2015 Campeonato Paulista

The 2015 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2015 Paulistão Itaipava for sponsorship reasons^[1]) was the 114th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.

Format

• In the first stage the twenty teams are drawn, with seeding, into four groups of five teams each, with each team playing once against the fifteen clubs from the other three groups. After each team has played fifteen matches, the top two teams of each group qualify for the quarter-final stage.
• After the completion of the first stage, the four clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, will be relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.
• If all four clubs with the lowest number of points are from the same group, the best third-placed club from the other groups will qualify for the quarter-final stage.

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:

1. Higher number of wins;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. Fewest red cards received;
5. Fewest yellow cards received;
6. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.

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Teams

Source: Futebol Paulista

First stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Note : Semifinal bracklet depend on general table: 1 vs 4 ; 2 vs 3

General table

Updated to games played on April 27, 2015.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head results; 6th least red cards received; 7th least yellow cards received; 8th draw.
¹ Palmeiras has a berth guaranteed to the third stage as the 2015 Copa do Brasil champions.Corinthians and São Paulo has a berth guaranteed to the third stage as 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions and 3rd
(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.

Top scorers

As of 3 May 2015

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Ricardo Oliveira	Santos	11
2	Crislan	Penapolense	9
3	Alexandre Pato	São Paulo	8
	Rafael Longuine	Audax
4	Alan Kardec	São Paulo	7
	Edmilson	Red Bull Brasil
	Paulinho	XV de Piracicaba
5	Biro-Biro	Ponte Preta	6
	Paolo Guerrero	Corinthians
	Rafael Marques	Palmeiras

Awards

Team of the year

Pos. Player Club GK Fernando Prass Palmeiras DF Fagner Corinthians DF Gil Corinthians DF David Braz Santos DF Zé Roberto Palmeiras MF Arouca Palmeiras MF Gabriel Palmeiras MF Robinho Palmeiras MF Lucas Lima Santos FW Ricardo Oliveira Santos FW Robinho Santos Source Globo Esporte Last updated: 30 April 2015

Fernando Prass Gil David Braz Fagner Zé Roberto Arouca Gabriel Robinho Lucas Lima Ricardo Oliveira Robinho

Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Ricardo Oliveira.^[4]

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Rafael Longuine.^[4]

Countryside Best Player of the Season

The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Crislan.^[4]

Top scorer of the Season

The top scorer of the season was Ricardo Oliveira, who scored 11 goals.^[3]

References

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