# 2002 São Paulo FC season

The 2002 season was São Paulo's 73rd season since club's existence. The club became a runners-up of Torneio Rio – São Paulo losing the final to rival Corinthians. Exceptionally this year the main clubs from state like Santos, Corinthians and Palmeiras along São Paulo did not participated of Campeonato Paulista to not overload the number of games in calendar, with two tournaments being disputed at same time, Torneio Rio – São Paulo and Campeonato Paulista, then was created only this year the Supercampeonato paulista played by Corinthians (Torneio Rio-São Paulo winners), São Paulo (Torneio Rio-São Paulo runners-up), Palmeiras (Torneio Rio-São Paulo third place) and Ituano (Campeonato Paulista winners). Tricolor won the title against Ituano, 2-2 (away); 4-1 (home). At Copa do Brasil was defeated again by Corinthians, this time in semifinal. In Copa dos Campeões was eliminated in group stage and quarterfinals in Série A losing to rival Santos.

## Squad

* Final squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | BRA | Rogério Ceni |
| — | GK | BRA | Roger |
| — | DF | BRA | Gabriel |
| — | DF | BRA | Rafael |
| — | DF | ARG | Horacio Ameli |
| — | DF | BRA | Jean |
| — | DF | BRA | Gustavo Nery |
| — | DF | BRA | Júlio Santos |
| — | DF | BRA | Jorginho Paulista |
| — | DF | BRA | Wilson |
| — | DF | BRA | Reginaldo |
| — | DF | BRA | Régis |
| — | MF | CHI | Claudio Maldonado |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Adriano |
| — | MF | BRA | Fábio Simplício |
| — | MF | BRA | Ricardinho |
| — | MF | BRA | Aílton |
| — | MF | BRA | Júlio Baptista |
| — | MF | BRA | Kaká |
| — | MF | BRA | Daniel Rossi |
| — | FW | BRA | Leandro Amaral |
| — | FW | BRA | Reinaldo |
| — | FW | BRA | Luís Fabiano |
| — | FW | BRA | Dill |
| — | FW | BRA | Oliveira |

## Statistics
### Scorers

| Position | Playing position | Name | Torneio Rio-São Paulo | Copa do Brasil | Supercampeonato Paulista | Copa dos Campeões | Campeonato Brasileiro | Friendly match | Total |
| 1 | FW | Reinaldo | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 2 | FW | França | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | MF | Kaká | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | FW | Luís Fabiano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | DF | Jean | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| = | MF | Júlio Baptista | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| = | GK | Rogério Ceni | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| = | FW | Sandro Hiroshi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | Adriano | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | DF | Belletti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | Ricardinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | Souza | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Fábio Simplício | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | Gabriel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | Gustavo Nery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | Jorginho Paulista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | Júlio Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | Dill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Emerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Horacio Ameli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | Leandro Amaral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Reginaldo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | Régis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Total | 53 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 59 | 7 | 154 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Nelsinho Baptista | Brazil | 19 January | 12 May | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 75 | 48 | 52% |
| Oswaldo de Oliveira | Brazil | 19 May | 14 November | 35 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 81 | 50 | 64% |

### Overall

| Games played | 63 (19 Torneio Rio – São Paulo, 4 Supercampeonato Paulista, 9 Copa do Brasil, 3 Copa dos Campeões, 27 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 33 (8 Torneio Rio – São Paulo, 2 Supercampeonato Paulista, 5 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 12 (5 Torneio Rio – São Paulo, 2 Supercampeonato Paulista, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 4 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 18 (6 Torneio Rio – São Paulo, 0 Supercampeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 154 |
| Goals conceded | 97 |
| Goal difference | +57 |
| Best result | 7–0 (H) v Bangu - Torneio Rio – São Paulo - 2002.03.17 |
| Worst result | 0–3 (A) v São Caetano - Campeonato Brasileiro - 2002.09.07 |
| Top scorer | Reinaldo (31 goals) |
Source: São Paulo FC

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

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 2nd | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 38 | 51% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 3rd | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 55% |

### Supercampeonato Paulista
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66% |

### Copa do Campeões
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 9th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 44% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 5th | 52 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 59 | 40 | 64% |