2020 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season
# 2020 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season

The 2020 season was the 106th in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras' existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil and the Série A and also the FIFA Club World Cup.

## Squad information

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 | Weverton |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marcos Rocha |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Emerson Santos |
| 4 | DF | CHI | Benjamín Kuscevic |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Patrick de Paula |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Zé Rafael |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Luan Silva (on loan from Vitória) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Luiz Adriano |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Rony |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Mayke |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Luan |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Scarpa |
| 15 | DF | PAR | Gustavo Gómez |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Lucas Esteves |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | URU | Matías Viña |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Lucas Lima |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Wesley |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Raphael Veiga |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Menino |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Veron |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Danilo |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Willian |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Felipe Melo (captain) |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Alan Empereur |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Breno Lopes |
| 42 | GK | BRA | Jailson |
| 72 | GK | BRA | Vinícius Silvestre |

### Copa Libertadores squad

* Players in strike are no longer in the squad
* Players in italic were included in the last submission

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 | Weverton |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marcos Rocha |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Emerson Santos |
| 4 | DF | CHI | Benjamín Kuscevic |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Patrick de Paula |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Diogo Barbosa |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Silva |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Zé Rafael |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Luan Silva |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Luiz Adriano |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Rony |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Mayke |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Luan |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Scarpa |
| 15 | DF | PAR | Gustavo Gómez |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Lucas Esteves |
| 17 | DF | URU | Matías Viña |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Ramires |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Breno Lopes |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Lucas Lima |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Wesley |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Jailson |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Raphael Veiga |
| 24 | GK | BRA | Vinícius Silvestre |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Menino |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Renan |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Veron |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Danilo |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Willian |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Felipe Melo |
| 31 | GK | BRA | Mateus |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Garcia |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Jhow |
| 34 | MF | BRA | Ramon Cirino |
| 35 | MF | BRA | Jonathan |
| 36 | FW | BRA | Vitinho |
| 37 | MF | ECU | Érick Plúas |
| 38 | FW | BRA | Marcelinho |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Giovani |
| 40 | FW | BRA | João Pedro |
| 41 | GK | BRA | Lucas Bergantin |
| 42 | DF | BRA | Vanderlan |
| 43 | MF | BRA | Fabinho |
| 44 | GK | BRA | Bruno Carcaioli |
| 45 | MF | BRA | Adriano Juninho |
| 46 | GK | BRA | Leandro |
| 47 | FW | BRA | Ruan Ribeiro |
| 48 | FW | PAR | Aníbal Vega |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Fabrício |
| 50 | MF | BRA | Luis Guilherme |

**Notes**

* ↑ Replaced Vitor Hugo
* ↑ Replaced Dudu
* ↑ Replaced Bruno Henrique
* ↑ Replaced Victor Luis
* ↑ Replaced Alan
* ↑ Replaced Ramon Rocha
* ↑ Replaced Pedro Lima

Source: UOL, ge and Lance!

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | Gabriel Menino | Palmeiras Academy | Promoted to the first team | 25 November 2019 |
| MF | Patrick de Paula | Palmeiras Academy | Promoted to the first team | 25 November 2019 |
| GK | Vinícius Silvestre | CRB | Loan return | 25 November 2019 |
| DF | Pedrão | América Mineiro | Loan return | 25 November 2019 |
| FW | Artur | Bahia | Loan return | 25 November 2019 |
| DF | Lucas Esteves | Palmeiras Academy | Promoted to the first team | 25 November 2019 |
| MF | Alan | Palmeiras Academy | Promoted to the first team | 24 December 2019 |
| DF | Emerson Santos | Internacional | Loan return | 1 January 2020 |
| FW | Wesley | Vitória | Loan return | 3 January 2020 |
| DF | Matías Viña | Nacional | Signed | 31 January 2020 |
| FW | Rony | Athletico Paranaense | Signed | 21 February 2020 |
| FW | Iván Angulo | Cruzeiro | Loan return | 28 July 2020 |
| MF | Danilo | Palmeiras Academy | Signed | 10 September 2020 |
| DF | Benjamín Kuscevic | Universidad Católica | Signed | 4 November 2020 |
| DF | Alan Empereur | Verona | Loan with an option to buy | 9 November 2020 |
| FW | Breno Lopes | Juventude | Signed | 11 November 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | Thiago Santos | FC Dallas | Signed | 5 December 2019 |
| GK | Fernando Prass | | Contract ended | 7 December 2019 |
| DF | Edu Dracena | | Retired | 8 December 2019 |
| FW | Henrique Dourado | Henan Jianye | Loan return | 9 December 2019 |
| DF | Antônio Carlos | Orlando City | Loan | 17 December 2019 |
| FW | Miguel Borja | Junior | Loan | 28 December 2019 |
| FW | Carlos Eduardo | Athletico Paranaense | Loan | 7 January 2020 |
| FW | Artur | Red Bull Bragantino | ≅R$25,000,000 | 8 January 2020 |
| MF | Hyoran | Atlético Mineiro | Loan | 8 January 2020 |
| FW | Deyverson | Getafe | Loan | 17 January 2020 |
| MF | Matheus Fernandes | Barcelona | €7,000,000 | 31 January 2020 |
| MF | Jean | Cruzeiro | Loan | 2 March 2020 |
| FW | Iván Angulo | Cruzeiro | Loan | 16 March 2020 |
| FW | Dudu | Al-Duhail | Loan with an option to buy | 9 July 2020 |
| DF | Victor Luis | Botafogo | Loan | 21 July 2020 |
| DF | Pedrão | Nacional | Loan | 7 August 2020 |
| MF | Alan | Guarani | Loan | 28 August 2020 |
| DF | Diogo Barbosa | Grêmio | Signed | 11 September 2020 |
| DF | Vitor Hugo | Trabzonspor | ≅R$20,000,000 | 5 October 2020 |
| MF | Bruno Henrique | Al-Ittihad | ≅R$27,000,000 | 12 October 2020 |
| FW | Iván Angulo | Botafogo | Loan | 24 October 2020 |
| MF | Ramires | | Released | 27 November 2020 |

## Competitions

### 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 | 12 August 2020 | 25 February 2021 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 039.47 |
| Copa do Brasil | 29 October 2020 | 7 March 2021 | Round of 16 | Winners | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 075.00 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 22 January 2020 | 8 August 2020 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 050.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 4 March 2020 | 30 January 2021 | Group stage | Winners | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 6 | +27 | 076.92 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 7 February 2021 | 11 February 2021 | Semi-finals | Fourth place | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 77 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 120 | 55 | +65 | 050.65 |

Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Paulista

**First stage**

Palmeiras were drawn into Group B. On 16 March 2020, it was announced that the tournament had been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 July, the return of the competition was announced by the Federação Paulista de Futebol.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 22 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Santo André | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 20 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 19 | |
| 4 | Botafogo | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 11 | |

### Copa Libertadores

**Group stage**

The draw for the qualifying stages and group stage was held on 17 December 2019, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date to be confirmed. On 18 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended until 5 May 2020. On 17 April 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended indefinitely, and no date had been set for its resumption. On 10 July 2020, CONMEBOL announced the new schedule for the remainder of the competition.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 16 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Guaraní | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 13 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Bolívar | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | Copa Sudamericana |
| 4 | Tigre | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | |

**Round of 16**

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 October 2020, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3).

### Série A

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Fluminense | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 64 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 6 | Grêmio | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 59 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 58 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 8 | Santos | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 54 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 9 | Athletico Paranaense | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |

* ↑ Palmeiras qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2020 Copa Libertadores and the 2020 Copa do Brasil.

**Result by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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| Result | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |

**Matches**

The schedule was released on 27 February 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil the tournament was rescheduled, starting on 8 August 2020 and concluding on 25 February 2021.

### Copa do Brasil

**Round of 16**

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 October 2020.

**Quarterfinal**

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 6 November 2020.

**Semifinal**

The draw to determine the home and away teams for both legs was held at CBF headquarters on 24 November 2020.

**Final**

The draw to determine the home and away teams for both legs was held at CBF headquarters on 14 January 2021.

### FIFA Club World Cup

Palmeiras qualified for the Club World Cup by winning the Copa Libertadores.

## Statistics

### Overall statistics

| Games played | 77 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 13 Copa Libertadores, 38 Série A, 8 Copa do Brasil, 2 FIFA Club World Cup) |
| - | - |
| Games won | 39 (8 Campeonato Paulista, 10 Copa Libertadores, 15 Série A, 6 Copa do Brasil, 0 FIFA Club World Cup) |
| Games drawn | 24 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 13 Série A, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 FIFA Club World Cup) |
| Games lost | 14 (2 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa Libertadores, 10 Série A, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 FIFA Club World Cup) |
| Goals scored | 120 |
| Goals conceded | 55 |
| Goal difference | +65 (+14 Campeonato Paulista, +27 Copa Libertadores, +14 Série A, +11 Copa do Brasil, -1 FIFA Club World Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 34 |
| Most clean sheets | Weverton (34) |
| Best result | 5–0 (vs. Bolívar, Copa Libertadores – September 30) 5–0 (vs. Tigre, Copa Libertadores – October 21) 5–0 (vs. Delfín, Copa Libertadores – December 2) |
| Worst result | 0–2 (vs. São Paulo, Série A – October 10) 1–3 (vs. Coritiba, Série A – October 14) 0–2 (vs. Fortaleza, Série A – October 18) 0–2 (vs. Internacional, Série A – December 19) 0–2 (vs. River Plate, Copa Libertadores – January 12, 2021) 0–2 (vs. Flamengo, Série A – January 21, 2021) 0–2 (vs. Atlético Mineiro, Série A – February 25, 2021) |
| Yellow cards | 179 |
| Red cards | 9 |
| Top scorer | Luiz Adriano (20 goals) |

### Goalscorers

In italic players who left the team in mid-season.

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Série A | Copa do Brasil | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Luiz Adriano | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | MF | 23 | Raphael Veiga | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | FW | 29 | Willian | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Rony | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | FW | 27 | Gabriel Veron | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | DF | 15 | Gómez | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Zé Rafael | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 5 | Patrick de Paula | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | 47 | Wesley | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 14 | Gustavo Scarpa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 25 | Gabriel Menino | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | 39 | Breno Lopes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 17 | Viña | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 7 | Dudu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Marcos Rocha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 20 | Lucas Lima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | Ramires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 30 | Felipe Melo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 28 | Danilo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 34 | Emerson Santos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
