2023 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season

Palmeiras

2023 season
President	Leila Pereira
Coach	Abel Ferreira
Stadium	Allianz Parque
Série A	1st
Campeonato Paulista	Winners
Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals
Copa do Brasil	Quarter-finals
Supercopa do Brasil	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Endrick (11 goals) All: Raphael Veiga (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	49,241 (vs. Santos – 4 February 2023)
Lowest home attendance	17,049 (vs. Santos – 8 October 2023)
Average home league attendance	33,167
Home colors Away colors Third colors
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 season was the 109th in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras' existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil, Série A and the Supercopa do Brasil.

Squad information

As of 28 July 2023.^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BRA Marcos Rocha 7 FW  BRA Dudu 8 MF  BRA Zé Rafael 9 FW  BRA Endrick 10 FW  BRA Rony 12 DF  BRA Mayke 13 DF  BRA Luan 14 FW  BRA Artur 15 DF  PAR Gustavo Gómez (captain) 18 FW  ARG José Manuel López 19 FW  BRA Breno Lopes 20 MF  COL Eduard Atuesta 21 GK  BRA Weverton (vice-captain) 22 DF  URU Joaquín Piquerez

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  BRA Raphael Veiga 25 MF  BRA Gabriel Menino 26 DF  BRA Murilo 27 MF  COL Richard Ríos 30 MF  BRA Jailson 31 MF  BRA Luis Guilherme 32 DF  BRA Gustavo Garcia 34 DF  BRA Naves 35 MF  BRA Fabinho 36 DF  BRA Vanderlan 37 DF  BRA Kevin 40 MF  BRA Jhon Jhon 42 GK  BRA Marcelo Lomba — GK  BRA Mateus

Transfers

Transfers in

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
FW	Giovani	Youth team		2 January 2023	[2]
MF	Jhon Jhon	Youth team		2 January 2023	[2]
DF	Gustavo Garcia	Youth team		2 January 2023	[3]
DF	Vanderlan	Youth team		2 January 2023	[3]
DF	Naves	Youth team		2 January 2023	[3]
MF	Fabinho	Youth team		2 January 2023	[3]
FW	Endrick	Youth team		2 January 2023	[3]
MF	Richard Ríos	Guarani	Sign.	28 March 2023	[4]
FW	Artur	Red Bull Bragantino	Sign.	31 March 2023	[5]
FW	Kevin	Youth team		12 July 2023	[6]
MF	Luis Guilherme	Youth team		26 July 2023	[7]

Transfers out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Gustavo Scarpa	Nottingham Forest	End of contract. Will join the team in January 2023.	10 July 2022	[8]
DF	Jorge	Fluminense	Loan.	22 December 2022	[9]
FW	Wesley	Cruzeiro	Sign.	27 December 2022	[10]
MF	Danilo	Nottingham Forest	Sign.	16 January 2023	[11][12]
FW	Miguel Merentiel	Boca Juniors	Loan.	2 February 2023	[13]
DF	Benjamín Kuscevic	Coritiba	Sign.	10 February 2023	[14]
FW	Giovani	Al Sadd	€9,000,000	27 June 2023	[15]
MF	Bruno Tabata	Qatar SC	Loan.	7 July 2023	[16]
FW	Rafael Navarro	Colorado Rapids	Loan.	7 July 2023	[16]
GK	Vinícius	Portimonense	Sign.	18 July 2023	[17]

Competitions

Overview

Campeonato Paulista

Palmeiras was drawn into Group D.^[18]

First stage

Palmeiras v Inter de Limeira

9 February 2023 7	Palmeiras	2–0	Inter de Limeira	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−3	Raphael Veiga 18' (pen.) Piquerez 35'	Report	Eliandro  85'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 31,855 Referee: Edina Alves Batista

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Finals

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 March 2023, 20:00 PYST (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[19]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	15	Advance to round of 16
2	Bolívar	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12
3	Barcelona	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana
4	Cerro Porteño	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4

Bolívar v Palmeiras

5 April 2023 1	Bolívar	3–1	Palmeiras	La Paz, Bolivia
21:30 UTC−3	Hervías 20' Sagredo  33'  52' Bejarano 45+1' Uzeda 89' Villamil  90+4'	Report	López 13' Jailson  35'  44' Luan  36'	Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Palmeiras v Cerro Porteño

20 April 2023 2	Palmeiras	2–1	Cerro Porteño	São Paulo, Brazil
21:00 UTC−3	Marcos Rocha  53' Gómez 64' Rafael Navarro 76' Artur  79'	Report	Bobadilla 5' Piris Da Motta  27' Churín  31' Aquino  45+4'	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 42,340 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Barcelona v Palmeiras

3 May 2023 3	Barcelona	0–2	Palmeiras	Guayaquil, Ecuador
21:30 UTC−3	Pineida  36' Rodríguez  80'	Report	Rony  20' Luan  33' Raphael Veiga 45+3' (pen.),  45+5' Gómez 47'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo Attendance: 17,726 Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Cerro Porteño v Palmeiras

24 May 2023 4	Cerro Porteño	0–3	Palmeiras	Asunción, Paraguay
19:00 UTC−3	Báez  15' Piris Da Motta  33' Lucena  77'	Report	Artur 25', 58' Piquerez  39' Gómez  56' Rony 68' Ríos  77'	Stadium: Estadio General Pablo Rojas Attendance: 23,492 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

Palmeiras v Barcelona

7 June 2023 5	Palmeiras	4–2	Barcelona	São Paulo, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Gómez 46',  80' Piquerez 58' Artur 70' Endrick 86'	Report	Fydriszewski 33', 38' Díaz  53'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 33,602 Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Palmeiras v Bolívar

29 June 2023 6	Palmeiras	4–0	Bolívar	São Paulo, Brazil
21:00 UTC−3	Rony 24' Artur 34', 85' Piquerez 76'	Report	Villamil  41'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 33,250 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 5 July 2023, 12:00 PYST (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay..^[20][21]

Atlético Mineiro v Palmeiras

2 August 2023 First leg	Atlético Mineiro	0–1	Palmeiras	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Arana  77'	Report	Raphael Veiga 29' Gabriel Menino  62' Jhon Jhon  68'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 52,587 Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Palmeiras v Atlético Mineiro

9 August 2023 Second leg	Palmeiras	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Atlético Mineiro	São Paulo, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Gabriel Menino  1' Rony  60' Gómez  82' Murilo  88' Endrick  90+4'	Report	Saravia  77' Edenílson  89'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 40,527 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Quarter-finals

Deportivo Pereira v Palmeiras

23 August 2023 First leg	Deportivo Pereira	0–4	Palmeiras	Pereira, Colombia
21:30 UTC−3	Vásquez  49' Quintero  68'	Report	Raphael Veiga 23' (pen.) Marcos Rocha 31' Mayke 34' Gabriel Menino  70' Rony 82' Fabinho  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Attendance: 22,789 Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Palmeiras v Deportivo Pereira

30 August 2023 Second leg	Palmeiras	0–0 (4–0 agg.)	Deportivo Pereira	São Paulo, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Murillo  38' Bocanegra  40' Quintero  73'  76'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 37,785 Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

Semi-finals

Boca Juniors v Palmeiras

28 September 2023 First leg	Boca Juniors	0–0	Palmeiras	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Advíncula  31' Benedetto  57'	Report	Zé Rafael  23'	Stadium: La Bombonera Attendance: 53,615 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Palmeiras v Boca Juniors

5 October 2023 Second leg	Palmeiras	1–1 (1–1 agg.) (2–4 p)	Boca Juniors	São Paulo, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Rony  15' Gómez  40' Raphael Veiga  43' Piquerez 73' Endrick  83'	Report	Cavani 23' Rojo  51'  66' Fabra  69' Figal  75' E. Fernández  76' Medina  90' Romero  90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 40,398 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
	Penalties
	Raphael Veiga Gómez Kevin Piquerez		Cavani Valdez Valentini Figal G. Fernández

Série A

Standings

Result by round

Matches

The full schedule was announced on 14 February 2023.^[23]

Palmeiras v Internacional

11 November 2023 34	Palmeiras	3–0	Internacional	São Paulo
21:00 UTC−3	Murilo  36' Zé Rafael 38' Endrick 59' Rony 88'	Report	Aránguiz  14' Dalbert  33' Alan Patrick  68'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 19,358 Referee: Paulo César Zanovelli da Silva
Note: Match moved to the Arena Barueri due to the Roger Waters concert in the Allianz Parque.[25]

Copa do Brasil

Third round

The draw for the third round was held on 29 March 2023. The order of the matches were announced later on the same day.^[26]

Palmeiras v Tombense

12 April 2023 First leg	Palmeiras	4–2	Tombense	São Paulo
20:00 UTC−3	Gabriel Menino 37' López 41' Gómez 88' (pen.) Rafael Navarro 90+7'	Report	Matheus Frizzo 10' Jáderson  32' Roger Carvalho  40' Daniel Amorim  45+7' Bruno Silva  56' Marcelinho 90'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 33,603 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo (Rio de Janeiro)

Tombense v Palmeiras

26 April 2023 Second leg	Tombense	1–1 (3–5 agg.)	Palmeiras	Uberlândia
20:00 UTC−3	Alex Sandro 86' Elton  90'	Report	Breno Lopes 13'	Stadium: Parque do Sabiá Attendance: 22,888 Referee: Ramon Abatti Abel (Santa Catarina)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 2 May 2023. The order of the matches were announced later on the same day.^[27]

Palmeiras v Fortaleza

17 May 2023 First leg	Palmeiras	3–0	Fortaleza	São Paulo
19:00 UTC−3	Raphael Veiga 11' (pen.) Bruno Tabata 18' Ríos 88'	Report	Yago Pikachu  15' Tinga  87'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 32,254 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)

Fortaleza v Palmeiras

31 May 2023 Second leg	Fortaleza	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Palmeiras	Fortaleza
19:00 UTC−3	Thiago Galhardo  25' Lucero 73'	Report	Rony  38' Piquerez  57' Rafael Navarro  75' Weverton  87'	Stadium: Arena Castelão Attendance: 43,271 Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio (Distrito Federal)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 6 June 2023. The order of the matches were announced later on the same day.^[28][29]

São Paulo v Palmeiras

5 July 2023 First leg	São Paulo	1–0	Palmeiras	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−3	Gabriel Neves  44' Pablo Maia  44' Rafinha 82' David  90+3' Wellington Rato  90+4'	Report	Mayke  87' Gómez  90+2'	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 54,593 Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Santa Catarina)

Palmeiras v São Paulo

13 July 2023 Second leg	Palmeiras	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	São Paulo	São Paulo
20:00 UTC−3	Piquerez 34' Mayke  42'	Report	Alisson  7' Luciano  23' Caio Paulista 49',  85' Luan  88' David 89'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 41,451 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)