2025 Campeonato Paulista
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 January – 27 March 2025[1] |
| Matches played | 96 |
| Goals scored | 239 (2.49 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Guilherme (10 goals) |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 is the 124th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition will be played from 15 January to 27 March 2025.[2]
Format
[edit]- In the first stage the sixteen seeded teams were drawn 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 qualified for the quarter-final stage.[3]
- 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 and semi-finals were played in a single match, with the best placed team playing at home.[2]
- The finals were played in a two-legged home and away fixture, with the best placed team playing the second leg at home.[2]
- In case of a draw in any knockout stage, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[2]
- The two highest-placed teams not otherwise qualified for the 2026 Copa do Brasil.[2]
- The top three highest-placed teams in the general table at the end of the competition who are not playing in any level of the national Brazilian football league system qualified for the 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.[2]
TV partners
[edit]The broadcasting rights of the 2025 Campeonato Paulista were acquired by Record TV for the fourth consecutive year, with their streaming app Play Plus also transmitting the matches live. Aside of that, the streaming platforms HBO Max (owned by TNT) and CazéTV (in YouTube) also broadcast the matches live.[4][1]
Teams
[edit]
Location of teams in 2025 Campeonato Paulista
| Club | Home city | Head coach | 2024 result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Água Santa | Diadema |  Pintado |
10th |
| Botafogo | Ribeirão Preto | Márcio Zanardi |
13th |
| Corinthians | São Paulo (Itaquera) |  Ramón Díaz |
11th |
| Guarani | Campinas | Maurício Souza |
14th |
| Internacional de Limeira | Limeira | Márcio Fernandes |
6th |
| Mirassol | Mirassol | Ivan Baitello (caretaker) |
12th |
| Noroeste | Bauru | Allan Aal |
2nd (Série A2) |
| Novorizontino | Novo Horizonte | Eduardo Baptista |
4th |
| Palmeiras | São Paulo (Barra Funda) |  Abel Ferreira |
1st |
| Ponte Preta | Campinas | Alberto Valentim |
7th |
| Portuguesa | São Paulo (Pari) | Cauan de Almeida |
8th |
| Red Bull Bragantino | Bragança Paulista | Fernando Seabra |
3rd |
| Santos | Santos | Pedro Caixinha |
2nd |
| São Bernardo | São Bernardo do Campo | Ricardo Catalá |
9th |
| São Paulo | São Paulo (Morumbi) | Luis Zubeldía |
5th |
| Velo Clube | Rio Claro | Guilherme Alves |
1st (Série A2) |
First stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corinthians | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 27 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mirassol | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 16 | |
| 3 | Botafogo-SP | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 11 | |
| 4 | Inter de Limeira (R) | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 7 | Relegation to Série A2 |
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santos | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 18 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Red Bull Bragantino | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 17 | |
| 3 | Guarani | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | |
| 4 | Portuguesa | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 13 |
Source: Soccerway
Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 19 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 18 | |
| 3 | Noroeste | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 8 | |
| 4 | Água Santa (R) | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 7 | Relegation to Série A2 |
Group D
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Bernardo | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 23 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 23 | |
| 3 | Ponte Preta | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 22 | |
| 4 | Velo Clube | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 13 |
Source: Soccerway
Knockout stage
[edit]The knockout stage of the 2025 Campeonato Paulista will begin on 1 March 2025 with the quarter-finals and end on 27 March 2025 with the final. A total of eight teams will compete in the knockout stage.[2]
Round dates
[edit]| Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter-finals | 1–3 March 2025 | – |
| Semi-finals | 8–9 March 2025 | – |
| Finals | 16 March 2025 | 27 March 2025 |
Format
[edit]The quarter-finals will be played in a single match at the stadium of the better-ranked team in the first phase. If the match ends in a draw, the tie will be decided via a penalty shoot-out. The semi-finals will be played with the same format as the quarter-finals. The finals will be played over two legs, with the team having the better record in matches from the previous stages hosting the second leg.
Qualified teams
[edit]| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| A | Corinthians | Mirassol |
| B | Santos | Red Bull Bragantino |
| C | São Paulo | Novorizontino |
| D | São Bernardo | Palmeiras |
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||
| A1 | Corinthians | |||||||||||||||
| A2 | Mirassol | |||||||||||||||
| 1st best overall campaign | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th best overall campaign | ||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Santos | |||||||||||||||
| B2 | Red Bull Bragantino | |||||||||||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| C1 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||||
| C2 | Novorizontino | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd best overall campaign | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd best overall campaign | ||||||||||||||||
| D1 | São Bernardo | |||||||||||||||
| D2 | Palmeiras | |||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| São Bernardo | − | Palmeiras |
| Corinthians | − | Mirassol |
| Santos | − | Red Bull Bragantino |
| São Paulo | − | Novorizontino |
Semi-finals
[edit]| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1st best overall campaign | – | 4th best overall campaign |
| 2nd best overall campaign | – | 3rd best overall campaign |
| 1st best overall campaign | v | 4th best overall campaign |
|---|---|---|
TBD, TBD
| 2nd best overall campaign | v | 3rd best overall campaign |
|---|---|---|
TBD, TBD
Finals
[edit]| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner of Semi-final 1 | – | Winner of Semi-final 2 | – | – |
First leg
[edit]| Winner of Semi-final 2 | v | Winner of Semi-final 1 |
|---|---|---|
TBD, TBD
Second leg
[edit]| Winner of Semi-final 1 | v | Winner of Semi-final 2 |
|---|---|---|
TBD, TBD
References
[edit]- ^ a b "De 15 de janeiro a 26 de março: os detalhes do Paulistão Sicredi 2025" [From 15 January to 26 March: the details of the 2025 Paulistão Sicredi] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Paulistão 2025: veja como ficaram os grupos, datas e formato de disputa" [2025 Paulistão: see groups, dates and format of the tournament] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Paulistão adota sistema da Premier League para tentar aumentar tempo de bola rolando; entenda" [Paulistão adopt Premier League system to try to increase effective playing time] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Confira como ficaram os grupos do Paulistão 2025" [Check out how the groups of the 2025 Paulistão end up] (in Brazilian Portuguese). R7.com. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.