The 2020 season was São Paulo's 91st season in the club's history and their 60th in the top-flight of Brazilian football. São Paulo competed in 6 competitions: the Série A, the Campeonato Paulista, the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana, and the Copa do Brasil.
Players
Current squad
Transfers
In DatePlayerMoving fromFeeNotesSourceMF Vitor Bueno Santos R$13 million From loan to definitive purchaseDF Igor Vinícius ItuanoR$2 millionFrom loan to definitive purchaseGK Tiago Volpi QuerétaroR$21 millionFrom loan to definitive purchaseFW Luciano GrêmioFree
Loans in
Loan returns
DatePlayerMoving fromFeeNotesSourceFW Paulinho São BentoFreeFW Santiago Tréllez InternacionalFreeFW Brenner FluminenseFreeDF Rodrigo PortimonenseFree
Total spending: R$36 million
Out DatePlayerMoving toFeeNotesSourceFW Raniel SantosFreeInvolved in the Vitor Bueno dealMF Diego Souza GrêmioFreeEnd of contractMF Caíque Botafogo-SPFreeEnd of contractMF Felipe Araruna ReadingFreeAfter return from loanGK Lucas Paes Vitória de SetúbalUndisclosedAfter anticipated return from loanMF Jucilei BoavistaFreeContract terminatedMF Jonathan Gómez Sport RecifeUndisclosedAfter return from loanFW Antony AjaxR$74 million (€16 million)Can reach up to R$135 million (€29 million) in case some goals are achieved.FW Pedro Bortoluzo OliveirenseFreeEnd of contractMF Thomaz Operário FerroviárioFreeEnd of contractMF MaicosuelUnattachedFreeEnd of contractFW Léo Natel CorinthiansFreeEnd of contractFW Fabinho Athletico-PRFreeEnd of contractDF Anderson Martins BahiaFreeContract terminatedFW Éverton GrêmioFreeInvolved in the Luciano dealFW Alexandre Pato Orlando CityFreeContract terminatedFW Brenner FC CincinnatiR$73 million ($15 million)Can reach up to R$80,7 million ($15 million) in case some goals are achieved.
Loans ended
Loans out DatePlayerMoving toFeeNotesSourceFW Pedro Bortoluzo VotuporanguenseFreeMF Thomaz Internacional de LimeiraFreeMF Everton Felipe CruzeiroFreeAfter return from loanMF Hudson FluminenseFreeGK Jean Atlético-GOFreeLoan after being suspended from contractDF Weverson Red Bull BragantinoFreeMF Everton Felipe Atlético GoianienseFreeAfter return from loanDF Lucas Kal NacionalR$200.000After return from loan, with an option to buyFW Marcos Calazans CRBFreeMF Shaylon GoiásFreeDF Júnior Tavares Sport RecifeFreeAfter return from loanFW Gabriel Novaes BahiaFreeAfter anticipated return from loanFW Helinho Red Bull BragantinoR$3 millionLoan with an option to buyFW Danilo Gomes Atlético-GOFreeAfter anticipated return from loan
Total income: R$77.2 million
Statistics
Overall
{|class="wikitable" |- |Games played || 65 (13 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa do Brasil, 6 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Sudamericana) |- |Games won || 29 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa Libertadores, 18 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana) |- |Games drawn || 19 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Libertadores, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Copa Sudamericana) |- |Games lost || 17 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 3 Copa Libertadores, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana) |- |Goals scored || 110 |- |Goals conceded || 79 |- |Goal difference || +31 |- |Best results || 4–0 (A) v Oeste - Campeonato Paulista - 2020.02.225–1 (H) v Binacional - Copa Libertadores - 2020.10.204–0 (H) v Botafogo - Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - 2020.12.09 |- |Worst result || 1–5 (H) v Internacional - Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - 2021.01.20 |- |Top scorer || Brenner (22 goals)
Goalscorers In italic players who left the club during the season. PlacePositionNationalityNumberNameCampeonato PaulistaCopa LibertadoresSérie ACopa do BrasilCopa SudamericanaTotal 1 FW 30 Brenner 1 2 11 6 2 22 2 FW 11 Luciano 0 0 18 3 0 21 3 FW 9 Pablo 6 2 2 1 1 12 4 DF 6 Reinaldo 1 1 6 0 0 8 5 MF 10 Dani Alves 4 1 1 0 1 7 6 MF 21 Gabriel Sara 0 0 5 0 1 6 7 FW 6 Alexandre Pato 3 1 0 0 0 4 = MF 15 Hernanes 1 0 3 0 0 4 = MF 26 Igor Gomes 0 1 3 0 0 4 = MF 8 Tchê Tchê 0 0 4 0 0 4 = MF 12 Vitor Bueno 1 1 2 0 0 4 8 DF 6 Robert Arboleda 1 1 1 0 0 3 9 DF 4 Diego Costa 0 1 1 0 0 2 10 FW 22 Éverton 1 0 0 0 0 1 = FW 19 Gonzalo Carneiro 0 0 1 0 0 1 = FW 37 Helinho 1 0 0 0 0 1 = FW 7 Paulinho 1 0 0 0 0 1 = FW 17 Santiago Tréllez 0 1 0 0 0 1 = FW 18 Jonas Toró 0 0 1 0 0 1020013 Total 21 14 59 10 6 110
Assists In italic players who left the club during the season. PlacePositionNationalityNumberNameCampeonato PaulistaCopa LibertadoresSérie ACopa do BrasilCopa SudamericanaTotal 1 DF 6 Reinaldo 2 2 7 1 0 12 2 MF 10 Dani Alves 2 0 3 1 2 8 3 MF 12 Vitor Bueno 4 1 2 0 0 7 4 FW 11 Luciano 0 0 2 2 2 6 = FW 9 Pablo 3 1 2 0 0 6 5 MF 21 Gabriel Sara 0 0 3 1 0 4 6 FW 30 Brenner 0 1 2 0 0 3 = MF 26 Igor Gomes 0 1 1 1 0 3 = DF 2 Igor Vinícius 0 0 2 1 0 3 7 FW 6 Alexandre Pato 2 0 0 0 0 2 = DF 20 Juanfran 0 0 2 0 0 2 = DF 16 Léo 1 0 1 0 0 2 = MF 8 Tchê Tchê 0 0 2 0 0 2 = FW 18 Jonas Toró 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 DF 3 Bruno Alves 0 1 0 0 0 1 = FW 19 Gonzalo Carneiro 0 0 1 0 0 1 = DF 4 Diego Costa 0 0 0 0 1 1 = FW 37 Helinho 0 0 1 0 0 1 = MF 13 Luan 0 0 1 0 0 1 = FW 7 Paulinho 0 1 0 0 0 1 = GK 1 Tiago Volpi 0 0 1 0 0 1 Total 13 8 34 7 6 69
Managers performance
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%22 January 202031 January 2021602717161047445% (caretaker)10 February 202125 February 202152216553%
Competitions
Overview
Campeonato Paulista
Group C
First stage
Quarterfinal
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%6th2113634211454%
Copa Libertadores
Group stage
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%18th76213141139%
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Results summary
Results by round
Copa do Brasil
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Copa Sudamericana
Second stage
References
External links official website