2000 São Paulo FC season

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São Paulo

2000 season
Chairman	Paulo Amaral Vasconcelos
Manager	Levir Culpi
Campeonato Brasileiro	Round of 16
Torneio Rio-São Paulo	Semi-finals
Campeonato Paulista	Champions (20th title)
Copa do Brasil	Runners-up
Copa dos Campeões	Semi-finals
Copa Mercosur	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Marcelo Ramos (12) All: França (40)
Highest home attendance	32,009 ( v Palmeiras in the Campeonato Brasileiro)
Lowest home attendance	2,607 ( v América-MG in the Campeonato Brasileiro)
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 season was São Paulo's 71st season since club's existence. That year the club won state league of São Paulo, the Campeonato Paulista for the twentieth time after two legs of final against rival Santos thanks to a win in the first match by 1–0 and a 2–2 draw in the second leg, both played in Morumbi Stadium. In Copa do Brasil The Dearest reaches the finals for the first time but couldn't raise the trophy due to a defeat in second match when Geovanni, midfielder of Cruzeiro, scored a free kick goal on the last minute and gave to opponent the title. Another highlighting performances were in Torneio Rio-São Paulo and Copa dos Campeões when São Paulo fell in semi-finals. Playing the continental cup Copa Mercosur they not took a place in second stage ending in second position on group stage. In national league Campeonato Brasileiro, the team was defeated by rival Palmeiras in round of 16 by two results (1–1 Away; 1–2 Home).

Scorers[]

Position	Nation	Playing position	Name	Torneio Rio-São Paulo	Campeonato Paulista	Copa do Brasil	Copa dos Campeões	Copa Mercosur	Copa João Havelange	Others	Total
1		FW	França	5	18	5	0	3	8	1	40
2		MF	Marcelinho Paraíba	0	7	4	3	0	0	1	15
3		FW	Marcelo Ramos	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	13
4		FW	Edu	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	10
5		FW	Evair	3	2	3	0	0	1	0	9
6		GK	Rogério Ceni	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	7
=		FW	Sandro Hiroshi	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	7
=		MF	Souza	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	7
7		MF	Raí	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	6
=		DF	Rogério Pinheiro	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	6
8		MF	Fábio Simplício	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
=		DF	Gustavo Nery	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5
9		DF	Wilson	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4
10		MF	Beto	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
=		MF	Carlos Miguel	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
=		DF	Edmílson	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
11		DF	Álvaro	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
=		MF	Fabiano	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
=		DF	Fábio Aurélio	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
=		FW	Ilan	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
=		MF	Vágner	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
12			Alemão	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
=		DF	Belletti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
=		MF	Júlio Baptista	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
=		DF	Maldonado	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
			Total	14	45	28	5	13	48	8	161

Overall[]

Games played	78 (8 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 20 Campeonato Paulista, 12 Copa do Brasil, 4 Copa dos Campeões, 6 Copa Mercosur, 26 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Friendly match)
Games won	42 (4 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 14 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa dos Campeões, 2 Copa Mercosur, 10 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Friendly match)
Games drawn	18 (0 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 4 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 1 Copa Mercosur, 10 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match)
Games lost	18 (4 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 2 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 3 Copa Mercosur, 6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match)
Goals scored	161
Goals conceded	110
Goal difference	+51
Best result	5–1 (H) v Uralan Elista – Friendly match – 2000.1.18 5–1 (H) v Rio Branco – Campeonato Paulista – 2000.3.22
Worst result	1–5 (A) v Vitória – Campeonato Brasileiro – 2000.10.7
Top scorer	França (40)

Friendlies[]

Constantino Cury International Tournament[]

Official competitions[]

Torneio Rio-São Paulo[]

Campeonato Paulista[]

Copa do Brasil[]

Copa dos Campeões[]

Copa Mercosur[]

Copa João Havelange (Campeonato Brasileiro)[]

External links[]

• official website Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine