São Paulo state football team
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Nickname(s) | Seleção Paulista | ||
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Association | Federação Paulista de Futebol | ||
Confederation | CBF | ||
Top scorer | Arthur Friedenreich (96) | ||
Home stadium | Estádio do Pacaembu Estádio do Morumbi | ||
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First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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The São Paulo state football team (Portuguese: Seleção Paulista de Futebol) represents São Paulo in association football.
History
[edit]The first steps of football in Brazil
[edit]In order to measure the strength of the two first centers of association football in Brazil, the need arose to hold fixtures between footballers who played in the states of São Paulo and the Federal District of Rio de Janeiro. In 1901, the first combined teams were formed, later to later to become the more formalised state teams.
These were the ones responsible for holding the first international football match to take place in Brazilian territory. On 31 July 1906, at the Velódromo da Consolação, São Paulo (called "Brazilian representatives") against the South Africa FA took place. The South Africans (at the time, known as the All-White Team),[1] was touring across South America to play against Argentine teams, much more developed than the incipient Brazilian football. The result was a resounding 6–0 for the Africans.
In 1907, the first interstate competition in Brazil took place, the Taça Brasil de Seleções, putting rivals Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo face to face. São Paulo won both matches and conquered the first trophy in its history.[2]
With the growth of football in the country, the games of the São Paulo team became more frequent in the 1910s, with emphasis on international matches representing Brazil (which had not yet had the national team established) against Argentina in 1912 and Chile twice during 1913. The difference in development between Brazilian football and its neighbors at that time was still large, and São Paulo was defeated in all three matches.[1]
"The Tiger" Friedenreich era
[edit]The great name of the São Paulo team is undoubtedly Arthur Friedenreich. "The Tiger", as he became famous after CA Paulistano's tour of Europe in 1925,[3] the first great Brazilian footballer recognized internationally, lived his heyday during the 1920s, a time when state selections were consolidated as de facto like teams, and not merely representations of the leagues.[4]
This time, it was the state of São Paulo that was far ahead in development compared to the others, so big wins, some into double digits, were frequent in front of the other competitors. Friedenreich scored exactly 80 goals with the Seleção Paulista team shirt, more than Pelé for Brazil (77 goals). Another monster of that period, Feitiço, scored 69 goals, followed by Petronilho de Brito with 54.
Brazilian State Teams Championship
[edit]At that time, the state teams from Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Bahia were established, which would accompany Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in the first major competition of the category, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais (English: Brazilian State Teams Championship). Organized from the 1920s to the 1960s almost without interruption, this was the golden age of state teams.[citation needed]
Large attendances were drawn to the grounds, which gradually stopped being simple pitches and became stadiums, a fundamental step for Brazil to develop the fever for football we know today. São Paulo is the second most successful team in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais, with 13 titles (against 14 by Rio de Janeiro). The Minas Gerais and Bahia team also achieved the glory once.[citation needed]
Clubs football, schedule and decline
[edit]With increasingly professionalized football, international club competitions, transfers of great athletes to Europe, and the Brazil national team being a world phenomenon after the 1970 FIFA World Cup, the football of state teams began to fade. Just over twenty matches was played from the 1980s to 2010, the date of the last appearance of the São Paulo team; the state model so acclaimed at the beginning of the 20th century seems to no longer please the conventional supporter. No longer featuring the great idols, and especially, with no space in the tight schedule of Brazil's football calendar, state teams ended up practically buried. Officially, the federations do not consider the teams extinct, but in practice, there is no longer any interest in reactivating them.[citation needed]
With the creation of ConiFA, a São Paulo team was considered for the entity's competitions (São Paulo FAD),[5] but that has no relationship with the Federação Paulista de Futebol, and therefore, with the historical São Paulo state football team.[6]
Players
[edit]Following is the information about the players who appeared for the São Paulo state team:[7]
Notable players
[edit]- Ademir da Guia
- Araken
- Cafu
- Careca
- Carlos Alberto
- Charles Miller
- Coutinho
Darío Pereyra
- Djalma Santos
- Feitiço
- Friedenreich
- Jair da Rosa Pinto
Jorge Valdivia
- Elano
Freddy Rincón
- Friaça
José Poy
- Leão
- Leônidas
- Marcelinho Carioca
- Neymar
- Pelé
- Pepe
- Oscar
- Petronilho de Brito
- Remo
- Rivellino
- Socrates
- Teixeirinha
- Toninho Guerreiro
- Viola
- Waldemar de Brito
Top goalscorers
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Pele_photo_1962.jpg/150px-Pele_photo_1962.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Friedenreich-Jovem.jpg/150px-Friedenreich-Jovem.jpg)
Rank | Player | Goals | Career |
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1 | Arthur Friedenreich | 80 | 1912–1931 |
2 | Feitiço | 69 | 1922–1933 |
3 | Petronilho de Brito | 54 | 1925–1931 |
4 | Heitor | 46 | 1919–1931 |
5 | Neco | 30 | 1914–1926 |
6 | Araken Patusca | 28 | 1925–1939 |
7 | Luisinho | 27 | 1931–1944 |
8 | Teleco | 24 | 1935–1940 |
9 | Servílio | 21 | 1939–1947 |
10 | Formiga | 18 | 1913–1930 |
Managers
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Aymor%C3%A9_Moreira_%281963%29.png/150px-Aymor%C3%A9_Moreira_%281963%29.png)
These are all the managers who as headed São Paulo state team:[7]
- Sílvio Lagreca (1931–1939)
- Ângelo Mastrandrea (1941)
- Flávio Costa (1941–1942)
- Armando Del Debbio (1942–1943)
- Vicente Feola (1944)
Joreca (1946–1947)
- Vicente Feola (1949–1950)
- Aymoré Moreira (1950–1955)
- Osvaldo Brandão (1955)
- Zezé Procópio (1956)
- Aymoré Moreira (1957)
- Lula (1958–1959)
- Aymoré Moreira (1960)
- Lula (1961–1962)
- Osvaldo Brandão (1963)
- Aymoré Moreira (1964–1967)
- Antoninho (1968–1969)
- Alfredo Ramos (1973)
- Otto Glória (1974)
José Poy (1974–1975)
- Rubens Minelli (1977)
- Carlos Alberto Silva (1980)
- Jorge Vieira (1981)
- Mário Travaglini (1982–1984)
- Candinho (1986)
- Rubens Minelli (1987–1988)
- Jair Pereira (1988–1990)
- Alfredo Mostarda (1990)
- Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1996)
- Oswaldo de Oliveira (1999)
- Tite (2004)
- Caio Júnior (2007)
- Vagner Mancini (2010)
Honours
[edit]- Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais:
- Winners (13): 1922, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1933 (FBF), 1934 (FBF), 1936, 1941, 1942, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959
- Taça Brasil de Seleções: (vs. Rio de Janeiro)
- Winners: 1907
- Taça Rio-São Paulo de Seleções: (vs. Rio de Janeiro)
- Winners: 1916
- Taça Füchs: (vs. Rio de Janeiro)
- Winners: 1918
- Taça Rodrigues Alves: (vs. Rio de Janeiro)
- Winners (2): 1919, 1920
- Taça Afonso de Camargo: (vs. Paraná)
- Winners (3): 1920, 1921, 1922
- Taça Washington Luís: (vs. Paraná)
- Winners: 1923
- Taça Raul Pontual: (vs. Palestra Itália-PR)
- Winners: 1926
- Taça Castellões: (vs. Rio de Janeiro)
- Winners: 1928
- Taça Broadway Melody: (vs. Bologna)
- Winners: 1929
- Taça Júlio Prestes: (vs. Rio de Janeiro)
- Winners: 1929
- Taça General Artigas: (vs. Nacional/Peñarol)
- Winners: 1955
- Torneio Garrastazu Médici:
- Winners: 1969
- Taça ACERJ: (vs. Rio de Janeiro)
- Winners: 1981
- Troféu Miguel Arraes: (vs. Pernambuco)
- Winners: 2007
- Copa Inovação: (vs. Rio de Janeiro)
- Winners: 2010
Fixtures and results
[edit]21st century
[edit]The São Paulo team played only three matches in the XXI century:[8]
10 Oct 2004 Friendly | Rio de Janeiro ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Rio de Janeiro |
Romário ![]() |
Report | Anderson Lima ![]() |
Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: 58.147 Referee: Willian de Souza Nery |
1 May 2007 Troféu Miguel Arraes | Pernambuco ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Recife |
Report | Valdivia ![]() |
Stadium: Estádio do Arruda Referee: Cláudio Mercante |
9 Dec 2010 Copa Inovação | São Paulo ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | São Caetano do Sul |
Elano ![]() Baiano ![]() Neymar ![]() |
Report | Dedé ![]() |
Stadium: Estádio Anacleto Campanella Referee: Sávio Spínola |
Last squad
[edit]The following players were called up for the Copa Inovação against Rio de Janeiro, on 9 December 2010.[9]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Fábio Costa | 27 November 1977 (aged 33) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
GK | Gustavo | 2 April 1989 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Paulo César | 26 August 1978 (aged 32) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Anderson | 27 April 1980 (aged 30) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Chicão | 3 June 1981 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Leandro Castán | 5 November 1986 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Diogo | 30 December 1989 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Baiano | 28 June 1978 (aged 32) | 1 | 1 | ![]() | |
MF | Casemiro | 23 February 1992 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Ralf | 9 June 1984 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Elias | 16 May 1985 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Fabrício | 5 July 1982 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Paulinho | 25 July 1988 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Juninho Paulista | 22 February 1973 (aged 37) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Elano | 14 June 1981 (aged 29) | 1 | 1 | ![]() | |
MF | Bruno César | 3 November 1988 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Neymar | 5 February 1992 (aged 18) | 1 | 1 | ![]() | |
FW | Marcos Aurélio | 23 September 1977 (aged 33) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Dentinho | 19 January 1989 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Wilson | 21 March 1985 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Mazola | 8 May 1989 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Head-to-head record
[edit]Below is a result summary of all matches São Paulo have played against another Brazilian state teams, FIFA national teams and clubs.
Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
State teams (non-FIFA)[edit]
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National teams (FIFA)[edit]
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External links
[edit]- Gazeta Press – Historical photos of the São Paulo state team
- História do Futebol - 1934 São Paulo state team rare photos
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Before Brazil national football team". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Taça Brasil 1907". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "European Trip of CA Paulistano in 1925". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "A primeira grande conquista do futebol brasileiro, tem origem Tricolor" (in Portuguese). Arquibancada Tricolor. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Federecão Alternativa de Desporto de Estado de São Paulo (FAD)". ConiFA. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "CONIFA organizará su primera Copa América en 2022" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Fichas Técnicas da Sel. de São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Futebol 80. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Todos os Jogos da Seleção Paulista" (in Portuguese). História do Futebol. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Anacleto revive duelo de rivais históricos" (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.