São Paulo end 2025 with one of the decade’s weakest attacks, see the stats | OneFootball

The 2025 season for São Paulo was undoubtedly one of the most frustrating in recent years. Amid accumulated disappointments and numbers far below expectations, one point stood out negatively: the low offensive production. The Tricolor ended the year with only 79 goals in 66 matches. The last time the club scored so little was in 2019, when they netted only 56 — the worst performance of the 21st century.

One of the factors that most contributed to this decline was the endless sequence of injuries that affected practically all sectors of the team, especially the attack.

Strikers Out of Action

The strikers Calleri (anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee), Ryan Francisco (anterior cruciate ligament rupture and meniscus injury of the left knee), and André Silva (posterior cruciate ligament injury and anterior cruciate ligament strain of the right knee) suffered severe injuries and had their seasons prematurely ended. Even so, André Silva finished the year as the second top scorer, with 14 goals.

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Lucas Moura, a key player in the offensive sector, also spent long periods away from the field. The number 7 injured the posterior capsule of his right knee in March. In August, he had to undergo an arthroscopy to remove fibrosis that was causing him pain. At the end of November, he felt discomfort again and required further treatment.

Signings That Didn't Have an Effect

In this scenario, the tricolor management was forced to go to the market to replace the losses. As a result, Gonzalo Tapia, Juan Dinenno, and Emiliano Rigoni arrived, but none of them managed to deliver the expected impact. Together, they scored only seven goals, with Tapia being the main contributor to these figures, with five goals.

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Among the players who spent more time available, the performance was also irregular. Luciano, the team's top scorer of the season with 16 goals, was marked by misses in decisive moments, especially in the Libertadores quarter-finals against LDU, when São Paulo was eliminated. Ferreirinha, on the other hand, had some flashes but could not take on the offensive leadership, ending the year with eight goals.

Check São Paulo's Offensive Performance Over the Last Ten Years:

2025: 79 (3rd worst of the century) 2024: 94 2023: 92 2022: 119 2021: 113 2020: 98 2019: 56 (worst of the century) 2018: 74 (2nd worst of the century) 2017: 93 2016: 85 2015: 107

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