1980 Campeonato Paulista

The 1980 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional[1] was the 79th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship for the 12th time. (Taubaté's Edmar was the top scorer, with 17 goals. XV de Piracicaba was relegated.[2]

Campeonato Paulista – Série A1
Season1980
ChampionsSão Paulo
RelegatedXV de Piracicaba
Taça de OuroSão Paulo
Santos
Ponte Preta
Corinthians
Portuguesa
Inter de Limeira
Taça de PrataGuarani
Botafogo
Juventus
São Bento
Comercial
Ferroviária
América
Palmeiras
Matches played394
Goals scored876 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorerEdmar (Taubaté) – 17 goals
Biggest home winFerroviária 6-0 Noroeste (June 8, 1980)
Botafogo 6-0 América (October 26, 1980)
Biggest away winInter de Limeira 1-5 Ponte Preta (June 8, 1980)
Highest scoringGuarani 6-3 XV de Jaú (July 13, 1980)
1979
1981

Championship

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The championship would be divided into two rounds - in each round, the teams played against each other once, and the four best teams qualified to the Semifinals, with their winners qualifying to the Finals. The winners of each round qualified to the Championship Finals.[1][2]

First round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Portuguesa 19 12 5 2 31 17 +14 29 Qualified
2 Santos 19 10 7 2 29 13 +16 27
3 Botafogo 19 9 5 5 27 16 +11 23
4 Ponte Preta 19 8 7 4 30 20 +10 23
5 Corinthians 19 7 8 4 18 12 +6 22
6 Taubaté 19 7 7 5 20 23 −3 21
7 Palmeiras 19 7 6 6 22 19 +3 20
8 São Paulo 19 7 6 6 21 18 +3 20
9 São Bento 19 7 6 6 19 19 0 20
10 Comercial 19 7 5 7 22 25 −3 19
11 Guarani 19 6 7 6 28 23 +5 19
12 Inter de Limeira 19 5 9 5 26 24 +2 19
13 América 19 5 8 6 20 17 +3 18
14 Juventus 19 6 5 8 17 23 −6 17
15 Ferroviária 19 4 8 7 21 23 −2 16
16 XV de Jaú 19 4 7 8 20 29 −9 15
17 Marília 19 6 2 11 15 29 −14 14
18 XV de Piracicaba 19 5 3 11 16 26 −10 13
19 Francana 19 3 7 9 18 27 −9 13
20 Noroeste 19 4 4 11 14 31 −17 12
Updated to match(es) played on July 25, 1980. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

First round Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Portuguesa 2–0 Ponte Preta 0–0 2–0
Santos 7–1 Botafogo 5–1 2–0

First round Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos 3–1 Portuguesa 1–0 2–1

Second round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 São Paulo 19 11 7 1 26 9 +17 29 Qualified
2 Ponte Preta 19 9 9 1 27 12 +15 27
3 Corinthians 19 11 4 4 30 18 +12 26
4 Inter de Limeira 19 9 8 2 30 17 +13 26
5 Guarani 19 10 5 4 29 19 +10 25
6 Juventus 19 8 6 5 22 20 +2 22
7 Santos 19 6 9 4 19 19 0 21
8 Botafogo 19 7 5 7 28 17 +11 19
9 Ferroviária 19 6 6 7 24 22 +2 18
10 XV de Jaú 19 6 6 7 21 25 −4 18
11 Comercial 19 5 8 6 19 21 −2 18
12 Portuguesa 19 6 5 8 17 26 −9 17
13 Noroeste 19 5 7 7 16 15 +1 17
14 Francana 19 3 10 6 11 15 −4 16
15 São Bento 19 4 7 8 13 18 −5 15
16 América 19 4 7 8 20 28 −8 15
17 Marília 19 3 9 7 16 26 −10 15
18 Taubaté 19 4 6 9 16 28 −12 14
19 Palmeiras 19 2 8 9 14 26 −12 12
20 XV de Piracicaba 19 2 6 11 12 29 −17 10
Updated to match(es) played on October 26, 1980. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second round Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
São Paulo 4–3 Inter de Limeira 1–2 3–1 (a.e.t)
Corinthians 1–4 Ponte Preta 1–1 0–3

Second round Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
São Paulo 2–2[3] Ponte Preta 2–1 0–1

Finals

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

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ponte Preta 38 17 16 5 57 32 +25 50 1981 Taça de Ouro
2 São Paulo 38 18 13 7 47 27 +20 49
3 Corinthians 38 18 12 8 48 30 +18 48
4 Santos 38 16 16 6 48 32 +16 48
5 Portuguesa 38 18 10 10 48 43 +5 46
6 Inter de Limeira 38 14 17 7 56 41 +15 45
7 Guarani 38 16 12 10 57 42 +15 44 1981 Taça de Prata
8 Botafogo 38 16 10 12 55 33 +22 42
9 Juventus 38 13 11 14 38 44 −6 37
10 São Bento 38 12 13 13 33 36 −3 37
11 Comercial 38 12 13 13 41 46 −5 37
12 Taubaté 38 11 13 14 36 51 −15 35
13 Ferroviária 38 10 14 14 45 45 0 34 1981 Taça de Prata
14 XV de Jaú 38 10 13 15 41 54 −13 33
15 América 38 9 15 14 40 45 −5 33 1981 Taça de Prata
16 Palmeiras 38 9 14 15 36 45 −9 32
17 Noroeste 38 9 11 18 30 46 −16 29
18 Marília 38 9 11 18 31 55 −24 29
19 Francana 38 6 17 15 29 42 −13 29 Relegation Playoff
20 XV de Piracicaba 38 7 9 22 28 55 −27 23 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on October 26, 1980. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Like in the previous year, the team with the fewest points would be relegated and the team with the second-fewest points would go to a playoff against the runner-up of the Second Level. as such, XV de Piracicaba was relegated and Francana had to dispute a playoff in neutral ground against Catanduvense.[4][5][6]

Relegation Playoffs

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Francana 4–0 Catanduvense 4–1 2–1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Sao Paulo 1980". Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "RSSSF – Championship of Sao Paulo 1980". Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  3. ^ São Paulo won due to having a better season record
  4. ^ "Francana goleia o Catanduvense" [Francana thrashes Catanduvense]. Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. November 9, 1980. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "Francana pode garantir seu lugar na 1.a" [Francana might remain in the first level]. Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. November 11, 1980. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "A última vaga é da Francana" [Francana gets the last berth]. Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. November 12, 1980. Retrieved April 10, 2019.