1985 Campeonato Paulista

Campeonato Paulista – Série A1

Season	1985
Champions	São Paulo
Relegated	Noroeste Marília
Série A	São Paulo
Matches played	386
Goals scored	740 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Careca (São Paulo) – 23 goals
Biggest home win	São Paulo 5-0 São Bento (July 31, 1985)
Biggest away win	Botafogo 0-4 Portuguesa (May 22, 1985)
Highest scoring	Inter de Limeira 5-2 Comercial (June 6, 1985)
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The 1985 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da Série A1 was the 84th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship for the 14th time. São Paulo's Careca was the top scorer with 23 goals. Noroeste and Marília were relegated.

Championship

The twenty teams of the championship would all play twice against each other, with the best teams of each half and the two overall best teams qualifying to the Semifinals, and the bottom two teams being relegated.

First phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portuguesa	38	18	16	4	49	27	+22	52	Qualified as stage winners
2	São Paulo	38	20	11	7	63	26	+37	51
3	Guarani	38	14	17	7	38	34	+4	45	Qualified due to best season record
4	Ferroviária	38	14	14	10	41	38	+3	42
5	Corinthians	38	12	18	8	41	33	+8	42
6	Santos	38	14	12	12	35	34	+1	40
7	Palmeiras	38	13	14	11	36	33	+3	40
8	América	38	13	13	12	30	38	−8	39
9	Ponte Preta	38	13	12	13	42	35	+7	38
10	Inter de Limeira	38	11	15	12	41	35	+6	37
11	XV de Jaú	38	10	16	12	36	43	−7	36
12	Juventus	38	13	9	16	37	38	−1	35
13	Paulista	38	9	16	13	31	34	−3	34
14	Santo André	38	9	16	13	26	29	−3	34
15	XV de Piracicaba	38	6	22	10	31	36	−5	34
16	Botafogo	38	11	11	16	39	43	−4	33
17	São Bento	38	11	11	16	28	42	−14	33
18	Comercial	38	11	10	17	33	50	−17	32
19	Noroeste	38	10	12	16	26	38	−12	32	Relegated
20	Marília	38	8	15	15	22	35	−13	31

Updated to match(es) played on November 24, 1985. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guarani	1–4	São Paulo	1–1	0–3
Ferroviária	2–4	Portuguesa	2–2	0–2

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Paulo	5–2	Portuguesa	3–1	2–1