# 2009 São Paulo FC season

The 2009 season was São Paulo's 80th season since club's existence. For the third year consecutive Tricolor fall in semifinals of Campeonato Paulista, this time losing to rival Corinthians. In Copa Libertadores was defeated in quarterfinals by Cruzeiro after two losses 1–2 (away), 0–2 (home). At the league, the club broke the triumph's sequence of the three previous titles. Ending in the 3rd position took a place in Copa Libertadores. After three and a half, the coach Muricy Ramalho was fired by the fourth consecutive elimination in Libertadores.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Ricardo Gomes |
| Assistant managers | Milton Cruz |
| Goalkeeping coach | Haroldo Lamounier |
| First team fitness coach | Carlinhos Neves |
| Club doctor | José Sanches |
Last updated: 19 June Source: São Paulo FC

### Other information

| Chairman | Juvenal Juvêncio |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Morumbi (73,501 / 108x72 meters) |
Updated to match played 13 December Source: São Paulo FC

## Squad

As of 20 August 2009
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 01 | GK | BRA | Rogério Ceni (captain) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Wagner Diniz |
| 3 | DF | BRA | André Dias (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Miranda |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Júnior César |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Jorge Wagner |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Costa |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Washington |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Hernanes |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Arouca |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Joílson |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Denis |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Jean Rolt |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Renato Silva |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Jean |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Marlos |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Borges |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Hugo |
| 19 | FW | BRA | André Lima |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Richarlyson |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Adrián González |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Bosco |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Zé Luís |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Dagoberto |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Sergio Mota |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Wellington |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Henrique |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Oscar |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Aislan |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Diogo |
| 33 | DF | CHI | Nélson Saavedra (on loan from Palestino) |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Mazola |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Fabiano |
| 50 | GK | BRA | Leonardo |

## Transfers
### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Alex Bruno (to Atlético Mineiro) |
| — | FW | BRA | Roger (to Vitória) |
| — | MF | BRA | Renan (to Atlético Mineiro) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Wagner Diniz (to Santos) |

### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | André (return from São Caetano) |
| — | MF | BRA | Alê (return from Cerezo Osaka) |
| — | DF | BRA | Alex Cazumba (return from Figueirense) |
| — | MF | BRA | Francisco Alex (return from Sport Recife) |
| — | MF | BRA | Rafinha (return from São Caetano) |
| — | DF | BRA | Wagner Diniz (from Vasco da Gama) |
| — | MF | BRA | Eduardo Costa (from Espanyol) |
| — | DF | BRA | Renato Silva (from Botafogo) |
| — | FW | BRA | Washington (from Fluminense) |
| — | DF | BRA | Júnior César (from Fluminense) |
| — | DF | BRA | Arouca (from Fluminense) |
| — | GK | BRA | Denis (from Ponte Preta) |
| — | MF | BRA | Marlos (from Coritiba) |
| — | DF | BRA | Jean Rolt (from Ponte Preta) |
| — | DF | CHI | Nélson Saavedra (from Palestino) |
| — | DF | ARG | Adrián González (from San Lorenzo) |

### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Éder Luís (return to Atlético Mineiro) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Júnior (end of contract) |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Jancarlos (end of contract) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Juninho (to Botafogo) |
| — | DF | BRA | Jadílson (to Grêmio) |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Anderson (to Cruzeiro) |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Joílson (to Grêmio) |
| 19 | FW | BRA | André Lima (return to Hertha Berlin) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Costa (to AS Monaco) |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Jean Rolt (return to Ponte Preta) |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Campeonato Paulista | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Brasileiro |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Rogério Ceni | 35 | -36 | 16+0 | -15 | 3+0 | -2 | 16+0 | -19 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Wagner Diniz | 7 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | André Dias | 50 | 3 | 16+0 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 29+0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo | 28 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Miranda | 49 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Júnior César | 57 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 30+6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Jorge Wagner | 57 | 10 | 17+1 | 3 | 6+0 | 0 | 29+4 | 7 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Costa | 18 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Washington | 58 | 32 | 18+0 | 12 | 7+0 | 3 | 28+5 | 17 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Hernanes | 58 | 10 | 17+2 | 4 | 6+1 | 0 | 30+2 | 6 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Arouca | 41 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Denis | 20 | -21 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | -4 | 15+2 | -17 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Joílson | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Jean Rolt | 6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Renato Silva | 53 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Jean | 58 | 2 | 20+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 30+0 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Marlos | 28 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 14+13 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Borges | 54 | 15 | 13+2 | 4 | 6+1 | 5 | 18+14 | 6 |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Hugo | 43 | 5 | 12+4 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 13+11 | 4 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | André Lima | 11 | 3 | 3+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Richarlyson | 43 | 2 | 7+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 25+2 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Adrián González | 7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Bosco | 17 | -17 | 6+1 | -6 | 3+0 | -4 | 7+0 | -7 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Zé Luís | 39 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Dagoberto | 55 | 10 | 11+6 | 1 | 3+4 | 2 | 27+4 | 7 |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Sergio Mota | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Wellington | 9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Henrique | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Oscar | 13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Aislan | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Diogo | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | CHI | Nélson Saavedra | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Fabiano | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | BRA | Leonardo | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches
| Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Brasileiro | Total |
| 1 | 9 | Washington | 12 | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | 17 | Borges | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | 7 | Jorge Wagner | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| = | 10 | Hernanes | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| = | 25 | Dagoberto | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | 18 | Hugo | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | André Dias | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | 19 | André Lima | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | Rogério Ceni | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | 9 | Rodrigo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 15 | Jean | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | 20 | Richarlyson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | Miranda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 13 | Jean Rolt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 14 | Renato Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 16 | Marlos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Total | 34 | 11 | 57 | 102 |

### Disciplinary record

| Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Brasileiro | Total | Total |
| GK | 1 | Rogério Ceni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| DF | 2 | Wagner Diniz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DF | 3 | André Dias | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| DF | 4 | Rodrigo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | 5 | Miranda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| DF | 6 | Júnior César | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| MF | 7 | Jorge Wagner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| MF | 8 | Eduardo Costa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| FW | 9 | Washington | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| MF | 10 | Hernanes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| MF | 11 | Arouca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 12 | Joílson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 13 | Jean Rolt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 14 | Renato Silva | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| MF | 15 | Jean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| MF | 16 | Marlos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 17 | Borges | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| MF | 18 | Hugo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| FW | 19 | André Lima | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 20 | Richarlyson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 |
| DF | 21 | Adrián González | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GK | 22 | Bosco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 23 | Zé Luís | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| FW | 25 | Dagoberto | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| MF | 28 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | Total | 60 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 101 | 15 | 186 | 22 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Muricy Ramalho | Brazil | 21 January | 17 June | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 57% |
| Milton Cruz | Brazil | 21 June | 21 June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0% |
| Ricardo Gomes | Brazil | 28 June | 6 December | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 34 | 62% |

### Overall

| Games played | 67 (21 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games won | 34 (12 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa Libertadores, 18 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games drawn | 16 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa Libertadores, 11 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games lost | 17 (5 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa Libertadores, 9 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Goals scored | 102 |
| Goals conceded | 72 |
| Goal difference | +30 |
| Yellow cards | 186 |
| Red cards | 22 |
| Worst discipline | Richarlyson (14 , 3 ) |
| Best result | 5–0 (H) v Mirassol – Paulistão – 2009.3.12 |
| Worst result | 3–1 (A) v Corinthians – Série A – 2009.6.21 |
| Most appearances | Hernanes, Jean, Washington (58 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Washington (32 goals) |
Last updated: 8 December Source: São Paulo FC

## Official competitions
### Campeonato Paulista
#### Record

| Final position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals against | Win% |
| 4th | 40 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 63% |

### Copa Libertadores
#### Record

| Final position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals against | Win% |
| 7th | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 54% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### Record

| Final position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals against | Win% |
| 3rd | 65 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 57 | 42 | 57% |

## Honours
### Individuals

| Name | Number | Country | Award |
| André Dias | 3 | Brazil | Paulista Team of the Year (2009), Série A Team of the Year (2009), Silver Ball (2009) |
| Miranda | 5 | Brazil | Série A Team of the Year (2009), Silver Ball (2009) |
| Washington | 9 | Brazil | Paulista Team of the Year (2009) |
| Hernanes | 10 | Brazil | Série A Team of the Year (2009) |