2002 São Paulo FC season explained

Club:	São Paulo
Season:	2002
Manager:	Nelsinho Baptista (until 12 May) Oswaldo de Oliveira
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League:	Campeonato Brasileiro
League Result:	Quarter-finals (in 2003 Copa Sudamericana)
Cup1:	Torneio Rio – São Paulo
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	Copa do Brasil
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup3:	Supercampeonato Paulista
Cup3 Result:	Champions (1st title)
Cup4:	Copa dos Campeões
Cup4 Result:	First stage
League Topscorer:	Luís Fabiano (19)
Season Topscorer:	Reinaldo (31)
Highest Attendance:	64,946 (v Santos in the Campeonato Brasileiro)
Lowest Attendance:	5,005 (v Goiás in the Campeonato Brasileiro)
Prevseason:	2001
Nextseason:	2003

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

• Final squad

Statistics

Scorers

width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=60	Playing position	width=150	Name	width=80	Torneio Rio-São Paulo	width=80	Copa do Brasil	width=80	Supercampeonato Paulista	width=80	Copa dos Campeões	width=80	Campeonato Brasileiro	width=80	Friendly match	width=80	Total
1		FW	Reinaldo	7	7	3	0	12	2	31
2		FW	França	19	5	0	0	0	0	24
3		MF	Kaká	7	6	0	0	9	1	23
4		FW	Luís Fabiano	0	0	0	2	19	0	21
5		DF	Jean	2	1	0	0	2	0	5
=		MF	Júlio Baptista	0	0	2	0	3	0	5
=		GK	Rogério Ceni	3	1	0	0	1	0	5
=		FW	Sandro Hiroshi	0	0	2	1	0	2	5
6		FW	Adriano	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
=		DF	Belletti	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
=		MF	Ricardinho	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
=		MF	Souza	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
7		MF	Fábio Simplício	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
=		DF	Gabriel	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
=		DF	Gustavo Nery	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
=		DF	Jorginho Paulista	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
=		DF	Júlio Santos	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
8		FW	Dill	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		DF	Emerson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
=		DF	Horacio Ameli	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		FW	Leandro Amaral	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		DF	Reginaldo	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
=		DF	Régis	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		FW	Rico	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
=		DF	Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
			Total	53	21	10	3	59	7	154

Managers performance

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
		19 January	12 May	28	13	5	10	75	48	52%
		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)