# 2023 SE Palmeiras season

The 2023 season was the 109th in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras' existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil, Série A and the Supercopa do Brasil.

## Squad information

    As of 28 July 2023.
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 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marcos Rocha |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Dudu |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Zé Rafael |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Endrick |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Rony |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Mayke |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Luan |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Artur |
| 15 | DF | PAR | Gustavo Gómez (captain) |
| 18 | FW | ARG | José Manuel López |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Breno Lopes |
| 20 | MF | COL | Eduard Atuesta |
| 21 | GK | BRA | Weverton (vice-captain) |
| 22 | DF | URU | Joaquín Piquerez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Raphael Veiga |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Menino |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Murilo |
| 27 | MF | COL | Richard Ríos |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Jailson |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Luis Guilherme |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Gustavo Garcia |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Naves |
| 35 | MF | BRA | Fabinho |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Vanderlan |
| 37 | DF | BRA | Kevin |
| 40 | MF | BRA | Jhon Jhon |
| 42 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Lomba |
| — | GK | BRA | Mateus |

### Transfers
#### Transfers in

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| FW | Giovani | Youth team | | 2 January 2023 |
| MF | Jhon Jhon | Youth team | | 2 January 2023 |
| DF | Gustavo Garcia | Youth team | | 2 January 2023 |
| DF | Vanderlan | Youth team | | 2 January 2023 |
| DF | Naves | Youth team | | 2 January 2023 |
| MF | Fabinho | Youth team | | 2 January 2023 |
| FW | Endrick | Youth team | | 2 January 2023 |
| MF | Richard Ríos | Guarani | Sign. | 28 March 2023 |
| FW | Artur | Red Bull Bragantino | Sign. | 31 March 2023 |
| FW | Kevin | Youth team | | 12 July 2023 |
| MF | Luis Guilherme | Youth team | | 26 July 2023 |

#### Transfers out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| MF | Gustavo Scarpa | Nottingham Forest | End of contract. Will join the team in January 2023. | 10 July 2022 |
| DF | Jorge | Fluminense | Loan. | 22 December 2022 |
| FW | Wesley | Cruzeiro | Sign. | 27 December 2022 |
| MF | Danilo | Nottingham Forest | Sign. | 16 January 2023 |
| FW | Miguel Merentiel | Boca Juniors | Loan. | 2 February 2023 |
| DF | Benjamín Kuscevic | Coritiba | Sign. | 10 February 2023 |
| FW | Giovani | Al Sadd | €9,000,000 | 27 June 2023 |
| MF | Bruno Tabata | Qatar SC | Loan. | 7 July 2023 |
| FW | Rafael Navarro | Colorado Rapids | Loan. | 7 July 2023 |
| GK | Vinícius | Portimonense | Sign. | 18 July 2023 |

## Competitions
### 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 2023 | 6 December 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 052.63 |
| Copa do Brasil | 12 April 2023 | 13 July 2023 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 14 January 2023 | 9 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 068.75 |
| Copa Libertadores | 5 April 2023 | 5 October 2023 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 058.33 |
| Supercopa do Brasil | 28 January 2023 | 28 January 2023 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 73 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 124 | 57 | +67 | 056.16 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Paulista

Palmeiras was drawn into Group D.

#### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 28 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | São Bernardo | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 26 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Santo André | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 14 | |
| 4 | Portuguesa | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 10 | |

#### Finals
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 March 2023, 20:00 PYST (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 2 | Bolívar | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | Transfer to Copa Sudamericana |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | |

#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 5 July 2023, 12:00 PYST (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

#### Semi-finals
### Série A
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras (C) | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 70 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Grêmio | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 68 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 66 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | Flamengo | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 66 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Botafogo | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 64 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |

#### Result 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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The full schedule was announced on 14 February 2023.

### Copa do Brasil
#### Third round

The draw for the third round was held on 29 March 2023. The order of the matches were announced later on the same day.

#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 2 May 2023. The order of the matches were announced later on the same day.

#### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 6 June 2023. The order of the matches were announced later on the same day.

### Supercopa do Brasil

Palmeiras qualified for the 2023 Supercopa do Brasil by winning the 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

## Statistics
### Overall statistics

| Games played | 73 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 12 Copa Libertadores, 38 Série A, 6 Copa do Brasil, 1 Supercopa do Brasil) |
| Games won | 41 (11 Campeonato Paulista, 7 Copa Libertadores, 20 Série A, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Supercopa do Brasil) |
| Games drawn | 19 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa Libertadores, 10 Série A, 1 Copa do Brasil, 0 Supercopa do Brasil) |
| Games lost | 13 (1 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa Libertadores, 8 Série A, 3 Copa do Brasil, 0 Supercopa do Brasil) |
| Goals scored | 124 |
| Goals conceded | 57 |
| Goal difference | +67 (+18 Campeonato Paulista, +15 Copa Libertadores, +31 Série A, +2 Copa do Brasil, +1 Supercopa do Brasil) |
| Clean sheets | 36 |
| Most clean sheets | Weverton (35) |
| Best result | 5–0 (vs. Goiás, Série A – May 7) 5–0 (vs. São Paulo, Série A – October 25) |
| Worst result | 0–3 (vs. Flamengo, Série A – November 8) |
| Yellow cards | 156 |
| Red cards | 7 |
| Top scorer | Raphael Veiga (18 goals) |

### Goalscorers

In italic players who left the team in mid-season.
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Série A | Copa do Brasil | Supercopa do Brasil | Total |
| 1 | MF | 23 | Raphael Veiga | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Rony | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 16 | Endrick | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | 14 | Artur | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 25 | Gabriel Menino | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | DF | 22 | Piquerez | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 18 | López | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 19 | Breno Lopes | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | DF | 15 | Gómez | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | 26 | Murilo | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | 29 | Rafael Navarro | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 7 | Dudu | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 27 | Ríos | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Zé Rafael | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | Bruno Tabata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 12 | Mayke | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Marcos Rocha | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 20 | Atuesta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 17 | Giovani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 13 | Luan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |