São Paulo FC is an association football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. Being one of the most successful and well-known clubs in the country, with a crowd of approximately 20 million fans, the club founded on 25 January 1930 has a series of records and achievements, some of them unique in all of Brazilian football.

Players

Appearances

Following is the list of the players with most appearances for São Paulo:

RankPlayerPositionYearsTotal1Rogério CeniGK1990–201512372Waldir PeresGK1973–19846173Nílton de SordiRB1952–19655444Roberto DiasCB / DM 1960–19735275José PoyGK1949–1962525TeixeirinhaFW1939–19565257NelsinhoLB1979–19925128TertoFW1968–19775009Mauro RamosCB1948–195949810RibertoLB1956–1964481

Most appearances in Copa Libertadores: 90 – Rogério Ceni Most appearances in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 575 – Rogério Ceni Most appearances in Copa do Brasil: 67 – Rogério Ceni Most appearances in Campeonato Paulista: 343 – Waldir Peres Most appearances in 20th century: 617 – Waldir Peres Most appearances in 21st century: 906 – Rogério Ceni Most appearances has a captain: 978 – Rogério Ceni Most consecutive appearances: 132 – Rogério Ceni (23 January 2010 − 26 October 2011) Most appearances in a single season: 79 – Zetti, 1992 Player with most major trophies: 18 – Rogério Ceni Youngest player in 20th century: 15 years, 311 days – Zizinho, 15 April 1978, vs. Guaxupé Youngest player in 21st century: 16 years, 170 days – Leandro Alves, 27 March 2003, 1–1 vs. Al-Ittihad Tripoli Oldest player: 42 years, 276 days – Rogério Ceni, 28 October 2015, 1–3 vs. Santos The first line-up: Nestor, Clodô, Barthô, Boock, Zito, Alves, Luisinho, Milton, Friedenreich, Seixas, Zuanella.

Goals scored

Following is the list of the players with most goals scored for São Paulo:

RankPlayerPositionYearsMatchesGoalsRatio1Serginho ChulapaFW1973–19823992422Gino OrlandoFW1953–19624532333Luis FabianoFW2001–20153522124TeixeirinhaFW1939–19565251885FrançaFW1996–20023271826LuisinhoFW1930–19472631737MüllerFW1984–19963871608Leônidas da SilvaFW1942–19502111449MaurinhoFW1952–195934713610Rogério CeniGK1990–20151237131

Most goals scored in Copa Libertadores: 14 – Luis Fabiano, Rogério Ceni Most goals scored in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 108 – Luis Fabiano Most goals scored in Copa do Brasil: 24 – Luis Fabiano Most goals scored in Campeonato Paulista: 142 – Gino Orlando Most goals scored in 20th century: 242 – Serginho Chulapa Most goals scored in 21st century: 212 – Luis Fabiano Most goals scored in a single season: 54 – Dodô, 1997 Most goals scored in a single match: 6 – Antonio Sastre, 14 August 1943, 9–0 vs. Portuguesa Santista Most hat-tricks scored: 13 – França Most consecutive goals: 28 goals in 11 matches – Waldemar de Brito Most times finished as a top scorer: 6 – Luis Fabiano Most times finished a season as the club top scorer: 7 – Serginho Chulapa Best goals scored/matches ratio: 1.08 – Waldemar de Brito, 85 goals scored in 78 matches First goal scored: Barthô – 23 March 1930, 6–1 vs. Juventus (SP) First goal scored at Estádio do Morumbi: Peixinho – 2 October 1960, 1–0 vs. Sporting CP Fastest goal scored: 10 seconds – Zé Roberto, 26 February 1969, 4–1 vs. São Bento Latest goal in regular time: 90+9 minute – Nathan, 22 July 2023, 1–2 vs. Cuiabá Youngest goalscorer in overall: 15 years, 311 days – Zizinho, 15 April 1978, vs. Guaxupé Youngest goalscorer in a professional match: 16 years, 172 days – Armando José, 30 July 1939, 1–0 vs. Portuguesa Santista Oldest goalscorer: 42 years, 214 days – Rogério Ceni, 26 August 2015, 3–0 vs. Ceará Most goals scored by a goalkeeper: 131 – Rogério Ceni Most goals scored by a defender: 78 – Roberto Dias Most goals scored by a midfielder: 128 – Raí Most goals scored by a foreign player: 119 – Pedro Rocha

List of topscorers

PlayerYearChampionshipGoalsWaldemar de Brito1933Campeonato Paulista21Waldemar de Brito1933Torneio Rio-São Paulo33Elyseo 1938Campeonato Paulista13 Luisinho 1944Campeonato Paulista22 Friaça 1949Campeonato Paulista24 Zezinho 1956Campeonato Paulista16 Gino Orlando 1958Torneio Rio-São Paulo12 Toninho Guerreiro 1970Campeonato Paulista13 Toninho Guerreiro 1972Campeonato Paulista17 Pedro Rocha 1972Campeonato Brasileiro17 Toninho Guerreiro 1972Copa Libertadores6Pedro Rocha 1974Copa Libertadores7 Terto Serginho Chulapa 1975Campeonato Paulista22 Serginho Chulapa 1977Campeonato Paulista32 Careca 1985Campeonato Paulista23 Careca 1986Campeonato Brasileiro25 Müller 1987Campeonato Brasileiro10 Palhinha 1992Copa Libertadores7Raí 1992Intercontinental Cup2 Müller 1993Intercontinental Cup1 PalhinhaToninho Cerezo Euller 1994Recopa Sudamericana1 Guilherme LeonardoJuninho 1994Copa CONMEBOL5 Bentinho 1995Campeonato Paulista25 Palhinha 1995Copa de Oro1 Almir 1996Copa Master de CONMEBOL6 Dodô 1997Campeonato Paulista19 Dodô 1998Torneio Rio-São Paulo5 França 1998Campeonato Paulista12 França 2000Campeonato Paulista18 França 2001Torneio Rio-São Paulo6 Luís Fabiano 2001Copa dos Campeões5 Luís Fabiano 2002Campeonato Brasileiro19 Luís Fabiano 2003Campeonato Paulista8 Luís Fabiano 2004Copa Libertadores8 Amoroso 2005FIFA Club World Cup2 Aloísio Chulapa 2006Copa Libertadores5 Luís Fabiano 2012Copa do Brasil8 Aloísio 2013Recopa Sudamericana1 Luís Fabiano 2014Campeonato Paulista9 Jonathan Calleri 2016Copa Libertadores9 Gilberto 2017Campeonato Paulista9 Luciano 2020Campeonato Brasileiro18 Brenner 2020Copa do Brasil6 Giuliano Galoppo 2023Campeonato Paulista8

Goalkeepers

The vast majority of records related to the goal of São Paulo are held by Rogério Ceni, but are some other great achievements made by other goalkeepers who played for the club.

Most clean sheets: 418 – Rogério Ceni Most clean sheets in Campeonato Paulista: 153 – Waldir Peres Most clean sheets in Campeonato Brasileiro: 184 – Rogério Ceni Most clean sheets in Copa Libertadores: 40 – Rogério Ceni Longest streak without conceding a goal (all matches): 9 matches (883 minutes): 10 May 1972 – 30 July 1972, goalkeeper Sérgio Valentim Longest streak without conceding a goal in Campeonato Paulista matches: 10 matches (1017 minutes): 16 April 1972 – 6 August 1972, goalkeeper Sérgio Valentim Longest streak without conceding a goal in Campeonato Brasileiro matches: 9 matches (988 minutes): 5 August 2007 – 8 September 2007, goalkeeper Rogério Ceni Longest streak without conceding a goal in Copa Libertadores matches: 8 matches (808 minutes): 25 February 2010 – 28 July 2010, goalkeeper Rogério Ceni Most defenses in penalty kick: 50 – Rogério Ceni Most victories in penalty shoot-out: 12 – Rogério Ceni Most assists: 7 – Rogério Ceni Best average of goals conceded in more than 50 games: 0.66 – Toinho (86 goals suffered in 131 appearances) Most goals conceded in a single match: 8 – King, 10 July 1940, 1–8 vs. Botafogo Youngest goalkeeper: 17 years, 11 days – Naim, 1 May 1978, 2–0 vs. Usina Santa Elisa Oldest goalkeeper: 42 years, 276 days – Rogério Ceni, 28 October 2015, 1–3 vs. Santos Goalkeepers who have scored a goal: 2 – Moscatto (1), Rogério Ceni (131) Outfield players who played in goal: Luisinho, 1 May 1931, 2–3 vs. Palestra Itália. Luisinho suffered 1 goal. Cozinheiro, 20 June 1937, 3–1 vs. São Paulo Railway. Not suffered goals. Rui, 16 April 1947, 1–5 vs. Corinthians. Rui suffered 4 goals. Juliano Belletti, 10 May 2000, 1–2 vs. Santos. Not suffered goals. Gustavo Nery, 24 July 2003, 1–2 vs. Ponte Preta. Nery suffered 1 goal. Maicon Roque, 21 April 2016, 1–1 vs. The Strongest. Not suffered goals.

Disciplinary

The main data for the disciplinary records of São Paulo:

Most yellow cards received: 97 – Rogério Ceni Most red cards received: 16 – Serginho Chulapa, Luís Fabiano Most cards (yellow+red) received: 111 – Luís Fabiano (95+16) Never sent-off in more than 600 appearances: 617 – Waldir Peres Never sent-off in more than 100 appearances in Campeonato Brasileiro: 180 – Hernanes Never received a card in more than 200 appearances: 243 – Pablo Forlan Never received a card in Copa Libertadores matches: 14 – Adílson

Foreign players

List of foreign players by country (in bold, currently in São Paulo) who were listed by the first team squad of the club:

35: José Carlos Ponzinibio (1934–1935, 1938–1940) Juan Castagno (1940) Teófilo Juárez (1940) Antonio Sastre (1943–1946) Armando Renganeschi (1944–1948) José Poy (1949–1962) Elmo Bovio (1950) Héctor Gonzalez (1950–1951) Gustavo Albella (1952–1954) Eduardo Di Loreto (1952–1953) Nicolás Moreno (1952–1953) Rinaldo Martino (1953) Juan José Negri (1953–1955) Alfredo Runtzer (1954) Gregorio Beraza (1956–1957) Luis Bonelli (1956–1957) Pedro Prospitti (1966) Horacio Ameli (2002) Adrián González (2009–2010) Marcelo Cañete (2011–2014) Clemente Rodríguez (2013) Ricardo Centurión (2015–2016) Jonathan Calleri (2016, 2021–) Andrés Chávez (2016–2017) Julio Buffarini (2016–2017) Lucas Pratto (2017) Jonathan Gómez (2017–2020) Martín Benítez (2021) Emiliano Rigoni (2021–2022, 2025) Giuliano Galoppo (2022–2025) Nahuel Bustos (2022) Alan Franco (2023–) Santiago Longo (2024–2025) Enzo Díaz (2025–) Juan Dinenno (2025) 19: Emilio Almiñana (1930–1931) Aparizio Vega (1934–1935) Daniel Gutiérrez (1936) Graciano Acosta (1937–1938) Herculano Squarza (1940–1942) Vicente Ramón (1941–1942) Eusebio Urruzmendi (1951) Pablo Forlán (1970–1975) Pedro Rocha (1970–1978) Darío Pereyra (1977–1988) Rubén Furtenbach (1985–1986) Diego Aguirre (1990) Juan Ramón Carrasco (1990) Gustavo Matosas (1993) Diego Lugano (2003–2006, 2016–2017) Álvaro Pereira (2014) Gonzalo Carneiro (2018–2021) Gabriel Neves (2021–2023) Michel Araújo (2023–2024) 9: Rubén Barrios (1944–1947) Cecilio Martínez (1963–1965) Carlos Safuán (1968–1969) Néstor Isasi (1997–1999) Celso Ayala (2000) Iván Piris (2011–2012) Antonio Galeano (2020–2021) Damián Bobadilla (2024–) Carlos Coronel (2026–) 8: Roberto Rojas (1987–1989) José Luis Sierra (1994–1995) Manuel Neira (1995) Gabriel Mendoza (1996) Claudio Maldonado (2000–2003) Nélson Saavedra (2009) Eugenio Mena (2016) Gonzalo Tapia (2025–) 8: Laurentino Melo (1936) Antonio Azambuja (1946–1949) Antonio Fernandes (1966–1967) João Moreira (2022–2026) Marcos Paulo (2023) Cédric Soares (2025–) Aurélio Buta (2026–) Domingos Duarte (2026–) 7: Víctor Aristizábal (1996–1998) Dorlan Pabón (2014) Wilder Guisao (2015–2016) Santiago Tréllez (2018–2021) Luis Manuel Orejuela (2021–2025) Andrés Colorado (2022) James Rodríguez (2023–2024) 5: Héctor Carabalí (1999) Néicer Reasco (2006–2008) Robert Arboleda (2017–) Joao Rojas (2018–2021) Jhegson Méndez (2023–2024) 3: Éder (2021–2022) André Anderson (2022) Rafael Tolói (2025–) 2: (1936) Juanfran (2019–2021) 2: Waldemar Zaclis (1938–1943) Constantin de Maria (1951) 2: Alexander Rondón (2004) Nahuel Ferraresi (2022–2026) 1: Abraham Ben-Lulu (1967) 1: František Šafránek (1964) 1: Juan Francisco Barraza (1964) 1: (1933–1934) 1: Musashi Mizushima (1985) 1: Jamal Lewis: (2024) 1: Christian Cueva (2016–2018) 1: (1936–1941) 1: Iba Ly: (2024–)

Notes

Juan Francisco Barraza and František Šafránek were ceded to São Paulo could complete its line-up in the matches against Alianza and Dukla Praha, in 1964. Manuel Neira, Nélson Saavedra and Iba Ly never entered the field. Éder and André Anderson are born in Brazil, but by FIFA rules are eligible for Italy, thus considering Italian players. Rafael Tolói, who represented Italy at the international level, acquired his citizenship after his first time at the club and only the second spell being considered as Italian player. Wagner Lopes, who represented Japan at the international level, acquired his citizenship after his time at the club. Aloísio, who represented China at the international level, acquired his citizenship after his time at the club. Marlos, who represented Ukraine at the international level, acquired his citizenship after his time at the club. Fabiano Freitas, who represented Cyprus at the international level, acquired his citizenship after his time at the club.