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
Scorers PositionNationPlaying positionNameTorneio Rio-São PauloCampeonato PaulistaCopa do BrasilCopa dos CampeõesCopa MercosurCampeonato BrasileiroTotal1FWFrança 61085313452FWLuís Fabiano2557210313MFKaká2211011174MFJúlio Baptista034004115MFCarlos Miguel13100056MFFábio Simplício0103004=DFGustavo Nery11100147FWAdriano0000033=DFBelletti0100012=MFFabiano10020038FWIlan1010002=DFJean0001102=FWLeandro Alves0000022=DFReginaldo Araújo0000112=FWReinaldo0000022=FWRenatinho0200002=GKRogério Ceni0101002=DFRogério Pinheiro0101002=MFAlexandre0010001=FWFabiano Souza0010001=DFLino0000011=DFReginaldo0100001=MFSidney1000001=DFWilson0100001///Own Goals0010001Total15322421749148
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 148Goals conceded 96Goal difference +52Best result 10–0 (H) v Botafogo-PB - Copa do Brasil - 2001.3.28Worst result 1–7 (A) v Vasco da Gama - Campeonato Brasileiro - 2001.11.25Top scorer França (45 goals)
Official competitions
Torneio Rio-São Paulo
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%1st168512151066%
Campeonato Paulista
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%8th2415636322653%
Copa do Brasil
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%5th15750224871%
Copa do Campeões
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%2nd156501211083%
Copa Mercosur
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%15th761417638%
Campeonato Brasileiro
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%7th46281378493666%
References
External links official website