1956 Campeonato Paulista

The 1956 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 55th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Santos won the title for the third time. No teams were relegated and the top scorer was São Paulo's Zezinho with 18 goals.

Campeonato Paulista

Season	1956
Champions	Santos
Matches played	300
Goals scored	1,156 (3.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zezinho (São Paulo) – 18 goals
Biggest home win	Santos 9-1 Linense (September 26, 1956)
Biggest away win	Nacional 0-5 Noroeste (December 2, 1956)
Highest scoring	Santos 9-1 Linense (September 26, 1956) Linense 6-4 Portuguesa Santista (November 25, 1956)
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Championship

The championship was disputed in three phases:

• Qualifying round: All eighteen teams played each other in a single-round robin system, with the ten best teams advancing to the Blue Series and the eight 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 eight 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	Santos	17	13	4	0	51	16	+35	30	Blue Series
2	Corinthians	17	14	1	2	54	28	+26	29
3	São Paulo	17	12	1	4	56	24	+32	25
4	Portuguesa	17	10	2	5	37	26	+11	22
5	Palmeiras	17	9	3	5	30	18	+12	21
6	São Bento de São Caetano	17	8	3	6	34	24	+10	19
7	XV de Piracicaba	17	7	5	5	29	32	−3	19
8	XV de Jaú	17	7	3	7	29	32	−3	17
9	Taubaté	17	6	5	6	22	22	0	17
10	Juventus	17	7	2	8	32	31	+1	16
11	Ponte Preta	17	6	3	8	27	28	−1	15	White Series
12	Noroeste	17	6	2	9	22	36	−14	14
13	Ferroviária	17	5	2	10	35	45	−10	12
14	Guarani	17	4	4	9	26	39	−13	12
15	Jabaquara	17	4	2	11	28	47	−19	10
16	Nacional	17	2	6	9	17	40	−23	10
17	Portuguesa Santista	17	3	3	11	20	39	−19	9
18	Linense	17	3	3	11	27	55	−28	9

Updated to match(es) played on September 30, 1956. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Blue Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos	18	15	0	3	43	18	+25	30	Playoffs
2	São Paulo	18	13	4	1	56	21	+35	30
3	Corinthians	18	9	7	2	41	22	+19	25
4	Palmeiras	18	9	4	5	39	34	+5	22
5	Portuguesa	18	5	5	8	23	29	−6	15
6	XV de Jaú	18	6	2	10	23	43	−20	14
7	XV de Piracicaba	18	4	5	9	36	46	−10	13
8	Juventus	18	4	3	11	24	38	−14	11
9	Taubaté	18	3	5	10	23	41	−18	11
10	São Bento de São Caetano	18	1	7	10	25	41	−16	9

Updated to match(es) played on December 30, 1956. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

3 January 1957

Santos	4 – 2	São Paulo
Feijó 20' Tite 63' Del Vecchio 68' 79'	Report	Zezinho 8' 42'

Pacaembu, São Paulo

Attendance: 51,600

Referee: Erwin Hieger

White Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Noroeste	14	10	1	3	43	20	+23	21
2	Ferroviária	14	9	2	3	35	16	+19	20
3	Ponte Preta	14	7	4	3	27	19	+8	18
4	Portuguesa Santista	14	6	2	6	36	27	+9	14
5	Linense	14	5	3	6	32	42	−10	13
6	Nacional	14	5	0	9	28	41	−13	10
7	Guarani	14	4	1	9	19	39	−20	9
8	Jabaquara	14	3	1	10	22	38	−16	7

Updated to match(es) played on February 10, 1957. 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	Santos	35	28	4	3	94	34	+60	60	Champions
2	São Paulo	35	25	5	5	112	42	+70	55
3	Corinthians	35	23	8	4	95	50	+45	54
4	Palmeiras	35	18	7	10	69	52	+17	43
5	Portuguesa	35	15	7	13	60	55	+5	37
6	XV de Piracicaba	35	11	10	14	67	74	−7	32
7	XV de Jaú	35	13	5	17	52	75	−23	31
8	São Bento de São Caetano	35	9	10	16	57	65	−8	28
9	Taubaté	35	9	10	16	45	63	−18	28
10	Juventus	35	11	5	19	55	69	−14	27
11	Noroeste	31	16	3	12	65	56	+9	35
12	Ferroviária	31	14	4	13	70	61	+9	32
13	Ponte Preta	31	13	7	11	54	47	+7	33
14	Portuguesa Santista	31	9	5	17	56	66	−10	23
15	Linense	31	8	6	17	59	97	−38	22
16	Nacional	31	7	6	18	45	81	−36	20
17	Guarani	31	8	5	18	45	78	−33	21
18	Jabaquara	31	7	3	21	50	85	−35	17

Updated to match(es) played on February 10, 1957. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) wins; 4) number of goals scored.

Top Scores

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zezinho	São Paulo	30
2	Paulo Carvoeiro	Corinthians	29
3	Gomes	Ferroviaría	23
4	Cláudio	Cortinhians	22
5	Edmur	Portuguesa	19
6	Aírton	Ponte Preta	18
7	Tite	Santos	17
8	Dino Sani	São Paulo	14