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
Transfers
In
Out
Statistics
Appearances and goals
1Ademilson became nº 11 during the season. Before he was nº 29
Top scorers PositionNationPlaying positionNameCampeonato PaulistaCopa do BrasilCampeonato BrasileiroCopa SudamericanaTotal1FWLuís Fabiano58171312FWLucas6262163FWWillian José11013154FWOsvaldo1181115MFJádson2152106MFCícero513097MFMaicon015178DFRhodolfo510069FWFernandinho5000510FWAdemilson00314=GKRogério Ceni0031412MFCasemiro21003=DFDouglas01203=DFRafael Toloi0012315DFCortez01102=DFPaulo Miranda0020217MFDenílson00101=DFEdson Silva10001=MFWellington10001///Own goals30115Total47185915139
Top assists PositionNationPlaying positionNameCampeonato PaulistaCopa do BrasilCampeonato BrasileiroCopa SudamericanaTotal1MFJádson81100192FWLucas4263153MFCasemiro620084FWOsvaldo104165DFCortez11215=FWLuís Fabiano122057MFDenílson20114=FWFernandinho400049MFCícero1200310MFGanso00202=DFRhodolfo00112=MFRodrigo Caio1010213DFDouglas00101=FWAdemilson00101=MFMaicon00101=DFPaulo Miranda00101=MFWellington00011=FWWillian José00101Total291034881
Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- | rowspan="2" style="width:5%; text-align:center;"|Position | rowspan="2" style="width:5%; text-align:center;"|Nation | rowspan="2" style="width:5%; text-align:center;"|Number | rowspan="2" style="width:15%; text-align:center;"|Name | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Campeonato Paulista | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Copa do Brasil | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Campeonato Brasileiro | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Copa Sudamericana | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Total |- ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#fe9;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| ! style="width:60px; background:#ff8888;"| |- |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
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%22 January23 June362358703968,51% (caretaker)30 June8 July220063100%15 July12 December4020119633059,16%
Competitions
Overall
{|class="wikitable" |- |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)
Campeonato Paulista
Results summary
First phase
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Copa do Brasil
Results summary
First phase
Second phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Campeonato Brasileiro
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Copa Sudamericana
Results summary
Second stage
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Injuries during the season
DatePlayerInjuryEstimated Return DateSource January 2012 (Pre-season) Rogério Ceni Stretch on the right shoulder. July 2012 globoesporte.com January 2012 (Pre-season) Fabrício Tendinitis in his left ankle. 22 February 2012 São Paulo Futebol Clube January 2012 (Pre-season) Paulo Miranda Pain in the left anterior thigh muscle. 2 February 2012 28 January 2012 Luís Fabiano Lesion on the thigh. 7 March 2012 São Paulo Futebol Clube 5 February 2012 Iván Piris Edema in the posterior region of the left thigh. 22 February 2012 São Paulo Futebol Clube 21 February 2012 Wellington Sprained left knee. 30 August 2012 São Paulo Futebol Clube 22 February 2012 Fabrício Muscle contracture in the left thigh. 1 April 2012 globoesporte.com 7 April 2012 Fabrício Stretch the right calf. June 2012 São Paulo FC 17 June 2012 Fabrício Cruciate ligament rupture. 2013 terra.com 18 July 2012 Osvaldo Left thigh adductor. 18 August 2012 globoesporte.com
References
External links official website