# 1977 Campeonato Paulista

The 1977 Campeonato Paulista da Divisão Especial de Futebol Profissional was the 76th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Corinthians won the championship for their 16th title. No teams were relegated. Serginho Chulapa from São Paulo was the top goalscorer, with 32 goals.

## Championship

The first phase of the championship was divided into two rounds, in which the nineteen teams of the championship were divided into four groups;five with five teams and one with four, with each team playing once against all other teams, and the best team of each group passing to the Semifinals. The champions of each round qualified to the Third round, along with the six best teams in the aggregate table. Wins by three goals' difference or more were worth an extra point.
In the Third round, the eight remaining teams would be divided into two groups of four, each team playing once against the teams of its own group and the other group, and the best teams of each group qualifying to the Finals.

### First round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 31 | Qualified |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 23 | |
| 3 | São Bento | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 15 | |
| 4 | Ferroviária | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 14 | |
| 5 | Portuguesa Santista | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 14 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Botafogo | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 32 | Qualified |
| 2 | Corinthians | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 26 | |
| 3 | XV de Piracicaba | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 22 | |
| 4 | Juventus | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 19 | |
| 5 | XV de Jaú | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 12 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 27 | Qualified |
| 2 | Portuguesa | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 17 | |
| 3 | Noroeste | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 16 | |
| 4 | Marília | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 12 | |
| 5 | Comercial | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 10 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Guarani | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 23 | Qualified |
| 2 | Santos | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 21 | |
| 3 | América | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 18 | |
| 4 | Paulista | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 15 | |

#### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Botafogo | 0–0 | Guarani |
| Palmeiras | 1–3 | São Paulo |

#### Finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| São Paulo | 0–0 | Botafogo |

### Second round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Portuguesa | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 26 | Qualified |
| 2 | Santos | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 24 | |
| 3 | Comercial | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 20 | |
| 4 | São Bento | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 15 | |
| 5 | Noroeste | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 35 | −23 | 7 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 28 | Qualified |
| 2 | Guarani | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 24 | |
| 3 | América | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 19 | |
| 4 | Paulista | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 15 | |
| 5 | Marília | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 35 | −20 | 12 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 29 | Qualified |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 29 | |
| 3 | Juventus | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
| 4 | XV de Jaú | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 16 | |
| 5 | Portuguesa Santista | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 45 | −32 | 3 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 30 | Qualified |
| 2 | Botafogo | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 23 | |
| 3 | XV de Piracicaba | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 17 | |
| 4 | Ferroviária | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 16 | |

#### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Palmeiras | 2–1 | Portuguesa |
| Corinthians | 2–1 | São Paulo |

#### Finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Palmeiras | 0–1 | Corinthians |

### Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 61 | Qualified |
| 2 | Corinthians | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 55 | Qualified as stage finalists |
| 3 | São Paulo | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 55 | Qualified |
| 4 | Botafogo | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 55 | Qualified as stage finalists |
| 5 | Ponte Preta | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 52 | Qualified |
| 6 | Guarani | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 47 | Qualified |
| 7 | Santos | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 45 | Qualified |
| 8 | Portuguesa | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 45 | Qualified |
| 9 | XV de Piracicaba | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 39 | |
| 10 | Juventus | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 39 | |
| 11 | América | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 37 | |
| 12 | Ferroviária | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 30 | |
| 13 | São Bento | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 30 | |
| 14 | Comercial | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 30 | |
| 15 | Paulista | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 30 | |
| 16 | XV de Jaú | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 28 | |
| 17 | Marília | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 24 | |
| 18 | Noroeste | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 23 | |
| 19 | Portuguesa Santista | 36 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 25 | 68 | −43 | 17 | |

### Third round
#### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ponte Preta | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Qualified |
| 2 | Botafogo | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Santos | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Botafogo and Palmeiras didn't play their last match

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Qualified |
| 2 | São Paulo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 3 | Portuguesa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Guarani | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Corinthians | 4–2 | Ponte Preta | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1-0 |