# 2008 São Paulo FC season

The 2008 season was São Paulo's 79th season since club's existence. In Campeonato Paulista was eliminated in semifinals by rival Palmeiras. The club participated in the Copa Libertadores for the fifth time being defeated by the Fluminense in the quarterfinals. However the consecration became for the third time in Série A with an unprecedented done of three nationals titles in a row, reaching 6 titles altogether becoming the greatest Brazilian champion in history of league (since 1971), the trophy came in the last round with a victory by 1–0 over Goiás in the Bezerrão stadium situated in city of Gama, in the Federal District. The single goal was scored by forward Borges along the 22 minutes of first half. For the Copa Sudamericana was eliminated in penalty shootout by Atlético Paranaense.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Rogério Ceni |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Bosco |
| 24 | GK | BRA | Fabiano |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Juninho |
| 3 | DF | BRA | André Dias |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Miranda |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Anderson |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Aislan |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Joílson |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Jancarlos |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Júnior |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Richarlyson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Jorge Wagner |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Hernanes |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Hugo |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Zé Luís |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Sérgio Mota |
| 34 | MF | BRA | Bruno |
| 36 | MF | BRA | Oscar |
| 38 | MF | BRA | Jean |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Éder Luís |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Borges |
| 19 | FW | BRA | André Lima |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Dagoberto |

## Transfers
### 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 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Joílson (from Botafogo) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Adriano (on loan from Internazionale) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Juninho (from Botafogo) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Fábio Santos (on loan from Lyon) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Carlos Alberto (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Éder (on loan from Noroeste) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Éder Luís (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Jancarlos (from Atlético-PR) |
| 19 | FW | BRA | André Lima (on loan from Hertha Berlin) |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Anderson (on loan from Lyon) |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |

### 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 |
| — | DF | BRA | Breno (to Bayern Munich) |
| — | FW | BRA | Leandro (to Tokyo Verdy) |
| — | MF | BRA | Diego Tardelli (to Flamengo) |
| — | MF | BRA | Jadílson (on loan to Cruzeiro) |
| — | DF | BRA | Danilo Silva (return to Guarani) |
| — | MF | BRA | Fernando (to Goiás) |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Souza (to PSG) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Carlos Alberto (return to Werder Bremen) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Adriano (return to Internazionale) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Fábio Santos (return to Lyon) |
| 13 | DF | ECU | Reasco (to LDU) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Alex Silva (to Hamburger SV) |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Aloísio (to Al Rayyan) |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Alex Cazumba (on loan to Figueirense) |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Alex Bruno (on loan to Figueirense) |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Éder (return to Noroeste) |

## Scorers

| Position | Playing position | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Brasileiro | Copa Sulamericana | Total |
| 1 | FW | Borges | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 2 | FW | Adriano | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | MF | Hugo | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | FW | Dagoberto | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| = | MF | Hernanes | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | Éder Luís | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| = | MF | Jorge Wagner | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| = | GK | Rogério Ceni | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | André Dias | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | FW | André Lima | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | DF | Rodrigo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | Aloísio | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | Jean | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | Souza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | Alex Silva | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | Carlos Alberto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | Fábio Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Jancarlos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Joílson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Juninho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Miranda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Zé Luís | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Total | 33 | 10 | 66 | 0 | 109 |

## Overall

| Games played | 71 (21 Campeonato Paulista, 10 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Sudamericana) |
| Games won | 38 (12 Campeonato Paulista, 5 Copa Libertadores, 21 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Copa Sudamericana) |
| Games drawn | 22 (5 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa Libertadores, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Sudamericana) |
| Games lost | 11 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 5 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Copa Sudamericana) |
| Goals scored | 109 |
| Goals conceded | 68 |
| Goal difference | +41 |
| Best result | 5–1 (H) v Atlético Mineiro - Campeonato Brasileiro - 2008.6.7 |
| Worst result | 1–4 (A) v Palmeiras - Campeonato Paulista - 2008.3.16 |
| Top scorer | Borges (26) |
Source: São Paulo FC

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

| Final position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals against | Win% |
| 3rd | 41 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 65% |

### Copa Libertadores
#### Record

| Final position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals against | Win% |
| 7th | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 60% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### Record

| Final position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals against | Win% |
| 1st | 75 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 66 | 36 | 65% |

### Copa Sudamericana
#### Record

| Final position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals against | Win% |
| 25th | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% |