title: Taça Competência
text: # Taça Competência
  
  The Taça Competência was a tournament organized by Associação Paulista de Esportes Atléticos (APEA), that aimed to carry out the confrontation between the Capital and the Countryside champions, since at the time, logistical impossibilities did not allow teams from the interior of the state to compete in the same championship as the capital clubs.
  
  ## List of Champions
  
  The difference in levels was absolute, and never has a team from the countryside managed to win the Taça Competência. In 2021, the Federação Paulista de Futebol considered the countryside division of APEA to be equivalent to the second tier of football in São Paulo.
  
  | Year | Champion | Final Score | Runners-up |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1918 | Paulistano 1918 Campeonato Paulista winners | 5–0 | Taubaté (Taubaté) 1918 APEA Countryside winners |
  | 1919 | Paulistano 1919 Campeonato Paulista winners | 5–4 | Paulista (Jundiaí) 1919 APEA Countryside winners |
  | 1920 | Palestra Itália 1920 Campeonato Paulista winners | W/O | Corinthians (Jundiaí) 1920 APEA Countryside winners |
  | 1921 | Paulistano 1921 Campeonato Paulista winners | 6–3 | Paulista (Jundiaí) 1921 APEA Countryside winners |
  | 1922 | Corinthians 1922 Campeonato Paulista winners | 5–0 | Rio Branco (Americana) 1922 APEA Countryside winners |
  | 1923 | Corinthians 1923 Campeonato Paulista winners | 2–1 | Rio Branco (Americana) 1923 APEA Countryside winners |
  | 1924 | Corinthians 1924 Campeonato Paulista winners | Not realized due Paulista Revolt of 1924 | Not realized due Paulista Revolt of 1924 |
  | 1925 | AA São Bento 1925 Campeonato Paulista winners | 2–0 | Velo Clube (Rio Claro) 1925 APEA Countryside winners |
  | 1926 | Palestra Itália 1926 Campeonato Paulista (APEA) winners | 10–0 | Elvira (Jacareí) 1926 APEA Countryside winners |
  | 1927 | Palestra Itália 1927 Campeonato Paulista (APEA) winners | 5–0 | Botafogo (Ribeirão Preto) 1927 APEA Countryside winners |
  | 1928–1931 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
  | 1932 | Palestra Itália 1932 Campeonato Paulista winners | 6–0 2–2 | Portuguesa Santista (Santos) 1932 APEA Santos Division winners |
  
  ### Titles by club
  
  | Titles | Club |
  | - | - |
  | 4 | Palestra Itália |
  | 3 | Corinthians |
  | 3 | Paulistano |
  | 1 | AA São Bento |
  