1998 São Paulo FC season
# 1998 São Paulo FC season

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

## Official competitions

### Copa do Brasil

**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

**Record**

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

### Campeonato Paulista

**Record**

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

### Campeonato Brasileiro

**Record**

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

### Copa Mercosur

**Record**

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