The 2015 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2015 Paulistão Itaipava for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th season of

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'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 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 16 teams, in which the two best teams are promoted to Série A1 ...

. *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 Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...

; #Higher number of goals scored; #Fewest red cards received; #Fewest yellow cards received; #Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.

Teams

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First stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

General table

Top scorers

Awards

Team of the year

;Player of the Season The Player of the Year was awarded to

Ricardo Oliveira Ricardo José Dognella Lima de Oliveira (; born 6 May 1980) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Athletic. He represented São Paulo and Santos in two different spells, but also played in Spain, amassing La Liga ...

. ;Young Player of the Season The Young Player of the Year was awarded to

Rafael Longuine Rafael Vinícius Carvalho Longuine (born 30 May 1990), known as Rafael Longuine, is a Brazilian Association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder for Clube de Regatas Brasil, CRB. Club career ...

. ;Countryside Best Player of the Season The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to

Crislan Crislan Henrique da Silva de Sousa (born 13 March 1992), simply known as Crislan, is a Brazilian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Liga 1 (Indonesia), Liga 1 club Bhayangkara F.C., Bhayan ...

. ;Top scorer of the Season The top scorer of the season was

, who scored 11 goals.

References

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{{2015 in Brazilian football Campeonato Paulista seasons

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