2011 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season

The 2011 season was the 97th season in Palmeiras's existence, and their 96th in Brazil's first division. Palmeiras will also play the usual state league, Campeonato Paulista, the national cup, Copa do Brasil and the continental cup, the Copa Sudamericana.

Due to the renovations taking place at Palestra Itália for the construction of the new Arena, Palmeiras played all their home matches of the 2011 season, at Pacaembu and at the Canindé Stadium.

Friendlies
Palmeiras' first match in 2011 will be a friendly away against XV de Piracicaba on 12 January.

Campeonato Paulista
In December 2010, the FPF announced that Palmeiras will face Botafogo-SP at the Pacaembu Stadium, Palmeiras's temporary home until 2012, for the 1st Round of the Campeonato Paulista. On 11 January 2011, the FPF announced the schedule of all matches in the 2011 Paulista.

First phase
Last updated: 17 April 2011 Source: S.E. Palmeiras

Second phase
Last updated: 2 May 2011 Source: S.E. Palmeiras

Copa do Brasil
On 19 January, CBF announced the fixtures for the 1st Round of the 2011 Copa do Brasil. Palmeiras faced Comercial from the state of Piauí, playing the 1st leg away, on 23 February in Teresina and the 2nd leg home, on 2 March in São Paulo. Palmeiras advanced to the Second Phase of the competition, and faced Uberaba in Minas Gerais, winning by the score of 4–0 and securing a place in the Round of 16. In the last eight round, Palmeiras played against Santo André and won by the aggregate score of 3–1, advancing to the Quarterfinals. In the 1st leg of the Round of 16, Palmeiras suffered a shocking defeat by the score of 6–0 to Coritiba, the team didn't play football at all and Coritiba was magnificent. In the 2nd leg, Palmeiras conquered a 2–0 victory at home against Coritiba, but it wasn't enough to achieve qualification to the tournaments semifinals.

First phase

Second phase

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Campeonato Brasileiro
The draw for the most important competition in Brazil was announced by CBF in early April. The first round is scheduled for 22 May.

Last updated: 5 December 2011. Source: S.E. Palmeiras

Copa Sul-Americana
On 28 June, the matches of the 2011 Copa Sul-Americana were defined in Buenos Aires, Argentina. All the Brazilian clubs participating in the competition will enter in the Second Phase and will play against another Brazilian. Palmeiras will play Vasco da Gama in a two-leg encounter.

Second phase

Overall statistics
{|class="wikitable"
 * Games played || 69 (21 Campeonato Paulista, 7 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa Sul-Americana, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Friendly)
 * Games won || 31 (13 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sul-Americana, 11 Campeonato Brasileiro)
 * Games drawn || 23 (5 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa do Brasil, 0 Copa Sul-Americana, 17 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Friendly)
 * Games lost || 15 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sul-Americana, 10 Campeonato Brasileiro)
 * Goals scored || 95
 * Goals conceded || 63
 * Goal difference || +32
 * Average GF per game || 1.37
 * Average GA per game || 0.91
 * Clean sheets || 27
 * Best result || 5 – 0 (H) vs. Avaí – Campeonato Brasileiro – 19 June 2011
 * Worst result || 0 – 6 (A) vs. Coritiba – Copa do Brasil – 5 May 2011
 * Most Appearances || Márcio Araújo (63)
 * Yellow cards || 160
 * Red cards || 11
 * Average YC per game || 2.31
 * Average RC per game || 0.15
 * Top scorer || Kleber (17 goals)
 * Top assistor || Marcos Assunção (17)
 * Most clean sheets || Deola (17)
 * Worst discipline || Thiago Heleno (16, 2 )
 * Best result || 5 – 0 (H) vs. Avaí – Campeonato Brasileiro – 19 June 2011
 * Worst result || 0 – 6 (A) vs. Coritiba – Copa do Brasil – 5 May 2011
 * Most Appearances || Márcio Araújo (63)
 * Yellow cards || 160
 * Red cards || 11
 * Average YC per game || 2.31
 * Average RC per game || 0.15
 * Top scorer || Kleber (17 goals)
 * Top assistor || Marcos Assunção (17)
 * Most clean sheets || Deola (17)
 * Worst discipline || Thiago Heleno (16, 2 )
 * Average RC per game || 0.15
 * Top scorer || Kleber (17 goals)
 * Top assistor || Marcos Assunção (17)
 * Most clean sheets || Deola (17)
 * Worst discipline || Thiago Heleno (16, 2 )
 * Top assistor || Marcos Assunção (17)
 * Most clean sheets || Deola (17)
 * Worst discipline || Thiago Heleno (16, 2 )
 * Worst discipline || Thiago Heleno (16, 2 )
 * Worst discipline || Thiago Heleno (16, 2 )

Updated 4 December 2011

Squad information
Updated as of 16 November 2011

Sul-Americana squad
CONMEBOL allows each team to choose only 25 players from their squad to compete in the Sudamericana, with numberings from 1 to 25. Some of the players are registered with their own squad number and others had to choose another one from the 25.

Updated as of 17 August 2011

Squad statistics
NOTE: Starting appearance + Substitute appearance
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Players in italics have left the club during the season

Luan, now nº 11, was nº 21 until 27 August

Chico, now nº 23 (previously Danilo), was nº 3 until the arrival of Henrique

Ricardo Bueno the nº 9, Paulo Henrique the nº 14, Gerley the nº 18 and Fernandão the nº 19, all arrived when their squad numbers were available and previously used by Wellington Paulista (nº 9), Vítor (nº 14), Max Santos (nº 18) and Adriano (nº 19) respectively

Starting 11
{| class="wikitable" ! No. ! Pos. ! Nation ! Name ! Starts ! Note
 * align="left"|22||align="left"|GK||align="center"|||align="left"|Deola||align="center"|40||Marcos has 26 starts
 * align="left"|2||align="left"|RB||align="center"|||align="left"|Cicinho||align="center"|54
 * align="left"|4||align="left"|RCB||align="center"|||align="left"|Thiago Heleno||align="center"|48||Maurício Ramos has 26 starts
 * align="left"|23||align="left"|LCB||align="center"|||align="left"|Danilo||align="center"|26||Henrique has 22 starts
 * align="left"|6||align="left"|LB||align="center"|||align="left"|Gabriel Silva||align="center"|29||Rivaldo has 27 starts
 * align="left"|8||align="left"|RDM||align="center"|||align="left"|Márcio Araújo||align="center"|62
 * align="left"|20||align="left"|LDM||align="center"|||align="left"|Marcos Assunção||align="center"|59||Chico has 21 starts
 * align="left"|40||align="left"|CAM||align="center"|||align="left"|Patrik||align="center"|29||Valdivia has 27 starts
 * align="left"|19||align="left"|RW||align="center"|||align="left"|Adriano||align="center"|16||Maikon Leite has 15 starts
 * align="left"|11||align="left"|LW||align="center"|||align="left"|Luan||align="center"|54
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|ST||align="center"|||align="left"|Kleber (c)||align="center"|44||Fernandão has 11 starts
 * align="left"|8||align="left"|RDM||align="center"|||align="left"|Márcio Araújo||align="center"|62
 * align="left"|20||align="left"|LDM||align="center"|||align="left"|Marcos Assunção||align="center"|59||Chico has 21 starts
 * align="left"|40||align="left"|CAM||align="center"|||align="left"|Patrik||align="center"|29||Valdivia has 27 starts
 * align="left"|19||align="left"|RW||align="center"|||align="left"|Adriano||align="center"|16||Maikon Leite has 15 starts
 * align="left"|11||align="left"|LW||align="center"|||align="left"|Luan||align="center"|54
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|ST||align="center"|||align="left"|Kleber (c)||align="center"|44||Fernandão has 11 starts
 * align="left"|19||align="left"|RW||align="center"|||align="left"|Adriano||align="center"|16||Maikon Leite has 15 starts
 * align="left"|11||align="left"|LW||align="center"|||align="left"|Luan||align="center"|54
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|ST||align="center"|||align="left"|Kleber (c)||align="center"|44||Fernandão has 11 starts
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|ST||align="center"|||align="left"|Kleber (c)||align="center"|44||Fernandão has 11 starts
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|ST||align="center"|||align="left"|Kleber (c)||align="center"|44||Fernandão has 11 starts

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