| Club: | São Paulo |
| Season: | 2001 |
| Manager: |  Vadão (until May 24) Nelsinho Baptista |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Paulo Amaral Vasconcelos |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | Campeonato Brasileiro |
| League Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup1: | Torneio Rio-São Paulo |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions (1st title) |
| Cup2: | Campeonato Paulista |
| Cup2 Result: | 8th |
| Cup3: | Copa do Brasil |
| Cup3 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup4: | Copa dos Campeões |
| Cup4 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup5: | Copa Mercosur |
| Cup5 Result: | Group stage |
| League Topscorer: | França (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | França (45) |
| Highest Attendance: | 71,668 (v Botafogo in the Torneio Rio-São Paulo) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 4,509 (v Coritiba in the Copa dos Campeões) |
| Prevseason: | 2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2002 |
The 2001 season was São Paulo's 72nd season since club's existence. São Paulo won the Torneio Rio-São Paulo for the first time beating Botafogo in an aggregated score by 6-2 (4-1 Away; 2-1 Home). In Campeonato Paulista the club finished in 8th place. Tricolor reach the Quarter-finals at the Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil losing to Atlético Paranaense in the league and to Grêmio at the cup. São Paulo was eliminated at the group stage in the Copa Mercosur and became a runners-up at the Copa dos Campeões after was defeated by Flamengo.
| width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Playing position | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Torneio Rio-São Paulo | width=80 | Campeonato Paulista | width=80 | Copa do Brasil | width=80 | Copa dos Campeões | width=80 | Copa Mercosur | width=80 | Campeonato Brasileiro | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | FW | França | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 45 | |||||||||||
| 2 | | FW | Luís Fabiano | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 31 | |||||||||||
| 3 | | MF | Kaká | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 4 | | MF | Júlio Baptista | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 5 | | MF | Carlos Miguel | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 6 | | MF | Fábio Simplício | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| = | | DF | Gustavo Nery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 7 | | FW | Adriano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| = | | DF | Belletti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | MF | Fabiano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 8 | | FW | Ilan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | DF | Jean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | FW | Leandro Alves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | DF | Reginaldo Araújo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | FW | Reinaldo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | FW | Renatinho | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | GK | Rogério Ceni | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | DF | Rogério Pinheiro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | | MF | Alexandre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | | FW | Fabiano Souza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | | DF | Lino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | | DF | Reginaldo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | | MF | Sidney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | | DF | Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 15 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 49 | 148 |
| Games played | 70 (8 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 15 Campeonato Paulista, 7 Copa do Brasil, 6 Copa dos Campeões, 6 Copa Mercosur, 28 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games won | 35 (5 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 6 Campeonato Paulista, 5 Copa do Brasil, 5 Copa dos Campeões, 1 Copa Mercosur, 13 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games drawn | 15 (1 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 3 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa do Brasil, 0 Copa dos Campeões, 4 Copa Mercosur, 7 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games lost | 20 (2 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 6 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 1 Copa Mercosur, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Goals scored | 148 |
| Goals conceded | 96 |
| Goal difference | +52 |
| Best result | 10–0 (H) v Botafogo-PB - Copa do Brasil - 2001.3.28 |
| Worst result | 1–7 (A) v Vasco da Gama - Campeonato Brasileiro - 2001.11.25 |
| Top scorer | França (45 goals) |
| width=60 | Final Position | width=60 | Points | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Wins | width=60 | Draws | width=60 | Losses | width=60 | Goals For | width=60 | Goals Away | width=60 | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 66% |
See main article: 2001 Campeonato Paulista.
| width=60 | Final Position | width=60 | Points | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Wins | width=60 | Draws | width=60 | Losses | width=60 | Goals For | width=60 | Goals Away | width=60 | Win% |
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| 8th | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 53% |
See main article: 2001 Copa do Brasil.
| width=60 | Final Position | width=60 | Points | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Wins | width=60 | Draws | width=60 | Losses | width=60 | Goals For | width=60 | Goals Away | width=60 | Win% |
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| 5th | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 71% |
| width=60 | Final Position | width=60 | Points | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Wins | width=60 | Draws | width=60 | Losses | width=60 | Goals For | width=60 | Goals Away | width=60 | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 83% |
See main article: Copa Mercosur 2001.
| width=60 | Final Position | width=60 | Points | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Wins | width=60 | Draws | width=60 | Losses | width=60 | Goals For | width=60 | Goals Away | width=60 | Win% |
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| 15th | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 38% |
See main article: 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
| width=60 | Final Position | width=60 | Points | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Wins | width=60 | Draws | width=60 | Losses | width=60 | Goals For | width=60 | Goals Away | width=60 | Win% |
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| 7th | 46 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 66% |