| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: |  Fernando Casal de Rey |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League Result: | 11th |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners-up (in 1997 Copa do Brasil) |
| Cup2 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Cup3 Result: | Champions (1st title) |
| Cup4 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup5 Result: | Preliminary round |
| League Topscorer: | Müller (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Valdir Bigode (31) |
| Nextseason: | 1997 |
The 1996 season was São Paulo's 67th 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 Masters CONMEBOL | width=80 | Copa do Brasil | width=80 | Copa de Oro | width=80 | Campeonato Brasileiro | width=80 | Supercopa Sudamericana | width=80 | Others | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | FW | Valdir | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | | FW | Almir | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | | FW | Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | | FW | França | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | | MF | Denílson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | | MF | Sandoval | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| = |  | FW | Víctor Aristizábal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | | FW | Adriano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| = | | FW | Aílton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| = | | DF | Bordon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| = | | FW | Fábio Mello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| = | | DF | Serginho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | | MF | André Luiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| = | | DF | Edmílson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| = | | DF | Pedro Luís | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | | MF | Djair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| = | | DF | Guilherme | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | | DF | Belletti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| = | | FW | Luciano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 54 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 129 |
| Games played | 69 (30 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 3 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa de Oro, 23 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Supercopa Libertadores, 7 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 35 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa de Oro, 9 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Supercopa Libertadores, 4 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 19 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 1 Copa do Brasil, 0 Copa de Oro, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Supercopa Libertadores, 3 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 15 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa de Oro, 6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Supercopa Libertadores, 0 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 130 |
| Goals conceded | 85 |
| Goal difference | +45 |
| Best result | 7–3 (H) v Botafogo - Copa Masters CONMEBOL - 1996.02.08 |
| Worst result | 0–5 (H) v Corinthians - Campeonato Paulista - 1996.03.10 |
| Most appearances | |
| Top scorer | Valdir Bigode (31) |