2016 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season

Palmeiras

2016 season
President	Paulo Nobre
Coach	Marcelo Oliveira (until March 9)[1] Alberto Valentim (interim) Cuca (March 14–)[2]
Stadium	Allianz Parque
Série A	Champions
Campeonato Paulista	Semifinal
Copa Libertadores	Second stage
Copa do Brasil	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 is the 102nd in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras existence. This season Palmeiras will participate in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil and the Série A.

Players

Squad information

As of August 20, 2016.^[3]

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

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

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

Friendlies

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

Palmeiras v Libertad

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)

Nacional v Palmeiras

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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Palmeiras	15	7	3	5	25	17	+8	24
São Bernardo	15	6	5	4	22	21	+1	23
Ponte Preta	15	6	4	5	22	16	+6	22
Ituano	15	6	4	5	19	19	0	22
Novorizontino	15	5	6	4	24	21	+3	21

First stage

Botafogo-SP v Palmeiras

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

Palmeiras v São Bento

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

Oeste v Palmeiras

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

Palmeiras v Linense

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

Palmeiras v Santos

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

XV de Piracicaba v Palmeiras

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 de Serra Negra Attendance: 10,836 Referee: Thiago Luis Scarascati

Palmeiras v Ferroviária

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

Palmeiras v Capivariano

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

São Paulo v Palmeiras

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

Audax v Palmeiras

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

Palmeiras v Red Bull Brasil

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

Água Santa v Palmeiras

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

Palmeiras v Rio Claro

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

Palmeiras v Corinthians

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

Mogi Mirim v Palmeiras

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

Palmeiras v São Bernardo

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

Santos v Palmeiras

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	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
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

River Plate v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Rosario Central

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)

Palmeiras v Nacional

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)

Nacional v Palmeiras

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)

Rosario Central v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v River Plate

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (C)	37	23	8	6	60	31	+29	77	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Flamengo	37	20	10	7	52	35	+17	70
3	Santos	37	21	5	11	58	35	+23	68
4	Atlético Mineiro	37	17	11	9	61	50	+11	62	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Atlético Paranaense	37	17	5	15	38	32	+6	56

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2016. 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) Champion.

Matches

Palmeiras v Atlético Paranaense

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)

Ponte Preta v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Fluminense

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)

São Paulo v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Grêmio

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)

Flamengo v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Corinthians

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)

Coritiba v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Santa Cruz

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)

Palmeiras v América Mineiro

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)

Cruzeiro v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Figueirense

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)

Sport v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Santos

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)

Internacional v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Atlético Mineiro

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)

Botafogo v Palmeiras

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)

Chapecoense v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Vitória

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)

Atlético Paranaense v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Ponte Preta

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)

Fluminense v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v São Paulo

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)

Grêmio v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Flamengo

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)

Corinthians v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Coritiba

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)

Santa Cruz v Palmeiras

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)

América Mineiro v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Cruzeiro

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)

Figueirense v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Sport

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)

Santos v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Internacional

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)

Atlético Mineiro v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Botafogo

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)

Palmeiras v Chapecoense

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)

Vitória v Palmeiras

December 11 38	Vitória	v	Palmeiras	Salvador
17:00 UTC−02				Stadium: Barradão
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.[43]

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.^[44]

Palmeiras v Botafogo

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)

Botafogo v Palmeiras

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.^[45]

Grêmio v Palmeiras

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)

Palmeiras v Grêmio

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 November 27, 2016

Games played	64 (17 Campeonato Paulista, 6 Copa Libertadores, 37 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 4 Copa do Brasil)
Games won	33 (8 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 23 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa do Brasil)
Games drawn	15 (4 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Copa do Brasil)
Games lost	14 (5 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Libertadores, 6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa do Brasil)
Goals scored	105
Goals conceded	62
Goal difference	+44
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	156
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	Nationality	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	2	0	11
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
	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

References

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2. "Cuca assina contrato com o Palmeiras e será apresentado na segunda-feira". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2016.
3. "Elenco Futebol Profissional". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese).
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9. "Animado, Erik exalta estrutura do clube e relata 'alegria gigante' após acerto". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
10. "Campeão na Europa, Moisés assina e elogia elenco palestrino: 'Muito forte'". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2015.
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12. "Jean assina por quatro anos e é o oitavo reforço do Verdão para 2016". Palmeiras.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 January 2016.
13. "Atacante de 19 anos do Criciúma é o nono reforço do Palmeiras em 2016". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2016.
14. "Palmeiras cede Robinho e Lucas ao Cruzeiro e recebe Fabrício e Fabiano". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
15. "Palmeiras acerta com Tchê Tchê, destaque do Audax no Paulistão". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
16. "Palmeiras acerta contratação do zagueiro Yerry Mina, do Santa Fe". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2016.
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18. "Andrei Girotto e João Paulo não continuam no Palmeiras em 2016". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
19. "Clube da segunda divisão do Japão anuncia acerto com Andrei Girotto". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
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21. "Procurado por clubes do exterior, Aranha rescinde com o Palmeiras". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2015.
22. "Palmeiras empresta volante Renato para a Ponte Preta". Lance (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2015.
23. "Diretoria não chega a acordo com o Inter, e Jackson deixa o Palmeiras". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
24. "Palmeiras empresta goleiro reserva Fábio ao Oeste de Itápolis". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2016.
25. "Pacotão de jogadores do Palmeiras deve reforçar o Coritiba na temporada". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2016.
26. "Kelvin se despede do Palmeiras em rede social: "Nunca sairá do coração"". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
27. "Lanús confirma: Palmeiras emprestará Pablo Mouche por seis meses". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
28. "Palmeiras empresta zagueiro Nathan ao Criciúma para disputa da Série B". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
29. "Palmeiras acerta o empréstimo do lateral Victor Luis para o Botafogo". Terra.
30. "Palmeiras rescinde contrato de Fellype Gabriel". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
31. "Criciúma confirma três reforços vindos do Palmeiras". Diario Catarinense (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
32. "Bahia acerta empréstimo do meia Régis por duas temporadas". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 May 2016.
33. "De surpresa, Leandro Almeida chega ao RS "louco" para jogar pelo Inter". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 June 2016.
34. "Na chegada ao México, Cristaldo diz que já acompanhava o Cruz Azul havia um ano". ESPN.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 July 2016.
35. "Palmeiras empresta Mouche para o Estrela Vermelha por um ano". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2016.
36. "City sign Gabriel Jesus". mancity.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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38. "Palmeiras e Boca chegam a acordo, e Tobio é emprestado por mais um ano". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
39. "Palmeiras acerta empréstimo de Luan ao Atlético-PR até o fim do ano". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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43. "CBF decreta adiamento de todas as partidas". cbf.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 November 2016.
44. "CBF define as oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil; veja quais são os confrontos". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 August 2016.
45. "Quartas de final de campeões sem clássicos estaduais na Copa do Brasil". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 September 2016.

External links

• Official site (Portuguese)