Campeonato Paulista – Série A1
Season1978
ChampionsSantos
RelegatedPaulista
Portuguesa Santista
Copa BrasilFrancana
São Bento
Comercial
XV de Jaú
XV de Piracicaba
Matches played444
Goals scored978 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorerJuary (Santos) – 29 goals
Biggest home winSantos 5-0 Comercial (August 30, 1978)
São Bento 5-0 Comercial (February 18, 1979)
Biggest away winFrancana 0-4 Corinthians (March 25, 1979)
Portuguesa 0-4 São Paulo (May 26, 1979)
Highest scoringJuventus 6-2 Portuguesa Santista (October 10, 1978)
Palmeiras 5-3 Portuguesa (October 29, 1978)
Marília 4-4 Ponte Preta (February 24, 1979)
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The 1978 Campeonato Paulista da Divisão Especial de Futebol Profissional[1] was the 77th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Santos won the championship by the 14th time. Paulista and Portuguesa Santista were relegated.[2]

Championship

The first phase of the championship was divided into two rounds, in which the twenty teams of the championship were divided into four groups of five teams, with each team playing once against all other teams, and the two best teams of each group passing to the Quarterfinals. The finalists of each round qualified to the Third round, along with the four best teams in the aggregate table, and the two teams with the best revenue among the eliminated.[3] the team with the fewest points out of all the twenty was relegated, while the team with the second-fewest points would dispute a playoff against the runner-up of the Second level. [2][1]

In the Third round, the ten remaining teams would be divided into two groups of five, each team playing once against the teams of its own group and the other group, and the two best teams of each group qualifying to the Semifinals.

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ponte Preta 19 8 8 3 17 10 +7 24 Qualified
2 Santos 19 7 9 3 17 15 +2 23
3 Paulista 19 4 9 6 12 15 −3 17
4 Noroeste 19 6 4 9 12 22 −10 16
5 Portuguesa Santista 19 2 3 14 11 34 −23 7
Updated to match(es) played on November 8, 1978. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 São Paulo 19 12 4 3 18 12 +6 28 Qualified
2 Portuguesa 19 6 7 6 27 28 −1 19
3 Juventus 19 7 3 9 32 33 −1 17
4 Francana 19 5 7 7 19 17 +2 17
5 XV de Piracicaba 19 4 8 7 15 19 −4 16
Updated to match(es) played on November 8, 1978. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guarani 19 11 6 2 33 14 +19 28 Qualified
2 Corinthians 19 9 8 2 24 17 +7 26
3 Comercial 19 8 5 6 23 22 +1 21
4 São Bento 19 6 5 8 14 23 −9 17
5 Marília 19 5 5 9 23 27 −4 15
Updated to match(es) played on November 8, 1978. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Palmeiras 19 9 6 4 26 15 +11 24 Qualified
2 XV de Jaú 19 7 6 6 22 21 +1 20
3 Botafogo 19 5 9 5 16 13 +3 19
4 América 19 6 4 9 18 20 −2 16
5 Ferroviária 19 1 8 10 12 24 −12 10
Updated to match(es) played on November 8, 1978. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Quarterfinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
São Paulo 0–0[4] Santos
Guarani 1–1[5] XV de Jaú
Palmeiras 0–3 Corinthians
Ponte Preta 1–0 Portuguesa

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Corinthians 3–2 (a.e.t) Guarani
Santos 1–0 Ponte Preta

Finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Corinthians 1–0 Santos

Second round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guarani 19 7 8 4 24 16 +8 22 Qualified
2 Juventus 19 8 5 6 33 27 +6 21
3 Portuguesa Santista 19 8 5 6 13 14 −1 21
4 Palmeiras 19 8 4 7 23 18 +5 20
5 Paulista 19 3 8 8 10 20 −10 14
Updated to match(es) played on April 27, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Corinthians 19 7 8 4 25 20 +5 22 Qualified
2 Botafogo 19 7 8 4 23 19 +4 22
3 Comercial 19 5 7 7 10 19 −9 17
4 Noroeste 19 4 7 8 13 22 −9 15
5 América 19 3 9 7 19 29 −10 15
Updated to match(es) played on April 27, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ponte Preta 19 12 5 2 39 16 +23 29 Qualified
2 Francana 19 5 9 5 22 27 −5 19
3 São Paulo 19 6 4 9 24 27 −3 16
4 Marília 19 4 8 7 22 27 −5 16
5 São Bento 19 5 4 10 23 30 −7 14
Updated to match(es) played on April 27, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Santos 19 10 4 5 25 15 +10 24 Qualified
2 Ferroviária 19 7 8 4 18 14 +4 22
3 XV de Piracicaba 19 6 8 5 16 16 0 20
4 XV de Jaú 19 6 4 9 18 19 −1 16
5 Portuguesa 19 5 5 9 19 24 −5 15
Updated to match(es) played on April 27, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Quarterfinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ponte Preta 3–0 Ferroviária
Santos 2–1 Francana
Guarani 2–1 Botafogo
Corinthians 0–1 (a.e.t) Juventus

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Santos 0–1 (a.e.t) Ponte Preta
Juventus 0–2 Guarani

Finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ponte Preta 1–1 (a.e.t)[6] Guarani

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ponte Preta 38 20 13 5 56 26 +30 53 Qualified as stage finalists
2 Guarani 38 18 14 6 57 30 +27 50
3 Corinthians 38 16 16 6 49 37 +12 48
4 Santos 38 17 13 8 52 30 +22 47
5 São Paulo 38 18 8 12 42 39 +3 44 Qualified
6 Palmeiras 38 17 10 11 49 33 +16 44
7 Botafogo 38 12 17 9 39 32 +7 41
8 Juventus 38 15 8 15 65 60 +5 38
9 Comercial 38 13 12 13 33 41 −8 38
10 XV de Jaú 38 13 10 15 40 40 0 36
11 Francana 38 10 16 12 41 44 −3 36 Qualified due to revenue
12 XV de Piracicaba 38 10 16 12 32 48 −16 36
13 Portuguesa 38 11 12 15 46 52 −6 34 Qualified due to revenue
14 Ferroviária 38 8 16 14 30 38 −8 32
15 São Bento 38 11 10 17 39 53 −14 32
16 Noroeste 38 10 11 17 25 44 −19 31
17 Marília 38 9 13 16 45 54 −9 31
18 América 38 9 13 16 27 49 −22 31
19 Paulista 38 6 18 14 22 36 −14 30 Relegation Playoffs
20 Portuguesa Santista 38 10 8 20 24 48 −24 28 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on April 27, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Relegation Playoffs

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Velo Clube 5–1 Paulista 3–1 0–0 1–0

Third round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guarani 9 5 3 1 19 7 +12 13 Qualified as stage finalists
2 São Paulo 9 4 5 0 14 6 +8 13
3 Corinthians 9 5 2 2 16 11 +5 12
4 Francana 9 1 3 5 9 14 −5 5
5 Botafogo 9 1 0 8 7 24 −17 2
Updated to match(es) played on June 14, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Palmeiras 9 6 2 1 17 6 +11 14 Qualified as stage finalists
2 Santos 9 5 0 4 18 9 +9 10
3 Ponte Preta 9 4 2 3 11 10 +1 10
4 Juventus 9 3 3 3 11 16 −5 9
5 Portuguesa 9 0 2 7 3 22 −19 2
Updated to match(es) played on June 14, 1979. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Santos 3–1 Guarani
Palmeiras 0–1 (a.e.t) São Paulo

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
São Paulo 3–3[7] Santos 1–2 1–1 2-0

Top Scores

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Juary Santos 29
2 Ataliba Juventus 25
3 Jorge Mendonça Palmeiras 24
4 Sócrates Corinthians 20
5 João Paulo Santos 16

References

  1. ^ a b "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Sao Paulo 1978". Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "RSSSF – Championship of Sao Paulo 1978". Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Tabelão". Placar (in Portuguese). No. 470. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Abril. April 27, 1979. p. 62. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  4. ^ Santos qualified due to having scored more goals in the group stage
  5. ^ Guarani qualified due to having scored more goals in the group stage
  6. ^ Ponte Preta won due to having a better season record
  7. ^ Santos won due to having a better season record
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