The 2013 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2013 for sponsorship reasons ) was the 112th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
It was won for the 27th time by Corinthians, after beating Santos at the finals, the defending champions from the previous three seasons.
Format The top eight teams in the First Stage qualifies to the Quarter-Finals. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Série A2. Quarter and Semi-Finals will be played in one-legged matches. The best-four teams not qualified to the Semi-Finals not from the city of São Paulo or Santos FC, will compete in the Campeonato do Interior.
Teams
Club Home city 2012 result Atlético Sorocaba Sorocaba 3rd (Série A2) Botafogo (SP) Ribeirão Preto 15th Bragantino Bragança Paulista 8th Corinthians São Paulo (Tatuapé) 5th Guarani Campinas 2nd Ituano Itu 14th Linense Lins 11th Mirassol Mirassol 9th Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim 7th Oeste Itápolis 10th Palmeiras São Paulo (Perdizes) 6th Paulista Jundiaí 13th Penapolense Penápolis 4th (Série A2) Ponte Preta Campinas 4th Santos Santos 1st São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo 1st (Série A2) São Caetano São Caetano do Sul 12th São Paulo São Paulo (Morumbi) 3rd União Barbarense Santa Bárbara d'Oeste 2nd (Série A2) XV de Piracicaba Piracicaba 16th Source: Futebol Paulista
First stage
League table
Results
Knockout stage
Bracket
Troféu do Interior
Statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 WilliamPonte Preta132 NeymarSantos123 Fernando BaianoSão Bernardo10 GuarúPenapolense104 LincomBragantino9 Marcelo MacedoPaulista9 RoniMogi Mirim9 CíceroSantos95 Paolo GuerreroCorinthians8 HenriqueMogi Mirim8 Luis FabianoSão Paulo8
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Scoring
First goal of the season: Luís Fabiano for São Paulo against Mirassol (19 January 2013) Fastest goal of the season: 2 minutes, Márcio Diogo for XV de Piracicaba against Palmeiras (3 February 2013) Largest winning margin: 6 goals Mogi Mirim 6–0 Botafogo (27 April 2013) Highest scoring game: 8 goals Mirassol 6–2 Palmeiras (27 March 2013) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals Mirassol 6–2 Palmeiras (27 March 2013) Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals Mirassol 4–3 Botafogo-SP (16 February 2013) Mirassol 3–4 São Bernardo (16 March 2013)
Discipline
Most yellow cards (club): 82 Botafogo-SP Most yellow cards (player): 11 Dudu (São Bernardo) Most red cards (club): 12 Botafogo-SP Most red cards (player): 3 Cris (Botafogo-SP)
Awards
Team of the year
Pos. Player Club GK RafaelSantos DF AlessandroCorinthians DF GilCorinthians DF CleberPonte Preta DF Rodrigo BiroPenapolense MF DaniloCorinthians MF PaulinhoCorinthians MF RalfCorinthians MF JádsonSão Paulo FW GuerreroCorinthians FW NeymarSantos
Player of the Season The Player of the Year was awarded to Neymar.
Young Player of the Season The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Rodrigo Biro.
Countryside Best Player of the Season The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Roni.
Top scorer of the Season The top scorer of the season was William, who scored 13 goals.
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