# 1996 Campeonato Paulista

The 1996 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 95th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Palmeiras won the championship for the 21st time. Ferroviária, Novorizontino and XV de Jaú were relegated at the end of the season.

## Championship

The championship was disputed in a double round-robin format, with the winners of the first and second rounds of the championship qualifying to the finals; In case that the same team won both rounds, it would automatically win the title.

### First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 8 | +53 | 43 | Qualified to finals |
| 2 | Portuguesa | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 36 | |
| 3 | Mogi Mirim | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 32 | |
| 4 | Corinthians | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 28 | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 25 | |
| 6 | União São João | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 23 | |
| 7 | América | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 21 | |
| 8 | Santos | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 20 | |
| 9 | Araçatuba | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 18 | |
| 10 | Rio Branco | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 17 | |
| 11 | Juventus | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 15 | |
| 12 | Novorizontino | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 15 | |
| 13 | XV de Jaú | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 12 | |
| 14 | Botafogo | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 12 | |
| 15 | Guarani | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 9 | |
| 16 | Ferroviária | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 8 | |

### Second round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 11 | +30 | 40 | Qualified to finals |
| 2 | Santos | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 31 | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 30 | |
| 4 | Botafogo | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 29 | |
| 5 | Guarani | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 25 | |
| 6 | Corinthians | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 24 | |
| 7 | Araçatuba | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 21 | |
| 8 | Rio Branco | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 20 | |
| 9 | Juventus | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 18 | |
| 10 | América | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 17 | |
| 11 | Portuguesa | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 17 | |
| 12 | Mogi Mirim | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 13 | |
| 13 | Novorizontino | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 13 | |
| 14 | XV de Jaú | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 12 | |
| 15 | União São João | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 11 | |
| 16 | Ferroviária | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 43 | −29 | 4 | |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 19 | +83 | 83 | Champions |
| 2 | São Paulo | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 55 | |
| 3 | Portuguesa | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 53 | |
| 4 | Corinthians | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 52 | |
| 5 | Santos | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 51 | |
| 6 | Mogi Mirim | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 45 | |
| 7 | Botafogo | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 41 | |
| 8 | Araçatuba | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 39 | |
| 9 | América | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 38 | |
| 10 | Rio Branco | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 37 | |
| 11 | Guarani | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 34 | |
| 12 | União São João | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 34 | |
| 13 | Juventus | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 33 | |
| 14 | Novorizontino | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 28 | Relegated |
| 15 | XV de Jaú | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 24 | Relegated |
| 16 | Ferroviária | 30 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 71 | −44 | 12 | Relegated |

## Top Scores

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Giovanni | Santos | 24 |
| 2 | Luizao | Palmeiras | 22 |
| 3 | Marcelinho | Corinthians | 19 |
| 4 | Rivaldo | Palmeiras | 18 |
| 5 | Valdir | São Paulo | 17 |
| 6 | Muller | Palmeiras | 15 |
| 6 | Djalminha | Palmeiras | 15 |
| 6 | Tiba | Portuguesa | 15 |
| 9 | Edmundo | Corinthians | 13 |
| 10 | Adriano Gerlin | América | 12 |