2008 Campeonato Paulista

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Football league season

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	2008
Champions	Palmeiras (22nd title)
Relegated	Juventus Rio Preto Sertãozinho Rio Claro
Matches played	202
Goals scored	530 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex Mineiro (15)
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 107th season of São Paulo's top-flight professional association football league. The competition began on January 16 and ended on May 4. Palmeiras won their 22nd title with a 6–0 victory on aggregate in the finals over Ponte Preta.

First phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guaratinguetá	19	13	1	5	27	14	+13	40	Advances to Semifinals
2	Palmeiras	19	12	4	3	36	16	+20	40
3	São Paulo	19	11	5	3	31	22	+9	38
4	Ponte Preta	19	10	5	4	36	23	+13	35
5	Corinthians	19	9	6	4	24	15	+9	33
6	Barueri	19	10	2	7	34	24	+10	32	Qualification for Campeonato do Interior
7	Santos	19	9	4	6	28	23	+5	31
8	Mirassol	19	9	2	8	29	28	+1	29	Qualification for Campeonato do Interior
9	Noroeste	19	8	5	6	29	23	+6	29
10	Portuguesa	19	7	7	5	21	17	+4	28
11	Ituano	19	8	2	9	24	32	−8	26	Qualification for Campeonato do Interior
12	Paulista	19	7	4	8	24	24	0	25
13	Bragantino	19	7	4	8	26	27	−1	25
14	Marília	19	7	1	11	21	20	+1	22
15	São Caetano	19	5	5	9	16	30	−14	20
16	Guarani	19	5	4	10	20	31	−11	19
17	Juventus	19	4	5	10	21	36	−15	17	Relegation to Campeonato Paulista Série A2
18	Rio Preto	19	4	3	12	16	28	−12	15
19	Sertãozinho	19	4	3	12	16	30	−14	15
20	Rio Claro	19	3	4	12	16	32	−16	13

Updated to match(es) played on April 6, 2008. Source: RSSSF Brazil
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BRG	COR	GUA	GRA	ITU	JUV	MAC	MIR	NOR	PAL	PTA	PON	POR	RCL	RPR	SAN	SCA	SPA	SER
Barueri		3–1	1–1			3–2				3–0	0–3		2–0		2–0	2–0				3–0
Bragantino						3–0	3–2	0–2	1–2		2–5		3–1		2–1	3–1			0–2	3–1
Corinthians		1–1		3–0	2–0		2–2	3–1	0–0		0–1	2–0		1–0	1–0
Guarani	3–2	0–2				2–0		1–0							1–0	2–0		0–0	0–1	1–1
Guaratinguetá	2–0	1–0		3–1				1–0				2–1	0–2				0–1	0–1	1–2	2–0
Ituano			1–2		1–2		0–0					3–1		1–0	3–1	2–1		2–1	1–1
Juventus	0–0			2–2	0–1					1–1	0–4	2–1		3–2		0–1	3–1
Marília	1–0					2–0	4–0		0–1		0–1		0–0		3–1	3–1			3–2
Mirassol	2–1			3–1	1–3	2–3	2–0							1–2	3–1	2–1			1–2
Noroeste		1–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	3–0		3–2	0–1		1–0	0–0								4–0
Palmeiras				3–1	0–3	0–1			2–2				2–1	1–0		1–1		3–1	4–1	3–1
Paulista	3–0	2–1		1–1				1–0	4–1		0–2		1–2	1–1			1–1			3–2
Ponte Preta			0–1	4–2		4–2	5–2		3–2	3–2				1–1		1–0		3–0	0–0
Portuguesa	2–3	0–0		1–0	1–1			1–0		0–0							2–0	1–0	2–0
Rio Claro					0–3		1–0			1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1			1–1			2–1
Rio Preto			0–1		0–1					0–2		0–1		3–3	2–0		2–1	2–2		1–0
Santos	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1		4–1		1–0	2–1	3–2	0–0		2–2
São Caetano	1–6	0–0	3–1				0–3	1–0	0–2	2–1		0–2			2–1		0–1
São Paulo	2–1		0–0				3–1			2–2		2–1			3–1	1–0	3–2	1–1		3–1
Sertãozinho			0–0			0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0				0–1	0–1			1–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2008. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout phase

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Finals
	1	Guaratinguetá	0	1	1
	4	Ponte Preta	1	2	3
								2	Ponte Preta	0	0	0
								3	Palmeiras	1	5	6
	2	São Paulo	2	0	2
	3	Palmeiras	1	2	3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ponte Preta	3–1	Guaratinguetá	1–0	2–1
São Paulo	2–3	Palmeiras	2–1	0–2

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ponte Preta	0–6	Palmeiras	0–1	0–5

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Alex Mineiro	Palmeiras	15
2	Kléber Pereira	Santos	13
3	Adriano	São Paulo	11
	Pedrão	Barueri	11
5	Otacílio Neto	Noroeste	10
	Borges	São Paulo	10

External links

• Official webpage (in Portuguese)
• Championship on RSSSF Brazil^{[permanent dead link]}