The 2005 season was São Paulo's 76th season since club's existence. In this season Tricolor won the Campeonato Paulista, league of State of São Paulo for the 21st time and the continental cup, Copa Libertadores de America, beating Atlético Paranaense in the first final with teams from the same country of tournament history, winning by 4–0 in the second match, 5–1 in aggregate. The continental title enabled São Paulo to participate of FIFA Club World Championship in the end of season when the club became a world champion for the third time (2 Intercontinental Cups), defeating the English club, European champions Liverpool in the final with a single goal scored by Mineiro in the 27th minute of first time. In the Campeonato Brasileiro São Paulo finished in 11th position and was eliminated by Internacional in first round of Copa Sudamericana.
Squad
Final squad
Competitions
Overall
{|class="wikitable" |- |Games played || 79 (19 Campeonato Paulista, 14 Copa Libertadores, 42 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Sudamericana, 2 Club World Cup ) |- |Games won || 41 (14 Campeonato Paulista, 9 Copa Libertadores, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Copa Sudamericana, 2 Club World Cup) |- |Games drawn || 18 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 4 Copa Libertadores, 10 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 0 Club World Cup) |- |Games lost || 20 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa Libertadores, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 0 Club World Cup) |- |Goals scored || 166 |- |Goals conceded || 107 |- |Goal difference || +59 |- |Best result || 6–0 (H) v Marília – Campeonato Paulista – 2005.3.19 |- |Worst result || 0–3 (A) v Internacional – Campeonato Brasileiro – 2005.10.50–3 (A) v Goiás – Campeonato Brasileiro – 2005.11.16 |- |Top scorer || Rogério Ceni (21 goals)
Scorers PositionNationPlaying positionNameCampeonato PaulistaCopa LibertadoresCampeonato BrasileiroCopa SudamericanaClub World CupTotal1GKRogério Ceni 551001212FWAmoroso02120216=FWDiego Tardelli114100163MFDanilo4360013=FWGrafite94000134FWLuizão45200115DFCicinho34300106FWChristian008008=DFDiego Lugano1160087MFSouza1231078MFMineiro0041169MFJosué40100510FWThiago Ribeiro00400411DFEdcarlos012003=DFFabão021003=MFHernanes003003=DFJúnior201003=DFMarco Antônio300003=FWRoger00300312DFFábio Santos001001=DFFlávio Donizete001001=FWPaulo Matos001001=MFRenan100001=MFRicharlyson001001=DFRodrigo100001///Own Goals013004Total49347734166
Managers performance NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%20 January21 April231652612977%Milton Cruz21 April30 April30213422%8 May18 December552611181047754%
Official competitions
Campeonato Paulista
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%1st45191432492178%
Copa Libertadores
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%1st3114941341473%
Campeonato Brasileiro
Rescheduled matches
Round 10
Round 24
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%11th5842161016776746%
Copa Sudamericana
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%30th120112316%
FIFA Club World Championship
Record Final PositionPointsMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals ForGoals AwayWin%1st6220042100%
See also São Paulo FC
References
External links official website