1957 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista – Série A1

Season	1957
Champions	São Paulo
Relegated	Linense
Matches played	371
Goals scored	1,363 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pelé (Santos) – 36 goals
Biggest home win	Santos 9-1 Ypiranga (September 25, 1957)
Biggest away win	Linense 0-7 Noroeste (July 7, 1957)
Highest scoring	Jabaquara 6-4 Santos (July 31, 1957) XV de Piracicaba 6-4 Guarani (August 25, 1957) Santos 9-1 Ypiranga (September 25, 1957) Guarani 8-2 Ferroviária (January 22, 1958)
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The 1957 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 56th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the title for the 8th time. Linense was relegated. The top scorer was Pelé from Santos with 36 goals, including 17 of those goals in the Blue Series. In 1957, Pelé started his streak of being the league season's top scorer, which continued unbroken until 1965.

Championship

The championship was disputed in three phases:

• Qualifying round: all twenty teams played each other in a single-round robin system, with the ten best teams advancing to the Blue Series and the ten worst going on to dispute the White Series.
• Blue Series: The ten teams played each other in a double round-robin system, and the team with the most points won the title.
• White Series: The ten teams played each other in a double round-robin system, and the team with the fewest points was relegated.

Qualifying phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	19	13	6	0	46	18	+28	32	Blue Series
2	Santos	19	13	1	5	81	35	+46	27
3	Portuguesa	19	11	5	3	37	21	+16	27
4	São Paulo	19	10	5	4	46	19	+27	25
5	Jabaquara	19	11	3	5	35	33	+2	25
6	Palmeiras	19	9	5	5	38	23	+15	23
7	Ponte Preta	19	10	3	6	37	31	+6	23
8	XV de Piracicaba	19	11	0	8	45	39	+6	22
9	Portuguesa Santista	19	9	4	6	25	19	+6	22
10	Noroeste	19	8	5	6	42	33	+9	21	Playoffs
11	Botafogo	19	9	3	7	28	24	+4	21
12	São Bento (SCS)	19	8	2	9	25	33	−8	18	White Series
13	Juventus	19	8	1	10	31	39	−8	17
14	Ferroviária	19	7	3	9	28	37	−9	17
15	Taubaté	19	6	2	11	31	34	−3	14
16	Guarani	19	5	3	11	35	48	−13	13
17	XV de Jaú	19	4	4	11	24	46	−22	12
18	Nacional	19	4	3	12	27	45	−18	11
19	Ypiranga	19	3	2	14	18	50	−32	8
20	Linense	19	0	2	17	12	64	−52	2

Updated to match(es) played on September 29, 1957. Source: Futebolnacional.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Botafogo	4–1	Noroeste

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pelé	Santos	19
2	Mazzola	Palmeiras	17
	Aírton	Ponte Preta
4	Pepe	Santos	14
	Ney Blanco	São Paulo
6	Villalobos	Guarani	12
7	Tite	Santos	11
8	Fifi	Guarani	10

Blue Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	São Paulo	18	13	4	1	53	24	+29	30	Champions
2	Santos	18	13	3	2	63	30	+33	29
3	Corinthians	18	12	4	2	44	21	+23	28
4	Portuguesa	18	7	6	5	38	30	+8	20
5	Botafogo	18	6	6	6	24	30	−6	18
6	Portuguesa Santista	18	4	7	7	31	43	−12	15
7	Ponte Preta	18	6	1	11	22	42	−20	13
8	Jabaquara	18	2	6	10	19	34	−15	10
9	Palmeiras	18	2	5	11	28	36	−8	9
10	XV de Piracicaba	18	3	2	13	25	57	−32	8

Updated to match(es) played on December 29, 1957. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pelé	Santos	17
2	Zague	Corinthians	15
3	Gino	São Paulo	13
	Alfeu	Portuguesa
5	Tite	Santos	11
	Pagão
	Índio	Corinthians
8	Nilo	Palmeiras	9
	Amaury	São Paulo
	Maurinho

White Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Taubaté	18	11	2	5	39	25	+14	24
2	Noroeste	18	10	3	5	35	23	+12	23
3	Nacional	18	10	3	5	35	33	+2	23
4	Guarani	18	9	2	7	56	33	+23	20
5	São Bento (SCS)	18	6	8	4	24	26	−2	20
6	Juventus	18	7	4	7	34	29	+5	18
7	Ferroviária	18	7	3	8	32	38	−6	17
8	XV de Jaú	18	5	2	11	31	43	−12	12
9	Ypiranga	18	4	4	10	19	32	−13	12
10	Linense	18	3	5	10	17	43	−26	11	Relegated

Updated to match(es) played on January 28, 1958. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	37	25	10	2	90	39	+51	60
2	Santos	37	26	4	7	144	65	+79	56
3	São Paulo	37	23	9	5	99	43	+56	55	Champions
4	Portuguesa	37	18	11	8	75	51	+24	47
5	Botafogo	37	15	9	13	52	54	−2	39
6	Portuguesa Santista	37	13	11	13	56	62	−6	37
7	Ponte Preta	37	16	4	17	59	73	−14	36
8	Jabaquara	37	13	9	15	54	67	−13	35
9	Palmeiras	37	11	10	16	66	59	+7	32
10	XV de Piracicaba	37	14	2	21	70	96	−26	30
11	Noroeste	37	18	8	11	77	56	+21	44
12	Taubaté	37	17	4	16	70	59	+11	38
13	São Bento (SCS)	37	14	10	13	49	56	−7	38
14	Juventus	37	15	5	17	65	68	−3	35
15	Ferroviária	37	14	6	17	60	75	−15	34
16	Nacional	37	14	6	17	62	78	−16	34
17	Guarani	37	14	5	18	91	81	+10	33
18	XV de Jaú	37	9	6	22	55	89	−34	24
19	Ypiranga	37	7	6	24	37	82	−45	20
20	Linense	37	3	7	27	29	107	−78	13	Relegated

Updated to match(es) played on January 28, 1958. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.