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Brazilian football manager
Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho (born 5 December 1950), known as Oswaldo de Oliveira , is a Brazilian football manager.
Born in Rio de Janeiro , Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for Corinthians in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxemburgo left the club to take the Brazil National Team manager role. Oliveira led the club to win the São Paulo State Championship and the Brazilian Série A that same year. In 2000, he made history by taking the first FIFA Club World Championship .
After leaving Corinthians, Oliveira would coach Brazilian teams Vasco , Fluminense , São Paulo , Flamengo , Vitória , Santos , Fluminense and Cruzeiro . The only title at this period would come with São Paulo, the 2002 São Paulo State Super Championship. After tricolor lost in Campeonato Brasileiro de 2002 against Santos , and lost the final of Campeonato Paulista de 2003 for Corinthians , Oliveira was dismissed because of bad results. He also had a short spell at Al-Ahli of Qatar .
In 2007 Oliveira started to coach J. League side Kashima Antlers . So far he has had a quite successful managerial career in Japan , winning three J. League Division 1 titles, one Emperor's Cup, one Japanese Super Cup . In 2009, he became the first J. League manager to be named J. League Manager of the Year three times. In 2012, Oliveira returned to managing in Brazil when he became the manager of Rio de Janeiro side Botafogo . In the 2013 season, he led Botafogo to 4th place in the league, qualifying the team for the Copa Libertadores . After the 2013 season, Oliveira was hired by fellow Brazilian side Santos FC . In 2015, he coached Palmeiras , which made him the first manager to have worked with all four main teams of São Paulo (Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo) and four main teams of Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco).[ 1]
Managerial statistics [ edit ] As of match played 5 July 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
Nat
From
To
Record
Corinthians
1 January 1999
30 June 2000
121
62
22
37
244
173
+71
0 51.24
Vasco da Gama
10 July 2000
18 December 2000
44
22
10
12
74
61
+13
0 50.00
Fluminense
22 May 2001
22 April 2002
63
29
16
18
109
81
+28
0 46.03
São Paulo
14 May 2002
4 May 2003
57
31
12
14
132
82
+50
0 54.39
Flamengo
21 July 2003
12 October 2003
28
12
6
10
39
44
−5
0 42.86
Corinthians
17 February 2004
24 May 2004
16
5
3
8
16
29
−13
0 31.25
Vitória
1 July 2004
19 August 2004
14
3
4
7
17
27
−10
0 21.43
Santos
1 January 2005
21 March 2005
16
9
4
3
38
23
+15
0 56.25
Al Ahli
4 July 2005
28 February 2006
22
8
5
9
36
36
+0
0 36.36
Fluminense
31 March 2006
7 August 2006
21
10
6
5
36
28
+8
0 47.62
Cruzeiro
14 August 2006
31 December 2006
24
8
6
10
26
30
−4
0 33.33
Kashima Antlers
6 January 2007
31 December 2011
236
130
54
52
401
236
+165
0 55.08
Botafogo
1 January 2012
31 December 2013
133
64
38
31
227
141
+86
0 48.12
Santos
1 January 2014
2 September 2014
43
24
9
10
79
38
+41
0 55.81
Palmeiras
1 January 2015
8 June 2015
29
15
7
7
44
23
+21
0 51.72
Flamengo
20 August 2015
28 November 2015
18
8
3
7
24
21
+3
0 44.44
Sport Recife
27 April 2016
12 October 2016
35
9
9
17
40
52
−12
0 25.71
Corinthians
31 October 2017
31 December 2017
9
2
4
3
11
15
−4
0 22.22
Al Arabi
20 January 2017
30 June 2017
10
4
2
4
14
19
−5
0 40.00
Atlético Mineiro
26 September 2017
9 February 2018
20
8
9
3
32
22
+10
0 40.00
Urawa Red Diamonds
25 April 2018
28 May 2019
55
28
9
18
75
55
+20
0 50.91
Fluminense
28 August 2019
27 September 2019
7
2
2
3
4
9
−5
0 28.57
Total
1,022
493
241
288
1,715
1,243
+472
0 48.24
Corinthians São Paulo Kashima Antlers Botafogo Urawa Red Diamonds Individual
Oswaldo de Oliveira managerial positions
