# 1985 São Paulo FC season

The 1985 season was São Paulo's 56th season since club's existence.

## Statistics
### Scorers

| Position | Playing position | Name | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Paulista | Others | Total |
| 1 | FW | Careca | 12 | 23 | 0 | 35 |
| 2 | FW | Müller | 4 | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | MF | Pianelli | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | MF | Pita | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| = | FW | Sídney | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| = | MF | Silas | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | Freitas | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Darío Pereyra | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | Márcio Araújo | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| = | FW | Newton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | DF | Oscar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | Éder Taino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | Fonseca | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | Vizolli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | Agnaldo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | Geraldo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | Nelsinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Total | 36 | 71 | 14 | 121 |

### Overall

| Games played | 71 (20 Campeonato Brasileiro, 42 Campeonato Paulista, 9 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 35 (7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 23 Campeonato Paulista, 5 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 21 (6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 12 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 16 (7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 7 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 121 |
| Goals conceded | 74 |
| Goal difference | +47 |
| Best result | 5–0 (H) v São Bento - Campeonato Paulista - 1985.07.31 |
| Worst result | 2–4 (A) v Atlético Mineiro - Campeonato Brasileiro - 1985.02.10 |
| Top scorer | Careca (35) |
Source: São Paulo FC

## Official competitions
### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### First round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 11 |
| 4 | Náutico | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 10 |
| 6 | Santos | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 10 |
| 7 | Cruzeiro | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 |

##### Matches
#### Second round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Internacional | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 |
| 5 | Santos | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | São Paulo | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 10 |
| 7 | Náutico | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 9 |
| 8 | Flamengo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 9 |

##### Matches
#### Record

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 20 | Náutico | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 20 |
| 21 | Santos | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 20 |
| 22 | São Paulo | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 20 |
| 23 | Cruzeiro | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 18 |
| 24 | Palmeiras | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 18 |
| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 22nd | 20 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 39 | 50% |

### First phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Portuguesa | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | Qualified as stage winners |
| 2 | São Paulo | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| 3 | Corinthians | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| 4 | América | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| 5 | Guarani | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |

#### Second phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | Qualified as stage winners |
| 2 | Portuguesa | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| 3 | Ferroviária | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| 4 | Guarani | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |

##### Matches
#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Portuguesa | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 52 | Qualified as stage winners |
| 2 | São Paulo | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 51 | Qualified as stage winners |
| 3 | Guarani | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 45 | Qualified due to best season record |
| 4 | Ferroviária | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 42 | Qualified due to best season record |
| 5 | Corinthians | 38 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 42 | |

#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 58 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 72 | 29 | 69% |