1990 Campeonato Paulista

The 1990 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional^[1] was the 89th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Bragantino won the championship for the first time. No teams were relegated.^[2]

Campeonato Paulista – Série A1

Season	1990
Champions	Bragantino
Copa do Brasil	Corinthians XV de Piracicaba
Matches played	422
Goals scored	793 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alberto (Ituano) Rubem (Guarani) Volnei (Ferroviária) – 12 goals
Biggest home win	São Paulo 6–1 Noroeste (June 19, 1990)
Biggest away win	Ponte Preta 0–3 Bragantino (March 7, 1990) Noroeste 0–3 São Paulo (June 3, 1990) Ferroviária 0–3 Palmeiras (July 12, 1990) XV de Jaú 0–3 Botafogo (August 15, 1990)
Highest scoring	São Paulo 6–1 Noroeste (June 19, 1990)
← 1989 1991 →

Championship

The twenty-four teams of the championship were divided into two groups of twelve teams, with each team playing once against the teams of its own group and the other group. Group 1 comprised the twelve best teams in the previous year's championship, while Group 2 had the ten worst teams of that championship and the two teams that had been promoted from the second level. The three best teams of each group, plus the six overall best teams aside of them would qualify to the Third phase, while the others that had been eliminated would participate in the Second phase. ^[2][1]

The Second phase's twelve teams were divided into two groups of six, with each team playing twice against the teams of its own group, with the best team of each group qualifying to The Third phase and 1991's Green Group. In the third phase, the fourteen teams were divided into two groups of seven, with each team playing twice against the teams of its own group, and the best team of each group qualifying to the Finals.

First phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	23	11	11	1	21	7	+14	33	Qualified
2	Palmeiras	23	13	5	5	31	12	+19	31
3	Bragantino	23	11	6	6	26	14	+12	28
4	Novorizontino	23	8	9	6	26	19	+7	25
5	Santos	23	7	11	5	18	15	+3	25
6	Mogi Mirim	23	6	13	4	23	20	+3	25
7	Portuguesa	23	5	15	3	24	20	+4	25
8	São Paulo	23	8	7	8	22	17	+5	23	Second phase
9	União São João	23	7	9	7	22	17	+5	23
10	Guarani	23	6	11	6	18	15	+3	23
11	São José	23	5	12	6	20	26	−6	22
12	Inter de Limeira	23	5	9	9	19	27	−8	19

Updated to match(es) played on May 12, 1990. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	XV de Piracicaba	23	9	9	5	21	15	+6	27	Qualified
2	XV de Jaú	23	11	4	8	29	25	+4	26
3	Ferroviária	23	9	7	7	26	21	+5	25
4	Ituano	23	9	7	7	18	17	+1	25
5	América	23	9	7	7	17	24	−7	25
6	Ponte Preta	23	7	9	7	23	22	+1	23	Second phase
7	Botafogo	23	6	11	6	21	21	0	23
8	São Bento	23	6	6	11	24	27	−3	18
9	Noroeste	23	5	7	11	18	29	−11	17
10	Juventus	23	4	7	12	18	36	−18	15
11	Santo André	23	4	5	14	15	33	−18	13
12	Catanduvense	23	4	5	14	12	33	−21	13

Updated to match(es) played on May 12, 1990. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Botafogo	10	4	6	0	12	5	+7	14	Qualified
2	São Paulo	10	5	3	2	19	9	+10	13	1991 Yellow Group
3	Santo André	10	4	2	4	7	7	0	10
4	Ponte Preta	10	4	2	4	10	12	−2	10
5	Inter de Limeira	10	3	4	3	9	9	0	10
6	Noroeste	10	0	3	7	4	19	−15	3

Updated to match(es) played on June 21, 1990. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guarani	10	6	2	2	17	6	+11	14	Qualified
2	União São João	10	4	4	2	12	9	+3	12	1991 Yellow Group
3	São Bento	10	4	3	3	12	13	−1	11
4	Juventus	10	3	4	3	9	11	−2	10
5	São José	10	2	5	3	7	8	−1	9
6	Catanduvense	10	1	2	7	3	13	−10	4

Updated to match(es) played on June 21, 1990. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Third phase

Group Black

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bragantino	12	7	4	1	15	6	+9	18	Qualified
2	Corinthians	12	5	7	0	13	6	+7	17
3	Santos	12	5	5	2	11	10	+1	15
4	Botafogo	12	5	2	5	12	11	+1	12
5	Ituano	12	3	4	5	16	16	0	10
6	Mogi Mirim	12	1	7	4	5	10	−5	9
7	XV de Jaú	12	0	3	9	8	21	−13	3

Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 1990. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group Red

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Novorizontino	12	5	6	1	11	5	+6	16	Qualified
2	Palmeiras	12	5	5	2	12	7	+5	15
3	Guarani	12	4	7	1	11	7	+4	15
4	Portuguesa	12	3	6	3	16	13	+3	12
5	América	12	2	7	3	9	10	−1	11
6	XV de Piracicaba	12	2	6	4	13	17	−4	10
7	Ferroviária	12	1	3	8	4	17	−13	5

Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 1990. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Novorizontino	2–2[3]	Bragantino	1–1	1–1