2017 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season
# 2017 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season

The 2017 season was the 108th season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.

## Background

### Kits

* Home (April 2017 onward): White shirt, black shorts and white socks;
* Away (April 2017 onward): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks;
* Third (September 2017 onward): Dark grey shirt, dark grey shorts and dark grey socks.

### Previous kits

* Home (Until April 2017): White shirt, black shorts and white socks.
* Away (Until April 2017): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks.
* Third (Until September 2017): Purple/blue shirt, blue shorts and blue socks.

### Squad

As of 4 September 2017

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Matheus Vidotto |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Léo Príncipe |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Pablo (on loan from Bordeaux) |
| 4 | DF | PAR | Fabián Balbuena |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Gabriel |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Moisés |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Jô |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Maycon |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Jádson |
| 11 | FW | PAR | Ángel Romero |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Cássio |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Arana |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Léo Santos |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Vilson |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Mantuan |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Giovanni Augusto |
| 18 | FW | TUR | Colin Kazim-Richards |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Danilo |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Fellipe Bastos |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Marciel |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Fagner |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Clayson |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Rodriguinho |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Walter |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Paulo Roberto |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Camacho |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Marquinhos Gabriel |
| 32 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Figueiredo |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Warian |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Pedro Henrique |
| 35 | FW | BRA | Carlinhos |
| 38 | MF | BRA | Pedrinho |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Caíque França |

### Managerial changes

On December 15, four days after the 2016 season ended, it was announced that Oswaldo de Oliveira was fired from the club. A week later, assistant manager Fábio Carille was announced as full-time manager for this season.

| Manager | Signed from | Date of signing | Date of departure | Signed with | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oswaldo de Oliveira | Sport Recife | 14 October 2016 | 15 December 2016 | – | |
| Fábio Carille | Technical staff | 22 December 2016 | – | – | |

### Transfers

**Transfers in**

| # | Position: | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | FW | Jô | Jiangsu Suning | Free Transfer (Rescinded contract) | 31 October 2016 | First team |
| 18 | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | Coritiba | Undisclosed (~R$1,000,000) | 6 January 2017 | First team |
| 5 | MF | Gabriel | Monte Azul | Undisclosed (R$6,700,000) | 13 January 2017 | First team |
| 25 | FW | Luidy | CRB | Undisclosed (~R$1,200,000) | 14 January 2017 | First team |
| 35 | MF | Fellipe Bastos | Al Ain | Free Transfer (Rescinded contract) | 14 January 2017 | First team |
| 77 | MF | Jádson | Tianjin Quanjian | Free Transfer (Rescinded contract) | 6 February 2017 | First team |
| 25 | FW | Clayson | Ponte Preta | R$3,500,000 (also traded for Léo Artur and Claudinho) | 18 May 2017 | First team |
| 28 | MF | Paulo Roberto | Osasco Audax | Undisclosed | 29 August 2017 | First team |

**Loans in**

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | MF | Paulo Roberto | Osasco Audax | 14 January 2017 | 31 December 2017 (Signed definitely on 29 August 2017) | First team |
| 3 | DF | Pablo | Bordeaux | 23 January 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| 9 | FW | Clayton | Atlético Mineiro | 27 March 2017 | 31 December 2017 (Canceled on 23 August 2017) | First team |

**Transfers out**

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | MF | Dawhan | CSA | Free Transfer (End of contract) | 31 December 2016 | Academy |
| 6 | DF | Uendel | Internacional | Undisclosed | 17 January 2017 | First team |
| | FW | Léo Artur | Ponte Preta | Free Transfer (Part of a trade involving Clayson) | 18 May 2017 | First team |
| | FW | Claudinho | Ponte Preta | Free Transfer (Part of a trade involving Clayson) | 18 May 2017 | First team |
| 30 | FW | Léo Jabá | Akhmat Grozny | €2,000,000 (~R$7,500,000) | 5 July 2017 | First team |

**Loans out**

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | DF | Rodrigo Sam | Água Santa | 13 December 2016 | 30 April 2017 | First team |
| | MF | Alan Mineiro | Ferroviária | 2 January 2017 | 30 April 2017 | First team |
| 9 | FW | Gustavo | Bahia | 6 January 2017 | 31 December 2017 (Canceled on 7 July 2017) | First team |
| | GK | Douglas | Avaí | 6 January 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| | FW | Claudinho | Santo André | 10 January 2017 | 30 April 2017 | First team |
| 30 | FW | Lucca | Ponte Preta | 17 January 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| | FW | Léo Artur | Osasco Audax | 24 January 2017 | 13 April 2017 | First team |
| 3 | DF | Yago | Ponte Preta | 1 February 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| 21 | MF | Jean | Vasco da Gama | 1 February 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| | DF | Vinícius Del'Amore | Fortaleza | 9 February 2017 | 31 December 2017 | Academy |
| 8 | MF | Marlone | Atlético Mineiro | 23 March 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| 25 | FW | Luidy | Figueirense | 19 April 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| 10 | MF | Guilherme | Atlético Paranaense | 26 April 2017 | 31 December 2018 | First team |
| | MF | Alan Mineiro | Vila Nova | 29 April 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| | DF | Guilherme Romão | Oeste | 22 May 2017 | 31 December 2017 | Academy |
| 36 | FW | Bruno Paulo | Santa Cruz | 28 May 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| | FW | Gabriel Vasconcelos | Oeste | 30 May 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| | DF | Rodrigo Sam | Oeste | 31 May 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| | FW | Stiven Mendoza | Bahia | 5 June 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| | FW | Gustavo | Goiás | 10 July 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| | FW | Luciano | Panathinaikos | 17 July 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |
| 16 | MF | Cristian | Grêmio | 4 September 2017 | 31 December 2017 | First team |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Sudamericana | Copa Sudamericana | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Brasileiro | Copa do Brasil | Copa do Brasil | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Matheus Vidotto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Léo Príncipe | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Pablo | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Fabián Balbuena | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Gabriel | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Moisés | 4 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Jô | 16 (1) | 6 | 4 (1) | 0 | 34 | 18 | 4 (1) | 1 | 58 (3) | 25 | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Marlone | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Maycon | 12 (1) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 32 (4) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 53 (5) | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Clayton | 0 (5) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (3) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (12) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Guilherme | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jádson | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25 (4) | 6 | 3 (1) | 0 | 43 (5) | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ángel Romero | 10 (5) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28 (1) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 49 (6) | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Cássio | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Guilherme Arana | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Léo Santos | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Guilherme Mantuan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Giovanni Augusto | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 3 (8) | 1 | 1 (3) | 0 | 6 (15) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | 3 (5) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 4 (10) | 1 | 1 (2) | 0 | 10 (18) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Danilo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Fellipe Bastos | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 (10) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Marciel | 0 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Fagner | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Clayson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (17) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 (17) | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Rodriguinho | 13 (1) | 4 | 3 (1) | 2 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 53 (2) | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 27 | GK | Walter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Paulo Roberto | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (7) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Camacho | 5 (5) | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 | 9 (18) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 16 (29) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Léo Jabá | 6 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 7 (10) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Marquinhos Gabriel | 1 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 (15) | 3 | 1 (2) | 0 | 15 (19) | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Rodrigo Figueiredo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Warian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Pedro Henrique | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Carlinhos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Pedrinho | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 (2) | 1 | 1 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (16) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Caíque França | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Série A | 13 May 2017 | 3 December 2017 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 055.26 |
| Copa do Brasil | 8 February 2017 | 19 April 2017 | First stage | Fourth stage | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 033.33 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 4 February 2017 | 7 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 055.56 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 5 April 2017 | 20 September 2017 | First stage | Round of 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 68 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 86 | 46 | +40 | 052.94 |

Source: Competitions

## Pre-season and friendlies

### Friendlies

Last updated: 1 February 2017 Source: Archived 2014-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

## Campeonato Paulista

For the 2017 Campeonato Paulista, the 16 teams are divided in four groups of 4 teams (A, B, C, D). They will face all teams, except those that are in their own group, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarterfinals. The two overall worst teams will be relegated.

### Statistics

Group A :

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Corinthians | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 24 | knockout stage |
| 2 | Botafogo-SP | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 17 | knockout stage |
| 3 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 14 | |
| 4 | São Bernardo | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 10 | |

## Campeonato Brasileiro

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Corinthians (C) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 72 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 63 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Santos | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 63 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | Grêmio | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 62 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 57 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
