# 1997 São Paulo FC season

The 1997 São Paulo F.C. season details the competitions entered, matches played and teams faced by the São Paulo Futebol Clube in the 1997 season, showing the result in each event. Both friendly and official events are included. São Paulo Futebol Clube is a professional football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. They play in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league.

## Statistics
### Scorers

| Position | Playing position | Name | Torneio Rio-São Paulo | Campeonato Paulista | Copa do Brasil | Campeonato Brasileiro | Supercopa Sudamericana | Others | Total |
| 1 | FW | Dodô | 0 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 54 |
| 2 | FW | Víctor Aristizábal | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| 3 | FW | França | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | Adriano | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | Denílson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| = | DF | Belletti | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| = | MF | Marcelinho Paraíba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | Fabiano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| = | MF | Luiz Carlos | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| = | DF | Serginho | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | Edmílson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | FW | Marques | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| = | GK | Rogério Ceni | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | Fábio Aurélio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | Nem | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Picon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | Reinaldo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Cláudio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | Valdir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| | | Total | 4 | 55 | 8 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 145 |

### Overall

| Games played | 79 (4 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 26 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 25 Campeonato Brasileiro, 10 Supercopa Libertadores, 10 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 31 (0 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 12 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 5 Supercopa Libertadores, 4 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 28 (2 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 11 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 9 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Supercopa Libertadores, 2 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 20 (2 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 3 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Supercopa Libertadores, 4 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 145 |
| Goals conceded | 96 |
| Goal difference | +49 |
| Best result | 8–1 (H) v Juventus – Campeonato Paulista – 1997.04.27 |
| Worst result | 1–3 (H) v Flamengo – Torneio Rio-São Paulo – 1997.02.01 1–3 (A) v Bahia – Campeonato Brasileiro – 1997.08.17 1–3 (H) v Vitória – Friendly match – 1997.11.20 |
| Top scorer | Dodô (54) |
Source: São Paulo FC

## Official competitions
### Torneio Rio-São Paulo
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16% |

### Campeonato Paulista
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 2nd | 47 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 56 | 28 | 60% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 13th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 58% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### First phase

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Botafogo | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | Sport | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 33 |
| 12 | São Paulo | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 33 |
| 13 | Paraná | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 32 |
| 14 | Grêmio | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 31 |

##### Matches
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 12th | 33 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 44% |

### Supercopa Sudamericana
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 2nd | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 60% |