The 2020 season was the 106th in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras' existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil and the Série A and also the FIFA Club World Cup.
Squad information
Copa Libertadores squad
Notes
Source: UOL, ge and Lance!
Transfers
Transfers in Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource MF Gabriel Menino Palmeiras Academy Promoted to the first team 25 November 2019 MF Patrick de Paula Palmeiras Academy Promoted to the first team 25 November 2019 GK Vinícius Silvestre CRB Loan return 25 November 2019 DF Pedrão América Mineiro Loan return 25 November 2019 FW Artur Bahia Loan return 25 November 2019 DF Lucas Esteves Palmeiras Academy Promoted to the first team 25 November 2019 MF Alan Palmeiras Academy Promoted to the first team 24 December 2019 DF Emerson Santos Internacional Loan return 1 January 2020 FW Wesley Vitória Loan return 3 January 2020 DF Matías Viña Nacional Signed 31 January 2020 FW Rony Athletico Paranaense Signed 21 February 2020 FW Iván Angulo Cruzeiro Loan return 28 July 2020 MF Danilo Palmeiras Academy Signed 10 September 2020 DF Benjamín Kuscevic Universidad Católica Signed 4 November 2020 DF Alan Empereur Verona Loan with an option to buy 9 November 2020 FW Breno Lopes Juventude Signed 11 November 2020
Transfers out Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource MF Thiago Santos FC Dallas Signed 5 December 2019 GK Fernando Prass Contract ended 7 December 2019 DF Edu Dracena Retired 8 December 2019 FW Henrique Dourado Henan Jianye Loan return 9 December 2019 DF Antônio Carlos Orlando City Loan 17 December 2019 FW Miguel Borja Junior Loan 28 December 2019 FW Carlos Eduardo Athletico Paranaense Loan 7 January 2020 FW Artur Red Bull Bragantino ≅R$25,000,000 8 January 2020 MF Hyoran Atlético Mineiro Loan 8 January 2020 FW Deyverson Getafe Loan 17 January 2020 MF Matheus Fernandes Barcelona €7,000,000 31 January 2020 MF Jean Cruzeiro Loan 2 March 2020 FW Iván Angulo Cruzeiro Loan 16 March 2020 FW Dudu Al-Duhail Loan with an option to buy 9 July 2020 DF Victor Luis Botafogo Loan 21 July 2020 DF Pedrão Nacional Loan 7 August 2020 MF Alan Guarani Loan 28 August 2020 DF Diogo Barbosa Grêmio Signed 11 September 2020 DF Vitor Hugo Trabzonspor ≅R$20,000,000 5 October 2020 MF Bruno Henrique Al-Ittihad ≅R$27,000,000 12 October 2020 FW Iván Angulo Botafogo Loan 24 October 2020 MF Ramires Released 27 November 2020
Competitions
Overview
Florida Cup
Campeonato Paulista
First stage Palmeiras were drawn into Group B. On 16 March 2020, it was announced that the tournament had been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 July, the return of the competition was announced by the Federação Paulista de Futebol.
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Finals
Copa Libertadores
Group stage
The draw for the qualifying stages and group stage was held on 17 December 2019, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date to be confirmed. On 18 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended until 5 May 2020. On 17 April 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended indefinitely, and no date had been set for its resumption. On 10 July 2020, CONMEBOL announced the new schedule for the remainder of the competition.
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 October 2020, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3).
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Série A
Standings
Result by round
Matches The schedule was released on 27 February 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil the tournament was rescheduled, starting on 8 August 2020 and concluding on 25 February 2021.
Copa do Brasil
Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 October 2020.
Quarterfinal The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 6 November 2020.
Semifinal The draw to determine the home and away teams for both legs was held at CBF headquarters on 24 November 2020.
Final
The draw to determine the home and away teams for both legs was held at CBF headquarters on 14 January 2021.
FIFA Club World Cup
Palmeiras qualified for the Club World Cup by winning the Copa Libertadores.
Semifinal
Third place match
Statistics
Overall statistics Games played 77 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 13 Copa Libertadores, 38 Série A, 8 Copa do Brasil, 2 FIFA Club World Cup)Games won 39 (8 Campeonato Paulista, 10 Copa Libertadores, 15 Série A, 6 Copa do Brasil, 0 FIFA Club World Cup)Games drawn 24 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 13 Série A, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 FIFA Club World Cup)Games lost 14 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa Libertadores, 10 Série A, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 FIFA Club World Cup)Goals scored 120Goals conceded 55Goal difference +65 (+14 Campeonato Paulista, +27 Copa Libertadores, +14 Série A, +11 Copa do Brasil, -1 FIFA Club World Cup)Clean sheets 34Most clean sheets Weverton (34)Best result 5–0 (vs. Bolívar, Copa Libertadores – September 30) 5–0 (vs. Tigre, Copa Libertadores – October 21) 5–0 (vs. Delfín, Copa Libertadores – December 2)Worst result 0–2 (vs. São Paulo, Série A – October 10) 1–3 (vs. Coritiba, Série A – October 14) 0–2 (vs. Fortaleza, Série A – October 18) 0–2 (vs. Internacional, Série A – December 19) 0–2 (vs. River Plate, Copa Libertadores – January 12, 2021) 0–2 (vs. Flamengo, Série A – January 21, 2021) 0–2 (vs. Atlético Mineiro, Série A – February 25, 2021)Yellow cards 179Red cards 9Top scorer Luiz Adriano (20 goals)
Goalscorers In italic players who left the team in mid-season. PlacePositionNationalityNumberNameCampeonato PaulistaCopa LibertadoresSérie ACopa do BrasilTotal 1 FW 10 Luiz Adriano 3 5 10 2 20 2 MF 23 Raphael Veiga 1 2 11 4 18 3 FW 29 Willian 6 4 7 0 17 4 FW 11 Rony 0 5 5 1 11 5 FW 27 Gabriel Veron 0 3 4 2 9 6 DF 15 Gómez 1 2 1 2 67 MF 8 Zé Rafael 1 2 2 0 5 MF 5 Patrick de Paula 1 1 3 0 5 FW 47 Wesley 0 1 2 2 58 MF 14 Gustavo Scarpa 1 1 1 1 4 MF 25 Gabriel Menino 0 3 0 1 49 FW 39 Breno Lopes 0 1 2 0 3 DF 17 Viña 0 2 1 0 310 FW 7 Dudu 2 0 0 0 2 DF 2 Marcos Rocha 2 0 0 0 2 MF 20 Lucas Lima 1 0 1 0 211 MF 18 Ramires 1 0 0 0 1 DF 30 Felipe Melo 1 0 0 0 1 MF 28 Danilo 0 1 0 0 1 DF 34 Emerson Santos 0 0 1 0 1
References
External links Official site