The São Paulo Football Federation (FPF) has scheduled the 2026 Paulista Championship matches, which will be shorter, with 11 scheduled dates, to follow the new calendar of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Paulistao will have a competition model similar to that of the Champions League. The clubs will face each other within their group and play a further five rounds against opponents from other pots, for a total of eight matches in the first stage.
The eight teams with the best season qualify for the knockout stage, where they are played in a single match. The two worst teams will be relegated to A-2.
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In an event held at the Mercado Livre Arena Pacaembu, on Tuesday (11/11), FPF tied their first stage matches. The entity also announced that it would adopt semi-automatic offside technology from the quarter-finals onwards.
The Federation will also determine the arrangement of matches and the match schedule.
Learn about the confrontations of each team in the first stage:
- Corinth: Santos, Palmeiras, Sao Paulo, Bragantino, Sao Bernardo, Velo Club, Ponte Preta and Capifariano
- Palm trees: Santos, Sao Paulo, Corinthians, Novorizontino, Mirasol, Guarani, Portuguesa and Botafogo SP
- Saints: Palmeiras, São Paulo, Corinthians, Bragantino, Novorizontino, Velo Club, Guarani and Noroste
- Sao Paulo: Santos, Palmeiras, Corinthians, Mirasol, Sao Bernardo, Portuguese, Ponte Preta and Primavera
- Bragantino: Santos, Corinthians, Novorizontino, Mirasol, Sao Bernardo, Velo Clube, Noroeste and Botafogo-SP.
- Novorizontino: Santos, Palmeiras, Bragantino, Mirasol, São Bernardo, Guarani, Botafogo-SP and Primavera.
- Mirasol: Palmeiras, Sao Paulo, Bragantino, Novorizontino, Sao Bernardo, Portuguese, Primavera and Capifariano
- Saint Bernard: Bragantino, Novorizontino, Mirasol, São Paulo, Corinthians, Ponte Preta, Noroeste and Capifariano
- Philo Club: Guarani, Portuguesa, Ponte Preta, Santos, Corinthians, Bragantino, Noroeste and Botafogo – SP
- Guarani: Velo Club, Portuguesa, Ponte Preta, Santos, Palmeiras, Novorizontino, Botafogo-SP, Primavera
- Portuguese: Velo Club, Guarani, Ponte Preta, Palmeiras, Sao Paulo, Mirasol, Primavera and Capifariano
- Black bridge: Velo Club, Guarani, Portuguese, Sao Paulo, Corinthians, Sao Bernardo, Capifariano and Norosti
- northwest: Botafogo SP, Primavera, Capifariano, Santos, Bragantino, São Bernardo, Velo Clube and Ponte Preta
- Botafogo-SP: Norwest, Primavera, Capifariano, Palmeiras, Bragantino, Novorizontino, Velo Club and Guarani
- spring: Noroeste, Botafogo SP, Capifariano, São Paulo, Novorizontino, Mirasol, Guarani and Portuguese
- Capivari: Norwest, Botafogo SP, Primavera, Corinthians, Mirasol, Sao Bernardo, Portuguesa and Ponte Preta
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