# 2016 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season

The 2016 season was the 107th season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.

## Background
### Kit

* Home (May 2016 onward): White shirt, black shorts and white socks;
* Away (2016): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks;
* Third (September 2016 onward): Purple/blue shirt, blue shorts and blue socks.

### Previous kits

* Home (Until May 2016): White shirt, black shorts and white socks.
* Third (Until September 2016): Orange shirt, orange shorts and orange socks.

### Squad

As of 20 November 2016
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 | Matheus Vidotto |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Yago |
| 4 | DF | PAR | Fabián Balbuena |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Uendel |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Marlone |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Gustavo |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Guilherme |
| 11 | FW | PAR | Ángel Romero |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Cássio |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Arana |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Léo Santos |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Vilson |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Cristian |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Giovanni Augusto |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Léo Jabá |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Rildo (on loan from Ponte Preta) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Danilo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Jean |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Marciel |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Fagner |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Carlinhos |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Walter |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Isaac (on loan from Botafogo-SP) |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Camacho |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Lucca |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Marquinhos Gabriel |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Léo Príncipe |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Warian |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Pedro Henrique |
| 35 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Mantuan |
| 36 | FW | BRA | Bruno Paulo |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Caíque França |
| — | DF | BRA | Vinícius Del'Amore |

### Managerial changes

On 15 June, Tite accepted an invitation to become Brazil's manager. Assistant manager Fábio Carille assumed the role as a caretaker until 19 June, managing the club against Fluminense and Botafogo. On the same day, Corinthians announced Cristóvão Borges as the new manager.
On 17 September, Borges was fired after losing a home match against Corinthians's biggest rival Palmeiras, which ended a 34-match unbeaten run at Arena Corinthians. On the same day, Carille was announced as interim manager. This time, until the end of the season. However, on 14 October it was announced that former two-time manager Oswaldo de Oliveira signed as the new head coach.
| Manager | Signed from | Date of signing | Date of departure | Signed with |
| Tite | Free agent | 15 December 2014 | 15 June 2016 | Brazil |
| Fábio Carille | Technical staff (caretaker) | 15 June 2016 | 19 June 2016 | – |
| Cristóvão Borges | Free agent | 19 June 2016 | 17 September 2016 | – |
| Fábio Carille | Technical staff (interim) | 17 September 2016 | 14 October 2016 | – |
| Oswaldo de Oliveira | Sport Recife | 14 October 2016 | – | – |

### Transfers
#### Transfers in

| # | Position: | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Team |
| 29 | MF | Alan Mineiro | Ferroviária | Undisclosed (~R$ 1,000,000) | 9 December 2015 | First team |
| 8 | MF | Marlone | Penapolense | Undisclosed | 21 December 2015 | First team |
| 42 | GK | Douglas | Capivariano | Undisclosed | 6 January 2016 | First team |
| 10 | MF | Guilherme | Antalyaspor | €1,300,000 (~R$ 5,700,000) | 19 January 2016 | First team |
| 17 | MF | Giovanni Augusto | Atlético Mineiro | Undisclosed | 4 February 2016 | First team |
| 9 | FW | André | Atlético Mineiro | Undisclosed | 5 February 2016 | First team |
| 4 | DF | Fabián Balbuena | Libertad | US$1,500,000 (~R$ 5,800,000) | 15 February 2016 | First team |
| 31 | MF | Marquinhos Gabriel | Al Nassr | US$3,000,000 (~R$ 10,000,000) | 18 April 2016 | First team |
| 30 | FW | Lucca | Criciúma | Undisclosed (~R$ 4,500,000) | 10 May 2016 | First team |
| 29 | MF | Camacho | Osasco Audax | Free transfer (End of contract) | 23 May 2016 | First team |
| 36 | FW | Bruno Paulo | Osasco Audax | Free transfer (End of contract) | 24 May 2016 | First team |
| 15 | DF | Vilson | SEV Hortolândia | R$500,000 | 7 July 2016 | First team |
| 9 | FW | Gustavo | Criciúma | R$3,500,000 | 25 August 2016 | First team |
| 21 | MF | Jean | Paraná | R$400,000 | 25 August 2016 | First team |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Team | Source |
| 15 | DF | Vilson | SEV Hortolândia | 13 January 2016 | 31 December 2016 (Signed definitely on 7 July 2016) | First team | |
| 5 | MF | Willians | Cruzeiro | 19 January 2016 | 31 December 2016 (Canceled on 20 November 2016) | First team | |

#### Transfers out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Team |
| 10 | MF | Jádson | Tianjin Quanjian | €5,000,000 (~R$21,200,000) | 18 December 2015 | First team |
| 2 | DF | Edu Dracena | Palmeiras | Free Transfer (Rescinded contract) | 22 December 2015 | First team |
| | MF | Vitor Júnior | Al-Qadisiyah | Free Transfer (End of contract) | 31 December 2015 | First team |
| 8 | MF | Renato Augusto | Beijing Guoan | €8,000,000 (~R$34,600,000) | 6 January 2016 | First team |
| | FW | Paulo Victor | Zorya Luhansk | Free Transfer (End of contract) | 6 January 2016 | First team |
| 5 | MF | Ralf | Beijing Guoan | €1,000,000 (~R$4,400,000) | 7 January 2016 | First team |
| 99 | FW | Vágner Love | Monaco | €1,000,000 (~R$4,400,000) | 7 January 2016 | First team |
| 4 | DF | Gil | Shandong Luneng | €10,000,000 (~R$43,000,000) | 21 January 2016 | First team |
| 21 | FW | Malcom | Bordeaux | €5,000,000 (~R$22,000,000) | 31 January 2016 | First team |
| | FW | Brayan Riascos | Free agent | End of contract | 20 April 2016 | First team |
| 21 | MF | Matheus Pereira | Juventus | €2,500,000 (~R$9,300,000) | 18 May 2016 | First team |
| 2 | DF | Edílson | Grêmio | R$1,000,000 | 19 May 2016 | First team |
| | GK | Renan | Free agent | End of contract | 6 June 2016 | First team |
| | MF | Giovanni | Free agent | End of contract | 10 June 2016 | First team |
| 28 | DF | Felipe | Porto | €6,200,000 (~R$24,000,000) | 15 June 2016 | First team |
| | FW | Gustavo Tocantins | Estoril | Free Transfer (End of contract) | July 2016 | First team |
| | FW | Alexandre Pato | Villarreal | Undisclosed (€3,000,000 ~R$10,800,000) | 26 July 2016 | First team |
| 9 | FW | André | Sporting CP | Undisclosed (€1,000,000 ~R$3,600,000) | 25 August 2016 | First team |
| 25 | MF | Bruno Henrique | Palermo | Undisclosed (€3,300,000 ~R$11,880,000) | 29 August 2016 | First team |
| 7 | MF | Elias | Sporting CP | €2,500,000 (~R$9,000,000) | 31 August 2016 | First team |

#### Loans out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| 29 | DF | Rodrigo Sam | Tigres do Brasil | December 2015 | 30 April 2016 | First team |
| | MF | PC | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 6 January 2016 | Undisclosed | Academy |
| | MF | Giovanni | Tigres do Brasil | 7 January 2016 | 30 April 2016 | First team |
| | FW | Léo | Mogi Mirim | 8 January 2016 | 30 April 2016 | First team |
| | DF | Rafael Castro | Chapecoense | 13 January 2016 | 31 December 2016 (Canceled on 22 April 2016) | Academy |
| 22 | MF | Marciel | Cruzeiro | 19 January 2016 | 31 December 2016 (Returned on 12 September 2016) | First team |
| | FW | Alexandre Pato | Chelsea | 29 January 2016 | 30 June 2016 | First team |
| | DF | Léo Príncipe | Oeste | 3 February 2016 | 31 December 2016 (Returned on 15 May 2016) | Academy |
| 15 | DF | Moisés | Bahia | 13 February 2016 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| 14 | MF | Gustavo Viera | Rubio Ñu | 13 February 2016 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| | FW | Gabriel Vasconcelos | America-RJ | 16 February 2016 | 30 April 2016 | First team |
| | FW | Gustavo Tocantins | Portuguesa | 24 February 2016 | 1 June 2016 | First team |
| 92 | FW | Stiven Mendoza | New York City | 8 March 2016 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| 42 | GK | Douglas | Grêmio | 29 March 2016 | 31 December 2016 (Canceled on 15 September 2016) | First team |
| | FW | Léo | Oeste | 22 April 2016 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| | DF | Rafael Castro | Oeste | 22 April 2016 | 31 December 2016 (Canceled unknown) | Academy |
| | DF | Rodrigo Sam | Bragantino | 5 May 2016 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| 29 | MF | Alan Mineiro | América-MG | 24 May 2016 | 31 December 2016 (Canceled on 29 August 2016) | First team |
| | DF | Guilherme Andrade | Bragantino | 27 May 2016 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| | FW | Gabriel Vasconcelos | Joinville | 2 June 2016 | 31 December 2016 (Returned on 4 August 2016) | First team |
| 31 | FW | Claudinho | Bragantino | 3 June 2016 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| 22 | MF | Maycon | Ponte Preta | 14 July 2016 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| 18 | FW | Luciano | Leganés | 24 August 2016 | 30 June 2017 | First team |
| | MF | Alan Mineiro | Bragantino | 29 August 2016 | 31 December 2016 | First team |
| | DF | Rafael Castro | Ferroviária | Unknown | 31 December 2016 | Academy |

## 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 | Matheus Vidotto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Edílson | 5 (2) | 1 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Yago | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 (1) | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Fabián Balbuena | 6 | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 (1) | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Willians | 6 (3) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 5 (6) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 12 (15) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Uendel | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Elias | 6 | 0 | 4 (1) | 2 | 8 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 (3) | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Marlone | 1 (4) | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 | 15 (9) | 6 | 3 (1) | 0 | 20 (15) | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | André | 9 (3) | 4 | 5 (1) | 1 | 6 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 (9) | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Gustavo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Guilherme | 10 (1) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16 (10) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 32 (11) | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Ángel Romero | 9 (8) | 5 | 2 (4) | 2 | 23 (4) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 37 (16) | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Cássio | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 19 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Guilherme Arana | 5 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 (5) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Léo Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vilson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Cristian | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 13 (5) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Giovanni Augusto | 8 (3) | 2 | 5 (1) | 1 | 27 (5) | 3 | 3 (1) | 0 | 43 (10) | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Luciano | 4 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 (8) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Léo Jabá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Rildo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (7) | 1 | 0 (2) | 1 | 0 (9) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Danilo | 9 (5) | 1 | 1 (3) | 0 | 1 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 (13) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Jean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Maycon | 6 (4) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Marciel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Fagner | 12 (1) | 2 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 55 (1) | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Bruno Henrique | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Carlinhos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Rodriguinho | 8 (2) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 26 (3) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 44 (5) | 10 | 12 | 1 |
| 27 | GK | Walter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Felipe | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Isaac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Alan Mineiro | 3 (5) | 2 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (7) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Camacho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (4) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Lucca | 11 (3) | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 (14) | 3 | 0 (4) | 0 | 25 (21) | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Claudinho | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Marquinhos Gabriel | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 32 (2) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 36 (3) | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Léo Príncipe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 (1) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Warian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Pedro Henrique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Guilherme Mantuan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Bruno Paulo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Caíque França | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | Vinícius Del'Amore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 15 May 2016 | 11 December 2016 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 039.47 |
| Copa do Brasil | 31 August 2016 | 19 October 2016 | Round of 16 | Quarter-Finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 31 January 2016 | 23 April 2016 | Matchday 1 | Semi-Finals | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 070.59 |
| Copa Libertadores | 17 February 2016 | 4 May 2016 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 33 | 17 | 17 | 101 | 64 | +37 | 049.25 |
Source: Competitions

## Pre-season and friendlies

Last updated: 23 January 2016 Source:

## Campeonato Paulista

For the 2016 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 quarterfinals. The six overall worst teams will be relegated.

### Statistics

Group D :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians (Q) | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 35 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Red Bull Brasil (Q) | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 22 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| 3 | Água Santa (R) | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 16 | Relegated |
| 4 | Mogi Mirim (R) | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 15 | Relegated |
| 5 | Rio Claro (R) | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 9 | Relegated |

### Knockout stages
## Libertadores
### Second stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Corinthians | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 | Final stages |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 10 | Final stages |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Cobresal | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | |

### Knockout stages

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Nacional won on away goals.

## Campeonato Brasileiro

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Botafogo | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 59 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage |
| 6 | Atlético Paranaense | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 57 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage |
| 7 | Corinthians | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 55 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| 8 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 53 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| 9 | Grêmio | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 53 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |

### Results
## Copa do Brasil

Due to being qualified to the 2016 Copa Libertadores, Corinthians entered the competition on the round of 16, in August.

### Knockout stages

Corinthians won 2–1 on aggregate.
Cruzeiro won 5–4 on aggregate.