2022 Campeonato Paulista

The 2022 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 121st season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition was played from 23 January to 3 April 2022.^[1]

• In the first stage the sixteen seeded teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each, with each team playing once against the twelve clubs from the other three groups. After each team has played twelve matches, the top two teams of each group qualified for the quarter-final stage.
• After the completion of the first stage, the two clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, were relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.^[2]
• Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a single match, with the best placed team playing at home.^[2]
• The finals were played in a two-legged home and away fixture, with the best placed team playing the second leg at home.^[2]
• In case of a draw in any knockout stage, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
• The two highest-placed teams not otherwise qualified qualified for the 2023 Copa do Brasil.
• The top three highest-placed teams in the general table at the end of the competition who are not playing in any level of the national Brazilian football league system qualified for the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. Higher number of wins;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. Fewest red cards received;
5. Fewest yellow cards received;
6. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.

After several years being broadcast by Grupo Globo (TV Globo, SporTV and Premiere FC), the broadcasting rights of the 2022 Campeonato Paulista were acquired by Record TV, with their streaming app Play Plus also transmitting the matches live. Aside of that, the streaming platforms HBO Max and Estádio TNT Sports (owned by TNT) and the Paulistão official YouTube channel and app (Paulistão Play) also broadcast the matches live. Record and the YouTube channel will broadcast 16 matches of the competitions each, one for each round, while HBO Max and Estádio TNT will broadcast 28 matches each (24 in the first round, one quarterfinals match, one semifinals match and both finals). Paulistão Play will have an offer of all but 13 matches of the tournament (exclusive for HBO Max/Estádio TNT).^[2]

Água Santa

Botafogo

Corinthians

Ferroviária

Guarani

Inter de Limeira

Ituano

Mirassol

Novorizontino

Palmeiras

Ponte Preta

Bragantino

Santos

Santo André

São Bernardo

São Paulo

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Location of teams in 2022 Campeonato Paulista

Club	Home city	Manager	2021 result
Água Santa	Diadema	Serginho (caretaker)	2nd (Série A2)
Botafogo	Ribeirão Preto	Leandro Zago	14th
Corinthians	São Paulo (Tatuapé)	Vítor Pereira	3rd
Ferroviária	Araraquara	Elano	6th
Guarani	Campinas	Daniel Paulista	8th
Internacional de Limeira	Limeira	Vinicius Bergantin	7th
Ituano	Itu	Mazola Júnior	11th
Mirassol	Mirassol	Ivan Baitello (caretaker)	4th
Novorizontino	Novo Horizonte	Allan Aal	9th
Palmeiras	São Paulo (Perdizes)	Abel Ferreira	2nd
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Hélio dos Anjos	10th
Red Bull Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Maurício Barbieri	5th
Santo André	Santo André	Thiago Carpini	13th
Santos	Santos	Fabián Bustos	12th
São Bernardo	São Bernardo do Campo	Márcio Zanardi	1st (Série A2)
São Paulo	São Paulo (Morumbi)	Rogério Ceni	1st

Rank	Player	Club	Goal
1	Ronaldo Silva	Inter de Limeira	9
2	Jonathan Calleri	São Paulo	8
3	Zeca	Mirassol	6
	Lucca	Ponte Preta