1988 Campeonato Paulista

The 1988 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional was the 87th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Corinthians won the championship for the 20th time. No teams were relegated.

Campeonato Paulista – Série A1

Season	1988
Champions	Corinthians (20th title)
Copa do Brasil	Corinthians Guarani
Matches played	217
Goals scored	497 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Evair (Guarani) – 19 goals
Biggest home win	Guarani 5–0 Botafogo (March 6, 1988) São Paulo 5-0 América (March 9, 1988)
Biggest away win	Mogi Mirim 0-4 São Paulo (June 4, 1988)
Highest scoring	Ferroviária 4–4 Santo André (May 29, 1988)
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Championship

The twenty teams of the championship were divided into two groups of ten teams, with each team playing once against the teams of its own group and the other group. The four best teams of each group would qualify to the Second phase, where the eight teams would be divided into two groups of four, with the winner of each group qualifying to the Finals.

First phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter de Limeira	19	10	6	3	23	10	+13	26	Qualified
2	São Paulo	19	11	3	5	35	20	+15	25
3	Santos	19	9	6	4	20	12	+8	24
4	XV de Jaú	19	7	7	5	26	25	+1	21
5	Noroeste	19	5	9	5	19	19	0	19
6	Botafogo	19	7	4	8	18	25	−7	18
7	Mogi Mirim	19	6	5	8	15	23	−8	17
8	Juventus	19	5	6	8	19	26	−7	16
9	Novorizontino	19	3	5	11	18	29	−11	11
10	União São João	19	3	5	11	15	26	−11	11

Updated to match(es) played on June 13, 1988. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	19	11	4	4	32	16	+16	26	Qualified
2	Guarani	19	9	8	2	35	15	+20	26
3	São José	19	9	8	2	29	16	+13	26
4	Palmeiras	19	8	7	4	26	18	+8	23
5	Portuguesa	19	7	5	7	24	22	+2	19
6	Ferroviária	19	7	4	8	24	31	−7	18
7	XV de Piracicaba	19	6	4	9	20	28	−8	16
8	Santo André	19	2	9	8	20	30	−10	13
9	São Bento	19	2	9	8	9	22	−13	13
10	América	19	3	6	10	21	35	−14	12

Updated to match(es) played on June 13, 1988. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guarani	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	9	Qualified
2	São José	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1	6
3	Inter de Limeira	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	5
4	XV de Jaú	6	1	2	3	2	7	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on July 17, 1988. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	6	2	4	0	8	5	+3	8	Qualified
2	São Paulo	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	7
3	Palmeiras	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	5
4	Santos	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	4

Updated to match(es) played on July 17, 1988. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corinthians	2–1	Guarani	1–1	1–0 (a.e.t)