1980 Campeonato Paulista

The 1980 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional^[1] was the 79th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship for the 12th time. (Taubaté's Edmar was the top scorer, with 17 goals. XV de Piracicaba was relegated.^[2]

Campeonato Paulista – Série A1

Season	1980
Champions	São Paulo
Relegated	XV de Piracicaba
Taça de Ouro	São Paulo Santos Ponte Preta Corinthians Portuguesa Inter de Limeira
Taça de Prata	Guarani Botafogo Juventus São Bento Comercial Ferroviária América Palmeiras
Matches played	394
Goals scored	876 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Edmar (Taubaté) – 17 goals
Biggest home win	Ferroviária 6-0 Noroeste (June 8, 1980) Botafogo 6-0 América (October 26, 1980)
Biggest away win	Inter de Limeira 1-5 Ponte Preta (June 8, 1980)
Highest scoring	Guarani 6-3 XV de Jaú (July 13, 1980)
← 1979 1981 →

Championship

The championship would be divided into two rounds - in each round, the teams played against each other once, and the four best teams qualified to the Semifinals, with their winners qualifying to the Finals. The winners of each round qualified to the Championship Finals.^[1][2]

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portuguesa	19	12	5	2	31	17	+14	29	Qualified
2	Santos	19	10	7	2	29	13	+16	27
3	Botafogo	19	9	5	5	27	16	+11	23
4	Ponte Preta	19	8	7	4	30	20	+10	23
5	Corinthians	19	7	8	4	18	12	+6	22
6	Taubaté	19	7	7	5	20	23	−3	21
7	Palmeiras	19	7	6	6	22	19	+3	20
8	São Paulo	19	7	6	6	21	18	+3	20
9	São Bento	19	7	6	6	19	19	0	20
10	Comercial	19	7	5	7	22	25	−3	19
11	Guarani	19	6	7	6	28	23	+5	19
12	Inter de Limeira	19	5	9	5	26	24	+2	19
13	América	19	5	8	6	20	17	+3	18
14	Juventus	19	6	5	8	17	23	−6	17
15	Ferroviária	19	4	8	7	21	23	−2	16
16	XV de Jaú	19	4	7	8	20	29	−9	15
17	Marília	19	6	2	11	15	29	−14	14
18	XV de Piracicaba	19	5	3	11	16	26	−10	13
19	Francana	19	3	7	9	18	27	−9	13
20	Noroeste	19	4	4	11	14	31	−17	12

Updated to match(es) played on July 25, 1980. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

First round Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Portuguesa	2–0	Ponte Preta	0–0	2–0
Santos	7–1	Botafogo	5–1	2–0

First round Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos	3–1	Portuguesa	1–0	2–1

Second round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	São Paulo	19	11	7	1	26	9	+17	29	Qualified
2	Ponte Preta	19	9	9	1	27	12	+15	27
3	Corinthians	19	11	4	4	30	18	+12	26
4	Inter de Limeira	19	9	8	2	30	17	+13	26
5	Guarani	19	10	5	4	29	19	+10	25
6	Juventus	19	8	6	5	22	20	+2	22
7	Santos	19	6	9	4	19	19	0	21
8	Botafogo	19	7	5	7	28	17	+11	19
9	Ferroviária	19	6	6	7	24	22	+2	18
10	XV de Jaú	19	6	6	7	21	25	−4	18
11	Comercial	19	5	8	6	19	21	−2	18
12	Portuguesa	19	6	5	8	17	26	−9	17
13	Noroeste	19	5	7	7	16	15	+1	17
14	Francana	19	3	10	6	11	15	−4	16
15	São Bento	19	4	7	8	13	18	−5	15
16	América	19	4	7	8	20	28	−8	15
17	Marília	19	3	9	7	16	26	−10	15
18	Taubaté	19	4	6	9	16	28	−12	14
19	Palmeiras	19	2	8	9	14	26	−12	12
20	XV de Piracicaba	19	2	6	11	12	29	−17	10

Updated to match(es) played on October 26, 1980. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second round Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Paulo	4–3	Inter de Limeira	1–2	3–1 (a.e.t)
Corinthians	1–4	Ponte Preta	1–1	0–3

Second round Finals

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

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Paulo	2–0	Santos	1–0	1–0

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ponte Preta	38	17	16	5	57	32	+25	50	1981 Taça de Ouro
2	São Paulo	38	18	13	7	47	27	+20	49
3	Corinthians	38	18	12	8	48	30	+18	48
4	Santos	38	16	16	6	48	32	+16	48
5	Portuguesa	38	18	10	10	48	43	+5	46
6	Inter de Limeira	38	14	17	7	56	41	+15	45
7	Guarani	38	16	12	10	57	42	+15	44	1981 Taça de Prata
8	Botafogo	38	16	10	12	55	33	+22	42
9	Juventus	38	13	11	14	38	44	−6	37
10	São Bento	38	12	13	13	33	36	−3	37
11	Comercial	38	12	13	13	41	46	−5	37
12	Taubaté	38	11	13	14	36	51	−15	35
13	Ferroviária	38	10	14	14	45	45	0	34	1981 Taça de Prata
14	XV de Jaú	38	10	13	15	41	54	−13	33
15	América	38	9	15	14	40	45	−5	33	1981 Taça de Prata
16	Palmeiras	38	9	14	15	36	45	−9	32
17	Noroeste	38	9	11	18	30	46	−16	29
18	Marília	38	9	11	18	31	55	−24	29
19	Francana	38	6	17	15	29	42	−13	29	Relegation Playoff
20	XV de Piracicaba	38	7	9	22	28	55	−27	23	Relegated

Updated to match(es) played on October 26, 1980. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Like in the previous year, the team with the fewest points would be relegated and the team with the second-fewest points would go to a playoff against the runner-up of the Second Level. as such, XV de Piracicaba was relegated and Francana had to dispute a playoff in neutral ground against Catanduvense.^[4][5][6]

Relegation Playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Francana	4–0	Catanduvense	4–1	2–1	–

References

1. "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Sao Paulo 1980". Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
2. "RSSSF – Championship of Sao Paulo 1980". Retrieved April 10, 2019.
3. São Paulo won due to having a better season record
4. "Francana goleia o Catanduvense" [Francana thrashes Catanduvense]. Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. November 9, 1980. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
5. "Francana pode garantir seu lugar na 1.a" [Francana might remain in the first level]. Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. November 11, 1980. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
6. "A última vaga é da Francana" [Francana gets the last berth]. Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. November 12, 1980. Retrieved April 10, 2019.