2023 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season
The 2023 season is the 114th season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. The season covers the period from January 2023 to December 2023. The pre-season began earlier than usual in December 14, 2022, as the previous season was shorter due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place at the end of the year. The club will also hold elections in November to determine the new president and deliberative council for the 2024–2026 term. Background

Kits
 Home (13 April 2023 onward): White shirt, black shorts and white socks with a yellow horizontal stripe;
 Away (13 April 2023 onward): Black shirt with white stripes, white shorts and black socks;
 Third (20 September 2023 onward): Yellow shirt, yellow shorts and yellow socks;
 Fourth (28 May 2023 onward): Beige shirt, black shorts and black socks. Previous Kits
 Home (Until 12 April 2023): White shirt, black shorts and white socks;
 Away (Until 12 April 2023): Black shirt, white shorts and black socks;
 Third (Until 19 September 2023): Beige shirt with shodô stripes, black shorts and beige socks with shodô stripes. Board changes
On March 21, 2023, Corinthians' president Duílio Monteiro Alves announced that former president and current football director Roberto de Andrade stepped down after fans protested against him, including an invasion at the club's training center on March 17. Squad

Managerial changes
On November 13, 2022, Corinthians' president Duílio Monteiro Alves announced that Vítor Pereira would not renew his contract to continue as the club's manager for the 2023 season. Pereira supposedly revealed that he had family issues that required his return to Portugal. He claimed in a social media post that his reasons to leave were exclusively health issues related to his mother in law. However a month later, he was announced as the new head coach of Flamengo for the 2023 season. On November 20, head of performance analysis Fernando Lázaro was announced as the club's new manager. He was scheduled to serve as Brazil's opponents scout in the 2022 FIFA World Cup before taking the job. On April 20, 2023, Lázaro was removed from the position after a series of poor results and performances. Corinthians opted to demote him to the club's staff as a permanent assistant coach and fired his assistant's Thiago Larghi and Luciano Dias. A few hours after removing Lázaro, Corinthians announced Cuca as the new manager until the end of the season. The signing was met with immense backlash by the club's supporters due to Cuca's conviction in 1989 by a Swiss court for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in a hotel room in Bern, Switzerland in 1987. He was convicted to 15 months imprisonment for "engaging in sexual act with a minor", but the sentence was not served and expired in 2004. He resigned exactly a week later, right after Corinthians' win and qualification in the third round of Copa do Brasil, citing personal reasons related to the protests to his signing. On April 28, The club decided to name current U-20 coach and former club player (2012 Copa Libertadores and 2012 FIFA Club World Cup winner) Danilo as the caretaker for their next match against rivals Palmeiras instead of Lázaro. On May 1, Vanderlei Luxemburgo was announced as the new manager with a contract until the end of the season. It was his third spell at the club, with the last one taking place nearly 22 years ago. On September 27, Luxemburgo was fired after a recurring poor performances, most recently a 1–1 home draw against Fortaleza at the 2023 Copa Sudamericana semi-finals the day before. The day after, Mano Menezes was announced as Corinthians' new manager with a contract until the end of the 2025 season. It will also be his third spell at the club, after being manager through 2008-2010 and 2014. Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

Transfers out

Loans out

Squad statistics

Overview

Campeonato Paulista

For the 2023 Campeonato Paulista, the 16 teams were divided in four groups of 4 teams (A, B, C, D). They faced all teams, except those that were in their own group, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarterfinals. The two overall worst teams were relegated. First stage

Knockout stages

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Campeonato Brasileiro

Result by round

Matches

Copa do Brasil

Preliminary stages

Knockout stages

Copa Sudamericana

Knockout stages

See also
List of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista seasons

Notes

References

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista seasons
Corinthians