São Paulo reach 11,000 goals in their history | OneFootball

On the night of last Tuesday, the 26th, São Paulo defeated Boston River of Uruguay 2–0 at MorumBIS in a match valid for the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana, thus getting the exact score needed to reach a historic milestone: 11,000 goals scored since the club’s foundation in 1930.

To celebrate the occasion — even though the exact milestone goal was an own goal ( ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) — the João Farah Historical Archive is publishing a special e-book with the main information related to the goals and players who helped build this beautiful history.

About the 11,000 goals

On October 25, 2015, when Alan Kardec scored for São Paulo against Coritiba in Curitiba in the 25th minute of the first half, Tricolor, through the Historical Archive and the Communications Department, announced that the club had reached the mark of 10,000 goals in official matches of the men’s first team.

However, in the relentless pursuit of better understanding its own history, the Archive continued its routine of research and detailed study of São Paulo’s entire existence. This work resulted in the finding that two matches, previously recorded and taken into account over the years, were in fact training matches of an unofficial nature.

(The matches in question were Nacional 1–1 São Paulo, on Comendador Souza Street, on August 29, 1968; and Saad 1–1 São Paulo, at Anacleto Campanella, on July 20, 1971 — and other adjustments, such as the order of some goals, were made in a few matches from earlier dates).

Commitment to the facts comes first. Therefore, with the proper corrections applied, credit for the 10,000th goal (as well as the 9,000th, 8,000th, etc.) was reassigned to another player. Check the current list in the e-book. And it is worth remembering: the research >> always << continues…

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.