| Season | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Corinthians |
| Relegated | Jabaquara Radium |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 849 (3.54 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Baltazar (Corinthians) – 27 goals |
| Biggest home win | Corinthians 6-0XV de Jaú (September 7, 1952) |
| Biggest away win | Nacional 1-7Corinthians (September 14, 1952) |
| Highest scoring | Palmeiras 4-6Corinthians (January 18, 1953) |
←1951 1953 → | |
The1952Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão,[1] organized by theFederação Paulista de Futebol, was the 51st season ofSão Paulo's top professional football league.Corinthians won the title for the 14th time.Jabaquara andRadium were relegated. The top scorer wasCorinthians'sBaltazar with 27 goals.[1][2]
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title and the two teams with the fewest points being relegated.[1][2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corinthians | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 52 | Champions |
| 2 | São Paulo | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 31 | +35 | 46 | |
| 3 | Portuguesa | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 42 | |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 40 | |
| 5 | Santos | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 34 | |
| 6 | XV de Piracicaba | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 30 | |
| 7 | XV de Jaú | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Comercial | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 28 | |
| 9 | Guarani | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 27 | |
| 10 | Ypiranga | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 26 | |
| 11 | Ponte Preta | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 23 | |
| 12 | Nacional | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 22 | |
| 13 | Juventus | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 21[a] | |
| 14 | Portuguesa Santista | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 46 | 71 | −25 | 21[a] | |
| 15 | Jabaquara | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 20 | Relegated |
| 16 | Radium | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 19 |
| Home/Away | COM | COR | GUA | JAB | JUV | NAC | PAL | PON | POR | PSA | RAD | SAN | SAO | XVJ | XVP | YPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comercial | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | |
| Corinthians | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 6-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 6-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | |
| Guarani | 1-1 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | |
| Jabaquara | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |
| Juventus | 3-4 | 0-3 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-6 | 3-0 | 4-0 | |
| Nacional | 1-0 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 0-2 | |
| Palmeiras | 4-1 | 4-6 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | |
| Ponte Preta | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | |
| Portuguesa | 0-1 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 5-3 | 4-2 | |
| Portuguesa Santista | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | |
| Radium | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | |
| Santos | 3-1 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 3-5 | 4-2 | 4-0 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 5-1 | |
| São Paulo | 5-2 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-4 | 5-2 | 1-0 | |
| XV de Jaú | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | |
| XV de Piracicaba | 2-0 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | |
| Ypiranga | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 |