# 2018 São Paulo FC season

The 2018 season was São Paulo's 89th year since the club's existence. Due previous year playing for remaining in first division of national league, the club started his performance at state league, Campeonato Paulista, mistrusted by his own fans and media. The head coach Dorival Júnior was fired after 5 losses in only 14 matches, being defeated by all main rivals in just a month. To replace Dorival, São Paulo selected the Uruguayan Diego Aguirre, a former forward who was in the club for a short period of time in 1990. Despite the elimination in the semifinals of Campeonato Paulista and second round of Copa Sudamericana, Aguirre did a consistent job in the early months leading the team. In the first half of league São Paulo ended in first place holding its performance for 8 rounds at the middle of competition. However a couple of draws and the rise of his rival Palmeiras, took place from São Paulo that dropped down in table 4 positions finishing his participation in 5th. Diego Aguirre was fired in the 33rd round after an away draw against Corinthians by 1-1. For the interim charge André Jardine trained the club in the last 5 matches, he was announced as the head coach for 2019.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 31 August 2018
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 | Jean |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Caio |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Anderson Martins |
| 5 | DF | ECU | Robert Arboleda |
| 7 | FW | COL | Santiago Tréllez |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Jucilei |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Diego Souza |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Nenê |
| 11 | MF | ECU | Joao Rojas |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Sidão |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Reinaldo |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Bruno Peres (on loan from Roma) |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Edimar |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Everton Felipe |
| 19 | FW | URU | Gonzalo Carneiro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Shaylon |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Everton |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Hudson (captain) |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Igor Gomes |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Luan Santos |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Felipe Araruna |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Brenner |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Liziero |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Bruno Alves |
| 36 | FW | BRA | Caíque |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Helinho |
| 39 | MF | BRA | Antony |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Lucas Perri |
| 41 | GK | BRA | Lucas Paes |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Reinaldo | Chapecoense | Loan Return | December 31, 2017 |
| MF | Hudson | Cruzeiro | Loan Return | December 31, 2017 |
| GK | Jean | Bahia | R$6,500,000 | January 1, 2018 |
| MF | Diego Souza | Sport Recife | R$10,900,000. | January 7, 2018 |
| DF | Anderson Martins | Vasco da Gama | Sign. | January 10, 2018 |
| MF | Nenê | Vasco da Gama | Sign | January 29, 2018 |
| FW | Santiago Tréllez | Vitória | R$6,800,000 | January 29, 2018 |
| MF | Valdívia | Internacional | Loan. | February 7, 2018 |
| DF | Régis | São Bento | Sign. | March 15, 2018 |
| MF | Liziero | Youth team | Sign. | January 1, 2018 |
| FW | Gonzalo Carneiro | Defensor Sporting | R$2,800,000 | January 15, 2018 |
| MF | Éverton | Flamengo | R$15,600,000 | April 17, 2018 |

#### 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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Denis (end of contract) |
| 5 | DF | URU | Diego Lugano (retired) |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Gilberto (end of contract) |
| 41 | FW | BRA | Denílson (return to Granada) |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Marcinho (return to São Bernardo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | GK | BRA | Renan Ribeiro (to Estoril Praia) |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Julio Buffarini (to Boca Juniors) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Hernanes (return to Hebei Fortune) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Lucas Pratto (to River Plate) |

### 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 | Hugo Gomes (on loan to Atlético Goianiense) |
| — | DF | BRA | Lucas Kal (on loan to Guarani) |
| — | DF | BRA | Foguete (on loan to Santo André) |
| — | DF | BRA | Lucão (on loan to Estoril) |
| — | DF | BRA | Iago Maidana (on loan to Atlético Mineiro) |
| — | DF | BRA | Vítor Tormena (on loan to Gil Vicente) |
| — | DF | BRA | Matheus Reis (on loan to Moreirense) |
| — | DF | BRA | Douglas (on loan to Chapecoense) |
| — | DF | BRA | Auro Jr. (on loan to Toronto FC) |
| — | DF | BRA | Rony (on loan to CSA) |
| — | MF | ARG | Jonathan Gómez (on loan to Al-Fayha) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Maicosuel (on loan to Grêmio) |
| — | MF | BRA | Matheus Banguelê (on loan to Internacional Sub-23) |
| — | MF | BRA | Daniel (on loan to Ponte Preta) |
| — | MF | BRA | Pedro Augusto (on loan to São Bento) |
| — | MF | BRA | Roni (on loan to Belenenses) |
| — | MF | BRA | Thomaz (on loan to Red Bull Brasil) |
| — | FW | BRA | Joanderson (on loan to Internacional) |
| — | FW | BRA | Léo Natel (on loan to Fortaleza) |
| — | FW | BRA | João Paulo (on loan to Criciúma) |
| — | FW | BRA | Pedro Bortoluzo (on loan to Guarani) |
| — | FW | BRA | Gabriel Rodrigues (on loan to Caxias do Sul) |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Nat | Pos | Player | Campeonato Paulista | Copa do Brasil | Copa Sudamericana | Campeonato Brasileiro | Total |
| 1 | | FW | Diego Souza | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | | MF | Nenê | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | | FW | Santiago Tréllez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | | FW | Éverton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | | FW | Marcos Guilherme | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | | FW | Brenner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | | MF | Christian Cueva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | DF | Reinaldo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| = | | MF | Valdívia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | DF | Bruno Alves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | | DF | Éder Militão | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | | MF | Liziero | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| = | | DF | Rodrigo Caio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | MF | Shaylon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | | DF | Anderson Martins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Bruno Peres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | FW | Gonzalo Carneiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Helinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Joao Rojas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Robert Arboleda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 74 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | % |
| Dorival Júnior | Brazil | 17 January | 9 March | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 55% |
| André Jardine (caretaker) | Brazil | 11 March | 14 March | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| Diego Aguirre | Uruguay | 17 March | 11 November | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 52 | 37 | 56% |
| André Jardine (caretaker) | Brazil | 15 November | 2 December | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33% |

### 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 | 16 April 2018 | 2 December 2018 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 042.11 |
| Copa do Brasil | 31 January 2018 | 19 April 2018 | First Stage | Fourth Stage | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 17 January 2018 | 28 March 2018 | Matchday 1 | Semi-Finals | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 043.75 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 12 April 2018 | 16 August 2018 | First Stage | Second Stage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 64 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 74 | 52 | +22 | 045.31 |
Source: Competitions
| Games played | 64 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa do Brasil, 4 Copa Sudamericana, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games won | 29 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa Sudamericana, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games drawn | 19 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 15 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games lost | 16 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 7 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Goals scored | 74 |
| Goals conceded | 52 |
| Goal difference | +22 |
| Best result | 3−0 (A) v CRB − Copa do Brasil 3−0 (H) v Vitória − Campeonato Brasileiro |
| Worst result | 1−3 (A) v Palmeiras − Campeonato Brasileiro 1−3 (A) v Internacional − Campeonato Brasileiro |
| Top scorer | Diego Souza (16) |
Source: Competitions

## Official competitions
### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | São Paulo | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 17 | knockout stage |
| 2 | São Caetano | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 15 | knockout stage |
| 3 | Ponte Preta | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 12 | |
| 4 | Santo André | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 8 | |

#### Semifinals
### Copa do Brasil
### Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |