Dorival joins select group of managers | OneFootball

Recently announced as São Paulo’s coach for the rest of the season, Dorival Júnior became the fourth manager in the club’s history to effectively take charge of the team for a third time.

The coach began his relationship with Tricolor in July 2017. His first spell ended in March 2018, but the connection was resumed in April 2023. That season, São Paulo won a title they had never claimed before: the Copa do Brasil. The achievement caught the attention of the Brazilian National Team, which turned to the coach’s services and took him away from MorumBIS in December of that year.

Before Dorival, only three major Tricolor icons had led the squad on at least three occasions: Vicente Feola, Jose Poy, and Muricy Ramalho.

The person who selected a São Paulo lineup the most times in history (562 times), Vicente Feola was the club’s official head coach on seven (!) occasions: from 1937 to 1938; from 1938 to 1939; from 1941 to 1942; from 1947 to 1951; from 1951 to 1953; from 1955 to 1957; and from 1959 to 1960 — in addition to countless other spells as interim coach. He was a two-time Paulista champion in 1948 and 1949 and, above all, World Cup champion with the Brazilian National Team in 1958, still as a São Paulo employee.

A great idol on the pitch, with an exceptional career as a goalkeeper — and one of the main figures responsible for the construction of MorumBIS, by selling lifetime seats — the Argentine Jose Poy also stood out as the club’s coach. He held the position between 1964 and 1965, in 1972, between 1973 and 1976 and, finally, between 1982 and 1983. He left behind one of the best defenses of all time, the record for most consecutive unbeaten matches (47), and the 1975 Paulista Championship trophy.

Second in the historical ranking, Muricy Ramalho led the Tricolor squad in 1996 — after the sad departure of Telê Santana — between 1996 and 1997, and between 2013 and 2015, and earned the status of the club’s second most successful coach, with five titles: the Brazilian Championship three-peat in 2006, 2007, and 2008, the 1994 Copa Conmebol, and the 1996 Copa Master Conmebol (the latter two as Telê’s replacement coach).

FACT SHEETS

DORIVAL JÚNIORDorival Silvestre JúniorBorn: Araraquara-SP, 04/25/1962Debut: 07/13/2017Last match: 12/06/2023Record: 92 matches, 42 wins, 22 draws, 28 losses, 114 goals scored, 91 goals concededTitles: Copa do Brasil 2023

VICENTE FEOLAVicente Ítalo FeolaBorn: São Paulo-SP, 11/01/1909† São Paulo-SP, 11/07/1975Debut: 06/20/1937Last match: 02/13/1965Record: 562 matches, 316 wins, 112 draws, 134 losses, 1339 goals scored, 769 goals concededTitles: Paulista Championship 1948, 1949

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