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Corinthians
2008 season
Chairman Brazil Andrés Sanchez
Manager Brazil Mano Menezes
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Paulista A1
Série B Winners
Paulista 5th
Copa do BrasilRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: -
All: Herrera (12)

The 2008 season was the 98th edition of the football club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, their debut in Série B.

Club

Management

Position Staff
Technical manager Brazil Antônio Carlos Zago
Manager Brazil Mano Menezes
Assistant coach Brazil Sidnei Lobo
Fitness coach Brazil Flávio Trevisan
Assistant fitness coach Brazil Antônio Carlos Bona
Goalkeeping coach Brazil Mauri Costa Lima

Last updated: 8 January 2008
Source: Staff

Team kit

The team kit for the season was produced by Nike and the shirt sponsor was [1][ permanent dead link] Medial Saúde.

Home [2]
Away [3]
Away Alternative [4]

Squad

Transfers

For recent transfers, see transfers 2007/2008

Statistics

Last updated on 2008-10-24
No. Pos. Name Brasileiro Série B Copa do Brasil Campeonato Paulista Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Brazil Felipe 27 -17 11 -12 17 -14 2 0 57 -33
2 DF Brazil Fábio Ferreira 17 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 23 1
3 DF Brazil Chicão 17 7 9 1 17 0 3 0 36 8
4 DF Brazil William 30 1 11 1 18 0 1 0 60 2
5 DF Brazil Alessandro 19 1 4 0 10 0 1 0 34 1
6 DF Brazil Cristian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 MF Brazil Elias 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 3
8 MF Brazil Perdigão 4 0 4 0 12 0 1 0 21 0
9 MF Brazil Morais 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
10 MF Brazil Douglas 28 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 8
11 MF Brazil Marcel 2 0 3 1 4 0 3 0 12 1
12 GK Brazil Wéverton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 1 -1
13 DF Brazil Renato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Brazil Cássio 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 MF Brazil Diogo Rincon 11 0 9 4 6 0 1 0 27 4
16 MF Brazil Marcelo Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Argentina Herrera 26 10 11 5 14 2 3 1 54 18
18 DF Brazil Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Brazil Lulinha 23 0 8 1 16 1 2 1 49 3
20 MF Brazil Carlos Alberto 22 0 9 1 11 0 3 0 44 1
21 MF Brazil Bruno Octávio 1 0 1 0 12 0 1 0 15 0
22 GK Brazil Júlio César 4 0 0 0 2 -1 2 0 6 -1
23 FW Brazil Otacílio Neto 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
25 FW Uruguay Acosta 12 2 10 3 0 2(-1) 0 0 22 7(-1)
26 MF Brazil Rafinha 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
27 DF Brazil André Santos 29 8 10 2 18 6 2 1 59 17
28 MF Brazil Nílton 10 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 17 0
29 MF Brazil Eduardo Ramos 18 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
30 DF Brazil Alves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Brazil Dentinho 23 13 11 4 18 6 1 1 43 24
32 MF Brazil Fabinho 12 1 9 0 12 1 1 0 34 2
33 DF Brazil Diogo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 DF Brazil Wellington Saci 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
35 DF Brazil Dênis 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
36 FW Brazil Careca 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
38 FW Brazil Bebeto 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
39 MF Brazil Almeida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- MF Brazil Bóvio 0 0 3 0 11 0 1 1 15 1
-- MF Brazil Cajú 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
-- MF Brazil Carlão 2 0 4 0 14 1 2 0 22 1
-- DF Brazil Coelho 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 0
-- MF Brazil Dinelson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- DF Brazil Eduardo 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
9 FW Brazil Finazzi 0 0 1 0 7 3 2 1 10 4
-- MF Brazil Héverton 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 9 1
-- FW Brazil Lima 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 7 1
-- MF Brazil Marcelo Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- DF Brazil Éverton Ribeiro 1 0 2 0 7 0 2 0 12 0
-- DF Chile Cristián Suárez 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5 0
-- DF Brazil Valença 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

Season

Pre-season & Friendlies

Matches

Corinthians3–0 Inter de Limeira
Finazzi 15'

André Santos 60'

Dentinho 69'
report (in Portuguese)
Spa Sport Resort- Itu

Corinthians1–1 Paulista
Bóvio 55' report (in Portuguese) 60' Júlio César
Spa Sport Resort- Itu

Cene-MS0–3 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 64' Lulinha

Herrera

90+2' Acosta
Referee: Marcos Mateus Pereira

Matches

Corinthians3–0 Guarani
Finazzi 65' 90+1' ( pen.) Dentinho 72' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 29.084
Referee: Philippe Lombard

São Caetano3–1 Corinthians
Fábio Luis 19'

Acosta 33' ( o.g.)

Luan 71'
report (in Portuguese) 85' Dentinho
Attendance: 7.635
Referee: Wilson Luiz Seneme

Corinthians2–0 Paulista
André Santos 29'
Acosta 59'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 9.515
Referee: Leonardo Ferreira Lima

São Paulo0–0 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 41.221
Referee: Sálvio Spinola Fagundes Filho

Sertãozinho0–0 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 25.444
Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Corinthians0–0 Mirassol
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 17.435
Referee: José Henrique de Carvalho

Grêmio Barueri1–1 Corinthians
Ávalos 29' report (in Portuguese) 35' Dentinho
Attendance: 10.514
Referee: Marcelo Pietro Alfieri

Ituano1–2 Corinthians
Lino 82' report (in Portuguese) 3' André Santos
52' ( o.g.) Boiadeiro
Attendance: 10.889
Referee: Flávio Rodrigues Guerra

Corinthians1–1 Bragantino
Lulinha 43' report (in Portuguese) 49' Da Silva
Attendance: 24.779
Referee: Élcio Paschoal Borborema

Corinthians1–0 Portuguesa
Herrera 39' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 8.895
Referee: Guilherme Cereta de Lima

Ponte Preta0–1 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 58' Acosta
Attendance: 16.267
Referee: Marcelo Rogério

Corinthians0–1 Palmeiras
report (in Portuguese) 77' Valdívia
Attendance: 48.930
Referee: Rodrigo Braghetto

Corinthians2–0 Guaratinguetá
Dentinho 3' 51' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 17.931
Referee: José Henrique de Carvalho

Rio Preto0–1 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 50' Héverton
Attendance: 12.484
Referee: Robério Pereira Pires

Corinthians2–2 Juventus
Fabinho 19'
André Santos 58'
report (in Portuguese) 60' Marcus Vinícius
55' Lima
Attendance: 15.006
Referee: Salvio Spinola Fagundes Filho

Corinthians1–0 Rio Claro
Dentinho 31' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 13.211
Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira

Santos2–1 Corinthians
Sebastián Pinto 15'
Kléber Pereira 52'
report (in Portuguese) 47' Carlão
Attendance: 15.270
Referee: Salvio Spinola Fagundes Filho

Corinthians3–1 Marília
Herrera 12'
André Santos 79' 89'
report (in Portuguese) 60' Júlio César
Attendance: 18.360
Referee: Rodrigo Martins Cintra

Noroeste3–2 Corinthians
Edno 30'

Edylton 76'

Leandrinho 87'
report (in Portuguese) 44' André Santos
70' Finazzi
Attendance: 12.515
Referee: Cleber Wellington Abade

Classification

First phase
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 São Paulo 19 11 5 3 31 22 +9 38 Advances to Semifinals
4 Ponte Preta 19 10 5 4 36 23 +13 35
5 Corinthians 19 9 6 4 24 15 +9 33
6 Barueri 19 10 2 7 34 24 +10 32 Qualification for Campeonato do Interior
7 Santos 19 9 4 6 28 23 +5 31
Updated to match(es) played on April 6, 2008. Source: RSSSF Brazil
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
19 9 6 4 24 15  +9 33 6 3 1 15 5  +10 3 3 3 9 10  −1

Last updated: 6 April 2008.
Source: 2008 Campeonato Paulista

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;

First round

Barras-PI0–6 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 20' 22' 41' Dentinho

56' Lulinha
70' Herrera

90+1' Marcel
Attendance: 5.355
Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro

Second round

Fortaleza-CE1–2 Corinthians
Simão 30' report (in Portuguese) 32' Willian
58' Acosta
Attendance: 29.319
Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Corinthians2–0 Fortaleza-CE
Diogo Rincón 25'
André Santos 58'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 9.417
Referee: Jailson Macêdo Freitas

Round of 16

Goiás-GO3–1 Corinthians
Paulo Baier 38' 42'
Evandro 58'
report (in Portuguese) 55' Diogo Rincon
Attendance: 17.927
Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Corinthians4–0 Goiás-GO
Diogo Rincon 4' 16'

André Santos 22'

Herrera 30'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 50.773
Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Quarter-finals

Corinthians2–1 São Caetano-SP
Herrera 67' 87' report (in Portuguese) 83' Luan
Attendance: 46.219
Referee: Rodrigo Braghetto

São Caetano-SP1–3 Corinthians
Tuta 88' report (in Portuguese) 27' Chicão

50' André Santos

83' Acosta
Attendance: 21.437
Referee: José Henrique de Carvalho

Semi-finals

Botafogo-RJ2–1 Corinthians
Lúcio Flávio 55' ( pen.)
Jorge Henrique 88'
report (in Portuguese) 22' Carlos Alberto
Attendance: 30.737
Referee: Leonardo Gaciba da Silva

Corinthians2–1 Botafogo-RJ
Acosta 51'
Chicão 64'
report (in Portuguese) 54' Renato Silva
Penalties
Chicão soccer ball with check mark
Herrera soccer ball with check mark
Nílton soccer ball with check mark
Alessandro soccer ball with check mark
Acosta soccer ball with check mark
5 – 4 soccer ball with check mark Lúcio Flávio
soccer ball with check mark Alexsandro
soccer ball with check mark André Luís
soccer ball with check mark Jorge Henrique
soccer ball with red X Zé Carlos
Attendance: 61.752
Referee: Evandro Rogério Roman

Final

Corinthians3–1 Sport-PE
Dentinho 18'
Herrera 23'
Acosta 76'
report (in Portuguese) 90+1' Enílton
Attendance: 63.871
Referee: Héber Roberto Lopes

Sport-PE2–0 Corinthians
Carlinhos Bala 34'
Luciano Henrique 37'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 33.921
Referee: Alicio Pena Júnior

Matches

Corinthians3–2 CRB
Herrera 2' 70'
Chicão 28'
report (in Portuguese) 1' Márcio
87' Helder
Attendance: 34.856
Referee: Gutemberg de Paula Fonseca (RJ)

Gama1–3 Corinthians
Adriano Magrão 70' report (in Portuguese) 12' Herrera

73' Douglas

90' Acosta
Attendance: 21.486
Referee: Célio Amorim (SC)

ABC-RN0–1 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 77' Douglas
Attendance: 14.400
Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha (GO)

Corinthians2–0 Fortaleza
Alessandro 22'
Herrera 73'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 22.194
Referee: Sérgio da Silva Carvalho (DF)

Grêmio Barueri1–4 Corinthians
Márcio Careca 20' report (in Portuguese) 10' Acosta

21' ( o.g.) Ávalos
28' Lima

61' Douglas
Attendance: 6.781
Referee: Rodrigo Martins Cintra (SP)

Corinthians4–1 Brasiliense
Willian 16'

Herrera 66'
Chicão 71'

André Santos 89'
report (in Portuguese) 91' Adrianinho
Attendance: 19.164
Referee: Antônio Hora Filho (SE)

Ponte Preta1–1 Corinthians
Danilo Neco 85' report (in Portuguese) 5' Herrera
Attendance: not available
Referee: Phillippe Lombard (SP)

Bragantino1–1 Corinthians
Pará 52' report (in Portuguese) 60' Chicão
Attendance: not available
Referee: Claudinei Foratti Silva (SP)

Corinthians1–0 São Caetano
Dentinho 55' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 21.294
Referee: Luiz Flavio de Oliveira (SP)

Corinthians5–0 Marília
Chicão 20'
Dentinho 49' 62'
André Santos 77'
Denis 82'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: not available
Referee: Wilson Luiz Seneme (FIFA-SP)

Santo André1–1 Corinthians
Marcelinho Carioca 26' report (in Portuguese) 76' Wellington Saci
Attendance: not available
Referee: Guilherme Cereta de Lima (SP)

Corinthians0–1 Bahia
report (in Portuguese) 9' Elias
Attendance: 36.487
Referee: Willian Marcelo Souza Nery (RJ)

Ceará2–2 Corinthians
Luiz Carlos 14' 28' report (in Portuguese) 8' 81' Dentinho
Attendance: 51.064
Referee: Emerson Luiz Sobral (PE)

Paraná0–2 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 70' 80' Dentinho
Attendance: 16.016
Referee: Nielson Nogueira Dias (PE)

Corinthians0–0 Criciúma
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 30.961
Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci (DF)

Corinthians2–0 Juventude
Fabinho 45'
Herrera 91'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 16.198
Referee: Luis Antonio Silva Santos (RJ)

Vila Nova-GO2–1 Corinthians
Alex Oliveira 33'
Pedro Jr. 88'
report (in Portuguese) 51' André Santos
Attendance: 27.648
Referee: Wilson Souza de Mendonça (PE)

Avaí1–1 Corinthians
Evando 83' report (in Portuguese) 30' Douglas
Attendance: not available
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (FIFA-RS)

Corinthians2–0 América-RN
Douglas 56'
Anderson Bill ( o.g.) 76'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: not available
Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (RJ)

CRB1–2 Corinthians
Tozin 82' report (in Portuguese) 7' Herrera
45' Careca
Attendance: 7.027
Referee: Evandro Rogério Roman (FIFA-PR)

Corinthians5–0 Gama
Douglas 5'
Herrera 31'
André Santos 64'
Elias 66'
Bebeto 91'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 13.646
Referee: Jaílson Macedo Freitas (BA)

Corinthians4–0 ABC-RN
Elias 21'
Douglas 27'
André Santos 65'
Chicão 86'
report pt
Attendance: not available
Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio (DF)

Fortaleza1–3 Corinthians
Bambam 54' report (in Portuguese) 22' Chicão
36' ( o.g.) Preto
68' André Santos
Attendance: not available
Referee: Pablo dos Santos Alves (RJ)

Corinthians1–0 Grêmio Barueri
André Santos 94' report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 27.678
Referee: Domingos de Jesus Viana Filho (PA)

Brasiliense1–1 Corinthians
Marcinho 46' report (in Portuguese) 50' Elias
Attendance: not available
Referee: Arnoldo Vasconcelos Figarela (RO)

Corinthians3–0 Ponte Preta
Chicão 23'
Morais 44'
Douglas 91'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 23.814
Referee: Wagner Tardelli (FIFA-SC)

Corinthians2–0 Bragantino
Dentinho 23'
André Santos 52'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 14.007
Referee: Álvaro Azeredo Quelhas (MG)

São Caetano2–2 Corinthians
Tuta 8' 33' report (in Portuguese) 14' Dentinho
56' Herrera
Attendance: not available
Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza (SP)

Marília1–1 Corinthians
Altair 61' report (in Portuguese) 13' Fábio Ferreira
Attendance: not available
Referee: Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral (SP)

Corinthians2–2 Santo André
Dentinho 73' 89' report (in Portuguese) 7' Willians
55' Osny
Attendance: 35.666
Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro (MG)

Bahia0–3 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 8' Morais
56' 88' Dentinho
Attendance: not available
Referee: Wallace Nascimento Valente (ES)

Corinthians2–0 Ceará
Douglas 8'
Chicão 49'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: 35.426
Referee: Maurício Aparecido de Siqueira (MT)
Corinthians promoted to Série A

Corinthians2–1 Paraná
Chicão 43'
Dentinho 63'
report (in Portuguese) 52' Fabinho
Attendance: 27.561
Referee: Alício Pena Júnior (FIFA-MG)

Criciúma0–2 Corinthians
report (in Portuguese) 23' Chicão
34' Cristian
Attendance: not available
Referee: Márcio Chagas da Silva (RS)
Corinthians Série B champion

Juventude1–2 Corinthians
Egídio 68' report (in Portuguese) 7' Morais
86' Cristian
Attendance: 9.445
Referee: Willian Marcelo Souza Nery (RJ)

Corinthians3–1 Vila Nova-GO
Herrera 7' 32' Alessandro 36' report (in Portuguese) Pedro Júnior 83'
Attendance: 23.339
Referee: Djalma Santos Beltrami (RJ)

Corinthians3– 2 Avaí
Herrera 3' 37'
André Santos 79'
report (in Portuguese) André Turatto 5' Marcus Vinícius 84'
Attendance: 32.774
Referee: Péricles Pegado Cortez (RJ)

América-RN2– 0 Corinthians
Souza 5'
Aloísio 91'
report (in Portuguese)
Attendance: not available
Referee: Carlos Eugenio Simon (RS)

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Corinthians 38 25 10 3 79 29 +50 85 Promotion to Série A 2009
2 Santo André 38 19 11 8 71 45 +26 68
3 Avaí 38 18 13 7 71 40 +31 67
4 Barueri 38 20 3 15 58 55 +3 63
5 Ponte Preta 38 17 7 14 54 46 +8 58
Source: [ citation needed]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
35 23 10 2 73 24  +49 79 14 1 1 40 7  +33 9 9 1 33 17  +16

Last updated: 13 November 2008.
Source: 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAAHHAHAAAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHA
ResultWWWWWWDDWWDLDWDWLDWWWWWWDWWDDDWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2008. Source: 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss