O Palmeiras de 2008 foi campeão paulista sob o comando de Vanderlei Luxemburgo, vencendo a Ponte Preta na decisão e encerrando um jejum no estadual que vinha de 1996.
Palmeiras 2008
Palmeiras squad that, under the command of Vanderlei Luxemburgo, won the Campeonato Paulista in 2008. The title ended a drought in the state championship that had lasted since 1996.
History
Palmeiras' 2008 squad was assembled to put the club back in the fight for major titles after years of instability. Vanderlei Luxemburgo took over the team at the beginning of the season and brought tactical standards and intensity to a group that mixed experienced players and rising athletes. The season's main achievement was winning the Campeonato Paulista in 2008, defeating Ponte Preta in the final. The title was the club's first in the state championship since 1996 and restored to fans the feeling of prominence during a period when rival Corinthians was on the verge of being relegated from the Brasileirão. In goal was Marcos, the club's greatest idol and symbol of a generation that lived between the glory of the 1999 Copa Libertadores and the challenge of rebuilding Palmeiras. The 2008 campaign is remembered as the starting point of the sports reconstruction that would lead the club to new titles in the years to come.