The 2018 season was São Paulo's 89th year since the club's existence. Due previous year playing for remaining in first division of national league, the club started his performance at state league, Campeonato Paulista, mistrusted by his own fans and media. The head coach Dorival Júnior was fired after 5 losses in only 14 matches, being defeated by all main rivals in just a month. To replace Dorival, São Paulo selected the Uruguayan Diego Aguirre, a former forward who was in the club for a short period of time in 1990. Despite the elimination in the semifinals of Campeonato Paulista and second round of Copa Sudamericana, Aguirre did a consistent job in the early months leading the team. In the first half of league São Paulo ended in first place holding its performance for 8 rounds at the middle of competition. However a couple of draws and the rise of his rival Palmeiras, took place from São Paulo that dropped down in table 4 positions finishing his participation in 5th. Diego Aguirre was fired in the 33rd round after an away draw against Corinthians by 1-1. For the interim charge André Jardine trained the club in the last 5 matches, he was announced as the head coach for 2019.
Players
Current squad
Transfers
In Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource DF Reinaldo Chapecoense Loan Return December 31, 2017 MF Hudson Cruzeiro Loan Return December 31, 2017 GK Jean Bahia R$6,500,000 January 1, 2018 MF Diego Souza Sport Recife R$10,900,000. January 7, 2018 DF Anderson Martins Vasco da Gama Sign. January 10, 2018 MF Nenê Vasco da Gama Sign January 29, 2018 FW Santiago Tréllez Vitória R$6,800,000 January 29, 2018 MF Valdívia Internacional Loan. February 7, 2018 DF Régis São Bento Sign. March 15, 2018 MF Liziero Youth team Sign. January 1, 2018 FW Gonzalo Carneiro Defensor Sporting R$2,800,000 January 15, 2018 MF Éverton Flamengo R$15,600,000 April 17, 2018
Out
Out on loan
Statistics
Top scorers PlayerCampeonato PaulistaCopa do BrasilCopa SudamericanaCampeonato BrasileiroTotal1FWDiego Souza30112162MFNenê2208123FWSantiago Tréllez110464FWÉverton000555FWMarcos Guilherme210146FWBrenner11013=MFChristian Cueva21003=DFReinaldo10023=MFValdívia030037DFBruno Alves00022=DFÉder Militão01012=MFLiziero00112=DFRodrigo Caio11002=MFShaylon000228DFAnderson Martins00011=DFBruno Peres00011=FWGonzalo Carneiro00011=MFHelinho00011=MFHudson00011=MFJoao Rojas00011=DFRobert Arboleda10001Own goals10012Total151124674
Managers performance NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGA%14725141055%André Jardine (caretaker)220061100%44201410523756%André Jardine (caretaker)51222433%
Overview
{|class="wikitable" |- |Games played || 64 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa do Brasil, 4 Copa Sudamericana, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro) |- |Games won || 29 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa Sudamericana, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro) |- |Games drawn || 19 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 15 Campeonato Brasileiro) |- |Games lost || 16 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 7 Campeonato Brasileiro) |- |Goals scored || 74 |- |Goals conceded || 52 |- |Goal difference || +22 |- |Best result || 3−0 (A) v CRB − Copa do Brasil 3−0 (H) v Vitória − Campeonato Brasileiro |- |Worst result || 1−3 (A) v Palmeiras − Campeonato Brasileiro 1−3 (A) v Internacional − Campeonato Brasileiro |- |Top scorer || Diego Souza (16)
Official competitions
Campeonato Paulista
Group B
First stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Copa do Brasil
Copa Sudamericana
First stage
Second stage
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Results summary
Results by round
References
External links official website