1993 Campeonato Paulista

The 1993 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 92nd season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Palmeiras won the championship for the 19th time. Fourteen teams were relegated.^[1]

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	1993
Champions	Palmeiras
Relegated	Araçatuba Botafogo Catanduvense Inter de Limeira Juventus Marília Noroeste Olímpia São Caetano Sãocarlense São José Taquaritinga XV de Jaú XV de Piracicaba
Copa do Brasil	Palmeiras Corinthians
Matches played	448
Goals scored	1,171 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Viola (Corinthians) - 20 goals
Biggest home win	Novorizontino 7-0 Catanduvense (May 9, 1993)
Biggest away win	Taquaritinga 0-4 Ferroviária (February 10, 1993) Portuguesa 0-4 Palmeiras (February 28, 1993) Noroeste 0-4 Mogi Mirim (February 28, 1993) Juventus 0-4 União São João (March 14, 1993) São Caetano 0-4 América (May 9, 1993)
Highest scoring	Taquaritinga 4-3 Catanduvense (February 3, 1993) São Paulo 6-1 Noroeste (March 3, 1993) Portuguesa 4-3 Rio Branco (March 17, 1993) Santos 2-5 Corinthians (March 21, 1993) Ferroviária 5-2 Araçatuba (April 11, 1993) Portuguesa 5-2 Noroeste(April 28, 1993) Novorizontino 7-0 Catanduvense (May 9, 1993) Palmeiras 6-1 Rio Branco (May 16, 1993) São Paulo 6-1 Santos (June 3, 1993)
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Championship

The thirty teams of the championship were divided into two groups, Group A, one with sixteen teams (the ten best teams of Group A and the six best teams of Group B in the previous year) and Group B, with fourteen (the bottom four of Group A, the other teams of Group B and the two teams that had been promoted from the second level). Every team played twice against the teams of its own group, and the six best teams of Group A and the two best teams of Group B qualified to the Second phase. However, in that year, the championship was slated to be reduced to sixteen teams, and as such, the four bottom teams of Group A and the ten bottom teams of Group B were relegated to the Second Level.

The Second phase's eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with every team playing twice against the teams of its own group and the winners of each group qualifying to the Finals.^[2]

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras	30	19	6	5	53	27	+26	44	Qualified
2	São Paulo	30	16	7	7	53	24	+29	39
3	Corinthians	30	16	7	7	59	34	+25	39
4	Santos	30	16	7	7	55	41	+14	39
5	Guarani	30	15	6	9	41	41	0	36
6	Rio Branco	30	13	10	7	43	32	+11	36
7	Mogi Mirim	30	11	14	5	43	32	+11	36
8	União São João	30	12	11	7	45	35	+10	35
9	Bragantino	30	11	8	11	33	34	−1	30
10	Portuguesa	30	8	10	12	48	52	−4	26
11	Ponte Preta	30	7	11	12	32	41	−9	25
12	Ituano	30	9	6	15	31	42	−11	24
13	XV de Piracicaba	30	4	13	13	29	47	−18	21	Relegated
14	Juventus	30	5	7	18	30	60	−30	17
15	Marília	30	4	9	17	30	49	−19	17
16	Noroeste	30	5	6	19	26	60	−34	16

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 1993. 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	Novorizontino	26	14	8	4	55	25	+30	36	Qualified
2	Ferroviária	26	13	10	3	47	26	+21	36
3	América	26	15	5	6	41	24	+17	35
4	Santo André	26	11	10	5	33	23	+10	32
5	São José	26	9	11	6	27	23	+4	29	Relegated
6	Sãocarlense	26	9	8	9	38	36	+2	26
7	Taquaritinga	26	9	8	9	29	30	−1	26
8	Araçatuba	26	8	10	8	26	31	−5	26
9	Botafogo	26	8	9	9	25	23	+2	25
10	São Caetano	26	10	3	13	32	38	−6	23
11	XV de Jaú	26	8	7	11	34	35	−1	23
12	Inter de Limeira	26	6	6	14	21	37	−16	18
13	Olímpia	26	5	6	15	21	44	−23	16
14	Catanduvense	26	3	7	16	20	54	−34	13

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 1993. 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	Palmeiras	6	6	0	0	15	2	+13	12	Qualified
2	Guarani	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6
3	Ferroviária	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	4
4	Rio Branco	6	0	2	4	4	12	−8	2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 1993. 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	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	9	Qualified
2	São Paulo	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	8
3	Santos	6	2	1	3	10	15	−5	5
4	Novorizontino	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 1993. 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
Corinthians	1–4	Palmeiras	1-0	0–4 (a.e.t)