# 2008 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season

The 2008 season was the 98th edition of the football club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, their debut in Série B.

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Technical manager | Antônio Carlos Zago |
| Manager | Mano Menezes |
| Assistant coach | Sidnei Lobo |
| Fitness coach | Flávio Trevisan |
| Assistant fitness coach | Antônio Carlos Bona |
| Goalkeeping coach | Mauri Costa Lima |
Last updated: 8 January 2008 Source: Staff

### Team kit

The team kit for the season was produced by Nike and the shirt sponsor was Medial Saúde.
| Home | Away | Away Alternative |

## Squad
### Transfers

For recent transfers, see transfers 2007/2008

### Statistics

    Last updated on 2008-10-24
| No. | Pos. | Name | Brasileiro Série B | Brasileiro Série B | Copa do Brasil | Copa do Brasil | Campeonato Paulista | Campeonato Paulista | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Felipe | 27 | -17 | 11 | -12 | 17 | -14 | 2 | 0 | 57 | -33 |
| 2 | DF | Fábio Ferreira | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Chicão | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 8 |
| 4 | DF | William | 30 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Alessandro | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Cristian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Elias | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Perdigão | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Morais | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Douglas | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 |
| 11 | MF | Marcel | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Wéverton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| 13 | DF | Renato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Cássio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Diogo Rincon | 11 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 16 | MF | Marcelo Oliveira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Germán Herrera | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 18 |
| 18 | DF | Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Lulinha | 23 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | Carlos Alberto | 22 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Bruno Octávio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Júlio César | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -1 |
| 23 | FW | Otacílio Neto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Acosta | 12 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2(-1) | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7(-1) |
| 26 | MF | Rafinha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | André Santos | 29 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 17 |
| 28 | MF | Nílton | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Eduardo Ramos | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Alves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Dentinho | 23 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 24 |
| 32 | MF | Fabinho | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | Diogo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Wellington Saci | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | Dênis | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 36 | FW | Careca | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 38 | FW | Bebeto | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | Almeida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | Bóvio | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| -- | MF | Cajú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | MF | Carlão | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| -- | DF | Coelho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| -- | MF | Dinelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | DF | Eduardo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Finazzi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| -- | MF | Héverton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| -- | FW | Lima | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| -- | MF | Marcelo Oliveira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | DF | Éverton Ribeiro | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| -- | DF | Cristián Suárez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| -- | DF | Valença | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Season
### Campeonato Paulista
#### Matches
#### Classification

First phase :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | São Paulo | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 38 | Advances to Semifinals |
| 4 | Ponte Preta | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 35 | Advances to Semifinals |
| 5 | Corinthians | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 33 | |
| 6 | Barueri | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 32 | Qualification for Campeonato do Interior |
| 7 | Santos | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 31 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 April 2008. Source: 2008 Campeonato Paulista
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;

### Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
#### Matches
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 79 | 29 | +50 | 85 | Promotion to Série A 2009 |
| 2 | Santo André | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 68 | Promotion to Série A 2009 |
| 3 | Avaí | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 67 | Promotion to Série A 2009 |
| 4 | Barueri | 38 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 63 | Promotion to Série A 2009 |
| 5 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 58 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 November 2008. Source: 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | | | |