2026 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season	2026
Dates	10 January – 8 March 2026
Champions	Palmeiras
Relegated	Velo Clube; Ponte Preta
Matches	72
Goals	168 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robson (7 goals)
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The 2026 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Casas Bahia 2026 due to sponsorship reasons)^[2] was the 125th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition was played from 10 January to 8 March 2026.^[1]

Corinthians are the defending champions.

Teams

2026 Campeonato Paulista is located in São Paulo state

Botafogo

Capivariano

Corinthians

Guarani

Mirassol

Noroeste

Novorizontino

Palmeiras

Ponte Preta

Primavera

Portuguesa

Bragantino

Santos

São Bernardo

São Paulo

Velo Clube

Location of teams in 2026 Campeonato Paulista

Pos.	Relegated to 2026 Série A2
15th	Água Santa
16th	Inter de Limeira

Pos.	Promoted from 2025 Série A2
1st	Capivariano
2nd	Primavera

Stadium and locations

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Botafogo	Ribeirão Preto	Santa Cruz	29,292
Capivariano	Capivari	Arena Capivari	7,314
Corinthians	São Paulo	Neo Química Arena	48,905
Guarani	Campinas	Brinco de Ouro	29,130
Mirassol	Mirassol	Campos Maia	14,534
Noroeste	Bauru	Alfredo de Castilho	18,866
Novorizontino	Novo Horizonte	Doutor Jorge Ismael de Biasi	16,000
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Allianz Parque	43,713
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728
Portuguesa	São Paulo	Canindé	21,004
Primavera	Indaiatuba	Ítalo Mário Limongi	7,820
Red Bull Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Cícero de Souza Marques	12,000
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro	16,068
São Bernardo	São Bernardo do Campo	1º de Maio	15,159
São Paulo	São Paulo	MorumBIS	66,795
Velo Clube	Rio Claro	Benito Agnelo Castellano	8,136

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor	Other sponsors
Botafogo	Cláudio Tencati	Leandro Maciel	Volt Sport	Nicnet	List Front: Falaguasta Pizza Back: None Sleeves: Sermed Saúde Shorts: None Socks: None Number: None
Capivariano	Elio Sizenando	Bruno Silva	Junpe Uniformes	Microsal	List Front: SharkPro, Rivalo.bet.br, Brasilit Back: Grupo Stefanini, Rosaves, Sicoob Sleeves: Microsal Shorts: Tek Bond, Klarina Socks: None Number: None
Corinthians	Dorival Júnior	Rodrigo Garro	Nike	Esportes da Sorte	List Front: Appgas Back: EZZE Seguros, AREA Material Elétrico Sleeves: Banco BMG Shorts: UniCesumar Socks: KSK Consórcio Number: None
Guarani	Matheus Costa	Rafael Donato	Kappa	ASA Alumínio	List Front: Única Saúde Back: None Sleeves: Shark Pro Shorts: Única Saúde Socks: None Number: None
Mirassol	Rafael Guanaes	Reinaldo	Athleta	Guaraná Poty	List Front: Ruiz Coffees, Ecori, Cozimax Back: Rede Sol Supermercados, Pacaembu Construtora, Industrias Santa Maria, DS Tecnologia Automotiva, Ecori Sleeves: Kodilar Alimentos Shorts: Rede Sol Supermercados, Lumavi Socks: Lumavi Number: Mtech
Noroeste	Guilherme Alves	Carlinhos	Physicus	Unimed	List Front: Vero, tributt'ox, Rede LK, Mandaliti, Ecovita Back: Tudor Baterias, Pegoraro Engenharia, Maestria – Tintas e Sistemas Sleeves: Nutrisaude Shorts: Mobifácil Socks: None Number: None
Novorizontino	Enderson Moreira	Robson	Physicus	PAGOL.Bet	List Front: Açúcar Santa Isabel Back: Cresol, Physicus, DS Tecnologia Automotiva Sleeves: Kodillar Alimentos Shorts: Guaraná Poty Socks: None Number: Oquei Telecom
Palmeiras	Abel Ferreira	Gustavo Gómez	Puma	Sportingbet	List Front: Avanti Back: Grupo Fictor Sleeves: Sil Shorts: UNIASSELVI Socks: None Number: Sportingbet
Ponte Preta	Marcelo Fernandes	Élvis	Diadora	Ginga.bet	List Front: Única Saúde, DESKTOP Back: Cortag Sleeves: None Shorts: Única Saúde, Zé Delivery Socks: None Number: None
Portuguesa	Fábio Matias	Gabriel Pires	Joma	ZeroUm	List Front: Wega Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: Mobifácil Socks: None Number: None
Primavera	Rafael Marques	Júnior Caiçara	Junpe Uniformes	Brasa	List Front: Lenovo, Metal Coat, Yanmar Back: Vera Cruz, Cellera Farma Sleeves: Sew Eurodrive Brasil Shorts: Metal Coat Socks: None Number: None
Red Bull Bragantino	Vagner Mancini	Cleiton	Puma	Red Bull	List Front: None Back: Red Bull, Asaas, Betfast Sleeves: Betfast Shorts: None Socks: None Number: None
Santos	Juan Pablo Vojvoda	Neymar	Umbro	Bet7K	List Front: Canção Alimentos, Farmácias Nissei, Havan Back: Viva Sorte, Placo Sleeves: Kicaldo Shorts: Next10 Nutrition, UNIASSELVI Socks: Pague Safe Number: Loovi Seguros
São Bernardo	Ricardo Catalá	Foguinho	Magnum	Magnum Bank	List Front: Amao Nutrition, Zona de Jogo Back: Champion Relógios Sleeves: None Shorts: None Socks: None Number: None
São Paulo	Hernán Crespo	Jonathan Calleri	New Balance	Superbet	List Front: Ademicon, Elgin Back: Superbet, Blue Plano de Saúde Sleeves: None Shorts: ABC da Construção Socks: None Number: eFootball
Velo Clube	Pintado	Marcelo Augusto	Junpe Uniformes	Embramaco	List Front: Fuzza, Talklink, Bocão Shopping dos Pisos, Physicus, Lightwall Back: Bocão Shopping dos Pisos, Embramaco Sleeves: Esmaltec Shorts: Infrasa, Guaraná Poty Socks: None Number: None

Format

Inspired by the new UEFA Champions League format, teams were divided into four pots, with four teams in each pot. Teams will face all three teams of their own pot, two of another two pots, and one of another one pot, meaning:

Teams from pot A (teams with the most number of Campeonato Paulista titles) will face two teams from pot B and C, and one from pot D;
Teams from pot B (teams placed between 5th and 8th place in the previous Paulista) will face two teams from pot A and D, and one from pot C;
Teams from pot C (teams placed between 9th and 12th place in the previous Paulista) will face two teams from pot A and D, and one from pot B;
Teams from pot D (teams placed between in 13th and 14th place in the previous Paulista, and the two promoted teams) will face two teams from pot B and C, and one from pot A.^[3]

In the first stage, all teams will play eight matches, with the matches of teams between pots being defined by a draw. The top eight teams qualify to the quarterfinals, played in a single match, with the winners qualifying to the semifinals, also played in one match.^[1] Teams with the best campaign hold de advantage of playing at home.

The two last-placed teams of the first stage are relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.^[4]

The finals will be played in two legs, with the best placed team playing the second leg at home.

Draw

Teams were divided into four pots, and the draw for the matches took place on 11 November 2025.^[5]

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Corinthians (A4) Palmeiras (A2) Santos (A1) São Paulo (A3)	Mirassol (B3) Novorizontino (B2) Red Bull Bragantino (B1) São Bernardo (B4)	Guarani (C2) Ponte Preta (C4) Portuguesa (C3) Velo Clube (C1)	Botafogo (D2) Capivariano (D4) Noroeste (D1) Primavera (D3)

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Novorizontino	8	5	1	2	16	10	+6	16	Qualification for the Quarter-finals
2	Palmeiras	8	5	1	2	8	7	+1	16
3	Red Bull Bragantino	8	4	4	0	14	2	+12	16
4	Portuguesa	8	5	0	3	11	7	+4	15
5	Corinthians	8	4	2	2	10	6	+4	14
6	São Paulo	8	4	1	3	11	12	−1	13
7	Capivariano	8	4	1	3	7	10	−3	13
8	Santos	8	3	3	2	12	7	+5	12
9	Guarani	8	3	3	2	6	7	−1	12
10	Botafogo	8	3	2	3	5	9	−4	11
11	Mirassol	8	2	2	4	10	8	+2	8
12	Primavera	8	2	2	4	14	15	−1	8
13	São Bernardo	8	2	2	4	8	10	−2	8
14	Noroeste	8	1	5	2	11	11	0	8
15	Velo Clube (R)	8	1	2	5	2	13	−11	5	Relegation to Série A2
16	Ponte Preta (R)	8	0	1	7	3	14	−11	1	Relegation to Série A2

Source: FPF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BOT	CAP	COR	GUA	MIR	NOR	NOV	PAL	PON	POR	PRI	RBB	SAN	SBE	SPA	VEL
Botafogo		0–1				1–1		1–0			1–0
Capivariano					1–0				2–0	1–0	1–2
Corinthians		3–0						0–1	3–0						1–1
Guarani	0–2								1–0		1–1		1–1
Mirassol							1–1			1–2		0–0			3–0
Noroeste		1–1										0–1	1–2			2–0
Novorizontino	2–0			2–0				4–0						2–1
Palmeiras				1–1	1–0								1–0		3–1
Ponte Preta						2–2								0–1	1–2	0–1
Portuguesa				0–1				0–1	2–0							2–0
Primavera					3–1	3–3	3–4			1–2
Red Bull Bragantino	5–0		3–0				3–0							1–1
Santos			1–1				2–1					0–0				6–0
São Bernardo		4–0	0–1		0–4	1–1
São Paulo										2–3	2–1		2–0	1–0
Velo Clube	0–0		0–1	0–1								1–1

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

Knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2026 Campeonato Paulista began on 21 February 2026 with the quarter-finals and end on 8 March 2026 with the final. A total of eight teams will compete in the knockout stage.^[6]

Round dates

Round	First leg	Second leg
Quarter-finals	21–22 February 2026	–
Semi-finals	28 February – 1 March 2026	–
Finals	4 March 2026	8 March 2026

Format

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

Pos	Team
1	Novorizontino
2	Palmeiras
3	Red Bull Bragantino
4	Portuguesa
5	Corinthians
6	São Paulo
7	Capivariano
8	Santos

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Novorizontino	2

8	Santos	1
			1	Novorizontino	1

			5	Corinthians	0
4	Portuguesa	1 (7)

5	Corinthians	1 (8)
						1	Novorizontino	0	1	1

						2	Palmeiras	1	2	3
2	Palmeiras	4

7	Capivariano	0
			2	Palmeiras	2

			6	São Paulo	1
3	Red Bull Bragantino	1

6	São Paulo	2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Red Bull Bragantino	1−2	São Paulo
Palmeiras	4−0	Capivariano
Novorizontino	2−1	Santos
Portuguesa	1−1 (7–8 p)	Corinthians

21 February 2026

18:00 UTC-03:00

Red Bull Bragantino	1–2	São Paulo
Gustavo Marques 72'	Report	Bobadilla 40' Lucas Moura 52'

Estádio Cícero de Souza Marques, Bragança Paulista

Attendance: 7,019

Referee: Daiane Muniz

21 February 2026

20:30 UTC-03:00

Palmeiras	4–0	Capivariano
Vitor Roque 6', 36' Andreas Pereira 90+2' (pen.) Sosa 90+4'	Report

Arena Barueri, Barueri

Attendance: 21,531

Referee: Edina Alves Batista

22 February 2026

16:00 UTC-03:00

Novorizontino	2–1	Santos
Rômulo 45+1' Léo Naldi 90+6'	Report	Bontempo 65'

Estádio Doutor Jorge Ismael de Biasi, Novo Horizonte

Attendance: 10,417

Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

22 February 2026

20:30 UTC-03:00

Portuguesa	1–1	Corinthians
Zé Vitor 37'	Report	Vitinho 90+4'
Penalties
Zé Vitor Renê Eric Botteghin Gustavo Henrique Everton Maceió Hudson Gustavo Salomão Carlos Eduardo Cauari	7–8	Garro Vitinho Matheuzinho Gustavo Henrique Pedro Raul André Ramalho Kayke Ferrari André Allan

Canindé, São Paulo

Attendance: 12,784

Referee: Raphael Claus

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Novorizontino	1–0	Corinthians
Palmeiras	2–1	São Paulo

28 February 2026

20:30 UTC-03:00

Novorizontino	1–0	Corinthians
Mayk 74'	Report

Estádio Doutor Jorge Ismael de Biasi, Novo Horizonte

Attendance: 10,899

Referee: João Vitor Gobi

1 March 2026

20:30 UTC-03:00

Palmeiras	2–1	São Paulo
Maurício 8' López 58'	Report	Calleri 69' (pen.)

Arena Barueri, Barueri

Attendance: 29,717

Referee: Daiane Muniz

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Novorizontino	1–3	Palmeiras	0–1	1–2

First leg

4 March 2026

20:00 UTC−3

Palmeiras	1–0	Novorizontino
López 35'	Report

Arena Barueri, Barueri

Attendance: 26,802

Referee: Matheus Delgado Candançan

Second leg

8 March 2026

20:30 UTC−3

Novorizontino	1–2	Palmeiras
Matheus Bianqui 26'	Report	Murilo 6' Vitor Roque 62'

Estádio Doutor Jorge Ismael de Biasi, Novo Horizonte

Attendance: 9,902

Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (C)	12	9	1	2	17	9	+8	28	Finalists
2	Novorizontino	12	7	1	4	20	14	+6	22	Finalists
3	São Paulo	10	5	1	4	14	15	−1	16	Eliminated in the Semi-finals
4	Corinthians	10	4	3	3	11	8	+3	15	Eliminated in the Semi-finals
5	Portuguesa	9	5	1	3	12	8	+4	16	Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
6	Red Bull Bragantino	9	4	4	1	15	4	+11	16
7	Capivariano	9	4	1	4	7	14	−7	13
8	Santos	9	3	3	3	13	9	+4	12
9	Guarani	8	3	3	2	6	7	−1	12
10	Botafogo	8	3	2	3	5	9	−4	11
11	Mirassol	8	2	2	4	10	8	+2	8
12	Primavera	8	2	2	4	14	15	−1	8
13	São Bernardo	8	2	2	4	8	10	−2	8
14	Noroeste	8	1	5	2	11	11	0	8
15	Velo Clube (R)	8	1	2	5	2	13	−11	5	Relegation to Série A2
16	Ponte Preta (R)	8	0	1	7	3	14	−11	1	Relegation to Série A2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head results; 6th least red cards received; 7th least yellow cards received; 8th draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Robson	Novorizontino	7
2	José Manuel López	Palmeiras	6
3	Rômulo	Novorizontino	5
3	Jonathan Calleri	São Paulo	5
4	Carlão	Noroeste	4
	Gabriel Barbosa	Santos
	Gabriel Poveda	Primavera

References

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