2014 Campeonato Paulista Explained

Competition:	Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season:	2014
Winners:	Ituano
Relegated:	Comercial Oeste Atlético Sorocaba Paulista
Other Titles:	2014 Paulistão Chevrolet
Dates:	January 18 – April 13, 2014
Num Teams:	20
Continentalcup2:	Série D
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Ituano Penapolense
League Topscorer:	Alan Kardec Cícero Léo Costa Luís Fabiano (9 goals each)
Biggest Home Win:	Santos 5–0 Bragantino (27 February)
Biggest Away Win:	Linense 0–4 Corinthians (5 March) Ponte Preta 0–4 Mogi Mirim (23 March)
Highest Scoring:	São Bernardo 5–5 Rio Claro (5 March)
Matches:	157
Total Goals:	421
Prevseason:	2013
Nextseason:	2015

The 2014 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2014 Paulistão Chevrolet for sponsorship reasons^[1]) was the 113th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Ituano became the champions.

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 points obtained;
Superior goal difference;
Higher number of goals scored;
Fewest red cards received;
Fewest yellow cards received;
Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.

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Teams

Club	Home city	2013 result



	São Paulo (Tatuapé)






	São Paulo (Perdizes)



	São Paulo (Pari)



	São Paulo (Morumbi)

Source: Futebol Paulista

First stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

See main article: 2014 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage.

Bracket

Awards

Team of the year

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Fernando Prass	Palmeiras
DF	Cicinho	Santos
DF	Anderson Salles	Ituano
DF	Lúcio	Palmeiras
DF	Álvaro Pereira	São Paulo
MF	Arouca	Santos
MF	Hudson	Botafogo
MF	Cícero	Santos
FW	Geuvânio	Santos
FW	Thiago Ribeiro	Santos
FW	Alan Kardec	Palmeiras

Player of the SeasonThe Player of the Year was awarded to Cícero Santos.^[3]

Young Player of the SeasonThe Young Player of the Year was awarded to Geuvânio.

Countryside Best Player of the SeasonThe Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Léo Costa.

Top scorer of the SeasonThe top scorer of the season – TBD.

Notes and References

Web site: Paulistão Chevrolet 2012: o novo nome do Campeonato Paulista. Futebol Interior.
Web site: Regulamento do Paulistão 2014. FPF. 2013-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002351/http://www.futebolpaulista.com.br/arquivos/REGU_CAMP_PAULISTA_A1_2014.pdf. 2013-12-03. dead.
Web site: Santos domina seleção do Paulistão. Globo Esporte.