# 1952 Campeonato Paulista

The 1952 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 51st season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Corinthians won the title for the 14th time. Jabaquara and Radium were relegated. The top scorer was Corinthians's Baltazar with 27 goals.

## Championship

The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title and the two teams with the fewest points being relegated.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 52 | Champions |
| 2 | São Paulo | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 31 | +35 | 46 | |
| 3 | Portuguesa | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 42 | |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 40 | |
| 5 | Santos | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 34 | |
| 6 | XV de Piracicaba | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 30 | |
| 7 | XV de Jaú | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Comercial | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 28 | |
| 9 | Guarani | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 27 | |
| 10 | Ypiranga | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 26 | |
| 11 | Ponte Preta | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 23 | |
| 12 | Nacional | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 22 | |
| 13 | Juventus | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 21 | |
| 14 | Portuguesa Santista | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 46 | 71 | −25 | 21 | |
| 15 | Jabaquara | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 20 | Relegated |
| 16 | Radium | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 19 | Relegated |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Portuguesa Santista 3-2 Juventus, Juventus 3-1 Portuguesa Santista

## Results

| Home/Away | COM | COR | GUA | JAB | JUV | NAC | PAL | PON | POR | PSA | RAD | SAN | SAO | XVJ | XVP | YPI |
| Comercial | | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 |
| Corinthians | 1-0 | | 2-1 | 2-0 | 6-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 6-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 |
| Guarani | 1-1 | 1-4 | | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Jabaquara | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-5 | | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Juventus | 3-4 | 0-3 | 4-1 | 2-0 | | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-6 | 3-0 | 4-0 |
| Nacional | 1-0 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 1-2 | | 0-3 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 0-2 |
| Palmeiras | 4-1 | 4-6 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | | 4-3 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 |
| Ponte Preta | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 5-0 | 0-1 | | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Portuguesa | 0-1 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-4 | | 5-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 5-3 | 4-2 |
| Portuguesa Santista | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 0-2 | | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| Radium | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| Santos | 3-1 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 3-5 | 4-2 | 4-0 | | 0-3 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 5-1 |
| São Paulo | 5-2 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | | 0-4 | 5-2 | 1-0 |
| XV de Jaú | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| XV de Piracicaba | 2-0 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | | 2-1 |
| Ypiranga | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | |

## Top Scores

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Baltazar | Corinthians | 27 |
| 2 | Pinga | Portuguesa | 21 |
| 2 | Liminha | Palmeiras | 21 |
| 4 | Maurinho | São Paulo | 18 |
| 5 | Gustavo Albella | São Paulo | 15 |
| 5 | Paulo Carvoeiro | Nacional | 15 |
| 7 | Carlyle | Santos | 14 |
| 7 | Octávio | Santos | 14 |
| 7 | Francisco Rodrígues | Palmeiras | 14 |
| 10 | Cláudio | Corinthians | 13 |