2012 São Paulo FC season explained

Club:	São Paulo
Season:	2012
Manager:	Emerson Leão (until 26 June) Milton Cruz (caretaker manager) Ney Franco
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Stadium:	Estádio do Morumbi
Chairman:	Juvenal Juvêncio
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League:	Série A
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Campeonato Paulista
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup2:	Copa do Brasil
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup3:	Copa Sudamericana
Cup3 Result:	Champions (1st title)
League Topscorer:	Luís Fabiano (17 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Luís Fabiano (32 goals)
Highest Attendance:	67,042 (v Tigre in the Copa Sudamericana)
Lowest Attendance:	4,740 (v Catanduvense in the Campeonato Paulista)
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Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

The 2012 season was São Paulo's 83rd year since the club's existence. After finishing the national league in sixth position in previous season, the team was not able to take part on Copa Libertadores for the second year consecutive thus participating in national cup, Copa do Brasil. In Campeonato Paulista, the team reached semifinals for a straight third year losing to Santos in their own field, the rival was consecrated champion in all these years. In the Copa do Brasil, Tricolor was also defeated in the same stage, this time for Cortiba, after lose the second match by 2–0, remaining an aggregate score of 2–1 to opponent. However the second half of season bring great results for The Dearest, finishing 4th position in league and an international title of Copa Sudamericana in the end of year. The Tricolor won the trophy for the first time against Argentine club Tigre in a troubled match that opponent refused to play the second half of final match in Morumbi. São Paulo was winning by 2–0, goals by Lucas at 22' and Osvaldo at 28' when referee whistled the final of match without return of Argentines to field, was the 12th international official title in Tricolor's history.

Players

Current squad

(on loan from Arsenal)

Out on loan

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Transfers

In

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Out

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

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¹Ademilson became nº 11 during the season. Before he was nº 29^[32]

Top scorers

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	Copa Sudamericana	width=80	Total
1		FW	Luís Fabiano	5	8	17	1	31
2		FW	Lucas	6	2	6	2	16
3		FW	Willian José	11	0	1	3	15
4		FW	Osvaldo	1	1	8	1	11
5		MF	Jádson	2	1	5	2	10
6		MF	Cícero	5	1	3	0	9
7		MF	Maicon	0	1	5	1	7
8		DF	Rhodolfo	5	1	0	0	6
9		FW	Fernandinho	5	0	0	0	5
10		FW	Ademilson	0	0	3	1	4
=		GK	Rogério Ceni	0	0	3	1	4
12		MF	Casemiro	2	1	0	0	3
=		DF	Douglas	0	1	2	0	3
=		DF	Rafael Toloi	0	0	1	2	3
15		DF	Cortez	0	1	1	0	2
=		DF	Paulo Miranda	0	0	2	0	2
17		MF	Denílson	0	0	1	0	1
=		DF	Edson Silva	1	0	0	0	1
=		MF	Wellington	1	0	0	0	1
/	/	/	Own goals	3	0	1	1	5
			Total	47	18	59	15	139

Top assists

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	Copa Sudamericana	width=80	Total
1		MF	Jádson	8	1	10	0	19
2		FW	Lucas	4	2	6	3	15
3		MF	Casemiro	6	2	0	0	8
4		FW	Osvaldo	1	0	4	1	6
5		DF	Cortez	1	1	2	1	5
=		FW	Luís Fabiano	1	2	2	0	5
7		MF	Denílson	2	0	1	1	4
=		FW	Fernandinho	4	0	0	0	4
9		MF	Cícero	1	2	0	0	3
10		MF	Ganso	0	0	2	0	2
=		DF	Rhodolfo	0	0	1	1	2
=		MF	Rodrigo Caio	1	0	1	0	2
13		DF	Douglas	0	0	1	0	1
=		FW	Ademilson	0	0	1	0	1
=		MF	Maicon	0	0	1	0	1
=		DF	Paulo Miranda	0	0	1	0	1
=		MF	Wellington	0	0	0	1	1
=		FW	Willian José	0	0	1	0	1
			Total	29	10	34	8	81

Disciplinary record

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Campeonato Paulista			Copa do Brasil			Campeonato Brasileiro			Copa Sudamericana			Total
GK		1	Rogério Ceni	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0
DF		2	Iván Piris	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
DF		3	Rafael Toloi	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	0
DF		4	Rhodolfo	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	3	0	0	11	1	0
MF		5	Wellington	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	5	0	0	15	0	0
DF		6	Cortez	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0
FW		7	Lucas	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
MF		8	Fabrício	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0'
MF		8	PH Ganso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		9	Luís Fabiano	3	0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	1	14	1	1
MF		10	Jádson	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
FW		11	Ademilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
FW		12	Fernandinho	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
MF		12	Paulo Assunção	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
DF		13	Paulo Miranda	5	1	0	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	13	2	1
DF		14	Edson Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
MF		15	Denílson	5	0	0	4	0	0	10	1	0	4	0	0	23	1	0
MF		16	Cícero	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
FW		17	Osvaldo	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
MF		18	Maicon	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
FW		19	Willian José	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
MF		20	Marcelo Cañete	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		21	João Filipe	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
GK		22	Denis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
DF		23	Douglas	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	10	0	1
MF		25	Rodrigo Caio	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	0
DF		26	Henrique Miranda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		27	Rafinha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		28	Casemiro	4	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0
DF		30	Luiz Eduardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		32	Danilo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		34	Bruno Uvini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		35	Juninho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		31	Lucas Farias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		36	João Schmidt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK		40	Léo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK		41	Leonardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
			Total	43	4	2	19	1	0	93	5	1	26	0	2	181	10	5 Managers performance Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win% 22 January 23 June 36 23 5 8 70 39 68,51% (caretaker) 30 June 8 July 2 2 0 0 6 3 100% 15 July 12 December 40 20 11 9 63 30 59,16% Competitions Overall Games played 78 (21 Campeonato Paulista, 9 Copa do Brasil, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro, 10 Copa Sudamericana) Games won 45 (14 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa do Brasil, 20 Campeonato Brasileiro, 5 Copa Sudamericana) Games drawn 16 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 5 Copa Sudamericana) Games lost 17 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Copa Sudamericana) Goals scored 139 Goals conceded 72 Goal difference +67 Yellow cards 181 Second yellow cards 10 Red cards 5 Worst discipline Denílson (23, 1, 0) Best result 5–0 (H) v Universidad de Chile - Copa Sudamericana - 2012.11.07 Worst result 0–3 (A) v Náutico - Campeonato Brasileiro - 2012.08.15 Most appearances Cortez (74) Top scorer Luís Fabiano (31)

Notes and References

1. News: Alex Cazumba.
2. News: São Paulo acerta o empréstimo do meia Dener ao Paulista de Jundiaí.
3. News: Thiago Biriça acerta seu retorno ao São Carlos. 4 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120407130526/http://www.saocarlosfc.com.br/Noticias.asp?Acao=Ler&Id=844. 7 April 2012. dead.
4. Web site: Carleto, novo lateral do Fluminense, será apresentado nesta quinta-feira.
5. Web site: Richard Costa chega e acirra disputa para o gol. 13 January 2012. https://archive.today/20120911061944/http://www.paulistafutebol.com.br/site/richard-costa-chega-e-acirra-disputa-para-o-gol/. 11 September 2012. dead.
6. Web site: Rio Preto recebe o atacante Eric, cedido pelo São Paulo.
7. Web site: São Paulo empresta Carlinhos.
8. News: Galo perde Ronieli e Mike.
9. Web site: El Granada incorpora al joven talento Henrique.
10. Web site: Juninho and Leonardo to return to the LA Galaxy in 2012. 8 February 2012. 11 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121211233007/http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2012/02/juninho-and-leonardo-return-la-galaxy-2012. dead.
11. Web site: São Paulo FC define empréstimos de Juan e Cleber Santana.
12. Web site: No Tottenham, Bruno Uvini espera chamado para as Olimpíadas. 14 February 2012. pt.
13. Web site: Sergio Mota e Lucas Mendes, são apresentados no Ramalhão. 15 February 2012. https://archive.today/20130101002723/http://www.santoandrefutebol.com.br/component/content/article/29-conteudo-principal/434-sergio-mota-e-lucas-mendes-sao-apresentados-no-ramalhao.html. 1 January 2013. dead.
14. Web site: 绿城迎来第五援 巴西射手马佐拉到位.
15. Web site: Roma acerta empréstimo de Piris junto ao São Paulo.
16. News: Chegada de atacante do São Paulo encerra contratações no Guarani.
17. News: Após negociar dois da base, Guarani recebe meia do São Paulo em troca.
18. Web site: Com Cortês, São Paulo fecha primeira fase de contratações. 21 December 2011.
19. Web site: Jadson chega ao São Paulo para comandar o meio de campo. 14 January 2012.
20. Web site: Osvaldo é do Tricolor!. 24 January 2012.
21. Web site: São Paulo acerta com o lateral Douglas. 11 February 2012.
22. Web site: Rafael Tolói é o novo reforço do São Paulo. 5 July 2012.
23. Web site: Assunção é do Tricolor. 21 July 2012.
24. Web site: Paulo Henrique Ganso é do São Paulo. 21 September 2012. https://archive.today/20130115110238/http://spfc.com.br/noticias/noticias/futebol/2012/9/21/paulo-henrique-ganso-e-do-sao-paulo/. 15 January 2013. dead.
25. Web site: Na despedida, Rivaldo recebe homenagem do São Paulo.
26. Web site: Por 2,2 mi, São Paulo libera Dagoberto.
27. Web site: Xandão vai ao CT e se despede do São Paulo.
28. Web site: São Paulo define transferência de Marlos.
29. Web site: Jean é negociado com o Fluminense.
30. Web site: Fernandinho acerta com o Al-Jazira, e São Paulo receberá R$2,2 milhões. 10 July 2012 .
31. Web site: São Paulo FC concretiza venda de Bruno Uvini.
32. Web site: Em boa fase, Ademilson ganha a camisa 11.