The 2023 season was the 114th season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. The season covered the period from January 2023 to December 2023. The pre-season began earlier than usual in December 14, 2022, as the previous season was shorter due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place at the end of the year.

The club also held elections in November to determine the new president and deliberative council for the 2024–2026 term.

Background

Kits Home (13 April 2023 onward): White shirt, black shorts and white socks with a yellow horizontal stripe; Away (13 April 2023 onward): Black shirt with white stripes, white shorts and black socks; Third (20 September 2023 onward): Yellow shirt, yellow shorts and yellow socks; Fourth (28 May 2023 onward): Beige shirt, black shorts and black socks.

Previous Kits Home (Until 12 April 2023): White shirt, black shorts and white socks; Away (Until 12 April 2023): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks; Third (Until 19 September 2023): Beige shirt with shodô stripes, black shorts and beige socks with shodô stripes.

Board changes On March 21, Corinthians' president Duílio Monteiro Alves announced that former president and current football director Roberto de Andrade stepped down after fans protested against him, including an invasion at the club's training center on March 17.

Presidential election On 25 November, the election to decide Corinthians' new president for the 2024–2026 term was held featuring only associates of the social club, meaning that less than 4,500 people would decide the winner. Augusto Melo defeated André Negão with 2771 votes (66,2 percent of the total). Negão was part of Renovação e Transparência, the same group that has been in charge of the club since 2007 and won six elections in a row. Melo is expected to assume office on 2 January 2024.

Squad

Managerial changes On November 13, 2022, Corinthians' president Duílio Monteiro Alves announced that Vítor Pereira would not renew his contract to continue as the club's manager for the 2023 season. Pereira supposedly revealed that he had family issues that required his return to Portugal. He claimed in a social media post that his reasons to leave were exclusively health issues related to his mother in law. However a month later, he was announced as the new head coach of Flamengo for the 2023 season.

On November 20, head of performance analysis Fernando Lázaro was announced as the club's new manager. He was scheduled to serve as Brazil's opponents scout in the 2022 FIFA World Cup before taking the job. On April 20, 2023, Lázaro was removed from the position after a series of poor results and performances. Corinthians opted to demote him to the club's staff as a permanent assistant coach and fired his assistant's Thiago Larghi and Luciano Dias.

A few hours after removing Lázaro, Corinthians announced Cuca as the new manager until the end of the season. The signing was met with immense backlash by the club's supporters due to Cuca's conviction in 1989 by a Swiss court for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in a hotel room in Bern, Switzerland in 1987. He was convicted to 15 months imprisonment for "engaging in sexual act with a minor", but the sentence was not served and expired in 2004. He resigned exactly a week later, right after Corinthians' win and qualification in the third round of Copa do Brasil, citing personal reasons related to the protests to his signing. On April 28, The club decided to name current U-20 coach and former club player (2012 Copa Libertadores and 2012 FIFA Club World Cup winner) Danilo as the caretaker for their next match against rivals Palmeiras instead of Lázaro.

On May 1, Vanderlei Luxemburgo was announced as the new manager with a contract until the end of the season. It was his third spell at the club, with the last one taking place nearly 22 years ago. On September 27, Luxemburgo was fired after a recurring poor performances, most recently a 1–1 home draw against Fortaleza at the 2023 Copa Sudamericana semi-finals the day before.

The day after, Mano Menezes was announced as Corinthians' new manager with a contract until the end of the 2025 season. It will also be his third spell at the club, after being manager through 2008-2010 and 2014.

Manager Signed fromDate of signingDate of departureSigned withSource Vítor PereiraFree agent23 February 202213 November 2022 Flamengo Fernando LázaroHead of performance analysis20 November 202220 April 2023Demoted to permanent assistant coach CucaFree agent20 April 202327 April 2023 — DaniloCorinthians U-20 head coach (caretaker)28 April 202330 April 2023Returned to the U-20 team Vanderlei Luxemburgo Free agent1 May 202327 September 2023 — Mano Menezes Free agent28 September 2023 — —

Transfers Transfers in #Position:PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateTeamSource11 Ángel Romero Cruz AzulFree transfer (End of contract)First team21 Matheus Bidu GuaraniUndisclosedFirst team9 Yuri Alberto Zenit Saint PetersburgTradedFirst team Ivan Zenit Saint PetersburgLoan cancelledFirst team Rodrigo Varanda Akritas ChlorakasLoan cancelledFirst team77 Chrystian Barletta São BernardoR$6,000,000First team Léo Natel Casa PiaEnd of loanFirst team18 Matías Rojas RacingFree transfer (End of contract)First team

Loans in #Position Player Loaned fromDate Loan expires TeamSource7 Maycon Shakhtar Donetsk4 January 202331 December 2023First team João Vinicius Novo Hamburgo16 March 202331 December 2023Academy33 Ruan Oliveira Metropolitano15 June 202331 December 2023First team3 Lucas Veríssimo Benfica26 July 202330 June 2024First team

Transfers out

#Position Player Transferred toFee Date TeamSource21 Mateus Vital CruzeiroFree transfer First team17 Ramiro CruzeiroFree transfer First team Danilo Avelar América MineiroFree transfer First team6 Lucas Piton Vasco da Gama€3,000,000 First team Fessin Busan IParkFree transfer First team Igor Morais CianorteFree transfer First team Matheus MatiasFree agentEnd of contractFirst team Thiaguinho Água SantaFree transfer First team Keven AlmeríaFree transfer Academy Lucas BeleziFree agentEnd of contractAcademy Janderson CearáFree transfer First team Matheus Alexandre CuiabáFree transfer First team30 Robert Renan Zenit Saint PetersburgTradedFirst team Matheus Davó CruzeiroR$3,500,000First team Riquelme DAC Dunajská StredaFree transfer Academy Alemão Portimonense Free transfer Academy39 XavierFree agentEnd of contractFirst team Mindinho Dnipro-1Free transfer Academy Nathan FK RiteriaiFree transfer First team Gustavo Henrique Red Bull Bragantino IIUndisclosedAcademy Alan GobettiFree agentEnd of contractFirst team18 Júnior MoraesFree agentRescinded contractFirst team Gustavo Mantuan Zenit Saint Petersburg€2,000,000 First team37 Du Queiroz Zenit Saint PetersburgTradedFirst team31 Fabián Balbuena Dynamo MoscowEnd of loanFirst team Everaldo América MineiroFree transfer (End of contract)First team Reginaldo PrimaveraFree transfer First team Heitor CasagrandeFree agentEnd of contractFirst team77 Chrystian Barletta CearáR$6,600,000First team Luan GrêmioFree transfer First team10 Róger Guedes Al-RayyanUS$10,000,000 First team Matheus Jesus V-Varen NagasakiFree transfer First team28 Adson Nantes€5,000,000 First team34 Murillo Nottingham Forest€12,000,000 First team

Loans out #Position Player Loaned toDate Loan expires TeamSource Jonathan Cafú Cuiabá12 December 202231 December 2023First team Luis Mandaca Juventude14 December 202231 December 2023First team44 Alan Gobetti Inter de Limeira20 December 202231 May 2023First team Alan Ferreira Oeste27 December 202231 July 2023 First team Gabriel Araújo Bangu27 December 202231 March 2023First team Kevin Emmel Novo Hamburgo27 December 202231 March 2023First team Nathan Nova Iguaçu27 December 202231 March 2023 First team Léo Santos Ferroviária28 December 202231 March 2023First team Eduardo Tanque Camboriú3 January 202331 March 2023First team34 Raul Gustavo Bahia4 January 202331 December 2023First team Matheus Jesus Ponte Preta5 January 202331 December 2023 First team Reginaldo Primavera8 January 20238 April 2023First team Ivan Vasco da Gama12 January 202331 December 2023First team Alan Ferreira América de Natal16 January 202331 July 2023First team Heitor Casagrande Guarda Desportiva18 January 202330 June 2023First team Everaldo América Mineiro14 February 202330 June 2023First team Rodrigo Varanda América Mineiro7 March 202331 January 2024First team Léo Santos Ceará11 April 202331 December 2023First team Gabriel Araújo Santo André26 April 202330 September 2023First team Daniel Marcos Ferroviário28 April 202331 December 2023First team Eduardo Tanque Aimoré5 May 202330 November 2023First team Kevin Emmel Flamengo de Guarulhos13 May 202331 August 2023First team Léo Natel Melbourne City15 September 202330 June 2024First team

Squad statistics No.Pos.NameCampeonato PaulistaCopa LibertadoresCampeonato BrasileiroCopa do BrasilCopa SudamericanaTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals2DF Rafael Ramos2 (2)0100000205 (2)0003DF Lucas Veríssimo00001510030181514DF Gil10150322805 (1)160 (1)41305MF Fausto Vera3 (6)06017 (4)17 (1)01 (2)034 (13)1906DF Fábio Santos11 (2)13 (1)020 (5)47 (1)04 (1)045 (10)51107MF Maycon3 (4)03 (1)027 (5)25 (2)06 (2)144 (14)3618MF Renato Augusto9 (1)12016 (8)2434 (1)035 (10)6309FW Yuri Alberto1045031 (2)8915 (1)260 (3)1511010MF Matías Rojas00007 (8)01 (1)03011 (9)01011FW Ángel Romero3 (6)00 (4)013 (9)8002 (5)018 (24)83012GK Cássio1104037080606603013DF Léo Mana000 (1)02 (1)0000 (2)02 (4)01014DF Caetano101 (1)013 (3)00 (1)03018 (5)04015MF Paulinho1 (7)21 (3)01 (3)02 (1)0005 (14)22016DF Vitor Meer0000000000000017FW Giovane0 (1)00 (1)01 (4)1000 (1)01 (7)10019FW Gustavo Silva00001 (10)1000 (3)01 (13)12020MF Giuliano9 (4)04019 (11)22 (3)03 (4)037 (22)24021DF Matheus Bidu2 (1)03019 (5)01 (2)14 (1)029 (9)14022GK Carlos Miguel20201 (1)0002 (1)07 (2)02023DF Fagner10 (1)04022 (8)06 (2)03 (1)045 (12)016024MF Víctor Cantillo1 (3)01 (1)02 (4)000004 (8)00025DF Bruno Méndez9 (2)02020 (7)04 (2)06 (1)041 (12)09126MF Guilherme Biro000 (1)07 (4)00 (1)03 (1)010 (7)03027FW Pedro0 (2)00 (3)07 (7)110109 (12)12029MF Roni7 (4)01 (3)07 (9)01 (1)00016 (17)07030MF Matheus Araújo1 (3)02 (1)13 (13)10 (5)02 (1)08 (23)20032GK Matheus Donelli0000000000000133MF Ruan Oliveira000011 (8)23 (1)04 (1)018 (10)25035MF Breno Bidon0000000000000036FW Wesley0 (1)01 (1)07 (17)11 (1)02 (3)111 (23)23039MF Pedrinho0000000000000041FW Felipe Augusto00112 (13)00 (2)02 (1)15 (16)20044MF Gabriel Moscardo000 (1)015 (3)1204021 (4)19046DF Renato0000000000000047DF João Pedro0000000000000049MF Ryan000 (1)000000 (1)10 (2)121 Players transferred out during the season10FW Róger Guedes138531576 (1)31040 (1)215018FW Júnior Moraes1 (2)0000 (1)000001 (3)00028MF Adson10 (1)33 (1)19 (6)04 (3)14030 (11)55031DF Fabián Balbuena6 (1)0211000009 (1)11034DF Murillo00401306 (1)03026 (1)07037MF Du Queiroz8 (2)00 (3)02 (1)0100011 (6)02077FW Chrystian Barletta00002 (1)00 (2)0002 (3)010

Overview

Campeonato Paulista

For the 2023 Campeonato Paulista, the 16 teams were divided in four groups of 4 teams (A, B, C, D). They faced all teams, except those that were in their own group, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarterfinals. The two overall worst teams were relegated.

First stage

Knockout stages

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Campeonato Brasileiro

Result by round

Matches

Copa do Brasil

Preliminary stages

Knockout stages

Copa Sudamericana

Knockout stages

See also List of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista seasons

Notes

References