Campeonato Brasileiro
Palmeiras started the campaign in the 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A playing against Vitória at home, achieving a 1–0 victory at the final minutes. In the 2nd Round, Palmeiras faced Vasco da Gama away and got a single point by a draw, in a very bad fixture by both clubs. After the draw, Palmeiras manager Antônio Carlos Zago and striker Robert, discussed with each other and both of them were dismissed by the club's direction.
The following week, the fixture was against Grêmio for the 3rd Round of the competition. Palmeiras won it easily by the score of 4–2 in a very active match by both sides. After the win Palmeiras secured the 4th position in the League table, the match will be remembered by Palmeiras as the last match played in the old home, Palestra Itália, as the stadium will be demolished for construction of the new Arena Palestra Itália. On 26 May, rival São Paulo was the next opponent for the 4th Round, the final score was of 0–1 to the Morumbi team in a very disputed game, with Palmeiras's striker, Ewerthon, losing a penalty at the 87th minute. The next match was against Grêmio Prudente at the club's former stadium, the Arena Barueri, but this time the ground was used to serve as a home match for Palmeiras, although the game wasn't bad, the final score was 0-0.
On 2 June, Palmeiras faced Flamengo playing at home again and the venue was the São Paulo municipal stadium, the Pacaembu, due to the construction of the Arena. The match was dominated by Palmeiras, but unfortunately the team failed to score again, hitting the opponents crossbar three times and conceding a goal two minutes before the end of the match, the goal was scored by Vágner Love, the club's former player. The following round saw Palmeiras face Internacional away from home and Palmeiras managed to score with Lincoln in the beginning of the first half, after that Inter equalized and the game finished 1–1.
This was the last match of the Série A before the FIFA World Cup, stopping the league in the seventh round and Palmeiras in the mid-table position. During the pause for the World Cup, Jorge Parraga, the team's interim manager was replaced by Luiz Felipe Scolari, who previously managed Palmeiras from 1997 to 2000, winning the Copa do Brasil and the Libertadores. Scolari agreed to manage the team even with proposal from other four Brazilian clubs.
The league continued on 15 July and Palmeiras faced State rivals, Santos FC, in the eighth round with some new players in the squad, such as the forwards Tadeu and Kléber, a club's former player and idol, and the midfielder Tinga who scored the winner in the second half. The match finished 2–1 for Palmeiras. Avaí was the next opponent, the match saw Palmeiras equalize with the home team at 2–2 in the beginning of the second half with Kléber, but Avaí scored two late goals to win a pretty two-sided match. In the league's 10th round, Palmeiras played against Botafogo and was winning the match until the middle of the second half by 2–0, when Marcos Assunção committed a tough foul and was dismissed, after the dismissal the club from Rio de Janeiro reacted and equalized in the final minutes. The following week, Palmeiras faced Ceará the league's 2nd placed, away from home, the match was good but the ball didn't cross the line in any of the both halves, the final result wasn't bad for Palmeiras, that stopped in the 10th place of the Série A.
After the end of the round, Palmeiras signed former Chilean idol, Jorge Valdivia, for 5 years from the Arabian side Al Ain. The signing of Valdivia left the club and especially the fans really glad. In the beginning of the 12th round, Palmeiras faced old rivals Corinthians, in the so-called Paulista Derby , and drew at home by 1–1. Although the bad result, Palmeiras attacked Corinthians almost every time in the match. Jorge Henrique scored for Corinthians at the 11th minute and Edinho equalized for Palmeiras at the 33rd minute, after that, Palmeiras scored three times, with Ewerthon twice and with Lincoln, but the referee pointed off-side in all of them.
For the League's 13th Round, Palmeiras drew with Goiás away from home by the score of 1–1. Ewerthon opened the score after just 12 minutes from the beginning with a long range shot. Palmeiras played extremely well during the first half, but in the second half, the team didn't make a good appearance, trying to hold a 1–0 lead until the end, when a dubious foul was committed by Palmeiras defence, and after the kick, Goiás drew with a header from Amaral. The result was disappointing for the team who was almost certain to win 3 points in the league. Despite the bad result, the team continued 11th in the table awaiting the return of some important players to the squad. In the following round, Palmeiras won the match against Atlético-PR by 2–0 in a very good appearance from all the players.
On 22 August, the team faced Guarani in Campinas. The match was marked by the return of Palmeiras Chilean idol, Jorge Valdivia, who came as a substitute in the second half, in the end both teams played well and the score ended 0–0. In the 16th round of the Série A, Palmeiras lost by a surprising 3–0 against the league's last placed team at home. The match was a terrifying display from the home players who could not stop Atlético-GO. After the game, manager Scolari stated that Palmeiras still needed to fix the squad for the following matches. On 29 August, after some hard training determination from the players, Palmeiras took on Atlético Mineiro in Ipatinga instead of Belo Horizonte, because of the reconstruction of the Mineirão stadium for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and begun losing by 1–0 after an early second half goal by Neto Berola chipping the ball past goalkeeper Marcos, but equalised with Marcos Assunção minutes later. At the end Kléber turned the score for the away team, who deserved the 3 points after a well played match with many goal chances being created. Palmeiras reached the 9th position of the league table after the triumph.
After the victory over Atlético Mineiro, the clube saw colombian left wingback, Pablo Armero, leave to join Udinese from Italy.
At midweek, Palmeiras faced Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, the League's 1st placed team. After conceding a goal from Emerson in the 15th minute and playing a reasonable first half, Palmeiras was better in the second half and managed to equalise with Ewerthon at the 93rd minute. Palmeiras lost its next match, played against Cruzeiro in Pacaembu, where the team started winning by 2–0 after a great first half, but suffered 3 dramatic goals in the second period, the last of them was scored from an irregular position in the 85th minute. On 8 September, Palmeiras drew with Vitória in Salvador, with substitute Tadeu scoring for the away team in the second half. The match was the first of the second part of the Série A, the 20th Round.
The 21st Round saw Palmeiras face Vasco da Gama at home. The match was equal for both sides with Palmeiras making most of the shots in the game. At the end it was a goalless draw. The next match was played against Grêmio in Porto Alegre, Palmeiras dominated the rival for most of the match and scored with Marcos Assunção, from a free kick, and with a header by Ewerthon after a cross from the scorer himself. Grêmio scored with Jonas in the stoppage time after a corner kick, but Palmeiras secured 3 points. After the win Palmeiras was awaited by the Choque-Rei derby with São Paulo on the next Sunday. The 1st half of the match was bad for both teams, but in the second half São Paulo scored from two counterattacks, in the first one the new boy, Lucas, made a wonderful finish past Deola and the second was a great assist from the boy to Fernandão make 2–0. Palmeiras was unlucky in the 2nd half, where the team almost scored 4 times.
| Date | Opponent | H / A | Result
F – A | Scorers | Venue | Attendance |
|---|
| 8 May 2010 | Vitória | H | 1 – 0 | Lincoln 78' | Palestra Itália | 16,114 |
| 16 May 2010 | Vasco | A | 0 – 0 | | São Januário | 11,236 |
| 22 May 2010 | Grêmio | H | 4 – 2 | Ewerthon 16', 29', Maurício Ramos 61', Cleiton Xavier 70' | Palestra Itália | 18,365 |
| 26 May 2010 | São Paulo | A | 0 – 1 | | Morumbi | 15,522 |
| 29 May 2010 | Prudente | H | 0 – 0 | | Arena Barueri | 7,093 |
| 2 June 2010 | Flamengo | H | 0 – 1 | | Pacaembu | 8,457 |
| 6 June 2010 | Internacional | A | 1 – 1 | Lincoln 14' | Beira-Rio | 11,743 |
| 15 July 2010 | Santos | H | 2 – 1 | Ewerthon 12', Tinga 66' | Pacaembu | 20,109 |
| 18 July 2010 | Avaí | A | 2 – 4 | Gabriel Silva 11', Kleber 54' (pen.) | Ressacada | 10,482 |
| 22 July 2010 | Botafogo | H | 2 – 2 | Marcos Assunção 46', Kleber 57' | Pacaembu | 12,882 |
| 25 July 2010 | Ceará | A | 0 – 0 | | Castelão | 19,212 |
| 1 August 2010 | Corinthians | H | 1 – 1 | Edinho 33' | Pacaembu | 24,491 |
| 8 August 2010 | Goiás | A | 1 – 1 | Ewerthon 12' | Serra Dourada | 13,168 |
| 14 August 2010 | Atlético-PR | H | 2 – 0 | Danilo 3', Ewerthon 76' | Pacaembu | 13,074 |
| 22 August 2010 | Guarani | A | 0 – 0 | | Brinco de Ouro | 19,809 |
| 26 August 2010 | Atlético-GO | H | 0 – 3 | | Pacaembu | 13,522 |
| 29 August 2010 | Atlético Mineiro | A | 2 – 1 | Marcos Assunção 66', Kleber 76' | Ipatingão | 11,120 |
| 1 September 2010 | Fluminense | A | 1 – 1 | Ewerthon 90+3' | Maracanã | 19,365 |
| 5 September 2010 | Cruzeiro | H | 2 – 3 | Kleber 35' (pen.), Maurício Ramos 38' | Pacaembu | 21,560 |
| 8 September 2010 | Vitória | A | 1 – 1 | Tadeu 71' | Barradão | 12,283 |
| 12 September 2010 | Vasco | H | 0 – 0 | | Pacaembu | 16,976 |
| 15 September 2010 | Grêmio | A | 2 – 1 | Marcos Assunção 14', Ewerthon 47' | Olímpico | 21,204 |
| 19 September 2010 | São Paulo | H | 0 – 2 | | Pacaembu | 18,109 |
| 22 September 2010 | Prudente | A | 1 – 0 | Márcio Araújo 60' | Prudentão | 13,920 |
| 25 September 2010 | Flamengo | A | 3 – 1 | Kleber 19' (pen.), 31', Lincoln 89' | Engenhão | 9,894 |
| 29 September 2010 | Internacional | H | 2 – 0 | Marcos Assunção 31', 58' | Arena Barueri | 12,264 |
| 2 October 2010 | Santos | A | 1 – 1 | Kleber 20' | Vila Belmiro | 8,900 |
| 7 October 2010 | Avaí | H | 4 – 1 | Valdívia 11', 49', Kleber 58' (pen.), Gabriel Silva 70' | Pacaembu | 6,306 |
| 10 October 2010 | Botafogo | A | 0 – 0 | | Engenhão | 9,950 |
| 17 October 2010 | Ceará | H | 1 – 1 | Marcos Assunção 45' | Arena Barueri | 8,257 |
| 24 October 2010 | Corinthians | A | 0 – 1 | | Pacaembu | 35,035 |
| 30 October 2010 | Goiás | H | 3 – 2 | Tinga 21', Márcio Araújo 80', Dinei 86' | Arena Barueri | 5,811 |
| 4 November 2010 | Atlético-PR | A | 0 – 1 | | Arena da Baixada | 19,749 |
| 7 November 2010 | Guarani | H | 1 – 0 | Leandro Amaro 41' | Arena Barueri | 3,154 |
| 14 November 2010 | Atlético-GO | A | 0 – 3 | | Serra Dourada | 10,283 |
| 21 November 2010 | Atlético Mineiro | H | 0 – 2 | | Fonte Luminosa | 6,794 |
| 28 November 2010 | Fluminense | H | 1 – 2 | Dinei 4' | Arena Barueri | 11,291 |
| 5 December 2010 | Cruzeiro | A | 1 – 2 | Rivaldo 53' | Arena do Jacaré | 16,191 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo
