2008 Sport Club Internacional season

Sport Club Internacional
2008 season
Chairman	Vitório Piffero
Manager	Abel Braga
Campeonato Brasileiro ; Campeonato Gaúcho	Campeonato Brasileiro 7th ; Campeonato Gaúcho Champion
Copa do Brasil	Eliminated
Top goalscorer	League: Campeonato Brasileiro; Nilmar (14) ; Copa do Brasil; Alex (3) ; Campeonato Gaúcho; Alex (13); All: Alex (31)

The 2008 season is the 99th season in Sport Club Internacional's existence, and their 38th in the Campeonato Brasileiro, having never been relegated from the top division.

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Technical manager	Giovanni Luigi
Manager	Tite
Assistant coach	Cléber Xavier
Assistant coach	Guto Ferreira
Fitness coach	Fabio Mahseredjian
Assistant fitness coach	Flávio Soares
Goalkeeping coach	Ilo Roxo

Last updated: 9 July 2008
Source: [1]

Team kit

The team kit for the season was produced by Reebok and the shirt sponsor is Banrisul.

Home

Away

training kit

Squad

Most frequent start

As of 22 July

P	Name	GS
GK	Renan	25
CB	Índio	30
CB	Orozco	27
CB	Marcão	35
RW	Bustos	18
MF	Magrão	28
MF	Edinho	23
MF	Guiñazú	30
MF	Alex	32
FW	Nilmar	24
FW	Iarley	24

Renan

Monteiro

Índio

Orozco

Marcão

Magrão

Edinho

Guiñazú

Nilmar

Iarley

Alex

Transfers

Transfers in

—	MF	BRA	Andrezinho (From Pohang Steelers)
—	DF	BRA	Ângelo (From Paraná)
—	DF	BRA	Bolívar (On loan from AS Monaco)
—	DF	COL	Bustos (From Grêmio)
—	MF	ARG	D'Alessandro (From San Lorenzo)
—	MF	BRA	Daniel Carvalho (On loan from CSKA Moskva)
—	DF	BRA	Gustavo Nery (Free transfer)
—	GK	BRA	Ricardo (On loan from Caxias)
—	DF	BRA	Ricardo Lopes (On loan from Sertãozinho)
—	MF	BRA	Rosinei (From Real Murcia)

Transfers out

—	GK	BRA	Bruno Grassi (to Marítimo)
—	FW	BRA	Christian (to Portuguesa)
—	DF	BRA	Douglão (return to Coritiba on loan to Rio Claro)
—	DF	BRA	Élder Granja (Free transfer to Palmeiras)
—	FW	BRA	Fernandão (to Al Gharafa)
—	FW	BRA	Gustavo (Free transfer to Brasiliense)
—	FW	BRA	Iarley (Free transfer to Goiás)
—	MF	BRA	João Guilherme (to Marítimo)
—	FW	BRA	Jean (return to São Caetano)
—	FW	BRA	Léo Gamalho (to Valdevez)
—	MF	BRA	Luciano Henrique (Return loan to Santos)
—	MF	BRA	Magal (Return loan to Guaratinguetá)
—	MF	BRA	Rodrigo Possebon (to Manchester United)
—	DF	BRA	Rubens Cardoso (Free transfer to Coritiba)
—	DF	BRA	Sidnei (to Benfica)

Players on loan

—	MF	NGA	Abu (to Vasco da Gama)
—	MF	BRA	Adriano Gabiru (to Goiás)
—	MF	BRA	Cleiton Xavier (to Figueirense)
—	FW	COL	Cristian Borja (to Mogi Mirim)
—	FW	BRA	Diego (to Guangzhou Pharmaceutical)
—	DF	BRA	Ediglê (to Marítimo)
—	GK	BRA	Eduardo (to Portuguesa)
—	FW	BRA	Gil (to Botafogo)
—	FW	BRA	Léo (to Coritiba)
—	DF	BRA	Mineiro (to Gamba Osaka)
—	MF	BRA	Pinga (to Al-Wahda)
—	MF	BRA	Roger (toNáutico)
—	FW	BRA	Wellington (toNáutico)

Season 2008

Dubai Cup

Matches

5 January 2008

12h00 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 0	Stuttgart
Alex 29'	[2] (pt)

Stadium Dubai Sports City-Dubai

7 January 2008

15h (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 1	Internazionale
Fernandão 2' Nilmar 66'	[3] (pt)	Jiménez 40'

Stadium Dubai Sports City-Dubai

Friendly

12 January 2008

14h00 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 0	Al-Jazira
Adriano 45'	[4] (pt)

Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium-Abu Dhabi

Campeonato Gaúcho

Matches

20 January 2008

16h00 (UTC-3)

Internacional (SM)	2 – 2	Internacional
Alê Menezes 11' Jean Michel 77'	[5] (pt)	Monteiro 15' Iarley 16'

Presidente Vargas Stadium-Santa Maria

24 January 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 0	Veranópolis
Iarley 28' Ramon 71'	[6] (pt)

Beira-Rio Stadium -Porto Alegre

Attendance: 16.751

27 January 2008

16h00 (UTC-3)

São José	1 – 4	Internacional
Júnior Paulista 44'	[7] (pt)	Alex 14' 70' Marcão 45,2' Iarley 48'

Passo D'Areia Stadium -Porto Alegre

1 February 2008

19h30 (UTC-3)

Internacional	0 – 1	Juventude
	[8] (pt)	Mendes 17'

Beira-Rio Stadium -Porto Alegre

Attendance: 18.099

10 February 2008

16h00 (UTC-3)

Brasil Pelotas	0 – 5	Internacional
	[9] (pt)	Alex 27' Marcão 57' 88' Iarley 81' Bustos 89'

Bento Freitas Stadium -Pelotas

16 February 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 0	Guarany
Fernandão 1' Alex 60'	[10] (pt)

Beira-Rio Stadium -Porto Alegre

Attendance: 19.455

20 February 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

São Luiz	1 – 1	Internacional
Diego Biro 52'	[11] (pt)	Guto 75'

19 de Outubro Stadium -Ijuí

23 February 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	3 – 0	São Luiz
Alex 11' Danny 29' Índio 82'	[12] pt

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 20.992

2 March 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Guarany	0 – 6	Internacional
	[13] pt	Alex 27' 52' Iarley 63' 73' Gil 76' 80'

Estrela D’Alva Stadium - Bagé

8 March 2008

18h30 (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 0	Brasil Pelotas
Magrão 15' Gil 83'	[14] pt

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 46.472

12 March 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Juventude	3 – 0	Internacional
Mendes 66' Maycon 78' Hélder 88'	[15] pt

Alfredo Jaconi Stadium – Caxias do Sul

15 March 2008

18h30 (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 0	São José
Marcão 11' 56'	[16] pt

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 21.513

23 March 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Veranópolis	1 – 3	Internacional
Sandro Sotilli 74'	[17]pt	Gil 27' Adriano 45;+1' 72'

Antonio David Farina Stadium - Veranópolis

27 March 2008

19h30 (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 0	Internacional (SM)
Ramon 17' Adriano 35'	[18]pt

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 10.781

Classification

Group 2

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Internacional	14	10	2	2	34	9	+25	32
2	Internacional (SM)	14	7	5	2	25	20	+5	26
3	São José	14	6	4	4	19	20	-1	22

Quarter-finals

30 March 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Ulbra	1 – 4	Internacional
Edílson 74'	[19]pt	Guiñazú 30' Alex 46' 78' Cadu o.g. 54'

Complexo Esportivo Ulbra Stadium - Canoas

5 April 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	3 – 2	Ulbra
Fernandão 6' Iarley 27' Magrão 89'	[20]pt	Jaques 19' 72'

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 21.972

Semi-finals

13 April 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Caxias	0 – 1	Internacional
	[21]pt	Alex 90;+2'

Centenário Stadium - Caxias do Sul

20 April 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 1	Caxias
Alex 21' 29'	[22]pt	Flávio Guilherme 79'

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 35.529

Finals

27 April 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Juventude	1 – 0	Internacional
Maycon 90;+3'	[23]pt

Alfredo Jaconi Stadium - Caxias do Sul

4 May 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	8 – 1	Juventude
Danny 25' Fernandão 29' 31' 49' Alex 37' Nilmar 54' Índio 77' Clemer 90'	[24]pt	Índio o.g. 56'

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 42.866

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	15	2	3	52	15	+37	47	9	0	1	26	5	+21	6	2	2	26	10	+16

Last updated: 5 May 2008.
Source: Campeonato Gaúcho

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;

Copa do Brasil

First round

27 February 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Nacional (PB)	0 – 4	Internacional
	[25]pt	Alex 20' Guiñazú 30' Magrão 59' Fernandão 90'

José Cavalcanti Stadium - Patos

Second round

19 March 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Chapecoense	0 – 2	Internacional
	[26]pt	Alex 74' Adriano 90'

Regional Índio Condá Stadium - Chapecó

Round of 16

16 April 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Paraná	2 – 0	Internacional
Ângelo 50' Fábio Luiz 81'	[27]pt

Vila Capanema Stadium - Curitiba

23 April 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Internacional	5 – 1	Paraná
Andrezinho 4' 41' Índio 31' Magrão 63' Fernandão 90;+3'	[28]pt	Fábio Luiz 3'

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 41.837

Quarter-finals

7 May 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 0	Sport
Alex 53'	[29]pt

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 41.766

14 May 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Sport	3 – 1	Internacional
Leandro Machado 29' Roger 61' Durval 78'	[30]pt	Sidnei 29'

Ilha do Retiro Stadium - Recife

Campeonato Brasileiro

Matches

11 May 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 0	Vasco da Gama
Sidnei 2'	[31]pt

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 25.744

18 May 2008

18h10 (UTC-3)

Palmeiras	2 – 1	Internacional
Denílson 29' Alex Mineiro 60'	[32]pt	Índio 45;+2'

Palestra Itália Stadium - São Paulo

24 May 2008

18h10 (UTC-3)

Flamengo	2 – 1	Internacional
Marcinho 50' Souza 55'	[33]pt	Nilmar 33'

Maracanã Stadium - Rio de Janeiro

31 May 2008

18h10 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 1	Sport
Alex 5'	[34]pt	Leandro Machado 13'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 16.677

8 June 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Portuguesa	3 – 1	Internacional
Washington 46' Bruno Rodrigo 56' Diogo 65'	[35]pt	Nilmar 9'

Canindé Stadium - São Paulo

14 June 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 1	Botafogo
Edinho 6' Adriano 17'	[36]pt	Alessandro 90;+3'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 20.694

22 June 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Vitória	2 – 1	Internacional
Marquinhos 17' Williams 31'	[37]pt	Nilmar 67'

Barradão Stadium - Salvador

29 June 2008

18h10 (UTC-3)

Grêmio	1 – 1	Internacional
Roger 82'	[38]pt	Índio 15'

Olímpico Stadium - Porto Alegre

6 July 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	3 – 0	Coritiba
Alex 29' 69' 74'	[39]pt

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 27.528

10 July 2008

19h30 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 0	Goiás
Adriano 48'	[40]pt

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 26.535

13 July 2008

19h30 (UTC-3)

Atlético (PR)	1 – 1	Internacional
Alan Bahia 13'	[41]pt	Índio 82'

Arena da Baixada Stadium - Curitiba

17 July 2008

20h30 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 0	Atlético Mineiro
Nilmar 6'	[42]pt

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 27.496

20 July 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Nautico	1 – 1	Internacional
Radamés 60'	[43]pt	Nilmar 86'

Aflitos Stadium - Recife

23 July 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 0	São Paulo
Nilmar 35' 62'	[44]pt

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 41.674

26 July 2008

18h10 (UTC-3)

Ipatinga	1 – 0	Internacional
Beto 77'

Ipatingão Stadium - Ipatinga

30 July 2008

21h45 (UTC-3)

Internacional	0 – 1	Santos
		Maicon Leite 65'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 22.228

2 August 2008

18h10 (UTC-3)

Fluminense	1 – 2	Internacional
Somália 72'		Nilmar 5' 27'

Maracanã Stadium - Rio de Janeiro

7 August 2008

20h30 (UTC-3)

Cruzeiro	2 – 0	Internacional
Gérson Magrão 3' Sorondo o.g. 47'

Mineirão Stadium - Belo Horizonte

10 August 2008

18h10 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 1	Figueirense
Nilmar 32'		Diogo 24'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

17 August 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Vasco da Gama	4 – 0	Internacional
Bolívar o.g. 19' Edmundo 47' Eduardo Luiz 51' Jean 88'

São Januário Stadium - Rio de Janeiro

20 August 2008

20h30 (UTC-3)

Internacional	4 – 1	Palmeiras
Índio 18' 61' Alex 19' Taison 85'		Alex Mineiro 4'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 14.470

24 August 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 1	Flamengo
Nilmar 14'		Obina 60'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 33.927

31 August 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Sport	1 – 0	Internacional
Dutra 58'

Ilha do Retiro Stadium - Recife

6 September 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 0	Portuguesa
Magrão 28'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 9.349

14 September 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Botafogo	1 – 2	Internacional
André Luiz 58'		Alex 29' D'Alessandro 50'

João Havelange Stadium - Rio de Janeiro

21 September 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 0	Vitória
Alex 31'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 22.547

28 September 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	4 – 1	Grêmio
D'Alessandro 4' Alex 28' Índio 34' Nilmar 44'		Tcheco 18'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 42.590

4 October 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Coritiba	4 – 2	Internacional
Índio o.g. 15' Keirrison 52' 78' Sandro o.g. 74'		Maurício o.g. 9' Nilmar 79'

Couto Pereira Stadium - Coritiba

11 October 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Goiás	1 – 1	Internacional
Fahel 36'		Andrezinho 7'

Serra Dourada Stadium - Goiânia

19 October 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 1	Atlético (PR)
Nilmar 37' Alex 74'		Ferreira 78'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 15.813

25 October 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Atlético Mineiro	2 – 2	Internacional
Castillo 6' Pedro Paulo 73'		Alex 50' Sandro 68'

Mineirão Stadium - Belo Horizonte

29 October 2008

20h30 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 1	Nautico
Ângelo 85'		Vágner 90+3'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 14.464

2 November 2008

16h (UTC-3)

São Paulo	3 – 0	Internacional
Borges 29' Dagoberto 52' Hugo 90+3'<81>

Morumbi Stadium - Sãp Paulo

9 November 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	4 – 0	Ipatinga
Andrezinho 20' Taison 28' Sandro 37' Guto 60'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 8.136

16 November 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Santos	1 – 0	Internacional
Quinõnez 69'

Vila Belmiro Stadium - Santos

23 November 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	0 – 2	Fluminense
		Romeu 15' Washington 67'

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 7.481

30 November 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 0	Cruzeiro
Gustavo Nery 14'	[45]pt

Beira Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 13.269

7 December 2008

16h (UTC-3)

Figueirense	3 – 1	Internacional
Marquinho 52', Rafael Coelho 68', Cleiton Xavier 71'	[46]pt	Tales Cunha 25'

Orlando Scarpelli Stadium - Florianópolis

Classification

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
7	Flamengo	37	18	10	9	64	43	+21	64
8	Internacional	37	15	9	13	47	44	+3	54
9	Goiás	37	14	11	12	57	46	+11	52

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	15	9	13	47	44	+3	54	13	4	2	31	11	+20	2	5	11	16	33	−17

Last updated: 2 December 2008.
Source: Campeonato Brasileiro 2008

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;

Copa Sudamericana

First round

13 August 2008

22h00 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 1	Grêmio
Daniel Carvalho 59'		Léo 63'

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 28.921

28 August 2008

19h20 (UTC-3)

Grêmio	2 – 2	Internacional
Perea 83' Soares 88'		Nilmar 47' Índio 70'

Olímpico Stadium - Porto Alegre

Round of 16

25 September 2008

22h15 (UTC-3)

Universidad	1 – 1	Internacional
Barrientos 43'		Adriano 85'

San Carlos Stadium - Santiago

1 October 2008

17h00 (UTC-3)

Internacional	0 – 0	Universidad

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 22.620

Quarter-finals

22 October 2008

22h05 (UTC-3)

Internacional	2 – 0	Boca Juniors
Alex 49' 88'

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 36.640

6 November 2008

21h00 (UTC-3)

Boca Juniors	1 – 2	Internacional
Riquelme 57'		Magrão 46' Alex 72'

La Bombonera Stadium - Buenos Aires

Semi-finals

12 November 2008

22h00 (UTC-3)

Chivas	0 – 2	Internacional
		Nilmar 69' Alex 78'

Jalisco Stadium - Guadalajara

19 November 2008

22h00 (UTC-3)

Internacional	4 – 0	Chivas
D'Alessandro 19' 36' Nilmar 43' 70'

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 37.703

Finals

26 November 2008

22h00 (UTC-3)

Estudiantes	0 – 1	Internacional
	[47]pt	Alex 34'

Ciudad de La Plata Stadium - La Plata

3 December 2008

22h00 (UTC-3)

Internacional	1 – 1(a.e.t.)	Estudiantes
Nilmar 90+23(a.e.t.)'	[48]pt	Alayes 66'

Beira-Rio Stadium - Porto Alegre

Attendance: 51.803

External links

First Squad (pt)
Campeonato Gaúcho fixtures and results (pt)
Fixtures and results · UOL.com.br (pt)