1999 Campeonato Paulista

The 1999 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 98th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Corinthians won the championship for the 23rd time. Ituano and São José were relegated.^[1]

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1

Season	1999
Champions	Corinthians (23rd title)
Relegated	Ituano São José
Matches played	162
Goals scored	555 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex (Mogi Mirim) - 12 goals
Biggest home win	Rio Branco 7-1 Mogi Mirim (March 24, 1999)
Biggest away win	Portuguesa Santista 0-5 Guarani (February 3, 1999) Portuguesa Santista 1-6 Santos (May 5, 1999)
Highest scoring	Matonense 5-4 União São João (February 21, 1999)
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Championship

First phase

The first phase was disputed by all the teams of the championship, save for Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo, which would dispute the Rio-São Paulo tournament at the time and would only enter in the second phase. The teams would be divided in two groups of six teams, and the four best teams in each group would qualify for the second phase, with the others going to the relegation group.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portuguesa (A)	10	7	1	2	20	10	+10	22	Qualified to Second phase
2	União Barbarense (A)	10	6	2	2	20	10	+10	20
3	Rio Branco (A)	10	5	1	4	19	13	+6	16
4	Inter de Limeira (A)	10	3	2	5	10	17	−7	11
5	São José (E)	10	2	5	3	7	13	−6	11	Relegation Playoffs
6	Ituano (E)	10	1	2	7	8	21	−13	5

Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 1999. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mogi Mirim (A)	10	5	3	2	20	14	+6	18	Qualified to Second phase
2	Matonense (A)	10	5	1	4	21	23	−2	16
3	Guarani (A)	10	4	4	2	19	12	+7	16
4	Portuguesa Santista (A)	10	4	1	5	16	19	−3	13
5	Araçatuba (E)	10	3	3	4	18	19	−1	12	Relegation Playoffs
6	União São João (E)	10	2	2	6	17	24	−7	8

Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 1999. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Relegation playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	União São João	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12
2	Araçatuba	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12
3	Ituano (R)	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Relegated
4	São José (R)	6	0	1	5	4	15	−11	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 June 1999. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Second phase

In the second phase, the 8 qualified teams were joined by the four participants of the Rio-São Paulo tournament. The 12 teams were divided in two groups of six teams, with each team playing twice against the teams of its own group, and once against the teams of the other group, with the two best teams in each group qualifying to the Semifinals.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Paulo	16	12	3	1	46	18	+28	39
2	Palmeiras	16	9	5	2	32	22	+10	32
3	Portuguesa	16	9	3	4	29	25	+4	30
4	Rio Branco	16	6	1	9	36	31	+5	19
5	Inter de Limeira	16	5	4	7	27	36	-9	19
6	Matonense	16	5	2	9	25	32	-7	17

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santos	16	9	4	3	37	22	+15	31
2	Corinthians	16	8	2	6	31	27	+4	26
3	União Barbarense	16	6	3	7	29	26	+3	21
4	Mogi Mirim	16	4	5	7	18	32	-14	17
5	Guarani	16	3	3	10	21	32	-11	12
6	Portuguesa Santista	16	1	3	12	11	39	-28	6

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Palmeiras[2]	3–3	Santos	2-1	1–2
Corinthians	5–1	São Paulo	4-0	1-1

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corinthians	5–2	Palmeiras	3-0	2–2

References

1. "Championship of Sao Paulo 1999".
2. Palmeiras qualified for having a better season record