2007 Campeonato Paulista

The 2007 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 106th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition began on 17 January and ended on 22 April with the finals, which was held at the Morumbi in São Paulo. Santos won their 17th title in history and 2nd consecutive after a 2–2 aggregate score in the finals against São Caetano.^[1] As Santos had the best campaign in the first phase, they were crowned champions. This season marked the return of Campeonato do Interior (Countryside Championship), in which the clubs from São Paulo's countryside who did not qualified to knockout phase play against each other to define the "Countryside Champions".

First phase

League table

Updated to games played on 11 April 2007.
Source: UOL Esporte
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored
(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

Updated to games played on 11 April 2012.
Source: Futpédia
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Knockout phase

Bracket

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	0–0	Bragantino	0–0	0–0
São Paulo	2–5	São Caetano	1–1	1–4

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	2–2	São Caetano	0–2	2–0

Campeonato do Interior

Bracket

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paulista	1–3	Guaratinguetá	0–1	1–2
Noroeste	3–2	Ponte Preta	2–1	1–1

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guaratinguetá	2–1	Noroeste	1–1	1–0

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Somáila	São Caetano	13
2	Edmundo	Palmeiras	12
	Finazzi	Ponte Preta	12
3	Edno	Noroeste	11
	Cléber Santana	Santos	11
4	Sorato	Ituano	10
5	Marcos Denner	Paulista	9
6	Alex Afonso	Bragantino	8
	Thiago Humberto	Grêmio Barueri	8
	Osmar	Palmeiras	8
	Gílson	Paulista	8
	Roberto Santos	São Bento	8

Source: ^[2]

See also

• Copa Paulista de Futebol
• Campeonato Paulista Série A2
• Campeonato Paulista Série A3
• Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão

References

External links

• Federação Paulista de Futebol (Portuguese)