# 2023 Campeonato Paulista

The 2023 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 122nd season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition was played from 15 January to 9 April 2023.
Palmeiras won their 25th title, having beaten Água Santa 5−2 on aggregate.

## Format

* In the first stage the sixteen seeded teams were drawn 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 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 and semi-finals were played in a single match, with the best placed team playing at home.
* The finals were played in a two-legged home and away fixture, with the best placed team playing the second leg at home.
* In case of a draw in any knockout stage, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
* The two highest-placed teams not otherwise qualified qualified for the 2024 Copa do Brasil.
* The top three highest-placed teams in the general table at the end of the competition who are not playing in any level of the national Brazilian football league system qualified for the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

### 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.

## TV partners

The broadcasting rights of the 2023 Campeonato Paulista were acquired by Record TV for the second consecutive year, with their streaming app Play Plus also transmitting the matches live. Aside of that, the streaming platforms HBO Max and Estádio TNT Sports (owned by TNT) and the Paulistão official YouTube channel and app (Paulistão Play) also broadcast the matches live. On 28 October 2022, TNT also announced the transmission of some matches in their paid TV channel, with pay-per-view channel Premiere also transmitting some matches.

## Teams

| Club | Home city | Manager | 2022 result |
| Água Santa | Diadema | Thiago Carpini | 14th |
| Botafogo | Ribeirão Preto | Adilson Batista | 9th |
| Corinthians | São Paulo (Tatuapé) | Fernando Lázaro | 3rd |
| Ferroviária | Araraquara | Elano | 11th |
| Guarani | Campinas | Moisés Moura (caretaker) | 7th |
| Internacional de Limeira | Limeira | Pintado | 12th |
| Ituano | Itu | Gilmar Dal Pozzo | 5th |
| Mirassol | Mirassol | Ricardo Catalá | 10th |
| Palmeiras | São Paulo (Perdizes) | Abel Ferreira | 1st |
| Portuguesa | São Paulo (Pari) | Gilson Kleina | 1st (Série A2) |
| Red Bull Bragantino | Bragança Paulista | Pedro Caixinha | 4th |
| Santo André | Santo André | Matheus Costa | 8th |
| Santos | Santos | Odair Hellmann | 13th |
| São Bernardo | São Bernardo do Campo | Márcio Zanardi | 6th |
| São Bento | Sorocaba | Paulo Roberto Santos | 2nd (Série A2) |
| São Paulo | São Paulo (Morumbi) | Rogério Ceni | 2nd |

## First stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Bull Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 20 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Botafogo | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 14 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 14 | |
| 4 | Internacional de Limeira | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 11 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 23 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Água Santa | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 23 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Mirassol | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| 4 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 22 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 12 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | São Bento (R) | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 10 | Relegation to Série A2 |
| 4 | Ferroviária (R) | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 9 | Relegation to Série A2 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 28 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | São Bernardo | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 26 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Santo André | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 14 | |
| 4 | Portuguesa | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 10 | |

## Knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2023 Campeonato Paulista commenced on 11 March 2023 with the quarter-finals and ended on 9 April 2023 with the final. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.

### Round dates

| Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Quarter-finals | 11–13 March 2023 | – |
| Semi-finals | 19–20 March 2023 | – |
| Finals | 2 April 2023 | 9 April 2023 |

### Format

The quarter-finals will be played in a single match at the stadium of the better-ranked team in the first phase. If no goals were scored during the match, the tie will be decided via a penalty shoot-out. The semi-finals will be played with the same format as the quarter-finals. The finals will be played over two legs, with the team having the better record in matches from the previous stages hosting the second leg.

### Qualified teams

| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| A | Red Bull Bragantino | Botafogo |
| B | São Paulo | Água Santa |
| C | Corinthians | Ituano |
| D | Palmeiras | São Bernardo |

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | |
| D1 | Palmeiras | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | São Bernardo | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | São Bernardo | 0 | D1 | Palmeiras | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | C2 | Ituano | 0 | | | | | | |
| C1 | Corinthians | 1 (6) | C2 | Ituano | 0 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Ituano | 1 (7) | | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Ituano | 1 (7) | | | | D1 | Palmeiras | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| | | | | | | B2 | Água Santa | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| B1 | São Paulo | 0 (5) | | | | | | | | B2 | Água Santa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| B2 | Água Santa | 0 (6) | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Água Santa | 0 (6) | B2 | Água Santa | 1 (4) | | | | | | |
| | | | A1 | Red Bull Bragantino | 1 (2) | | | | | | |
| A1 | Red Bull Bragantino | 2 | A1 | Red Bull Bragantino | 1 (2) | | | | | | |
| A2 | Botafogo | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Palmeiras | 1−0 | São Bernardo |
| Corinthians | 1−1 (6–7 p) | Ituano |
| Red Bull Bragantino | 2–0 | Botafogo |
| São Paulo | 0−0 (5–6 p) | Água Santa |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Palmeiras | 1–0 | Ituano |
| Água Santa | 1−1 (4–2 p) | Red Bull Bragantino |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Palmeiras | 5–2 | Água Santa | 1–2 | 4–0 |

#### Second leg

* 2023 Campeonato Paulista champions
* Palmeiras 25th title

## Overall table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras (C, Q) | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 37 | Finalists |
| 2 | Água Santa (Q, D) | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 28 | Finalists |
| 3 | Red Bull Bragantino (Q) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 24 | Eliminated in the Semi-finals |
| 4 | Ituano (Q) | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 13 | Eliminated in the Semi-finals |
| 5 | São Bernardo (Q) | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 26 | Eliminated in the Quarter-finals |
| 6 | São Paulo | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 24 | Eliminated in the Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Corinthians | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 23 | Eliminated in the Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Botafogo | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 14 | Eliminated in the Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Mirassol | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| 10 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |
| 11 | Santo André (D) | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 14 | |
| 12 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 14 | |
| 13 | Inter de Limeira (D) | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 11 | |
| 14 | Portuguesa | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 10 | |
| 15 | São Bento (R) | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 10 | Relegation to Série A2 |
| 16 | Ferroviária (R) | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 9 | Relegation to Série A2 |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Róger Guedes | Corinthians | 8 |
| 1 | Giuliano Galoppo | São Paulo | 8 |
| 3 | Bruno Mezenga | Água Santa | 7 |
| 4 | John Kennedy | Ferroviária | 6 |
| 4 | Rony | Palmeiras | 6 |