January 21, 2013: General elections for president and vice president. Paulo Nobre was elected, defeating Decio Perin by 153 votes against 106.[3]
January 24, 2013: After great speculation, the Argentine Riquelme did not come to Palmeiras. Paulo Nobre, the new president, said that Palmeiras would not have enough money for such a luxury.[4]
February 5, 2013: Two more players were announced for a loan until the end of the season, defender Marcelo Oliveira and midfielderCharles, the two coming from the team Cruzeiro.[5] In exchange Palmeiras sent forward Luan.[6]
February 7, 2013: One more player was announced, the forward Kléber coming on loan from the Portuguese team Porto until the end of the year.[7]
February 8, 2013: Hernán Barcos signed with Grêmio. Palmeiras had a debt with the LDU (US$ 750,000) which Grêmio then assumed. In return Palmeiras received four players: Vilson, Rondinelly, Léo Gago and Leandro coming from a loan. Only Vilson was to stay indefinitely, the other three would return to Grêmio at the end of the season.[8]
February 22, 2013: Palmeiras announced the sponsorship contract with Kia Motors would end after the Campeonato Paulista.[9]
March 27, 2013: Palmeiras suffered a humiliating defeat, 6–2 against Mirassol. This caused some outrage among fans who went to the club headquarters to protest for better results.[10]
April 18, 2013: Even though they lost their last match of the group stage, Palmeiras still qualified in first place moving to the round of 16 in the 2013 Copa Libertadores[14]
April 24, 2013: WTorre (responsible for construction of Allianz Parque) announced the sale of "naming rights" to Allianz, a German company already associated with other stadiums.[15]
June 6, 2013: Palmeiras reached a sponsorship agreement with Allianz for two games, the first against Sport Recife on June 8 and the second against América de Natal on June 11.[16]
August 21, 2013: The defender Henrique was called up by coach Felipão to compete in two friendly matches against Australia on September 7, and Portugal on September 10.[19]
The Campeonato Paulista is the major championship of São Paulo state, involving teams from all over the state. Palmeiras debuted in the competition on January 20 against Bragantino. The last time Palmeiras won the competition was in 2008. In 2013 Palmeiras finished placing sixth after being eliminated on penalties in the round of 16 against Santos.
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: O Gol Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd games won; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th results between the teams; 5th less red cards; 6th less yellow cards ; 7th raffle.
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway.com Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head results; 6th least red cards received; 7th least yellow cards received; 8th draw. (C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Matches
Schedule released on March 25, 2013.[23] The games had a break during the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held between June and July in Brazil. Six rounds were played before the stoppage.
Note 1: Palmeiras was punished with the loss of four home field matches because of incidents involving their fans in the match against Botafogo in Araraquara last year.
The table for the competition was released on February 4, 2013.[25] Palmeiras was the title holder. The team entered in the Round of 16. The draw for the round of 16 was held on August 6, 2013.[26]
Note: For the knockout stages Palmeiras made two changes in the Libertadores squad: André Luiz replaced Marcos Vinícus and Serginho replaced Edilson.[28]
Paulo Nobre
