São Paulo equals Corinthians as Osmar Santos’ biggest winner

With the best campaign of the first round in this Brasileirão, Tricolor equals the rival with four achievements of the honor offered by LANCE! since the 2004 edition

São Paulo beat Botafogo 4-0 in Morumbi, for the postponed match of the 18th round of the Brazilian Championship. If a resounding victory and isolated leadership were not enough, Tricolor had the best campaign of the first round of the Brasileirão and won the Osmar Santos Trophy.

With 21 points, Fernando Diniz’s team surpassed the International campaigns against Atlético-MG, which closed the first part of the competition, with 19 points won. With the trophy secured, Tricolor achieved its fourth conquest (2006,2007, 2018 and 2020), equaling Corinthians who was the greatest champion (2005, 2011, 2015 and 2017).

It is noteworthy that in the Brasileirão with points in a row, only four times the team that finished with the title did not win the first round – in the other 17, the best set of the first half remained at the top until the end. Grêmio (2008), Internacional (2009), Atlético-MG (2012) and São Paulo (2018), were not Brazilian champions even after winning the first round.

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2004 – Santos

2005 – Corinthians

2006 – São Paulo

2007 – São Paulo

2008 – Grêmio

2009 – International

2010 – Fluminense

2011 – Corinthians

2012 – Atlético-MG

2013 – Cruise

2014 – Cruise

2015 – Corinthians

2016 – Palmeiras

2017 – Corinthians

2018 – Sao Paulo

2019 – Flamengo

2020 – São Paulo