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unusual facts about Campeonato Paulista



Associação Atlética São Bento

The club existed between 1914 and 1935 and won the State Championship of São Paulo in 1914 and twice.

Club Athletico Paulistano

In 1902 the first championship of São Paulo was held and the São Paulo Athletic club secured the first three titles, with Paulistano being runner up on each occasion.

Esporte Clube Taubaté

In 1954, the club played the Campeonato Paulista second division final against Comercial of Ribeirão Preto and fielded an ineligible player in the match.

Oswaldo de Oliveira

After tricolor quit in Campeonato Brasileiro de 2002, against Santos, and lose the final of Campeonato Paulista de 2003 for Corinthians, Oliveira was dismissed because of bad results.

SC Germania Hamburg

Internacional won the State Championships of São Paulo of 1907 and 1928 and in 1938, after a merger with Antarctica SC became part of São Paulo FC, which went on to bexome one of the most successful football clubs in the world.

Hans Nobiling, a player of Germania, emigrated in the late 19th century to Brazil where he was instrumental in founding two of the four oldest football clubs of the country, which became in 1938 part of São Paulo FC, three times world cup winner, and EC Pinheiros, considered as the maybe biggest sports club of the southern hemisphere, both clubs winning a total of four State Championships of São Paulo


see also

Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino

The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino (Paulista Women's Football Championship, in English) is the women's football state championship of São Paulo State, and is contested since 1997.

Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão

Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, also known as Campeonato Paulista Série B, is the fourth level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships.