1987 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista – Série A1
Season	1987
Champions	São Paulo
Relegated	Ponte Preta; Bandeirante
Matches played	386
Goals scored	721 (1.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Edmar (Corinthians) – 19 goals
Biggest home win	Noroeste 5–0 Novorizontino (May 10, 1987); Santo André 5-0 Ferroviária (July 26, 1987); Santos 6-1 Ponte Preta (July 29, 1987); Corinthians 5-0 Botafogo (August 5, 1987)
Biggest away win	Ferroviária 0–4 Santos (May 24, 1987); Santo André 0-4 São Paulo (June 10, 1987)
Highest scoring	Santos 6-1 Ponte Preta (July 29, 1987)
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Season1987

Matches played386

The 1987 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional^[1] was the 86th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship for the 15th time. Ponte Preta and Bandeirante were relegated.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos	38	16	16	6	47	27	+20	48	Qualified due to best season record
2	Palmeiras	38	14	19	5	36	23	+13	47	Qualified as stage winners
3	São Paulo	38	15	16	7	56	40	+16	46	Qualified due to best season record
4	Corinthians	38	17	11	10	54	38	+16	45	Qualified as stage winners
5	Inter de Limeira	38	17	11	10	32	31	+1	45
6	Portuguesa	38	14	14	10	38	30	+8	42
7	Botafogo	38	14	12	12	42	41	+1	40
8	Santo André	38	13	13	12	41	48	−7	39
9	Juventus	38	12	15	11	40	32	+8	39
10	São Bento	38	9	21	8	26	24	+2	39
11	Noroeste	38	14	10	14	41	39	+2	38
12	Guarani	38	9	19	10	29	25	+4	37
13	XV de Jaú	38	9	17	12	32	35	−3	35
14	Ferroviária	38	8	18	12	22	40	−18	34
15	Mogi Mirim	38	10	13	15	37	42	−5	33
16	XV de Piracicaba	38	9	15	14	27	37	−10	33
17	Novorizontino	38	8	17	13	28	36	−8	33
18	América	38	7	19	12	27	40	−13	33
19	Ponte Preta	38	7	17	14	26	42	−16	31	Relegated
20	Bandeirante	38	6	11	21	23	47	−24	23	Relegated

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Edmar	Corinthians	19
2	Carlos Alberto Seixas	Mogi Morim	16
3	Rodinaldo	Noroeste	15
4	Lê	São Paulo	14
5	Cláudio Adão	Portuguesa	13
6	Dicão	Santo André	12
	Osvaldo	Santos
	Müller	São Paulo
	Hélio	Novorizontino
10	Luís Carlos	Santos	11
10	Edu Manga	Palmeiras	11

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