2010 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season	2010
Champions	Santos (18th title)
Relegated	Rio Claro; Monte Azul; Sertãozinho; Rio Branco–SP
Matches	202
Goals	634 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Bueno (16)
Biggest home win	Santos 9–1 Ituano
Biggest away win	Rio Branco–SP 0–4 Santos; Grêmio Prudente 0–4 Botafogo–SP; Ituano 0–4 Grêmio Prudente; Monte Azul 0–4 Portuguesa
Highest scoring	Santos 9–1 Ituano (10 goals)
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The 2010 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 109th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.

Santos were crowned champions after a 5–5 tie on aggregate score against Santo André in the finals, which were held at Pacaembu. As they had ended with best campaign in the first stage, they took the trophy.^[1]

Format

The top four teams in the first stage qualify for the semi-finals. The bottom four teams are relegated to the Série A2. Semi-finals and finals are played in two-legged matches. The four top ranked teams that did not qualify to the semi-finals and from outside the city of São Paulo or Santos FC, would contest each other in the Campeonato do Interior (Interior Championship).^[2]

Teams

Club	Home city	2009 result
Botafogo–SP	Ribeirão Preto	15th
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	10th
Corinthians	São Paulo (Tatuapé)	1st
Grêmio Prudente	Presidente Prudente	8th
Ituano	Itu	13th
Mirassol	Mirassol	7th
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	16th
Monte Azul	Monte Azul Paulista	1st (Série A2)
Oeste	Itápolis	14th
Palmeiras	São Paulo (Perdizes)	3rd
Paulista	Jundiaí	12th
Ponte Preta	Campinas	9th
Portuguesa	São Paulo (Pari)	5th
Rio Branco–SP	Americana	2nd (Série A2)
Rio Claro	Rio Claro	3rd (Série A2)
Santo André	Santo André	6th
Santos	Santos	2nd
Sertãozinho	Sertãozinho	4th (Série A2)
São Caetano	São Caetano do Sul	11th
São Paulo	São Paulo (Morumbi)	4th

First stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos	19	15	2	2	61	24	+37	47	Advanced to the Knockout stage
2	Santo André	19	11	4	4	45	27	+18	37
3	Grêmio Prudente	19	11	4	4	34	28	+6	37
4	São Paulo	19	11	3	5	41	19	+22	36
5	Corinthians	19	10	5	4	32	18	+14	35
6	Portuguesa	19	9	4	6	29	20	+9	31
7	Botafogo–SP	19	9	4	6	27	25	+2	31	Advanced to the Campeonato do Interior
8	São Caetano	19	8	3	8	30	25	+5	27
9	Oeste	19	6	8	5	27	26	+1	26
10	Ponte Preta	19	7	4	8	25	30	−5	25
11	Palmeiras	19	6	7	6	31	32	−1	25
12	Mogi Mirim	19	7	3	9	22	35	−13	24
13	Ituano	19	6	4	9	23	37	−14	22
14	Mirassol	19	5	7	7	24	27	−3	22
15	Paulista	19	6	2	11	23	32	−9	20
16	Bragantino	19	5	5	9	37	42	−5	20
17	Rio Claro	19	5	4	10	24	34	−10	19	Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2
18	Monte Azul	19	3	6	10	23	41	−18	15
19	Sertãozinho	19	3	5	11	24	41	−17	14
20	Rio Branco-SP	19	2	6	11	17	36	−19	12

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2010. Source: UOL Esporte
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw

Results

Home \ Away	BOT	BRA	COR	ITU	MIR	MMI	MAZ	OES	PAL	PAU	PPR	POR	PRU	RBR	RCL	SAD	SAN	SER	SCT	SPA
Botafogo–SP				0–0		3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1		1–0						2–4	3–1	1–0
Bragantino	2–0			3–4			1–1	4–0	2–3			1–1	2–3	4–3					2–3	1–0
Corinthians	1–1	2–1			1–1				1–0	0–1				0–0	5–1	2–1		4–0		4–3
Ituano			0–2		4–0					1–0	1–1		0–4			1–2		1–0	0–1	0–1
Mirassol	1–1	3–0				1–0		1–1				0–1	2–2		1–2		1–2		0–3	1–1
Mogi Mirim		1–1	0–3	3–0				1–3		1–0	1–0			2–2		3–2	2–1
Monte Azul			1–1	2–2	1–2	5–3			0–1	2–3		0–4			3–2			1–0
Oeste			1–2	2–0			2–2			2–2		1–2	1–1	3–1				2–1		0–0
Palmeiras				3–3	1–1	5–1		0–0			0–2	1–1				1–3		3–2	1–4	2–0
Paulista	1–0	2–2			0–2				3–1		0–1		1–2	1–0	2–1		2–3
Ponte Preta		4–3	2–1		1–3		2–1	1–3				2–1			2–2	1–1		2–3		0–2
Portuguesa	1–2		1–1	2–3		0–1				2–1			1–2		3–1		1–1	2–0	1–0
Prudente	0–4		2–0			3–0	1–0		2–2		3–1			2–0	3–2	1–3			1–0
Rio Branco–SP	1–0			1–2	2–2		0–0		2–2		1–2	0–2				1–4	0–4
Rio Claro	1–3	1–3		1–0		0–0		0–1	1–0					3–0		1–1			3–1
Santo André	4–1	4–1			2–1		3–0	2–2		4–2		2–0					1–2		2–2	1–3
Santos		6–3	2–1	9–1			5–0	2–0	3–4		1–1		5–0		2–1			4–2
Sertãozinho		1–1			2–1	2–3				3–2			1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3				2–2
São Caetano			0–1			1–0	2–2	2–2		2–0	2–0			1–2			1–3	5–1
São Paulo	5–0					3–0	5–1			3–0		1–3	3–1	2–1	3–0		1–2		3–0

Source: Futpédia
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals				Finals

Santos	3	3	6

São Paulo	2	0	2
				Santos	3	2	5

				Santo André	2	3	5
Santo André	2	1	3

Grêmio Prudente	1	2	3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	6–2	São Paulo	3–2	3–0
Santo André	3–3	Grêmio Prudente	2–1	1–2

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	5–5	Santo André	3–2	2–3

Santos were crowned champions due to the best campaign in the first stage.

Campeonato do Interior

Bracket

Semifinals				Finals

Botafogo–SP	0	2	2

Ponte Preta	0	2	2
				Botafogo–SP	0	1	1

				São Caetano	1	0	1
São Caetano	0	3	3

Oeste	1	1	2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo–SP	2–2	Ponte Preta	0–0	2–2
São Caetano	3–2	Oeste	0–1	3–1

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo–SP	1–1	São Caetano	0–1	1–0

Botafogo–SP were crowned champions due to the best campaign in the first stage.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Ricardo Bueno	Oeste	16
2	Rodriguinho	Santo André	15
3	Neymar	Santos	14
4	André	Santos	13
5	Héverton	Portuguesa	11
5	Ganso	Santos	11
6	Robert	Palmeiras	10
6	Eduardo	São Caetano	10

Source: UOL Esporte

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rodriguinho	Santo André	Paulista	4–2^{[citation needed]}	24 January 2010
Ricardo Bueno	Oeste	Mogi Mirim	3–1^{[citation needed]}	13 February 2010
Fernandinho¹	São Paulo	Monte Azul	5–1^{[citation needed]}	28 February 2010
Geovane	Mogi Mirim	Ituano	3–0^{[citation needed]}	13 March 2010
Robert	Palmeiras	Santos	4–3^{[citation needed]}	14 March 2010
André	Santos	Ituano	9–1^{[citation needed]}	21 March 2010
Araújo	Grêmio Prudente	Mogi Mirm	3–0^{[citation needed]}	25 March 2010
Borebi	Monte Azul	Mogi Mirim	5–3^{[citation needed]}	4 April 2010

¹ Fernandinho scored 4 goals.

Awards

Team of the year

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Júlio César	Santo André
DF	Wesley	Santos
DF	Edu Dracena	Santos
DF	Miranda	São Paulo
DF	Roberto Carlos	Corinthians
MF	Marcos Assunção	Grêmio Prudente
MF	Arouca	Santos
MF	Ganso	Santos
FW	Neymar	Santos
FW	Rodriguinho	Santo André
FW	Robinho	Santos