The 2013 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2013 for sponsorship reasons ) was the 112th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
It was won for the 27th time by Corinthians, after beating Santos at the finals, the defending champions from the previous three seasons.
Format
The top eight teams in the First Stage qualifies to the Quarter-Finals. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Série A2. Quarter and Semi-Finals will be played in one-legged matches. The best-four teams not qualified to the Semi-Finals not from the city of São Paulo or Santos FC, will compete in the Campeonato do Interior.
Teams
<small>Source: Futebol Paulista</small>
First stage
League table
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Results
Knockout stage
Bracket
Troféu do Interior
Statistics
Top goalscorers
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Scoring
- First goal of the season: LuÃÂs Fabiano for São Paulo against Mirassol (<small>19 January 2013</small>)
- Fastest goal of the season: 2 minutes, Márcio Diogo for XV de Piracicaba against Palmeiras (<small>3 February 2013</small>)
- Largest winning margin: 6 goals
- Mogi Mirim 6âÂÂ0 Botafogo (<small>27 April 2013</small>)
- Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- Mirassol 6âÂÂ2 Palmeiras (<small>27 March 2013</small>)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
- Mirassol 6âÂÂ2 Palmeiras (<small>27 March 2013</small>)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- Mirassol 4âÂÂ3 Botafogo-SP (<small>16 February 2013</small>)
- Mirassol 3âÂÂ4 São Bernardo (<small>16 March 2013</small>)
Discipline
- Most yellow cards (club): 82
- Botafogo-SP
- Most yellow cards (player): 11
- Dudu (São Bernardo)
- Most red cards (club): 12
- Botafogo-SP
- Most red cards (player): 3
- Cris (Botafogo-SP)
Awards
Team of the year
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Player of the Season
The Player of the Year was awarded to Neymar.
Young Player of the Season
The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Rodrigo Biro.
Countryside Best Player of the Season
The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Roni.
Top scorer of the Season
The top scorer of the season was William, who scored 13 goals.
References