| Season: | 1985 |
| Manager: |  Cilinho |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Carlos Miguel Aidar |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | Série A |
| League Result: | First stage |
| Cup1: | Campeonato Paulista |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions (14th title) |
| League Topscorer: | Careca (12) |
| Season Topscorer: | Careca (35) |
| Prevseason: | 1984 |
| Nextseason: | 1986 |
The 1985 season was São Paulo's 56th season since club's existence.
| width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Playing position | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Campeonato Brasileiro | width=80 | Campeonato Paulista | width=80 | Others | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | FW | Careca | 12 | 23 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||
| 2 | | FW | Müller | 4 | 20 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 3 | | MF | Pianelli | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||
| 4 | | MF | Pita | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| = | | FW | Sídney | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| = | | MF | Silas | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | | FW | Freitas | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 6 | | DF | Darío Pereyra | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| = | | MF | Márcio Araújo | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| = | | FW | Newton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| = | | DF | Oscar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 7 | | DF | Éder Taino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| = | | DF | Fonseca | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| = | | MF | Vizolli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 8 | | FW | Agnaldo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| = | | FW | Geraldo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| = | | DF | Nelsinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Own goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 36 | 71 | 14 | 121 |
| Games played | 71 (20 Campeonato Brasileiro, 42 Campeonato Paulista, 9 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 35 (7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 23 Campeonato Paulista, 5 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 21 (6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 12 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 16 (7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 7 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 121 |
| Goals conceded | 74 |
| Goal difference | +47 |
| Best result | 5–0 (H) v São Bento - Campeonato Paulista - 1985.07.31 |
| Worst result | 2–4 (A) v Atlético Mineiro - Campeonato Brasileiro - 1985.02.10 |
| Top scorer | Careca (35) |