The 2019
Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 118th season of
São Paulo's top professional football league.
Format
*In the first stage the sixteen teams were 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 had played twelve matches, the top two teams of each group qualified 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, were relegated to the
Campeonato Paulista Série A2.
*Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were 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 match, the winner was decided via a
penalty shoot-out.
*The two highest-placed teams not otherwise qualified qualified for the
2020 Copa do Brasil
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.
*The top three highest-placed teams in the general table at the end of the competition who were not playing in any level of the national
Brazilian football league system qualified for the
2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition was originally scheduled to begin on 3 May and end on 22 November, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tou ...
. The clubs eligible for promotion were
Red Bull Brasil,
São Caetano,
Novorizontino,
Ferroviária,
Mirassol, and
Ituano.
Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to
points
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Places
* Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
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* Point ...
(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were 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
Regulamento do Paulistão 2019
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First stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Campeonato do Interior
Overall table
Awards
Team of the Year
;Player of the Year
The Player of the Year was awarded to
Jean Mota
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of
Santos.
;Young Player of the Year
The Young Player of the Year was awarded to
Gabriel Martinelli of
Ituano.
;Countryside Best Player of the Year
The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to
Gabriel Martinelli of
Ituano.
;Top Scorer of the Season
The top scorer of the season was
Jean Mota
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, who scored seven goals for
Santos.
Top scorers
References
{{2019 in Brazilian football
Campeonato Paulista seasons
Sao Paulo