2016 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season

Palmeiras

2016 season

President

Paulo Nobre

Coach

Marcelo Oliveira (until March 9)^[1]

Alberto Valentim (interim)

Cuca (March 14 – December 11)^[2]^[3]

Stadium

Champions

Semifinal

Second stage

Quarterfinal

Top goalscorer

League: Gabriel Jesus
(12 goals)
All: Gabriel Jesus
(21 goals)

Highest home attendance

40,986 (vs. Chapecoense – November 27)

Lowest home attendance

15,475 (vs. Red Bull Brasil – March 24)

Average home league attendance

29,201

Home colors

Away colors

Third colors

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The 2016 season was the 102nd 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

Players at the end of the season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Fernando Prass
2	DF	BRA	Fabiano (on loan from Cruzeiro)
3	DF	BRA	Edu Dracena
4	DF	BRA	Vitor Hugo
5	MF	BRA	Arouca
6	DF	BRA	Egídio
7	FW	BRA	Dudu
8	FW	PAR	Lucas Barrios
10	MF	BRA	Cleiton Xavier
11	MF	BRA	Zé Roberto
13	DF	BRA	Roger Carvalho (on loan from Tombense)
14	FW	BRA	Erik
15	MF	ARG	Agustín Allione
16	DF	BRA	Fabrício (on loan from Internacional)
17	MF	BRA	Jean
18	MF	BRA	Gabriel (on loan from Monte Azul)
19	FW	BRA	Rafael Marques


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	BRA	Rodrigo (on loan from Tombense)
21	MF	BRA	Thiago Santos
22	DF	BRA	João Pedro
23	FW	BRA	Róger Guedes
25	GK	BRA	Vagner
26	DF	COL	Yerry Mina
27	MF	BRA	Matheus Sales
28	MF	BRA	Moisés
29	FW	BRA	Alecsandro
30	FW	BRA	Leandro Pereira (on loan from Brugge)
31	DF	BRA	Thiago Martins
32	MF	BRA	Tchê Tchê
33	FW	BRA	Gabriel Jesus
37	MF	BRA	Vitinho
48	GK	BRA	Vinicius Silvestre
49	GK	BRA	Jailson

Transfers

Transfers in

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
GK	Vagner	Avaí	Sign	December 10, 2015	^[4]
DF	Roger	Botafogo	Sign	December 10, 2015	^[5]
MF	Rodrigo	Goiás	Loan	December 11, 2015	^[6]
MF	Régis	Sport	Loan	December 18, 2015	^[7]
DF	Edu Dracena	Corinthians	Sign	December 22, 2015	^[8]
FW	Erik	Goiás	Sign	December 23, 2015	^[9]
MF	Moisés	Rijeka	Sign	December 24, 2015	^[10]
DF	Thiago Martins	Paysandu	Loan return	January 6, 2016	^[11]
DF	Victor Luis	Ceará	Loan return	January 6, 2016	^[11]
MF	Jean	Fluminense	Sign	January 13, 2016	^[12]
FW	Róger Guedes	Criciúma	Sign	April 5, 2016	^[13]
DF	Fabrício	Cruzeiro	Loan	April 26, 2016	^[14]
DF	Fabiano	Cruzeiro	Loan	April 26, 2016	^[14]
DF / MF	Tchê Tchê	Audax	Sign	April 28, 2016	^[15]
DF	Yerry Mina	Santa Fe	Sign	May 1, 2016	^[16]
FW	Leandro Pereira	Brugge	Loan	June 29, 2016	^[17]

Transfers out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Andrei Girotto	Later he signed with the Kyoto Sanga.	Released	December 7, 2015	^[18]^[19]
DF	João Paulo		Released	December 7, 2015	^[18]
DF	Victor Ramos		Released	December 10, 2015	^[20]
GK	Aranha		Contract terminated	December 16, 2015	^[21]
MF	Renato	Ponte Preta	Loan	December 30, 2015	^[22]
DF	Jackson	Internacional	Loan return	January 2, 2016	^[23]
GK	Fábio	Oeste	Loan	January 4, 2016	^[24]
MF	Amaral	Coritiba	Loan	January 4, 2016	^[25]
FW	Kelvin	Porto	Loan return	January 19, 2016	^[26]
FW	Pablo Mouche	Lanús	Loan	January 25, 2016	^[27]
DF	Lucas	Cruzeiro	Loan	April 26, 2016	^[14]
MF	Robinho	Cruzeiro	Loan	April 26, 2016	^[14]
DF	Nathan	Criciúma	Loan	April 27, 2016	^[28]
DF	Victor Luis	Botafogo	Loan	April 27, 2016	^[29]
MF	Fellype Gabriel	None	Contract mutually terminated	April 27, 2016	^[30]
DF	Lucas Taylor	Criciúma	Loan	April 27, 2016	^[31]
MF	Régis	Bahia	Loan	May 24, 2016	^[32]
DF	Leandro Almeida	Internacional	Sign	June 8, 2016	^[33]
FW	Jonatan Cristaldo	Cruz Azul	Sign	June 29, 2016	^[34]
FW	Pablo Mouche	Red Star Belgrade	Loan	July 8, 2016	^[35]
FW	Gabriel Jesus	Manchester City	Sign. He will join the team in January 2017.	August 3, 2016	^[36]^[37]
DF	Fernando Tobio	Boca Juniors	Loan renewed.	August 9, 2016	^[38]
FW	Luan	Atlético Paranaense	Loan	August 20, 2016	^[39]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	14 May 2016	11 December 2016	Matchday 1	Winners	38	24	8	6	62	32	+30	063.16
Copa do Brasil	31 August 2016	19 October 2016	Round of 16	Quarter-Finals	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	025.00
Campeonato Paulista	31 January 2016	24 April 2016	Matchday 1	Semi-Finals	17	8	4	5	29	19	+10	047.06
Copa Libertadores	16 February 2016	14 April 2016	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	2	2	12	8	+4	033.33
Total					65	35	15	15	108	63	+45	053.85

Source: Competitions

Friendlies

On November 27, 2015, was announced that Palmeiras will dispute a friendly tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay between January 20–23.^[40]

January 20	Palmeiras	2–0	Libertad	Montevideo, Uruguay
19:30 UTC−02	Allione 81' Moisés 90'	Report	Molinas 61'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

January 23	Nacional	0–0 (4–3 p)	Palmeiras	Montevideo, Uruguay
23:15 UTC−02	Romero 24' Gorga 68'	Report	Robinho 52' Moisés 79'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)
	Penalties
	Fernández Polenta González Ramírez Fucile Barcia		Zé Roberto Rafael Marques Dudu Allione Fernando Prass Gabriel Jesus

Campeonato Paulista

Standings

Palmeiras was drawn in the Group B.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (Q)	15	7	3	5	25	17	+8	24	Advance to the quarter-finals
2	São Bernardo (Q)	15	6	5	4	22	21	+1	23	Advance to the quarter-finals
3	Ponte Preta (E)	15	6	4	5	22	16	+6	22
4	Ituano (E)	15	6	4	5	19	19	0	22
5	Novorizontino (E)	15	5	6	4	24	21	+3	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

First stage

January 31 1	Botafogo-SP	0–2	Palmeiras	Ribeirão Preto
19:30 UTC−02	Mirita 31' César Gaúcho 41'	Report	Alecsandro 13', 60' Robinho 74' Dudu 86'	Stadium: Santa Cruz Attendance: 18,635 Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza

February 4 2	Palmeiras	2–2	São Bento	São Paulo
21:00 UTC−02	Gabriel Jesus 5' Leandro Almeida 71' João Paulo 90' (o.g.)	Report	Éder 27', 33' Morais 40' Rodriguinho 72' Fernandinho 76'	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 19,177 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

February 10 3	Oeste	0–0	Palmeiras	São José do Rio Preto
21:45 UTC−02	Guilherme Rato 83'	Report	Robinho 30'	Stadium: Anísio Haddad Attendance: 15,036 Referee: Vinicius Furlan

February 13 4	Palmeiras	1–2	Linense	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−02	Alecsandro 37' (pen.)	Report	William Pottker 26', 39', 81' Zé Antônio 58' Ricardinho 62'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 20,768 Referee: José Claudio Rocha Filho

February 20 5	Palmeiras	0–0	Santos	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−03	Matheus Sales 47' Gabriel Jesus 62' Alecsandro 90+2'	Report	Victor Ferraz 33' Ricardo Oliveira 72' Elano 79' Zeca 82' Léo Cittadini 83' Gustavo Henrique 87'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 23,181 Referee: Raphael Claus

February 25 6	XV de Piracicaba	1–4	Palmeiras	Piracicaba
21:30 UTC−03	Rivaldinho 50'	Report	Vitor Hugo 41' Gabriel Jesus 46', 65' Lucas 54' Alecsandro 61' Jean 72'	Stadium: Barão da Serra Negra Attendance: 10,836 Referee: Thiago Luis Scarascati

February 28 7	Palmeiras	1–2	Ferroviária	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−03	Cristaldo 62' Robinho 76'	Report	Fernando Gabriel 40' Marcão 67' Rafael Miranda 79' Tiago Adan 82' Rafinha 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 18,413 Referee: Thiago Duarte Peixoto

March 6 8	Palmeiras	4–1	Capivariano	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Allione 7' Lucas 35' Thiago Martins 40', 78' Cristaldo 48' (pen.) Alecsandro 86'	Report	Rodolfo 29' Bonfim 45' 68' Maguinho 52'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 21,499 Referee: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo

March 13 9	São Paulo	0–2	Palmeiras	São Paulo
11:00 UTC−03	Hudson 35' Bruno 36' Maicon 78' Caramelo 80' João Schmidt 88'	Report	Edu Dracena 31' Matheus Sales 51' Dudu 74', 78' Robinho 86'	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 14,051 Referee: Raphael Claus

March 20 10	Audax	2–1	Palmeiras	Osasco
18:30 UTC−03	Velicka 10' (pen.) Camacho 32' Bruno Paulo 90+3'	Report	Gabriel Jesus 20' Edu Dracena 45' Barrios 77'	Stadium: Prefeito José Liberatti Attendance: 9,391 Referee: Vinicius Furlan

March 24 11	Palmeiras	1–2	Red Bull Brasil	São Paulo
20:30 UTC−03	Alecsandro 59', 90+3'	Report	Thiago Galhardo 39' Roger 44', 81' Diego Sacoman 56' Willian Rocha 90+4'	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 15,475 Referee: Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral

March 27 12	Água Santa	4–1	Palmeiras	Presidente Prudente
16:00 UTC−03	Gustavo 34' Russo 41' Everaldo 44' Bruninho 45+3' Roger 67' (o.g.) Bruno Ré 90+4'	Report	Robinho 43' (pen.) Edu Dracena 63' Egídio 90+1'	Stadium: Prudentão Attendance: 2,821 Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho

March 31 13	Palmeiras	3–0	Rio Claro	São Paulo
20:30 UTC−03	Matheus Sales 33' Robinho 36' Alecsandro 41', 44' Gabriel Jesus 54' Egídio 63' Thiago Santos 81' Rafael Marques 86'	Report	Léo Coelho 39' Lucas Frigeri 41' Weslen 45+1' Luís Felipe 68' Thiago Cristian 90+2'	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 15,723 Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza

April 3 14	Palmeiras	1–0	Corinthians	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Gabriel Jesus 43' Arouca 64' Dudu 77' Egídio 81' Alecsandro 87'	Report	Lucca 43' Felipe 45+4' Giovanni Augusto 77'	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 22,663 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

April 10 15	Mogi Mirim	1–2	Palmeiras	Mogi Mirim
16:00 UTC−03	Lulinha 20' (pen.), 66'	Report	Vitor Hugo 5' Alecsandro 15' Matheus Sales 18' Allione 49' Jean 61' Barrios 64'	Stadium: Vail Chaves Attendance: 7,759 Referee: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo

Quarterfinal

April 18	Palmeiras	2–0	São Bernardo	São Paulo
21:00 UTC−03	Gabriel Jesus 24', 86' Alecsandro 35'	Report	João Francisco 43' Eduardo 61' Tatá 67' Luciano Castán 89'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 30,731 Referee: Vinicius Furlan

Semifinal

April 24	Santos	2–2 (3–2 p)	Palmeiras	Santos
16:00 UTC−03	Gabriel 39', 73', 45+3' Elano 45'	Report	Egídio 16' Alecsandro 45+3' Gabriel 54' Thiago Martins 56' Matheus Sales 60' Rafael Marques 87', 88' Vagner 89' Vitor Hugo 90+3'	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 13,690 Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza
	Penalties
	Lucas Lima David Braz Zeca Victor Ferraz		Cleiton Xavier Barrios Jean Rafael Marques Fernando Prass

Copa Libertadores

As a 2015 Copa do Brasil winner, Palmeiras qualified directly to the second stage.

The draw of the tournament was held on December 22, 2015, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[41]^[42]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rosario Central	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11	Final stages
2	Nacional	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9	Final stages
3	Palmeiras	6	2	2	2	12	8	+4	8
4	River Plate	6	0	3	3	6	15	−9	3

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) drawing of lots.

Second stage

February 16 1	River Plate	2–2	Palmeiras	Maldonado, Uruguay
21:45 UTC−02	Rodríguez 24' Santos 50' (pen.) Montelongo 63' González 90+2'	CONMEBOL GloboEsporte	Lucas 28' Jean 33' Fernando Prass 49' Gabriel Jesus 57' Roger 66' Zé Roberto 80'	Stadium: Estadio Domingo Burgueño Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

March 3 2	Palmeiras	2–0	Rosario Central	São Paulo, Brazil
21:45 UTC−03	Thiago Santos 18' Cristaldo 24' Robinho 59' Allione 85', 90+3' Gabriel Jesus 87'	CONMEBOL GloboEsporte	Burgos 38'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 36,100 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

March 9 3	Palmeiras	1–2	Nacional	São Paulo, Brazil
21:45 UTC−03	Zé Roberto 18' Thiago Martins 45+1' Gabriel Jesus 45+3' Egídio 66'	CONMEBOL GloboEsporte	Fucile 22' 42' López 37', 86' Barcia 40' Eguren 41' Fernández 60' Conde 69' Romero 72' Léo Gamalho 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 37,073 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

March 17 4	Nacional	1–0	Palmeiras	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:45 UTC−03	Porras 7' López 50', 59'	CONMEBOL GloboEsporte	Lucas 10' Alecsandro 33' Arouca 83'	Stadium: Gran Parque Central Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

April 6 5	Rosario Central	3–3	Palmeiras	Rosario, Argentina
21:45 UTC−03	Donatti 32' Pinola 45' Sosa 45' Cervi 50' Fernández 58' Ruben 66' (pen.) Musto 72'	CONMEBOL GloboEsporte	Gabriel Jesus 4', 44', 72' Gabriel 49' Barrios 76', 82' Fernando Prass 85'	Stadium: Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

April 14 6	Palmeiras	4–0	River Plate	São Paulo, Brazil
21:45 UTC−03	Alecsandro 10', 80' (pen.) Egídio 18' Allione 45+3', 72'	CONMEBOL GloboEsporte	Pintos 29'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 30,416 Referee: Óscar Maldonado (Bolivia)

Campeonato Brasileiro

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (C)	38	24	8	6	62	32	+30	80	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Santos	38	22	5	11	59	35	+24	71
3	Flamengo	38	20	11	7	52	35	+17	71
4	Atlético Mineiro	38	17	11	10	61	53	+8	62^[a]
5	Botafogo	38	17	8	13	43	39	+4	59	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The matchday 38 game between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro was cancelled after both teams declined to play following the Chapecoense team plane crash.^[43] Both teams received a double walkover (3–0 loss for each team).^[44]

Matches

May 14 1	Palmeiras	4–0	Atlético Paranaense	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Róger Guedes 19' Barrios 27' Gabriel Jesus 45', 86' Thiago Martins 52'	Report	Paulo André 37' Walter 38' Léo 50' 54' Nikão 73'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 33,629 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araujo (Rio de Janeiro)

May 21 2	Ponte Preta	2–1	Palmeiras	Campinas
16:00 UTC−03	Felipe Azevedo 23', 32' Wellington Paulista 48' Matheus Jesus 77' Thiago Galhardo 85'	Report	Matheus Sales 38' Tchê Tchê 53' Thiago Martins 58' Moisés 90'	Stadium: Moisés Lucarelli Attendance: 7,061 Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)

May 25 3	Palmeiras	2–0	Fluminense	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03	Vitor Hugo 57' Alecsandro 58' Thiago Martins 71'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 28,534 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Santa Catarina)

May 29 4	São Paulo	1–0	Palmeiras	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Ganso 11' Lugano 24' Alan Kardec 29'	Report	Thiago Santos 20' Zé Roberto 33' Moisés 71' Rafael Marques 85' Vitor Hugo 89'	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 21,016 Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

June 2 5	Palmeiras	4–3	Grêmio	São Paulo
21:00 UTC−03	Gabriel Jesus 1' Matheus Sales 19' Dudu 23' Vitor Hugo 41', 72' Róger Guedes 56' Fernando Prass 74' Thiago Santos 83' Fabrício 87'	Report	Marcelo Hermes 39' Bressan 45+4' Giuliano 54' Bruno Grassi 67' Geromel 71' Lincoln 82' Edílson 90'	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 19,198 Referee: Marielson Alves Silva (Bahia)

June 5 6	Flamengo	1–2	Palmeiras	Brasília
16:00 UTC−03	Alan Patrick 5' César Martins 70' Mancuello 82'	Report	Gabriel Jesus 3' Jean 71' (pen.) Vitor Hugo 83' Cleiton Xavier 90+1'	Stadium: Mané Garrincha Attendance: 54,665 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)

June 12 7	Palmeiras	1–0	Corinthians	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Jean 37' Cleiton Xavier 47' Zé Roberto 57' Edu Dracena 75' Moisés 87'	Report	Giovanni Augusto 9' Cristian 24' Felipe 31' Fagner 80'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 39,935 Referee: Raphael Claus (São Paulo)

June 15 8	Coritiba	2–2	Palmeiras	Curitiba
21:45 UTC−03	João Paulo 19' Ruy 25' Juninho 42' Edinho 44' Luccas Claro 57' Leandro 90+4'	Report	Róger Guedes 6' Thiago Santos 11' Thiago Martins 21' Cristaldo 68' Gabriel Jesus 77'	Stadium: Couto Pereira Attendance: 13,593 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

June 18 9	Palmeiras	3–1	Santa Cruz	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Dudu 28', 65' Róger Guedes 38' Jean 45+2'	Report	Uillian Correia 18' 90+2' Neris 45+1' Grafite 51' João Paulo 55'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 34,162 Referee: Eduardo Tomaz de Aquino Valadão (Goiás)

June 21 10	Palmeiras	2–0	América Mineiro	São Paulo
21:30 UTC−03	Gabriel Jesus 18', 26'	Report	Artur 79'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 27,429 Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (Pernambuco)

June 25 11	Cruzeiro	2–1	Palmeiras	Belo Horizonte
19:00 UTC−03	Willian 14', 47' Bruno Rodrigo 72' Romero 86' Arrascaeta 87' Bruno Ramires 89'	Report	Gabriel Jesus 10' Edu Dracena 73' Tchê Tchê 86'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 18,082 Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)

June 30 12	Palmeiras	4–0	Figueirense	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−03	Moisés 7' Dudu 42' Gabriel Jesus 55', 90' Róger Guedes 64'	Report	Rafael Moura 32'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 32,834 Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Junior (Pernambuco)

July 4 13	Sport	1–3	Palmeiras	Recife
20:00 UTC−03	Matheus Ferraz 42' Samuel Xavier 55' Gabriel Xavier 58' Agenor 69' Wallace 83'	Report	Erik 5', 10' Mina 44' Gabriel Jesus 55', 65' Cleiton Xavier 71' (pen.) Thiago Santos 73' Róger Guedes 78'	Stadium: Ilha do Retiro Attendance: 26,719 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

July 12 14	Palmeiras	1–1	Santos	São Paulo
20:30 UTC−03	Mina 6' Moisés 9' Erik 17' Arouca 84'	Report	Gabriel 9', 55' Zeca 64'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 40,035 Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio (Goiás)

July 17 15	Internacional	0–1	Palmeiras	Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC−03	Raphinha 36' Paulão 38' Nahuelpán 90+1' William 90+1'	Report	Erik 10' Gabriel Jesus 47' Thiago Santos 81'	Stadium: Beira-Rio Attendance: 27,293 Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro (Goiás)

July 24 16	Palmeiras	0–1	Atlético Mineiro	São Paulo
11:00 UTC−03	Tchê Tchê 1'	Report	Carlos César 55' Leandro Donizete 59' Rafael Carioca 64'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 39,400 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)

July 31 17	Botafogo	3–1	Palmeiras	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC−03	Neílton 18', 34' Canales 39' Airton 45' Bruno Silva 76' Diogo Barbosa 82' Camilo 86' (pen.)	Report	Edu Dracena 37' Jean 45+1' Vitor Hugo 50' Erik 77'	Stadium: Luso Brasileiro Attendance: 8,477 Referee: Heber Lopes (Santa Catarina)

August 4 18	Chapecoense	1–1	Palmeiras	Chapecó
21:30 UTC−03	Kempes 29' Thiego 46'	Report	Jean 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena Condá Attendance: 9,167 Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio (Goiás)

August 7 19	Palmeiras	2–1	Vitória	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Barrios 36' Cleiton Xavier 49' Tchê Tchê 90' Zé Roberto 90+2'	Report	Kanu 30' Euller 54' Thiago Martins 74' (o.g.) Victor Ramos 79' Marinho 88'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 30,330 Referee: Braulio da Silva Machado (Santa Catarina)

August 14 20	Atlético Paranaense	0–1	Palmeiras	Curitiba
18:30 UTC−03	Léo 7' Hernani 33' Otávio 82'	Report	Thiago Santos 9' Vitor Hugo 43' Erik 68' Cleiton Xavier 83'	Stadium: Arena da Baixada Referee: Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima (Rio Grande do Sul)

August 21 21	Palmeiras	2–2	Ponte Preta	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Rafael Marques 2', 15' Thiago Martins 69', 76' Thiago Santos 90+1'	Report	Fábio Ferreira 5' Wellington Paulista 51' Reinaldo 57' Nino Paraíba 62' William Pottker 72' Thiago Galhardo 83' Aranha 84' João Vitor 90+4'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 29,183 Referee: Heber Lopes (Santa Catarina)

August 28 22	Fluminense	0–2	Palmeiras	Brasília
16:00 UTC−03	Douglas 6' Wellington Silva 36' Cícero 50' Marcos Júnior 79' Marquinho 81' Gum 84' Danilinho 90+2'	Report	Gabriel Jesus 14' Dudu 18', 57' Jean 24' Mina 42' Vitor Hugo 48' Arouca 83'	Stadium: Mané Garrincha Attendance: 12,037 Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

September 7 23	Palmeiras	2–1	São Paulo	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03	Gabriel 45+3' Mina 52', 55' Vitor Hugo 70' Jean 84'	Report	Chávez 47', 49' Mena 83' Lyanco 90'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 39,944 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Santa Catarina)

September 11 24	Grêmio	0–0	Palmeiras	Porto Alegre
18:30 UTC−03	Edílson 36' Kannemann 51' Douglas 54' Walace 60'	Report	Edu Dracena 61' Gabriel 84' Jailson 90+4'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 21,578 Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira (Minas Gerais)

September 14 25	Palmeiras	1–1	Flamengo	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−03	Vitor Hugo 51' Gabriel Jesus 68', 82'	Report	Márcio Araújo 16' 39' Alan Patrick 62'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 32,885 Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro (Goiás)

September 17 26	Corinthians	0–2	Palmeiras	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Balbuena 32' Léo Príncipe 63' 75'	Report	Moisés 4', 83' Gabriel 36' Leandro Pereira 55' Mina 76' Thiago Santos 85'	Stadium: Arena Corinthians Attendance: 39,879 Referee: Heber Lopes (Santa Catarina)

September 24 27	Palmeiras	2–1	Coritiba	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03	Dudu 48' Moisés 48' Leandro Pereira 50' Mina 56'	Report	Iago 41', 75' Nery Bareiro 49' Edinho 53'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 30,962 Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)

October 3 28	Santa Cruz	2–3	Palmeiras	Recife
20:00 UTC−03	Derley 35' Danny Morais 39' Neris 39' Allan 45' Arthur 55' Pisano 57' Grafite 69' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Zé Roberto 32' Erik 42' Leandro Pereira 65' Róger Guedes 79' Jailson 90+2' Gabriel Jesus 90+3'	Stadium: Arruda Attendance: 7,189 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)

October 9 29	América Mineiro	0–2	Palmeiras	Londrina
17:00 UTC−03	Roger 6' Gilson 25' Fernando Leal 54'	Report	Tchê Tchê 2' Róger Guedes 81' Alecsandro 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Café Attendance: 27,895 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)

October 13 30	Palmeiras	0–0	Cruzeiro	Araraquara
19:30 UTC−03	Gabriel Jesus 55'	Report	Ezequiel 19' Ábila 26' Henrique 53' Rafinha 60'	Stadium: Fonte Luminosa Attendance: 15,709 Referee: Jailson Macedo Freitas (Bahia)

October 16 31	Figueirense	1–2	Palmeiras	Florianópolis
17:00 UTC−02	Jackson Caucaia 23' Rafael Moura 55' Rafael Silva 80'	Report	Dudu 8' Gabriel Jesus 28' Jean 57' (pen.), 77' Vitor Hugo 79'	Stadium: Orlando Scarpelli Attendance: 17,090 Referee: Igor Junio Benevenuto (Minas Gerais)

October 23 32	Palmeiras	2–1	Sport	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−02	Dudu 20' Fabiano 38' Tchê Tchê 45' Thiago Santos 90' Jailson 90+1'	Report	Rogério 32' Diego Souza 53' Ruiz 82'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 31,107 Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

October 29 33	Santos	1–0	Palmeiras	Santos
19:30 UTC−02	Copete 67' Lucas Lima 70' Zeca 73' Ricardo Oliveira 80' Noguera 83'	Report	Mina 47' Moisés 86' Gabriel Jesus 90+4'	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 13,574 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)

November 6 34	Palmeiras	1–0	Internacional	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−02	Cleiton Xavier 16'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 31,967 Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (Pernambuco)

November 17 35	Atlético Mineiro	1–1	Palmeiras	Belo Horizonte
21:00 UTC−02	Leandro Donizete 9' Pratto 58' Luan 59'	Report	Gabriel Jesus 9', 25' Vitor Hugo 22' Dudu 56' Egídio 63'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 12,919 Referee: Braulio da Silva Machado (Santa Catarina)

November 20 36	Palmeiras	1–0	Botafogo	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−02	Dudu 62'	Report	Emerson Silva 9' Sassá 70' Fernandes 76' Carli 90+2' Leandro 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 39,690 Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha (Goiás)

November 27 37	Palmeiras	1–0	Chapecoense	São Paulo
17:00 UTC−02	Fabiano 25', 67'	Report	Bruno Rangel 21' Marcelo 40'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 40,986 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

December 11 38	Vitória	1–2	Palmeiras	Salvador
17:00 UTC−02	Marinho 12' Zé Eduardo 20'	Report	Gabriel 15' Alecsandro 39', 45' Cleiton Xavier 40' Thiago Santos 45+2' Jailson 54' Fabrício 72' Matheus Sales 84'	Stadium: Barradão Attendance: 34,987 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)
Note: Match originally to be played in December 4 but after the tragic accident that occurred with Chapecoense the match was postponed to December 11.^[45]

Copa do Brasil

As a team that disputed the Copa Libertadores, Palmeiras entered in the round of 16.

Round of 16

The draw for this round was held on August 2, 2016.^[46]

August 31 First leg	Palmeiras	3–0	Botafogo	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−03	Jean 57' (pen.) Allione 58' Rafael Marques 62' Tchê Tchê 80'	Report	Plínio 47'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 24,512 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)

September 21 Second leg	Botafogo	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Palmeiras	João Pessoa
19:30 UTC−03	Sapé 40' Carlinhos 75', 84'	Report	Gabriel 45' Vitinho 73' Matheus Sales 74'	Stadium: Almeidão Attendance: 11,298 Referee: Jailson Macedo Freitas (Bahia)

Quarterfinal

The draw for this round was held on September 23, 2016.^[47]

September 28 First leg	Grêmio	2–1	Palmeiras	Porto Alegre
21:45 UTC−03	Kannemann 22' Ramiro 32' Pedro Rocha 44' Marcelo Grohe 48' Walace 68'	Report	Fabiano 17' Mina 22' Zé Roberto 50' (pen.) Vitor Hugo 55'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 26,589 Referee: Cláudio Francisco Lima e Silva (Sergipe)

October 19 Second leg	Palmeiras	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Grêmio	São Paulo
21:45 UTC−02	Thiago Martins 50' Allione 64' Edu Dracena 78'	Report	Edílson 40' Douglas 41' Geromel 59' Everton 75', 76'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 29,991 Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha (Goiás)

Statistics

Overall statistics

As of December 11, 2016

Games played	65 (17 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 4 Copa do Brasil)
Games won	35 (8 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 24 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa do Brasil)
Games drawn	15 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa do Brasil)
Games lost	15 (5 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa do Brasil)
Goals scored	108
Goals conceded	63
Goal difference	+45
Best result	4–0 (vs. River Plate – April 14, Copa Libertadores) 4–0 (vs. Atlético Paranaense – May 14, Campeonato Brasileiro) 4–0 (vs. Figueirense – June 30, Campeonato Brasileiro)
Worst result	1–4 (vs. Água Santa – March 27, Campeonato Paulista)
Yellow cards	162
Red cards	2
Top scorer	Gabriel Jesus (21 goals)
Clean sheets	25
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	33	Gabriel Jesus	5	4	12	0	21
2	FW	29	Alecsandro	8	1	3	0	12
3	FW	7	Dudu	3	0	6	0	9
4	MF	17	Jean	0	1	6	1	8
5	FW	19	Rafael Marques	3	0	1	1	5
5	DF	4	Vitor Hugo	1	0	4	0	5
6	MF	20	Allione	1	3	0	0	4
	FW	9	Cristaldo	2	1	1	0	4
	FW	8	Barrios	2	1	1	0	4
	DF	26	Mina	0	0	4	0	4
	FW	23	Róger Guedes	0	0	4	0	4
	DF	31	Thiago Martins	1	0	2	1	4
	MF	10	Cleiton Xavier	0	0	4	0	4
7	FW	14	Erik	0	0	3	0	3
	MF	28	Moisés	0	0	3	0	3
	MF	32	Tchê Tchê	0	0	2	1	3
8	MF	27	Robinho	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	11	Zé Roberto	0	0	1	1	2
	FW	30	Leandro Pereira	0	0	2	0	2
9	DF	6	Egídio	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Thiago Santos	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	2	Fabiano	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	18	Gabriel	0	0	1	0	1

References

^ "Marcelo Oliveira não resiste a derrota em casa e é demitido pelo Palmeiras". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Cuca assina contrato com o Palmeiras e será apresentado na segunda-feira". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Por questões pessoais, Cuca não seguirá no Palmeiras". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ "Goleiro Vagner é o primeiro reforço do Verdão para a temporada 2016". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ "Roger Carvalho assina por 1 ano e mira Libertadores: 'Realização de um sonho'". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ "Nobre confirma acerto do Palmeiras com volante do Goiás". Terra (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ "Palmeiras supera Santos e contrata Régis, camisa 10 do Sport, para 2016". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^ "Edu Dracena assina contrato por dois anos e é o novo reforço do Palmeiras". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December 2015.
^ "Animado, Erik exalta estrutura do clube e relata 'alegria gigante' após acerto". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "Campeão na Europa, Moisés assina e elogia elenco palestrino: 'Muito forte'". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Mattos diz que Palmeiras aproveitará Thiago Martins e Victor Luis em 2016". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese).
^ "Jean assina por quatro anos e é o oitavo reforço do Verdão para 2016". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "Atacante de 19 anos do Criciúma é o nono reforço do Palmeiras em 2016". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Palmeiras cede Robinho e Lucas ao Cruzeiro e recebe Fabrício e Fabiano". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "Palmeiras acerta com Tchê Tchê, destaque do Audax no Paulistão". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Palmeiras acerta contratação do zagueiro Yerry Mina, do Santa Fe". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Com 10 gols pelo Palmeiras, atacante Leandro Pereira acerta retorno ao clube". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Andrei Girotto e João Paulo não continuam no Palmeiras em 2016". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ "Clube da segunda divisão do Japão anuncia acerto com Andrei Girotto". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^ "Incômodo com a reserva fez Victor Ramos pedir para deixar o Palmeiras". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ "Procurado por clubes do exterior, Aranha rescinde com o Palmeiras". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2015.
^ "Palmeiras empresta volante Renato para a Ponte Preta". Lance (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2015.
^ "Diretoria não chega a acordo com o Inter, e Jackson deixa o Palmeiras". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
^ "Palmeiras empresta goleiro reserva Fábio ao Oeste de Itápolis". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2016.
^ "Pacotão de jogadores do Palmeiras deve reforçar o Coritiba na temporada". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2016.
^ "Kelvin se despede do Palmeiras em rede social: "Nunca sairá do coração"". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ "Lanús confirma: Palmeiras emprestará Pablo Mouche por seis meses". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Palmeiras empresta zagueiro Nathan ao Criciúma para disputa da Série B". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "Palmeiras acerta o empréstimo do lateral Victor Luis para o Botafogo". Terra.
^ "Palmeiras rescinde contrato de Fellype Gabriel". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "Criciúma confirma três reforços vindos do Palmeiras". Diario Catarinense (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Bahia acerta empréstimo do meia Régis por duas temporadas". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^ "De surpresa, Leandro Almeida chega ao RS "louco" para jogar pelo Inter". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ "Na chegada ao México, Cristaldo diz que já acompanhava o Cruz Azul havia um ano". ESPN.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 July 2016.
^ "Palmeiras empresta Mouche para o Estrela Vermelha por um ano". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2016.
^ "City sign Gabriel Jesus". mancity.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
^ "Palmeiras e City acertam venda de Gabriel Jesus por R$ 121 milhões". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2016.
^ "Palmeiras e Boca chegam a acordo, e Tobio é emprestado por mais um ano". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
^ "Palmeiras acerta empréstimo de Luan ao Atlético-PR até o fim do ano". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "Palmeiras disputará torneio amistoso com rivais do Uruguai e Paraguai". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ "El 22 de diciembre se realizará el sorteo de la Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. September 25, 2015.
^ "Confira como ficaram os grupos sorteados para a Libertadores 2016". Jovem Pan (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2015.
^ "Atletico Mineiro say they won't play final-round match vs. Chapecoense". ESPN FC. ESPN. Associated Press. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^ "Na Liberta! Fogão e Furacão carimbam passaporte" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 11 December 2016. Na Arena Condá, em Chapecó (SC), a partida entre Chapecoense e Atlético-MG não aconteceu e as equipes receberam um W.O. duplo, que consiste em derrota por 3 a 0 para cada um dos times. A Chape fechou a competição com 52 pontos, no 11º lugar, e o Galo ficou na quarta posição, com 62. (At the Arena Condá, in Chapecó (Santa Catarina), the match between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro did not happen and the teams receive a double walkover, which consists in a 3–0 loss for both teams. Chape ended the competition with 52 points, in the 11th place, and the Galo ended in the fourth position, with 62.)
^ "CBF decreta adiamento de todas as partidas". cbf.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ "CBF define as oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil; veja quais são os confrontos". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 August 2016.
^ "Quartas de final de campeões sem clássicos estaduais na Copa do Brasil". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 September 2016.

External links

Official site (in Portuguese)

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