2026 São Paulo FC season

São Paulo
2026 season
ChairmanJulio Casares
ManagerHernán Crespo
StadiumMorumbi
Campeonato Brasileiro Série AMatchday 1
Campeonato PaulistaLeague phase
Copa do BrasilFifth round
Copa SudamericanaGroup stage
Home (alt) colors

The 2026 season will be São Paulo's 97th season in the club's history and their 66th in the top-flight of Brazilian football. Along with Série A, São Paulo compete in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil and Copa Sudamericana.

First-team squad

As of 19 December 2025[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ITA Rafael Tolói
5 DF  ECU Robert Arboleda
6 DF  POR Cédric Soares
7 FW  BRA Lucas Moura (vice-captain)
9 FW  ARG Jonathan Calleri (captain)
10 FW  BRA Luciano
11 FW  BRA Ferreira
13 DF  ARG Enzo Díaz (on loan from River Plate)
14 FW  CHI Gonzalo Tapia (on loan from River Plate)
15 MF  BRA Rodriguinho
17 FW  BRA André Silva
18 DF  BRA Wendell
20 MF  BRA Marcos Antônio (on loan from Lazio)
21 MF  PAR Damián Bobadilla
22 DF  BRA Maílton
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK  BRA Rafael (3rd-captain)
25 MF  BRA Alisson
28 DF  ARG Alan Franco
29 MF  BRA Pablo Maia
32 DF  VEN Nahuel Ferraresi
33 MF  BRA Luan
35 DF  BRA Sabino
42 DF  BRA Maik
43 MF  BRA Felipe Negrucci
45 FW  BRA Lucca Marques
46 MF  BRA Hugo Leonardo
49 FW  BRA Ryan Francisco
50 GK  BRA Young
MF  BRA Danielzinho

Youth players

As of 8 December 2025 (Copa São Paulo de Futebol Jr. squad, Campeonato Paulista "B" list and others)[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK  BRA Felipe Preis
GK  BRA João Paulo
40 GK  BRA João Pedro
GK  BRA Luciano
41 DF  BRA Andrade
DF  BRA Angelo
DF  BRA Felipe
44 DF  BRA Guilherme Reis
DF  BRA Henrique Bell
DF  BRA Hugo Martins
34 DF  BRA Igão
DF  BRA Igor Felisberto
53 DF  BRA Isac Silvestre
DF  BRA Kaio Santos
DF  BRA Luis Osorio
DF  BRA Marques Rickelme
56 DF  BRA Nicolas Bosshardt
DF  IDN Welber Jardim
MF  BRA Anthonny
38 MF  BRA Bezerra
MF  BRA Djhordney
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  BRA Dudu
MF  BRA Enzo Juan
MF  BRA Guilherme Calci
MF  BRA Guilherme Fumaça
MF  BRA Gustavo Zabarelli
MF  BRA Matheus Ferreira
MF  BRA Nicolas Borges
MF  BRA Nicolas Pereira
52 MF  BRA Pedro Ferreira
MF  BRA Renan Lassalvia
MF  BRA Samuel Monteiro
FW  BRA Brenno
FW  BRA Gustavo Miranda
FW  BRA Gustavo Santana
FW  COL Juan Potes
FW  BRA Lucyan
FW  BRA Matheus Menezes
53 FW  BRA Paulinho
FW  BRA Robert Willian
FW  BRA Tetê
FW  BRA Thierry Henry

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  BRA Belém
DF  BRA Raphael Gogoni
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  BRA Cauã Lucca
MF  SEN Iba Ly

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  BRA Jandrei (at Juventude until 31 December 2026)
DF  BRA João Moreira (at Porto B until 5 January 2026)
DF  BRA Patryck Lanza (at Juventude until 31 December 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ARG Giuliano Galoppo (at River Plate until 31 December 2025)
FW  BRA Erick (at Vitória until 31 December 2025)

Retired numbers

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date Position Player From club Fee Ref.
12 December 2025 MF Danielzinho Mirassol Free transfer [4]

Loans in

Entry date Position Player From club Fee Ref.

Transfers out

Entry date Position Player To club Fee Ref.
8 December 2025 FW Juan Dinenno Deportivo Cali End of contract [5][6]
8 December 2025 GK Leandro End of contract [5]
10 December 2025 MF Luiz Gustavo End of contract [7]
11 December 2025 FW Emiliano Rigoni End of contract [8]
12 December 2025 MF Oscar Retired Contract terminated by mutual consent [9]
31 January 2026 GK Roberto End of contract

Loans out

Entry date Position Player To club Fee Ref.
19 December 2025 DF Patryck Lanza Juventude None [10]

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Série A 28–29 January 2026 2 December 2026 Matchday 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Campeonato Paulista 11 January 2026 TBD League phase TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Copa do Brasil 21–23 April 2026 TBD Fifth round TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Copa Sudamericana 7–9 April 2026 TBD Group stage TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Paulista

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
12 Red Bull Bragantino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 São Bernardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 São Paulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Série A2
16 Velo Clube 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FPF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.

Results by round

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GroundAHAHAHHA
Result
Position
Points
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

11 January 2026 1 Mirassol v São Paulo Mirassol
20:30 (UTC−3) Report Stadium: Estádio José Maria de Campos Maia
15 January 2026 2 São Paulo v São Bernardo São Paulo
21:45 (UTC−3) Report Stadium: Morumbi
18 January 2026 3 Corinthians v São Paulo São Paulo
16:00 (UTC−3) Report Stadium: Neo Química Arena
21 January 2026 4 São Paulo v Portuguesa São Paulo
19:30 (UTC−3) Report Stadium: Morumbi
24 January 2026 5 Palmeiras v São Paulo Barueri
18:30 (UTC−3) Report Stadium: Arena Barueri
1 February 2026 6 São Paulo v Santos São Paulo
20:30 (UTC−3) Report Stadium: Morumbi
7 February 2026 7 São Paulo v Primavera São Paulo
20:30 (UTC−3) Report Stadium: Morumbi
15 February 2026 8 Ponte Preta v São Paulo Campinas
20:30 (UTC−3) Report Stadium: Estádio Moisés Lucarelli

Copa Sudamericana

Série A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Remo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18 São Paulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vasco da Gama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Vitória 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 January 2026. Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.[11]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source:

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
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Result
Position
Postponed
Source: CBF.com

Matches

The league fixtures was announced on 16 December 2025.[12]

28–29 January 2026 1 São Paulo v Flamengo São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
4–5 February 2026 2 Santos v São Paulo Santos
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Vila Belmiro
11–12 February 2026 3 São Paulo v Grêmio São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
25–26 February 2026 4 Coritiba v São Paulo Curitiba
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estádio Couto Pereira
11–12 March 2026 5 São Paulo v Chapecoense São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
18–19 March 2026 7 Atlético Mineiro v São Paulo Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Arena MRV
21–23 March 2026 8 São Paulo v Palmeiras São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
1–2 April 2026 9 Internacional v São Paulo Porto Alegre
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio
4–6 April 2026 10 São Paulo v Cruzeiro São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
11–13 April 2026 11 Vitória v São Paulo Salvador
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Barradão
18–20 April 2026 12 Vasco v São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estádio São Januário
25–27 April 2026 13 São Paulo v Mirassol São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
2–4 May 2026 14 São Paulo v Bahia São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
9–11 May 2026 15 Corinthians v São Paulo São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Neo Química Arena
16–18 May 2026 16 Fluminense v São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Maracanã
23–25 May 2026 17 São Paulo v Botafogo São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
30 May – 1 June 2026 18 Remo v São Paulo Belém
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Mangueirão
22–23 July 2026 19 São Paulo v Athletico Paranaense São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
25–27 July 2026 20 Flamengo v São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Maracanã
29–30 July 2026 21 São Paulo v Santos São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
8–10 August 2026 22 Grêmio v São Paulo Porto Alegre
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Arena do Grêmio
15–17 August 2026 23 São Paulo v Coritiba São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
22–24 August 2026 24 Chapecoense v São Paulo Chapecó
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Arena Condá
29–31 August 2026 25 São Paulo v Red Bull Bragantino São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
5–7 September 2026 26 São Paulo v Atlético Mineiro São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
12–14 September 2026 27 Palmeiras v São Paulo São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Allianz Parque
19–21 September 2026 28 São Paulo v Internacional São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
7–8 October 2026 29 Cruzeiro v São Paulo Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Mineirão
10–12 October 2026 30 São Paulo v Vitória São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
17–19 October 2026 31 São Paulo v Vasco São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
24–26 October 2026 32 Mirassol v São Paulo Mirassol
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estádio José Maria de Campos Maia
28–29 October 2026 33 Bahia v São Paulo Salvador
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova
4–5 November 2026 34 São Paulo v Corinthians São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
18–19 November 2026 35 São Paulo v Fluminense São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
21–23 November 2026 36 Botafogo v São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos
28–29 November 2026 37 São Paulo v Remo São Paulo
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Morumbi
2 December 2026 38 Athletico Paranaense v São Paulo Curitiba
--:-- UTC−3 Report Stadium: Arena da Baixada

Copa do Brasil

Fifth round

References

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  2. ^ "São Paulo: Lista da Copinha tem dois 'profissionais'; veja inscritos". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). 11 December 2024. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025.
  3. ^ Rogerio Ceni: se despide una leyenda Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, La Razón, 14 December 2015
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  5. ^ a b "São Paulo tem lista de dispensas e espera Libertadores para definir saídas". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). 9 December 2025. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Dinenno deixa o São Paulo para reforçar o Deportivo Cali". Arquibancada Tricolor (in Portuguese). 8 December 2025. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025.
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  8. ^ "São Paulo define, e Rigoni será 5ª saída do São Paulo para 2026". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). 11 December 2025. Archived from the original on 12 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Oscar decide encerrar carreira e vai rescindir com o São Paulo". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 12 December 2025. Archived from the original on 12 December 2025.
  10. ^ "São Paulo acerta os empréstimos do goleiro Jandrei e do lateral Patryck ao Juventude". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 19 December 2025. Archived from the original on 19 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2026" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 15 December 2025.
  12. ^ "CBF divulga regulamento específico e tabela básica de todas as rodadas do Brasileirão 2026". CBF. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)