| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: |  Juvenal Juvêncio José Eduardo Mesquita Pimenta |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Cup2 Result: | Repechage stage (in Yellow Group) |
| League Topscorer: | Eliel and Raí (5) |
| Season Topscorer: | Diego Aguirre (8) |
| Nextseason: | 1991 |
The 1990 season was São Paulo's 61st season since club's existence.
| width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Playing position | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Campeonato Paulista | width=80 | Copa do Brasil | width=80 | Campeonato Brasileiro | width=80 | Others | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | Diego Aguirre | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2 | | FW | Mário Tilico | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| = | | MF | Raí | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 3 | | FW | Ney Bala | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| = | | MF | Renatinho | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | | DF | Cafu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| = | | FW | Eliel | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 | | MF | Bernardo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| = | | MF | Bobô | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| = | | MF | Flávio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| = | | DF | Ronaldão | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | | FW | Anílton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| = | | MF | Betinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| = | | FW | Edmílson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| = | MF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | FW | Marcinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| = | | DF | Nelsinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 7 | | FW | Alcindo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | | DF | Antônio Carlos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | | DF | César | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | | MF | Elivélton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | | MF | Gilmar Popoca | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | | DF | Ivan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | | MF | Paulo César | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | | MF | Vizolli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 41 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 76 |
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Alberto Silva | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 46% | |||
| Pupo Gimenez (caretaker) | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 59% | |||
| Pablo Forlan | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 60% | |||
| Telê Santana | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 57% | |||
| Games played | 69 (33 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa do Brasil, 25 Campeonato Brasileiro, 5 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 28 (13 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa do Brasil, 10 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 22 (10 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 19 (10 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 76 |
| Goals conceded | 50 |
| Goal difference | +26 |
| Best result | 6–1 (H) v Noroeste - Campeonato Paulista - 1990.06.19 |
| Worst result | 0–2 (H) v Palmeiras - Campeonato Paulista - 1990.04.15 0–2 (A) v Criciúma - Copa do Brasil - 1990.08.02 |
| Top scorer | Diego Aguirre (8) |