# 2020 São Paulo FC season

The 2020 season was São Paulo's 91st season in the club's history and their 60th in the top-flight of Brazilian football. São Paulo competed in 6 competitions: the Série A, the Campeonato Paulista, the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana, and the Copa do Brasil.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 5 February 2021
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 | Tiago Volpi |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Igor Vinícius |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Bruno Alves |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Diego Costa |
| 5 | DF | ECU | Robert Arboleda |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Reinaldo |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Paulinho Bóia |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Tchê Tchê |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pablo |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Dani Alves (captain) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Luciano |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Vitor Bueno |
| 13 | MF | BRA | Luan |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Liziero |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Hernanes (vice-captain) |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Léo Pelé |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | COL | Santiago Tréllez |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Jonas Toró |
| 19 | FW | URU | Gonzalo Carneiro |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Juanfran |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Sara |
| 22 | FW | ECU | Joao Rojas |
| 23 | GK | BRA | Lucas Perri |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Nestor |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Igor Gomes |
| 27 | FW | PAR | Antonio Galeano (on loan from Rubio Ñu) |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Welington |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Patryck |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Thiago Couto |
| 41 | GK | BRA | Júnior |
| 43 | DF | BRA | Walce |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | A. | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 11 December 2019 | MF | Vitor Bueno | 25 | Santos | R$13 million | From loan to definitive purchase |
| 20 December 2019 | DF | Igor Vinícius | 22 | Ituano | R$2 million | From loan to definitive purchase |
| 24 December 2019 | GK | Tiago Volpi | 29 | Querétaro | R$21 million | From loan to definitive purchase |
| 18 August 2020 | FW | Luciano | 27 | Grêmio | Free | |

### Loan returns

| Date | Pos. | Player | A. | Moving from | Fee |
| 9 December 2019 | FW | Paulinho | 21 | São Bento | Free |
| 9 December 2019 | FW | Santiago Tréllez | 29 | Internacional | Free |
| 9 December 2019 | FW | Brenner | 19 | Fluminense | Free |
| 27 July 2019 | DF | Rodrigo | 22 | Portimonense | Free |
    Total spending: R$36 million

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | A. | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 11 December 2019 | FW | Raniel | 23 | Santos | Free | Involved in the Vitor Bueno deal |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Diego Souza | 34 | Grêmio | Free | End of contract |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Caíque | 21 | Botafogo-SP | Free | End of contract |
| 30 January 2020 | MF | Felipe Araruna | 23 | Reading | Free | After return from loan |
| 31 January 2020 | GK | Lucas Paes | 22 | Vitória de Setúbal | Undisclosed | After anticipated return from loan |
| 5 February 2020 | MF | Jucilei | 31 | Boavista | Free | Contract terminated |
| 12 February 2020 | MF | Jonathan Gómez | 30 | Sport Recife | Undisclosed | After return from loan |
| 15 February 2020 | FW | Antony | 19 | Ajax | R$74 million (€16 million) | Can reach up to R$135 million (€29 million) in case some goals are achieved. |
| 31 March 2020 | FW | Pedro Bortoluzo | 23 | Oliveirense | Free | End of contract |
| 31 March 2020 | MF | Thomaz | 33 | Operário Ferroviário | Free | End of contract |
| 31 May 2020 | MF | Maicosuel | 33 | Unattached | Free | End of contract |
| 16 July 2020 | FW | Léo Natel | 23 | Corinthians | Free | End of contract |
| 4 August 2020 | FW | Fabinho | 20 | Athletico-PR | Free | End of contract |
| 13 August 2020 | DF | Anderson Martins | 32 | Bahia | Free | Contract terminated |
| 18 August 2020 | FW | Éverton | 31 | Grêmio | Free | Involved in the Luciano deal |
| 19 August 2020 | FW | Alexandre Pato | 30 | Orlando City | Free | Contract terminated |
| 5 February 2021 | FW | Brenner | 21 | FC Cincinnati | R$73 million ($15 million) | Can reach up to R$80,7 million ($15 million) in case some goals are achieved. |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | A. | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 10 December 2019 | FW | Pedro Bortoluzo | 23 | Votuporanguense | Free | |
| 19 December 2019 | MF | Thomaz | 33 | Internacional de Limeira | Free | |
| 10 January 2020 | MF | Everton Felipe | 22 | Cruzeiro | Free | After return from loan |
| 10 January 2020 | MF | Hudson | 31 | Fluminense | Free | |
| 13 January 2020 | GK | Jean | 24 | Atlético-GO | Free | Loan after being suspended from contract |
| 19 January 2020 | DF | Weverson | 19 | Red Bull Bragantino | Free | |
| 10 July 2020 | MF | Everton Felipe | 22 | Atlético Goianiense | Free | After return from loan |
| 11 August 2020 | DF | Lucas Kal | 24 | Nacional | R$200.000 | After return from loan, with an option to buy |
| 5 October 2020 | FW | Marcos Calazans | 24 | CRB | Free | |
| 6 October 2020 | MF | Shaylon | 23 | Goiás | Free | |
| 9 October 2020 | DF | Júnior Tavares | 24 | Sport Recife | Free | After return from loan |
| 10 November 2020 | FW | Gabriel Novaes | 21 | Bahia | Free | After antecipated return from loan |
| 12 November 2020 | FW | Helinho | 20 | Red Bull Bragantino | R$3 million | Loan with an option to buy |
| 19 November 2020 | FW | Danilo Gomes | 21 | Atlético-GO | Free | After antecipated return from loan |
    Total income: R$77.2 million

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 65 (13 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa do Brasil, 6 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Sudamericana) |
| Games won | 29 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa Libertadores, 18 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana) |
| Games drawn | 19 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Libertadores, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Copa Sudamericana) |
| Games lost | 17 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 3 Copa Libertadores, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana) |
| Goals scored | 110 |
| Goals conceded | 79 |
| Goal difference | +31 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 4–0 (A) v Oeste - Campeonato Paulista - 2020.02.22 5–1 (H) v Binacional - Copa Libertadores - 2020.10.20 4–0 (H) v Botafogo - Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - 2020.12.09 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 1–5 (H) v Internacional - Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - 2021.01.20 |
| Top scorer | Brenner (22 goals) |
Source: São Paulo FC

### Goalscorers

In italic players who left the club during the season.
| Place | Position | Nationality | Number | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Série A | Copa do Brasil | Copa Sudamericana | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 30 | Brenner | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 2 | FW | | 11 | Luciano | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Pablo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | DF | | 6 | Reinaldo | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | | 10 | Dani Alves | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | | 21 | Gabriel Sara | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | FW | | 6 | Alexandre Pato | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | | 15 | Hernanes | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | | 26 | Igor Gomes | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | | 8 | Tchê Tchê | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | | 12 | Vitor Bueno | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | | 6 | Robert Arboleda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | | 4 | Diego Costa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | 22 | Éverton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 19 | Gonzalo Carneiro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 37 | Helinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 7 | Paulinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 17 | Santiago Tréllez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 18 | Jonas Toró | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals Enzo Pérez (RIV) 1 Fabrizio Angileri (RIV) 1 Nicolás Thaller (LAN) 1 | Own goals Enzo Pérez (RIV) 1 Fabrizio Angileri (RIV) 1 Nicolás Thaller (LAN) 1 | Own goals Enzo Pérez (RIV) 1 Fabrizio Angileri (RIV) 1 Nicolás Thaller (LAN) 1 | Own goals Enzo Pérez (RIV) 1 Fabrizio Angileri (RIV) 1 Nicolás Thaller (LAN) 1 | Own goals Enzo Pérez (RIV) 1 Fabrizio Angileri (RIV) 1 Nicolás Thaller (LAN) 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | Total | 21 | 14 | 59 | 10 | 6 | 110 |

### Assists

In italic players who left the club during the season.
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Série A | Copa do Brasil | Copa Sudamericana | Total |
| 1 | DF | 6 | Reinaldo | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Dani Alves | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 12 | Vitor Bueno | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Luciano | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| = | FW | 9 | Pablo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 21 | Gabriel Sara | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 30 | Brenner | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 26 | Igor Gomes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | DF | 2 | Igor Vinícius | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 6 | Alexandre Pato | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 20 | Juanfran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 16 | Léo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 8 | Tchê Tchê | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 18 | Jonas Toró | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Bruno Alves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 19 | Gonzalo Carneiro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 4 | Diego Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | 37 | Helinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 13 | Luan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 7 | Paulinho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | GK | 1 | Tiago Volpi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 13 | 8 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 69 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Fernando Diniz | Brazil | 22 January 2020 | 31 January 2021 | 60 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 104 | 74 | 45% |
| Marcos Vizolli (caretaker) | Brazil | 10 February 2021 | 25 February 2021 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 53% |

## Competitions
### 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 | 13 August 2020 | 25 February 2021 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 047.37 |
| Copa do Brasil | 14 October 2020 | 30 December 2020 | Round of 16 | Semi-Finals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 033.33 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 22 January 2020 | 29 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | Quarter-Finals | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 046.15 |
| Copa Libertadores | 5 March 2020 | 20 October 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 033.33 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 28 October 2020 | 4 November 2020 | Second stage | Second stage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 110 | 79 | +31 | 044.62 |
Source: Competitions

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 21 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mirassol | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 17 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 14 | |
| 4 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 14 | |

#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 6th | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 54% |

### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | River Plate | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 13 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana |
| 4 | Binacional | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | −22 | 3 | |

#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 18th | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 39% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Internacional | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 70 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 68 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | São Paulo | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Fluminense | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 64 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 6 | Grêmio | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 59 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |

#### Results summary

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