The 2016 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 115th season of São Paulo's 5️⃣ top professional football league.

Format [ edit ]

In the first stage the twenty teams are drawn, with seeding, into four groups 5️⃣ of five teams each, with each team playing once against the fifteen clubs from the other three groups.

After each team 5️⃣ has played fifteen matches, the top two teams of each group qualify for the quarter-final stage.

After the completion of the 5️⃣ first stage, the six clubs with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, will be relegated to the 5️⃣ Campeonato Paulista Série A2.