# 2019 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season

The 2019 season was the 110th season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.

## Background
### Sponsorship

On January 17, Corinthians announced Banco BMG as their new main sponsor.

### Kit

* Home (May 2019 onward): White shirt, black shorts and white socks;
* Away (May 2019 onward): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks;
* Third (September 2019 onward): Black and white shirt, black shorts and black socks.

### Previous Kits

* Home (Until April 2019): White shirt, black shorts and white socks.
* Away (Until May 2019): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks;
* Third (Until August 2019): Black and gold shirt, black shorts and black socks.

### Squad

    As of 3 October 2019
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 | Caíque França |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Michel Macedo |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Manoel (on loan from Cruzeiro) |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Gabriel |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Carlos Augusto |
| 7 | MF | ECU | Junior Sornoza |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Renê Júnior |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Jádson |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Júnior Urso |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Cássio |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Marllon |
| 14 | DF | URU | Bruno Méndez |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Ralf |
| 17 | FW | ARG | Mauro Boselli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Matheus Jesus (on loan from Estoril) |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Gustavo |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Régis (on loan from Bahia) |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Mateus Vital |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Fagner |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Clayson |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Gil |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Walter |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Ramiro |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Janderson |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Danilo Avelar |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Lucas Piton |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Everaldo |
| 38 | MF | BRA | Pedrinho |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Filipe |

### Managerial changes

On December 3, one day after the 2018 season ended, it was announced that Jair Ventura was fired from the club. Four days later Fábio Carille was announced as the new manager, just seven months after he left to train Saudi club Al-Wehda.
On November 3, 2019, Carille was fired after a loss to Flamengo. The club announced the following day that Dyego Coelho, former player and current U20 manager, would take over as interim until the end of the season.
On November 7, it was announced that Athletico Paranaense's manager Tiago Nunes will be the head coach for the next season.
| Manager | Signed from | Date of signing | Date of departure | Signed with |
| Jair Ventura | Free agent | 6 September 2018 | 3 December 2018 | – |
| Fábio Carille | Al-Wehda | 7 December 2018 | 3 November 2019 | – |
| Dyego Coelho | Corinthians U20 head coach (interim) | 4 November 2019 | – | – |
| Tiago Nunes | Athletico Paranaense | 7 November 2019 | – | – |

### Transfers
#### Transfers in

| # | Position: | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Team |
| 2 | DF | Michel Macedo | Free agent | Free transfer | 8 October 2018 | First team |
| 32 | FW | Gustavo Silva | Coritiba | Free transfer (End of contract) | 8 October 2018 | First team |
| 29 | FW | André Luis | Cianorte | Undisclosed | 6 December 2018 | First team |
| 26 | MF | Richard | Fluminense | Undisclosed | 10 December 2018 | First team |
| 28 | MF | Ramiro | Grêmio | Undisclosed | 13 December 2018 | First team |
| 17 | FW | Mauro Boselli | León | Free transfer (Rescinded contract) | 4 January 2019 | First team |
| 7 | MF | Junior Sornoza | Fluminense | R$10,000,000 | 8 January 2019 | First team |
| 9 | FW | Vágner Love | Beşiktaş | Free transfer (Rescinded contract) | 25 January 2019 | First team |
| 30 | MF | Júnior Urso | Guangzhou R&F | Free transfer (Rescinded contract) | 4 February 2019 | First team |
| 14 | DF | Bruno Méndez | Montevideo Wanderers | U$3,500,000 (~R$13,000,000) | 28 February 2019 | First team |
| 20 | MF | Thiaguinho | Nacional-SP | Undisclosed | 3 April 2019 | First team |
| | DF | Matheus Alexandre | Ponte Preta | R$800,000 | 26 April 2019 | First team |
| 37 | FW | Everaldo | Velo Clube | R$2,500,000 | 22 May 2019 | First team |
| 26 | DF | Gil | Shandong Luneng | Free transfer (Rescinded contract) | 3 July 2019 | First team |
| 35 | DF | Danilo Avelar | Torino | €1,500,000 (~R$6,500,000) | 18 July 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Juan David Torres | Banfield | Undisclosed | 22 July 2019 | Academy |
| 16 | MF | Ángelo Araos | Universidad de Chile | ~R$20,600,000 | 8 August 2019 | First team |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| 4 | DF | Manoel | Cruzeiro | 16 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | FW | Hugo Sandoval | 3 de Febrero | 13 February 2019 | 31 December 2019 | Academy |
| 18 | MF | Régis | Bahia | 1 March 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 18 | MF | Matheus Jesus | Estoril | 9 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |

#### Transfers out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Team |
| 47 | FW | Emerson Sheik | Retired | Retired | 3 December 2018 | First team |
| | DF | Rodrigo Sam | Água Santa | Free transfer (End of contract) | 17 December 2018 | First team |
| 20 | MF | Danilo | Vila Nova | Free transfer (End of contract) | 24 December 2018 | First team |
| | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | Veracruz | Free transfer (End of contract) | 26 December 2018 | First team |
| 37 | DF | Vilson | Retired | Retired | 1 January 2019 | First team |
| | GK | Matheus Vidotto | Figueirense | Free transfer (End of contract) | 1 January 2019 | First team |
| 7 | FW | Jonathas | Hannover 96 | Loan canceled | 15 January 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Marquinhos Gabriel | Cruzeiro | Free transfer (Rescinded contract) | 18 January 2019 | First team |
| | DF | Moisés | Bahia | R$2,000,000 | 18 January 2019 | First team |
| 9 | FW | Roger | Ceará | Free transfer (Rescinded contract) | 18 January 2019 | First team |
| | DF | Franklin | NK Lokomotiva | Free transfer (End of contract) | 11 February 2019 | Academy |
| | MF | Serginho | Orlando City | Undisclosed | 12 February 2019 | Academy |
| | DF | Juninho Capixaba | Grêmio | Undisclosed (~R$4,000,000) | 16 May 2019 | First Team |
| 21 | FW | Sergio Díaz | Real Madrid | Loan canceled | 21 June 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Douglas | PAOK | €3,000,000 (~R$13,000,000) | 1 July 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Renan Areias | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 2019 | Academy |
| 11 | FW | Ángel Romero | San Lorenzo | Free transfer (End of contract) | 14 July 2019 | First team |
| | FW | Junior Dutra | Free agent | Rescinded contract | 16 July 2019 | First team |
| | FW | Bruno Paulo | Brasil de Pelotas | Free transfer (End of contract) | 1 August 2019 | First team |
| 3 | DF | Henrique | Al-Ittihad Kalba | Free transfer (Rescinded contract) | 15 August 2019 | First team |

#### Loans out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| 29 | FW | Matheus Matias | Ceará | 11 December 2018 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 10 April 2019) | First team |
| | DF | Guilherme Romão | São Bento | 13 December 2018 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Marciel | Oeste | 18 December 2018 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 15 May 2019) | First team |
| 28 | MF | Paulo Roberto | Fortaleza | 18 December 2018 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 2 | MF | Guilherme Mantuan | Ponte Preta | 18 December 2018 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 20 September 2019) | First team |
| | DF | Yago | Goiás | 20 December 2018 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 32 | MF | Rodrigo Figueiredo | Joinville | 21 December 2018 | 30 April 2019 | First team |
| | FW | Carlinhos | Novorizontino | 22 December 2018 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | FW | Gabriel Vasconcelos | Oeste | 26 December 2018 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 1 | GK | Caíque França | Oeste | 26 December 2018 | 30 April 2019 (Canceled on 15 January 2019) | First team |
| | FW | Luidy | Londrina | 28 December 2018 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 27 May 2019) | First team |
| | MF | Fellipe Bastos | Vasco da Gama | 2 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Camacho | Athletico Paranaense | 3 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Marlone | Goiás | 3 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Guilherme | Bahia | 3 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 1 May 2019) | First team |
| | MF | Jean | Botafogo | 5 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | DF | Vinicius Del'Amore | Oeste | 8 January 2019 | 30 April 2019 | First team |
| | DF | Léo Príncipe | Guarani | 11 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 2 July 2019) | First team |
| | FW | Junior Dutra | Al-Nasr | 11 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 | First team |
| | FW | Bruno Paulo | Brasil de Pelotas | 17 January 2019 | 31 July 2019 | First team |
| 30 | MF | Douglas | Bahia | 20 January 2019 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 1 July 2019) | First team |
| | MF | Warian | CRB | 05 February 2019 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 27 May 2019) | First team |
| 14 | DF | Léo Santos | Fluminense | 27 February 2019 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 1 August 2019) | First team |
| | MF | Giovanni Augusto | Goiás | 12 March 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | DF | Matheus Alexandre | Ponte Preta | 27 April 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | FW | Matheus Matias | Avaí | 30 April 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 32 | MF | Gustavo Silva | Vila Nova | 1 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 29 July 2019) | First team |
| | MF | Guilherme | Fluminense | 1 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 20 | MF | Thiaguinho | Oeste | 6 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 29 | FW | André Luis | Fortaleza | 8 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 33 | MF | Marquinhos | Ponte Preta | 13 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Marciel | Vitória | 15 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Rafael Bilú | América Mineiro | 22 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 | Academy |
| 39 | MF | Fabrício Oya | São Bento | 22 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 24 October 2019) | First team |
| 26 | MF | Richard | Vasco da Gama | 20 June 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 34 | DF | Pedro Henrique | Athletico Paranaense | 29 June 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | DF | Léo Príncipe | Paraná | 2 July 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| | DF | Caetano | Oeste | 3 July 2019 | 31 December 2019 | Academy |
| 13 | DF | Marllon | Bahia | 5 July 2019 | 31 December 2019 (Canceled on 12 September 2019) | First team |
| | FW | Lucca | Bahia | 19 July 2019 | 31 July 2020 | First team |
| 16 | MF | Ángelo Araos | Ponte Preta | 3 October 2019 | 31 December 2019 | First team |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Sudamericana | Copa Sudamericana | 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 | Caíque França | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Michel Macedo | 5 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 9 (1) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 16 (3) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Henrique | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Manoel | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Carlos Augusto | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Junior Sornoza | 11 (1) | 0 | 5 (1) | 1 | 17 (3) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 (5) | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Renê Júnior | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Vágner Love | 7 (6) | 1 | 9 (1) | 4 | 18 (10) | 5 | 6 (2) | 1 | 40 (19) | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jádson | 7 (3) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 6 (12) | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 | 19 (19) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Júnior Urso | 10 | 1 | 6 (2) | 1 | 26 (1) | 3 | 4 (1) | 2 | 46 (4) | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Cássio | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Marllon | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Léo Santos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Bruno Méndez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Ralf | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 (1) | 1 | 7 (1) | 0 | 47 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ángelo Araos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Mauro Boselli | 7 (4) | 1 | 1 (3) | 1 | 16 (6) | 7 | 4 (4) | 1 | 28 (17) | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Matheus Jesus | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Gustavo | 10 (5) | 4 | 2 (6) | 2 | 9 (16) | 5 | 3 (1) | 3 | 24 (28) | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Thiaguinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Régis | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Sergio Díaz | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mateus Vital | 5 (6) | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 21 (10) | 2 | 1 (2) | 1 | 31 (20) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Fagner | 12 (1) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 28 (2) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 56 (3) | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Clayson | 10 (3) | 2 | 8 (2) | 2 | 22 (10) | 3 | 6 (1) | 0 | 46 (16) | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Richard | 4 (5) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 6 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Gil | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Walter | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Ramiro | 9 (1) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 13 (5) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 29 (9) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | André Luis | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Janderson | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 10 (10) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 (11) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Gustavo Silva | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Pedro Henrique | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Danilo Avelar | 15 (1) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 54 (1) | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Lucas Piton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Everaldo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (6) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Pedrinho | 8 (9) | 0 | 7 (1) | 2 | 25 (2) | 5 | 2 (2) | 0 | 42 (14) | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Fabricio Oya | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Filipe | 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 | 28 April 2019 | 8 December 2019 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 036.84 |
| Copa do Brasil | 7 February 2019 | 4 June 2019 | First stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 037.50 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 20 January 2019 | 21 April 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 044.44 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 14 February 2019 | 25 September 2019 | First stage | Semi-final | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 74 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 82 | 64 | +18 | 039.19 |
Source: Competitions

## Pre-season and friendlies

Last updated: 5 July 2019 Source: Archived 2014-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

## Campeonato Paulista

For the 2019 Campeonato Paulista, the 16 teams are divided in four groups of 4 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 two overall worst teams will be relegated.
Group C :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 21 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ferroviária | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 18 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Bragantino | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 10 | |
| 4 | Mirassol | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 11 | |

### Knockout stages
## Sudamericana
### Final stages
## Campeonato Brasileiro

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | São Paulo | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 63 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 7 | Internacional | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 57 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 8 | Corinthians | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 10 | Goiás | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 52 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
* ↑ Flamengo qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2019 Copa Libertadores. Athletico Paranaense qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2019 Copa do Brasil.