2013 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season explained

Club:	Palmeiras
Season:	2013
Chairman:	Paulo Nobre
Chrtitle:	President
Manager:	Gilson Kleina
Mgrtitle:	Coach
Stadium:	Pacaembu
League:	Série B
League Result:	Champions
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	Copa Libertadores
Cup2 Result:	Round of 16
Cup3:	Copa do Brasil
Cup3 Result:	Round of 16
League Topscorer:	Alan Kardec – 14 goals
Season Topscorer:	Leandro – 19 goals
Highest Attendance:	36,452 (vs. Tijuana – 14 May)
Lowest Attendance:	3,709 (vs. Atlético Sorocaba – 7 February)
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Prevseason:	2012
Nextseason:	2014

The 2013 season was the 99th in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras's history. It was the second time in history that Palmeiras played in the second division of the Campeonato Brasileiro. Palmeiras competed in the Brasileiro Serie B, Campeonato Paulista, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa do Brasil.

Key events

• December 10, 2012: Palmeiras made its first trade signing the defender Ayrton from Coritiba.^[1]
• December 13, 2012: Fernando Prass from Vasco signed with Palmeiras.^[2]
• January 21, 2013: General elections for president and vice president. Paulo Nobre was elected, defeating Decio Perin by 153 votes against 106.^[3]
• January 24, 2013: After great speculation, the Argentine Riquelme did not come to Palmeiras. Paulo Nobre, the new president, said that Palmeiras would not have enough money for such a luxury.^[4]
• February 5, 2013: Two more players were announced for a loan until the end of the season, defender Marcelo Oliveira and midfielder Charles, the two coming from the team Cruzeiro.^[5] In exchange Palmeiras sent forward Luan.^[6]
• February 7, 2013: One more player was announced, the forward Kléber coming on loan from the Portuguese team Porto until the end of the year.
• February 8, 2013: Hernán Barcos signed with Grêmio. Palmeiras had a debt with the LDU (US$ 750,000) which Grêmio then assumed. In return Palmeiras received four players: Vilson, Rondinelly, Léo Gago and Leandro coming from a loan. Only Vilson was to stay indefinitely, the other three would return to Grêmio at the end of the season.^[7]
• February 22, 2013: Palmeiras announced the sponsorship contract with Kia Motors would end after the Campeonato Paulista.^[8]
• March 27, 2013: Palmeiras suffered a humiliating defeat, 6–2 against Mirassol. This caused some outrage among fans who went to the club headquarters to protest for better results.^[9]
• April 4, 2013: Leandro was called up by Felipão for the Brazil national football team to play a friendly game against Bolivia.^[10] Brazil won the game 3–1, with Leandro scoring the last goal.^[11]
• April 16, 2013: Both Leandro and Henrique were called up for the Brazil national football team to play a friendly game against Chile on April 24.^[12]
• April 18, 2013: Even though they lost their last match of the group stage, Palmeiras still qualified in first place moving to the round of 16 in the 2013 Copa Libertadores^[13]
• April 24, 2013: WTorre (responsible for construction of Allianz Parque) announced the sale of "naming rights" to Allianz, a German company already associated with other stadiums.^[14]
• June 6, 2013: Palmeiras reached a sponsorship agreement with Allianz for two games, the first against Sport Recife on June 8 and the second against América de Natal on June 11.^[15]
• June 7, 2013: Palmeiras signed its first international player of the year, the Paraguayan William Mendieta from Club Libertad.^[16]
• July 5, 2013: The midfielder Sebastián Eguren signed a contract until December 2014. Eguren defended the Uruguay national team in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[17]
• August 21, 2013: The defender Henrique was called up by coach Felipão to compete in two friendly matches against Australia on September 7, and Portugal on September 10.^[18]
• October 26, 2013: After a 0–0 draw against São Caetano, Palmeiras secured its spot in the 2014 Série A.^[19]
• November 26, 2013: After some speculation coach Gilson Kleina renewed his contract for one more year.^{[20] [21]}

Competitions

Campeonato Paulista

See main article: 2013 Campeonato Paulista.

The Campeonato Paulista is the major championship of São Paulo state, involving teams from all over the state. Palmeiras debuted in the competition on January 20 against Bragantino. The last time Palmeiras won the competition was in 2008. In 2013 Palmeiras finished placing sixth after being eliminated on penalties in the round of 16 against Santos.

First round

Notes

Note 1: Match postponed from the original date, March 3, due to scheduling conflicts.

Quarter-finals

See main article: 2013 Campeonato Paulista Knockout stage.

Copa Libertadores

See main article: 2013 Copa Libertadores.

Group stage

See main article: 2013 Copa Libertadores second stage.

Matches

Knockout stages

See main article: 2013 Copa Libertadores knockout stages.

Round of 16

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

See main article: 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Matches

Schedule released on March 25, 2013.^[22] The games had a break during the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held between June and July in Brazil. Six rounds were played before the stoppage.

Notes

Note 1: Palmeiras was punished with the loss of four home field matches because of incidents involving their fans in the match against Botafogo in Araraquara last year.

Note 2: Palmeiras was again punished by Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva because of fights in the Dario Rodrigues Leite stadium in Guaratinguetá during the 10th round of the competition.^[23]

Copa do Brasil

See main article: 2013 Copa do Brasil.

The table for the competition was released on February 4, 2013.^[24] Palmeiras was the title holder. The team entered in the Round of 16. The draw for the round of 16 was held on August 6, 2013.^[25]

Round of 16

Players

Libertadores squad

Palmeiras sent the list of 30 players to CONMEBOL to play the Libertadores.^[26]

Note: For the knockout stages Palmeiras made two changes in the Libertadores squad: André Luiz replaced Marcos Vinícus and Serginho replaced Edilson.^[27]

Transfers

In

P		Name		Moving from		Source
DF		Ayrton	27	Coritiba	Signed
GK		Fernando Prass	34	Vasco	Signed
MF		Souza	24	Náutico	Loan return	^[28]
MF		Wendel	31	Ponte Preta	Loan return
MF		Marcelo Oliveira	25	Cruzeiro	Loan
DF		Charles	27	Cruzeiro	Loan
MF		Ronny	21	Figueirense	Sign	^[29]
FW		Kléber	22	Porto	Loan	^[30]
DF		Vilson	24	Grêmio	Sign
FW		Rondinelly	22	Grêmio	Sign
DF		Léo Gago	29	Grêmio	Loan
FW		Leandro	19	Grêmio	Loan
DF		Weldinho	22	Corinthians	Sign	^[31]
DF		André Luiz	33	Nancy	Sign	^[32]
MF		Serginho	22	Oeste	Loan	^[33]
DF		Tiago Alves	28	Mogi Mirim	Sign	^[34]
MF		Ananias	24	Cruzeiro	Loan	^[35]
FW		Mendieta	24	Libertad	Sign
FW		Alan Kardec	24	Benfica	Loan	^[36]
DF		Thiago Martins	18	Mogi Mirim	Sign	^[37]
MF		Felipe Menezes	25	Benfica	Sign	^[38]
MF		Sebastián Eguren	32	Libertad	Sign

Out

P		Name		Moving to		Source
DF		Leandro	33	Cabofriense	Out of contract	^[39]
MF		João Vitor	24	None	Out of contract
MF		Daniel Carvalho	29	None	Out of contract
FW		Betinho	25	None	Out of contract
FW		Obina	29	Shandong Luneng	Loan return
DF		Adalberto Román	25	LDU de Quito	Out of contract
DF		Thiago Heleno	24	None	Out of contract
DF		Artur	28	São Caetano	Loan return
MF		Corrêa	31	Portuguesa	Out of contract
DF		Luis Felipe	19	Penapolense	Loan
FW		Daniel Lovinho	23	Linense	Loan
GK		Carlos	22	None	Undefined
GK		Pegorari	21	None	Undefined
DF		Leandro Amaro	26	Avaí	Loan	^[40]
DF		Wellington	21	None	Undefined
DF		Fabinho Capixaba	29	None	Undefined
DF		Gerley	22	Ceará	Loan	^[41]
MF		Tinga	22	Figueirense	Loan	^[42]
MF		Patrik	22	Gangwon FC	Loan	^[43]
FW		Tadeu	26	None	Undefined
MF		Marcos Assunção	36	Santos	Out of contract	^[44]
FW		Mazinho	25	Vissel Kobe	Loan	^[45]
FW		Luan	24	Cruzeiro	Loan
FW		Hernán Barcos	28	Grêmio	Sign
MF		Souza	25	Cruzeiro	Sign
DF		Maurício Ramos	28	Al Sharjah	Loan	^[46]
FW		Chico	20	Santo André	Loan	^[47]
MF		Patrik	22	Sport	Loan	^[48]
MF		João Denoni	19	Oeste	Loan	^[49]
FW		Emerson	22	Oeste	Loan
DF		Leandro Amaro	27	Náutico	Loan	^[50]
FW		Maikon Leite	24	Náutico	Loan	^[51]
MF		Tiago Real	24	Náutico	Loan	^[52]
DF		Weldinho	22	Sporting	Loan
MF		Diego Souza	20	Oeste	Loan	^[53]
MF		Patrick Vieira	21	Yokohama FC	Loan	^[54]
DF		Ayrton	28	Vitória	Loan	^[55]
DF		Luiz Gustavo	19	Vitória	Loan	^[56]
DF		Marcos Vinícius	22	Rio Claro	Loan	^[57]

Statistics

Overall statistics

Games played	68 (38 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, 20 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 8 Copa Libertadores)
Games won	37 (24 Campeonato Brasileiro, 9 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 3 Copa Libertadores)
Games drawn	15 (7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 8 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Libertadores)
Games lost	13 (7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa do Brasil, 4 Copa Libertadores)
Goals scored	113
Goals conceded	63
Goal difference	+50 (+43 Campeonato Brasileiro, +11 Campeonato Paulista, –2 Copa do Brasil, –1 Copa Libertadores)
Clean sheets	27
Best result	4–0 (vs. Oeste – July 6, Campeonato Brasileiro Série B) 4–0 (vs. Figueirense – October 8, Campeonato Brasileiro Série B)
Worst result	2–6 (vs. Mirassol – March 27, Campeonato Paulista)
Yellow cards	146
Red cards	13
Top scorer	Leandro (19 goals)
Most clean sheets	Fernando Prass (23)
Worst discipline	Henrique (15, 1)

Goalscorers

In italic players who left the team in mid-season.

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nationality	width=60	Number	width=150	Name	width=80	Campeonato Paulista	width=80	Copa Libertadores	width=80	Série B	width=80	Copa do Brasil	width=80	Total
1	FW		38	Leandro	6	0	13	0	19
2	FW		14	Alan Kardec	0	0	14	0	14
3	MF		11	Wesley	0	0	7	0	7
4	FW		19	Vinícius	1	0	5	0	6
	DF		15	Vilson	3	0	2	1	6
	MF		28	Charles	1	2	3	0	6
5	DF		3	Henrique	3	1	1	0	5
	MF		20	Serginho	0	0	5	0	5
6	MF		23	Tiago Real	2	0	2	0	4
	MF		10	Valdivia	1	0	3	0	4
	FW		8	Mendieta	0	0	4	0	4
	DF		6	Juninho	0	0	4	0	4
7	FW		9	Hernán Barcos	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		18	Márcio Araújo	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		17	Ronny	2	0	1	0	3
8	FW		11	Luan	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		21	Patrick Vieira	1	1	0	0	2
	FW		29	Caio	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		8	Souza	1	1	0	0	2
	FW		9	Kléber	1	0	1	0	2
	MF		5	Eguren	0	0	2	0	2
	DF		33	André Luiz	0	0	2	0	2
9	DF		2	Ayrton	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		26	Marcelo Oliveira	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		31	Léo Gago	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		16	Fernandinho	0	0	1	0	1
	DF		42	Luis Felipe	0	0	1	0	1
	MF		40	Felipe Menezes	0	0	1	0	1

Disciplinary record

Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Campeonato Paulista		Copa Libertadores		Série B		Copa do Brasil		Total
6		DF	Juninho	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1
4		CB	Maurício Ramos	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
2		DF	Ayrton	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
18		MF	Márcio Araújo	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
3		DF	Henrique	3	0	3	0	8	0	2	0	15	1
13		MF	Wendel	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
10		MF	Valdivia	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	9	0
9		FW	Hernán Barcos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		MF	João Denoni	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Souza	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		FW	Vinícius	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		MF	Wesley	1	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	6	2
26		DF	Marcelo Oliveira	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
38		FW	Leandro	3	0	0	0	14	3	0	0	17	3
22		DF	Weldinho	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Kléber	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		DF	Vilson	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	5	1
21		MF	Patrick Vieira	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		MF	Charles	3	0	3	0	7	1	0	0	13	1
31		DF	Léo Gago	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
33		DF	André Luiz	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
35		DF	Marcos Vinícius	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		MF	Tiago Real	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
27		FW	Emerson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		FW	Maikon Leite	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Ronny	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1
29		FW	Caio	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		FW	Mendieta	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	6	0
14		FW	Alan Kardec	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	8	1
42		DF	Luis Felipe	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
25		GK	Fernando Prass	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Eguren	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	0
27		MF	Ananias	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
16		DF	Fernandinho	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
36		DF	Tiago Alves	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
36		MF	Serginho	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	44	0	22	3	75	10	5	0	146	13

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Palmeiras já tem acordo com lateral Ayrton, do Coritiba. December 10, 2012. pt.
2. Web site: Apresentado no Palmeiras, Prass promete briga por vaga de titular. December 13, 2012. pt.
3. Web site: Paulo Nobre derrota Perin e é o novo presidente do Palmeiras. 21 January 2012. pt.
4. Web site: Palmeiras desiste de Riquelme. 'Não podemos nos dar ao luxo', diz Nobre. 24 January 2013. Portuguese.
5. News: Palmeiras apresenta Charles e Marcelo Oliveira nesta quarta-feira. 5 February 2013. Portuguese.
6. News: Luan faz corridas na Toca II e será apresentado nesta quarta-feira. 5 February 2013. Portuguese.
7. News: Negócio fechado: Palmeiras libera Barcos e recebe pacotão do Grêmio. 8 February 2013. Portuguese.
8. News: Contrato do Palmeiras com a Kia terá validade até o fim do Paulistão. 22 February 2013. Portuguese.
9. News: Torcedores cercam ônibus do Verdão e exigem saída de Gilson Kleina. 27 March 2013. Portuguese.
10. News: Pato é convocado e volta à seleção após oito meses para duelo com a Bolívia. 4 April 2013. Portuguese.
11. News: Leandro realiza sonho e comemora gol na estreia: 'É maravilhoso'. 6 April 2013. Portuguese.
12. News: Leandro sonha com mais um gol pela Seleção, e Henrique festeja retorno. 16 April 2013. Portuguese.
13. News: Palmeiras perde no Peru, mas fica na ponta devido a gol no fim do Libertad. 18 April 2013. Portuguese.
14. News: Allianz fecha acordo de naming rights da Arena Palestra. 24 April 2013. Portuguese.
15. News: Palmeiras fecha patrocínio com a Allianz para dois jogos da Série B. June 6, 2013. Portuguese.
16. News: Palmeiras se acerta com Libertad e espera exame para anunciar Mendieta. June 6, 2013. Portuguese.
17. News: Uruguaio assina com Palmeiras até o fim de 2014: 'Quero ser campeão'. 5 July 2013. Portuguese.
18. News: Felipão volta a convocar Ramires; Maicon e Henrique são novidades. 21 August 2013. Portuguese.
19. News: Voltou! Em jogo polêmico, Palmeiras empata com Azulão e festeja acesso. 26 October 2013. Portuguese.
20. News: Palmeiras e Gilson Kleina chegam a acordo para renovação. 26 November 2013. Portuguese.
21. News: Kleina aceita oferta, renova e será o técnico do Palmeiras no centenário. 26 November 2013. Portuguese.
22. News: CBF divulga 'tabela básica' da Série B do Brasileirão 2013. March 25, 2013. Portuguese.
23. News: Londrina receberá jogos do Palmeiras contra Figueirense e Guaratinguetá. 30 September 2013. Portuguese.
24. News: CBF detalha tabela: Fla, Inter e Atlético-PR estreiam dia 3 de abril. February 4, 2013. Portuguese.
25. News: Sorteio da Copa do Brasil tira chance de final estadual. Veja os confrontos. 6 August 2013. Portuguese.
26. News: Clube define os 30 jogadores inscritos para a Copa Libertadores. 9 February 2013. Portuguese.
27. News: Palmeiras inscreve André Luiz e Serginho na Libertadores. 28 April 2013. Portuguese.
28. Web site: "Reforços caseiros", Souza e Wendel voltam ao Palmeiras nesta quinta. Terra Esportes.
29. News: Palmeiras acerta a contratação de Ronny, que fica até o fim do ano. 6 February 2013. Portuguese.
30. News: Palmeiras anuncia contratação do atacante Kléber, ex-Porto. 7 February 2013. Portuguese.
31. News: Para reforçar elenco, Palmeiras fecha com o lateral Weldinho até 2016. 8 February 2013. Portuguese.
32. News: Palmeiras contrata o zagueiro André Luiz, desde 2005 no futebol francês. 6 March 2013. Portuguese.
33. News: Palmeiras contrata Serginho, do Oeste. 24 April 2013. Portuguese.
34. News: Capitão do Mogi troca acerto com a Ponte para fechar com o Palmeiras. 8 May 2013. Portuguese.
35. News: Cruzeiro confirma vinda de volante Souza; atacante Ananias será emprestado ao Palmeiras. 29 May 2013. Portuguese.
36. News: Verdão realiza 'sonho antigo' e fecha com Alan Kardec, ex-Vasco e Santos. 28 June 2013. Portuguese.
37. News: Palmeiras acerta contratação de jovem zagueiro do Mogi Mirim. 7 June 2013. Portuguese.
38. News: Palmeiras realiza 'desejo' de Kleina e fecha contratação de Felipe Menezes . 2 July 2013 . Portuguese . 2 July 2013.
39. Web site: Palmeiras dispensa cinco jogadores e coloca mais 11 a disposição. November 29, 2012.
40. News: Leandro Amaro é apresentado como novo reforço do Avaí. 20 May 2013. Portuguese.
41. Web site: Ceará acerta empréstimo do lateral-esquerdo Gerley. December 21, 2012. pt.
42. Web site: Empresário do volante Tinga confirma acerto com o Figueirense. December 19, 2012. pt.
43. Web site: 강원FC, 패트릭 임대영입 완료 . https://archive.today/20130411012252/http://www.gangwon-fc.com/2013/news_board/news_board.php?menuname=4&mode=view&pageNum=&subNum=&board_code=BDAACC01&article_seq=11799&pagenum=1 . dead . 11 April 2013 . 11 March 2013 . Korean .
44. Web site: Sem acordo, Marcos Assunção não veste mais a camisa do Palmeiras. 6 January 2013. pt.
45. Web site: Palmeiras empresta Mazinho para o Vissel Kobe, do Japão, até 2014. 28 January 2013. pt.
46. News: Palmeiras libera Maurício Ramos para fazer exames e acertar com árabes. 2 July 2013. Portuguese.
47. News: Palmeiras define empréstimo do atacante Chico para o Santo André. 9 July 2013. Portuguese.
48. Web site: Palmeiras rejeita ficar com Patrik e acerta empréstimo ao Sport. 17 July 2013. Portuguese.
49. Web site: Palmeiras libera, e João Denoni viaja para assinar com o Oeste. 18 July 2013. Portuguese.
50. Web site: Aprovado nos exames, zagueiro Leandro Amaro acerta com o Náutico. 16 July 2013. Portuguese.
51. Web site: Verdão empresta Maikon Leite ao Náutico, e Real deve ser o próximo. 20 July 2013. Portuguese.
52. Web site: Tiago Real e Weldinho se despedem do Palmeiras. 22 July 2013. Portuguese.
53. Web site: Palmeiras renova com Fernandinho e libera Diego Souza para o Oeste. 25 July 2013. Portuguese.
54. Web site: Palmeiras empresta Patrick Vieira ao Yokohama até o fim do ano. 1 August 2013. Portuguese.
55. Web site: Em negociação com o Vitória, lateral Ayrton chega esta noite a Salvador. 15 August 2013. Portuguese.
56. Web site: Palmeiras empresta zagueiro para o Vitória até o final do ano. 24 September 2013. Portuguese.
57. News: Verdão acerta empréstimos de meia da base e zagueiro para o Rio Claro. 1 November 2013. Portuguese.