1975 Campeonato Paulista

Season1975

ChampionsSão Paulo (11th title)

Copa BrasilSão Paulo
Portuguesa
Corinthians
Santos
Ponte Preta
Guarani
Palmeiras
Botafogo

Matches played277

Campeonato Paulista – Série A1
Season	1975
Champions	São Paulo (11th title)
Copa Brasil	São Paulo Portuguesa Corinthians Santos Ponte Preta Guarani Palmeiras Botafogo
Matches played	277
Goals scored	623 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Serginho Chulapa (São Paulo) – 22 goals
Biggest home win	Guarani 5-0 São Bento (March 30, 1975) São Paulo 5-0 Noroeste (July 10, 1975)
Biggest away win	Paulista 0-3 Palmeiras (March 30, 1975) Ferroviária 0-3 Corinthians (April 6, 1975) São Bento 0-3 Palmeiras (April 16, 1975) Juventus 0-3 Corinthians (April 30, 1975) Marília 2-5 Portuguesa (May 21, 1975)
Highest scoring	Portuguesa Santista 6-3 Botafogo (April 26, 1975)
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The 1975 Campeonato Paulista da Divisão Especial de Futebol Profissional^[1] was the 74th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship for the 11th time. No teams were relegated. São Paulo's Serginho Chulapa was the top goal scorer with 22 goals.^[2]

First round

The championship was divided into two rounds; in the first round, the eighteen teams all played against themselves once, with the team with the most points winning the round, and in the second round, the teams would be divided into two groups, with each team playing once against the teams of the other group. The three teams with the most points in each group qualify to a final hexagonal to define the champions of the round, and the winners of each round qualified to the finals. In the second round, the remaining twelve teams would all play against each other once, and the team with the most points would be champion.^[1]^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	São Paulo	18	15	3	0	29	5	+24	33	Qualified to the finals
2	Corinthians	18	11	5	2	29	13	+16	27
3	Palmeiras	18	11	4	3	25	9	+16	26
4	Portuguesa	18	11	3	4	26	16	+10	25
5	Guarani	18	8	7	3	33	19	+14	23
6	Marília	18	7	6	5	27	28	−1	20
7	Santos	18	8	3	7	29	21	+8	19
8	Saad (G)	18	7	4	7	23	25	−2	18
9	Ponte Preta	18	5	7	6	22	17	+5	17
10	Botafogo	18	5	6	7	21	28	−7	16
11	XV de Piracicaba	18	6	4	8	15	22	−7	16
12	Juventus	18	5	5	8	16	19	−3	15
13	Noroeste	18	1	12	5	7	12	−5	14
14	América	18	6	2	10	17	24	−7	14
15	Portuguesa Santista	18	4	5	9	23	31	−8	13
16	Ferroviária	18	3	7	8	12	24	−12	13
17	São Bento	18	1	10	7	16	28	−12	12
18	Paulista	18	3	5	10	12	30	−18	11
19	Comercial	18	2	6	10	15	26	−11	10

Updated to match(es) played on May 25, 1975. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.
(G) Guests

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portuguesa	9	5	4	0	14	4	+10	14	Qualified
2	Palmeiras	9	6	2	1	14	9	+5	14
3	Santos	9	4	3	2	7	4	+3	11
4	Noroeste	9	3	3	3	9	13	−4	9
5	Comercial	9	3	2	4	8	11	−3	8
6	São Bento	9	0	5	4	5	15	−10	5
7	Portuguesa Santista	9	0	3	6	5	13	−8	3
8	Paulista	9	1	1	7	5	14	−9	3
9	Marília	9	1	1	7	4	15	−11	3
10	Botafogo	9	0	2	7	6	21	−15	2

Updated to match(es) played on July 20, 1975. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	São Paulo	10	8	2	0	25	6	+19	18	Qualified
2	América	10	6	1	3	14	6	+8	13
3	Corinthians	10	5	2	3	16	11	+5	12
4	Guarani	10	4	4	2	10	7	+3	12
5	Ferroviária	10	3	5	2	12	10	+2	11
6	XV de Piracicaba	10	3	5	2	10	9	+1	11
7	Juventus	10	4	3	3	10	9	+1	11
8	Ponte Preta	10	4	2	4	11	8	+3	10
9	Saad (G)	10	4	2	4	11	11	0	10

Updated to match(es) played on July 20, 1975. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.
(G) Guests

Second phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portuguesa	5	2	2	1	6	3	+3	6	Qualified to the finals
2	Santos	5	3	0	2	6	5	+1	6
3	São Paulo	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	6
4	América	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	5
5	Corinthians	5	1	2	2	4	6	−2	4
6	Palmeiras	5	1	1	3	4	7	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on August 10, 1975. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Paulo	1–1 (3-0 pen.)	Portuguesa	1–0	0–1