# 2015 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season

The 2015 season was the 106th season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.

## Background
### Kit

* Home (September 2015 onward): White shirt, black shorts and white socks;
* Away (November 2015 onward): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks;
* Third (September 2015 onward): Orange shirt, orange shorts and orange socks.

### Previous kits

* Home (Until September 2015): White shirt, black shorts and white socks.
* Away (Until November 2015): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks;

### Squad

As of 15 September 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Caíque França |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Edu Dracena |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Yago |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gil |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Ralf |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Uendel |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Elias |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Renato Augusto |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Lincom (on loan from Bragantino) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Jádson |
| 11 | FW | PAR | Ángel Romero |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Cássio |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Arana |
| 14 | MF | PAR | Gustavo Viera |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Matheus Vargas |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Cristian |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Luciano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Matheus Pereira |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Danilo |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Malcom |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Marciel |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Fagner |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Bruno Henrique |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Walter |
| 28 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Sam |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Lucca (on loan from Criciúma) |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Rildo (on loan from Ponte Preta) |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Matheus Vidotto |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Edílson |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Pedro Henrique |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love |

### Transfers
#### Transfers in

| # | Position: | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Team |
| 30 | FW | Stiven Mendoza | Chennaiyin | Free transfer (End of contract) | 19 December 2014 | First team |
| 16 | MF | Cristian | Free agent | Free transfer | 3 January 2015 | First team |
| 2 | DF | Edílson | Free agent | Free transfer | 5 January 2015 | First team |
| 17 | DF | Edu Dracena | Santos | Free transfer | 22 January 2015 | First team |
| 29 | FW | Vágner Love | Shandong Luneng | Free transfer | 8 February 2015 | First team |
| | DF | Moisés | Madureira | Undisclosed | 15 May 2015 | First team |
| 17 | FW | Claudinho | Santos | Free transfer (End of contract) | 15 July 2015 | Academy |
| | MF | Ameixa | Remo | Undisclosed | 24 July 2015 | Academy |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| | FW | João Vitor | Bragantino | 21 June 2015 | 31 January 2016 | Academy |
| 33 | FW | Rildo | Ponte Preta | 3 July 2015 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| | FW | Isaac | Botafogo-SP | 18 August 2015 | 31 December 2016 | Academy |
| 9 | FW | Lincom | Bragantino | 14 September 2015 | 31 December 2015 | First team |
| 30 | FW | Lucca | Criciúma | 15 September 2015 | 31 May 2016 | First team |

#### Transfers out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Team |
| 1 | GK | Júlio César | Náutico | Free transfer (End of contract) | 16 December 2014 | First team |
| | MF | Douglas | Grêmio | Free transfer (Released) | 17 December 2014 | First team |
| 22 | GK | Danilo Fernandes | Sport Recife | Free transfer (End of contract) | 5 January 2015 | First team |
| 14 | MF | Nicolás Lodeiro | Boca Juniors | R$7,500,000 | 5 February 2015 | First team |
| 9 | FW | Paolo Guerrero | Flamengo | Free transfer (End of contract/Released) | 27 May 2015 | First team |
| 11 | FW | Emerson Sheik | Flamengo | Free transfer (End of contract/Released) | 12 June 2015 | First team |
| 6 | DF | Fábio Santos | Cruz Azul | Undisclosed (~R$ 1,550,000) | 18 June 2015 | First team |
| 40 | MF | Petros | Real Betis | R$5,520,000 | 22 June 2015 | First team |
| 15 | MF | Matheus Cassini | Palermo | R$5,100,000 | 29 June 2015 | First team |

#### Loans out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| | MF | Giovanni | São Bento | 7 January 2015 | 30 April 2015 | Academy |
| | DF | Antônio Carlos | Avaí | 8 January 2015 | 31 December 2015 | First team |
| | MF | Willian Arão | Botafogo | 10 January 2015 | 31 December 2015 | First team |
| | GK | Renan | Caxias | 16 January 2015 | 31 December 2015 (Returned on 24 October 2015) | First team |
| | DF | Igor | Linense | 21 January 2015 | 30 April 2015 | First team |
| 34 | DF | Pedro Henrique | Bragantino | 22 April 2015 | 31 December 2015 (Returned in August 2015) | First team |
| | MF | Zé Paulo | Bragantino | 27 April 2015 | 31 December 2015 (Returned on 3 July 2015) | First team |
| | FW | Gustavo Tocantins | Bragantino | 27 April 2015 | 31 December 2015 (Returned on 12 June 2015) | First team |
| | FW | Brayan Riascos | Bragantino | 27 April 2015 | 31 December 2015 | Academy |
| | MF | Giovanni | Atlético Paranaense | 6 May 2015 | 31 December 2015 | First team |
| 15 | DF | Guilherme Arana | Atlético Paranaense | 7 May 2015 | 31 December 2015 (Returned on 26 June 2015) | First team |
| | DF | Moisés | Bragantino | 15 May 2015 | 31 December 2015 | First team |
| | DF | Denner | Red Bull Brasil | 2 July 2015 | 31 December 2015 | First team |
| | MF | Zé Paulo | Rio Ave | 18 July 2015 | 30 June 2016 | First team |
| | MF | Vitor Júnior | Siam Navy | 22 July 2015 | 31 December 2015 | First team |
| | DF | Guilherme Andrade | Ceará | 5 August 2015 | 30 November 2015 | First team |
| 30 | FW | Stiven Mendoza | Chennaiyin | 31 August 2015 | 31 December 2015 | First team |
| | GK | Renan | Tigres do Brasil | 9 November 2015 | 30 April 2016 | First team |
| | DF | Igor | Tigres do Brasil | 9 November 2015 | 30 April 2016 | First team |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Brasileiro | Copa do Brasil | Copa do Brasil | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Caíque França | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Edu Dracena | 9 (2) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 15 (1) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 25 (7) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Yago | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (4) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Gil | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Ralf (c) | 10 (4) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 (10) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 (14) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Fábio Santos | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Uendel | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Elias | 6 (1) | 0 | 10 | 4 | 23 (1) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 (2) | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Renato Augusto | 6 (1) | 2 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 48 (1) | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Paolo Guerrero | 10 (1) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (1) | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Lincom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jádson | 9 (3) | 1 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 54 (3) | 16 | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Emerson Sheik | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (3) | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Ángel Romero | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6) | 3 | 0 (1) | 1 | 6 (11) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Cássio | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Guilherme Arana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Gustavo Viera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Matheus Vargas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Cristian | 9 (2) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 5 (8) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 14 (12) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Luciano | 4 (5) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 4 (2) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 (8) | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Matheus Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Danilo | 6 (5) | 3 | 3 (5) | 0 | 3 (26) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (37) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Malcom | 6 (4) | 3 | 1 (2) | 0 | 29 (2) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 (8) | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Marciel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Fagner | 9 (2) | 1 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 (2) | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Bruno Henrique | 6 (4) | 1 | 0 (5) | 0 | 19 (3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 (12) | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Rodriguinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Walter | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Felipe | 10 (1) | 1 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 (1) | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | Rodrigo Sam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Stiven Mendoza | 7 (1) | 2 | 1 (5) | 0 | 6 (4) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 14 (11) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | Lucca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (8) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 (8) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Rildo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Matheus Vidotto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Edílson | 8 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 (8) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Pedro Henrique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Petros | 10 (3) | 2 | 0 (3) | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (10) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Vágner Love | 8 (6) | 2 | 2 (1) | 0 | 28 (3) | 14 | 1 (1) | 0 | 39 (11) | 16 | 4 | 0 |

## Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Série A | 10 May 2015 | 6 December 2015 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 063.16 |
| Copa do Brasil | 19 August 2015 | 26 August 2015 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 1 February 2015 | 19 April 2015 | Matchday 1 | Semi-Finals | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 070.59 |
| Copa Libertadores | 4 February 2015 | 13 May 2015 | First stage | Round of 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 117 | 54 | +63 | 061.19 |
Source: Competitions

## Pre-season and friendlies

Last updated: 22 July 2015 Source:

## Campeonato Paulista

For the 2015 Campeonato Paulista, the 20 teams are divided in four groups of 5 teams (A, B, C, D). They will face all teams, except those that are in their own group, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals, where they will face each other. The top teams from each group will host the match. The best campaign also guarantees the home advantage for the semi-final as well as hosting the second leg of the finals.

### Statistics

Group B :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Corinthians (A) | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 37 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Ponte Preta (A) | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 27 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| 3 | Audax | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 22 | |
| 4 | São Bento | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 21 | |
| 5 | Rio Claro | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 16 | |

### Knockout stages
## Libertadores
### First stage

Corinthians advanced to second stage (Group 2).

### Second stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Corinthians | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | Advance to final stages |
| 2 | São Paulo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | Advance to final stages |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Danubio | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | |

### Knockout stages

Guaraní advanced to the quarterfinals.

## Campeonato Brasileiro

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians (C) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 81 | 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 2 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 69 | 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 3 | Grêmio | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 68 | 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | São Paulo | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 62 | 2016 Copa Libertadores first stage |
| 5 | Internacional | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 60 | 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 |
* ↑ Palmeiras has a berth guaranteed to the second stage as the 2015 Copa do Brasil champions.
* ↑ Since a Brazilian team didn't win the 2015 Copa Libertadores, an additional berth to the 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 will be given to the best team not qualified to the 2016 Copa Libertadores, the fifth-placed Internacional.

### Results
## Copa do Brasil

Due to being qualified to the 2015 Copa Libertadores, Corinthians entered the competition on the Round of 16.

### Knockout stages

Santos advanced to the quarterfinals.