2025 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior

2025 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior
Copinha Sicredi 2025
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates2 January – 25 January
Teams128
Final positions
Champions São Paulo (5th title)
Runners-up Corinthians
Tournament statistics
Matches played255
Goals scored700 (2.75 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Ryan Francisco (São Paulo)
(10 goals)[1]

The 2025 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (also known as Copinha Sicredi 2025 for sponsorship reasons[2]), was the 55th edition of the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, a youth football competition,[3] organized by the São Paulo Federation of Football (FPF).

Considered one of the most traditional in Brazil, the 2025 edition takes place between January 2 and 25[4][5] and is contested by 128 teams divided into 32 groups.[6] The top two teams in each group advance to the next stage, which will be played in knockout matches. Therefore, the teams will be reduced by half at each stage until the final.

São Paulo won Corinthians; the defending champion, in a distinct Clássico Majestoso match that ended in a comeback 3-2 for São Paulo.[7]

Format and participants

On November 25, 2024, the FPF announced the groups and venues for the 2025 edition that will end on the anniversary of the city of São Paulo, January 25.[8]

As venue cities are: Araraquara, Bálsamo, Barueri,[9] Brodowski, Capivari, Cravinhos, Embu das Artes, Franca, Guaratinguetá, Guarulhos, Itapira, Itaquaquecetuba,[10] Jaú, Lins, Mogi das Cruzes, Osasco,[9] Porto Feliz, Salto, Santa Fé do Sul, Santana de Parnaíba,[9] Santo André, São Carlos, São Paulo, Suzano, Tanabi, Taubaté, Tietê, Tupã, Votorantim e Votuporanga.[11]

The 128 participants by state are:

Final phases

Round of 64

Sources: [15][16]

Winner Score Eliminated
Botafogo 2-1 IAPE
Ponte Preta 2-0 Votuporanguense
Operário 1 (4) - (5) 1 Mirassol
Criciúma 0 (3) - (1) 0 Santa Cruz
Guarani 3-0 Bandeirante de Brodowski
Botafogo (SP) 1-3 Atlético Mineiro
Ferroviária 2 (7) - (6) 2 Vitoria
São José 0-3 Santos
Água Santa 2-1 Linense
Fluminense 3-0 Clube de Regatas Brasil
São Paulo 4-0 America de Natal
Juventude 1-0 XV de Jau
Cruzeiro 1 (5) - (3) 1 America-RJ
Portuguesa 3-0 Real Brasília
Desportivo Brasil 1-2 Bahia
Capivariano 1 (4) - (5) 1 Coritiba
Audax 0 (4) - (1) 0 Votoraty
Novorizontino 0-2 Athletico Paranaense
Palmeiras 2-1 Referência
Sport Recife 0 (5) - (4) 0 Oeste
Grêmio 1-0 Marcílio Dias
Goiás 1 (5) - (4) 1 Vitória da Conquista
Zumbi 1-0 União Suzano
Red Bull Bragantino 3-1 Flamengo
Ituano 0 (17) - (16) 0 Sfera
América-MG 1 (1) - (3) 1 Fortaleza
Santo André 0-1 Vila Nova
Falcon 0-1 Corinthians
Flamengo-SP 1-0 Náutico
Ibrachina 2-0 Barra-SC
Juventus da Mooca 0-1 Vasco da Gama
XV de Piracicaba 0-4 Ceará

Round of 32

Sources: [15][17]

Winner Score Eliminated
Botafogo 1-0 Ponte Preta
Mirassol 0-2 Criciúma
Guarani 3-1 Atlético Mineiro
Ferroviária 2 (6) - (5) 2 Santos
Água Santa 0-1 Fluminense
São Paulo 1-0 Juventude
Cruzeiro 3-1 Portuguesa
Bahia 2-0 Coritiba
Audax 1-0 Athletico Paranaense
Palmeiras 2-0 Sport Recife
Grêmio 4-0 Goiás
Zumbi 0-7 Red Bull Bragantino
Ituano 3-2 Fortaleza
Vila Nova 1-4 Corinthians
Flamengo-SP 1 (3) - (0) 1 Ibrachina
Vasco da Gama 3-2 Ceará

Round of 16

Sources: [15][18]

Winner Score Eliminated
Botafogo 2-4 Criciúma
Guarani 0-2 Ferroviária
Fluminense 0 (4) - (5) 0 São Paulo
Cruzeiro 3-0 Bahia
Audax 0-4 Palmeiras
Grêmio 2 (5) - (4) 2 Red Bull Bragantino
Ituano 0 (4) - (5) 0 Corinthians
Flamengo-SP 3-5 Vasco da Gama

Quarter-finals

Sources: [15][19]

Winner Score Eliminated
Criciúma 1-0 Ferroviária
São Paulo 3-1 Cruzeiro
Palmeiras 2-3 Grêmio
Corinthians 1-0 Vasco da Gama

Semi-finals

Sources: [15][20]

Winner Score Eliminated
Criciúma 1-2 São Paulo
Grêmio 0-1 Corinthians

Final

Sources: [15][21]

Date Finalist Score Finalist Venue
01/25/25 São Paulo 3-2 Corinthians São Paulo

Final standings

Pos. Team P MP W D L GS GA GD
1 São Paulo 25 9 8 1 0 24 4 20
2 Corinthians 19 9 6 1 2 15 6 9
3 Criciúma 19 8 6 1 1 14 5 9
4 Grêmio 17 8 5 2 1 16 6 10
5 Palmeiras 16 7 5 1 1 25 5 20
6 Cruzeiro 15 7 4 2 1 13 6 7
7 Ferroviária 12 7 3 3 1 16 6 10
8 Vasco da Gama 12 7 3 3 1 11 8 3
9 Red Bull Bragantino 16 6 5 1 0 23 6 17
10 Fluminense 16 6 5 1 0 13 1 12
11 Botafogo 15 6 5 0 1 9 6 3
12 Osasco Audax 13 6 4 1 1 7 4 3
13 Guarani 12 6 4 0 2 13 5 8
14 Ituano 12 6 3 3 0 8 5 3
15 Bahia 12 6 4 0 2 7 7 0
16 Flamengo-SP 11 6 3 2 1 8 6 2
17 Ibrachina 11 5 3 2 0 14 4 10
18 Santos 10 5 3 1 1 14 5 9
19 Ceará 10 5 3 1 1 12 5 7
20 Portuguesa 10 5 3 1 1 11 4 7
21 Ponte Preta 10 5 3 1 1 9 2 7
22 Goiás 10 5 3 1 1 7 8 -1
23 Zumbi 10 5 3 1 1 6 9 -3
24 Água Santa 9 5 3 0 2 10 7 3
25 Atlético Mineiro 9 5 3 0 2 9 6 3
26 Athletico Paranaense 9 5 3 0 2 6 4 2
27 Juventude 9 5 3 0 2 5 3 2
28 Sport 8 5 2 2 1 6 2 4
29 Vila Nova 8 5 2 2 1 5 5 0
30 Mirassol 7 5 2 1 2 6 8 -2
31 Coritiba 6 5 1 3 1 5 6 -1
32 Fortaleza 5 5 1 2 2 8 7 1
33 Operário-PR 10 4 3 1 0 16 2 14
34 Santo André 9 4 3 0 1 6 2 4
35 Capivariano 8 4 2 2 0 6 2 4
36 Votoraty 8 4 2 2 0 4 0 4
37 Novorizontino 7 4 2 1 1 8 2 6
38 América Mineiro 7 4 3 1 0 7 1 6
39 Botafogo-SP 7 4 2 1 1 11 6 5
40 Juventus-SP 7 4 2 1 1 7 2 5
41 Náutico 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 2
42 Referência 7 4 2 1 1 4 3 1
43 Sfera 7 4 2 1 1 3 2 1
44 America 7 4 2 1 1 5 5 0
45 XV de Piracicaba 7 4 2 1 1 4 6 -2
46 Oeste 6 4 1 3 0 8 2 6
47 Flamengo 6 4 2 0 2 10 6 4
48 Vitória 6 4 1 3 0 5 3 2
49 XV de Jaú 6 4 2 0 2 5 3 2
50 Linense 6 4 2 0 2 7 6 1
51 Votuporanguense 6 4 2 0 2 5 5 0
52 União Suzano 6 4 2 0 2 4 4 0
53 São José-RS 6 4 2 0 2 4 5 -1
54 CRB 6 4 2 0 2 5 7 -2
55 CA Bandeirante 6 4 2 0 2 4 8 -4
56 Santa Cruz 5 4 1 2 1 6 2 4
57 Desportivo Brasil 5 4 1 2 1 8 6 2
58 IAPE 5 4 1 2 1 4 3 1
59 Falcon 5 4 1 2 1 3 2 1
60 Real Brasília 5 4 1 2 1 5 6 -1
61 Vitória da Conquista 5 4 1 2 1 3 6 –3
62 Marcílio Dias 4 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1
63 Barra-SC 4 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2
64 América de Natal 4 4 1 1 2 6 9 -3
65 Atlético Goianiense 4 3 1 1 1 4 1 3
66 São Bento 4 3 1 1 1 6 5 1
67 Aster-SP 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 1
68 Dom Bosco 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 1
69 Sergipe 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 1
70 Cuiabá 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 1
71 Tirol 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
72 Azuriz 4 3 1 1 1 6 6 0
73 Nova Iguaçu 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
74 Comercial 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 –1
75 América de Pedrinhas 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1
76 Operário de Caarapó 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1
77 São Carlos 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1
78 Tanabi 4 3 1 1 1 3 8 –5
79 Floresta 3 3 1 0 2 4 3 1
80 Brasiliense 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 0
81 Inter de Limeira 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 0
82 Piauí 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
83 Porto Vitória 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
84 Avaí 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 –1
85 Capitão Poço 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 –1
86 Taubaté 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 –1
87 Comercial Tietê 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 –2
88 Serra Branca 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 –2
89 Porto Velho 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 –3
90 ABC 3 3 1 0 2 3 7 –4
91 Mazagão 3 3 1 0 2 2 6 –4
92 Tupã 3 3 1 0 2 2 6 –4
93 Araguacema 3 3 1 0 2 5 10 –5
94 Canaã 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 –1
95 Nacional-SP 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 –1
96 Atlético Guaratinguetá 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 –2
97 Santa Cruz-AC 2 3 0 2 1 2 7 –5
98 Cruzeiro-PB 2 3 0 2 1 1 6 –5
99 FC Cascavel 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 –2
100 Inter de Minas 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 –2
101 Internacional 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 –2
102 Retrô 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 –3
103 EC São Bernardo 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 –4
104 Trindade 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 –4
105 Carajás 1 3 0 1 2 3 8 –5
106 Hercílio Luz 1 3 0 1 2 3 8 –5
107 Dourados 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 –5
108 Boavista-RJ 1 3 0 1 2 3 9 –6
109 Portuguesa Santista 1 3 0 1 2 2 8 –6
110 Francana 1 3 0 1 2 1 9 –8
111 Náutico-RR 1 3 0 1 2 1 16 –15
112 Ferroviário 0 3 0 0 3 2 5 –3
113 Rio Branco-ES 0 3 0 0 3 3 7 –4
114 Imperatriz 0 3 0 0 3 2 7 –5
115 Madureira 0 3 0 0 3 0 5 –5
116 Fast Clube 0 3 0 0 3 3 9 –6
117 Rio Branco-AC 0 3 0 0 3 3 9 –6
118 Monte Roraima 0 3 0 0 3 2 8 –6
119 Tuna Luso 0 3 0 0 3 2 8 –6
120 Estrela de Março 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 –7
121 Genus 0 3 0 0 3 0 8 –8
122 União-TO 0 3 0 0 3 0 8 –8
123 Itapirense 0 3 0 0 3 1 10 –9
124 Santa Fé-SP 0 3 0 0 3 1 10 –9
125 Coimbra 0 3 0 0 3 3 13 –10
126 Picos 0 3 0 0 3 1 12 –11
127 Força e Luz 0 3 0 0 3 2 15 –13
128 Jaciobá 0 3 0 0 3 1 17 –16

Impact

Transmission and audience

The 2025 edition of the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior was broadcast on the pay-TV channel SporTV, as well as on the FPF's YouTube channel and on CazéTV.[13] The final match was also shown on TV Globo.[6] In terms of audience, the final reached 12 points in Greater São Paulo for TV Globo, which represents 71% of the average obtained at the same time during the previous four weeks, a period in which the channel did not broadcast football matches.[7][10] On the SporTV channel, coverage of the competition reached 12.3 million viewers, showing an 87% increase compared to the audience of the previous edition.[11]

São Paulo's title

The result of the final was widely described by the press as "epic", "heroic" and "historic", due to São Paulo's reaction, which managed to reverse the opponent's two-goal deficit, winning 3-2.[22][23] GE portal contributor Marco Condez described São Paulo's campaign as "flawless", highlighting their eight wins and one draw, with 21 goals scored and only four conceded. Condez emphasized the team's collective balance and resilience, as well as highlighting the hybrid tactical scheme, which combines characteristics of vertical and controlling play simultaneously.[14]

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