The 2016 season was São Paulo's 87th year since the club's existence. During the season São Paulo played 4 championships, 3 nationals (Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil, Série A) and 1 continental (Copa Libertadores). The club took his best performance in the continental tournament reaching the semifinals being defeated by Colombian club Atlético Nacional in two legs (0–2 Home; 1–2 Away). In Campeonato Paulista, championship of State of São Paulo, Tricolor fall in the quarterfinals against Audax, losing the single leg in the opponent's home. Playing the national cup, Copa do Brasil, The Dearest was eliminated by Juventude in away goal rule after an aggregated final score of 2–2 (1–2 Home; 1–0 Away). São Paulo ended the year reaching the 10th place in the league with the same number of wins, 14, and 10 draws. A fewer weeks after the end of Copa Libertadores, the Argentine head coach, Edgardo Bauza was chosen by Argentine Football Association to lead the National Team, leaving the club at the beginning of August.

Players

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Reserve players

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Out on loan

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Transfers

In

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Out

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Last updated on 6 November

Managers performance

Overview

Source: Competitions

Friendlies

Competitions

Campeonato Paulista

Results summary

Group C

First stage

Knockout stage

Copa Libertadores

Results summary

First stage

Group stage

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Campeonato Brasileiro

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Copa do Brasil

Results summary

Round of 16

References

External links

• official website Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine