# 2018 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season

The 2018 season was the 109th season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.

## Background
### Kits

* Home (May 2018 onward): White shirt, black shorts and white socks;
* Away (May 2018 onward): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks;
* Third (October 2018 onward): Black and gold shirt, black shorts and black socks.

### Previous Kits

* Home (Until April 2018): White shirt, black shorts and white socks.
* Away (Until April 2018): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks.
* Third (Until September 2018): Dark grey shirt, dark grey shorts and dark grey socks.

### Squad

As of 22 August 2018
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 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Mantuan |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Henrique |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Gabriel |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Jonathas (on loan from Hannover 96) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Renê Júnior |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Roger |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Jádson |
| 11 | FW | PAR | Ángel Romero |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Cássio (captain) |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Marllon |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Léo Santos |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Ralf |
| 16 | MF | CHI | Ángelo Araos (on loan from Universidad de Chile) |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Thiaguinho (on loan from Nacional-SP) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Danilo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | PAR | Sergio Díaz (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Mateus Vital |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Fagner |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Clayson |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Walter |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Paulo Roberto |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Matheus Matias |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Douglas |
| 32 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Figueiredo |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Carlos Augusto |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Pedro Henrique |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Danilo Avelar (on loan from Torino) |
| 37 | DF | BRA | Vilson |
| 38 | MF | BRA | Pedrinho |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Filipe |
| 47 | FW | QAT | Emerson Sheik |

### Managerial changes

On May 22, Fábio Carille accepted an offer from Saudi club Al-Wehda to become their manager. Assistant manager Osmar Loss then assumed as the new manager.
On September 5, Loss was dismissed after losing an away match against Ceará. It was announced that he would remain in the technical staff as an assistant coach. The next day, Jair Ventura was announced as the new manager.
| Manager | Signed from | Date of signing | Date of departure | Signed with |
| Fábio Carille | Assistant coach | 22 December 2016 | 22 May 2018 | Al-Wehda |
| Osmar Loss | Assistant coach | 22 May 2018 | 5 September 2018 | Technical staff (assistant coach) |
| Jair Ventura | Free agent | 6 September 2018 | – | – |

### Transfers
#### Transfers in

| # | Position: | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Team |
| 19 | FW | Júnior Dutra | Avaí | Free Transfer (End of contract) | 7 December 2017 | First team |
| 39 | MF | Renê Júnior | Ponte Preta | Free Transfer (End of contract) | 4 January 2018 | First team |
| 6 | DF | Juninho Capixaba | Bahia | R$6,000,000 (also traded for Douglas) | 5 January 2018 | First team |
| 22 | MF | Mateus Vital | Vasco da Gama | R$8,000,000 | 16 January 2018 | First team |
| 47 | FW | Emerson Sheik | Free agent | Free Transfer | 19 January 2018 | First team |
| 3 | DF | Henrique | Fluminense | Free Transfer (Rescinded contract) | 26 January 2018 | First team |
| 15 | MF | Ralf | Free agent | Free Transfer | 17 February 2018 | First team |
| 13 | DF | Marllon | Cianorte | R$1,000,000 | 19 February 2018 | First team |
| 29 | FW | Matheus Matias | ABC | Undisclosed | 21 February 2018 | First team |
| 9 | FW | Roger | Internacional | Free Transfer (Rescinded contract) | 20 April 2018 | First team |
| 19 | MF | Fessin | ABC | R$2,000,000 | 11 May 2018 | Academy |
| 30 | MF | Douglas | Fluminense | R$7,000,000 | 19 July 2018 | First team |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| 16 | DF | Sidcley | Atlético Paranaense | 23 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 (Canceled on 6 July 2018) | First team |
| 17 | MF | Thiaguinho | Nacional-SP | 24 April 2018 | 31 May 2019 | First team |
| 39 | FW | Bruno Xavier | Nacional-SP | 24 April 2018 | 31 May 2019 (Canceled on 7 August 2018) | First team |
| 35 | DF | Danilo Avelar | Torino | 26 June 2018 | 30 June 2019 | First team |
| 7 | FW | Jonathas | Hannover 96 | 5 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 | First team |
| 21 | FW | Sergio Díaz | Real Madrid | 30 July 2018 | 31 December 2019 | First team |
| 16 | MF | Ángelo Araos | Universidad de Chile | 30 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 | First team |

#### Transfers out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Team |
| 13 | DF | Guilherme Arana | Sevilla | Undisclosed (€12,000,000 ~R$46,500,000) | 1 December 2017 | First team |
| | FW | Luciano | Panathinaikos | Free Transfer (End of contract) | 1 January 2018 | First team |
| | MF | Cristian | Free agent | Free Transfer (End of contract) | 1 January 2018 | First team |
| 7 | FW | Jô | Nagoya Grampus | U$10,000,000 (~R$32,000,000) | 3 January 2018 | First team |
| | GK | Douglas | Bahia | Free Transfer (Part of a trade involving Juninho Capixaba) | 5 January 2018 | First team |
| | MF | Alan Mineiro | Fortaleza | Free Transfer (Rescinded contract) | 5 January 2018 | First team |
| | FW | Stiven Mendoza | Amiens | €1,000,000 (~R$3,500,000) | 8 January 2018 | First team |
| 8 | MF | Maycon | Shakhtar Donetsk | €6,600,000 (~R$27,600,000) | 17 June 2018 | First team |
| | MF | Gustavo Viera | Independiente F.B.C. | Free Transfer (Rescinded contract) | 25 June 2018 | First team |
| 4 | DF | Fabián Balbuena | West Ham United | €4,000,000 (~R$18,000,000) | 14 July 2018 | First team |
| 26 | MF | Rodriguinho | Pyramids FC | U$6,000,000 (~R$22,600,000) | 21 July 2018 | First team |

#### Loans out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| | DF | Rodrigo Sam | Ituano | 8 December 2017 | 30 April 2018 | First team |
| | FW | Gustavo | Fortaleza | 13 December 2017 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| | DF | Vinicius Del'Amore | Londrina | 28 December 2017 | 31 December 2018 (Canceled on 7 August 2018) | First team |
| | MF | Marlone | Sport Recife | 28 December 2017 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| 22 | MF | Marciel | Ponte Preta | 29 December 2017 | 31 December 2018 (Canceled on 14 July 2018) | First team |
| | FW | Luidy | Ceará | 29 December 2017 | 31 December 2018 (Canceled on 18 August 2018) | First team |
| | FW | Gabriel Vasconcelos | Ponte Preta | 12 January 2018 | 31 December 2018 (Canceled on 26 July 2018) | First team |
| 32 | MF | Rodrigo Figueiredo | Londrina | 19 January 2018 | 31 December 2018 (Canceled on 17 April 2018) | First team |
| 21 | MF | Fellipe Bastos | Sport Recife | 4 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| 17 | MF | Giovanni Augusto | Vasco da Gama | 12 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| 36 | DF | Moisés | Botafogo | 20 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| 13 | DF | Guilherme Romão | Oeste | 22 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| 35 | FW | Carlinhos | Oeste | 22 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| 33 | DF | Yago | Botafogo | 23 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| 29 | MF | Camacho | Atlético Paranaense | 23 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| | MF | Marquinhos | Bangu | 2 March 2018 | 30 April 2018 | Academy |
| | MF | Warian | Atlético Goianiense | 20 March 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| | MF | Jean | Botafogo | 13 April 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| 30 | FW | Lucca | Internacional | 19 April 2018 | 31 July 2019 (Canceled on 13 September 2018) | First team |
| | FW | Bruno Paulo | CRB | 26 April 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| | MF | Marquinhos | Bragantino | 1 May 2018 | 31 December 2018 | Academy |
| | DF | Rodrigo Sam | Boa Esporte | May 2018 | 31 December 2018 (Canceled in July 2018) | First team |
| | DF | Marcelo Deverlan | Fiorentina | 21 May 2018 | 30 June 2019 | Academy |
| 35 | DF | Léo Príncipe | Le Havre | 25 June 2018 | 31 July 2019 | First team |
| | MF | Renan Areias | Red Bull Brasil | 25 June 2018 | 30 June 2019 | Academy |
| 18 | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | Lobos BUAP | 13 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First Team |
| | MF | Marciel | Oeste | 15 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| 19 | FW | Júnior Dutra | Fluminense | 18 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First Team |
| 6 | DF | Juninho Capixaba | Grêmio | 24 July 2018 | 31 May 2019 | First Team |
| | FW | Gabriel Vasconcelos | São Bento | 26 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| | DF | Rodrigo Sam | Novorizontino | 9 August 2018 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| | FW | Luidy | São Bento | 20 August 2018 | 30 April 2019 | First team |
| 31 | MF | Marquinhos Gabriel | Al-Nasr | 22 August 2018 | 31 July 2019 | First team |
| | FW | Lucca | Al-Rayyan | 13 September 2018 | 31 July 2019 | First team |

## 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 | Caíque França | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Guilherme Mantuan | 3 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Henrique | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Fabián Balbuena | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Gabriel | 14 (1) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 23 (2) | 1 | 6 (2) | 0 | 49 (5) | 2 | 15 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Juninho Capixaba | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Jonathas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 4 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Maycon | 11 (3) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 (5) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Renê Júnior | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Roger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 (8) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 (8) | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jádson | 10 (1) | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 (2) | 4 | 8 | 2 | 48 (3) | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ángel Romero | 12 (3) | 1 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 55 (3) | 11 | 13 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Cássio | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Guilherme Romão | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Marllon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Léo Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 20 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Ralf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 (1) | 1 | 5 (1) | 0 | 29 (2) | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Sidcley | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ángelo Araos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (9) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 6 (13) | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Thiaguinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Júnior Dutra | 7 (5) | 1 | 0 (5) | 2 | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (14) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Danilo | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (7) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 (12) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Sergio Díaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mateus Vital | 7 (3) | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 | 18 (15) | 2 | 3 (5) | 0 | 30 (28) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Fagner | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Clayson | 13 (2) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 (11) | 1 | 5 (1) | 0 | 34 (14) | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Rodriguinho | 15 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Walter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Paulo Roberto | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Camacho | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Matheus Matias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Lucca | 3 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Douglas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 (1) | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | Marquinhos Gabriel | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 4 (8) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 6 (15) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Rafael Bilú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Rodrigo Figueiredo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Carlos Augusto | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Pedro Henrique | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Danilo Avelar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | DF | Vilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Pedrinho | 0 (7) | 1 | 4 (2) | 0 | 27 (8) | 1 | 2 (3) | 1 | 33 (20) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Filipe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | Emerson Sheik | 5 (6) | 1 | 1 (4) | 1 | 3 (14) | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 | 11 (28) | 2 | 6 | 1 |

## 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 April 2018 | 2 December 2018 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 028.95 |
| Copa do Brasil | 7 February 2018 | 17 October 2018 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 17 January 2018 | 8 April 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 055.56 |
| Copa Libertadores | 28 February 2018 | 29 August 2018 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 72 | 29 | 16 | 27 | 78 | 60 | +18 | 040.28 |
Source: Competitions

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Friendlies

Last updated: 12 July 2018 Source: Archived 2014-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

## Campeonato Paulista

For the 2018 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.

### Statistics

Group A :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Corinthians | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 23 | knockout stage |
| 2 | Bragantino | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 17 | knockout stage |
| 3 | Ituano | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 17 | |
| 4 | Linense | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 10 | |

### Knockout stages
## Libertadores
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COR | IND | MIL | LAR |
| 1 | Corinthians | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Round of 16 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Independiente | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | Round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Millonarios | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Deportivo Lara | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 6 | | 2–7 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |

### Knockout stages
## Campeonato Brasileiro

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Bahia | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 48 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 12 | Fluminense | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 45 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 13 | Corinthians | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 44 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 44 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 15 | Ceará | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 44 | |

### Results
## Copa do Brasil

Due to being qualified to the 2018 Copa Libertadores, Corinthians entered the competition on the round of 16.