2019 São Paulo FC season explained

The 2019 season was São Paulo's 90th year since the club's existence. Celebrating 9 decades of history, The Dearest has taken a place at a Campeonato Paulista finals after 16 years of tries, against the same rival of 2003 finals, Corinthians, but for the Tricolor Paulista a bad result happened again. São Paulo FC fatally fell in front of Corinthians in the last minute of second half in second match, by a result of 1–2 (Away) after 0–0 in Home. In other championships, São Paulo hadn't similar performance being prematurely eliminated in Copa do Brasil by Bahia by two losses and the painful defeat in the history of Copa Libertadores, in preliminary round by the Argentine club Talleres. Following an unsuccessful season, the only and last "hopeness" for the paulistas has turned into the national league, Série A. The Tricolor kept a regular position in the table between the 4th place and 8th place however constantly changing the head coaches (a very common practice by Brazilian clubs face of bad negative results in just a few matches). In overall were four managers, André Jardine, Vagner Mancini, Cuca and Fernando Diniz in the entire year of 2019. Finishing the performance of the season, the club has taken a place in the group stage of Copa Libertadores in 2020, keeping the dream of new international trophies in the next year.

Players

Current squad

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Transfers

Transfers in

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Igor Vinícius	Ponte Preta	On loan	December 4, 2018	[2]
DF	Léo	Bahia	R$ 3,000,000	December 5, 2018	[3]
FW	Pablo	Athletico Paranaense	R$ 26,600,000	December 19, 2018	[4]
GK	Tiago Volpi	Querétaro	On loan	December 23, 2018	[5]
MF	Hernanes	Hebei Fortune	R$ 13,200,000	December 29, 2018	[6]
FW	Biro Biro	Shanghai Shenxin	Free	January 2, 2019	[7]
MF	Willian Farias	Vitória	Free	January 3, 2019	[8]
MF	Jonathan Gómez	Al-Fayha	Loan return	January 28, 2019	[9]
FW	Alexandre Pato	Tianjin Tianhai	Free	March 27, 2019	[10]
MF	Tchê Tchê	Dynamo Kyiv	R$ 20,800,000	March 30, 2019	[11]
MF	Vitor Bueno	Santos	On loan	April 3, 2019	[12]
MF	Marcos Calazans	Fluminense	Free	May 22, 2019	[13]
MF	Maicosuel	Paraná Clube	Loan Return	June 4, 2019	[14]
FW	Léo Natel	APOEL FC	Loan Return	July 1, 2019	[15]
GK	Lucas Perri	Crystal Palace	Loan Return	June 24, 2019	[16]
MF	Lucas Fernandes	Portimonense	Loan Return	July 15, 2019	[17]
RB	Dani Alves	Paris Saint-Germain	Free	August 1, 2019	[18]
RB	Juanfran	Atlético Madrid	Free	August 2, 2019

Transfers out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
FW	Joanderson	Grêmio	Free	December 12, 2018	[19]
GK	Sidão	Goiás	Free	December 13, 2018	[20]
DF	Auro Jr.	Toronto FC	R$ 2,600,000	December 16, 2018	[21]
DF	Rodrigo Caio	Flamengo	R$ 22,200,000	December 29, 2018	[22]
FW	João Paulo	Ceará	Free	December 30, 2018	[23]
MF	Shaylon	Bahia	On loan	December 30, 2018	[24]
MF	Roni	Adanaspor	Free	December 31, 2018
MF	Thomaz	Bolívar	On loan	January 4, 2019	[25]
FW	Pedro Bortoluzo	Criciúma	On loan	January 4, 2019	[26]
FW	Santiago Tréllez	Internacional	On loan	January 13, 2019	[27]
GK	Lucas Perri	Crystal Palace	On loan	January 15, 2019	[28]
FW	Caíque	Criciúma	On loan	January 17, 2019	[29]
MF	Maicosuel	Paraná Clube	On loan	January 24, 2019	[30]
FW	Guilherme Bissoli	Fernando de la Mora	Free	January 31, 2019
MF	Felipe Araruna	Fortaleza	On loan	March 8, 2019	[31]
FW	Diego Souza	Botafogo	On loan	March 8, 2019	[32]
DF	Edimar	Bragantino	Free	April 25, 2019	[33]
MF	Jonathan Gómez	CSA	On loan	May 24, 2019	[34]
FW	Brenner	Fluminense	On loan	May 25, 2019	[35]
DF	Lucão	Goiás	Free	June 3, 2019	[36]
FW	Paulinho Bóia	São Bento	On loan	June 18, 2019	[37]
FW	Biro Biro	Nova Iguaçu	Free	June 24, 2019	[38]
GK	Lucas Paes	Louletano	On loan	July 4, 2019	[39]
MF	Nenê	Fluminense	Free	July 12, 2019	[40]
MF	Lucas Fernandes	Portimonense	R$ 10,000,000	August 15, 2019	[41]
MF	Everton Felipe	Athletico Paranaense	On loan	August 30, 2019	[42]
DF	Morato	Benfica	R$ 27,300,000	September 2, 2019	[43]
DF	Lucas Kal	América Mineiro	On loan	September 6, 2019	[44]
MF	Willian Farias	Sport Recife	Free	September 13, 2019	[45]
DF	Bruno Peres	Sport Recife	Free	September 26, 2019	[46]

Competitions

Overall

Games played	62 (18 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Friendly match)
Games won	23 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa do Brasil, 0 Copa Libertadores, 17 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match)
Games drawn	19 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Libertadores, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match)
Games lost	20 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Libertadores, 9 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Friendly match)
Goals scored	59
Goals conceded	53
Goal difference	+6
Best result	4–0 (H) v Chapecoense – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A – July 22, 2019
Worst result	0–3 (A) v Palmeiras – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A – October 30, 2019 0–3 (A) v Grêmio – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A – December 1, 2019
Top scorer	Pablo (7 goals)

Notes and References

1. Web site: SPFC > Equipe > Elenco . 2018-12-08 . 2019-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190923180901/http://www.saopaulofc.net/equipe/elenco/goleiros . dead .
2. Web site: São Paulo anuncia a contratação de Igor Vinicius, ex-Ponte Preta . Globo Esporte . 4 December 2018 . 4 December 2018 . pt.
3. Web site: São Paulo anuncia a contratação do lateral-esquerdo Léo Pelé. Globo Esporte. 5 December 2018 . 5 December 2018. pt.
4. Web site: São Paulo anuncia a contratação do lateral-esquerdo Léo Pelé. São Paulo anuncia a contratação de Pablo, do Athletico; reforço custará R$ 26,6 milhões. 19 December 2018 . 19 December 2018. pt.
5. Web site: São Paulo anuncia contratação de Tiago Volpi por empréstimo . Gazeta Esportiva . 23 December 2018 . 23 December 2018 . pt.
6. Web site: São Paulo anuncia a contratação de Hernanes. Globo Esporte. 29 December 2018 . 29 December 2018. pt.
7. Web site: São Paulo anuncia a contratação do atacante Biro Biro. Globo Esporte. 2 January 2019 . 2 January 2019. pt.
8. Web site: São Paulo anuncia contratação de Willian Farias, ex-Vitória. Globo Esporte. 3 January 2019 . 3 January 2019. pt.
9. Web site: Reapresentação e jogo-treino abrem a semana. SãoPauloFC.net . 2 August 2019. pt.
10. News: Brazil's Pato returns to Sao Paulo after China stint. Reuters. 28 March 2019.
11. Web site: Tchê Tchê desembarca nesta segunda para assinar com o São Paulo. Lance. 30 March 2019. pt.
12. Web site: São Paulo acerta chegada de Vitor Bueno . SãoPauloFC.net . August 2, 2019 . pt . April 7, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407075243/http://www.saopaulofc.net/noticias/noticias/futebol/2019/4/3/sao-paulo-acerta-chegada-de-vitor-bueno . dead .
13. Web site: São Paulo acerta a chegada de Calazans. SãoPauloFC.net . August 2, 2019. pt.
14. Web site: Paraná Clube rompe contrato com Maicosuel, que volta ao São Paulo . Globo Esporte . June 4, 2019. pt.
15. Web site: Léo Natel treina no São Paulo e define o seu futuro em dezembro . UOL Esporte . November 21, 2019. pt.
16. Web site: Elenco se reapresenta e inicia trabalho no CFA. SãoPauloFC.net . August 2, 2019. pt.
17. Web site: Everton aproveita dia livre do elenco para seguir com a transição. SãoPauloFC.net . August 2, 2019. pt.
18. Web site: Bem-vindo à sua casa, Dani Alves . SãoPauloFC.net . August 2, 2019 . pt . July 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730013542/http://en.psg.fr/pro/article/dani-alves-signs-with-paris-saint-germain . dead .
19. Web site: Grêmio contrata atacante ex-Inter Joanderson para o time de transição . Globo Esporte . 12 December 2018 . 7 August 2019 . pt.
20. Web site: Diretor do Goiás confirma contratação do goleiro Sidão, do São Paulo . Globo Esporte . 13 December 2018 . 13 December 2018 . pt.
21. Web site: São Paulo vende o lateral-direito Auro para o Toronto FC. Globo Esporte . 16 December 2018 . pt.
22. Web site: Flamengo fecha contrato de cinco anos com Rodrigo Caio por R$ 22,2 milhões . UOL Esporte . 29 December 2018 . pt.
23. Web site: Ceará anuncia contratação de atacante João Paulo, ex-Criciúma. Globo Esporte . 30 December 2018 . 16 June 2024 . pt.
24. Web site: São Paulo acerta empréstimo do meia Shaylon para o Bahia . Globo Esporte . 30 December 2018 . 30 December 2018 . pt.
25. Web site: SPFC empresta Thomaz ao Bolivar e fica perto de liberar Pedro ao Criciúma . R7 . 4 January 2019 . 16 June 2024 . pt.
26. Web site: Criciúma acerta empréstimo de Pedro Bortoluzo junto ao São Paulo. R7 . 4 January 2019 . 16 June 2024 . pt.
27. Web site: Tréllez se despede do São Paulo e acerta contrato de empréstimo com o Inter . Globo Esporte . 13 January 2019 . 16 June 2024 . pt.
28. Web site: São Paulo fecha empréstimo de Lucas Perri ao Crystal Palace . Globo Esporte . 13 January 2019 . 16 June 2024 . pt.
29. Web site: São Paulo empresta Caíque ao Criciúma até o fim de 2019 . ESPN Brasil . 17 January 2019 . 16 June 2024 . pt.
30. Web site: Emprestado pelo São Paulo, Maicosuel renova com o Paraná . Gazeta Esportiva . 24 January 2019 . 16 June 2024. pt.
31. Web site: A pedido de Ceni, Fortaleza acerta empréstimo de Araruna, do São Paulo . Globo Esporte . 8 March 2019 . 16 June 2024. pt.
32. Web site: Diego Souza é do Botafogo . Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas. 8 March 2019 . 16 June 2024. pt.
33. Web site: São Paulo libera Edimar para acertar com o Red Bull Bragantino. Lance! . 25 April 2019 . 16 June 2024 . pt.
34. Web site: São Paulo empresta Jonatan Gómez ao CSA até o fim da temporada . ESPN Brasil . 24 May 2019 . 16 June 2024. pt.
35. Web site: Fluminense anuncia chegada de atacante Brenner, do São Paulo, por empréstimo até fim do ano . Globo Esporte . 25 May 2019 . 16 June 2024. pt.
36. Web site: Lucão se despede do São Paulo após 11 anos e procura novo clube . Globo Esporte . 3 June 2018 . 16 June 2024 . pt.
37. Web site: São Paulo empresta atacante Paulinho Bóia ao São Bento até o fim de 2019 . Globo Esporte . 18 June 2019 . 16 June 2024. pt.
38. Web site: São Paulo rescinde o contrato do atacante Biro Biro. UOL Esporte. 24 June 2019 . 17 June 2024. pt.
39. Web site: Com retorno de Perri, Lucas Paes vai jogar na 3ª divisão portuguesa. Gazeta Esportiva. 4 July 2019 . 17 June 2024. pt.
40. Web site: Nenê e São Paulo acertam rescisão, e meia fica livre para assinar com Fluminense. Globo Esporte. 12 July 2019 . 17 June 2024. pt.
41. Web site: São Paulo está perto de vender o meia Lucas Fernandes ao Portimonense, de Portugal. Globo Esporte. 12 July 2019 . 17 June 2024. pt.
42. Web site: São Paulo acerta ida de Everton Felipe para Athletico-PR, e atleticanos vão arcar com salários. ESPN Brasil . 30 August 2019 . 17 June 2024. pt.
43. Web site: Benfica anuncia a contratação de Morato, formado na base do São Paulo; veja os valores . Globo Esporte. 2 September 2019. 17 June 2024. pt.
44. Web site: América-MG oficializa a contratação de Lucas Kal, emprestado pelo São Paulo. Globo Esporte . 6 September 2019. 17 June 2024. pt.
45. Web site: Sport acerta contratação de Willian Farias, ex-São Paulo, até 2020 . Globo Esporte. 13 September 2019 . 17 June 2024. pt.
46. Web site: Sport anuncia a contratação de Bruno Peres, ex-São Paulo, até o fim do ano . ESPN Brasil. 26 September 2019 . 17 June 2024. pt.