# 1996 São Paulo FC season

The 1996 season was São Paulo's 67th season since club's existence.

## Statistics
### Scorers

| Position | Playing position | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Masters CONMEBOL | Copa do Brasil | Copa de Oro | Campeonato Brasileiro | Supercopa Sudamericana | Others | Total |
| 1 | FW | Valdir | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | FW | Almir | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | FW | Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | FW | França | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | Denílson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | Sandoval | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| = | FW | Víctor Aristizábal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | FW | Adriano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| = | FW | Aílton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | DF | Bordon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| = | FW | Fábio Mello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | DF | Serginho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | André Luiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | DF | Edmílson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | DF | Pedro Luís | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | Djair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | DF | Guilherme | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Belletti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | Luciano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | | Total | 54 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 129 |

### Overall

| Games played | 69 (30 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 3 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa de Oro, 23 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Supercopa Libertadores, 7 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 35 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa de Oro, 9 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Supercopa Libertadores, 4 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 19 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 1 Copa do Brasil, 0 Copa de Oro, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Supercopa Libertadores, 3 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 15 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa de Oro, 6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Supercopa Libertadores, 0 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 130 |
| Goals conceded | 85 |
| Goal difference | +45 |
| Best result | 7–3 (H) v Botafogo - Copa Masters CONMEBOL - 1996.02.08 |
| Worst result | 0–5 (H) v Corinthians - Campeonato Paulista - 1996.03.10 |
| Most appearances | |
| Top scorer | Valdir Bigode (31) |
Source: São Paulo FC

## Official competitions
### Campeonato Paulista
#### First round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Mogi Mirim | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 32 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 28 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 25 |
| 6 | União São João | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 23 |
| 7 | América | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 21 |

##### Matches
#### Second round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 11 | +30 | 40 | Qualified to finals |
| 2 | Santos | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 31 | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 30 | |
| 4 | Botafogo | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 29 | |
| 5 | Guarani | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 25 | |

##### Matches
#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 19 | +83 | 83 | Champions |
| 2 | São Paulo | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 55 | |
| 3 | Portuguesa | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 53 | |
| 4 | Corinthians | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 52 | |
| 5 | Santos | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 51 | |

#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 2nd | 55 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 35 | 61% |

### Copa Masters CONMEBOL
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 100% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 10th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 77% |

### Copa de Oro
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 2nd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 50% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Internacional | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 35 |
| 10 | Sport | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 35 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 35 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 32 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 30 |

##### Matches
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 11th | 35 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 32 | 50% |

### Supercopa Sudamericana
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 11th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 50% |