Low crowds and strong record: how São Paulo have fared as hosts at Canindé | OneFootball

After the unexpected change in management, the new coach Roger Machado will make his debut for São Paulo as the home team in the Brasileirão, but far from Morumbi, which is still undergoing repairs to its pitch after a series of concerts.

The match against Chapecoense will take place at the Canindé stadium, loaned by Portuguesa, and it will be the home of Tricolor on other occasions when Morumbi is occupied by large-scale events this 2026 season—and there will be quite a few.

While for some rivals it is historically relatively common to use Canindé, São Paulo, even having owned the land in the 1940s and 1950s, does not have a recurring history there as the home team.

According to research by partner Alexandre Giesbrecht, from ANOTAÇÕES TRICOLORES (learn more about his work by clicking here), the Morumbi club has played only six times in its history at the Lusitanian home as the host, but with an excellent record.

And the last time, besides being a while ago, can be considered obscure and one that few may remember: it was on May 22, 2002, when they drew 2-2 with Palmeiras in the semifinals of the Supercampeonato Paulista. The result secured Tricolor a spot in the final of the strange competition held that season, which the club ended up winning against Ituano.

In total, there have been only six matches, including that one, with Tricolor as the home team at Canindé, all of them from 1990 onwards, with four wins, one draw, and one loss.

. The most crowded match was in the 1993 Paulistão, against XV de Piracicaba, curiously in Tricolor's only defeat as the home team at Canindé, 2-0, with 9,118 people present.

Overall, including matches against Portuguesa or other teams when they were the visitors, São Paulo has played 43 matches at Canindé (37 in the current configuration of the stadium, after it stopped being called ‘Ilha da Madeira’).

See below when São Paulo hosted at Canindé:

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