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Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season	2015
Dates	January 31 – May 03, 2015
Champions	Santos
Relegated	Penapolense; Portuguesa; Bragantino; Marília
Série D	Red Bull Brasil; Botafogo
Matches played	158
Goals scored	330 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Oliveira (11 goals)
Biggest home win	São Paulo 4–0 Audax; (21 February); São Bernardo 4–0 Marília Atlético Clube; (8 April)
Biggest away win	Red Bull Brasil 1–6 Audax; (6 March)
Highest scoring	Corinthians 5–3 Penapolense; (26 March)
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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:

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.

^[2]

Teams

Club	Home city	2014 result
Botafogo	Ribeirão Preto	5th
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	8th
Capivariano	Capivari	1st (Série A2)
Corinthians	São Paulo (Tatuapé)	9th
Audax	Osasco	11th
Ituano	Itu	1st
Linense	Lins	16th
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	15th
Marília	Marília	4th (Série A2)
Palmeiras	São Paulo (Perdizes)	3rd
Penapolense	Penápolis	4th
Ponte Preta	Campinas	7th
Portuguesa	São Paulo (Pari)	12th
Red Bull Brasil	Campinas	2nd (Série A2)
Rio Claro	Rio Claro	13th
Santos	Santos	2nd
São Bento	Sorocaba	3rd (Série A2)
São Bernardo	São Bernardo do Campo	10th
São Paulo	São Paulo (Morumbi)	6th
XV de Piracicaba	Piracicaba	14th

Source: Futebol Paulista

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Paulo (A)	15	10	2	3	30	10	+20	32	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	Red Bull Brasil (A)	15	7	3	5	20	19	+1	24	Advance to the quarter-finals
3	Mogi Mirim	15	5	5	5	17	20	−3	20
4	Ituano	15	4	8	3	12	13	−1	20
5	São Bernardo	15	5	3	7	13	13	0	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians (A)	15	11	4	0	28	10	+18	37	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	Ponte Preta (A)	15	8	3	4	22	17	+5	27	Advance to the quarter-finals
3	Audax	15	6	4	5	23	19	+4	22
4	São Bento	15	4	9	2	17	13	+4	21
5	Rio Claro	15	4	4	7	11	16	−5	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras (A)	15	10	1	4	23	10	+13	31	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	Botafogo (A)	15	6	4	5	16	14	+2	22	Advance to the quarter-finals
3	Linense	15	4	4	7	12	25	−13	16
4	Portuguesa	15	2	7	6	13	22	−9	13
5	Marília	15	0	2	13	6	35	−29	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos (A)	15	10	4	1	29	12	+17	34	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	XV de Piracicaba (A)	15	5	3	7	17	20	−3	18	Advance to the quarter-finals
3	Capivariano	15	4	4	7	20	23	−3	16
4	Penapolense	15	4	3	8	17	22	−5	15
5	Bragantino	15	2	1	12	8	22	−14	7

Source: Globo Esporte
(A) Advance to a further round

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

D1

Santos

3

D2

XV de Piracicaba

0

D1

Santos

2

A1

São Paulo

1

A1

São Paulo

3

A2

Red Bull Brasil

0

D1

Santos (p)

0

2

2 (4)

C1

Palmeiras

1

2 (2)

B1

Corinthians

1

B2

Ponte Preta

0

B1

Corinthians

2 (5)

C1

Palmeiras (p)

2 (6)

C1

Palmeiras

1

C2

Botafogo

0

Note: Semifinal bracket depended on the general table: 1 vs 4; 2 vs 3

General table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos	19	13	4	2	36	15	+21	43	Champion and 2016 Copa do Brasil
2	Palmeiras	19	12	2	5	28	14	+14	38	Runner-up and 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16^[a]
3	Corinthians	17	12	5	0	31	12	+19	41	Eliminated in Semifinals and 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16^[a]
4	São Paulo	17	11	2	4	34	12	+22	35
5	Ponte Preta	16	8	3	5	22	18	+4	27	Eliminated in Quarterfinals and 2016 Copa do Brasil
6	Red Bull Brasil	16	7	3	6	20	22	−2	24	Eliminated in Quarterfinals, Série D and 2016 Copa do Brasil
7	Botafogo	16	6	4	6	16	15	+1	22	Eliminated in Quarterfinals and Série D
8	XV de Piracicaba	16	5	3	8	17	23	−6	18	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
9	Audax	15	6	4	5	23	19	+4	22	Eliminated in the group stage
10	São Bento	15	4	9	2	17	13	+4	21
11	Ituano	15	4	8	3	12	13	−1	20
12	Mogi Mirim	15	5	5	5	17	20	−3	20
13	São Bernardo	15	5	3	7	13	13	0	18
14	Capivariano	15	4	4	7	20	23	−3	16
15	Rio Claro	15	4	4	7	11	16	−5	16
16	Linense	15	4	4	7	13	25	−12	16
17	Penapolense (R)	15	4	3	8	17	22	−5	15	Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Paulista Série A2
18	Portuguesa (R)	15	2	7	6	13	22	−9	13
19	Bragantino (R)	15	2	1	12	8	22	−14	7
20	Marília (R)	15	0	2	13	6	35	−29	2

Updated to match(es) 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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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

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
3	Rafael Longuine	Audax	8
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