# 2018 SE Palmeiras season

The 2018 season was the 104th in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras' existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil and the Série A.

## Players
### Squad information

As of the end of the season.
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 | Fernando Prass (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marcos Rocha (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Edu Dracena |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Freire (on loan from Torque) |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Thiago Santos |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Diogo Barbosa |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Dudu (captain) |
| 9 | FW | COL | Miguel Borja |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Moisés |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Mayke (on loan from Cruzeiro) |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Luan |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Scarpa |
| 15 | DF | PAR | Gustavo Gómez (on loan from Milan) |
| 16 | FW | BRA | Deyverson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Jean |
| 18 | MF | VEN | Alejandro Guerra |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Bruno Henrique |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Lucas Lima |
| 21 | GK | BRA | Weverton |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Antônio Carlos |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Victor Luis |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Hyoran |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Willian |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Felipe Melo |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Artur |
| 39 | MF | BRA | Vitinho |
| 42 | GK | BRA | Jailson |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Pedrão |

### Transfers
#### Transfers in

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Emerson Santos | Botafogo | Sign. | August 16, 2017 |
| DF | Diogo Barbosa | Cruzeiro | Sign. | November 17, 2017 |
| MF | Lucas Lima | Santos | Sign. | November 30, 2017 |
| GK | Weverton | Atlético Paranaense | R$2,000,000. | December 15, 2017 |
| DF | Marcos Rocha | Atlético Mineiro | Loan. | December 27, 2017 |
| DF | Victor Luis | Botafogo | Loan return. | January 3, 2018 |
| DF | Pedrão | Youth system | Sign. | January 3, 2018 |
| MF | Agustín Allione | Bahia | Loan return. | January 3, 2018 |
| FW | Artur | Londrina | Loan return. | January 3, 2018 |
| DF | Thiago Martins | Bahia | Loan return. | January 3, 2018 |
| MF | Gustavo Scarpa | Fluminense | Free transfer. | January 15, 2018 |
| DF | Nicolás Freire | PEC Zwolle | Loan. | June 25, 2018 |
| MF | Vitinho | Barcelona B | Loan return. | June 27, 2018 |
| DF | Gustavo Gómez | Milan | Loan. | July 31, 2018 |
| MF | Daiju Sasaki | Vissel Kobe | Loan. | August 14, 2018 |

#### Transfers out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Zé Roberto | | Retired. | November 25, 2017 |
| DF | Egídio | Cruzeiro | Sign. | November 29, 2017 |
| MF | Arouca | Atlético Mineiro | Loan. | December 14, 2017 |
| GK | Vinicius Silvestre | Ponte Preta | Loan. | December 15, 2017 |
| FW | Erik | Atlético Mineiro | Loan. | December 18, 2017 |
| FW | Róger Guedes | Atlético Mineiro | Loan. | December 27, 2017 |
| DF | João Pedro | Bahia | Loan. | December 30, 2017 |
| MF | Raphael Veiga | Atlético Paranaense | Loan. | January 2, 2018 |
| DF | Yerry Mina | Barcelona | R$48,000,000. | January 10, 2018 |
| MF | Agustín Allione | Bahia | Loan | January 26, 2018 |
| DF | Fabiano | Internacional | Loan | March 10, 2018 |
| DF | Juninho | Atlético Mineiro | Loan | April 27, 2018 |
| MF | Michel Bastos | Sport | Loan | April 28, 2018 |
| MF | Tchê Tchê | Dynamo Kyiv | R$20,400,000 | June 3, 2018 |
| FW | Róger Guedes | Shandong Luneng Taishan | Loan. | July 13, 2018 |
| FW | Keno | Pyramids FC | R$37,800,000 | June 25, 2018 |
| DF | João Pedro | FC Porto | R$16,100,000 | July 7, 2018 |
| GK | Daniel Fuzato | Roma | R$2,100,000 | July 9, 2018 |
| DF | Emerson Santos | Internacional | Loan. | July 16, 2018 |
| DF | Thiago Martins | Yokohama F. Marinos | Loan. | August 14, 2018 |

### Transfer summary
## 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 | 16 April 2018 | 2 December 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 060.53 |
| Copa do Brasil | 9 May 2018 | 26 September 2018 | Round of 16 | Semi-Finals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 18 January 2018 | 8 April 2018 | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 066.67 |
| Copa Libertadores | 1 March 2018 | 31 October 2018 | Group stage | Semi-Finals | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 74 | 45 | 18 | 11 | 121 | 48 | +73 | 060.81 |
Source: Competitions

### Mid-season friendlies

During the break for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Palmeiras disputed three friendly matches, two in Panama and one in Costa Rica.

### Campeonato Paulista
#### First stage

Palmeiras was drawn on the Group C.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 26 | knockout stage |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 20 | knockout stage |
| 3 | São Bento | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 17 | |
| 4 | Ferroviária | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 13 | |

#### Final
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

The draw was held on December 20, 2017. Palmeiras was drawn on Group 8.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 16 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Junior | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 1 | |

#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

#### Semifinal
### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras (C) | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 80 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Flamengo | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 72 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Internacional | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 69 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | Grêmio | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 66 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | São Paulo | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 63 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on February 5, 2018.

#### 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 |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Copa do Brasil

As a team that disputed the Copa Libertadores, Palmeiras entered in the round of 16. The draw was held on April 20, 2018.

#### Quarterfinal

The draw for the quarterfinal was held on May 30, 2018.

#### Semifinal

A draw was held on August 22, 2018 to define the order of the matches.

## Statistics
### Overall statistics

| Games played | 74 (18 Campeonato Paulista, 12 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 6 Copa do Brasil) |
| Games won | 45 (12 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa Libertadores, 23 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa do Brasil) |
| Games drawn | 18 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 11 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Copa do Brasil) |
| Games lost | 11 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 4 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa do Brasil) |
| Goals scored | 121 |
| Goals conceded | 48 |
| Goal difference | +72 (+19 Campeonato Paulista, +14 Copa Libertadores, +38 Campeonato Brasileiro, +1 Copa do Brasil) |
| Best result | 5–0 (vs. Novorizontino – March 21, Campeonato Paulista) |
| Worst result | 0–2 (vs. Corinthians – Campeonato Paulista, February 24) 0–2 (vs. Boca Juniors – Copa Libertadores, October 24) |
| Yellow cards | 187 |
| Red cards | 12 |
| Clean sheets | 36 |
| Most clean sheets | Jailson |
| Top scorer | Miguel Borja (20 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 | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Borja | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | FW | 29 | Willian | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Dudu | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Bruno Henrique | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | FW | 16 | Deyverson | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Keno | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | 20 | Lucas Lima | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | 28 | Hyoran | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 14 | Gustavo Scarpa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | 25 | Antônio Carlos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 5 | Thiago Santos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | G. Gómez | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 30 | Felipe Melo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 13 | Luan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 10 | Moisés | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Edu Dracena | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 47 | Fernando | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 49 | Papagaio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 31 | Thiago Martins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | Guerra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 22 | Marcos Rocha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 26 | Victor Luis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Borja | Atletico Junior | 3–1 (H) | 16 May 2018 | Copa Libertadores |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 9 September 2018.
| Rank | Name | Campeonato Brasileiro | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores | Paulista Serie A | Total |
| — | Weverton | 8/12 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 11/16 |
| — | Jailson | 4/12 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 10/18 | 17/27 |
| — | Fernando Prass | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 |
| Total | Total | 13/25 | 2/4 | 4/8 | 10/18 | 29/55 |