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1996 season
President	Mustafá Contursi
Coach	Wanderley Luxemburgo
Stadium	Parque Antartica
Série A	3rd (eliminated in play-off quarter-finals)
Campeonato Paulista	Winners
Copa do Brasil	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: All: Luizão (30)
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The 1996 season is the 82nd season in Palmeiras's existence, and their 82nd in Brazil's first division. The club competed in Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Summary

During January the club reinforced the squad with central back Sandro Blum from Juventude, offensive Midfielder Djalminha from Guarani FC and left-back Júnior from Esporte Clube Vitoria. The team won the Campeonato Paulista playing the best campaign in the professional history of that competition. Managed by Wanderley Luxemburgo and his tactical system known as "Magic Square"(4-2-2-2), the team grabbed 83 points out of 90 possible, and scoring 102 goals in 30 matches.

In Copa do Brasil the squad advanced to semifinals and defeated 1995 Copa Libertadores incumbent champions Gremio. Shockingly, the heavy-favourite club lost the 1996 Copa do Brasil Final against Cruzeiro at Parque Antartica playing without two key players: defensive Midfielder Flavio Conceicao and Forward Müller.

During summer, the club transferred out Rivaldo to Deportivo La Coruña (after the Spanish club paid $7,0 million), Amaral to Parma and Müller to São Paulo following a contract-dispute (loaned from Kashiwa Reysol which owned 50% of the contract that ended on 9 June) losing offensive ground for the upcoming Campeonato Brasileiro and therefore the team is being early eliminated by Gremio in Quarterfinals.

Rivaldo, Cafu, Marcos, Junior, Roque Júnior, and Luizao were called up to have been playing in the Brazil national football team managed by Luiz Felipe Scolari to win the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Velloso — GK  BRA Marcelo Moreira — GK  BRA Marcos — DF  BRA Cafu — DF  BRA Cláudio — DF  BRA Cléber — DF  BRA Gustavo — DF  BRA Júnior — DF  BRA Roque Júnior — DF  BRA Sandro Blum — DF  BRA Tonhão — DF  BRA Wagner — MF  BRA Amaral — MF  BRA Auecione — MF  BRA Dênis — MF  BRA Djalminha — MF  BRA Elivélton — MF  BRA Emanuel — MF  BRA Fernando Diniz — MF  BRA Flávio Conceição

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Galeano — MF  BRA Leandro Ávila — MF  BRA Marquinhos — MF  ITA Marco Osio — MF  BRA Paulo Isidoro — MF  COL Freddy Rincón — MF  BRA Rivaldo — MF  BRA Rodrigo Taddei — MF  BRA Rogério — MF  BRA Sérgio Soares — FW  BRA Alex Alves — FW  BRA Chris — FW  BRA Leonardo — FW  BRA Luizão — FW  BRA Magrão — FW  BRA Müller — FW  BRA Reinaldo — FW  BRA Vinicius — FW  BRA Viola

Transfers

Summer

Competitions

Campeonato Paulista

First round

Matches

28 January 1996 1	Palmeiras	6–1	Ferroviária	São Paulo
	Luizao 28' Luizao 36' Djalminha 61' (pen.) Djalminha 62' Müller 82' Paulo Isidoro 87'		Ricardo Dias 38'	Stadium: Parque Antartica Attendance: 11 845 Referee: Carlos Simon

1 February 1996 2	Novorizontino	1–7	Palmeiras	Mirassol
	Joel 7' Carlos Zara Gílson Índio Genilson		Luizão 1' Müller 24' Elivélton 28' Elivelton 43' Müller 47' Luizão 86' Luizão 90' Cléber Amaral	Stadium: José Maria de Campos Maia Attendance: 8 264 Referee: José Carlos Marcondes

4 February 1996 3	Palmeiras	3–0	Mogi Mirim	São Paulo
	Sandro Blum 33' Djalminha 31' Müller 83' Cafu Galeano Elivélton		Aílton Cruz Marcelo Batatais Dutra Alex Moreno Ricardo Lima	Stadium: Parque Antartica Attendance: 20 315 Referee: Carlos Pimentel

8 February 1996 4	União São João	0–0	Palmeiras	Araras
	Djalminha Elivélton		Luciano Baiano Rogério Didi Fabrício	Stadium: Hermínio Ometto Attendance: 10 011 Referee: João Paulo Araújo

11 February 1996 5	Palmeiras	4–1	Juventus	São Paulo
	Rivaldo 43' Elivélton 46' Paulo Isidoro 78' Ósio 85'		Fabiano 5'	Stadium: Parque Antartica Attendance: 11 721 Referee: Sálvio Spínola Fagundes Filho

14 February 1996 6	São Paulo	0–2	Palmeiras	São José do Rio Preto
	Aílton Pedro Luís Guilherme Valdir Edinho Gilmar Denílson		2' Djalminha 71' Luizão Müller Velloso Galeano	Stadium: Teixeirão Attendance: 28 791 Referee: José Mocellin

25 February 1996 7	Palmeiras	3–1	Portuguesa	São Paulo
	Sandro Blum 2' Luizão 36' Rivaldo 92' Velloso Sandro Blum Cléber		27' Caio Sérgio Soares Wagner Ayupe Tiba Augusto.	Stadium: Parque Antartica Attendance: 25 055 Referee: Oscar Roberto Godói

3 March 1996 8	Corinthians	1–3	Palmeiras	Presidente Prudente
	Edmundo 12' Henrique Marcelinho Carioca Edmundo  58'		1'Djalminha 45 25'Júnior 81' (own goal) Célio Silva Sandro Blum Rivaldo Cléber Müller  53'  Djalminha	Stadium: Eduardo José Farah Attendance: 45 972 Referee: Markus Merk

6 March 1996 9	Palmeiras	3–1	Guarani	São Paulo
	Müller 15' Rivaldo 22' Elivélton 53' Cafu Galeano Müller Elivélton Luizão		Fabinho 8' Índio Renato Carioca Fernando Jean	Stadium: Parque Antartica Attendance: 8 242 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão Albuquerque

9 March 1996 10	Araçatuba	1–2	Palmeiras	Araçatuba
	Gil 11' Vladimir Márcio Cleomir Dourado		22' Elivélton 31' Cléber Djalminha Sandro Blum Elivélton.	Stadium: Adhemar de Barros Attendance: 11 025 Referee: Léo Feldman

16 March 1996 11	Botafogo	0–8	Palmeiras	Ribeirão Preto
	Jivago Japinha Jajá		12'Luizão 44' 47' Djalminha 52'Luizão 67'Cláudio 69' (pen.)Djalminha 74'Alex Alves 81'Cafu Cafu.	Stadium: Santa Cruz Attendance: 12 765 Referee: Flávio de Carvalho

19 March 1996 12	Palmeiras	4–1	Rio Branco	São Paulo
	Luizão 26' Luizao 44' Elivélton 45+1' Luizão 49' Amaral		Garcia 66' Alexandre Agnaldo.	Stadium: Parque Antartica Attendance: 12 543 Referee: Oscar Roberto Godói

21 March 1996 13	Palmeiras	6–0	América	São Paulo
	Luizão 12' Luizao 16' Djalminha 56' (pen.) Müller 65' Rivaldo 75' Rivaldo 79' Amaral Cafu		Marcelão Leonardo Negão Serginho Fraldinha.	Stadium: Parque Antartica Attendance: 8 169 Referee: Marcos Fábio Spironelli

24 March 1996 14	Santos	0–6	Palmeiras	Santos
	Baiano		4' Rivaldo 16' Cléber 23'Cleber 58' Cafu 81' Djalminha 86' Rivaldo Cléber Elivélton Galeano Luizão Djalminha Sandro	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 14.687 Referee: Dalmo Bozzano

30 March 1996 15	Palmeiras	4–0	XV de Jaú	São Paulo
	Alex Alves 24' Cláudio 70' Djalminha 77' (pen.) Chris 84' Cláudio Djalminha Rivaldo		Wilson Mano Celinho Ryuler Auecione Amaral (XV).	Stadium: Parque Antartica Attendance: 9 871 Referee: Alfredo dos Santos Loebeling

Second round

Matches

6 April 1996 16	Ferroviária	1–5	Palmeiras
	Juari 16'		20' Luizão 20 23' Gustavo 52'Rivaldo 80'Rivaldo 83' Luizão

10 April 1996 17	Palmeiras	4–0	Novorizontino
	Cléber 7' Cleber 15' Rivaldo 44' Müller 58'

13 April 1996 18	Mogi Mirim	1–2	Palmeiras
	Rodrigo 15'		45+1'Júnior 47' Luizão

18 April 1996 19	Palmeiras	5–0	União São João
	Rivaldo 28' Cléber 41' Rivaldo 62' Müller 64' Cafu 78'

21 April 1996 20	Juventus	1–5	Palmeiras
	Júnior 7' Müller 35' Djalminha 53' Márcio Griggio 74' Djalminha 75' Müller 92'

28 April 1996 21	Palmeiras	3–2	São Paulo
	Rivaldo 11' Müller 34' Müller 46'		Almir 40' Valdir 65'

1 May 1996 22	Portuguesa	1–2	Palmeiras
	Müller 14' Cléber 72'		Tico 43'

5 May 1996 23	Palmeiras	2–2	Corinthians
	Rivaldo 78' Rivaldo 20' (pen.)		Edmundo 70' Marcelinho Carioca 87'

9 May 1996 24	Guarani	1–0	Palmeiras	Campinas
	Silvio 40' Gutemberg			Stadium: Brinco de Ouro Attendance: 14 327 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

12 May 1996 25	Palmeiras	3–1	Araçatuba	São Paulo
	Luizão 7' Müller 50' Luizão 80'		Alexandre 88'	Stadium: Parque Antartica Attendance: 21 393 Referee: Oscar Roberto Godói

16 May 1996 26	Rio Branco	1–2	Palmeiras
	Nélson Bertollazzi 3'		Rivaldo 60' Cláudio 74'

19 May 1996 27	Palmeiras	4–0	Botafogo	São Paulo
	Djalminha 11' Djalminha 27' Djalminha 32' Müller 59'			Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 21 153 Referee: Epifânio González

25 May 1996 28	América	0–1	Palmeiras	São José do Rio Preto
			Rivaldo 22'	Stadium: Benedito Teixeira Attendance: 14 735 Referee: Flávio de Carvalho

2 June 1996 29	Palmeiras	2–0	Santos	São Paulo
	Luizão 6' Cléber 78'			Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 27 000 Referee: Oscar Ruiz

9 June 1996 30	XV de Jaú	0–1	Palmeiras	São Paulo
			Galeano 7'	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 7 662 Referee: Romildo Corrêa

Final standings

Copa do Brasil

Round of 32

28 February 1996	Club Sportivo Sergipe	0–8	Palmeiras	Aracaju
	Rogério		Djalminha 20' Luizão 22' Cafu 34' Djalminha 57' Luizão 58' Luizao 63' Luizao 78' Rivaldo 85' Djalminha Galeano	Stadium: Lourival Batista Attendance: 9 676 Referee: Wilson Souza de Mendonça

Eightfinals

3 April 1996	Atlético-MG	1–2	Palmeiras	Belo Horizonte
	Leandro Tavares 33'		Luizão 49' Luizão 61' Luizão Gustavo Flávio Conceição Amaral	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 14 187 Referee: Wilson Souza de Mendonça

16 April 1996	Palmeiras	5–0	Atlético-MG	São Paulo
	Rivaldo 28' Cléber 41' Rivaldo 62' Müller 64' Cafu 33' Cléber Sandro Blum			Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 17 284 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão Albuquerque

Quarterfinals

7 May 1996	Palmeiras	2–0	Paraná (PR)	São Paulo
	Djalminha 49' (pen.) Müller 74' Cafu Cléber Marquinhos . Flávio Conceição		Régis Saulo Marcão Carlos Alberto Dias	Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 18 428 Referee: Luciano Augusto Teotônio Almeida

14 May 1996	Paraná (PR)	1–3	Palmeiras	Curitiba
	Saulo 91'		Marcão 20' (own goal) Luizão 24' Djalminha 26' Wagner Cláudio Cafu	Stadium: Couto Pereira Attendance: 24 437 Referee: Carlos Elias Pimentel (

Semifinals

29 May 1996	Palmeiras	3–1	Grêmio	São Paulo
	Rivaldo 35' Djalminha 45+2' Müller 79' Luizão Cléber Djalminha Müller		Paulo Nunes 9' Dinho Luís Carlos Goiano	Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 29 747 Referee: Wilson Souza de Mendonça

7 June 1996	Grêmio	2–1	Palmeiras	Porto Alegre
	Jardel 61' Zé Alcino 78' João Antônio Rodrigo Paulo Nunes Luciano Arce Adílson		Cláudio 12' Sandro Blum Júnior Amaral Cafu Djalminha Velloso Cláudio	Stadium: Olímpico Attendance: 36 808 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão Albuquerque

Finals

14 June 1996 1	Cruzeiro	1–1	Palmeiras	Belo Horizonte
	Marcelo Ramos 61'		Cláudio 11'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 68 763 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

19 June 1996 2	Palmeiras	1–2	Cruzeiro	São Paulo
	Luizão 5'		Roberto Gaúcho 25' Marcelo Ramos 83'	Stadium: Palestra Itália Attendance: 29 139 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

Campeonato Brasileiro

Matches

14 August 1996 2	Palmeiras	0–0	Internacional	São Paulo
	Júnior		Márcio César Vieira Arílson	Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 1 321 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

17 August 1996 3	Palmeiras	5–0	Coritiba	São Paulo
	Luizão 10' Djalminha 60' Rincón 62' Luizão 68' Luizão 88' Djalminha Cafu Leandro Ávila Elivélton		Dinei Flávio Cuca Niltinho Paulo Sérgio  55'  Alberto	Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 6 040 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

20 August 1996 4	Palmeiras	3–1	Vasco da Gama	São Paulo
	Djalminha 22' Galeano 69' Djalminha 72'		Juninho Pernambucano 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 7 767 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

5 September 1996 8	Fluminense	1–5	Palmeiras	Londrina
	Pessali 41'		Djalminha 20' Djalminha 28' Cafu 31' Freddy Rincon 29' Djalminha 37'	Stadium: Estádio do Café Attendance: 22 200 Referee: José Carlos Marcondes

3 November 1996 18	Palmeiras	1–0	Flamengo	São Paulo
	Djalminha 16' (pen.)			Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 13 604 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão Albuquerque

6 November 1996 19	Portuguesa	1–0	Palmeiras	São Paulo
	Roque 9'			Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 3 360 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

17 November 1996 21	Palmeiras	2–0	Atlético Mineiro
	Djalminha 47' (pen.) Leonardo 60'			Attendance: 5 020 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

20 November 1996 22	Guarani	1–0	Palmeiras
	Sangaletti 89'			Attendance: 8 512 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão Albuquerque

24 November 1996 23	Palmeiras	4–1	Sport	São Paulo
	Luizão 9' Luizão 20' Djalminha 21' Elivélton 75'		Marcelo Rocha 10'	Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 4 526 Referee: Carlos Elias Pimentel

Final standings

Eightfinals

1996 Copa Conmebol

Statistics

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Paulistão		Copa do Brasil		Brasileirão		CONMEBOL		Others
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BRA	Velloso	38	-47	29	-47	9	0
2	DF	BRA	Cafu	29	4	22	2	7	2
4	DF	BRA	Cléber	35	8	28	7	7	1
13	DF	BRA	Sandro Blum	32	2	24	2	8	0
6	DF	BRA	Júnior	37	3	28	3	9	0
8	MF	BRA	Amaral	30	0	22	0	8	0
5	MF	BRA	Flávio Conceição	22	0	17+1	0	4	0
10	AM	BRA	Djalminha	32	20	25	15	7	5
11	AM	BRA	Rivaldo	33	23	24	18	9	5
7	FW	BRA	Müller	35	18	28	15	7	3
9	FW	BRA	Luizão	36	30	27	22	9	8
	GK	BRA	Marcelo Moreira	3	-2	3	-2
	GK	BRA	Marcos	3	-15	1+2	-15
	DF	BRA	Cláudio	23	5	9+8	3	4+2	2
	DF	BRA	Gustavo	15	1	10+2	1	2+1	0
	DF	BRA	Roque Júnior	22	0	20	0	0+2	0
	DF	BRA	Tonhão	2	0	0+2	0
	DF	BRA	Wagner	12	0	3+7	0	0+2	0
	MF	BRA	Auecione	6	0	6	0
	MF	BRA	Dênis	1	0	1	0
	MF	BRA	Elivélton	34	6	12+15	6	2+5	0
	MF	BRA	Emanuel	4	0	4	0
	MF	BRA	Fernando Diniz	22	1	22	1
17	MF	BRA	Galeano	29	1	14+9	1	4+2	0
	MF	BRA	Leandro Ávila	19	0	19	0
	MF	BRA	Marquinhos	9	2	1+3	2	2+3	0
	MF	BRA	Marco Osio	16	1	1+13	1	0+2	0
	MF	BRA	Paulo Isidoro	5	2	0+5	2
	MF	COL	Freddy Rincón	18	7	18	7
	MF	BRA	Rodrigo Taddei	1	0	1	0
	MF	BRA	Rogério	11	0	11	0
	MF	BRA	Sérgio Soares	6	0	3+2	0	1	0
	FW	BRA	Alex Alves	4	2	1+3	2
	FW	BRA	Cris	3	1	0+2	1	0+1	0
	FW	BRA	Leonardo	21	4	21	4
	FW	BRA	Magrão	5	0	0+5	0
	FW	BRA	Reinaldo	5	1	0+2	1	0+3	0
	FW	BRA	Vinicius	6	0	6	0
	FW	BRA	Viola	12	6	12	6

• Source: http://www.futebol80.com.br/links/times/palmeiras/palmeirasfichas/palmeirasft1996.htm

References

1. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 1 – Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Areté Editorial S/A, 2001, página 217
2. ""Djalminha: Nosso time era mais completo" (in Portuguese). Jornal da Tarde. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
3. "22 years ago Cruzeiro conquered Copa do Brasil" (in Portuguese). cruzeiro.com.br. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
4. Hermida, Xosé (7 July 1996). "Deportivo buys Rivaldo by 1.000 millions of pesetas". El País (in Spanish). elpais.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
5. Alexandre Gimenez (1 June 1996). "Palmeiras admits They might lose Müller" (in Portuguese). folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

• First Squad Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
• Fixtures and results Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
• Fixtures and results • UOL.com.br (in Portuguese)
• Fixtures • Globo.com (in Portuguese)

• Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras seasons
• Brazilian football clubs 1996 season