1997 Campeonato Paulista

Season1997

Matches played190

The 1997 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 96th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Corinthians won the championship for the 22nd time. América and Botafogo were relegated.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras	23	14	6	3	58	27	+31	48	Qualified to Final group
2	Santos	23	13	7	3	45	23	+22	46	Qualified to Final group
3	Portuguesa	23	12	7	4	46	33	+13	43
4	Guarani	23	7	8	8	37	45	−8	29
5	Juventus	23	5	6	12	38	53	−15	21
6	São José	23	4	9	10	29	40	−11	21
7	Botafogo	23	4	8	11	22	33	−11	20	Relegated
8	América	23	4	5	14	28	62	−34	17	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	23	13	6	4	51	28	+23	45	Qualified to Final group
2	São Paulo	23	10	10	3	50	26	+24	40	Qualified to Final group
3	União São João	23	9	6	8	35	32	+3	33
4	Inter de Limeira	23	7	8	8	35	37	−2	29
5	Rio Branco	23	7	7	9	30	33	−3	28
6	Araçatuba	23	7	5	11	28	33	−5	26
7	Portuguesa Santista	23	7	5	11	30	45	−15	26
8	Mogi Mirim	23	6	7	10	28	41	−13	25

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Champions
2	São Paulo	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Santos	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3
4	Palmeiras	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

First phase