2018 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2018 Campeonato Paulista began on 17 March with the quarter-final and concluded on 8 April 2018 with the final.^[1] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage. Corinthians were the champions.

Round and draw dates

All draws held at Federação Paulista de Futebol headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil.

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Quarter-finals	13 March 2018^[2]	17–18 March 2018	20–22 March 2018
Semi-finals	22 March 2018^[3]	24–25 March 2018	27–28 March 2018
Finals	–	31 March 2018	8 April 2018

Format

Each tie is played over two legs, with the team with the best placing in the general table playing the second leg at home. The quarterfinals are played between the winners and runners-up of each group. In the semifinals the best team (first) will face the team with the worst campaign (fourth), while the second will face the team with the third best campaign.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Corinthians	Bragantino
B	São Paulo	São Caetano
C	Palmeiras	Novorizontino
D	Santos	Botafogo

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

C1	Palmeiras	3	5	8

C2	Novorizontino	0	0	0
					C1	Palmeiras	1	1	2 (5)

					D1	Santos	0	2	2 (3)
D1	Santos	0	0	0 (3)

D2	Botafogo-SP	0	0	0 (1)
										C1	Palmeiras	1	0	1 (3)

										A1	Corinthians	0	1	1 (4)
A1	Corinthians	2	2	4

A2	Bragantino	3	0	3
					A1	Corinthians	0	1	1 (5)

					B1	São Paulo	1	0	1 (4)
B1	São Paulo	0	2	2

B2	São Caetano	1	0	1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corinthians	4–3	Bragantino	2–3	2–0
São Paulo	2–1	São Caetano	0–1	2–0
Palmeiras	8–0	Novorizontino	3–0	5–0
Santos	0–0 (3–1 p)	Botafogo	0–0	0–0

Quarterfinal A

March 18, 2018

16:00 UTC−03:00

Bragantino	3 – 2	Corinthians
Matheus Peixoto 45+2' Vitinho 71' Italo 76'	Report	66' Balbuena 88' Pedrinho

Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo

Attendance: 15,525

Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho

March 22, 2018

20:00 UTC−03:00

Corinthians	2 – 0	Bragantino
Sidcley 30' Maycon 45'	Report

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 32,930

Referee: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo

Quarterfinal B

March 17, 2018

16:00 UTC−03:00

São Caetano	1 – 0	São Paulo
Chiquinho 53'	Report

Estádio Anacleto Campanella, São Caetano do Sul

Attendance: 4,791

Referee: Vinicius Furlan

March 20, 2018

21:00 UTC−03:00

São Paulo	2 – 0	São Caetano
Tréllez 64' Diego Souza 85'	Report

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 17,899

Referee: Salim Fende Chavez

Quarterfinal C

March 17, 2018

19:00 UTC−03:00

Novorizontino	0 – 3	Palmeiras
	Report	21' Dudu 77' Willian 89' Keno

Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi, Novo Horizonte

Attendance: 8,121

Referee: Flavio Rodrigues de Souza

March 21, 2018

21:45 UTC−03:00

Palmeiras	5 – 0	Novorizontino
Bruno Henrique 6' Keno 19' Willian 35' Dudu 45+1' Rafael Papagaio 80'	Report

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 25,446

Referee: Vinicius Furlan

Quarterfinal D

March 18, 2018

19:00 UTC−03:00

Botafogo	0 – 0	Santos
	Report

Estádio Santa Cruz, Ribeirão Preto

Attendance: 11,933

Referee: Raphael Claus

March 21, 2018

19:30 UTC−03:00

Santos	0–0	Botafogo
	Report
Penalties
Gabriel Vitor Bueno Diogo Vitor Lucas Veríssimo Arthur Gomes	3–1	Jheimy Bruno Moraes Dodô Willian

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 6,209

Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Palmeiras	2–2 (5–3 p)	Santos	1–0	1–2
Corinthians	1–1 (5–4 p)	São Paulo	0–1	1–0

Semifinal 1

March 24, 2018

19:00 UTC−03:00

Santos	0–1	Palmeiras
	Report	12' Willian

Pacaembu, São Paulo

Attendance: 19,546

Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

March 27, 2018

20:30 UTC−03:00

Palmeiras	1–2	Santos
Bruno Henrique 17'	Report	13' Eduardo Sasha 39' Rodrygo
Penalties
Dudu Tchê Tchê Victor Luis Moisés Guerra	5–3	Gabriel Jean Mota Diogo Vitor Arthur Gomes

Pacaembu, São Paulo

Attendance: 36,591

Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza

Semifinal 2

March 25, 2018

16:00 UTC−03:00

São Paulo	1–0	Corinthians
Nenê 45+3'	Report

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 42,830

Referee: Raphael Claus

March 28, 2018

21:45 UTC−03:00

Corinthians	1–0	São Paulo
Rodriguinho 90+3'	Report
Penalties
Mateus Vital Rodriguinho Clayson Pedrinho Maycon Danilo	5–4	Diego Souza Lucas Fernandes Bruno Alves Reinaldo Éder Militão Liziero

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 43,367

Referee: Vinícius Gonçalves Dias Araújo

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Palmeiras	1–1 (3–4 p)	Corinthians	1–0	0–1

March 31, 2018

16:30 UTC−03:00

Corinthians	0 - 1	Palmeiras
	Report	6' Miguel Borja

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 43,905

Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho

April 8, 2018

16:00 UTC−03:00

Palmeiras	0–1	Corinthians
	Report	2' Rodriguinho
Penalties
Dudu Victor Luis Lucas Lima Marcos Rocha Moisés	3–4	Danilo Romero Lucca Fagner Maycon

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 41,227

Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza

References

^ "CAMPEONATO PAULISTA DE FUTEBOL PROFISSIONAL PRIMEIRA DIVISÃO A1 - 2018" (PDF). Federação Paulista de Futebol.
^ "FPF divulga datas e locais das quartas de final do Campeonato Paulista". Globo Esporte.
^ "FPF divulga datas e horários para todos os cenários das semifinais do Paulistão". Globo Esporte.