2000 Paulista champions | OneFootball

On June 18, 2000, São Paulo and Santos decided the Campeonato Paulista at MorumBIS. After a 1-0 win in the first leg, with a goal by França just 44 seconds into the first half, Tricolor needed only a draw to once again be crowned state champion. And that was the result achieved after goals by Rogério Ceni and Marcelinho Paraíba (2-2). It was São Paulo’s 20th Paulista title.

The decisive match began nervously, with the opposing team pressing and Rogério, as usual, making great saves in front of goal. However, in the 29th minute of the first half, full-back Baiano crossed from the right, Dodô headed it, and the ball deflected off São Paulo player Belletti, opening the scoring for the coastal club.

The unfavorable scoreline brought ten minutes of great tension, until goalkeeper Rogério placed theball at the edge of the box for a free kick. With mastery, striking it with precision into the top corner, the number 1 equalized the match.

“Aesthetically, it was one of the most beautiful of my career. The ball hit the crossbar, bounced on the ground, and went in, barely even touching the net. It was an important goal, we had just conceded a goal to Santos and we were playing for a draw. I remember it was still in the first half, but it gave us peace of mind to come back for the second half on the way to that year’s title,” Ceni recalled.

With that goal, Rogério Ceni once again wrote his name into football history. This time, the feat was becoming the first goalkeeper in the world to score a goal in a championship final.

In the second half, Santos went back on the attack and, in the 9th minute, Rincón entered the box, dribbled past three São Paulo players, and was fouled by Vágner for a penalty. The Colombian took it himself and made it 2-1. But Tricolor did not back down and did not lose control of the contest.

The heavy pressure on the opposing defense paid off: Tricolor’s attack was stopped only through repeated fouls. On one of them, São Paulo equalized in the 23rd minute, once again with a magnificent strike from outside the box.

Marcelinho Paraíba also found the top corner, and goalkeeper Carlos Germano could not stop it.

2-2 was the final score of the match, adding another title to the São Paulo FutebolClube gallery, the club’s twentieth state title in history.

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THE FINAL MATCHES

06/10/2000Campeonato Paulista: Final (First Leg). São Paulo (SP), Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo – MorumBIS.SANTOS 0 x 1 SÃO PAULO

SPFC: Rogério Ceni; Belletti, Edmílson, Rogério Pinheiro and Fábio Aurélio; Claudio Maldonado, Vágner and Raí (Fabiano); Edu (Souza), França and Marcelinho Paraíba (Sandro Hiroshi). HEAD COACH: Levir Culpi. GOAL: França, 44s/1. OPPONENT: Carlos Germano; Baiano, André Luís, Claudiomiro © and Rubens Cardoso; Anderson Luiz, Rincón, Valdo and Robert (Deivid); Caio (Eduardo Marques) and Valdir (Dodô). HEAD COACH: Giba. SENDING-OFF: Anderson Luiz, 37/2.REFEREES: Paulo Cesar Oliveira and Salvio Spinola Fagundes Filho. ASSISTANTS: Válter José dos Reis and Wilian Valdemir Zaccaria. GATE RECEIPTS: R$ 535,515.00. PAID ATTENDANCE: 57,101.

06/18/2000Campeonato Paulista: Final (Second Leg). São Paulo (SP), Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo – MorumBIS.SÃO PAULO 2 x 2 SANTOS

SPFC: Rogério Ceni; Belletti, Edmílson, Rogério Pinheiro and Fábio Aurélio; Claudio Maldonado, Vágner and Raí (Fabiano); Edu (Carlos Miguel), Evair (Sandro Hiroshi) and Marcelinho Paraíba. HEAD COACH: Levir Culpi. GOALS: Rogério Ceni (free kick), 39/1; Marcelinho Paraíba (free kick), 23/2. OPPONENT: Carlos Germano; Baiano, André Luís, Claudiomiro and Rubens Cardoso (Aílton); Anderson Luiz, Rincón, Valdo (Deivid) and Robert; Caio (Márcio Santos) and Dodô. HEAD COACH: Giba. GOALS: Dodô (header), 29/1; Rincón (penalty), 9/2. SENDINGS-OFF: Anderson Luiz, 30/2.REFEREES: Alfredo dos Santos Loebeling and Ilson Honorato dos Santos. ASSISTANTS: Flávio Lúcio Magalhães and Márcio Luiz Augusto. GATE RECEIPTS: R$ 674,160.00. PAID ATTENDANCE: 74,916.

THE CAMPAIGN

Second Phase03/08/2000 – Santa Cruz: 2 x 0 Botafogo03/12/2000 – MorumBIS: 2 x 1 Palmeiras03/18/2000 – Herminião: 2 x 2 União S. João03/22/2000 – MorumBIS: 5 x 1 Rio Branco03/26/2000 – MorumBIS: 1 x 0 U. Barbarense04/01/2000 – Brinco de Ouro: 3 x 2 Guarani04/09/2000 – MorumBIS: 4 x 2 Portuguesa St.04/12/2000 – Marapé: 1 x 3 Portuguesa St.04/16/2000 – MorumBIS: 1 x 0 Guarani04/22/2000 – Toca do Leão: 4 x 1 U. Barbarense

Third Phase04/30/2000 – MorumBIS: 1 x 1 Portuguesa05/07/2000 – Brinco de Ouro: 3 x 1 Guarani05/10/2000 – MorumBIS: 1 x 2 Santos05/13/2000 – Vila Belmiro: 1 x 1 Santos05/17/2000 – Canindé: 4 x 2 Portuguesa05/20/2000 – MorumBIS: 3 x 0 Guarani

Semifinal05/28/2000 – MorumBIS: 2 x 1 Corinthians06/03/2000 – MorumBIS: 2 x 0 Corinthians

Maldonado, Alexandre, Fábio Simplício, Sandro Hiroshi, Axel, Fabiano, Vágner, Belletti, Alencar, Rogério Ceni, Paulo Sérgio, Fábio Aurélio, Edu, Álvaro, Carlos Miguel, Marcelinho Paraíba, Ricardinho and Souza; Juca Pacheco, Marco Antônio Ângelo, Wellington Válquer, Manoel Almeida, Ricardo Sasaki, Jean, Pimentel, Evair, Wilson, Raí, Allan, Edmílson, França, Paulão, Rogério Pinheiro, Luisão, Aílton Rodrigues, Ratinho, Cícero; Gilberto Moraes, Roberta Rosas, Roberto Rojas, Milton Cruz, Luis Roberto Mátter, José Teixeira, Roberto João Julião, Joaquim Lacerda, José Dias, Paulo Amaral, Jorge Magalhães, Flaviano Furtado, José Carlos dos Santos, Carlinhos Neves, Sérgio Rocha, José Sanches, Luís Augusto Gaspar and Cristina Soares

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