# 2024 São Paulo FC season

The 2024 season was São Paulo's 95th season in the club's history and their 64th in the top-flight of Brazilian football. Along with Série A, São Paulo competed in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil, Copa Libertadores and Supercopa do Brasil.

## First-team squad

    As of 2 September 2024
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 | Igor Vinícius |
| 3 | DF | NIR | Jamal Lewis (on loan from Newcastle United) |
| 4 | MF | ARG | Santiago Longo (on loan from Belgrano) |
| 5 | DF | ECU | Robert Arboleda |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Welington |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Lucas Moura |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Giuliano Galoppo |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Jonathan Calleri (vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Luciano |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Nestor |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Rafinha (captain) |
| 15 | MF | URU | Michel Araújo |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo |
| 17 | FW | BRA | André Silva |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Marcos Antônio (on loan from Lazio) |
| 21 | MF | PAR | Damián Bobadilla |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Ruan Tressoldi (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | BRA | Rafael |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Alisson |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Liziero |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Wellington Rato |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Alan Franco |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Pablo Maia |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Moreira |
| 32 | DF | VEN | Nahuel Ferraresi |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Erick |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Sabino |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Patryck Lanza |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Henrique Carmo |
| 39 | FW | BRA | William Gomes |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Belém |
| 46 | MF | BRA | Felipe Negrucci |
| 47 | FW | BRA | Ferreira |
| 50 | GK | BRA | Young |
| 93 | GK | BRA | Jandrei |

### Youth players with first team numbers

    As of 20 July 2024
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 |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Leandro |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Paulinho |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Ryan Francisco |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Matheus Alves |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Igor Felisberto |
| 24 | GK | BRA | Felipe Preis |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Reis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Luis Osorio |
| 38 | MF | BRA | Cauã Lucca |
| 40 | GK | BRA | João Pedro |
| 42 | DF | BRA | Lucas Loss |
| 45 | MF | BRA | Lucas Ferreira |
| 48 | FW | GHA | King Faisal |
| 49 | FW | BRA | João Gabriel |

### 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 |
| — | GK | BRA | Eric |
| — | DF | BRA | Brian |
| — | DF | BRA | Igão |
| — | DF | COL | Luis Manuel Orejuela |
| — | DF | BRA | Marques Rickelme |
| — | MF | BRA | Guilherme Fumaça |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ECU | Jhegson Méndez |
| — | MF | BRA | Léo Silva |
| — | MF | BRA | Luiz Henrique |
| — | FW | PER | Arnold Cotito |
| — | FW | BRA | Caio Matheus |
| — | FW | BRA | Thierry Henry |

### 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 | Arthur Doria (at Botafogo-SP until 31 January 2025) |
| — | GK | BRA | Roberto (at Coritiba until 31 January 2025) |
| — | DF | BRA | Lucas Inácio (at Botafogo-SP until 31 January 2025) |
| — | DF | BRA | Raí Ramos (at Ceará until 30 November 2024) |
| — | DF | BRA | Ythallo (at Toronto FC II until 31 December 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Gabriel Falcão (at Ituano until 31 December 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SEN | Iba Ly (at Inter de Limeira until 1 May 2025) |
| — | MF | BRA | Luan (at Vitória until 31 December 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Mateus Amaral (at Oleksandriya until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | BRA | Nikão (at Athletico Paranaense until 31 December 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Pedro Vilhena (at Sport Recife until 31 December 2024) |

### Retired numbers

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

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | Player | From club | Fee |
| 10 December 2023 | FW | Erick | Ceará | Free transfer |
| 11 December 2023 | MF | Luiz Gustavo | Al Nassr | Free transfer |
| 14 December 2023 | MF | Damián Bobadilla | Cerro Porteño | R$ 14.7 M |
| 29 December 2023 | MF | Nikão | Cruzeiro | End of loan |
| 5 January 2024 | DF | Nahuel Ferraresi | Manchester City | R$ 23.0 M |
| 9 January 2024 | FW | Ferreira | Grêmio | R$ 12.5 M |
| 29 February 2024 | FW | André Silva | Vitória de Guimarães | R$ 18.9 M |
| 15 March 2024 | DF | Sabino | Sport Recife | Free transfer |
| 12 June 2024 | MF | Liziero | Yverdon-Sport | End of loan |
| 12 June 2024 | MF | Michel Araújo | Fluminense | R$ 8.0 M |
| 26 June 2024 | MF | Jhegson Méndez | Elche | End of loan |
| 8 July 2024 | MF | Léo Silva | Volta Redonda | End of loan |
| 10 September 2024 | DF | Luis Manuel Orejuela | Independiente Medellín | End of loan |

### Loans in

| Entry date | Position | Player | From club | Fee |
| 23 July 2024 | MF | Marcos Antônio | Lazio | R$ 0.9 M |
| 25 July 2024 | FW | Arnold Cotito | Sporting Cristal | None |
| 12 August 2024 | DF | Ruan Tressoldi | Sassuolo | None |
| 2 September 2024 | MF | Santiago Longo | Belgrano | R$ 1.7 M |
| 2 September 2024 | DF | Jamal Lewis | Newcastle United | None |

### Transfers out

| Entry date | Position | Player | To club | Fee |
| 5 December 2023 | GK | Felipe Alves | Fortaleza | End of loan |
| 15 December 2023 | FW | David | Internacional | End of loan |
| 15 December 2023 | FW | Alexandre Pato | Unattached | End of contract |
| 28 December 2023 | GK | Thiago Couto | Sport Recife | Undisclosed |
| 28 December 2023 | DF | Caio Paulista | Fluminense | End of loan |
| 30 December 2023 | FW | Erison | Botafogo | End of loan |
| 31 December 2023 | DF | Walce | Santo André | End of contract |
| 1 January 2024 | DF | Lucas Beraldo | Paris Saint-Germain | R$ 64.2 M |
| 4 January 2024 | DF | Nathan | Red Bull Bragantino | R$ 5.3 M |
| 15 January 2024 | MF | Talles Costa | Polissya Zhytomyr | R$ 5.3 M |
| 16 January 2024 | FW | Azeez Balogun | Unique FA | End of loan |
| 16 January 2024 | DF | Guilherme Matheus | Santo André | Free transfer |
| 16 January 2024 | FW | Marcos Paulo | Atlético Madrid | End of loan |
| 31 January 2024 | FW | Gabriel Maioli | APOEL | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | FW | Talles Wander | AVS | Free transfer |
| 14 February 2024 | MF | Clauvis Etienne | Pouso Alegre | Free transfer |
| 7 March 2024 | DF | Luís Felipe | América Mineiro | End of contract |
| 26 March 2024 | DF | Kaiky Carvalho | Fortaleza | End of contract |
| 15 July 2024 | FW | Gabriel Stevanato | Unattached | End of contract |
| 15 July 2024 | MF | Gabriel Neves | Estudiantes | R$ 16.3 M |
| 16 July 2024 | DF | Diego Costa | FC Krasnodar | R$ 44.7 M |
| 30 July 2024 | MF | James Rodríguez | Unattached | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
| 3 August 2024 | DF | João Vitor Miranda | Real Valladolid | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2024 | MF | João Pedro Palmberg | Real Murcia | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2024 | FW | Juan | Southampton | R$ 5.4 M |
| 25 August 2024 | FW | João Adriano | Athletic | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
| 2 September 2024 | MF | Enzo Boer | Santos | End of contract |

### Loans out

| Entry date | Position | Player | To club | Fee |
| 6 December 2023 | MF | Léo Silva | Volta Redonda | None |
| 13 December 2023 | DF | Raí Ramos | Ceará | None |
| 28 December 2023 | MF | Pedro Vilhena | Sport Recife | None |
| 16 January 2024 | MF | Gabriel Falcão | Ituano | None |
| 20 January 2024 | MF | Gabriel Neves | Independiente | None |
| 30 January 2024 | FW | Gabriel Stevanato | Hercílio Luz | None |
| 1 February 2024 | MF | Jhegson Méndez | Elche | R$ 2.1 M |
| 20 February 2024 | DF | Ythallo | Toronto FC II | None |
| 6 March 2024 | MF | Luan | Vitória | None |
| 19 April 2024 | MF | Nikão | Athletico Paranaense | None |
| 25 July 2024 | MF | Iba Ly | Inter de Limeira | None |
| 5 September 2024 | MF | Mateus Amaral | Oleksandriya | None |
| 5 September 2024 | DF | Lucas Inácio | Botafogo-SP | 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 | 13 April 2024 | 8 December 2024 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 044.74 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 20 January 2024 | 17 March 2024 | First stage | Quarter-final | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 046.15 |
| Copa do Brasil | 2 May 2024 | 12 September 2024 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 4 April 2024 | 25 September 2024 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Supercopa do Brasil | 4 February 2024 | 4 February 2024 | Final | Winners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 68 | 31 | 20 | 17 | 94 | 62 | +32 | 045.59 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Paulista

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | São Paulo | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 22 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 22 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | São Bernardo | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 21 | |
| 4 | Botafogo-SP | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 12 | |

#### Quarter-final
### Copa Libertadores

The draw for the group stage was held in 18 March 2024, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPA | TAL | BSC | COB |
| 1 | São Paulo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Talleres | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to Copa Sudamericana | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Cobresal | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held in 3 June, 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 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 68 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Internacional | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 65 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 6 | São Paulo | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 59 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 7 | Corinthians | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 56 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 8 | Bahia | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
* ↑ Botafogo and Flamengo qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2024 Copa Libertadores and the 2024 Copa do Brasil, respectively.

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
* Postponed

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 29 February 2024.

### Supercopa do Brasil

São Paulo qualified for the 2024 Supercopa do Brasil by winning the 2023 Copa do Brasil.