2015 São Paulo FC season

The 2015 season was São Paulo's 86th year since the club's existence. At the first half of the year, São Paulo played the Campeonato Paulista and Copa Libertadores. In the state league the club's performance led to semifinals when The Dearest lose to rival Santos in a single match on away field (1–2). By the continental tournament, Tricolor reach the round of 16 being beaten by Cruzeiro in penalty shootouts by 3–4 after two equal scores (1–0 home; 0–1 away). In April, Muricy Ramalho left the São Paulo FC due to health problems and the team was trained by assistant coach Milton Cruz during a few matches and managed by Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio and Brazilian Doriva in the course of the season. After only 7 matches Doriva was replaced by Milton Cruz who trained the club again at the end of the year. In the Copa do Brasil, Tricolor was defeated by Santos in semifinals with two losses by 1–3, 2–6 on aggregate score. By national league a final 4th position take a place in the first stage of the Copa Libertadores. The main event of the year was the retirement of goalkeeper Rogério Ceni in a symbolical match between the world champions players by São Paulo in 1992 and 2005. The final result was 5–3 to 2005 champions. Rogério Ceni stopped his career at 42 with a record of 1237 matches, 131 goals during his 23 seasons by Tricolor. == Players == Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. === Out on loan === Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. === Transfers === ==== In ==== Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. ==== Out ==== Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. == Statistics == === Appearances and goals === === Top scorers === === Disciplinary record === Source: Competitive matchesOrdered 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 December === Squad number changes === === Managers performance === Milton Cruz replaces Osorio in the match against Atlético Paranaense and Cruzeiro. === Overview === Source: Competitions == Friendlies == === Torneio Super Series === == Competitions == === Campeonato Paulista === ==== Results summary ==== Group A ==== First stage ==== ==== Knockout stage ==== === Copa Libertadores === ==== Results summary ==== ==== Group stage ==== ==== Knockout stage ==== ===== Round of 16 ===== === Campeonato Brasileiro === ==== Results summary ==== ==== Results by round ==== ==== Matches ==== === Copa do Brasil === ==== Results summary ==== ==== Round of 16 ==== ==== Quarter-finals ==== ==== Semi-finals ==== == References == == External links == official website Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine