Breaking records: Back, Dorival makes São Paulo history pre-debut | OneFootball

Announced this Friday (15) as São Paulo’s new coach for the rest of the season, Dorival Júnior has entered Tricolor history: he has become only the fourth coach in the club’s history to effectively manage the team for a third time.

The coach began his relationship with Tricolor in July 2017. His first spell ended in March 2018, but the bond was renewed in April 2023. That season, São Paulo’s fans celebrated an unprecedented title: the Copa do Brasil. The achievement caught the attention of the Brazilian National Team, which turned to the coach’s services and took him away from Morumbi in December of that year.

Before Dorival, only three great Tricolor icons had led the squad on at least three occasions: Vicente Feola, Jose Poy, and Muricy Ramalho.

The person who has picked a São Paulo lineup the most times in history (562 times), Vicente Feola was the club’s full-time coach on seven (!) occasions: from 1937 to 1938; from 1938 to 1939; from 1941 to 1942; from 1947 to 1951; from 1951 to 1953; from 1955 to 1957; and from 1959 to 1960 – in addition to countless other spells as caretaker. He won back-to-back Paulista titles in 1948 and 1949 and, most notably, won the World Cup with the Brazilian National Team in 1958, while still employed by São Paulo.

A great idol on the pitch, with an exceptional career as a goalkeeper – and one of the main people responsible for the construction of MorumBIS, as a seller of lifetime seats – the Argentine Jose Poy also stood out as the club’s coach. He held the role between 1964 and 1965, in 1972, between 1973 and 1976 and, finally, between 1982 and 1983. He left behind as his legacy one of the best defenses of all time, the record for most consecutive unbeaten matches (47), and the 1975 Paulista Championship trophy.

Second among the club’s all-time coaching rankings, Muricy Ramalho led the Tricolor squad in 1996 – after Telê Santana’s sad departure – between 1996 and 1997, and between 2013 and 2015, and earned the distinction of being the club’s second-most successful coach, with five titles: the Brazilian Championship three-peat in 2006, 2007, and 2008, the 1994 Copa Conmebol, and the 1996 Copa Master Conmebol (the latter two as Telê’s replacement coach).

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