It’s official: Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa stands for São Paulo as opposition | OneFootball

The political dispute at São Paulo has gained its first official candidate. Lifetime council member Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa launched his candidacy for club president this Friday (25), running on the opposition ticket “São Paulo de Volta,” targeting the 2027-2029 term.

The presidential election at the Morumbi club is scheduled for the first half of December, on an exact date to be confirmed by the electoral committee.

The ticket includes Eduardo Alfano Vieira as the candidate for vice president and Fábio Mariz de Oliveira as the nominee to run for president of the Deliberative Council. The name for the vice presidency of the collegiate body will be put forward by the “Força São Paulo” faction in the coming days. The opposition alliance brings together support from the political groups “Salve o Tricolor Paulista,” “Novo São Paulo,” and “Força São Paulo.”

Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa, 44, is a lawyer. He joined the club’s Deliberative Council in 2008 and became a lifetime council member in 2014. The candidate carries a historic surname in Morumbi politics: he is the son of former president Marcelo Figueiredo Portugal Gouvêa, who led the club from 2002 to 2006.

In the coming weeks, the opposition bloc will formally register the candidacies for the executive ticket and present the list of registered names that will compete for the seats of elected council members for the next three-year term.

Tricolor political map

The presidential election at São Paulo is taking place alongside the renewal of seats on the Deliberative Council, a body currently made up of 252 active members — divided between 152 lifetime members and 100 elected members (four members with seats do not have voting rights).

The political landscape within the body is shaped by the following balance of forces:

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