A year of rebuilding and frustration: Palmeiras’ 2025 review | OneFootball

The 2025 season for Palmeiras will end without trophies — something few expected given the enormous investment made and the promises created at the beginning of the year. But the numbers and facts show a different reality.

Overall numbers of the season

Squad overhaul and heavy investment

In 2025, Palmeiras invested around R$ 700 million in 12 signings — the highest investment mark in Brazilian football this year. This renewal brought youth and expectation: the departure of experienced/winning players, the entry of promising and new names. This generated a sense of “restart.”

Even so, despite this spending and the constant rotation of the squad, the club failed to convert this financial power into titles.

When the numbers don't add up: failures in decisive moments

In the state championship, the club lost the 2025 Paulista Football Championship final to Corinthians. In the 2025 Copa do Brasil, it was eliminated — also by its biggest rival, in the round of 16.

Still, the club went far in the Libertadores — reaching the final of the 2025 Copa Libertadores, but lost to Flamengo 1–0. And in the Brasileirão, it crumbled in the final stretch and saw the Rio club clinch the double in four days.

The dilemma: competitiveness and mentality lapses

The big question that remains is: why, even with high offensive production, goals, and victories, does Palmeiras lose where it really matters — in classics, in decisions, in knockout stages? Part of the explanation may lie in the squad transition: young players, without the same experience to handle the pressure of finals and decisions. It becomes more evident that it's not enough to invest heavily: it requires teamwork, consistency, and maturity.

Moreover, there is a growing sense of frustration among fans and analysts: many winning players left, and those who arrived did not bring the same winning DNA. The “overhaul” may have been necessary, but the fruits did not appear in trophies.

Conclusion — Shaken faith, open reconstruction

2025 will be marked as a year of promises, hope, and reconstruction for Palmeiras. The heavy investment, squad renewal, and good statistical results did exist. But when the team needed it — finals, decisions, classics — it failed. The year ends without trophies, and with the fans demanding more.

If Verdão wants to regain prestige and justify the investment in 2026, more than reinforcements will be needed: a winning mentality, consistency, and dedication will be required.

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