# 2011 Campeonato Paulista

The 2011 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
Santos won the championship after beating Corinthians 2–1 on aggregate in the finals, winning their 19th title.

## Format

The top eight teams in the First Stage qualifies to the Quarter-Finals. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Série A2. Quarter and Semi-Finals will be played in one-legged matches. The best-four teams not qualified to the Semi-Finals not from the city of São Paulo or Santos FC, will compete in the Campeonato do Interior.

## Teams

| Club | Home city | 2010 result |
| Americana | Americana | 3rd (Série A2) |
| Botafogo–SP | Ribeirão Preto | 7th |
| Bragantino | Bragança Paulista | 16th |
| Corinthians | São Paulo (Tatuapé) | 5th |
| Grêmio Prudente | Presidente Prudente | 3rd |
| Ituano | Itu | 13th |
| Linense | Lins | 1st (Série A2) |
| Mirassol | Mirassol | 14th |
| Mogi Mirim | Mogi Mirim | 12th |
| Noroeste | Bauru | 2nd (Série A2) |
| Oeste | Itápolis | 9th |
| Palmeiras | São Paulo (Perdizes) | 11th |
| Paulista | Jundiaí | 15th |
| Ponte Preta | Campinas | 10th |
| Portuguesa | São Paulo (Pari) | 6th |
| Santo André | Santo André | 2nd |
| Santos | Santos | 1st |
| São Bernardo | São Bernardo do Campo | 4th (Série A2) |
| São Caetano | São Caetano do Sul | 8th |
| São Paulo | São Paulo (Morumbi) | 4th |

## First stage
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 41 | Advanced to the Knockout stage |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 41 | Advanced to the Knockout stage |
| 3 | Corinthians | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 12 | +21 | 38 | Advanced to the Knockout stage |
| 4 | Santos | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 38 | Advanced to the Knockout stage |
| 5 | Ponte Preta | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 32 | Advanced to the Knockout stage |
| 6 | Oeste | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 31 | Advanced to the Knockout stage |
| 7 | Mirassol | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 30 | Advanced to the Knockout stage |
| 8 | Portuguesa | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 28 | Advanced to the Knockout stage |
| 9 | São Caetano | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 26 | Advanced to the Campeonato do Interior |
| 10 | Paulista | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 25 | |
| 11 | Mogi Mirim | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 25 | |
| 12 | Americana | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 23 | |
| 13 | Botafogo–SP | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 22 | |
| 14 | Linense | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 21 | |
| 15 | Bragantino | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 19 | |
| 16 | Ituano | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 18 | |
| 17 | São Bernardo | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 18 | Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |
| 18 | Grêmio Prudente | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 17 | Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |
| 19 | Noroeste | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 17 | Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |
| 20 | Santo André | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 15 | Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AMC | BRP | BRG | COR | ITU | LIN | MIR | MOG | NOR | OES | PAL | PAU | PPR | POR | GPR | SAD | SAN | SBE | SCA | SPL |
| Americana | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | | | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | 0–2 | | | | | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 3–4 |
| Botafogo–SP | | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–4 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | | | 2–1 | | 1–4 | | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bragantino | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | |
| Corinthians | 1–0 | | | | 4–0 | | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | | 1–2 | |
| Ituano | | 3–1 | | | | 3–3 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | | | 0–0 | | | 2–3 | 2–0 | | |
| Linense | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | | | | | 2–0 | | | 3–2 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | | |
| Mirassol | 2–0 | | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | | 2–2 | | 0–1 | | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | |
| Mogi Mirim | | 1–1 | | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | | 0–0 | | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Noroeste | 1–5 | | 2–2 | | | | | 4–1 | | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | | | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Oeste | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | | 2–1 | | | | 0–2 | | 3–0 | |
| Palmeiras | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | | | | | | 3–1 | | | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | | |
| Paulista | | | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | 0–1 | | | | 1–1 | | 3–2 |
| Ponte Preta | 1–0 | 3–1 | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | | | 2–1 | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | | 2–2 | | 0–0 | |
| Portuguesa | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | | | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | | | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | 2–3 |
| Prudente | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | | 3–3 | | | 2–4 | | | 0–1 |
| Santo André | 1–0 | | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | | 2–2 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | |
| Santos | | 2–1 | | | | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | | | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| São Bernardo | | 0–2 | | 2–2 | | | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | | | | |
| São Caetano | 0–1 | | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 6–1 | | 0–2 |
| São Paulo | | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | | | 3–0 | | 3–0 | * | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | |
| 1 | São Paulo | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Portuguesa | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Portuguesa | 0 | 1 | São Paulo | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Santos | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Santos | 1 | 4 | Santos | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ponte Preta | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ponte Preta | 0 | | | | 4 | Santos | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Corinthians | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 2 | | | | | | | | 3 | Corinthians | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mirassol | 1 | 2 | Palmeiras | 1(5) | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Corinthians | 1(6) | | | | | | |
| 3 | Corinthians | 2 | 3 | Corinthians | 1(6) | | | | | | |
| 6 | Oeste | 1 | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| São Paulo | 2–0 | Portuguesa |
| Santos | 1–0 | Ponte Preta |
| Palmeiras | 2–1 | Mirassol |
| Corinthians | 2–1 | Oeste |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| São Paulo | 0–2 | Santos |
| Corinthians | 1–1 (6–5p) | Palmeiras |

### Finals

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

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Elano | Santos | 11 |
| 1 | Liédson | Corinthians | 11 |
| 2 | Anselmo Ramon | Oeste | 10 |
| 2 | Fábio Santos | Oeste | 10 |
| 3 | Dagoberto | São Paulo | 9 |
| 4 | Xuxa | Mirassol | 8 |
| 4 | Kléber | Palmeiras | 8 |
| 4 | Eduardo | São Caetano | 8 |
| 5 | Anselmo | Botafogo–SP | 7 |
| 5 | Hernane | Paulista | 7 |
| 5 | Maikon Leite | Santos | 7 |
| 5 | Zé Eduardo | Santos | 7 |
| 6 | Juninho Quixadá | Bragantino | 6 |
| 6 | Patrik | Palmeiras | 6 |
| 6 | Jael | Portuguesa | 6 |
| 6 | Keirrison | Santos | 6 |
| 6 | Rogério Ceni | São Paulo | 6 |
Source: UOL Esporte Last updated: 15 May 2012

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Fábio Santos | Oeste | São Caetano | 3–0 | 15 January 2011 |
| Charles | Guaratinguetá | Noroeste | 5–1 | 29 January 2011 |
| Juninho Quixadá | Bragantino | São Bernardo | 3–0 | 3 February 2011 |
| Jael | Portuguesa | Botafogo–SP | 4–1 | 5 March 2011 |
| Eduardo$^1$ | São Caetano | São Bernardo | 6–1 | 2 April 2011 |
| Anselmo | Botafogo–SP | Mirassol | 3–0 | 17 April 2011 |
* $^1$ Player scored 5 goals.

## Awards
### Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Neymar.

### Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Lucas.

### Countryside Best Player of the Season

The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Fábio Santos.

### Top scorer of the Season

The Top scorer award went to Liédson and Elano, who scored 11 goals.

### Coach of the Season

The Coach of the Season award went to Luiz Felipe Scolari.

## Overall table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Santos (C) | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 48 | Finalist and 2012 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Corinthians | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 43 | Finalist and 2012 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 45 | Eliminated in semifinals and 2012 Copa do Brasil |
| 4 | São Paulo | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 44 | Eliminated in semifinals and 2012 Copa do Brasil |
| 5 | Ponte Preta | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 32 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 6 | Oeste | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 31 | Eliminated in quarterfinals and Série D |
| 7 | Mirassol | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 30 | Eliminated in quarterfinals and Série D |
| 8 | Portuguesa | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 28 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 9 | São Caetano | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 26 | Eliminated in first Stage |
| 10 | Paulista | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 25 | Eliminated in first stage and 2012 Copa do Brasil |
| 11 | Mogi Mirim | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 25 | Eliminated in first Stage |
| 12 | Americana | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 23 | Eliminated in first Stage |
| 13 | Botafogo–SP | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 22 | Eliminated in first Stage |
| 14 | Linense | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 21 | Eliminated in first Stage |
| 15 | Bragantino | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 19 | Eliminated in first Stage |
| 16 | Ituano | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 18 | Eliminated in first Stage |
| 17 | São Bernardo (R) | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 18 | Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |
| 18 | Grêmio Prudente (R) | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 17 | Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |
| 19 | Noroeste (R) | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 17 | Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |
| 20 | Santo André (R) | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 15 | Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |
* ↑ Santos is qualified for the second stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the 2011 Copa Libertadores champion.
* ↑ Corinthians is qualified for the second stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores via 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
* ↑ Paulista is qualified for 2012 Copa do Brasil as the 2011 Copa Paulista Champions.