2000 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1 2000 São Paulo (20th title) AméricaAraçatuba França (São Paulo) - 18 goals Matonense 7-0 Araçatuba (February 6, 2000) Mogi Mirim 1-5 Portuguesa (April 23, 2000) Mogi Mirim 4-7 União São João (February 13, 2000) 170 535 1999 2001 The 2000 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 99th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship for the 20th time. América and Araçatuba were relegated.http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablessz/sp2000.htm São Paulo 2000 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 all would qualify for the second phase, except for the team with the fewest points out of the twelve, which would be relegated to the second phase of second level of that year, and replaced by the team that won the first phase of the second level. Group 1 Pos PositionTeam Pld Played W Won D Draw L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 1Ponte Preta107212010+1023 2Portuguesa105322312+1118 3Matonense105142213+916 4Portuguesa Santista103431515013 5Araçatuba10226925-166 6Inter de Limeira101271125-145 Group 2 Pos PositionTeam Pld Played W Won D Draw L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 1Guarani105411710+719 2União Barbarense105231712+517 3União São João105141815+316 4Rio Branco104331610+615 5Mogi Mirim103251720-311 6América10046826-184 Second phase In the second phase, the 11 qualified teams were joined by Botafogo, winner of the first phase of the second level, and the four participants of the Rio-São Paulo tournament. The 16 teams were divided in four groups of four teams, with each team playing twice against the teams of its own group, and once against the teams of other group (3 against 5 and 4 against 6), with the two best teams in each group qualifying to the Quarterfinals and the team with the fewest points among all the 16 being relegated to the Second level of the following year. Group 3 Pos PositionTeam Pld Played W Won D Draw L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 1São Paulo108112512+1325 2Guarani104241011-114 3União Barbarense103341116-512 4Portuguesa Santista103161214-210 Group 4 Pos PositionTeam Pld Played W Won D Draw L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 1Corinthians108022910+1924 2Ponte Preta104331413+115 3Matonense103521512+314 4Araçatuba10118727-20-16Araçatuba lost 20 points for fielding three ineligible players in four matches Group 5 Pos PositionTeam Pld Played W Won D Draw L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 1Palmeiras106221914+520 2Rio Branco104151922-313 3União São João101631518-39 4Botafogo10226913-48 Group 6 Pos PositionTeam Pld Played W Won D Draw L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 1Portuguesa104511813+517 2Santos104421915+416 3Inter de Limeira103251315-211 4Mogi Mirim103071020-109 Quarterfinals Group 7 Pos PositionTeam Pld Played W Won D Draw L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 1Santos641195+413 2São Paulo6321137+611 3Portuguesa62131011-17 4Guarani6105514-93 Group 8 Pos PositionTeam Pld Played W Won D Draw L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 1Corinthians63301610+612 2Palmeiras63211411+311 3Ponte Preta6204914-56 4Rio Branco6033610-43 Semifinals Santos 3–2 Palmeiras 0-0 3–2 São Paulo 4–1 Corinthians 2-1 2-0 |} Finals Santos 2–3 São Paulo 0-1 2–2 2 |} References Category:Campeonato Paulista seasons Paulista