2018 São Paulo FC season

São Paulo

2018 season
Chairman	Carlos Augusto de Barros e Silva (Leco)
Manager	Dorival Júnior (until 9 March)[1] Diego Aguirre (until 11 November)[2][3] André Jardine (Interim coach)
Stadium	Estádio do Morumbi
Série A	5th
Campeonato Paulista	Semi-finals
Copa Sudamericana	Second Stage
Copa do Brasil	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Souza (12 goals) All: Diego Souza (16 goals)
Highest home attendance	58,624 (vs. Corinthians – July 21)
Lowest home attendance	8,514 (vs. CRB – February 28)
Average home league attendance	37,629[4]
Home colours Away colours
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The 2018 season was São Paulo's 89th year since the club's existence. Due previous year playing for remaining in first division of national league, the club started his performance at state league, Campeonato Paulista, mistrusted by his own fans and media. The head coach Dorival Júnior was fired after 5 losses in only 14 matches, being defeated by all main rivals in just a month. To replace Dorival, São Paulo selected the Uruguayan Diego Aguirre, a former forward who was in the club for a short period of time in 1990. Despite the elimination in the semifinals of Campeonato Paulista and second round of Copa Sudamericana, Aguirre did a consistent job in the early months leading the team. In the first half of league São Paulo ended in first place holding its performance for 8 rounds at the middle of competition. However a couple of draws and the rise of his rival Palmeiras, took place from São Paulo that dropped down in table 4 positions finishing his participation in 5th. Diego Aguirre was fired in the 33rd round after an away draw against Corinthians by 1-1. For the interim charge André Jardine trained the club in the last 5 matches, he was announced as the head coach for 2019.^[5]

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2018^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Jean 3 DF  BRA Rodrigo Caio 4 DF  BRA Anderson Martins 5 DF  ECU Robert Arboleda 7 FW  COL Santiago Tréllez 8 MF  BRA Jucilei 9 FW  BRA Diego Souza 10 MF  BRA Nenê 11 MF  ECU Joao Rojas 12 GK  BRA Sidão 14 DF  BRA Reinaldo 15 DF  BRA Bruno Peres (on loan from Roma) 16 DF  BRA Edimar 18 MF  BRA Everton Felipe 19 FW  URU Gonzalo Carneiro

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  BRA Shaylon 22 MF  BRA Everton 25 MF  BRA Hudson (captain) 26 MF  BRA Igor Gomes 27 MF  BRA Luan Santos 28 MF  BRA Felipe Araruna 30 FW  BRA Brenner 31 MF  BRA Liziero 34 DF  BRA Bruno Alves 36 FW  BRA Caíque 37 MF  BRA Helinho 39 MF  BRA Antony 40 GK  BRA Lucas Perri 41 GK  BRA Lucas Paes

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Reinaldo	Chapecoense	Loan Return	December 31, 2017	[7]
MF	Hudson	Cruzeiro	Loan Return	December 31, 2017	[8]
GK	Jean	Bahia	R$6,500,000	January 1, 2018	[9]
MF	Diego Souza	Sport Recife	R$10,900,000.	January 7, 2018	[10]
DF	Anderson Martins	Vasco da Gama	Sign.	January 10, 2018	[11]
MF	Nenê	Vasco da Gama	Sign	January 29, 2018	[12]
FW	Santiago Tréllez	Vitória	R$6,800,000	January 29, 2018	[13]
MF	Valdívia	Internacional	Loan.	February 7, 2018	[14]
DF	Régis	São Bento	Sign.	March 15, 2018	[15]
MF	Liziero	Youth team	Sign.	January 1, 2018	[16]
FW	Gonzalo Carneiro	Defensor Sporting	R$2,800,000	January 15, 2018	[17]
MF	Éverton	Flamengo	R$15,600,000	April 17, 2018	[18]

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Denis (end of contract)[19] 5 DF  URU Diego Lugano (retired)[20] 17 FW  BRA Gilberto (end of contract)[21] 41 FW  BRA Denílson (return to Granada)[21] 39 FW  BRA Marcinho (return to São Bernardo)[22]

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 GK  BRA Renan Ribeiro (to Estoril Praia)[23] 18 DF  ARG Julio Buffarini (to Boca Juniors)[24] 15 MF  BRA Hernanes (return to Hebei Fortune)[25] 9 FW  ARG Lucas Pratto (to River Plate)[26]

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA Hugo Gomes (on loan to Atlético Goianiense) — DF  BRA Lucas Kal (on loan to Guarani) — DF  BRA Foguete (on loan to Santo André) — DF  BRA Lucão (on loan to Estoril) — DF  BRA Iago Maidana (on loan to Atlético Mineiro) — DF  BRA Vítor Tormena (on loan to Gil Vicente) — DF  BRA Matheus Reis (on loan to Moreirense) — DF  BRA Douglas (on loan to Chapecoense) — DF  BRA Auro Jr. (on loan to Toronto FC) — DF  BRA Rony (on loan to CSA) — MF  ARG Jonathan Gómez (on loan to Al-Fayha)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Maicosuel (on loan to Grêmio) — MF  BRA Matheus Banguelê (on loan to Internacional Sub-23) — MF  BRA Daniel (on loan to Ponte Preta) — MF  BRA Pedro Augusto (on loan to São Bento) — MF  BRA Roni (on loan to Belenenses) — MF  BRA Thomaz (on loan to Red Bull Brasil) — FW  BRA Joanderson (on loan to Internacional) — FW  BRA Léo Natel (on loan to Fortaleza) — FW  BRA João Paulo (on loan to Criciúma) — FW  BRA Pedro Bortoluzo (on loan to Guarani) — FW  BRA Gabriel Rodrigues (on loan to Caxias do Sul)

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Nat	Pos	Player	Campeonato Paulista	Copa do Brasil	Copa Sudamericana	Campeonato Brasileiro	Total
1		FW	Diego Souza	3	0	1	12	16
2		MF	Nenê	2	2	0	8	12
3		FW	Santiago Tréllez	1	1	0	4	6
4		FW	Éverton	0	0	0	5	5
5		FW	Marcos Guilherme	2	1	0	1	4
6		FW	Brenner	1	1	0	1	3
=		MF	Christian Cueva	2	1	0	0	3
=		DF	Reinaldo	1	0	0	2	3
=		MF	Valdívia	0	3	0	0	3
7		DF	Bruno Alves	0	0	0	2	2
=		DF	Éder Militão	0	1	0	1	2
=		MF	Liziero	0	0	1	1	2
=		DF	Rodrigo Caio	1	1	0	0	2
=		MF	Shaylon	0	0	0	2	2
8		DF	Anderson Martins	0	0	0	1	1
=		DF	Bruno Peres	0	0	0	1	1
=		FW	Gonzalo Carneiro	0	0	0	1	1
=		MF	Helinho	0	0	0	1	1
=		MF	Hudson	0	0	0	1	1
=		MF	Joao Rojas	0	0	0	1	1
=		DF	Robert Arboleda	1	0	0	0	1
			Own goals	1	0	0	1	2
Total				15	11	2	46	74

Managers performance

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	%
Dorival Júnior	Brazil	17 January	9 March	14	7	2	5	14	10	55%
André Jardine (caretaker)	Brazil	11 March	14 March	2	2	0	0	6	1	100%
Diego Aguirre	Uruguay	17 March	11 November	44	20	14	10	52	37	56%
André Jardine (caretaker)	Brazil	15 November	2 December	5	1	2	2	2	4	33%

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	16 April 2018	2 December 2018	Matchday 1	5th	38	16	15	7	46	34	+12	042.11
Copa do Brasil	31 January 2018	19 April 2018	First Stage	Fourth Stage	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	066.67
Campeonato Paulista	17 January 2018	28 March 2018	Matchday 1	Semi-Finals	16	7	2	7	15	13	+2	043.75
Copa Sudamericana	12 April 2018	16 August 2018	First Stage	Second Stage	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Total					64	29	19	16	74	52	+22	045.31

Games played	64 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa do Brasil, 4 Copa Sudamericana, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro)
Games won	29 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa Sudamericana, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro)
Games drawn	19 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 15 Campeonato Brasileiro)
Games lost	16 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 7 Campeonato Brasileiro)
Goals scored	74
Goals conceded	52
Goal difference	+22
Best result	3−0 (A) v CRB − Copa do Brasil 3−0 (H) v Vitória − Campeonato Brasileiro
Worst result	1−3 (A) v Palmeiras − Campeonato Brasileiro 1−3 (A) v Internacional − Campeonato Brasileiro
Top scorer	Diego Souza (16)

Source: Competitions

Official competitions

Campeonato Paulista

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Paulo	12	5	2	5	12	11	+1	17	knockout stage
2	São Caetano	12	4	3	5	8	14	−6	15
3	Ponte Preta	12	2	6	4	6	8	−2	12
4	Santo André	12	1	5	6	11	18	−7	8

First stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Copa do Brasil

Copa Sudamericana

First stage

Second stage

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	15	7	46	34	+12	63	10	8	1	25	13	+12	6	7	6	21	21	0

Results by round

References

External links

• official website