São Paulo’s January: Mirassol, three derbies, national champs | OneFootball

The year 2026 has already begun, and soon you’ll be suffering with São Paulo’s matches again—don’t worry! Starting January 11, Tricolor will be back on the pitch for another jam-packed and thrilling season. This month alone, there’s already the Paulistão and Brasileirão.

The São Paulo squad will report back to the Barra Funda training center this Friday (2nd) at 5 p.m. (Brasília time). On Saturday (3rd), the group will begin training at the Cotia training center, where they’ll have their very short pre-season, since they debut this season against Mirassol, just two Sundays from now, in the hot interior of São Paulo state, for the State Championship.

A few days later, on Thursday (15th), Tricolor will make their debut at Morumbi, facing São Bernardo, for the 2nd round of the Campeonato Paulista.

Then, on the third Sunday of the year, it will already be time for the first 2026 derby against Corinthians, at their stadium. The Paulistão sequence has Portuguesa at home on the 21st, followed by another derby on January 24, again away, against Palmeiras. This match, however, will be at Arena Barueri.

Finally, in the middle of the last week of January, the Brasileirão will begin. Tricolor will immediately face the national and South American champion Flamengo, in front of their fans at Morumbi. It could be the prime-time TV game on Wednesday. The CBF will provide more details about the round in the coming days.

And to close out the challenging opening month of the season, São Paulo will play the first of two consecutive derbies against Santos, on the 31st, for the 6th round of the Paulistão, at Morumbi. Four days later, already in February for the Brasileirão, they’ll visit the same rival in Baixada.

Not counting today, when the team’s return is more about conversation and light physical work, the São Paulo squad will have only eight days of pre-season in Cotia before their first challenge, against Mirassol.

See below for Tricolor’s detailed matches in January:

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