2002 São Paulo FC season

São Paulo

2002 season
Chairman	Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa
Manager	Nelsinho Baptista (until 12 May) Oswaldo de Oliveira
Campeonato Brasileiro	Quarter-finals
Torneio Rio – São Paulo	Runners-up
Copa do Brasil	Semi-finals
Supercampeonato Paulista	Champions (1st title)
Copa dos Campeões	First stage
Top goalscorer	League: Luís Fabiano (19) All: Reinaldo (31)
Highest home attendance	64,946 ( v Santos in the Campeonato Brasileiro)
Lowest home attendance	5,005 ( v Goiás in the Campeonato Brasileiro)
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The 2002 season was São Paulo's 73rd season since club's existence. The club became a runners-up of Torneio Rio – São Paulo losing the final to rival Corinthians. Exceptionally this year the main clubs from state like Santos, Corinthians and Palmeiras along São Paulo did not participated of Campeonato Paulista to not overload the number of games in calendar, with two tournaments being disputed at same time, Torneio Rio – São Paulo and Campeonato Paulista, then was created only this year the Supercampeonato paulista played by Corinthians (Torneio Rio-São Paulo winners), São Paulo (Torneio Rio-São Paulo runners-up), Palmeiras (Torneio Rio-São Paulo third place) and Ituano (Campeonato Paulista winners). Tricolor won the title against Ituano, 2-2 (away); 4-1 (home). At Copa do Brasil was defeated again by Corinthians, this time in semifinal. In Copa dos Campeões was eliminated in group stage and quarterfinals in Série A losing to rival Santos.

Squad[]

• Final squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Rogério Ceni — GK  BRA Roger — DF  BRA Gabriel — DF  BRA Rafael — DF  ARG Horacio Ameli — DF  BRA Jean — DF  BRA Gustavo Nery — DF  BRA Júlio Santos — DF  BRA Jorginho Paulista — DF  BRA Wilson — DF  BRA Reginaldo — DF  CHI Claudio Maldonado — DF  BRA Régis

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Adriano — MF  BRA Fábio Simplício — MF  BRA Ricardinho — MF  BRA Aílton — MF  BRA Júlio Baptista — MF  BRA Kaká — MF  BRA Daniel Rossi — FW  BRA Leandro Amaral — FW  BRA Reinaldo — FW  BRA Luís Fabiano — FW  BRA Dill — FW  BRA Oliveira — FW  BRA Vítor

Statistics[]

Scorers[]

Position	Nation	Playing position	Name	Torneio Rio-São Paulo	Copa do Brasil	Supercampeonato Paulista	Copa dos Campeões	Campeonato Brasileiro	Friendly match	Total
1		FW	Reinaldo	7	7	3	0	12	2	31
2		FW	França	19	5	0	0	0	0	24
3		MF	Kaká	7	6	0	0	9	1	23
4		FW	Luís Fabiano	0	0	0	2	19	0	21
5		DF	Jean	2	1	0	0	2	0	5
=		MF	Júlio Baptista	0	0	2	0	3	0	5
=		GK	Rogério Ceni	3	1	0	0	1	0	5
=		FW	Sandro Hiroshi	0	0	2	1	0	2	5
6		FW	Adriano	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
=		DF	Belletti	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
=		MF	Ricardinho	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
=		MF	Souza	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
7		MF	Fábio Simplício	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
=		DF	Gabriel	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
=		DF	Gustavo Nery	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
=		DF	Jorginho Paulista	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
=		DF	Júlio Santos	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
8		FW	Dill	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
=			Emerson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
=		DF	Horacio Ameli	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		FW	Leandro Amaral	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
=			Reginaldo	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
=		DF	Régis	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
=		FW	Rico	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
=		DF	Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
			Total	53	21	10	3	59	7	154

Managers performance[]

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
Nelsinho Baptista	Brazil	19 January	12 May	28	13	5	10	75	48	52%
Oswaldo de Oliveira	Brazil	19 May	14 November	35	20	7	8	81	50	64%

Overall[]

Games played	63 (19 Torneio Rio – São Paulo, 4 Supercampeonato Paulista, 9 Copa do Brasil, 3 Copa dos Campeões, 27 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Friendly match)
Games won	33 (8 Torneio Rio – São Paulo, 2 Supercampeonato Paulista, 5 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 16 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Friendly match)
Games drawn	12 (5 Torneio Rio – São Paulo, 2 Supercampeonato Paulista, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 4 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match)
Games lost	18 (6 Torneio Rio – São Paulo, 0 Supercampeonato Paulista, 4 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, 7 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match)
Goals scored	154
Goals conceded	97
Goal difference	+57
Best result	7–0 (H) v Bangu - Torneio Rio – São Paulo - 2002.03.17
Worst result	0–3 (A) v São Caetano - Campeonato Brasileiro - 2002.09.07
Top scorer	Reinaldo (31 goals)

Friendlies[]

Official competitions[]

Torneio Rio-São Paulo[]

Copa do Brasil[]

Supercampeonato Paulista[]

Copa do Campeões[]

Campeonato Brasileiro[]

External links[]

• official website Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine