# 2001 São Paulo FC season

The 2001 season was São Paulo's 72nd season since club's existence. São Paulo won the Torneio Rio-São Paulo for the first time beating Botafogo in an aggregated score by 6-2 (4-1 Away; 2-1 Home). In Campeonato Paulista the club finished in 8th place. Tricolor reach the Quarter-finals at the Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil losing to Atlético Paranaense in the league and to Grêmio at the cup. São Paulo was eliminated at the group stage in the Copa Mercosur and became a runners-up at the Copa dos Campeões after was defeated by Flamengo.

## Squad

* Final squad
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 | Rogério Ceni |
| — | GK | BRA | Roger |
| — | GK | BRA | Alencar |
| — | DF | BRA | Belletti |
| — | DF | BRA | Reginaldo Araújo |
| — | DF | BRA | Émerson |
| — | DF | BRA | Gustavo Nery |
| — | DF | BRA | Júlio Santos |
| — | DF | BRA | Lino |
| — | DF | BRA | Wilson |
| — | DF | BRA | Reginaldo |
| — | MF | CHI | Claudio Maldonado |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Adriano |
| — | MF | BRA | Fábio Simplício |
| — | MF | BRA | Júlio Baptista |
| — | MF | BRA | Kaká |
| — | MF | BRA | Alexandre |
| — | MF | BRA | Leonardo |
| — | FW | BRA | Reinaldo |
| — | FW | BRA | Luís Fabiano |
| — | FW | BRA | Dill |
| — | FW | BRA | Sandro Hiroshi |
| — | FW | BRA | França |

## Scorers

| Position | Nation | Playing position | Name | Torneio Rio-São Paulo | Campeonato Paulista | Copa do Brasil | Copa dos Campeões | Copa Mercosur | Campeonato Brasileiro | Total |
| 1 | | FW | França | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 45 |
| 2 | | FW | Luís Fabiano | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | | MF | Kaká | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| 4 | | MF | Júlio Baptista | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | | MF | Carlos Miguel | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | | MF | Fábio Simplício | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | | DF | Gustavo Nery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | | FW | Adriano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| = | | DF | Belletti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | | MF | Fabiano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | FW | Ilan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | DF | Jean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | FW | Leandro Alves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | | DF | Reginaldo Araújo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| = | | FW | Reinaldo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | | FW | Renatinho | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | GK | Rogério Ceni | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | DF | Rogério Pinheiro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | MF | Alexandre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | FW | Fabiano Souza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Lino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Reginaldo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Sidney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 15 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 49 | 148 |

### Overall

| Games played | 70 (8 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 15 Campeonato Paulista, 7 Copa do Brasil, 6 Copa dos Campeões, 6 Copa Mercosur, 28 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games won | 35 (5 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 6 Campeonato Paulista, 5 Copa do Brasil, 5 Copa dos Campeões, 1 Copa Mercosur, 13 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games drawn | 15 (1 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 3 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa do Brasil, 0 Copa dos Campeões, 4 Copa Mercosur, 7 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games lost | 20 (2 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 6 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 1 Copa Mercosur, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Goals scored | 148 |
| Goals conceded | 96 |
| Goal difference | +52 |
| Best result | 10–0 (H) v Botafogo-PB - Copa do Brasil - 2001.3.28 |
| Worst result | 1–7 (A) v Vasco da Gama - Campeonato Brasileiro - 2001.11.25 |
| Top scorer | França (45 goals) |

## Official competitions
### Torneio Rio-São Paulo
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 66% |

### Campeonato Paulista
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 8th | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 53% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 5th | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 71% |

### Copa do Campeões
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 2nd | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 83% |

### Copa Mercosur
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 15th | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 38% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 7th | 46 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 66% |