2022 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season explained

The 2022 season was the 108th in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras' existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil, Série A and Recopa Sudamericana.

Squad information

Transfers

Transfers in

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Eduard Atuesta	Los Angeles FC	Sign.	13 December 2021	[1]
GK	Marcelo Lomba	Internacional	Sign.	14 December 2021	[2]
FW	Rafael Navarro	Botafogo	Sign.	22 December 2021	[3]
MF	Jailson	Unattached	Sign.	7 January 2022	[4]
DF	Murilo	Lokomotiv Moscow	Sign.	11 January 2022	[5]
FW	Miguel Merentiel	Defensa y Justicia	Sign.	18 May 2022	[6]
FW	José Manuel López	Lanús	Sign.	16 June 2022	[7]
MF	Bruno Tabata	Sporting	≅€5,000,000	8 August 2022	[8]

Transfers out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Victor Luis	Ceará	Loan.	5 January 2022	[9]
MF	Danilo Barbosa	Nice	Loan return.	6 January 2022	[10]
MF	Lucas Lima	Fortaleza	Loan.	11 January 2022	[11]
MF	Matheus Fernandes	Athletico Paranaense	Loan.	19 January 2022	[12]
FW	Luiz Adriano	Antalyaspor	Contract terminated.	1 February 2022	[13]
MF	Patrick de Paula	Botafogo	Sign.	20 March 2022	[14]
DF	Renan	Red Bull Bragantino	Loan.	8 April 2022	[15]
FW	Deyverson		Released.	26 May 2022	[16]
FW	Gabriel Veron	Porto	Sign.	21 July 2022	[17]

Competitions

Campeonato Paulista

See main article: 2022 Campeonato Paulista. Palmeiras was drawn into Group C.^[18]

Quarter-final

See main article: 2022 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage.

Finals

Copa Libertadores

See main article: 2022 Copa Libertadores.

Group stage

See main article: 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage.

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 March 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^{[19] [20]}

Round of 16

See main article: 2022 Copa Libertadores final stages.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 May 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[21]

Semi-finals

Série A

See main article: 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Matches

Copa do Brasil

See main article: 2022 Copa do Brasil.

Third round

The draw for the third round was held on 28 March 2022.^[22] The order of the matches were announced later on the same day.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 June 2022 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[23] The order of the matches were announced later on the same day.

Recopa Sudamericana

See main article: 2022 Recopa Sudamericana. Palmeiras qualified for the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana by winning the 2021 Copa Libertadores.

Statistics

Overall statistics

Games played	72 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 12 Copa Libertadores, 38 Série A, 4 Copa do Brasil, 2 Recopa Sudamericana)
Games won	47 (12 Campeonato Paulista, 8 Copa Libertadores, 23 Série A, 3 Copa do Brasil, 1 Recopa Sudamericana)
Games drawn	19 (3 Campeonato Paulista, 3 Copa Libertadores, 12 Série A, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Recopa Sudamericana)
Games lost	6 (1 Campeonato Paulista, 1 Copa Libertadores, 3 Série A, 1 Copa do Brasil, 0 Recopa Sudamericana)
Goals scored	139
Goals conceded	48
Goal difference	+91 (+19 Campeonato Paulista, +29 Copa Libertadores, +39 Série A, +2 Copa do Brasil, +2 Recopa Sudamericana)
Clean sheets	37
Most clean sheets	Weverton (30)
Best result	8–1 (vs. Independiente Petrolero, Copa Libertadores – April 12)
Worst result	0–3 (vs. Internacional, Campeonato Brasileiro – November 12)
Yellow cards	124
Red cards	8
Top scorer	Rony (23 goals)

Goalscorers

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

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nationality	width=60	Number	width=150	Name	width=80	Campeonato Paulista	width=80	Copa Libertadores	width=80	Série A	width=80	Copa do Brasil	width=80	Recopa Sudamericana	width=80	Total
1	FW		10	Rony	4	7	12	0	0	23
2	MF		23	Raphael Veiga	7	6	3	2	1	19
3	MF		14	Gustavo Scarpa	1	4	7	1	0	13
4	DF		15	Gómez	0	2	9	0	0	11
	DF		26	Murilo	3	3	5	0	0	11
5	FW		7	Dudu	2	1	7	0	0	10
6	MF		8	Zé Rafael	2	1	4	0	1	8
7	FW		29	Rafael Navarro	0	7	0	0	0	7
8	MF		28	Danilo	2	2	1	1	1	7
9	FW		19	Breno Lopes	0	2	2	1	0	5
10	FW		11	Wesley	2	0	1	0	0	3
	FW		16	Endrick	0	0	3	0	0	3
	FW		18	López	0	0	3	0	0	3
11	FW		27	Gabriel Veron	0	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		25	Gabriel Menino	0	0	2	0	0	2
	FW		9	Merentiel	0	0	2	0	0	2
12	DF		13	Luan	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		30	Jailson	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		16	Deyverson	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		22	Piquerez	0	0	0	1	0	1
	DF		12	Mayke	0	0	3	0	0	3
	MF		20	Atuesta	0	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		36	Vanderlan	0	0	1	0	0	1

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eduard Atuesta To Join Brazilian Club Palmeiras From LAFC . LAFC . 14 December 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Palmeiras confirma a contratação de Marcelo Lomba; goleiro assina até o fim de 2022 . ge . 14 December 2021 . pt.
3. Web site: Palmeiras anuncia a contratação de Rafael Navarro até o fim de 2026. ge . 22 December 2021 . pt.
4. Web site: Palmeiras anuncia a contratação do volante Jailson com vídeo inspirado em série de Will Smith. ge . 7 January 2022 . pt.
5. Web site: Palmeiras anuncia a contratação de Murilo até o fim de 2026: "Fiquei emocionado". ge . 12 January 2022 . pt.
6. Web site: Palmeiras contrata atacante uruguaio Merentiel, ex-Defensa y Justicia-ARG . SE Palmeiras . 18 May 2022 . pt-BR.
7. Web site: Palmeiras anuncia contratação de López: "Muito ansioso para jogar". ge . 16 June 2022 . pt-BR.
8. Web site: Palmeiras anuncia contratação de Bruno Tabata . ge . 9 August 2022 . pt-br.
9. Web site: Ceará anuncia a contratação do lateral-esquerdo Victor Luís . ge . 5 January 2022 . 6 January 2022 . pt-br.
10. Web site: Após insucesso de negociação, Danilo Barbosa se despede do Palmeiras: "Ficará marcado na minha vida" . Lance! . pt-br.
11. Web site: Palmeiras e Fortaleza acertam por novo empréstimo de Lucas Lima; meia não joga mais pelo Verdão . ge . pt-br.
12. Web site: Athletico anuncia a contratação do volante Matheus Fernandes, do Palmeiras . ge . 20 January 2022 . pt-br.
13. Web site: Palmeiras e Luiz Adriano acertam rescisão de contrato; clube turco pode ser próximo destino . ge . 2 February 2022 . pt-br.
14. Web site: Palmeiras acerta venda de Patrick de Paula ao Botafogo . Terra . 24 March 2022 . pt-BR.
15. Web site: Bragantino anuncia contratações do zagueiro Renan e do lateral-esquerdo Ramon . ge . 19 April 2022 . pt-br.
16. Web site: Deyverson "invade" treino e dá adeus ao elenco do Palmeiras . ge . pt-br.
17. Web site: Veron se despede do Palmeiras, agradece a Abel e embarca para fechar com o Porto. ge . pt-br.
18. Web site: Paulistão 2022: confira os grupos sorteados para a primeira etapa do torneio . TNT Sports . 10 December 2021 . pt-BR.
19. Web site: Libertadores divulga data de sorteio da fase de grupos . www.uol.com.br . 11 March 2022 . pt-br.
20. Web site: Libertadores 2022: veja como ficaram os grupos após sorteio da Conmebol . ge . 28 March 2022 . pt-br.
21. Web site: Oitavas de final da Libertadores: veja os confrontos e os cruzamentos até a decisão . ge . 27 May 2022 . pt-br.
22. Web site: Copa do Brasil 2022: veja como ficaram os confrontos da terceira fase após sorteio na CBF . ge . 28 March 2022 . pt-br.
23. Web site: Oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil: veja confrontos e mandos de campo . ge . 8 June 2022 . pt-br.