| Season | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Palmeiras |
| Relegated | Ferroviária Novorizontino XV de Jaú |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 734 (3.06 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Giovanni (Santos) - 24 goals |
| Biggest home win | Palmeiras 6–0América (March 21, 1996) Mogi Mirim 6–0XV de Jaú (May 1, 1996) |
| Biggest away win | Botafogo 0–8Palmeiras (March 16, 1996) |
| Highest scoring | União São João 2–8Santos (April 6, 1996) |
←1995 1997 → | |
The1996Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 95th season ofSão Paulo's top professional football league.Palmeiras won the championship for the 21st time.Ferroviária,Novorizontino andXV de Jaú were relegated at the end of the season.[1]
The championship was disputed in a doubleround-robin format, with the winners of the first and second rounds of the championship qualifying to the finals; In case that the same team won both rounds, it would automatically win the title.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palmeiras | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 8 | +53 | 43 | Qualified to finals |
| 2 | Portuguesa | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 36 | |
| 3 | Mogi Mirim | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 32 | |
| 4 | Corinthians | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 28 | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 25 | |
| 6 | União São João | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 23 | |
| 7 | América | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 21 | |
| 8 | Santos | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 20 | |
| 9 | Araçatuba | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 18 | |
| 10 | Rio Branco | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 17 | |
| 11 | Juventus | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 15 | |
| 12 | Novorizontino | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 15 | |
| 13 | XV de Jaú | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 12 | |
| 14 | Botafogo | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 12 | |
| 15 | Guarani | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 9 | |
| 16 | Ferroviária | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 8 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palmeiras | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 11 | +30 | 40 | Qualified to finals |
| 2 | Santos | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 31 | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 30 | |
| 4 | Botafogo | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 29 | |
| 5 | Guarani | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 25 | |
| 6 | Corinthians | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 24 | |
| 7 | Araçatuba | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 21 | |
| 8 | Rio Branco | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 20 | |
| 9 | Juventus | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 18 | |
| 10 | América | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 17 | |
| 11 | Portuguesa | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 17 | |
| 12 | Mogi Mirim | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 13 | |
| 13 | Novorizontino | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 13 | |
| 14 | XV de Jaú | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 12 | |
| 15 | União São João | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 11 | |
| 16 | Ferroviária | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 43 | −29 | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palmeiras | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 19 | +83 | 83 | Champions |
| 2 | São Paulo | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 55 | |
| 3 | Portuguesa | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 53 | |
| 4 | Corinthians | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 52 | |
| 5 | Santos | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 51 | |
| 6 | Mogi Mirim | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 45 | |
| 7 | Botafogo | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 41 | |
| 8 | Araçatuba | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 39 | |
| 9 | América | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 38 | |
| 10 | Rio Branco | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 37 | |
| 11 | Guarani | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 34 | |
| 12 | União São João | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 34 | |
| 13 | Juventus | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 33 | |
| 14 | Novorizontino | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 28 | Relegated |
| 15 | XV de Jaú | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 24 | |
| 16 | Ferroviária | 30 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 71 | −44 | 12 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni | Santos | 24 |
| 2 | Luizao | Palmeiras | 22 |
| 3 | Marcelinho | Corinthians | 19 |
| 4 | Rivaldo | Palmeiras | 18 |
| 5 | Valdir | São Paulo | 17 |
| 6 | Muller | Palmeiras | 15 |
| Djalminha | |||
| Tiba | Portuguesa | ||
| 9 | Edmundo | Corinthians | 13 |
| 10 | Adriano Gerlin | América | 12 |