2017 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season
# 2017 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season

The 2017 season was the 103rd in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil and the Série A.

## Players

### Squad information

Squad at the end of the season.

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 | Fernando Prass (vice-captain) |
| 2 | MF | BRA | Jean |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Edu Dracena |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Juninho |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Arouca |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Egídio |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Dudu (captain) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Tchê Tchê |
| 9 | FW | COL | Miguel Borja |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Moisés |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Mayke |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Luan |
| 14 | GK | BRA | Jailson |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Michel Bastos |
| 16 | FW | BRA | Deyverson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Erik |
| 18 | MF | VEN | Alejandro Guerra |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Bruno Henrique |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Raphael Veiga |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Thiago Santos |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Fabiano |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Róger Guedes |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Antônio Carlos |
| 26 | DF | COL | Yerry Mina |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Keno |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Hyoran |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Willian |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Felipe Melo |
| 42 | GK | BRA | Vinicius Silvestre |
| 51 | GK | BRA | Daniel Fuzato |

### Copa Libertadores squad

    As of August 7, 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 | Fernando Prass (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Jean |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Edu Dracena |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Juninho |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Arouca |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Egídio |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Dudu (captain) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Tchê Tchê |
| 9 | DF | BRA | Mayke |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Moisés |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto |
| 12 | FW | COL | Miguel Borja |
| 13 | MF | BRA | Luan |
| 14 | GK | BRA | Jailson |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Michel Bastos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | BRA | Deyverson |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Erik |
| 18 | MF | VEN | Alejandro Guerra |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Bruno Henrique |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Raphael Veiga |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Thiago Santos |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Fabiano |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Róger Guedes |
| 24 | GK | BRA | Vinicius Silvestre |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Antônio Carlos |
| 26 | DF | COL | Yerry Mina |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Keno |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Hyoran |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Willian |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Felipe Melo |

### Transfers

**Transfers in**

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| FW | Keno | Santa Cruz | Sign | October 18, 2016 |
| MF | Hyoran | Chapecoense | Sign | November 9, 2016 |
| MF | Raphael Veiga | Coritiba | Sign | November 11, 2016 |
| MF | Alejandro Guerra | Atlético Nacional | Sign | December 27, 2016 |
| MF | Michel Bastos | São Paulo | Sign | December 31, 2016 |
| MF | Felipe Melo | Internazionale | Sign | January 8, 2017 |
| DF | Antônio Carlos | Ponte Preta | Loan | January 10, 2017 |
| FW | Willian | Cruzeiro | Sign | January 11, 2017 |
| FW | Miguel Borja | Atlético Nacional | Sign | February 9, 2017 |
| DF | Luan | Vasco | Sign | April 3, 2017 |
| DF | Mayke | Cruzeiro | Loan | May 13, 2017 |
| DF | Juninho | Coritiba | Sign | May 16, 2017 |
| MF | Bruno Henrique | Palermo | Sign | June 14, 2017 |
| FW | Deyverson | Levante | Sign | July 11, 2017 |

**Transfers out**

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Roger Carvalho | Atlético Goianiense | Sign | December 22, 2016 |
| MF | Gabriel | Later he signed with Corinthians | Contract not renewed | January 5, 2017 |
| MF | Matheus Sales | Bahia | Loan | January 8, 2017 |
| MF | Cleiton Xavier | Vitória | Sign | January 10, 2017 |
| GK | Vagner | Mirassol | Loan | January 11, 2017 |
| DF | Fabrício | Cruzeiro | Loan return | January 11, 2017 |
| FW | Leandro Pereira | Sport | Loan | January 11, 2017 |
| MF | Agustín Allione | Bahia | Loan | January 13, 2017 |
| DF | João Pedro | Chapecoense | Loan | January 17, 2017 |
| MF | Rodrigo | Sport | Loan | February 9, 2017 |
| FW | Lucas Barrios | Grêmio | Sign | February 22, 2017 |
| FW | Alecsandro | Coritiba | Sign | May 10, 2017 |
| FW | Rafael Marques | Cruzeiro | Sign | May 13, 2017 |
| DF | Vitor Hugo | Fiorentina | Sign | May 18, 2017 |
| MF | Vitinho | Barcelona B | Loan | July 11, 2017 |
| DF | Thiago Martins | Bahia | Loan | September 6, 2017 |

## 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 | 14 May 2017 | 3 December 2017 | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 050.00 |
| Copa do Brasil | 22 May 2017 | 17 July 2017 | Round of 16 | Quarter-Finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Campeonato Paulista | 5 February 2017 | 22 April 2017 | Matchday 1 | Semi-Finals | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 068.75 |
| Copa Libertadores | 8 March 2017 | 9 August 2017 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 66 | 36 | 10 | 20 | 111 | 73 | +38 | 054.55 |

Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Paulista

**First stage**

The draw was held on November 1, 2016. Palmeiras was drawn on Group C.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 25 | knockout stage |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 15 | knockout stage |
| 3 | Santo André | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 14 | |
| 4 | São Bento | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 13 | |

### Copa Libertadores

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 13 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Jorge Wilstermann | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Atlético Tucumán | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana |
| 4 | Peñarol | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 | |

The draw of the tournament was held on 21 December 2016, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. Palmeiras was drawn on the Group 5.

**Knockout stage**

**Round of 16**

The draw for this round was held on June 14. As Palmeiras finished first in his group, they hosted the second leg.

### Campeonato Brasileiro

**Standings**

| 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 |

**Results 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Result | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

### Copa do Brasil

As a team that disputed the Copa Libertadores, Palmeiras entered in the round of 16. The draw was held on April 20, 2017.

**Quarter-final**

The draw was held on June 5, 2017.

## Statistics

### Overall statistics

    As of December 3

| Games played | 66 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 4 Copa do Brasil) |
| - | - |
| Games won | 36 (11 Campeonato Paulista, 5 Copa Libertadores, 19 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa do Brasil) |
| Games drawn | 10 (1 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa Libertadores, 6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa do Brasil) |
| Games lost | 20 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 13 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa do Brasil) |
| Goals scored | 111 |
| Goals conceded | 73 |
| Goal difference | +38 (+18 Campeonato Paulista, +4 Copa Libertadores, +16 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Copa do Brasil) |
| Best result | 4–0 (vs. Linense – February 19, Campeonato Paulista) 4–0 (vs. Vasco – May 14, Campeonato Brasileiro) 5–1 (vs. Sport – November 16, Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Worst result | 0–3 (vs. Ponte Preta – April 16, Campeonato Paulista) 0–3 (vs. Atlético Paranaense – December 3, Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Yellow cards | 152 |
| Red cards | 8 |
| Top scorer | Willian (17 goals) |
| Clean sheets | 21 |
| Most clean sheets | Fernando Prass |

### 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 | 29 | Willian | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Dudu | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | FW | 27 | Keno | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Miguel Borja | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | FW | 23 | Róger Guedes | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | Alejandro Guerra | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 16 | Deyverson | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | 2 | Jean | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 26 | Yerry Mina | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Moisés | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 15 | Michel Bastos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 32 | Tchê Tchê | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 30 | Felipe Melo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 19 | Bruno Henrique | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 20 | Raphael Veiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 22 | Fabiano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 11 | Zé Roberto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 21 | Thiago Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 12 | Mayke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 28 | Hyoran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Egídio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 13 | Luan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 19 | Rafael Marques | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 8 | Lucas Barrios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
