| Club: | São Paulo |
| Season: | 2009 |
| Manager: |  Muricy Ramalho (until 19 June) Milton Cruz (caretaker manager) Ricardo Gomes |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Juvenal Juvêncio |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | Série A |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | Campeonato Paulista |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup2: | Copa Libertadores |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Washington (17 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Washington (32 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 53,204 (v Vitória in the Série A) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,935 (v Bragantino in the Paulistão) |
| Prevseason: | 2008 |
| Nextseason: | 2010 |
The 2009 season was São Paulo's 80th season since club's existence. For the third year consecutive Tricolor fall in semifinals of Campeonato Paulista, this time losing to rival Corinthians. In Copa Libertadores was defeated in quarterfinals by Cruzeiro after two losses 1–2 (away), 0–2 (home). At the league, the club broke the triumph's sequence of the three previous titles. Ending in the 3rd position took a place in Copa Libertadores. After three and a half, the coach Muricy Ramalho was fired by the fourth consecutive elimination in Libertadores.
| Position | Staff | |
|---|---|---|
| Manager | Ricardo Gomes | |
| Assistant managers | Milton Cruz | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Haroldo Lamounier | |
| First team fitness coach | Carlinhos Neves | |
| Club doctor | José SanchesOther informationSquadAs of 20 August 2009[1] TransfersOut on loanIn[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Out[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] StatisticsAppearances and goals |
Includes all competitive matches
| width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Campeonato Paulista | width=80 | Copa Libertadores | width=80 | Campeonato Brasileiro | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 9 | Washington | 12 | 3 | 17 | 32 | ||||||||
| 2 | | 17 | Borges | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||
| 3 | | 7 | Jorge Wagner | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| = | | 10 | Hernanes | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| = | | 25 | Dagoberto | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| 6 | | 18 | Hugo | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 7 | | 3 | André Dias | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| = | | 19 | André Lima | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 9 | | 1 | Rogério Ceni | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| = | | 9 | Rodrigo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| = | | 15 | Jean | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| = | | 20 | Richarlyson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 13 | | 5 | Miranda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| = | | 13 | Jean Rolt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| = | | 14 | Renato Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| = | | 16 | Marlos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 34 | 11 | 57 | 102 |
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Brasileiro | Total | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | | 1 | Rogério Ceni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| DF | | 2 | Wagner Diniz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| DF | | 3 | André Dias | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 2 | ||||
| DF | | 4 | Rodrigo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| DF | | 5 | Miranda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | ||||
| DF | | 6 | Júnior César | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| MF | | 7 | Jorge Wagner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| MF | | 8 | Eduardo Costa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| FW | | 9 | Washington | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | ||||
| MF | | 10 | Hernanes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| MF | | 11 | Arouca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| DF | | 12 | Joílson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| DF | | 13 | Jean Rolt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| DF | | 14 | Renato Silva | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 3 | ||||
| MF | | 15 | Jean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| MF | | 16 | Marlos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| FW | | 17 | Borges | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| MF | | 18 | Hugo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| FW | | 19 | André Lima | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| MF | | 20 | Richarlyson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | ||||
| DF |  | 21 | Adrián González | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| GK | | 22 | Bosco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| DF | | 23 | Zé Luís | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| FW | | 25 | Dagoberto | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 2 | ||||
| MF | | 28 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 101 | 15 | 186 | 22 | |||||||
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 17 June | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 57% | ||
| 21 June | 21 June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0% | ||
| 28 June | 6 December | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 34 | 62% | ||
| Games played | 67 (21 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games won | 34 (12 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa Libertadores, 18 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games drawn | 16 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa Libertadores, 11 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games lost | 17 (5 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa Libertadores, 9 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Goals scored | 102 |
| Goals conceded | 72 |
| Goal difference | +30 |
| Yellow cards | 186 |
| Red cards | 22 |
| Worst discipline | Richarlyson (14, 3) |
| Best result | 5–0 (H) v Mirassol – Paulistão – 2009.3.12 |
| Worst result | 3–1 (A) v Corinthians – Série A – 2009.6.21 |
| Most appearances | Hernanes, Jean, Washington (58 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Washington (32 goals) |