2019 São Paulo FC season
São Paulo 2019 football season
The 2019 season was São Paulo 's 90th year since the club's existence. Celebrating 9 decades of history, The Dearest has taken a place at a Campeonato Paulista finals after 16 years of tries, against the same rival of 2003 finals, Corinthians , but for the Tricolor Paulista a bad result happened again. São Paulo FC fatally fell in front of Corinthians in the last minute of second half in second match, by a result of 1–2 (Away) after 0–0 in Home. In other championships, São Paulo hadn't similar performance being prematurely eliminated in Copa do Brasil by Bahia by two losses and the painful defeat in the history of Copa Libertadores , in preliminary round by the Argentine club Talleres . Following an unsuccessful season, the only and last "hopeness" for the paulistas has turned into the national league, Série A . The Tricolor kept a regular position in the table between the 4th place and 8th place however constantly changing the head coaches (a very common practice by Brazilian clubs face of bad negative results in just a few matches). In overall were four managers, André Jardine , Vagner Mancini , Cuca and Fernando Diniz in the entire year of 2019. Finishing the performance of the season, the club has taken a place in the group stage of Copa Libertadores in 2020, keeping the dream of new international trophies in the next year.
Players
Current squad
As of 26 September 2019 [ 1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
Transfers in
Pos.
Player
Transferred from
Fee/notes
Date
Source
DF
Igor Vinícius
Ponte Preta
On loan
December 4, 2018
[ 2]
DF
Léo
Bahia
R$ 3,000,000
December 5, 2018
[ 3]
FW
Pablo
Athletico Paranaense
R$ 26,600,000
December 19, 2018
[ 4]
GK
Tiago Volpi
Querétaro
On loan
December 23, 2018
[ 5]
MF
Hernanes
Hebei Fortune
R$ 13,200,000
December 29, 2018
[ 6]
FW
Biro Biro
Shanghai Shenxin
Free
January 2, 2019
[ 7]
MF
Willian Farias
Vitória
Free
January 3, 2019
[ 8]
MF
Jonathan Gómez
Al-Fayha
Loan return
January 28, 2019
[ 9]
FW
Alexandre Pato
Tianjin Tianhai
Free
March 27, 2019
[ 10]
MF
Tchê Tchê
Dynamo Kyiv
R$ 20,800,000
March 30, 2019
[ 11]
MF
Vitor Bueno
Santos
On loan
April 3, 2019
[ 12]
MF
Marcos Calazans
Fluminense
Free
May 22, 2019
[ 13]
MF
Maicosuel
Paraná Clube
Loan Return
June 4, 2019
[ 14]
FW
Léo Natel
APOEL FC
Loan Return
July 1, 2019
[ 15]
GK
Lucas Perri
Crystal Palace
Loan Return
June 24, 2019
[ 16]
MF
Lucas Fernandes
Portimonense
Loan Return
July 15, 2019
[ 17]
RB
Dani Alves
Paris Saint-Germain
Free
August 1, 2019
[ 18]
RB
Juanfran
Atlético Madrid
Free
August 2, 2019
Transfers out
Pos.
Player
Transferred to
Fee/notes
Date
Source
FW
Joanderson
Grêmio
Free
December 12, 2018
[ 19]
GK
Sidão
Goiás
Free
December 13, 2018
[ 20]
DF
Auro Jr.
Toronto FC
R$ 2,600,000
December 16, 2018
[ 21]
DF
Rodrigo Caio
Flamengo
R$ 22,200,000
December 29, 2018
[ 22]
FW
João Paulo
Ceará
Free
December 30, 2018
[ 23]
MF
Shaylon
Bahia
On loan
December 30, 2018
[ 24]
MF
Roni
Adanaspor
Free
December 31, 2018
MF
Thomaz
Bolívar
On loan
January 4, 2019
[ 25]
FW
Pedro Bortoluzo
Criciúma
On loan
January 4, 2019
[ 26]
FW
Santiago Tréllez
Internacional
On loan
January 13, 2019
[ 27]
GK
Lucas Perri
Crystal Palace
On loan
January 15, 2019
[ 28]
FW
Caíque
Criciúma
On loan
January 17, 2019
[ 29]
MF
Maicosuel
Paraná Clube
On loan
January 24, 2019
[ 30]
FW
Guilherme Bissoli
Fernando de la Mora
Free
January 31, 2019
MF
Felipe Araruna
Fortaleza
On loan
March 8, 2019
[ 31]
FW
Diego Souza
Botafogo
On loan
March 8, 2019
[ 32]
DF
Edimar
Bragantino
Free
April 25, 2019
[ 33]
MF
Jonathan Gómez
CSA
On loan
May 24, 2019
[ 34]
FW
Brenner
Fluminense
On loan
May 25, 2019
[ 35]
DF
Lucão
Goiás
Free
June 3, 2019
[ 36]
FW
Paulinho Bóia
São Bento
On loan
June 18, 2019
[ 37]
FW
Biro Biro
Nova Iguaçu
Free
June 24, 2019
[ 38]
GK
Lucas Paes
Louletano
On loan
July 4, 2019
[ 39]
MF
Nenê
Fluminense
Free
July 12, 2019
[ 40]
MF
Lucas Fernandes
Portimonense
R$ 10,000,000
August 15, 2019
[ 41]
MF
Everton Felipe
Athletico Paranaense
On loan
August 30, 2019
[ 42]
DF
Morato
Benfica
R$ 27,300,000
September 2, 2019
[ 43]
DF
Lucas Kal
América Mineiro
On loan
September 6, 2019
[ 44]
MF
Willian Farias
Sport Recife
Free
September 13, 2019
[ 45]
DF
Bruno Peres
Sport Recife
Free
September 26, 2019
[ 46]
Competitions
Overview
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
Série A
27 April 2019
8 December 2019
Matchday 1
6th
38
17
12
9
39
30
+9
0 44.74
Copa do Brasil
22 May 2019
29 May 2019
Round of 16
Round of 16
2
0
0
2
0
2
−2
00 0.00
Campeonato Paulista
19 January 2019
7 April 2019
Matchday 1
Runners-up
18
6
6
6
17
13
+4
0 33.33
Copa Libertadores
6 February 2019
13 February 2019
Second stage
Second stage
2
0
1
1
0
2
−2
00 0.00
Total
60
23
19
18
56
47
+9
0 38.33
Overall
Games played
62 (18 Campeonato Paulista , 2 Copa do Brasil , 2 Copa Libertadores , 38 Campeonato Brasileiro , 2 Friendly match )
Games won
23 (6 Campeonato Paulista , 0 Copa do Brasil , 0 Copa Libertadores , 17 Campeonato Brasileiro , 0 Friendly match )
Games drawn
19 (6 Campeonato Paulista , 0 Copa do Brasil , 1 Copa Libertadores , 12 Campeonato Brasileiro , 0 Friendly match )
Games lost
20 (6 Campeonato Paulista , 2 Copa do Brasil , 1 Copa Libertadores , 9 Campeonato Brasileiro , 2 Friendly match )
Goals scored
59
Goals conceded
53
Goal difference
+6
Best result
4–0 (H) v Chapecoense – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A – July 22, 2019
Worst result
0–3 (A) v Palmeiras – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A – October 30, 2019 0–3 (A) v Grêmio – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A – December 1, 2019
Top scorer
Pablo (7 goals)
Goalscorers
In italic players who left the team in mid-season.
Friendlies
Florida Cup
Competitions
Campeonato Paulista
Group D
First stage
São Paulo was drawn on the Group D.[ 47]
Knockout stage
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Record
Final Position
Points
Matches
Wins
Draws
Losses
Goals For
Goals Away
Win%
2nd
24
18
6
6
6
17
13
44%
Copa Libertadores
Second stage
Record
Final Position
Points
Matches
Wins
Draws
Losses
Goals For
Goals Away
Win%
43rd
1
2
0
1
1
0
2
16%
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
17
12
9
39
30
+9
63
10
6
3
23
12
+11
7
6
6
16
18
−2
Results by round
Record
Final Position
Points
Matches
Wins
Draws
Losses
Goals For
Goals Away
Win%
6th
63
38
17
12
9
39
30
55%
Copa do Brasil
The draw was held on May 2, 2019.[ 48]
Record
Final Position
Points
Matches
Wins
Draws
Losses
Goals For
Goals Away
Win%
14th
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0%
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External links
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