# 2023 São Paulo FC season

The 2023 season was São Paulo's 94th season in the club's history and their 63rd in the top-flight of Brazilian football. Along with Série A, São Paulo competed in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil and Copa Sudamericana.

## First-team squad

    As of 29 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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Felipe Alves (on loan from Fortaleza) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Igor Vinícius |
| 3 | DF | VEN | Nahuel Ferraresi (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Diego Costa |
| 5 | DF | ECU | Robert Arboleda |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Welington |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Lucas Moura |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Luan |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Jonathan Calleri (vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Luciano |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Nestor |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Alexandre Pato |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Rafinha (captain) |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Giuliano Galoppo |
| 15 | MF | URU | Michel Araújo (on loan from Fluminense) |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho |
| 19 | MF | COL | James Rodríguez |
| 20 | MF | URU | Gabriel Neves |
| 21 | MF | ECU | Jhegson Méndez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | BRA | David (on loan from Internacional) |
| 23 | GK | BRA | Rafael |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Alisson |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Wellington Rato |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Alan Franco |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Pablo Maia |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Moreira |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Juan |
| 32 | FW | POR | Marcos Paulo (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Raí Ramos |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Lucas Beraldo |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Patryck Lanza |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Talles Costa |
| 38 | DF | BRA | Caio Paulista (on loan from Fluminense) |
| 43 | DF | BRA | Walce |
| 45 | DF | BRA | Nathan |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Erison (on loan from Botafogo) |
| 50 | GK | BRA | Young |
| 93 | GK | BRA | Jandrei |

### Youth players with first team numbers

    As of 12 November 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 |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Talles Wander |
| 26 | FW | GHA | King Faisal |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Caio Matheus |
| 39 | MF | BRA | William Gomes |
| 1 / 40 | GK | BRA | Leandro (at Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| 40 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Maioli (at Copa Sudamericana) |
| 41 | MF | SEN | Iba Ly |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 42 | DF | BRA | Kaiky Carvalho |
| 43 | DF | BRA | Ythallo |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Belém |
| 46 | MF | BRA | Felipe Negrucci |
| 47 | MF | BRA | Pedrinho Vilhena |
| 48 | FW | NGA | Azeez Balogun |

### Other players under contract

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 |
| — | DF | BRA | Guilherme Matheus |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Gabriel Falcão |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | GK | BRA | Thiago Couto (at Juventude until 31 December 2023) |
| — | DF | COL | Luis Manuel Orejuela (at Independiente Medellín until 31 December 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Léo Silva (at CRB until 31 December 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Liziero (at Yverdon-Sport until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | BRA | Nikão (at Cruzeiro until 31 December 2023) |
| — | FW | BRA | Gabriel Stevanato (at Ituano until 31 December 2023) |

### Retired numbers

* 01 – Rogério Ceni, Goalkeeper (1990–2015)

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 15 November 2022 | MF | 20 | Gabriel Neves | Nacional | R$8,0M |
| 7 December 2022 | GK | 23 | Rafael | Atlético Mineiro | R$5,0M |
| 14 December 2022 | MF | 27 | Wellington Rato | Atlético Goianiense | R$5,0M |
| 14 December 2022 | MF | 19 | Liziero | Internacional | End of loan |
| 14 December 2022 | DF | 17 | Luis Orejuela | Athletico Paranaense | End of loan |
| 5 January 2023 | DF | 28 | Alan Franco | Atlanta United | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2023 | MF | 21 | Jhegson Méndez | Los Angeles FC | Free transfer |
| 4 February 2023 | DF | 45 | Nathan | Coritiba | End of loan |
| 24 March 2023 | DF | 34 | Raí Ramos | Ituano | Undisclosed |
| 6 April 2023 | DF | – | Anílson | Náutico | End of loan |
| 30 April 2023 | DF | – | Pedro Lucas | Paranoá | End of loan |
| 23 May 2023 | DF | – | Walce | Juventude | End of loan |
| 26 May 2023 | FW | 12 | Alexandre Pato | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2023 | MF | 19 | James Rodríguez | Olympiacos | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2023 | FW | 7 | Lucas Moura | Tottenham | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 7 December 2022 | FW | 12 | Pedrinho | Lokomotiv Moscow | None |
| 28 December 2022 | FW | 32 | Marcos Paulo | Atlético Madrid | None |
| 16 January 2023 | FW | 22 | David | Internacional | R$1,2M |
| 23 January 2023 | DF | 38 | Caio Paulista | Fluminense | R$0,5M |
| 1 February 2023 | FW | 49 | Erison | Botafogo | None |
| 29 March 2023 | MF | 15 | Michel Araújo | Fluminense | None |

### Transfers out

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 10 November 2022 | DF | – | Miranda | Retired | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
| 11 November 2022 | FW | 23 | Éder | Criciúma | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
| 13 November 2022 | DF | 22 | Reinaldo | Grêmio | End of contract |
| 14 November 2022 | FW | – | Marcos Guilherme | Unattached | End of contract |
| 14 November 2022 | MF | – | Andrés Colorado | Cortuluá | End of loan |
| 24 November 2022 | FW | – | Nahuel Bustos | Manchester City | End of loan |
| 5 December 2022 | DF | – | Luizão | West Ham United | End of contract |
| 12 December 2022 | GK | – | Rokenedy | Maguary-PE | End of contract |
| 15 December 2022 | MF | – | Danilo Gomes | Albirex Niigata | End of contract |
| 20 December 2022 | DF | 3 | Léo | Vasco da Gama | R$16,0M |
| 31 December 2022 | MF | – | Rafael Silva | Unattached | End of contract |
| 2 January 2023 | DF | – | Mateus Petri | XV de Piracicaba | End of loan |
| 6 January 2023 | MF | 17 | Igor Gomes | Atlético Mineiro | Free transfer |
| 8 January 2023 | MF | 49 | Patrick | Atlético Mineiro | R$5,3M |
| 18 April 2023 | DF | – | Anílson | Ponte Preta | End of contract |
| 28 April 2023 | FW | – | Pedrinho | Lokomotiv Moscow | End of loan |
| 19 May 2023 | MF | – | André Anderson | Lazio | End of loan |
| 2 June 2023 | DF | – | Pedro Lucas | Makedonikos | End of contract |
| 20 June 2023 | DF | – | Gabriel Rodrigues | Unattached | End of contract |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | – | Bruno Alves | Grêmio | End of contract |
| 13 July 2023 | FW | – | Newerton | Shakhtar | R$19,4M |
| 2 August 2023 | DF | – | João Douglas | Red Bull Bragantino | End of contract |
| 1 September 2023 | MF | – | Vinícius | Crotone | Free transfer |
| 1 November 2023 | MF | – | Bruno Tatavitto | Unattached | End of contract |

### Loans out

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 13 December 2022 | GK | – | Thiago Couto | Juventude | None |
| 19 December 2022 | MF | – | Nikão | Cruzeiro | R$1,2M |
| 17 January 2023 | DF | – | Walce | Juventude | None |
| 31 January 2023 | DF | – | Pedro Lucas | Paranoá | None |
| 4 February 2023 | MF | – | Liziero | Coritiba | None |
| 5 April 2023 | MF | – | Léo Silva | CRB | None |
| 6 April 2023 | FW | – | Gabriel Stevanato | Ituano | None |
| 17 April 2023 | MF | – | Bruno Tatavitto | Inter de Limeira | None |
| 20 June 2023 | DF | – | Luis Manuel Orejuela | Ceará | None |
| 1 August 2023 | DF | – | Luis Manuel Orejuela | Independiente Medellin | None |
| 29 August 2023 | MF | – | Liziero | Yverdon-Sport | None |

## 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 | 11th | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 036.84 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 15 January 2023 | 13 March 2023 | First stage | Quarter-final | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 053.85 |
| Copa do Brasil | 11 April 2023 | 24 September 2023 | Third round | Winners | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 060.00 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 6 April 2023 | 31 August 2023 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 070.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 71 | 34 | 17 | 20 | 92 | 58 | +34 | 047.89 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Paulista

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 23 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Água Santa | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 23 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Mirassol | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| 4 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |

#### Quarter-final
### Copa Sudamericana

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 | SPA | TIG | TOL | APC |
| 1 | São Paulo | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Tigre | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |

#### Round of 16

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

#### Quarter-finals
### Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Internacional | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 55 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 54 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 11 | São Paulo | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 12 | Cuiabá | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 51 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 13 | Corinthians | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 50 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
* ↑ São Paulo qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2023 Copa do Brasil.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
* Postponed

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 February 2023.