# 2005 São Paulo FC season

The 2005 season was São Paulo's 76th season since club's existence. In this season Tricolor won the Campeonato Paulista, league of State of São Paulo for the 21st time and the continental cup, Copa Libertadores de America, beating Atlético Paranaense in the first final with teams from the same country of tournament history, winning by 4–0 in the second match, 5–1 in aggregate. The continental title enabled São Paulo to participate of FIFA Club World Championship in the end of season when the club became a world champion for the third time (2 Intercontinental Cups), defeating the English club, European champions Liverpool in the final with a single goal scored by Mineiro in the 27th minute of first time. In the Campeonato Brasileiro São Paulo finished in 11th position and was eliminated by Internacional in first round of Copa Sudamericana.

## Squad

* Final squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Rogério Ceni |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cicinho |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Fabão |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Edcarlos |
| 5 | DF | URU | Diego Lugano |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Júnior |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Mineiro |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Josué |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Grafite |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Danilo |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Márcio Amoroso |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Christian |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Alex Bruno |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Aloísio |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Denílson |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Fábio Santos |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Renan |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Flávio Donizete |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Thiago Ribeiro |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Richarlyson |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Souza |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Bosco |
| 23 | GK | BRA | Flávio Kretzer |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Games played | 79 (19 Campeonato Paulista, 14 Copa Libertadores, 42 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Sudamericana, 2 Club World Cup ) |
| Games won | 41 (14 Campeonato Paulista, 9 Copa Libertadores, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Copa Sudamericana, 2 Club World Cup) |
| Games drawn | 18 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa Libertadores, 10 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 0 Club World Cup) |
| Games lost | 20 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa Libertadores, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 0 Club World Cup) |
| Goals scored | 166 |
| Goals conceded | 107 |
| Goal difference | +59 |
| Best result | 6–0 (H) v Marília – Campeonato Paulista – 2005.3.19 |
| Worst result | 0–3 (A) v Internacional – Campeonato Brasileiro – 2005.10.5 0–3 (A) v Goiás – Campeonato Brasileiro – 2005.11.16 |
| Top scorer | Rogério Ceni (21 goals) |
Source: São Paulo FC

### Scorers

| Position | Nation | Playing position | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Brasileiro | Copa Sudamericana | Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Rogério Ceni | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | | FW | Amoroso | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| = | | FW | Diego Tardelli | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | | MF | Danilo | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| = | | FW | Grafite | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | | FW | Luizão | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | | DF | Cicinho | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | | FW | Christian | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| = | | DF | Diego Lugano | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | | MF | Souza | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | | MF | Mineiro | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | | MF | Josué | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | | FW | Thiago Ribeiro | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | | DF | Edcarlos | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | DF | Fabão | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | MF | Hernanes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | DF | Júnior | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | DF | Marco Antônio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | FW | Roger | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | | DF | Fábio Santos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Flávio Donizete | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | FW | Paulo Matos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Renan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Richarlyson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Rodrigo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | | | Total | 49 | 34 | 77 | 3 | 4 | 166 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Emerson Leão | Brazil | 20 January | 21 April | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 29 | 77% |
| Milton Cruz | Brazil | 21 April | 30 April | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22% |
| Paulo Autuori | Brazil | 8 May | 18 December | 55 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 104 | 77 | 54% |

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

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 45 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 21 | 78% |

### Copa Libertadores
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 31 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 73% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 11th | 58 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 67 | 46% |

### Copa Sudamericana
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 30th | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16% |

### FIFA Club World Championship
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 100% |