Lucas Piccinato’s Corinthians tenure mixed titles and setbacks | OneFootball

Lucas Piccinato has left his role as Corinthians head coach after two years and two months, hours after a 2-2 draw with Fluminense in the Brasileiro at Neo Química Arena. The club confirmed his dismissal in the early hours of Saturday.

Across 101 games he posted 71 wins, 20 draws and 10 defeats, with 240 scored and 80 conceded for a 77% return. He won five trophies from 11 tournaments, with five runners-up finishes.

Appointed in December 2023 after Arthur Elias left for Brazil, he won the 2024 Supercopa and went close to six months unbeaten, 20 wins and two draws, until a 2-1 loss to Palmeiras in July.

A 7-2 defeat at Cruzeiro in August was the heaviest since the team’s 2016 reactivation. Corinthians rebounded to win the 2024 Brasileiro and then the Libertadores unbeaten, beating Independiente Santa Fe 2-0 in the final, before losing the Paulista and the 2025 Supercopa on penalties.

In 2025 a 14-match unbeaten run preceded another Brasileiro crown. They fell to São Paulo in the Copa do Brasil quarter-finals, but lifted the Libertadores again, highlighted by a 4-0 win over Boca Juniors and two penalty shoot-out victories.

The 2025 Paulista brought another runners-up finish, 5-1 down to Palmeiras in the first leg then a 1-0 response. Retained for 2026, Piccinato led a strong FIFA Champions Cup campaign in England, beating Gotham FC 1-0 before a 3-2 extra-time loss to Arsenal, then a Supercopa defeat on penalties and two underwhelming league displays led to his exit.

Source: Meu Timao