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.

Appearances and goals

 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |Players who are on loan/left São Paulo this season:
 * colspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |Players who are on loan/left São Paulo this season:


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Disciplinary record
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:5%;"| Pos ! rowspan="2" style="width:5%;"| Nat ! rowspan="2" style="width:5%;"| No. ! rowspan="2" style="width:15%;"| Player ! colspan="3" | Campeonato Paulista ! colspan="3" | Copa Libertadores ! colspan="3" | Campeonato Brasileiro ! colspan="3" | Copa do Brasil ! colspan="3" | Total ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"|sent off: ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"|sent off: ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"|sent off: ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"|sent off: ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"|sent off:
 * 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
 * colspan="19"|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
 * colspan=4 | TOTAL
 * 40
 * 1
 * 0
 * 31
 * 2
 * 2
 * 27
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 98
 * 5
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * FW
 * 🇧🇷
 * 17
 * Rogério
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * colspan=4 | TOTAL
 * 40
 * 1
 * 0
 * 31
 * 2
 * 2
 * 27
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 0
 * 98
 * 5
 * 2
 * 5
 * 2

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


 * Last updated on 6 November

Overview
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 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Worst result || 1–4 (A) v Audax – Campeonato Paulista
 * Most appearances || Denis (68)
 * Top scorer || Jonathan Calleri (16)
 * Most appearances || Denis (68)
 * Top scorer || Jonathan Calleri (16)
 * Top scorer || Jonathan Calleri (16)

Results summary

 * Group C