# 2017 Campeonato Paulista

The 2017 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 116th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.

## Format

* In the first stage the sixteen teams are drawn, with seeding, into four groups of four teams each, with each team playing once against the twelve clubs from the other three groups. After each team has played twelve matches, the top two teams of each group qualify for the quarter-final stage.
* After the completion of the first stage, the two clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, will be relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.
* Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are played in a two-legged home and away fixture, with the best placed first stage team playing the second leg at home.
* In case of a draw in any knockout stage, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

### Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
* Higher number of wins;
* Superior goal difference;
* Higher number of goals scored;
* Fewest red cards received;
* Fewest yellow cards received;
* Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.

## Teams

| Club | Home city | Manager | 2016 result |
| Audax | Osasco | Fernando Diniz | 2nd |
| Botafogo-SP | Ribeirão Preto | Moacir Júnior | 13th |
| Corinthians | São Paulo (Tatuapé) | Fábio Carille | 3rd |
| Ferroviária | Araraquara | PC Oliveira | 14th |
| Ituano | Itu | Roque Júnior | 10th |
| Linense | Lins | Márcio Fernandes | 12th |
| Mirassol | Mirassol | Moisés Egert | 2nd (Série A2) |
| Novorizontino | Novo Horizonte | Silas Pereira | 11th |
| Palmeiras | São Paulo (Perdizes) | Eduardo Baptista | 4th |
| Ponte Preta | Campinas | Felipe Moreira | 9th |
| Red Bull Brasil | Campinas | Alberto Valentim | 7th |
| Santo André | Santo André | Toninho Cecílio | 1st (Série A2) |
| Santos | Santos | Dorival Júnior | 1st |
| São Bento | Sorocaba | Paulo Roberto Santos | 5th |
| São Bernardo | São Bernardo do Campo | Sérgio Vieira | 6th |
| São Paulo | São Paulo (Morumbi) | Rogério Ceni | 8th |
Source: Futebol Paulista

## First stage

* Key to colours in group tables
* Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals
* Two bottom teams (independent of group) are relegated

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Corinthians | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 24 | knockout stage |
| 2 | Botafogo-SP | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 17 | knockout stage |
| 3 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 14 | |
| 4 | São Bernardo | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 10 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | São Paulo | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 20 | knockout stage |
| 2 | Linense | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 17 | knockout stage |
| 3 | Red Bull Brasil | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 13 | |
| 4 | Ferroviária | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 13 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 25 | knockout stage |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 15 | knockout stage |
| 3 | Santo André | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 14 | |
| 4 | São Bento | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 13 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Santos | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 22 | knockout stage |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 22 | knockout stage |
| 3 | Mirassol | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 15 | |
| 4 | Audax | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 9 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Corinthians | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Botafogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Botafogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | A1 | Corinthians | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | B1 | São Paulo | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| B1 | São Paulo | 2 | 5 | 7 | B1 | São Paulo | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| B2 | Linense | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Linense | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | A1 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | D2 | Ponte Preta | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C1 | Palmeiras | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | D2 | Ponte Preta | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C2 | Novorizontino | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Novorizontino | 1 | 0 | 1 | C1 | Palmeiras | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | D2 | Ponte Preta | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| D1 | Santos | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | D2 | Ponte Preta | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| D2 | Ponte Preta | 1 | 0 | 1 (5) | | | | | | | | | | |
* Campeonato Paulista 2017 champion
* Corinthians 28th title

## General table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians (C) | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 36 | Finals of knockout stage |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 29 | Finals of knockout stage |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 34 | Eliminated in the semifinals |
| 4 | São Paulo | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 27 | Eliminated in the semifinals |
| 5 | Santos | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 25 | Eliminated in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Botafogo-SP | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 18 | Eliminated in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Linense (B) | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 17 | Eliminated in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Novorizontino (B) | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 15 | Eliminated in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Mirassol (B) | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 15 | |
| 10 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 14 | |
| 11 | Santo André | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 14 | |
| 12 | São Bento | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 13 | |
| 13 | Red Bull Brasil | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 13 | |
| 14 | Ferroviária | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 13 | |
| 15 | São Bernardo (R) | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 10 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |
| 16 | Audax (R) | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 9 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 |

## Top scorers

    As of 24 April 2017
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Gilberto | São Paulo | 9 |
| 1. | William Pottker | Ponte Preta | 9 |
| 2. | Henan | Santo André | 7 |
| 2. | Lucca | Ponte Preta | 7 |
| 3. | Jô | Corinthians | 6 |
| 4. | Cueva | São Paulo | 5 |
| 4. | Pratto | São Paulo | 5 |
| 4. | Roberto | Novorizontino | 5 |
| 4. | Willian | Palmeiras | 5 |
| 4. | Xuxa | Mirassol | 5 |

## Awards
### Team of the year
#### Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to William Pottker.

#### Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Clayson.

#### Countryside Best Player of the Season

The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to William Pottker.

#### Top scorer of the Season

The top scorer of the season was Gilberto and William Pottker, who scored nine goals each.