# 1980 Campeonato Paulista

The 1980 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional was the 79th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship for the 12th time. (Taubaté's Edmar was the top scorer, with 17 goals. XV de Piracicaba was relegated.

## Championship

The championship would be divided into two rounds - in each round, the teams played against each other once, and the four best teams qualified to the Semifinals, with their winners qualifying to the Finals. The winners of each round qualified to the Championship Finals.

### First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Portuguesa | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 29 | Qualified |
| 2 | Santos | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 27 | Qualified |
| 3 | Botafogo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 23 | Qualified |
| 4 | Ponte Preta | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 23 | Qualified |
| 5 | Corinthians | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 22 | |
| 6 | Taubaté | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 21 | |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 20 | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 20 | |
| 9 | São Bento | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 20 | |
| 10 | Comercial | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 19 | |
| 11 | Guarani | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 19 | |
| 12 | Inter de Limeira | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 19 | |
| 13 | América | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 18 | |
| 14 | Juventus | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 17 | |
| 15 | Ferroviária | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 16 | |
| 16 | XV de Jaú | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 15 | |
| 17 | Marília | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 14 | |
| 18 | XV de Piracicaba | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 13 | |
| 19 | Francana | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 13 | |
| 20 | Noroeste | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 12 | |

#### First round Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Portuguesa | 2–0 | Ponte Preta | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Santos | 7–1 | Botafogo | 5–1 | 2–0 |

#### First round Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santos | 3–1 | Portuguesa | 1–0 | 2–1 |

### Second round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 29 | Qualified |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 27 | Qualified |
| 3 | Corinthians | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 26 | Qualified |
| 4 | Inter de Limeira | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 26 | Qualified |
| 5 | Guarani | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 25 | |
| 6 | Juventus | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 22 | |
| 7 | Santos | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 21 | |
| 8 | Botafogo | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 19 | |
| 9 | Ferroviária | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 18 | |
| 10 | XV de Jaú | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 18 | |
| 11 | Comercial | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 18 | |
| 12 | Portuguesa | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 17 | |
| 13 | Noroeste | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 17 | |
| 14 | Francana | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 16 | |
| 15 | São Bento | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 15 | |
| 16 | América | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 15 | |
| 17 | Marília | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 15 | |
| 18 | Taubaté | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 14 | |
| 19 | Palmeiras | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 12 | |
| 20 | XV de Piracicaba | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 10 | |

#### Second round Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| São Paulo | 4–3 | Inter de Limeira | 1–2 | 3–1 (a.e.t) |
| Corinthians | 1–4 | Ponte Preta | 1–1 | 0–3 |

#### Second round Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| São Paulo | 2–2 | Ponte Preta | 2–1 | 0–1 |

### Finals

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

### Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 50 | 1981 Taça de Ouro |
| 2 | São Paulo | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 49 | 1981 Taça de Ouro |
| 3 | Corinthians | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 48 | 1981 Taça de Ouro |
| 4 | Santos | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 48 | 1981 Taça de Ouro |
| 5 | Portuguesa | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 46 | 1981 Taça de Ouro |
| 6 | Inter de Limeira | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 45 | 1981 Taça de Ouro |
| 7 | Guarani | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 44 | 1981 Taça de Prata |
| 8 | Botafogo | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 42 | 1981 Taça de Prata |
| 9 | Juventus | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 37 | 1981 Taça de Prata |
| 10 | São Bento | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 37 | 1981 Taça de Prata |
| 11 | Comercial | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 37 | 1981 Taça de Prata |
| 12 | Taubaté | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 35 | |
| 13 | Ferroviária | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 34 | 1981 Taça de Prata |
| 14 | XV de Jaú | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 33 | |
| 15 | América | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 33 | 1981 Taça de Prata |
| 16 | Palmeiras | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 32 | 1981 Taça de Prata |
| 17 | Noroeste | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 29 | |
| 18 | Marília | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 29 | |
| 19 | Francana | 38 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 29 | Relegation Playoff |
| 20 | XV de Piracicaba | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 23 | Relegated |
Like in the previous year, the team with the fewest points would be relegated and the team with the second-fewest points would go to a playoff against the runner-up of the Second Level. as such, XV de Piracicaba was relegated and Francana had to dispute a playoff in neutral ground against Catanduvense.

#### Relegation Playoffs

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Francana | 4–0 | Catanduvense | 4–1 | 2–1 | – |