Realism or lack of ambition? São Paulo set modest 2026 goals | OneFootball

The approval of São Paulo’s financial budget for 2026 on Thursday (18th) also ended up sealing the sporting goals set by the club for the coming year.

And after a frustrating year, in which only one of the goals was achieved (reaching the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores), resulting in serious financial losses for the club’s coffers and intense pressure from the fans, Tricolor decided to keep its feet on the ground.

As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR revealed, this year’s failures on the field resulted in a loss of up to R$ 114 million in potential revenue for its already battered finances.

For the sporting goals set for next year, the Morumbi club repeated this season’s objectives, even though it will be competing in the Copa Sudamericana and not the Libertadores. This, of course, will mean lower financial gains.

According to the board’s own estimates, São Paulo does not have winning any titles as a goal. The closest to that will be in the Campeonato Paulista, where once again the goal is to reach the final.

For the Brazilian Championship, the objective is to finish as high as sixth place, which will not guarantee the club a spot in the Libertadores due to a change in regulations, which now takes away a spot from the main competition to give it to the runner-up of the Copa do Brasil.

And speaking of the main national knockout competition, Tricolor aims to reach the quarterfinals (as it did this year), the same goal set for the other cup on the calendar, the Sudamericana.

Amid the recurring discourse of the season, emphasizing the need for financial austerity and with debt approaching R$ 1 billion, the Morumbi club hopes not to rack up more eliminations and thus avoid missing out on important revenue opportunities, specifically prize money and ticket sales.

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