Guilherme Nascimento hails Corinthians U17 run, eyes Paulista push | OneFootball

Corinthians wrapped up the second phase of the Paulista Under-17 Championship with another win and the top spot in its group. Last Saturday (26), Timão beat Desportivo Brasil 2-0 and secured first place in the group. After the match, head coach Guilherme Nascimento praised the team’s collective performance, analyzed the numbers built throughout the season, and looked ahead to the next challenges for the black-and-white squad.

The win capped off a positive stretch for Corinthians in the state competition and extended the strong run of the team led by the 37-year-old coach. In 2026, also taking into account its participation in the Brazilian Championship for the age group, Timão has played 36 matches, with 24 wins, five draws, and seven losses.

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Despite the numbers, Guilherme preferred to share the credit for the campaign with the players. The coach highlighted aspects such as organization, commitment, and performance to explain the team’s current form.

“The most important thing right now is to value the group as a whole for its organization, commitment, and hunger to win that it has shown throughout the season. We are going through a very positive run of results, but above all, we are delivering performances that sustain all of this. Finishing this phase of the Paulista with another win and securing first place in the group was exactly what we had planned from the start. So everyone deserves congratulations and earned it. Now it’s time to rest, recover well, and use this period to prepare ourselves, because we still have a lot of work ahead and important goals to pursue in the competition,” Guilherme Nascimento said.

Corinthians posts positive numbers this season

Corinthians Under-17’s performance in 2026 also stands out in the statistics. In the 36 matches played under Guilherme Nascimento, the team scored 111 goals and conceded 40. The goal difference, therefore, stands at a positive 71.

The record represents a 71.3% success rate this season. Offensively, Corinthians averages 3.08 goals per match, while conceding an average of 1.11 goals per game.

The campaign is split between the two main competitions played by the age group. In the Paulista Championship, Timão has a 75.9% success rate and has scored 61 goals. In the Brazilian Under-17 Championship, the team has found the net 50 times and earned 66.7% of the available points.

Even with the performances shown so far, Guilherme Nascimento avoided treating the previous numbers as any guarantee for the rest of the season. For the coach, the beginning of the state knockout stage requires Corinthians to raise its level of concentration and approach the next phase as a new competition.

“The numbers from the season are positive and reflect work that has been built day by day by everyone here at Corinthians. It has been a consistent campaign in both the Paulista and the Brazilian Championship, but we know that statistics alone do not guarantee anything from here on. From now on, we are entering a new phase of the Paulista and, for us, it is practically a new championship. Everything we have built so far, in terms of technical performance, tactical organization, and physical and mental preparation, was important to get us to this point, but it is already behind us. If we want to achieve big things, and we very much do, we need to raise our level of demand even further, stay focused, and dedicate ourselves even more in the next phase,” the coach added.

Timão enters the Paulista knockout stage

With the end of the second phase, the Paulista Under-17 Championship now adopts a new format. The 32 qualified clubs will be organized according to the overall ranking of their cumulative campaigns in the competition.

Based on this ranking, the matchups for the next stage will be defined, to be played in a knockout format with home-and-away matches. The games are scheduled to take place on October 3 and 10.

Corinthians enters the knockout stage backed by the performances shown in the previous phases, but, as highlighted by Guilherme Nascimento, the team now treats the new stage as a fresh start within the state competition.

Before the Paulista, Corinthians has a Brazilian Championship fixture

Before turning its full attention to the state knockout stage, Corinthians Under-17 will have one more match in the Brazilian Championship for the age group. This Wednesday (30), Timão hosts Atlético-GO at 3 p.m. (Brasília time) at Parque São Jorge, in São Paulo.

That gives the team the chance to continue its campaign in the national tournament before beginning the knockout rounds of the Paulista Championship.

Corinthians Under-17 numbers in 2026:

In 2026, Corinthians Under-17 has played 36 matches, with 24 wins, five draws, and seven losses, achieving a 71.3% success rate this season. The team has scored 111 goals and conceded 40, for a positive goal difference of 71. The performance represents an average of 3.08 goals scored and 1.11 conceded per match. In the Paulista Championship, Timão has a 75.9% success rate and 61 goals scored, while in the Brazilian Championship, it has a 66.7% success rate and 50 goals scored.

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