São Paulo hosts Corinthians in women's Brasileirão final, eyes record crowd

São Paulo and Corinthians meet for the second and decisive leg of the 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 final on Saturday, October 3, at 4:30 p.m. Brasília time at the Morumbis stadium in São Paulo, according to ESPN Brasil.

São Paulo enters the match with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg, played on September 26 at Corinthians' Neo Química Arena. Corinthians opened the scoring through Gabi Zanotti, but São Paulo equalized with a goal from Giovanna Crivelari and took the lead in the second half through Isa Guimarães, according to Imirante.

What a result means for the title

Under the two-legged final format confirmed by ESPN Brasil, a draw or a São Paulo win at Morumbis hands the Tricolor the championship. A one-goal Corinthians victory would force a penalty shootout, while a Corinthians win by two goals or more would give the title to the Timão outright.

Referee Daiane Muniz is in charge of the match, with Adeli Mara Monteiro overseeing the video assistant referee system, ESPN Brasil reported. Coverage is scheduled on TV Globo, TV Brasil, SporTV, NSports and the ge tv channel on YouTube.

Record ticket sales

More than 32,000 tickets had been sold for the second leg by the Friday before the match, according to Lance. That total already exceeded the turnout for the first leg, which drew more than 21,000 spectators to the Neo Química Arena, Imirante reported.

Organizers are chasing the all-time attendance record for Brazilian women's club football, set during the 2024 São Paulo-Corinthians final. Lance put that record at 44,136 fans at the Neo Química Arena, while Terra reported 44,529 spectators — including 44,136 paying fans — at Morumbi; the two outlets did not agree on which stadium hosted that match. Tickets for Saturday's match, sold through the official site spfcticket.net, ranged from 10 reais in the Arquibancada Norte section to 40 reais for the Cadeira Especial Oeste, Lance reported. Several sections, including Arquibancada Leste and the ground-floor seats on both the east and west sides, had already sold out, according to the same report.

The Morumbi stadium, rebranded Morumbis under a naming-rights deal, has a capacity of more than 66,000, Terra reported.

Season context

São Paulo finished the regular season on top of the standings with 41 points and the competition's best defense, conceding 13 goals, ESPN Brasil reported. Corinthians had the tournament's top attack with 49 goals in 22 matches.

Corinthians, chasing an eighth national women's title, had not lost a home match in the competition since 2016 — a run of 29 wins and three draws in 32 matches — before São Paulo's first-leg victory broke that streak, according to Imirante.

São Paulo is looking for its first title in the current Série A1 format, which has run since 2016, according to the English-language Wikipedia page for the 2025 edition of the competition. Corinthians won the 2025 title by beating Cruzeiro 3-2 on aggregate, securing a seventh championship and a sixth in a row, the same source states.