What timing! São Paulo hike fan prices as sign-ups fall | OneFootball

São Paulo’s fans have only one thing on their minds lately: when will president Julio Casares be removed from his position? Well, since the club never ceases to surprise—negatively, of course—it started the year by announcing an increase in the prices of the supporter membership plans.

The most expensive plan, the Diamond, saw a significant increase of R$ 20. Even though there’s always an annual price adjustment, the timing for this announcement couldn’t be worse.

Casares is surrounded by accusations, investigations, scandals, and protests demanding his departure from all sides—council members, fans, and the press. He maneuvers and finds loopholes in Tricolor’s weak statutes to further distance himself from any possibility of impeachment.

And the São Paulo supporters, of course, are protesting in various ways. One of them is by leaving the Supporter Membership program. If the plan had about 51,000 members at the beginning of December last year, this Thursday (8th) it had just over 49,000 members.

The number has been plummeting, and not just recently. At the start of 2025, there were just over 57,000 Tricolores enjoying the benefits of the packages, almost ten thousand more than there are now. In September 2023, the number even reached 63,045 members.

With the persistent drop in membership, São Paulo has left the national Top 10 clubs with the most supporter members. In a November 2025 ranking, Tricolor appeared in 11th place, behind Santos. Palmeiras was in the lead with 182,000 members, followed by Internacional with 150,000 and Atlético-MG with 124,000.

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