | São Paulo | 1-2 | 1–3 |
| Corinthians | 3–3 | Portuguesa | 1-1 | 2-2 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Corinthians | 3–4 | São Paulo | 2-1 | 1–3 |