The 2018
Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 117th season of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
's top professional football league.
Format
*In the first stage the sixteen teams are drawn, with seeding, into four groups of four teams each, with each team playing once against the twelve clubs from the other three groups. After each team has played twelve matches, the top two teams of each group qualify for the quarter-final stage.
*After the completion of the first stage, the two 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 ...
.
*Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are played in a two-legged home and away fixture, with the best placed first stage team playing the second leg at home.
*In case of a draw in any knockout stage, the match will be decided by a
penalty shoot-out
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.
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
Source
Futebol Paulista
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First stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
General table
Awards
Team of the year
;Player of the Season
The Player of the Year was awarded to
Jailson.
;Young Player of the Season
The Young Player of the Year was awarded to
Rodrygo
Rodrygo Silva de Goes (; born 9 January 2001), simply known as Rodrygo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team.
He began his career with Santos, where he playe ...
.
;Countryside Best Player of the Season
The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to
Bruno Moraes.
;Top scorer of the Season
The top scorer of the season was
Miguel Borja, who scored seven goals.
Top scorers
References
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Campeonato Paulista seasons
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