2016 São Paulo FC season

The 2016 season was São Paulo's 87th year since the club's existence. During the season São Paulo played 4 championships, 3 nationals (Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil, Série A) and 1 continental (Copa Libertadores). The club took his best performance in the continental tournament reaching the semifinals being defeated by Colombian club Atlético Nacional in two legs (0-2 Home; 1-2 Away). In Campeonato Paulista, championship of State of São Paulo, Tricolor fall in the quarterfinals against Audax, losing the single leg in the opponent's home. Playing the national cup, Copa do Brasil, The Dearest was eliminated by Juventude in away goal rule after an aggregated final score of 2-2 (1-2 Home; 1-0 Away). São Paulo ended the year reaching the 10th place in the league with the same number of wins, 14, and 10 draws. A fewer weeks after the end of Copa Libertadores, the Argentine head coach, Edgardo Bauza was chosen by Argentine Football Association to lead the National Team, leaving the club at the beginning of August.

São Paulo

2016 season
Chairman	Carlos Augusto de Barros e Silva (Leco)
Manager	Edgardo Bauza (until 4 August) André Jardine (caretaker) Ricardo Gomes (until 20 November) Pintado (caretaker)
Stadium	Estádio do Morumbi
Série A	10th
Campeonato Paulista	Quarter-finals
Copa Libertadores	Semi-finals
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Andrés Chávez (9 goals) All: Jonathan Calleri (16 goals)
Highest home attendance	61,766 (v Atlético Nacional in Copa Libertadores)
Lowest home attendance	3,013 (v Mogi Mirim in Campeonato Paulista)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Denis (vice-captain) 2 DF  BRA Bruno 3 DF  BRA Rodrigo Caio 4 DF  BRA Lucão 5 DF  URU Diego Lugano 6 DF  BRA Carlinhos 7 MF  BRA Michel Bastos 8 MF  BRA Daniel 10 MF  BRA Paulo Henrique Ganso 11 MF  BRA Wesley 12 FW  ARG Jonathan Calleri (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado) 13 MF  PER Christian Cueva 14 FW  BRA Alan Kardec 15 MF  BRA João Schmidt 16 DF  BRA Mateus Caramelo 18 DF  BRA Breno

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  SRB Lyanco 20 FW  ARG Ricardo Centurión 21 DF  CHI Eugenio Mena (on loan from Cruzeiro) 22 GK  BRA Renan Ribeiro 23 MF  BRA Thiago Mendes 24 GK  BRA Léo 25 MF  BRA Hudson (captain) 26 DF  BRA Auro Jr. 27 DF  BRA Maicon 28 DF  BRA Matheus Reis 29 MF  BRA Lucas Fernandes 30 FW  BRA Kelvin (on loan from Porto) 31 FW  BRA Luiz Araújo 33 MF  BRA Artur 37 FW  BRA Ytalo

Reserve players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 MF  BRA Banguelê 34 DF  BRA Felipe Araruna 35 FW  BRA Pedro Bortoluzo 36 DF  BRA Lucas Kal

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 DF  BRA Caíque — DF  BRA Éder Militão — MF  BRA Wellington — FW  BRA João Paulo

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BRA Ademilson (on loan to Gamba Osaka) [1] — MF  BRA Roni (on loan to Ceará) [2] — DF  BRA Lucas Farias (on loan to Estoril Praia) [3] 16 DF  BRA Reinaldo (on loan to Ponte Preta) [4] — DF  BRA Thiago Carleto (on loan to XV de Piracicaba) [5] — FW  BRA Luiz Araújo (on loan to Novorizontino) [6] 26 DF  BRA Auro Jr. (on loan to Linense) [7] — MF  BRA Matheus Queiroz (on loan to Boa Esporte) [8] 17 FW  BRA Rogério (on loan to Sport) [9]

Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  BRA Mateus Caramelo (return from Chapecoense) [10] 21 DF  CHI Eugenio Mena (on loan from Cruzeiro) [11] 5 DF  URU Diego Lugano (from Cerro Porteño) [12] 9 FW  BRA Kieza (from Shanghai Shenxin) [13] 12 FW  ARG Jonathan Calleri (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado) [14] 30 FW  BRA Kelvin (on loan from Porto) [15] 27 DF  BRA Maicon (on loan from Porto) [16] 26 DF  BRA Auro Jr. (return from Linense) [17] 31 FW  BRA Luiz Araújo (return from Novorizontino) [17] 37 FW  BRA Ytalo (from Audax) [18] 13 MF  PER Christian Cueva (from Toluca) [19]

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Rogério Ceni (retired) [20] — FW  BRA Luís Fabiano (end of contract) [20] — FW  BRA Alexandre Pato (return to Corinthians) [20] — DF  BRA Edson Silva (end of contract) [20] — MF  BRA Maicon (to Grêmio) [21] — DF  BRA Luis Ricardo (to Botafogo) [22] 9 FW  BRA Kieza (to Vitória) [23] 13 FW  COL Wilder Guisao (return to Toluca) [24]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Campeonato Paulista		Copa Libertadores		Campeonato Brasileiro		Copa do Brasil
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Denis	40	0	16+0	0	13+0	0	11+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Bruno	36	0	11+1	0	14+0	0	9+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Rodrigo Caio	28	2	12+0	2	13+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Lucão	10	0	3+1	0	2+1	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Diego Lugano	19	2	7+0	0	3+1	0	8+0	2	0+0	0
6	DF		Carlinhos	19	0	10+2	0	2+3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Michel Bastos	28	5	8+2	2	11+2	3	4+1	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Daniel	9	0	7+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Wesley	21	0	4+4	0	5+4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF		Christian Cueva	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF		João Schmidt	18	2	5+1	0	3+0	1	7+2	1	0+0	0
16	DF		Mateus Caramelo	15	0	6+2	0	0+4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
18	DF		Breno	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF		Lyanco	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW		Ricardo Centurión	29	2	7+3	0	7+2	2	9+1	0	0+0	0
21	DF		Eugenio Mena	24	0	10+0	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	GK		Renan Ribeiro	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Thiago Mendes	37	2	13+1	1	12+2	1	8+1	0	0+0	0
24	GK		Léo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Hudson	29	1	12+1	1	13+1	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
26	DF		Auro Jr.	5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	0	0+0	0
27	DF		Maicon	28	3	9+0	1	9+0	1	10+0	1	0+0	0
28	DF		Matheus Reis	13	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	11+1	0	0+0	0
29	MF		Lucas Fernandes	13	1	1+5	0	0+2	0	2+3	1	0+0	0
30	FW		Kelvin	23	2	1+5	1	7+1	1	7+2	0	0+0	0
31	FW		Luiz Araújo	5	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+3	0	0+0	0
32	MF		Matheus Banguelê	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF		Artur	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Ytalo	10	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	5+4	1	0+0	0
Players who are on loan/left São Paulo this season:
9	FW		Kieza	2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF		Paulo Henrique Ganso	32	7	10+4	4	10+1	2	5+2	1	0+0	0
12	FW		Jonathan Calleri	30	16	12+2	4	10+2	9	4+0	3	0+0	0
13	FW		Wilder Guisao	3	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW		Alan Kardec	33	2	4+8	1	3+8	0	7+3	1	0+0	0
16	DF		Reinaldo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW		Rogério	18	3	4+6	1	0+3	1	0+5	1	0+0	0

Top scorers

Rank	Nat	Pos	Player	Campeonato Paulista	Copa Libertadores	Campeonato Brasileiro	Copa do Brasil	Total
1		FW	Jonathan Calleri	4	9	3	0	16
2		FW	Andrés Chávez	0	0	6	1	7
=		MF	Christian Cueva	0	0	7	0	7
=		MF	Paulo Henrique Ganso	4	2	1	0	7
3		MF	Michel Bastos	2	3	0	0	5
4		FW	Alan Kardec	1	0	3	0	4
=		DF	Rodrigo Caio	2	0	1	1	4
=		MF	Thiago Mendes	1	1	2	0	4
5		FW	Kelvin	1	1	1	0	3
=		DF	Maicon	1	1	1	0	3
=		FW	Rogério	1	1	1	0	3
6		FW	David Neres	0	0	2	0	2
=		DF	Diego Lugano	0	0	2	0	2
=		MF	João Schmidt	0	1	1	0	2
=		FW	Ricardo Centurión	0	2	0	0	2
7		MF	Hudson	1	0	0	0	1
=		MF	Lucas Fernandes	0	0	1	0	1
=		FW	Luiz Araújo	0	0	1	0	1
=		DF	Lyanco	0	0	1	0	1
=		MF	Wesley	0	0	1	0	1
=		FW	Ytalo	0	0	1	0	1
Total				18	21	36	2	77

Disciplinary record

Pos	Nat	No.	Player	Campeonato Paulista			Copa Libertadores			Campeonato Brasileiro			Copa do Brasil			Total
GK		1	Denis	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		2	Bruno	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
DF		3	Rodrigo Caio	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
DF		4	Lucão	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
DF		5	Diego Lugano	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
DF		6	Carlinhos	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
MF		7	Michel Bastos	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
MF		8	Daniel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		10	Paulo Henrique Ganso	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
MF		11	Wesley	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
FW		12	Jonathan Calleri	3	0	0	5	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	1
MF		13	Christian Cueva	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
FW		14	Alan Kardec	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
MF		15	João Schmidt	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
DF		16	Mateus Caramelo	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
DF		18	Breno	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
DF		19	Lyanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		20	Ricardo Centurión	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
DF		21	Eugenio Mena	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
GK		22	Renan Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		23	Thiago Mendes	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
GK		24	Léo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		25	Hudson	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
DF		26	Auro Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		27	Maicon	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
DF		28	Matheus Reis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
MF		29	Lucas Fernandes	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
FW		30	Kelvin	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
FW		31	Luiz Araújo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		32	Matheus Banguelê	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
MF		33	Artur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		37	Ytalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who are on loan/left São Paulo this season:
FW		9	Kieza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		13	Wilder Guisao	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
DF		16	Reinaldo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		17	Rogério	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL				40	1	0	31	2	2	27	2	0	0	0	0	98	5	2

Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Last updated on 6 November

Rank.	Pos.	No.	Player	Campeonato Paulista	Copa Libertadores	Campeonato Brasileiro	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	GK	1	Denis	5	3	10	1	19
2	GK	22	Renan Ribeiro	0	1	1	0	2
TOTAL				5	4	11	1	21

Managers performance

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	%
Edgardo Bauza	Argentina	30 January	24 July	46	17	12	17	55	48	46%
André Jardine (caretaker)	Brazil	7 August	14 August	2	1	0	1	2	2	50%
Ricardo Gomes	Brazil	16 August	20 November	19	6	5	7	18	16	40%
Pintado (caretaker)	Brazil	27 November	11 December	2	2	0	0	7	1	100%

Overview

Games played	70 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 14 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa do Brasil)
Games won	26 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 5 Copa Libertadores, 14 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa do Brasil)
Games drawn	18 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa Libertadores, 10 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Copa do Brasil)
Games lost	26 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 5 Copa Libertadores, 14 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa do Brasil)
Goals scored	85
Goals conceded	71
Goal difference	+14
Clean sheets	22
Worst discipline	Diego Lugano (14 , 2 )
Best result	6–0 (H) v Trujillanos - Copa Libertadores
Worst result	1–4 (A) v Audax - Campeonato Paulista
Most appearances	Denis (68)
Top scorer	Jonathan Calleri (16)

Source: Competitions

Friendlies

Cerro Porteño v São Paulo

20 January International	Cerro Porteño	0–1	São Paulo	Asunción
21:00 UTC−02:00		Report	Thiago Mendes  46'	Stadium: Estadio de los Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ulises Mereles

Competitions

Campeonato Paulista

Main article: 2016 Campeonato Paulista

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	6	4	6	18	18	0	22	6	0	2	13	6	+7	0	4	4	5	12	−7

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Audax (Q)	15	7	3	5	24	21	+3	24	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	São Paulo (Q)	15	6	4	5	17	14	+3	22
3	Ferroviária (E)	15	5	2	8	19	21	−2	17
4	XV de Piracicaba (R)	15	3	6	6	12	19	−7	15	Relegated
5	Capivariano (R)	15	2	4	9	14	29	−15	10

Source:
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

First stage

Red Bull Brasil v São Paulo

31 January 1	Red Bull Brasil	1–1	São Paulo	Campinas
19:30 UTC−02:00	Roger  71' (pen.)	Report	Ganso  43'	Stadium: Estádio Moisés Lucarelli (Majestoso) Attendance: 5,606 Referee: Marcelo Rogério

São Paulo v Água Santa

6 February 2	São Paulo	4–0	Água Santa	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−02:00	Calleri  32', 71' Thiago Mendes  78' Michel Bastos  89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 7,243 Referee: Vinicius Furlan

Corinthians v São Paulo

14 February 4	Corinthians	2–0	São Paulo	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−02:00	Lucca  23' Yago  85'	Report		Stadium: Arena Corinthians Attendance: 36,378 Referee: Luiz Flavio de Oliveira

São Paulo v Rio Claro

21 February 5	São Paulo	1–0	Rio Claro	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−03:00	Rodrigo Caio  50'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 7,666 Referee: José Cláudio Rocha Filho

São Paulo v Novorizontino

24 February 6	São Paulo	2–0	Novorizontino	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−03:00	Michel Bastos  19' (pen.) Rodrigo Caio  81'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 3,333 Referee: Adriano de Assis Miranda

Ponte Preta v São Paulo

27 February 7	Ponte Preta	1–0	São Paulo	Campinas
19:30 UTC−03:00	Reinaldo  42'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Moisés Lucarelli (Majestoso) Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

São Paulo v Mogi Mirim

1 March 3	São Paulo	2–0	Mogi Mirim	São Paulo
20:30 UTC−03:00	Rogério  35' Ganso  89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 3,013 Referee: Salim Fende Chavez

São Paulo v São Bernardo

5 March 8	São Paulo	1–3	São Bernardo	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03:00	Ganso  30'	Report	Tata  68' Jean Carlos  76' Bruno  90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 12,371 Referee: Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral

São Paulo v Palmeiras

13 March 9	São Paulo	0–2	Palmeiras	São Paulo
11:00 UTC−03:00		Report	Dudu  74' Robinho  85'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 13,852 Referee: Raphael Claus

Ituano v São Paulo

20 March 10	Ituano	1–1	São Paulo	Itu
16:00 UTC−03:00	Ganso  61'	Report	Léo  89'	Stadium: Estádio Novelli Júnior Attendance: 7,885 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

São Paulo v Botafogo

23 March 11	São Paulo	1–0	Botafogo	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03:00	Calleri  89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 3,118 Referee: Rafael Gomes Félix da Silva

Santos v São Paulo

27 March 12	Santos	1–1	São Paulo	Santos
18:30 UTC−03:00	Joel  59'	Report	Alan Kardec  82'	Stadium: Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro) Attendance: 6,239 Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza

Linense v São Paulo

30 March 13	Linense	1–1	São Paulo	São José do Rio Preto
19:30 UTC−03:00	Zé Antônio  85'	Report	Kelvin  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Anísio Haddad (Rio Pretão) Attendance: 10,510 Referee: Vinícius Gonçalves Dias Araújo

São Paulo v Oeste

2 April 14	São Paulo	2–1	Oeste	São Paulo
18:30 UTC−03:00	Hudson  55' Maicon  90'	Report	Cristiano  43'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 10,052 Referee: Raphael Claus

São Bento v São Paulo

10 April 15	São Bento	1–0	São Paulo	Sorocaba
16:00 UTC−03:00	Régis Souza  55'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Walter Ribeiro Attendance: 7,681 Referee: Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral

Knockout stage

Main article: 2016 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage

Audax v São Paulo

17 April Quarterfinal	Audax	4–1	São Paulo	Osasco
18:30 UTC−03:00	Ytalo  26', 41' Mike  50' Juninho  69'	Report	Calleri  33'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Prefeito José Liberatti (Rochdalão) Attendance: 7,921 Referee: José Cláudio Rocha Filho

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2016 Copa Libertadores

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	5	4	5	21	15	+6	19	5	0	2	14	4	+10	0	4	3	7	11	−4

First stage

Main article: 2016 Copa Libertadores first stage

Universidad César Vallejo v São Paulo

3 February First leg	Universidad César Vallejo	1–1	São Paulo	Trujillo
21:45 UTC−02:00	Hohberg  19'	Report	Calleri  65'	Stadium: Estadio Mansiche Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

São Paulo v Universidad César Vallejo

10 February Second leg	São Paulo	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Universidad César Vallejo	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−02:00	Rogério  87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 32,657 Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

Group stage

Main article: 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	River Plate	6	3	2	1	17	7	+10	11	Final stages
2	São Paulo	6	2	3	1	11	5	+6	9
3	The Strongest	6	2	2	2	6	11	−5	8
4	Trujillanos	6	1	1	4	7	18	−11	4

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) drawing of lots.

São Paulo v The Strongest

17 February 1	São Paulo	0–1	The Strongest	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−02:00		Report	Alonso  62'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 26,467 Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

River Plate v São Paulo

10 March 2	River Plate	1–1	São Paulo	Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−03:00	Thiago Mendes  31' (o.g.)	Report	Ganso  16'	Stadium: Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti (Monumental) Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Trujillanos v São Paulo

16 March 3	Trujillanos	1–1	São Paulo	Valera
19:30 UTC−03:00	Rojas  35'	Report	Ganso  37'	Stadium: Estadio José Alberto Pérez Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

São Paulo v Trujillanos

5 April 4	São Paulo	6–0	Trujillanos	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03:00	Calleri  12', 49' (pen.), 79', 86' Kelvin  18' João Schmidt  24'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 18,561 Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

São Paulo v River Plate

13 April 5	São Paulo	2–1	River Plate	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03:00	Calleri  28', 59'	Report	Alonso  82'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 51,342 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

The Strongest v São Paulo

21 April 6	The Strongest	1–1	São Paulo	La Paz
21:45 UTC−03:00	Cristaldo  28'	Report	Calleri  43'	Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2016 Copa Libertadores final stages

Round of 16

São Paulo v Toluca

28 April First leg	São Paulo	4–0	Toluca	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03:00	Michel Bastos  26' Centurión  44', 60' Thiago Mendes  52'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 53,241 Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)

Toluca v São Paulo

4 May Second leg	Toluca	3–1 (3–5 agg.)	São Paulo	Toluca
19:15 UTC−03:00	Uribe  17', 86' Triverio  60'	Report	Michel Bastos  50'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

Quarterfinals

São Paulo v Atlético Mineiro

11 May First leg	São Paulo	1–0	Atlético Mineiro	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03:00	Michel Bastos  78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 61,297 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Atlético Mineiro v São Paulo

18 May Second leg	Atlético Mineiro	2–1 (2–2 (a) agg.)	São Paulo	Belo Horizonte
21:45 UTC−03:00	Cazares  6' Carlos  11'	Report	Maicon  14'	Stadium: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (Independência) Attendance: 21,337 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Semifinals

São Paulo v Atlético Nacional

6 July First leg	São Paulo	0–2	Atlético Nacional	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03:00		Report	Borja  81', 87'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 61,766 Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

Atlético Nacional v São Paulo

13 July Second leg	Atlético Nacional	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	São Paulo	Medellín
21:45 UTC−03:00	Borja  15', 77' (pen.)	Report	Calleri  8'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Referee: Patricio Polic (Chile)

Campeonato Brasileiro

Main article: 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	14	10	14	44	36	+8	52	9	5	5	29	13	+16	5	5	9	15	23	−8

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W
Position	7	11	10	6	9	6	7	6	5	7	10	8	10	8	9	9	10	11	10	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	12	11	12	12	13	13	11	10

Source: São Paulo FC.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Botafogo v São Paulo

15 May 1	Botafogo	0–1	São Paulo	Volta Redonda
11:00 UTC−03:00		Report	Lucas Fernandes  21'	Stadium: Estádio General Sylvio Raulino de Oliveira (Da Cidadania) Attendance: 5,465 Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado

São Paulo v Internacional

22 May 2	São Paulo	1–2	Internacional	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03:00	Lugano  86'	Report	Sasha  35', 88'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 19,509 Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez

Coritiba v São Paulo

25 May 3	Coritiba	1–1	São Paulo	Curitiba
21:45 UTC−03:00	Alan Santos  63'	Report	Rogério  79'	Stadium: Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira Attendance: 9,979 Referee: Marielson Alves Silva

São Paulo v Palmeiras

29 May 4	São Paulo	1–0	Palmeiras	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−02:00	Ganso  11'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 21,016 Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

Figueirense v São Paulo

1 June 5	Figueirense	1–0	São Paulo	Florianópolis
21:45 UTC−03:00	Rafael Moura  15'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Orlando Scarpelli Attendance: 5,271 Referee: Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima

Cruzeiro v São Paulo

5 June 6	Cruzeiro	0–1	São Paulo	Belo Horizonte
18:30 UTC−03:00		Report	Ytalo  22'	Stadium: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão) Attendance: 18,880 Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro

São Paulo v Atlético Paranaense

11 June 7	São Paulo	1–2	Atlético Paranaense	São Paulo
21:00 UTC−03:00	Maicon  41'	Report	Otávio  65' Hernani  87'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 12,389 Referee: Anderson Daronco

São Paulo v Vitória

15 June 8	São Paulo	2–0	Vitória	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−03:00	Calleri  75' Lugano  86'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 9,213 Referee: Wagner Reway

Flamengo v São Paulo

19 June 9	Flamengo	2–2	São Paulo	Brasília
16:00 UTC−03:00	Rodrigo Caio  22' (o.g.) Willian Arão  58'	Report	Calleri  11', 51'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Attendance: 27,233 Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha

São Paulo v Sport

23 June 10	São Paulo	0–0	Sport	São Paulo
21:00 UTC−03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 11,145 Referee: Rafael Traci

Santos v São Paulo

26 June 11	Santos	3–0	São Paulo	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03:00	Vitor Bueno  1' Rodrigão  39' Lucas Lima  90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 24,830 Referee: Raphael Claus

São Paulo v Fluminense

29 June 12	São Paulo	2–1	Fluminense	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03:00	João Schmidt  1' Alan Kardec  39'	Report	Cícero  52' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 10,323 Referee: Anderson Daronco

Ponte Preta v São Paulo

3 July 13	Ponte Preta	1–0	São Paulo	Campinas
16:30 UTC−03:00	Clayson  56'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Moisés Lucarelli (Majestoso) Attendance: 5,551 Referee: Vinicius Furlan

São Paulo v América-MG

10 July 14	São Paulo	3–0	América-MG	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03:00	Alan Kardec  33', 59' Lyanco  42'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 8,198 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva

Corinthians v São Paulo

17 July 15	Corinthians	1–1	São Paulo	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03:00	Bruno Henrique  21'	Report	Cueva  15' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena Corinthians Attendance: 42,099 Referee: Péricles Bassols

Grêmio v São Paulo

24 July 16	Grêmio	1–0	São Paulo	Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC−03:00	Douglas  52'	Report		Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 37,069 Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

São Paulo v Chapecoense

31 July 17	São Paulo	2–2	Chapecoense	São Paulo
11:00 UTC−03:00	Cueva  61', 86' (pen.)	Report	Kempes  5' Thiego  13'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 54,996 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

São Paulo v Atlético Mineiro

4 August 18	São Paulo	1–2	Atlético Mineiro	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−03:00	Chávez  4'	Report	Maicosuel  12' Pratto  21'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 15,717 Referee: Leandro Vuaden

Santa Cruz v São Paulo

7 August 19	Santa Cruz	1–2	São Paulo	Recife
16:15 UTC−03:00	Keno  84'	Report	Chávez  39', 65'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 12,552 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araujo

São Paulo v Botafogo

14 August 20	São Paulo	0–1	Botafogo	São Paulo
16:15 UTC−03:00		Report	Sassá  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 14,399 Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira

Internacional v São Paulo

21 August 21	Internacional	1–1	São Paulo	Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC−03:00	Ernando  85'	Report	Cueva  36' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (Beira-Rio) Attendance: 26,130 Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Junior

São Paulo v Coritiba

28 August 22	São Paulo	0–0	Coritiba	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 7,836 Referee: Francisco Carlos do Nascimento

Palmeiras v São Paulo

7 September 23	Palmeiras	2–1	São Paulo	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03:00	Vitor Hugo  55' Mina  70'	Report	Chávez  47'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 39,944 Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci

São Paulo v Figueirense

11 September 24	São Paulo	3–1	Figueirense	São Paulo
11:00 UTC−03:00	Chávez  30' Cueva  65' Kelvin  62'	Report	Carlos Alberto  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 27,365 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva

São Paulo v Cruzeiro

15 September 25	São Paulo	1–0	Cruzeiro	São Paulo
21:00 UTC−03:00	Wesley  42'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 15,566 Referee: Diego Almeida Real

Atlético Paranaense v São Paulo

18 September 26	Atlético Paranaense	1–0	São Paulo	Curitiba
16:00 UTC−03:00	Pablo  79'	Report		Stadium: Arena Joaquim Américo Guimarães (Arena da Baixada) Attendance: 17,614 Referee: Anderson Daronco

Vitória v São Paulo

25 September 27	Vitória	2–0	São Paulo	Salvador
16:00 UTC−03:00	Marinho  52' Lyanco  71' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Manoel Barradas (Barradão) Attendance: 11,384 Referee: Francisco Carlos do Nascimento

São Paulo v Flamengo

1 October 28	São Paulo	0–0	Flamengo	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 29,813 Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci

Sport v São Paulo

5 October 29	Sport	1–1	São Paulo	Recife
21:45 UTC−03:00	Diego Souza  42'	Report	Thiago Mendes  25'	Stadium: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (Ilha do Retiro) Attendance: 11,424 Referee: Rafael Traci

São Paulo v Santos

13 October 30	São Paulo	0–1	Santos	São Paulo
21:00 UTC−03:00		Report	Copete  46'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 28,321 Referee: Anderson Daronco

Fluminense v São Paulo

17 October 31	Fluminense	1–2	São Paulo	Rio de Janeiro
20:00 UTC−02:00	Wellington  30' (pen.)	Report	Thiago Mendes  71' Rodrigo Caio  81'	Stadium: Estádio Giulite Coutinho (Édson Passos) Attendance: 7,824 Referee: Nielson Nogueira Dias

São Paulo v Ponte Preta

22 October 32	São Paulo	2–0	Ponte Preta	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−02:00	Cueva  11' (pen.) David Neres  81'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 49,673 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

América-MG v São Paulo

31 October 33	América-MG	1–0	São Paulo	Belo Horizonte
20:00 UTC−02:00	Michael  26'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (Independência) Attendance: 5,014 Referee: João Batista de Arruda

São Paulo v Corinthians

5 November 34	São Paulo	4–0	Corinthians	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−02:00	Cueva  14' (pen.) David Neres  61' Chávez  67' Luiz Araújo  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 53,781 Referee: Claudio Francisco Lima e Silva

São Paulo v Grêmio

17 November 35	São Paulo	1–1	Grêmio	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−02:00	Chávez  11'	Report	Ramiro  65'	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 21,933 Referee: Jailson Macedo Freitas

Chapecoense v São Paulo

20 November 36	Chapecoense	2–0	São Paulo	Chapecó
19:30 UTC−02:00	Dener  40' Tiaguinho  45'	Report		Stadium: Arena Indio Condá Attendance: 8,163 Referee: Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima

Atlético Mineiro v São Paulo

27 November 37	Atlético Mineiro	1–2	São Paulo	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC−02:00	Hyuri  22'	Report	Maicon  24' Gilberto  90'	Stadium: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (Independência) Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva

São Paulo v Santa Cruz

11 December 38	São Paulo	5–0	Santa Cruz	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−02:00	David Neres  1' Gilberto  29' Chávez  57', 72' Luiz Araújo  81'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu) Attendance: 16,553 Referee: Paulo Schleich Volkopff

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2016 Copa do Brasil

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	−1	1	0	0	1	0	+1

Round of 16

São Paulo v Juventude

24 August First leg	São Paulo	1–2	Juventude	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03:00	Chávez  39'	Report	Roberson  9', 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi) Attendance: 6,643 Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio

Juventude v São Paulo

22 September Second leg	Juventude	0–1 (2–2 (a) agg.)	São Paulo	Caxias do Sul
21:30 UTC−03:00		Report	Rodrigo Caio  68'	Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

References

1. "São Paulo encaminha empréstimo de Ademilson a outro clube japonês".
2. "Por SMS, Ceará informa contratação do atacante Roni, ex-São Paulo".
3. "Lucas Farias reforça Estoril por empréstimo do São Paulo".
4. "Ponte fecha acordo com São Paulo e anuncia empréstimo de Reinaldo".
5. "XV anuncia contratação de Carleto, emprestado até maio pelo São Paulo".
6. "Promessa do São Paulo, atacante Luiz Araújo é emprestado ao Novorizontino".
7. "Revelação do São Paulo, Auro vai defender no Linense no Paulistão".
8. "Boa acerta com Matheus Queiroz, meia formado na base do São Paulo".
9. "Atacante Rogério é mais um reforço do Leão". Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
10. "De volta, Caramelo pode permanecer no São Paulo se agradar ao treinador".
11. "Cruzeiro confirma empréstimo de Mena para o São Paulo".
12. "Lugano confirma volta ao São Paulo: "Não podia dar as costas à história"".
13. "São Paulo aguarda documentos da China para anunciar centroavante".
14. "Calleri na área!".
15. "Kelvin é o quinto reforço tricolor em 2016".
16. "Com perfil vitorioso, Maicon reforça a defesa tricolor!".
17. "Reapresentação marca retorno de 'velhos conhecidos'". Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
18. "Ytalo reforça o ataque tricolor!".
19. "Reforço de Seleção!".
20. "São Paulo prepara reformulação, e atletas com contrato no fim puxam fila".
21. "Contratado em definitivo, Maicon é reapresentado no Grêmio".
22. "Botafogo acerta o retorno de lateral Luis Ricardo".
23. ""Operação K9": Vitória confirma contratação do atacante Kieza".
24. "São Paulo libera Wilder".

External links

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