1998 São Paulo FC season

The 1998 season was São Paulo's 69th season since club's existence.

São Paulo
1998 season
ChairmanBrazil Fernando Casal de Rey
ManagerUruguay Daryo Pereira
(until February 13)
Brazil Nelsinho Baptista
(until September 20)
Brazil Pita
(caretaker, until September 26)
Brazil Mário Sérgio
Campeonato Brasileiro15th
Copa do BrasilQuarterfinals
Torneio Rio-São PauloRunners-up
Campeonato PaulistaChampions
(19th title)
(in 1998 Copa do Brasil)
Copa MercosurGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Dodô (10)
All: Dodô and França (23)
← 1997
1999 →

Statistics

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Scorers

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Position Nation Playing position Name Copa do Brasil Torneio Rio-São Paulo Campeonato Paulista Campeonato Brasileiro Copa Mercosur Others Total
1   FW Dodô 2 5 3 10 3 0 23
=   FW França 1 1 12 7 2 0 23
2   MF Fabiano 0 1 6 3 0 0 10
3   MF Denílson 0 1 6 0 0 0 7
4   MF Carlos Miguel 2 0 2 2 0 0 6
=   DF Serginho 0 1 1 4 0 0 6
5   FW Adriano 1 3 1 0 0 0 4
=   MF Marcelinho Paraíba 1 0 1 2 0 0 4
=   MF Raí 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
6   DF Edmílson 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
=   GK Rogério Ceni 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
7   FW Aristizábal 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
=   MF Souza 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
8   MF Alexandre 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
=   DF Belletti 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
=   DF Bordon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
=   DF Fábio Aurélio 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
=   MF Gallo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
=   FW Marcelo Sergipano 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
=   DF Zé Carlos 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 0 1 1 2 0 0 4
Total 12 14 40 34 8 1 109

Overall

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Games played 60 (6 Copa do Brasil, 10 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 14 Campeonato Paulista, 23 Campeonato Brasileiro, 6 Copa Mercosur, 1 Friendly match)
Games won 26 (3 Copa do Brasil, 2 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 11 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Mercosur, 0 Friendly match)
Games drawn 13 (2 Copa do Brasil, 5 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 1 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa Mercosur, 1 Friendly match)
Games lost 21 (1 Copa do Brasil, 3 Torneio Rio-São Paulo, 2 Campeonato Paulista, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Copa Mercosur, 0 Friendly match)
Goals scored 109
Goals conceded 83
Goal difference +26
Best result 6–1 (H) v São José - Campeonato Paulista - 1998.04.12
6–1 (H) v América-RN - Campeonato Brasileiro - 1998.08.26
Worst result 2–7 (H) v Portuguesa - Campeonato Brasileiro - 1998.09.20
Most appearances
Top scorer Dodô and França (23)

Source: São Paulo FC

Friendlies

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January 25 National friendly São Paulo 1–1 Santos/Flamengo São Paulo
00:00 (UTC-3) Rogério Ceni   66' Ânderson   83' Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi
Attendance: 22,869
Referee: Alfredo Loebling

Official competitions

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Copa do Brasil

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January 20 Round of 32 Sampaio Corrêa 0–0 São Paulo São Luís
Stadium: Castelão
Attendance: 4,752
Referee: José M. Tavares
February 6 Round of 32 São Paulo 4–0 Sampaio Corrêa São Paulo
Carlos Miguel   27'
Dodô   45'
Marcelinho   85'
Adriano   90'
Stadium: Pacaembu
Attendance: 2,565
Referee: Reinaldo Ribas Vieira
March 19 Round of 16 São Paulo 2–0 Grêmio São Paulo
Carlos Miguel   59'
França   73'
Stadium: Morumbi
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas
April 21 Round of 16 Grêmio 0–2 São Paulo Porto Alegre
Alexandre   11'
Dodô   20'
Stadium: Olímpico
Attendance: 32,597
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas
May 7 Quarterfinals São Paulo 1–1 Vasco da Gama São Paulo
Gallo   81' Luizão   69' Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 9,025
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva
May 12 Quarterfinals Vasco da Gama 4–3 São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
Luizão   3'
Pedrinho   11'
Donizete   20', 31'
Raí   1', 59'
Bordon   15'
Stadium: São Januário
Attendance: 19,245
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

Record

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Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
5th 11 6 3 2 1 12 5 61%

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

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January 22 Group stage Flamengo 2–2 São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
Romário   46'
Lúcio   53'
Fabiano   4'
Zé Carlos   12'
Stadium: Maracanã
Attendance: 15,168
Referee: Flávio de Carvalho
January 28 Group stage São Paulo 2–1 Fluminense São Paulo
Adriano   51'
Denílson   70'
Magno Alves   25' Stadium: Pacaembu
Attendance: 3,172
Referee: Léo Feldman
January 31 Group stage Santos 1–1 São Paulo Ribeirão Preto
Macedo   81' Serginho   45' Stadium: Santa Cruz
Attendance: 16,886
Referee: Álvaro Quelhas
February 3 Group stage São Paulo 1–1 Flamengo São Paulo
Adriano   70' Leonardo Inácio   80' Stadium: Pacaembu
Attendance: 4,872
Referee: Sérgio Cristiano Nascimento
February 11 Group stage Fluminense 2–1 São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
Flavinho   46'
Rôni   77'
Dodô   31' Stadium: Maracanã
Attendance: 673
Referee: Edilson Pereira de Carvalho
February 14 Group stage São Paulo 1–1 Santos Presidente Prudente
Dutra   57' (o.g.) Caíco   32' Stadium: Prudentão
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Jorge dos Santos Travassos
February 17 Semifinal São Paulo 1–2 Palmeiras São Paulo
Dodô   44' Paulo Nunes   19'
Oséas   24'
Stadium: Pacaembu
Attendance: 15,019
Referee: Jorge dos Santos Travessos
February 25 Semifinal Palmeiras 0–1
(2–3 p)
São Paulo Campinas
Dodô   65' Stadium: Brinco de Ouro
Attendance: 23,411
Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira
February 28 Final São Paulo 2–3 Botafogo São Paulo
Dodô   50'
França   64'
Zé Carlos   38'
Sérgio Manoel   75'
Jorge Luís   86'
Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 38,560
Referee: Reinaldo Ribas Vieira
March 4 Final Botafogo 2–2 São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
Jefferson   11'
Zé Carlos   76'
Adriano   37'
Dodô   44'
Stadium: Maracanã
Attendance: 56,334
Referee: Oscar Roberto Godói

Record

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Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
2nd 11 10 2 5 3 14 15 36%

Campeonato Paulista

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March 7 Round 1 Santos 2–3 São Paulo Santos
Ronaldo   31'
Müller   62'
Carlos Miguel   8'
Fabiano   49'
Denílson   57'
Stadium: Vila Belmiro
Attendance: 12,667
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon
March 10 Round 2 São Paulo 5–0 Rio Branco São Paulo
Fabiano   20'
França   27'
Denílson   40'
Adriano   66'
Marcelo Sergipano   70'
Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi)
Referee: Romildo Corrêa
March 15 Round 3 Matonense 2–0 São Paulo Matão
Taílson   5'
Cristiano   26'
Stadium: Hudson Buck Ferreira
Referee: Luciano Augusto Teotônio Almeida
March 17 Round 4 São Paulo 0–0 Portuguesa São Paulo
Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi)
Attendance: 4,825
Referee: Wílson de Souza Mendonça
March 21 Round 5 São José 1–5 São Paulo São José dos Campos
Erich   58' França   17'
Denílson   39', 61'
Fabiano   49'
Serginho   83'
Stadium: Estádio Martins Pereira
Attendance: 11,043
Referee: Alfredo dos Santos Loebling
March 28 Round 6 São Paulo 2–1 Santos São Paulo
Rogério Ceni   31'
França   72'
Lúcio   29' Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi)
Attendance: 24,115
Referee: Wílson de Souza Mendonça
April 2 Round 7 Rio Branco 1–4 São Paulo Americana
Batistinha   88' Dodô   16'
França   45', 62', 69'
Stadium: Décio Vitta
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho
April 5 Round 8 São Paulo 3–1 Matonense São Paulo
Denílson   20'
França   76'
Fabiano   90'
Hélcio   89' Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi)
Attendance: 11,126
Referee: Flávio de Carvalho
April 7 Round 9 Portuguesa 1–3 São Paulo São Paulo
César   28' Fabiano   39'
Carlos Miguel   68'
França   90'
Stadium: Canindé
Attendance: 14,507
Referee: Alfredo dos Santos Loebling
April 12 Round 10 São Paulo 6–1 São José São Paulo
Dodô   7'
Aristizábal   24', 80'
Rogério Ceni   45'
Edmílson   50'
Marcelinho Paraíba   89'
Marco Aurélio   46' Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Silas Santana
April 19 Semifinal Palmeiras 1–2 São Paulo São Paulo
Roque Júnior   37' Denílson   58'
Dodô   90'
Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi)
Attendance: 55,184
Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho
April 26 Semifinal São Paulo 3–1 Palmeiras São Paulo
França   10', 21'
Rogério   24' (o.g.)
Roque Júnior   46' Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi)
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Alfredo dos Santos Loebling
May 3 Final Corinthians 2–1 São Paulo São Paulo
Marcelinho Carioca   24'
Cris   67'
Fabiano   36' Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi)
Attendance: 79,972
Referee: David Elleray
May 10 Final São Paulo 3–1 Corinthians São Paulo
Raí   30'
França   56', 82'
Didi   50' Stadium: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi)
Attendance: 79,710
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

Record

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Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
1st 34 14 11 1 2 40 15 80%

Campeonato Brasileiro

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July 26 1 Palmeiras 2–1 São Paulo São Paulo
Oséas   68'
Zinho   72'
Júnior   87' (o.g.) Stadium: Pacaembu
Attendance: 24,996
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas
August 2 2 São Paulo 2–1 Guarani São Paulo
Dodô   9'
Souza   78'
Roque   29' Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 7,630
Referee: Valdomiro Mathias Silva Filho
August 5 3 Internacional 0–3 São Paulo Porto Alegre
Dodô   9', 62'
França   27'
Stadium: Beira-Rio
Attendance: 7,678
Referee: Jorge dos Santos Travassos
August 9 4 São Paulo 0–2 Cruzeiro São Paulo
Fábio Júnior   32', 51' Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 14,098
Referee: Reinaldo Ribas Vieira
August 12 5 Botafogo 3–0 São Paulo Niterói
Bruno Quadros   50'
Túlio   66'
França   73'
Stadium: Estádio Caio Martins
Attendance: 1,253
Referee: Luciano Augusto Teotônio Almeida
August 16 6 Sport 1–0 São Paulo Recife
Robson   90' Stadium: Ilha do Retiro
Attendance: 45,151
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva
August 23 7 São Paulo 1–3 Santos São Paulo
Dodô   49' Lúcio   58'
Jorginho   69'
Athirson   90'
Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 20,988
Referee: Sidrack M. dos Santos
August 26 8 São Paulo 6–1 América-RN São Paulo
Fabiano   9', 34'
Dodô   12', 49', 53'
França   59'
Paulo Roberto   30' Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 2,936
Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira
August 30 9 Ponte Preta 1–1 São Paulo Campinas
Dionísio   36' Dodô   38' Stadium: Moisés Lucarelli
Attendance: 13,743
Referee: Jorge dos Santos Travassos
September 6 10 Atlético Mineiro 1–0 São Paulo Belo Horizonte
Galván   79' Stadium: Mineirão
Attendance: 11,539
Referee: Luciano Augusto Teotônio Almeida
September 9 11 Bragantino 1–2 São Paulo Bragança Paulista
Geferson   4' Serginho   28'
França   90'
Stadium: Estádio Marcelo Stéfani
Attendance: 7,612
Referee: Wílson Souza Mendonça
September 12 12 São Paulo 1–1 Vasco da Gama São Paulo
Souza   60' Ramon   90' Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 14,373
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon
September 20 13 São Paulo 2–7 Portuguesa São Paulo
Serginho   79'
Marcelinho   81'
Emerson   23'
César   27'
Leandro   30'
Carlinhos   32'
Evandro   68'
Ricardo Lopes   70'
Da Silva   90'
Stadium: Pacaembu
Attendance: 7,250
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva
September 24 14 América-MG 1–3 São Paulo Belo Horizonte
Irênio   71' Fabiano   53'
Serginho   61'
Marcelinho   90'
Stadium: Estádio Independência
Attendance: 2,441
Referee: Jamir Carlos Garcez
September 26 15 São Paulo 0–0 Flamengo São Paulo
Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 12,796
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon
October 3 16 Vitória 1–0 São Paulo Salvador
Hernández   30' Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 20,892
Referee: Reinaldo Ribas Vieira
October 8 17 São Paulo 3–0 Paraná São Paulo
Carlos Miguel   7'
Dodô   13'
Fábio Aurélio   55'
Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 1,942
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon
October 11 18 São Paulo 3–1 Goiás São Paulo
Carlos Miguel   21'
Belletti   36'
Serginho   69'
Dill   65' Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 6,212
Referee: Evandro Rogério Roman
October 18 19 Coritiba 2–1 São Paulo Curitiba
Sandroval   33'
Struway   57'
França   15' Stadium: Couto Pereira
Attendance: 26,848
Referee: Sidrack M. dos Santos
October 21 20 São Paulo 1–2 Grêmio São Paulo
Rodrigo Costa   28' (o.g.) Scheidt   6'
Rodrigo Mendes   59'
Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 2,508
Referee: Luciano Augusto Teotônio Almeida
October 24 21 São Paulo 1–2 Corinthians São Paulo
França   72' Didi   21'
Edílson   86'
Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 21,200
Referee: Reinaldo Ribas Vieira
November 4 22 Juventude 2–1 São Paulo Caxias do Sul
Luís Antônio   12'
Marcão   53'
França   35' Stadium: Alfredo Jaconi
Attendance: 4,298
Referee: Sidrack M. dos Santos
November 12 23 São Paulo 2–0 Atlético Paranaense São Paulo
Dodô   53'
França   76'
Stadium: Morumbi
Attendance: 1,224
Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

Record

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Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
15th 27 23 8 3 12 34 35 39%

Copa Mercosur

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July 30 Group A São Paulo   1–0   Colo-Colo São Paulo
Raí   79' Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi
Attendance: 2,547
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
August 20 Group A Cruzeiro   5–1   São Paulo Belo Horizonte
Gilberto   36'
Müller   43'
Fábio Júnior   75', 78'
Marcelo Ramos   90'
Edmílson   21' Stadium: Estádio do Mineirão
Attendance: 4,383
Referee: Sidrack Marinhos dos Santos
September 3 Group A São Paulo   2–1   San Lorenzo São Paulo
Dodô   48', 64' Biaggio   5' Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi
Attendance: 2,109
Referee: Robert Troxler
September 17 Group A Colo-Colo   2–1   São Paulo Santiago
Tapia   28'
Reyes   70'
França   20' Stadium: Estadio Monumental David Arellano
Referee: Daniel Gimenez
September 30 Group A São Paulo   1–1   Cruzeiro São Paulo
Dodô   51' Gustavo   61' Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi
Attendance: 1,677
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça
October 15 Group A San Lorenzo   3–2   São Paulo Buenos Aires
Gorosito   31'
Acosta   35', 50'
Edmílson   15'
França   26'
Stadium: El Nuevo Gasómetro
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gustavo Gallesio

Record

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Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
13th 7 6 2 1 3 8 12 38%
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