2011 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	2011
Champions	Santos (19th title)
Relegated	São Bernardo Prudente Noroeste Santo André
Matches played	202
Goals scored	513 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Liédson Elano (11)
Biggest home win	São Caetano 6–1 São Bernardo
Biggest away win	Ituano 1–5 Americana Santo André 0–4 Paulista Botafogo–SP 0–4 Linense
Highest scoring	Americana 3–4 São Paulo (7 goals)
Longest winning run	5 games Palmeiras (2nd round - 7th round) Ponte Preta (8th round - 12th round)
Longest unbeaten run	11 games Corinthians (1st round - 11th round) Palmeiras (8th round - 18th round) Ponte Preta (3rd round - 13th round)
Longest winless run	11 games Santo André (1st round - 11th round)
Longest losing run	6 games Americana (10th round - 15th round)
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2012 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 110th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.

Santos won the title after beating Corinthians 2–1 on aggregate in the finals.^[2]

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.^[3]

Teams

Club	Home city	2010 result
Americana	Americana	3rd (Série A2)
Botafogo–SP	Ribeirão Preto	7th
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	16th
Corinthians	São Paulo	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	11th
Paulista	Jundiaí	15th
Ponte Preta	Campinas	10th
Portuguesa	São Paulo	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	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
3	Corinthians	19	11	5	3	33	12	+21	38
4	Santos	19	11	5	3	40	20	+20	38
5	Ponte Preta	19	9	5	5	22	16	+6	32
6	Oeste	19	9	4	6	25	17	+8	31
7	Mirassol	19	9	3	7	26	26	0	30
8	Portuguesa	19	8	4	7	24	23	+1	28
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
19	Noroeste	19	3	8	8	21	33	−12	17
20	Santo André	19	2	9	8	14	29	−15	15

Updated to games played on 17 April 2011.
Source: UOL Esporte
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

	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	*	—

Updated to games played on 17 April 2011
Source: Futpédia
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	São Paulo	2
	8	Portuguesa	0
						1	São Paulo	0
						4	Santos	2
	4	Santos	1
	5	Ponte Preta	0
											4	Santos	0	2
											3	Corinthians	0	1
	2	Palmeiras	2
	7	Mirassol	1
						2	Palmeiras	1(5)
						3	Corinthians	1(6)
	3	Corinthians	2
	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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corinthians	1–2	Santos	0–0	1–2

Campeonato do Interior

Semifinals

Oeste v Mirassol

29 April 21:00 UTC-03:00

Oeste	1 – 0	Mirassol
Anselmo Ramon  43'	Report

Amaros, Itápolis Attendance: 1,237[4] Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza[5]

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Ponte Preta v São Caetano

30 April 18:30 UTC-03:00

Ponte Preta	0 – 0	São Caetano
	Report
	Penalties
Leandro Silva Josimar Rômulo Guilherme Andrade	4–1	Souza

Moisés Lucarelli, Campinas Attendance: 2,223[6] Referee: Magno de Sousa Lima Neto[5]

Finals

Ponte Preta v Oeste

4 May 19:30 UTC-03:00 1st leg

Ponte Preta	2 – 1	Oeste
Ferron  62' Guilherme Andrade  90+1'	Report	Mazinho  80'

Moisés Lucarelli, Campinas Attendance: 2,841[7] Referee: Marcelo Rogério[8]

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Oeste v Ponte Preta

7 May 18:30 UTC-03:00 2nd leg

Oeste	3 – 0	Ponte Preta
Anselmo Ramon  47', 68' Fernandinho  90+2'	Report

Amaros, Itápolis Attendance: 2,549[9] Referee: Jose Claudio Rocha Filho[10]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Elano	Santos	11
	Liédson	Corinthians	11
2	Anselmo Ramon	Oeste	10
	Fábio Santos	Oeste	10
3	Dagoberto	São Paulo	9
4	Xuxa	Mirassol	8
	Kléber	Palmeiras	8
	Eduardo	São Caetano	8
5	Anselmo	Botafogo–SP	7
	Hernane	Paulista	7
	Maikon Leite	Santos	7
	Zé Eduardo	Santos	7
6	Juninho Quixadá	Bragantino	6
	Patrik	Palmeiras	6
	Jael	Portuguesa	6
	Keirrison	Santos	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[11]	15 January 2011
Charles	Guaratinguetá	Noroeste	5–1[12]	29 January 2011
Juninho Quixadá	Bragantino	São Bernardo	3–0[13]	3 February 2011
Jael	Portuguesa	Botafogo–SP	4–1[14]	5 March 2011
Eduardo^1	São Caetano	São Bernardo	6–1[15]	2 April 2011
Anselmo	Botafogo–SP	Mirassol	3–0[16]	17 April 2011

• ¹ Player scored 5 goals.

Awards

Team of the year

Pos. Player Club GK Rogério Ceni São Paulo DF Cicinho Palmeiras DF Edu Dracena Santos DF Chicão Corinthians DF Léo Santos MF Ralf Corinthians MF Lucas São Paulo MF Elano Santos FW Neymar Santos FW Liédson Corinthians FW Kléber Palmeiras Source Globo Esporte Last updated: 16 May 2012

Rogério Ceni Dracena Chicão Cicinho Léo Ralf Elano Lucas Liédson Kléber Neymar

Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Neymar.^[17]

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Lucas.^[17]

Countryside Best Player of the Season

The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Fábio Santos.^[17]

Top scorer of the Season

The Top scorer award went to Liédson and Elano, who scored 11 goals.^[17]

Coach of the Season

The Coach of the Season award went to Luiz Felipe Scolari.^[17]

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 ^1
2	Corinthians	23	12	7	4	37	16	+21	43	Finalist and 2012 Copa Libertadores ^2
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
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
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 ^3
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
13	Botafogo–SP	19	5	7	7	22	27	−5	22
15	Linense	19	6	3	10	23	31	−8	21
14	Bragantino	19	5	4	10	21	30	−9	19
16	Ituano	19	5	3	11	21	33	−12	18
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
19	Noroeste (R)	19	3	8	8	21	33	−12	17
20	Santo André (R)	19	2	9	8	14	29	−15	15

Note:
1.Santos is qualified for the second stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the 2011 Copa Libertadores champion.
2.Corinthians is qualified for the second stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores via 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
3.Paulista is qualified for 2012 Copa do Brasil as the 2011 Copa Paulista Champions.

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