1998 São Paulo FC season

São Paulo
1998 season
Chairman	Fernando Casal de Rey
Manager	Daryo Pereira ; (until February 13); Nelsinho Baptista ; (until September 20); Pita ; (caretaker, until September 26) ; Mário Sérgio
Campeonato Brasileiro	15th
Copa do Brasil	Quarterfinals
Torneio Rio-São Paulo	Runners-up
Campeonato Paulista	Champions; (19th title); (in 1998 Copa do Brasil)
Copa Mercosur	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Dodô (10); All: Dodô and França (23)
	← 1997 1999 →

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

Statistics

Scorers

Position	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

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

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

Copa do Brasil

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

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

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

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

Campeonato Paulista

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

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

Campeonato Brasileiro

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

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

Copa Mercosur

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

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

External links

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