1986 Campeonato Paulista
# 1986 Campeonato Paulista

The 1986 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional was the 85th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Inter de Limeira won the championship by the first time. Comercial and Paulista 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 | Inter de Limeira | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 49 | Qualified as stage winners |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 47 | Qualified due to best season record |
| 3 | Corinthians | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 46 | Qualified due to best season record |
| 4 | Portuguesa | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 43 | |
| 5 | Juventus | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 42 | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 38 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 42 | |
| 7 | Santo André | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 39 | |
| 8 | Santos | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 38 | Qualified as stage winners |
| 9 | São Bento | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 37 | |
| 10 | América | 38 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 36 | |
| 11 | Novorizontino | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 35 | |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 35 | |
| 13 | Ferroviária | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 35 | |
| 14 | XV de Piracicaba | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 35 | |
| 15 | Botafogo | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 35 | |
| 16 | Mogi Mirim | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 35 | |
| 17 | Guarani | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 34 | |
| 18 | XV de Jaú | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 33 | |
| 19 | Comercial | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 33 | Relegated |
| 20 | Paulista | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 31 | Relegated |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Corinthians | 1–3 | Palmeiras | 1–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t) |
| Santos | 1–4 | Inter de Limeira | 0–2 | 1–2 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Palmeiras | 1–2 | Inter de Limeira | 0–0 | 1–2 |
