2008 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season

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Corinthians
2008 season
ChairmanBrazil Andrés Sanchez
ManagerBrazil Mano Menezes
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Paulista A1
Série B Winners
Paulista 5th
Copa do BrasilRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: -
All: Herrera (12)

The 2008 season was the 98th edition of the football club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, their debut in Série B.

Club[edit]

Management[edit]

Position Staff
Technical manager Brazil Antônio Carlos Zago
Manager Brazil Mano Menezes
Assistant coach Brazil Sidnei Lobo
Fitness coach Brazil Flávio Trevisan
Assistant fitness coach Brazil Antônio Carlos Bona
Goalkeeping coach Brazil Mauri Costa Lima

Last updated: 8 January 2008
Source: Staff

Team kit[edit]

The team kit for the season was produced by Nike and the shirt sponsor was [1][permanent dead link] Medial Saúde.

Home [2]
Away [3]
Away Alternative [4]

Squad[edit]

Transfers[edit]

For recent transfers, see transfers 2007/2008

Statistics[edit]

Last updated on 2008-10-24
No. Pos. Name Brasileiro Série B Copa do Brasil Campeonato Paulista Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Brazil Felipe 27 -17 11 -12 17 -14 2 0 57 -33
2 DF Brazil Fábio Ferreira 17 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 23 1
3 DF Brazil Chicão 17 7 9 1 17 0 3 0 36 8
4 DF Brazil William 30 1 11 1 18 0 1 0 60 2
5 DF Brazil Alessandro 19 1 4 0 10 0 1 0 34 1
6 DF Brazil Cristian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 MF Brazil Elias 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 3
8 MF Brazil Perdigão 4 0 4 0 12 0 1 0 21 0
9 MF Brazil Morais 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
10 MF Brazil Douglas 28 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 8
11 MF Brazil Marcel 2 0 3 1 4 0 3 0 12 1
12 GK Brazil Wéverton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 1 -1
13 DF Brazil Renato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Brazil Cássio 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 MF Brazil Diogo Rincon 11 0 9 4 6 0 1 0 27 4
16 MF Brazil Marcelo Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Argentina Herrera 26 10 11 5 14 2 3 1 54 18
18 DF Brazil Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Brazil Lulinha 23 0 8 1 16 1 2 1 49 3
20 MF Brazil Carlos Alberto 22 0 9 1 11 0 3 0 44 1
21 MF Brazil Bruno Octávio 1 0 1 0 12 0 1 0 15 0
22 GK Brazil Júlio César 4 0 0 0 2 -1 2 0 6 -1
23 FW Brazil Otacílio Neto 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
25 FW Uruguay Acosta 12 2 10 3 0 2(-1) 0 0 22 7(-1)
26 MF Brazil Rafinha 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
27 DF Brazil André Santos 29 8 10 2 18 6 2 1 59 17
28 MF Brazil Nílton 10 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 17 0
29 MF Brazil Eduardo Ramos 18 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
30 DF Brazil Alves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Brazil Dentinho 23 13 11 4 18 6 1 1 43 24
32 MF Brazil Fabinho 12 1 9 0 12 1 1 0 34 2
33 DF Brazil Diogo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 DF Brazil Wellington Saci 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
35 DF Brazil Dênis 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
36 FW Brazil Careca 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
38 FW Brazil Bebeto 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
39 MF Brazil Almeida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- MF Brazil Bóvio 0 0 3 0 11 0 1 1 15 1
-- MF Brazil Cajú 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
-- MF Brazil Carlão 2 0 4 0 14 1 2 0 22 1
-- DF Brazil Coelho 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 0
-- MF Brazil Dinelson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- DF Brazil Eduardo 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
9 FW Brazil Finazzi 0 0 1 0 7 3 2 1 10 4
-- MF Brazil Héverton 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 9 1
-- FW Brazil Lima 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 7 1
-- MF Brazil Marcelo Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- DF Brazil Éverton Ribeiro 1 0 2 0 7 0 2 0 12 0
-- DF Chile Cristián Suárez 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5 0
-- DF Brazil Valença 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

Season[edit]

Pre-season & Friendlies[edit]

Matches[edit]

Corinthians3–0Inter de Limeira
Finazzi 15'

André Santos 60'

Dentinho 69'
report (in Portuguese)
Spa Sport Resort-Itu

Corinthians1–1Paulista
Bóvio 55' report (in Portuguese) 60' Júlio César
Spa Sport Resort-Itu

Cene-MS0–3Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 64' Lulinha

Herrera

90+2' Acosta
Referee: Marcos Mateus Pereira

Campeonato Paulista[edit]

Matches[edit]

Corinthians3–0Guarani
Finazzi 65' 90+1' (pen.) Dentinho 72' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 29.084
Referee: Philippe Lombard

São Caetano3–1Corinthians
Fábio Luis 19'

Acosta 33' (o.g.)

Luan 71'
report (in Portuguese) 85' Dentinho
Attendance: 7.635
Referee: Wilson Luiz Seneme

Corinthians2–0Paulista
André Santos 29'
Acosta 59'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 9.515
Referee: Leonardo Ferreira Lima

São Paulo0–0Corinthians
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 41.221
Referee: Sálvio Spinola Fagundes Filho

Sertãozinho0–0Corinthians
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 25.444
Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Corinthians0–0Mirassol
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 17.435
Referee: José Henrique de Carvalho

Grêmio Barueri1–1Corinthians
Ávalos 29' report (in Portuguese) 35' Dentinho
Attendance: 10.514
Referee: Marcelo Pietro Alfieri

Ituano1–2Corinthians
Lino 82' report (in Portuguese) 3' André Santos
52' (o.g.) Boiadeiro
Attendance: 10.889
Referee: Flávio Rodrigues Guerra

Corinthians1–1Bragantino
Lulinha 43' report (in Portuguese) 49' Da Silva
Attendance: 24.779
Referee: Élcio Paschoal Borborema

Corinthians1–0Portuguesa
Herrera 39' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 8.895
Referee: Guilherme Cereta de Lima

Ponte Preta0–1Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 58' Acosta
Attendance: 16.267
Referee: Marcelo Rogério

Corinthians0–1Palmeiras
report (in Portuguese) 77' Valdívia
Attendance: 48.930
Referee: Rodrigo Braghetto

Corinthians2–0Guaratinguetá
Dentinho 3' 51' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 17.931
Referee: José Henrique de Carvalho

Rio Preto0–1Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 50' Héverton
Attendance: 12.484
Referee: Robério Pereira Pires

Corinthians2–2Juventus
Fabinho 19'
André Santos 58'
report (in Portuguese) 60' Marcus Vinícius
55' Lima
Attendance: 15.006
Referee: Salvio Spinola Fagundes Filho

Corinthians1–0Rio Claro
Dentinho 31' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 13.211
Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira

Santos2–1Corinthians
Sebastián Pinto 15'
Kléber Pereira 52'
report (in Portuguese) 47' Carlão
Attendance: 15.270
Referee: Salvio Spinola Fagundes Filho

Corinthians3–1Marília
Herrera 12'
André Santos 79' 89'
report (in Portuguese) 60' Júlio César
Attendance: 18.360
Referee: Rodrigo Martins Cintra

Noroeste3–2Corinthians
Edno 30'

Edylton 76'

Leandrinho 87'
report (in Portuguese) 44' André Santos
70' Finazzi
Attendance: 12.515
Referee: Cleber Wellington Abade

Classification[edit]

First phase
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 São Paulo 19 11 5 3 31 22 +9 38 Advances to Semifinals
4 Ponte Preta 19 10 5 4 36 23 +13 35
5 Corinthians 19 9 6 4 24 15 +9 33
6 Barueri 19 10 2 7 34 24 +10 32 Qualification for Campeonato do Interior
7 Santos 19 9 4 6 28 23 +5 31
Updated to match(es) played on April 6, 2008. Source: RSSSF Brazil
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
19 9 6 4 24 15  +9 33 6 3 1 15 5  +10 3 3 3 9 10  −1

Last updated: 6 April 2008.
Source: 2008 Campeonato Paulista

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;

Copa do Brasil[edit]

First round[edit]

Barras-PI0–6Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 20' 22' 41' Dentinho

56' Lulinha
70' Herrera

90+1' Marcel
Attendance: 5.355
Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro

Second round[edit]

Fortaleza-CE1–2Corinthians
Simão 30' report (in Portuguese) 32' Willian
58' Acosta
Attendance: 29.319
Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Corinthians2–0Fortaleza-CE
Diogo Rincón 25'
André Santos 58'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 9.417
Referee: Jailson Macêdo Freitas

Round of 16[edit]

Goiás-GO3–1Corinthians
Paulo Baier 38' 42'
Evandro 58'
report (in Portuguese) 55' Diogo Rincon
Attendance: 17.927
Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Corinthians4–0Goiás-GO
Diogo Rincon 4' 16'

André Santos 22'

Herrera 30'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 50.773
Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Quarter-finals[edit]

Corinthians2–1São Caetano-SP
Herrera 67' 87' report (in Portuguese) 83' Luan
Attendance: 46.219
Referee: Rodrigo Braghetto

São Caetano-SP1–3Corinthians
Tuta 88' report (in Portuguese) 27' Chicão

50' André Santos

83' Acosta
Attendance: 21.437
Referee: José Henrique de Carvalho

Semi-finals[edit]

Botafogo-RJ2–1Corinthians
Lúcio Flávio 55' (pen.)
Jorge Henrique 88'
report (in Portuguese) 22' Carlos Alberto
Attendance: 30.737
Referee: Leonardo Gaciba da Silva

Corinthians2–1Botafogo-RJ
Acosta 51'
Chicão 64'
report (in Portuguese) 54' Renato Silva
Penalties
Chicão soccer ball with check mark
Herrera soccer ball with check mark
Nílton soccer ball with check mark
Alessandro soccer ball with check mark
Acosta soccer ball with check mark
5 – 4 soccer ball with check mark Lúcio Flávio
soccer ball with check mark Alexsandro
soccer ball with check mark André Luís
soccer ball with check mark Jorge Henrique
soccer ball with red X Zé Carlos
Attendance: 61.752
Referee: Evandro Rogério Roman

Final[edit]

Corinthians3–1Sport-PE
Dentinho 18'
Herrera 23'
Acosta 76'
report (in Portuguese) 90+1' Enílton
Attendance: 63.871
Referee: Héber Roberto Lopes

Sport-PE2–0Corinthians
Carlinhos Bala 34'
Luciano Henrique 37'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 33.921
Referee: Alicio Pena Júnior

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B[edit]

Matches[edit]

Corinthians3–2CRB
Herrera 2' 70'
Chicão 28'
report (in Portuguese) 1' Márcio
87' Helder
Attendance: 34.856
Referee: Gutemberg de Paula Fonseca (RJ)

Gama1–3Corinthians
Adriano Magrão 70' report (in Portuguese) 12' Herrera

73' Douglas

90' Acosta
Attendance: 21.486
Referee: Célio Amorim (SC)

ABC-RN0–1Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 77' Douglas
Attendance: 14.400
Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha (GO)

Corinthians2–0Fortaleza
Alessandro 22'
Herrera 73'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 22.194
Referee: Sérgio da Silva Carvalho (DF)

Grêmio Barueri1–4Corinthians
Márcio Careca 20' report (in Portuguese) 10' Acosta

21' (o.g.) Ávalos
28' Lima

61' Douglas
Attendance: 6.781
Referee: Rodrigo Martins Cintra (SP)

Corinthians4–1Brasiliense
Willian 16'

Herrera 66'
Chicão 71'

André Santos 89'
report (in Portuguese) 91' Adrianinho
Attendance: 19.164
Referee: Antônio Hora Filho (SE)

Ponte Preta1–1Corinthians
Danilo Neco 85' report (in Portuguese) 5' Herrera
Attendance: not available
Referee: Phillippe Lombard (SP)

Bragantino1–1Corinthians
Pará 52' report (in Portuguese) 60' Chicão
Attendance: not available
Referee: Claudinei Foratti Silva (SP)

Corinthians1–0São Caetano
Dentinho 55' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 21.294
Referee: Luiz Flavio de Oliveira (SP)

Corinthians5–0Marília
Chicão 20'
Dentinho 49' 62'
André Santos 77'
Denis 82'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: not available
Referee: Wilson Luiz Seneme (FIFA-SP)

Santo André1–1Corinthians
Marcelinho Carioca 26' report (in Portuguese) 76' Wellington Saci
Attendance: not available
Referee: Guilherme Cereta de Lima (SP)

Corinthians0–1Bahia
report (in Portuguese) 9' Elias
Attendance: 36.487
Referee: Willian Marcelo Souza Nery (RJ)

Ceará2–2Corinthians
Luiz Carlos 14' 28' report (in Portuguese) 8' 81' Dentinho
Attendance: 51.064
Referee: Emerson Luiz Sobral (PE)

Paraná0–2Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 70' 80' Dentinho
Attendance: 16.016
Referee: Nielson Nogueira Dias (PE)

Corinthians0–0Criciúma
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 30.961
Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci (DF)

Corinthians2–0Juventude
Fabinho 45'
Herrera 91'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 16.198
Referee: Luis Antonio Silva Santos (RJ)

Vila Nova-GO2–1Corinthians
Alex Oliveira 33'
Pedro Jr. 88'
report (in Portuguese) 51' André Santos
Attendance: 27.648
Referee: Wilson Souza de Mendonça (PE)

Avaí1–1Corinthians
Evando 83' report (in Portuguese) 30' Douglas
Attendance: not available
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (FIFA-RS)

Corinthians2–0América-RN
Douglas 56'
Anderson Bill (o.g.) 76'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: not available
Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (RJ)

CRB1–2Corinthians
Tozin 82' report (in Portuguese) 7' Herrera
45' Careca
Attendance: 7.027
Referee: Evandro Rogério Roman (FIFA-PR)

Corinthians5–0Gama
Douglas 5'
Herrera 31'
André Santos 64'
Elias 66'
Bebeto 91'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 13.646
Referee: Jaílson Macedo Freitas (BA)

Corinthians4–0ABC-RN
Elias 21'
Douglas 27'
André Santos 65'
Chicão 86'
report pt
Attendance: not available
Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio (DF)

Fortaleza1–3Corinthians
Bambam 54' report (in Portuguese) 22' Chicão
36' (o.g.) Preto
68' André Santos
Attendance: not available
Referee: Pablo dos Santos Alves (RJ)

Corinthians1–0Grêmio Barueri
André Santos 94' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 27.678
Referee: Domingos de Jesus Viana Filho (PA)

Brasiliense1–1Corinthians
Marcinho 46' report (in Portuguese) 50' Elias
Attendance: not available
Referee: Arnoldo Vasconcelos Figarela (RO)

Corinthians3–0Ponte Preta
Chicão 23'
Morais 44'
Douglas 91'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 23.814
Referee: Wagner Tardelli (FIFA-SC)

Corinthians2–0Bragantino
Dentinho 23'
André Santos 52'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 14.007
Referee: Álvaro Azeredo Quelhas (MG)

São Caetano2–2Corinthians
Tuta 8' 33' report (in Portuguese) 14' Dentinho
56' Herrera
Attendance: not available
Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza (SP)

Marília1–1Corinthians
Altair 61' report (in Portuguese) 13' Fábio Ferreira
Attendance: not available
Referee: Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral (SP)

Corinthians2–2Santo André
Dentinho 73' 89' report (in Portuguese) 7' Willians
55' Osny
Attendance: 35.666
Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro (MG)

Bahia0–3Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 8' Morais
56' 88' Dentinho
Attendance: not available
Referee: Wallace Nascimento Valente (ES)

Corinthians2–0Ceará
Douglas 8'
Chicão 49'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 35.426
Referee: Maurício Aparecido de Siqueira (MT)
Corinthians promoted to Série A

Corinthians2–1Paraná
Chicão 43'
Dentinho 63'
report (in Portuguese) 52' Fabinho
Attendance: 27.561
Referee: Alício Pena Júnior (FIFA-MG)

Criciúma0–2Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 23' Chicão
34' Cristian
Attendance: not available
Referee: Márcio Chagas da Silva (RS)
Corinthians Série B champion

Juventude1–2Corinthians
Egídio 68' report (in Portuguese) 7' Morais
86' Cristian
Attendance: 9.445
Referee: Willian Marcelo Souza Nery (RJ)

Corinthians3–1Vila Nova-GO
Herrera 7' 32' Alessandro 36' report (in Portuguese) Pedro Júnior 83'
Attendance: 23.339
Referee: Djalma Santos Beltrami (RJ)

Corinthians3– 2Avaí
Herrera 3' 37'
André Santos 79'
report (in Portuguese) André Turatto 5' Marcus Vinícius 84'
Attendance: 32.774
Referee: Péricles Pegado Cortez (RJ)

América-RN2– 0Corinthians
Souza 5'
Aloísio 91'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: not available
Referee: Carlos Eugenio Simon (RS)

Classification[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Corinthians 38 25 10 3 79 29 +50 85 Promotion to Série A 2009
2 Santo André 38 19 11 8 71 45 +26 68
3 Avaí 38 18 13 7 71 40 +31 67
4 Barueri 38 20 3 15 58 55 +3 63
5 Ponte Preta 38 17 7 14 54 46 +8 58
Source: [citation needed]

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
35 23 10 2 73 24  +49 79 14 1 1 40 7  +33 9 9 1 33 17  +16

Last updated: 13 November 2008.
Source: 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAAHHAHAAAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHA
ResultWWWWWWDDWWDLDWDWLDWWWWWWDWWDDDWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2008. Source: 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

External links[edit]