Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior

The Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (or São Paulo Youth Football Cup, in English), also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores (São Paulo Youth Cup) and Copinha (Little Cup), is a cup competition played by 88 Brazilian under-18 football teams (until the 2006 edition, it was contested by under-21 teams), most of them from São Paulo state. It is organized by the Paulista Football Federation.

Format

In the first stage the 88 teams are divided in 22 groups. 32 of them qualify to the knockout stage. The final is always played on January 25, city of São Paulo foundation date. All matches are played in São Paulo state.

List of champions

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue
1969	Corinthians		Nacional (SP)
1970	Corinthians		Palmeiras
1971	Fluminense	3 – 3 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 4 – 3 (pen)	Botafogo	Estádio do Centro Esportivo Pirituba
1972	Nacional (SP)	2 – 1	Internacional
1973	Fluminense	0 – 0 2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Corinthians	Estádio Parque São Jorge
1974	Internacional	2 – 1	Ponte Preta
1975	Atlético Mineiro	0 – 0 4 – 3 (pen)	Corinthians
1976	Atlético Mineiro	1 – 0	Corinthians
1977	Fluminense	2 – 1	Ponte Preta
1978	Internacional	0 – 0 5 – 4 (pen)	Corinthians
1979	Marília	2 – 1	Fluminense	Estádio do Canindé
1980	Internacional	3 – 0	Atlético Mineiro
1981	Ponte Preta	1 – 0	São Paulo
1982	Ponte Preta	2 – 1	Santos
1983	Atlético Mineiro	2 – 1	Botafogo	Estádio Palestra Itália
1984	Santos	2 – 1	Corinthians	Estádio do Canindé
1985	Juventus	1 – 0	Guarani
1986	Fluminense	2 – 0	Ponte Preta	Estádio do Pacaembu
1987	Not held
1988	Nacional (SP)	3 – 0	América (SP)	Estádio da Universidade de São Paulo
1989	Fluminense	1 – 0	Juventus	Estádio do Pacaembu
1990	Flamengo	1 – 0	Juventus	Estádio do Pacaembu
1991	Portuguesa	4 – 0	Grêmio	Estádio do Pacaembu
1992	Vasco da Gama	1 – 1 5 – 3 (pen)	São Paulo	Estádio do Pacaembu
1993	São Paulo	4 – 3	Corinthians	Estádio do Pacaembu
1994	Guarani	1 – 1 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 3 – 0 (pen)	São Paulo	Estádio do Pacaembu
1995	Corinthians	2 – 2 1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Ponte Preta	Estádio do Canindé
1996	América (MG)	2 – 1	Cruzeiro	Estádio do Pacaembu
1997	Lousano Paulista(1)	1 – 1 4 – 3 (pen)	Corinthians	Estádio do Canindé
1998	Internacional	0 – 0 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 4 – 3 (pen)	Ponte Preta	Estádio do Morumbi
1999	Corinthians	1 – 0	Vasco da Gama	Estádio do Pacaembu
2000	São Paulo	2 – 1	Juventus	Estádio do Pacaembu
2001	Roma Barueri(2)	4 – 4 6 – 5 (pen)	São Paulo	Estádio do Pacaembu
2002	Portuguesa	1 – 0	Cruzeiro	Estádio do Canindé
2003	Santo André	2 – 2 5 – 3 (pen)	Palmeiras	Estádio do Pacaembu
2004	Corinthians	2 – 0	São Paulo	Estádio do Pacaembu
2005	Corinthians	3 – 1	Nacional (SP)	Estádio do Pacaembu
2006	América (SP)	0 – 0 3 – 1 (pen)	Comercial (Ribeirão Preto)	Estádio do Pacaembu
2007	Cruzeiro	1 – 1 6 – 5 (pen)	São Paulo	Estádio do Pacaembu
2008	Figueirense	2 – 0	Rio Branco	Estádio Nicolau Alayon
2009	Corinthians	2 – 1	Atlético Paranaense	Estádio do Pacaembu
2010	São Paulo	1 – 1 3 – 0 (pen)	Santos	Estádio do Pacaembu
2011	Flamengo	2 – 1	Bahia	Estádio do Pacaembu

⁽¹⁾ Currently named Paulista Futebol Clube.

⁽²⁾Currently named Grêmio Prudente Futebol.

Titles by team

Club	Titles	Runner-ups	Finals played	Last title
Corinthians	7	7	14	2009
Fluminense	5	1	6	1989
Internacional	4	1	5	1998
São Paulo	3	6	9	2010
Atlético Mineiro	3	1	4	1983
Ponte Preta	2	5	7	1982
Nacional	2	2	4	1988
Flamengo	2	0	2	2011
Portuguesa	2	0	2	2002
Santos	1	2	3	1984
Juventus	1	3	4	1985
Cruzeiro	1	2	3	2007
Vasco	1	1	2	1992
Guarani	1	1	2	1994
América	1	1	2	2006
América	1	0	1	1996
Figueirense	1	0	1	2008
Lousano Paulista	1	0	1	1997
Marília	1	0	1	1979
Roma Barueri	1	0	1	2001
Santo André	1	0	1	2003
Palmeiras	0	2	2	-
Atlético Paranaense	0	1	1	-
Bahia	0	1	1	-
Botafogo	0	1	1	-
Botafogo	0	1	1	-
Comercial	0	1	1	-
Grêmio	0	1	1	-
Rio Branco	0	1	1	-

Titles by state

State	Titles	Runner-ups	Finals played
São Paulo	24	32	56
Rio de Janeiro	8	3	11
Minas Gerais	5	3	8
Rio Grande do Sul	4	2	6
Santa Catarina	1	0	1
Bahia	0	1	1
Paraná	0	1	1

References

• (Portuguese) FPF
• (Portuguese) RSSSF Brasil
• (Portuguese) Gazeta Esportiva
• (Portuguese) Tudo pronto pro início da Copa São Paulo de Futebol Juniores - São Paulo City Government (January 2, 2007)