greatest Brazilian squad of the decade. Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Edmundo, César Sampaio are among the members of the "Green Machine" which scored 100 goals in the 1996 tournament. Corinthians conquered the trophy five times in the 1995–2003 period, thus becoming the most successful team in the first 100 years of the Campeonato Paulista, with 25 titles. Since 2000, Campeonato Paulista has lost popularity with each year. The main São Paulo state teams treat the tournament as tune-ups for the more lucrative Copa Libertadores and Brazilian National Championship. However, the Paulistão, as well as the other state tournaments in Brazil, still hold significance by providing developing talent and sustaining grass-roots soccer within the state. Due to the COVID-19 death toll has reached an unprecedented levels across the country, the government decided to subspened the championship from 15 March 2021 till 30 March 2021 aiming to stop the spread of the coronavirus. On September 23, 2021, the São Paulo Football Federation recognizes the São Paulo titles of 1933 and 1934, to Albion and Juventus respectively. Teams The following teams will compete in the Campeonato Paulista in the 2023 season. Past tournaments Winners and goalscorers LPF — Liga Paulista de Foot-Ball (Paulista Football League) APEA — Associação Paulista de Esportes Atléticos (Paulista Association of Athletic Sports) LAF — Liga Amadores de Futebol (Amateur Football League) FPF (1933–2934) — Federação Paulista de Football (Paulista Football Federation), affiliate to the Federação Brasileira de Football (Brazilian Football Federation) LFP — Liga de Futebol Paulista (Paulista Football League) LFESP — Liga de Futebol do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Football League) All editions starting in 1941 organized by the FPF — Federação Paulista de Futebol (Paulista Football Federation) Supercampeonato Paulista In 2002, the FPF organized the Super Championship with the top 3 teams in the 2002 Rio-São Paulo Tournament (Corinthians, São Paulo and Palmeiras) and the 2002 Paulista Champions (Ituano). São Paulo won the Championship. Semi-finals Held on May 19 and 22 |} Final matches TopscorerBasílio (Ituano) – 4 goals Titles by club Titles by city Most appearances Below is the list of clubs that have more than 40 appearances in the competition. Notes Includes 2002 Supercampeonato Paulista. Portuguesa includes Mackenzie/Portuguesa participations (1920, 1921, 1922). In 1927, Corinthians has disputed both LAF and APEA championships. Names change Due to the World War II (and the fact of Brazil integrating the allied forces), during the year