2018 Copa Paulista

Football tournament season
2018 Copa Paulista
Tournament details
CountrySão Paulo (state) São Paulo (state), Brazil
Teams27
Final positions
ChampionsVotuporanguense
Runner-upFerroviária
Tournament statistics
Matches played218
Goals scored501 (2.3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Felipe Henrique Jose dos Santos (Olímpia)
Leonardo Luiz e Castro (Red Bull Brasil)
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The 2018 Copa Paulista was the 20th edition of São Paulo State Cup. 27 teams participate in the tournament. The winner gets to choose between a qualification spot for the 2019 Copa do Brasil or the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The spot not chosen by the winners will be taken by the second-placed team. [1]

Votuporanguense defeated Ferroviária on the finals to win their first title. [2] As champions, Votuporanguense chose to qualify to the 2019 Copa do Brasil and thus Ferroviária qualified to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Format

First Stage: The clubs will be divided into four groups according to their location. The top four of each group will advance to the second stage.

Second Stage: The 16 clubs will be divided into four groups of four. The winner and runners-up of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.

Each stage will be played in a double round-robin format.

Qualified teams

First stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mirassol 10 6 3 1 13 4 +9 21
2 Olímpia 10 6 3 1 14 7 +7 21
3 Votuporanguense 10 5 1 4 12 7 +5 16
4 Novorizontino 10 3 4 3 11 10 +1 13
5 Penapolense 10 2 1 7 5 22 −17 7
6 Batatais 10 1 2 7 7 12 −5 5
Source: [3]

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ferroviária 12 6 4 2 15 9 +6 22
2 Red Bull Brasil 12 4 7 1 16 9 +7 19
3 XV de Piracicaba 12 4 5 3 15 14 +1 17
4 Rio Claro 12 3 5 4 7 9 −2 14
5 Inter de Limeira 12 3 4 5 11 13 −2 13
6 Noroeste 12 3 4 5 11 16 −5 13
7 Desportivo Brasil 12 2 5 5 7 12 −5 11
Source: [3]

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 São Caetano 12 7 5 0 14 3 +11 26
2 Taubaté 12 7 3 2 16 9 +7 24
3 Santo André 12 6 3 3 12 6 +6 21
4 São Bernardo 12 5 3 4 11 8 +3 18
5 Santos 12 4 2 6 16 18 −2 14
6 Bragantino 12 2 4 6 13 19 −6 10
7 Água Santa 12 0 2 10 6 25 −19 2
Source: [3]

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ituano 12 8 2 2 25 14 +11 26
2 Atibaia 12 7 1 4 24 17 +7 22
3 Juventus 12 6 2 4 16 12 +4 20
4 Audax 12 6 1 5 15 13 +2 19
5 Portuguesa 12 5 3 4 11 10 +1 18
6 Nacional 12 4 1 7 15 19 −4 13
7 Taboão da Serra 12 0 2 10 15 36 −21 2
Source: [3]

Second stage

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mirassol 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11
2 Red Bull Brasil 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
3 Santo André 6 2 2 2 8 10 −2 8
4 Audax 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4
Source: [4]

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ferroviária 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 15
2 Olímpia 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10
3 São Bernardo 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7
4 Juventus 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2
Source: [4]

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Votuporanguense 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13
2 Atibaia 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9
3 Rio Claro 6 0 5 1 4 5 −1 5
4 São Caetano 6 0 3 3 3 6 −3 3
Source: [4]

Group 8

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Novorizontino 6 3 2 1 7 6 +1 11
2 Taubaté 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 10
3 XV de Piracicaba 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
4 Ituano 6 1 0 5 6 9 −3 3
Source: [4]

Final stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
Novorizontino 1 2 3
Ferroviária (a) 1 2 3
Ferroviária 2 2 4
Red Bull Brasil 0 2 2
Red Bull Brasil 1 3 4
Mirassol 1 2 3
Ferroviária 1 1 2 (3)
Votuporanguense (p) 1 1 2 (5)
Atibaia 2 1 3
Olímpia 1 1 2
Atibaia 1 0 1
Votuporanguense 1 3 4
Votuporanguense 4 0 4
Taubaté 2 1 3

References

  1. ^ "Com 27 clubes e início em agosto, FPF anuncia grupos da Copa Paulista" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte. 22 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Votuporanguense vence Ferroviária nos pênaltis e é campeão da Copa Paulista" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 12 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Definidos os classificados para a segunda fase da Copa Paulista 2018" (in Portuguese). Torcedores.Com. 22 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Copa Paulista: Definidos os confrontos das quartas de final" (in Portuguese). Torcedores.Com. 20 October 2018.

External links

  • Federação Paulista de Futebol (in Portuguese)