Campeonato Paulista – Série A1
Season1974
ChampionsPalmeiras
Copa BrasilPalmeiras
Corinthians
São Paulo
Portuguesa
Santos
Guarani
Matches played366
Goals scored725 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorerGeraldão (Botafogo) – 23 goals
Biggest home winPortuguesa Santista 5-0 Paulista (November 28, 1973)
Corinthians 5-0 América (August 4, 1974)
Biggest away winSão Bento 0-5 Portuguesa (September 28, 1974)
Highest scoringXV de Piracicaba 4-3 Portuguesa Santista(November 18, 1973)
Nacional 3-4 Paulista (November 21, 1973)
Botafogo 5-2 Portuguesa (November 23, 1974)
Botafogo 4-3 Saad (December 1, 1974)
← 1973
1975 →

The 1974 Campeonato Paulista da Divisão Especial de Futebol Profissional,[1] organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 73rd season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Palmeiras won the championship by the 17th time, becoming the greatest champion of São Paulo, remaining in that position until 1982, when Corinthians won their 18th title and surpassed the rival in state achievements. In this opportunity the runner-up was the Corinthians team, who had already been for twenty years without winning the Paulista title. no teams were relegated and the top scorer was Botafogo's Geraldão with 23 goals.[2]

Championship

Much like in the previous year, a preliminary phase was disputed before the championship proper, in which all teams played against each other twice and the seven best teams qualified into the main championship. That phase was to be disputed in the second semester of 1973, by all of the teams that had disputed that phase in the previous year,[3] with the exception of Juventus, and with the addition of three guests - Nacional, Rio Preto and Saad. Out of these, Saad would be the only one to be invited again in the next year.

The championship proper was divided into two rounds, in which each team played against each other once, and the winner of each round qualified to the Finals.[1][3]

Preliminary round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ponte Preta 26 14 5 7 32 25 +7 33 Qualified
2 América 26 11 10 5 25 13 +12 32
3 Botafogo 26 12 8 6 30 19 +11 32
4 Saad (G) 26 12 8 6 28 20 +8 32
5 Comercial 26 10 11 5 27 18 +9 31
6 São Bento 26 13 4 9 28 20 +8 30
7 Noroeste 26 11 8 7 32 25 +7 30
8 Ferroviária 26 11 7 8 24 22 +2 29 Eliminated
9 Marília 26 11 6 9 33 23 +10 28
10 XV de Piracicaba 26 9 5 12 26 31 −5 23
11 Rio Preto (G) 26 6 10 10 27 31 −4 22
12 Portuguesa Santista 26 5 9 12 20 25 −5 19
13 Nacional (G) 26 5 6 15 27 47 −20 16
14 Paulista 26 2 3 21 14 54 −40 7
Updated to match(es) played on February 10, 1974. Source: Brfut.blogspot.com Brfut.blogspot.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.
(G) Guests
Results
Home \ Away AME BOT COM FER MAR NAC NOR PAU PON AAP RIP SAA SBO XVP
América — 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0
Botafogo 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0
Comercial 0–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1
Ferroviária 0–0 1–0 1–1 — 0–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Marília 2–0 2–3 2–3 1–0 — 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Nacional 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 3–4 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–1
Noroeste 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 — 4–1 2–2 3–1 4–2 2–1 0–0 2–0
Paulista 0–2 1–5 0–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 0–1 — 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3
Ponte Preta 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 — 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0
Portuguesa Santista 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 0–1 — 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0
Rio Preto 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 — 2–0 3–0 2–0
Saad 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 — 2–1 3–2
São Bento 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 — 1–2
XV de Piracicaba 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–3 3–1 0–0 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 1974. Source: Brfut.blogspot.com Brfut.blogspot.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Corinthians 13 8 3 2 18 7 +11 19 Qualified to the Finals
2 Ponte Preta 13 7 4 2 11 7 +4 18
3 Portuguesa 13 6 5 2 17 6 +11 17
4 Santos 13 7 3 3 18 11 +7 17
5 Palmeiras 13 5 6 2 14 12 +2 16
6 São Paulo 13 4 6 3 9 10 −1 14
7 Noroeste 13 6 1 6 15 12 +3 13
8 Guarani 13 4 5 4 12 9 +3 13
9 Botafogo 13 4 4 5 15 16 −1 12
10 Juventus 13 2 8 3 6 6 0 12
11 América 13 3 3 7 5 18 −13 9
12 São Bento 13 3 2 8 7 17 −10 8
13 Saad 13 2 4 7 10 18 −8 8
14 Comercial 13 2 2 9 10 18 −8 6
Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 1974. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away AME BOT COM COR GUA JUV NOR PAL PON POR SAA SAN SBO SPO
América — 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Botafogo — 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–0
Comercial 2–2 1–2 — 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2
Corinthians 5–0 1–0 — 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–0
Guarani 2–0 1–1 — 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–1
Juventus 2–0 2–0 0–0 — 1–2 0–0 0–0
Noroeste 2–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–2 3–0 1–0
Palmeiras 0–2 1–0 0–0 — 1–1 2–2 1–1
Ponte Preta 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 1–0 2–1
Portuguesa 3–0 1–0 2–0 — 0–0 1–0 2–2
Saad 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–2 — 1–1 3–0
Santos 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 — 1–1
São Bento 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–5 0–1 —
São Paulo 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 1974. Source: RSSSF.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Palmeiras 13 8 5 0 24 7 +17 21 Qualified to the Finals
2 São Paulo 13 8 4 1 19 5 +14 20
3 Santos 13 5 8 0 17 11 +6 18
4 Guarani 13 7 4 2 14 9 +5 18
5 Botafogo 13 5 4 4 18 14 +4 14
6 Portuguesa 13 4 6 3 11 11 0 14
7 Juventus 13 4 5 4 13 13 0 13
8 Corinthians 13 5 3 5 9 14 −5 13
9 Comercial 13 2 7 4 10 13 −3 11
10 Noroeste 13 3 4 6 11 13 −2 10
11 América 13 2 5 6 7 16 −9 9
12 São Bento 13 2 4 7 8 21 −13 8
13 Ponte Preta 13 3 1 9 7 13 −6 7
14 Saad 13 1 4 8 14 22 −8 6
Updated to match(es) played on December 15, 1974. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away AME BOT COM COR GUA JUV NOR PAL PON POR SAA SAN SBO SPO
América — 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–3
Botafogo 0–0 — 3–1 1–2 5–2 4–3 0–2 3–0
Comercial — 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
Corinthians 0–1 — 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0
Guarani 1–1 1–0 — 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
Juventus 0–0 0–0 — 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1
Noroeste 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 — 1–1 3–0 0–2
Palmeiras 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 — 1–0 2–0 4–0
Ponte Preta 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 — 2–1 0–1 1–2
Portuguesa 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 0–0
Saad 3–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 — 1–3
Santos 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 — 1–1
São Bento 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 — 0–2
São Paulo 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 1974. Source: RSSSF.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

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

Top Scores

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Geraldão Botafogo 23
2 Levinha Palmeiras 14
3 Tatá Portuguesa 9
4 Cláudio Adão Santos 7
Zé Roberto Corinthians
Waldomiro Ponte Preta
Wilsinho Portuguesa
8 Rodrigues Noroeste 6
Arlindo Saad
Rivelino Corinthians

References

  1. ^ a b "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Sao Paulo 1974". Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "RSSSF – Championship of Sao Paulo 1974". Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "RSSSF – Championship of Sao Paulo 1973". Retrieved April 17, 2019.
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