2002 São Paulo FC season

São Paulo
2002 season
Chairman Brazil Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa
Manager Brazil Nelsinho Baptista
(until 12 May)
Brazil Oswaldo de Oliveira
Campeonato Brasileiro Quarterfinals
Torneio Rio-São Paulo Runners-up
Copa do Brasil Semifinals
Supercampeonato Paulista Champions (1st title)
Copa dos Campeões First stage
Top goalscorer League: Luís Fabiano (19)
All: Reinaldo (31)
Highest home attendance 64,946 ( v Santos in the Campeonato Brasileiro)
Lowest home attendance 5,005 ( v Goiás in the Campeonato Brasileiro)

The 2002 season was São Paulo's 73rd season since club's existence. The club became a runners-up of Torneio Rio-São Paulo losing the final to rival Corinthians. Exceptionally this year the main clubs from state like Santos, Corinthians and Palmeiras along São Paulo did not participated of Campeonato Paulista to not overload the number of games in calendar, with two tournaments being disputed at same time, Torneio Rio-São Paulo and Campeonato Paulista, then was created only this year the Supercampeonato paulista played by Corinthians (Torneio Rio-São Paulo winners), São Paulo (Torneio Rio-São Paulo runners-up), Palmeiras (Torneio Rio-São Paulo third place) and Ituano (Campeonato Paulista winners). Tricolor won the title against Ituano, 2-2 (away); 4-1 (home). At Copa do Brasil was defeated again by Corinthians, this time in semifinal. In Copa dos Campeões was eliminated in group stage and quarterfinals in Série A losing to rival Santos.

Squad

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

No. Position Player
Brazil GK Rogério Ceni
Brazil GK Roger
Brazil DF Gabriel
Brazil DF Rafael
Argentina DF Horacio Ameli
Brazil DF Jean
Brazil DF Gustavo Nery
Brazil DF Júlio Santos
Brazil DF Jorginho Paulista
Brazil DF Wilson
Brazil DF Reginaldo
Chile DF Claudio Maldonado
Brazil DF Régis
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Adriano
Brazil MF Fábio Simplício
Brazil MF Ricardinho
Brazil MF Aílton
Brazil MF Júlio Baptista
Brazil MF Kaká
Brazil MF Daniel Rossi
Brazil FW Leandro Amaral
Brazil FW Reinaldo
Brazil FW Luís Fabiano
Brazil FW Dill
Brazil FW Oliveira
Brazil FW Vítor

Statistics

Scorers

Position Nation Playing position Name Torneio Rio-São Paulo Copa do Brasil Supercampeonato Paulista Copa dos Campeões Campeonato Brasileiro Friendly match Total
1 Brazil FW Reinaldo 7 7 3 0 12 2 31
2 Brazil FW França 19 5 0 0 0 0 24
3 Brazil MF Kaká 7 5 0 0 9 1 22
4 Brazil FW Luís Fabiano 0 0 0 2 19 0 21
5 Brazil DF Jean 2 1 0 0 2 0 5
= Brazil MF Júlio Baptista 0 0 2 0 3 0 5
= Brazil GK Rogério Ceni 3 1 0 0 1 0 5
= Brazil FW Sandro Hiroshi 0 0 2 1 0 2 5
6 Brazil FW Adriano 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
= Brazil DF Belletti 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
= Brazil MF Ricardinho 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
= Brazil MF Souza 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
7 Brazil MF Fábio Simplício 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
= Brazil DF Gabriel 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
= Brazil DF Gustavo Nery 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
= Brazil DF Jorginho Paulista 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
= Brazil DF Júlio Santos 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
8 Brazil FW Dill 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
= Brazil Emerson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
= Argentina DF Horacio Ameli 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
= Brazil FW Leandro Amaral 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
= Brazil Reginaldo 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
= Brazil DF Régis 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
= Brazil FW Rico 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
= Brazil DF Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 53 21 10 3 59 7 154

Managers performance

NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Baptista, NelsinhoNelsinho Baptista  Brazil 19 January 12 May 28 13 5 10 75 48 52%
Oliveira, Oswaldo deOswaldo de Oliveira  Brazil 19 May 14 November 35 20 7 8 81 50 64%

Overall

Games played 63 (19 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 4 Supercampeonato Paulista, 9 Copa do Brasil, 3 Copa dos Campeões, 27 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Friendly match)
Games won 33 (8 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 2 Supercampeonato Paulista, 5 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Friendly match)
Games drawn 12 (5 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 2 Supercampeonato Paulista, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 4 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match)
Games lost 18 (6 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 0 Supercampeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match)
Goals scored 154
Goals conceded 97
Goal difference +57
Best result 7–0 (H) v Bangu - Torneio Rio-São Paulo - 2002.03.17
Worst result 0–3 (A) v São Caetano - Campeonato Brasileiro - 2002.09.07
Top scorer Reinaldo (31 goals)

Source: São Paulo FC

Friendlies

Official competitions

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Copa do Brasil

Main article: Copa do Brasil 2002

Supercampeonato Paulista

Copa do Campeões

Campeonato Brasileiro

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, July 11, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.