Santos Futebol Clube
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Santos Futebol Clube (ˈsɐ̃tus futʃiˈbɔw ˈklubi) is a Brazilian professional football club
based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista
and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state
and Brazil, respectively.
Santos is the defending Paulista and South American champion, and is one of the most successful clubs in Brazil. Domestically, the club have won nineteen Campeonato Paulista
titles, one Copa do Brasil
, and a joint record of eight Brazilian championships. Internationally, they are amongst Brazil's most successful clubs with seven international titles, including three Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups
. In 1962, Santos became the first club in the world to win the continental treble consisting of the Paulista, Taça Brasil
, and the Copa Libertadores. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win four out of four competitions in a single year, thus completing the quadruple
, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Intercontinental Cup
. Their international and domestica success has led IFFHS to name Santos as one of the top twenty clubs in South America in the 20th century.
Founded as Santos Foot-Ball Club on April 14, 1912 by the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos by the names of Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior, the club has become a symbol of Joga Bonito (English: The Beautiful Game) in football culture. It is one of Brazil's richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual revenue of $45.1m (€
31.5m), and one of the most valuable clubs, worth over $86.7m (€60.6m) in 2011. Santos was a founding member of the Clube dos 13
(English: Club of the 13) group of Brazil's leading football clubs.
was growing as one of the largest in the world with coffee
, a major product in those times, being the most exported product. With the influx of income, the socialites of the city grew rapidly interested in having the city represented in sports. Although water sports such as rowing
were the most practiced activity by the city's youth, the city had teams strong enough to compete in the Campeonatos Paulista, with Clube Atlético Internacional and Sport Club Americano
being the two strongest representatives. Football was introduced to Santos in 1902 via the Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, and the students created the two forementioned clubs as a result.
However, Atlético Internacional dissolved in 1910 and Americano moved to São Paulo
in 1911. With the city students dissatisfied at this turn of events, a meeting at the headquarters of the Concordia Club (located in Rosario Street No. 18, at the top of the old bakery and Switzerland confectionery, currently Avenida João Pessoa), to create a football team. The conference, which lasted 14 hours, was spearheaded by three sportsmen from the city: Raymundo Marques Francisco, Mário Ferraz de Campos and Argemiro de Souza Junior. During the meeting, there was doubt as to the name that should be given to the club. Several suggestions emerged: África Futebol Clube, Associação Esportiva Brasil, Concórdia Futebol Clube, among others. But the participants hailed unanimously at the proposal of Edmundo Jorge de Araujo: Santos Foot-Ball Club. Thus, the club was formally born on April 14, 1912, hours before the Titanic would sink into the Atlantic Ocean
. The club's first president was Sizino Patuska (who had participated in the founding of Atlético Internacional and was the founder of Americano).
on June 1. Although Santos earned their first victory against Corinthians
, a 3–6 away win at the Parque Antárctica (now known as the Estádio Palestra Itália), the 5–1 and 6–1 thumpings that Santos suffered at the hands of SC Internacional
and Americano, respectively, and the high cost of travel, forced the team to abandon the tournament and make much needed improvements.
However, in 1913 the Campeonato Santista was first played, with the Alvinegro earning their first ever title after winning all six matches, scoring 35 goals and having been scored on only seven times. In 1914, due to an internal financial crisis, Santos only played friendly matches, winning all seven of them. In 1915, Santos changed their name temporarily to União Futebol Clube in order to dispute another city tournament due to budgeting reasons. Even so, Santos still went on to earn another title, their second in three years. With economic stability on hand, the Vila Belmiro sports park was inaugurated on October 12, 1916. That same year, Santos returned to dispute another Campeonato Paulista finishing in a much-improved 5th place.
Between the 1917 and 1926 seasons, Santos was characterized as a solid and talented team, but one that couldn't offer a true challenge for the state title, finishing no higher than fourth place. That changed in 1927 when the tradition of the Alvinegro became defined during the 1920s: the discovery and creation of young talent. The team, known as the O ataque dos 100 gols (English: The 100-goal attackers), was led by the first major club idol, Araken Patusca
, son of the first president of Santos. With the Brazilian national team
Araken Patusca participated in the first edition of the FIFA World Cup in 1930
, playing one match against Yugoslavia
, becoming the first Santista to participate in a World Cup. Santos finished as runners-up in 1927, 1928 and 1929, scoring 100 goals in 16 games in the 1927 season, resulting in an incredible rate of 6.25 goals per match. The milestone of 100 goals was a result of work characteristics that later would become an excerpt in the official anthem of the club: Técnica e Disciplina (Engllish: Technique and Discipline). Santos entered a period of irregular campaigns, coinciding with the club's transition to professionalism; in 1933 the president of Santos publicly declared Santos a professional side for the first time. This was followed by the club's first great success in 1935. During that season, Santos defeated Corinthians 2–0 at the Estádio Parque São Jorge
, Corinthians' home ground at the time, to win their first state title ever, thanks to goals by Raul and an experienced Araken Patusca. This historic consegration sealed Santos' first major title and paved the way for future generations to follow.
The team that played the last match of the tour, Remo and hit the 3 to 2, was formed by Osny, Artigas and Expedito, Nene, and Ayala Dacunto; Zeferino, Leonaldo (after Maracaí), Chippenham, Adolfrises (after left-handed) and Rui. Yet acted on this journey players Dewey, Castanheira, Dinho, Antoninho and Alfredo. The gunners were Caxambu tour, with 19 goals and Adolfrise, 18.
Santos The third state title in 50 years, the magical year of 1958 – in which Brazil became world champion, Sweden, with Zito Santos, Pele and Pepe – was won in spectacular fashion. The team scored 143 goals in 38 games, averaging 3.76 per game. How has 40 goals, had a positive balance of 101 goals! Pele was a record never equaled in any state competition in the country: made no less than 58 goals. Traditional teams were massacred in 1958, especially 10 to 0 on the National, St. Paul. In addition to state titles, the Saints won the Rio-Sao Paulo in 1959, beating Vasco in the final by 3–0 with two goals of the boy Coutinho, 16. Even in that Coutinho 1959 São Paulo had five goals against Ponte Preta in the Saints game, even without Pele won 12–1.
No other team had a prevalence in Brazilian football as sharp as the Saints in the 60's: Sao Paulo won eight titles, six Brazilians (Brazil and a five Bowls Tournament Roberto Gomes Pedrosa), two Libertadores Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, three Rio-Sao Paulo , a South American Recopa, Recopa a World and numerous international tournaments.
A poll of the magazine El Gráfico heard that dozens of experts from South America and Europe chose as the best team of all time world champion Santos in 1962/63, whose time-base was formed by Gylmar, Lima, Mauro, Calvet and Dalmo; Mengálvio and Zito, Dorval, Coutinho, Pele and Pepe. Coach: Luis Alonso Perez, Lula.
Required worldwide, Santos was the first Globe Trotters of football and played in dozens of countries. He even stopped a war in Africa so that the two sides could see the team play of Pele. As a Copa Libertadores was lacking and also by the pressure of the CBD, which the team did not want to risk their star players in unsafe stadiums in South America, the Saints failed to participate in the editions of the Libertadores 1966, 1967 and 1969.
Beside the Botafogo, was the basis of the Brazilian world champion in Chile (1962) and Mexico (1970). On two occasions – against Germany and England – the national team played with eight holders Santos. In six games of qualifying for World Cup 70 "The beasts of the Saldanha" played with six holders of the Saints: Carlos Alberto, Djalma Dias, Joel Campbell, Rildo, Pele and Edu. The influence of Santos was so great that the defense played with the national team the same number that was used in Santos: right-back with the shirt 4, center-linebacker with the second, quarterback with the sixth and left-back with 3.
Finally, it is defined as left-winger Antonio Simoes, Benfica of Portugal and Selection: "I compare the Saints 62 with the national team of Brazil in 70. These are the two best football teams I have ever seen. The selection 70 is the confirmation of a game model that the Santos already demonstrated long ago. "
State champion in 1973, even with Pele, and in 1978, driven by the amazing Pita Boys Town, Juary, John Paul and Nilton Batata, the Saints 70 years is no longer appreciated by the refinement of his football and became a symbol of passion and rapture. His fans, who for a long time can not compete with the teams of the capital, has grown amazingly and started to share with the massive Morumbi crowd corintiana decanted, and are overcome with a great degree, Pauline and Palmeiras.
The period began with the Santos became vice-champion Sao Paulo of 1980, and, interestingly, the executioner of this final Santos – São Paulo fan striker Serginho – is who would become the idol of the decade Santos.
Passionate team Belmiro since childhood, the irascible Sérgio Bernardino only felt at home when he was hired by President Milton Teixeira to the team that would dispute the Brazilian 1993. Opportunist, kicking strong and big stamina, Serginho was the terror of the defenses that the Brazilian Championship and became the top scorer with 22 goals. The team took the runner-up, to win in Sao Paulo, Rio lose and be overtaken on goal for Flamengo.
Ms joy did not come in Brazil did not take long. The following year the team became champion Sao Paulo in a rally-point competition, ending the dream of reaching the third championship Corinthians. In the decisive game of ecstasy to Santos, the team won by Corinthians 1–0, Serginho goal in the second half. Santos striker was again the top scorer, this time tied with Chiquinho, Botafogo, with 16 goals.
to score while in an offside position.
The new chairman Marcelo Teixeira, son of forme chairman Milton Teixeira, tried to prepare Santos for domination in the twenty-first century. No expense was spared to build a complete squad, with names as Rincón, Marcelinho Carioca, Edmundo, Marcio Santos, Carlos Germano, Valdo and Galván. Unfortunately these big names could not translate their reputation into excellence on the pitch, resulting in a runner-up and a semi-final loss in the state championships of 2000 and 2001. In the national league Santos performed sub-par, with an 18th place in 2000 and a 15th in 2001.
By 2002 the big names had left and financial space was narrow. This forced Santos to look at their youth squads for reinforcements, hoping they could prevent an eve worse campaign leading to relegation. The new head coach Emerson Leão would proof he could do much more. In a more than reasonable campaign Santos finished eighth in the regular season and thus qualified for the play-offs. In the quarter finals the São Paulo of the young Kaká and Luis Fabiano was eliminated over two legs, and in the semi-finals Grêmio was effectively knocked out with a 3-0 victory in Belmiro. With Robinho and Diego as the most important of Meninos da Vila, Corinthians was beaten in both of the final legs and thus Santos conquered its seventh national championship. The "pedalada", one of the most disseminated tricks nowdays, was popularized by Robinho in the final match.
In 2003 Santos continued its excellent performance, but came second in the first ever Brazilian national championship without a post-season play-off to determine the champion. The next year Santos returned to glory, however. In a year where fans felt their team was bein intentionally hampered by referees, lost the right to play in its own stadium on various occasions, and the kidnapping of Robinho's mother, Santos had an impressive campaign. Only two matches before the end of the competition Santos was able to surpass Atlético Paranaense, who had been on top of the table for the majorit of the season. In the last match Santos did not crumble and beat Vasco da Gama 2-1 for its eighth title.
With Robinho, Léo, Deivid and manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo leaving Santos in 2005, the team was unable to win more titles that year. Despite leading figures leaving, Santos was headed for a sixth place finish until the Zveitão. Upon discovery that referee Edilson Pereira de Carvalho participated in manipulating results, all matches he lead were played over again. Santos' 4-2 win against Corinthians thus became a 2-3 loss, which meant Santos dropped to the 11th place and gave its rival, Corinthians, the championship at cost of Internacional.
In 2006 Santos was fourth in Brazil, securing itself a spot in the Copa Libertadores, and won the Paulista Championship for the first time since 1984. In 2007 Santos left an excellent impression in the state championship, losing its first match only in the first leg of the final yet winning the title through a second leg victory nonetheless. In the national championship Santos had a reasonable campaign leading the team to second place, albeit 15 points behind champion São Paulo.
With again various big names leaving, 2008 proved to be a troublesome year for Santos. Only thanks to an incredible comeback in the last few games relegation could be avoided. In 2008 Santos played Copa Libertadores again. They endured until quarter-finals, when they were beated by America (Mexico).
2011 is also a good year to the club, because it raised it's funds a lot with marketing and rights, mainly because of Neymar's sucess. Santos sold part of the past year team, but maintened some of the main players. Also, some other named players came from Europe to Peixe's squad, like Elano, Alan Kardec and Rodrigo Possebon. This year Santos won a Campeonato Paulista, beating two of its biggest rivals, São Paulo and Corinthians. The main team is now formed by: Rafael Cabral; Danilo, Edu Dracena, Durval, Léo; Arouca, Adriano, Elano, Ganso; Neymar and Borges. This team also won the Copa Libertadores, beating Peñarol (Uruguai) on the finals. In december, Santos will travel to Japan to play the World Championship.
The first colors chosen for the new club were white, azure blue and golden lemon to homemage Concórdia Club. But the difficulty to fabricate the colors on the uniform during those times forced a board meeting a year after the club's foundation. Pelúcio Paul suggested switching the official colors to white and black. According to Paul, the color white represents peace
and black represents nobility. It received wide approval from the club members and the president of Santos, Raymundo Marques, based the club on the new colors.
Since the club's foundation, Santos have had eight main crests, though all underwent minor variations. In 1912, Santos adopted a black and white striped shield, with one of the early leather footballs in the middle and a diagonal band with the letters "SFBC". In order to pay homage to Concórdia Club (who let Santos use their headquarters to plan its foundation), the club used a crest that incorporated three golden lemon letters, the letters S, F and C, in the center of an azure blue circle. At the end of 1912, the crest was remade with a white band around the circle. The white band band was surrounded by a golden lemon border. The letters were colored white with golden lemon serving as its outside borders. Due to the difficulty of creating these colors consistently, the crest was rebranded to a white badge
with black borders and the letters 'SFC' colored black.
Later in 1913, the crest was redesigned as a badge inside a globe showing longitude
and latitude
lines as well as the equator
. The badge had a black, diagonal band with "S.F.C." in white text. The top half above the band was white with a leather ball at the top left corner. The bottom half was a black and white striped background. Above the badge was a crown
. During 1915, the club temporarily changed its name to União Futebol Clube and were forced to create a temporary crest for that year. The crest was an escutcheon with a white band that read 'União F.C.' and a black background. In 1925, the globe and crown were removed from the crest and it took its future form, only going through a remodelling in 2005.
Like many major football clubs around the world, Santos FC is sponsored by many corporations. Since 1979, Santos has had 38 different sponsors, with Rainha being the club's first kit manufacturer. Casas Bahia
, a Brazil
ian retail
chain which specializes in furniture
and home appliance
s, became the first sponsor for the Peixe. The club is currently primarily sponsored by Umbro
, an English
sportswear
and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester
, England
.
The team has had many kit-manufacturing sponsors that invest in the club as well. Many of these sponsors are nationally based but have expanded to other nations. The current material manufacturers sponsors are Banco BMG (a financial institution in the BMG Group, based in Belo Horizonte
),
CSU (an American
business unit that offers contact centers and large investments), Netshoes (a company of internet retailers which began operations in February 2000 and is now the largest store of its kind in Latin America) and Seara
(a Brazilian food company that specializes in the development and distribution of meat products).
of Vila Belmiro. On October 12 of that year, the inauguration of the Vila Belmiro sports park. The first game was held 10 days later, against Ypiranga for the 1916 Campeonato Paulista which Santos won 2–1. Adolfo Millon Jr. scored the first ever goal on that stadium.
The capacity has changed frequently, peaking at 32,989 in a 0–0 draw between Santos and Corinthians for the 1964 Campeonato Paulista. Since then, there have been a number of reductions due to modernizations. The last change was a new illumination system being installed in January 27, 1998, with a illumnination level of 1200 lux, more than the FIFA minimum recommendation. The Vila Belmiro was one of the venues of the 1949 Copa América, hosted the 1962 Copa Libertadores final and the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL
final. It has also hosted a Copa do Brasil
final in 2010
. Due to its relative-low capacity, Santos has used other stadiums for high-profile matches such as the Estádio Palestra Itália, Pacaembu
and Morumbi
, all located in São Paulo
, and the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro
. Current Santos President Luis Alvaro Ribeiro and other club directors are agreeing on building a stadium in a city nearby Santos called Cubatao, a stadium for 40,000 people which would become Santos' home field for almost 70% of the games during the season which would increase the team's profit.
On October 2005, the Centro de Treinamento Rei Pelé was inaugurated. Located in the Jabaquara bairro, the site was constructed by Engeplus Construtora and Emgempre Mão-de-Obras Especializada. The training ground, one of the most modern in Brazil
, includes medical and training facilities for the first team and a hotel, "Recanto dos Alvinegros". The Centro de Treinamento Meninos da Vila, located in the Saboó bairro, constitutes two fields of equal size to the Vila Belmiro and it is intended for the formation and development of players. The two fields are named in homage to the revelation of players Diego and Robinho
. It was inaugurated in August 2006.
, Mengálvio
, Coutinho
, Pepe
and Pelé
. This attention often generates greater interest in off-the-field, with the popularity of the club and brand spanning five continent
s across the globe. Many domestic and international clubs were founded in homemage to Santos. In Macapá
, Santos Futebol Clube do Macapá
was founded in 1973. In João Pessoa
, Santos Futebol Clube do João Pessoa
was founded in 1949. In Viana
, Angola
, Santos Futebol Clube de Angola
was founded in 2002. In Porto Alegre
, Santos Futebol Clube de Alegrete also took after its Paulista model. Santos F.C. from Providence
, Guyana
is another example of the popularity of the infamous brand of the club. Kingston
's Santos Football Club
, four times national champions of Jamaica
, pays tribute not only to the club, by using its name and crest, but also to the Brazilian national team by replacing the white color on the badge with yellow. The "Santos FC Academy" in Oak Park
, California
is a youth soccer academy in the United States
that uses the club's name in tribute. In Iwata
, Japan
, "Santos FC Soccer Academy Japan" has grown in popularity since ts creation in 1993, having categories from the ages of six to nineteen while the club expanded its brand to Cairo
, Egypt
in 2008. "Santos FC’s Soccer Academy" in Orlando
, Florida
is another one of the club's international branches. In Hong Kong
, Nene Leung created the group Nene & The Santos Boys, a group of Chinese
and Hong Kongers who dedicate themselves to watch Santos' matches.
Santos is one of Brazil's most economically powerful and richest football clubs; it had an annual turnover of $45.1m (€
31.5m) in 2011 and became one of the most valuable clubs, worth over $86.7m (€60.6m). That same year, Santos' squad became the most valued in South America, being worth over €82m, surpassing every club in the Dutch
Eredivisie
and the English
Football League Championship
, most of the clubs in Portugal
's Primeira Liga, Ukraine
's Premyer-Liha
, Turkey
's Süper Lig, Russia's Premier League
and France
's Ligue 1
, as well as over half the clubs in Germany
's Fußball-Bundesliga
, Italy
's Serie A
, Spain
's La Liga
and England's Premier League. Konami
's Pro Evolution Soccer
, a secondary sponsor of the official Copa Libertadores video game, will feauture Santos in the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
. This is the first time that the club is being featured on a video game. The flambouyant, attacking style of play adopted by this team (in contrast to the physical-minded approach favoured by European, Uruguayan and Argentinian teams of the era) was a constant, world-wide exhibition that saw Santos travel in over 50 countries at every continent (except Antarctica). The club's focus on commercial and sporting success brought significant profits in an industry often characterised by chronic losses. The strength of the Santos' brand was bolstered by its FIFA World Cup
winners, especially Pelé. Pelé is hailed as a national hero. He is known for his accomplishments and contributions to the game of football. He is also acknowledged for his vocal support of policies to improve the social conditions of the poor (when he scored his 1,000th goal with Santos he dedicated it to the poor children of Brazil). During his career, he became known as "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol), "The King Pelé" (O Rei Pelé) or simply "The King" (O Rei).
, and Sylvester Stallone
, in the 1981 film Escape to Victory
, about an attempted escape from a World War II
German POW Camp. The club has become a symbol of Joga Bonito (English: The Beautiful Game) in football culture. This was largely thanks to the Peixe's golden generation
of the 1960s, the Santasticos, considered by some the best club team of all times.
The club has many local celebrities in its fan group, such as Brazilian singer Mariana Belém, prosecutor
Luiz Antônio Marrey, director, writer, actor and television hoster Marcelo Tas
and Danielle Zangrando, gold and bronze judo
medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games and 1995 World Judo Championships, respectively. Bob Marley
, a famous Jamaica
n singer-songwriter and musician and the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, played a practice match with Santos in 1980 along with the ska
, rocksteady
and reggae
band Bob Marley & The Wailers
. Bob Marley even wore the Santos uniform. The film Santos: Especial by Mercado Livre was published in 2011, which talks about the most successful moments of the club during its coming centenary.
ian citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; some players on the squad have dual citizenship with another country.
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!Office
!Name
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|President
|Luis Álvaro Ribeiro
|-
|Vice president
|Odílio Rodrigues Filho
|-
|Administrative director
|Paulo Affonso Galati Murat
|-
|Marketing, Advertising and Communication director
|Paulo Roberto de Souza
|-
|Heritage director
|Caio Marco Stefano
|-
|Legal director
|Luciano Tavares Francisco Moita
|-
|Sports director
|Giovanni Maria d'Orey Menano
|-
Football team
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based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista
Campeonato Paulista
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and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state
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and Brazil, respectively.
Santos is the defending Paulista and South American champion, and is one of the most successful clubs in Brazil. Domestically, the club have won nineteen Campeonato Paulista
Campeonato Paulista
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titles, one Copa do Brasil
Copa do Brasil
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, and a joint record of eight Brazilian championships. Internationally, they are amongst Brazil's most successful clubs with seven international titles, including three Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups
Intercontinental Cup (football)
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. In 1962, Santos became the first club in the world to win the continental treble consisting of the Paulista, Taça Brasil
1962 Taça Brasil
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, and the Copa Libertadores. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win four out of four competitions in a single year, thus completing the quadruple
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, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Intercontinental Cup
1962 Intercontinental Cup
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. Their international and domestica success has led IFFHS to name Santos as one of the top twenty clubs in South America in the 20th century.
Founded as Santos Foot-Ball Club on April 14, 1912 by the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos by the names of Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior, the club has become a symbol of Joga Bonito (English: The Beautiful Game) in football culture. It is one of Brazil's richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual revenue of $45.1m (€
Euro
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31.5m), and one of the most valuable clubs, worth over $86.7m (€60.6m) in 2011. Santos was a founding member of the Clube dos 13
Clube dos 13
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(English: Club of the 13) group of Brazil's leading football clubs.
Birth of Santos FC: 1900–1912
In the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Santos began to grow of great importance to Brazil. Its portPort of Santos
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was growing as one of the largest in the world with coffee
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, a major product in those times, being the most exported product. With the influx of income, the socialites of the city grew rapidly interested in having the city represented in sports. Although water sports such as rowing
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were the most practiced activity by the city's youth, the city had teams strong enough to compete in the Campeonatos Paulista, with Clube Atlético Internacional and Sport Club Americano
Sport Club Americano
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being the two strongest representatives. Football was introduced to Santos in 1902 via the Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, and the students created the two forementioned clubs as a result.
However, Atlético Internacional dissolved in 1910 and Americano moved to São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
in 1911. With the city students dissatisfied at this turn of events, a meeting at the headquarters of the Concordia Club (located in Rosario Street No. 18, at the top of the old bakery and Switzerland confectionery, currently Avenida João Pessoa), to create a football team. The conference, which lasted 14 hours, was spearheaded by three sportsmen from the city: Raymundo Marques Francisco, Mário Ferraz de Campos and Argemiro de Souza Junior. During the meeting, there was doubt as to the name that should be given to the club. Several suggestions emerged: África Futebol Clube, Associação Esportiva Brasil, Concórdia Futebol Clube, among others. But the participants hailed unanimously at the proposal of Edmundo Jorge de Araujo: Santos Foot-Ball Club. Thus, the club was formally born on April 14, 1912, hours before the Titanic would sink into the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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. The club's first president was Sizino Patuska (who had participated in the founding of Atlético Internacional and was the founder of Americano).
Early years: 1912–1935
The first practice match the club partook on June 23, 1914 at the Villa Macuco field, against a local club called Thereza Team which Santos won 2–1. The first Santista goal was scored by Anacleto Ferramenta da Silva, with Geraule Moreira Ribeiro adding another one later on. The first official match took place on September 15 of that same year, beating Santos Athletic Club 3–2. Arnaldo Silveira, one of the original founders of Santos, scored the first official goal of the club. The Alvinegro Praiano took part in their first Campeonato Paulista in 1913, being thrashed 8–2 by GermâniaEsporte Clube Pinheiros
The Esporte Clube Pinheiros is a sports and social club located in the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo, founded in 1899 as Sport Club Germânia by German immigrants. It has around 35,000 members and its terrain comprises 170,000 m² in the well regarded quarter of Jardim Europa...
on June 1. Although Santos earned their first victory against Corinthians
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly just known as Corinthians , is a Brazilian football club based in the city of São Paulo. They play in the São Paulo state league, as well as the Brasileirão, Brazil's top national league...
, a 3–6 away win at the Parque Antárctica (now known as the Estádio Palestra Itália), the 5–1 and 6–1 thumpings that Santos suffered at the hands of SC Internacional
Sport Club Internacional (SP)
Sport Club Internacional, commonly known as Internacional, were a Brazilian football team from São Paulo, São Paulo state. They competed several times in the Campeonato Paulista and won the competition twice.-History:...
and Americano, respectively, and the high cost of travel, forced the team to abandon the tournament and make much needed improvements.
However, in 1913 the Campeonato Santista was first played, with the Alvinegro earning their first ever title after winning all six matches, scoring 35 goals and having been scored on only seven times. In 1914, due to an internal financial crisis, Santos only played friendly matches, winning all seven of them. In 1915, Santos changed their name temporarily to União Futebol Clube in order to dispute another city tournament due to budgeting reasons. Even so, Santos still went on to earn another title, their second in three years. With economic stability on hand, the Vila Belmiro sports park was inaugurated on October 12, 1916. That same year, Santos returned to dispute another Campeonato Paulista finishing in a much-improved 5th place.
Between the 1917 and 1926 seasons, Santos was characterized as a solid and talented team, but one that couldn't offer a true challenge for the state title, finishing no higher than fourth place. That changed in 1927 when the tradition of the Alvinegro became defined during the 1920s: the discovery and creation of young talent. The team, known as the O ataque dos 100 gols (English: The 100-goal attackers), was led by the first major club idol, Araken Patusca
Abraham Patusca da Silveira
Abraham Patuska da Silveira, best known as Araken Patusca, or Araken was a Brazilian footballer who played striker. He was born in Santos....
, son of the first president of Santos. With the Brazilian national team
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
Araken Patusca participated in the first edition of the FIFA World Cup in 1930
1930 FIFA World Cup
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...
, playing one match against Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
, becoming the first Santista to participate in a World Cup. Santos finished as runners-up in 1927, 1928 and 1929, scoring 100 goals in 16 games in the 1927 season, resulting in an incredible rate of 6.25 goals per match. The milestone of 100 goals was a result of work characteristics that later would become an excerpt in the official anthem of the club: Técnica e Disciplina (Engllish: Technique and Discipline). Santos entered a period of irregular campaigns, coinciding with the club's transition to professionalism; in 1933 the president of Santos publicly declared Santos a professional side for the first time. This was followed by the club's first great success in 1935. During that season, Santos defeated Corinthians 2–0 at the Estádio Parque São Jorge
Estádio Parque São Jorge
The Estádio Alfredo Schürig most commonly known as Estádio Parque São Jorge, or Fazendinha, is a football stadium inaugurated on July 22, 1928 in São Paulo, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 13,969 people. The stadium is owned by Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. Its formal name honors Alfredo...
, Corinthians' home ground at the time, to win their first state title ever, thanks to goals by Raul and an experienced Araken Patusca. This historic consegration sealed Santos' first major title and paved the way for future generations to follow.
The second Paulista title: 1936–1955
Although Santos failed to retain the state title next season, the club remained undefeated in international matches for the rest of the decade, with seven wins and one draw. The most overwhelming selection occurred against the French, who returned from World Cup in Uruguay and decided to use the stop at the Port of Santos to partidinha against a local team. After losing by 6–1, the suspicious French were invited to the clubhouse to prove that the team that had just faced the Brazilian team was not disguised. In the 1940s, Santos did not win any state title, but from the second half of the decade, when the presidency was assumed by former goalkeeper Jorge Cury Athi and idol, began to show signs of great category. He was vice-champion in 1948 and 50 aces and showed how the right-winger Christopher Claudio Pinho, head of the Brazilian team in the American South of Montevideo, and midfielder Antonio Fernandes, Antoninho, one of the biggest idols in club history. His greatest achievement during this period was the trip to the North / Northeast of the country of 29 November 1946 to February 2, 1947. Until then no Brazilian team had such a long tour to the region without losing. For the Saints had 15 games and went undefeated with 12 wins and three draws. Traditional teams were hopelessly beaten, such as Santa Cruz (4–0), ABC (6–0), Ceará (5–2), Fortaleza (4–1 and 4–0), Sampaio Correa (5–1) and Paysandu (4–1).The team that played the last match of the tour, Remo and hit the 3 to 2, was formed by Osny, Artigas and Expedito, Nene, and Ayala Dacunto; Zeferino, Leonaldo (after Maracaí), Chippenham, Adolfrises (after left-handed) and Rui. Yet acted on this journey players Dewey, Castanheira, Dinho, Antoninho and Alfredo. The gunners were Caxambu tour, with 19 goals and Adolfrise, 18.
Os Santásticos: 1956–1973
In 50 years the Saints began to be the best team in the world. When Pele made his debut in the Campeonato Paulista in 1957, the team already was twice state champion (1955/56) and base the selection of Sao Paulo. The King had as fellow players like Zito, Pagan, Ant, Hélvio, Jair da Rosa Pinto, Urubatão, Tite, Pepe. Therefore, it is true that the Saints were lucky to have Pele, Pele is also true that lucky just beginning his career at Santos.Santos The third state title in 50 years, the magical year of 1958 – in which Brazil became world champion, Sweden, with Zito Santos, Pele and Pepe – was won in spectacular fashion. The team scored 143 goals in 38 games, averaging 3.76 per game. How has 40 goals, had a positive balance of 101 goals! Pele was a record never equaled in any state competition in the country: made no less than 58 goals. Traditional teams were massacred in 1958, especially 10 to 0 on the National, St. Paul. In addition to state titles, the Saints won the Rio-Sao Paulo in 1959, beating Vasco in the final by 3–0 with two goals of the boy Coutinho, 16. Even in that Coutinho 1959 São Paulo had five goals against Ponte Preta in the Saints game, even without Pele won 12–1.
No other team had a prevalence in Brazilian football as sharp as the Saints in the 60's: Sao Paulo won eight titles, six Brazilians (Brazil and a five Bowls Tournament Roberto Gomes Pedrosa), two Libertadores Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, three Rio-Sao Paulo , a South American Recopa, Recopa a World and numerous international tournaments.
A poll of the magazine El Gráfico heard that dozens of experts from South America and Europe chose as the best team of all time world champion Santos in 1962/63, whose time-base was formed by Gylmar, Lima, Mauro, Calvet and Dalmo; Mengálvio and Zito, Dorval, Coutinho, Pele and Pepe. Coach: Luis Alonso Perez, Lula.
Required worldwide, Santos was the first Globe Trotters of football and played in dozens of countries. He even stopped a war in Africa so that the two sides could see the team play of Pele. As a Copa Libertadores was lacking and also by the pressure of the CBD, which the team did not want to risk their star players in unsafe stadiums in South America, the Saints failed to participate in the editions of the Libertadores 1966, 1967 and 1969.
Beside the Botafogo, was the basis of the Brazilian world champion in Chile (1962) and Mexico (1970). On two occasions – against Germany and England – the national team played with eight holders Santos. In six games of qualifying for World Cup 70 "The beasts of the Saldanha" played with six holders of the Saints: Carlos Alberto, Djalma Dias, Joel Campbell, Rildo, Pele and Edu. The influence of Santos was so great that the defense played with the national team the same number that was used in Santos: right-back with the shirt 4, center-linebacker with the second, quarterback with the sixth and left-back with 3.
Finally, it is defined as left-winger Antonio Simoes, Benfica of Portugal and Selection: "I compare the Saints 62 with the national team of Brazil in 70. These are the two best football teams I have ever seen. The selection 70 is the confirmation of a game model that the Santos already demonstrated long ago. "
State champion in 1973, even with Pele, and in 1978, driven by the amazing Pita Boys Town, Juary, John Paul and Nilton Batata, the Saints 70 years is no longer appreciated by the refinement of his football and became a symbol of passion and rapture. His fans, who for a long time can not compete with the teams of the capital, has grown amazingly and started to share with the massive Morumbi crowd corintiana decanted, and are overcome with a great degree, Pauline and Palmeiras.
Intermittency: 1974–1994
When it seemed that the fate of the club would be hopelessly compromised by debt made millions for the purchase of the luxurious Spa Park, Santos came back to be only eleven shirts who fought and drew crowds. In one of the worst moments of its history, which resulted in the loss of the Spa Park and all that was invested in him, Santos rose a charismatic worship, which had its greatest asset in his legions of fans.The period began with the Santos became vice-champion Sao Paulo of 1980, and, interestingly, the executioner of this final Santos – São Paulo fan striker Serginho – is who would become the idol of the decade Santos.
Passionate team Belmiro since childhood, the irascible Sérgio Bernardino only felt at home when he was hired by President Milton Teixeira to the team that would dispute the Brazilian 1993. Opportunist, kicking strong and big stamina, Serginho was the terror of the defenses that the Brazilian Championship and became the top scorer with 22 goals. The team took the runner-up, to win in Sao Paulo, Rio lose and be overtaken on goal for Flamengo.
Ms joy did not come in Brazil did not take long. The following year the team became champion Sao Paulo in a rally-point competition, ending the dream of reaching the third championship Corinthians. In the decisive game of ecstasy to Santos, the team won by Corinthians 1–0, Serginho goal in the second half. Santos striker was again the top scorer, this time tied with Chiquinho, Botafogo, with 16 goals.
The renewed Peixe: 1995–2008
In the 1990s Santos won only two tiles: the Rio – São Paulo Tournament in 1997 and the Copa CONMEBOL in 1998. In the final of the national Championship of 1995 Santos faced Botafogo, but could not beat the team from Rio de Janeiro. For fans of Santos, the outcome was determined by the referee, who cancelled a supposedly valid goal by Camanducaia and allowed Botafogo striker Túlio MaravilhaTúlio Costa
Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa , sometimes simply referred as Túlio or Túlio Maravilha for his great creativity on the field and for his charisma, is a former Brazilian international football forward. He has scored more than 900 goals and intends to score the 1000th with Botafogo...
to score while in an offside position.
The new chairman Marcelo Teixeira, son of forme chairman Milton Teixeira, tried to prepare Santos for domination in the twenty-first century. No expense was spared to build a complete squad, with names as Rincón, Marcelinho Carioca, Edmundo, Marcio Santos, Carlos Germano, Valdo and Galván. Unfortunately these big names could not translate their reputation into excellence on the pitch, resulting in a runner-up and a semi-final loss in the state championships of 2000 and 2001. In the national league Santos performed sub-par, with an 18th place in 2000 and a 15th in 2001.
By 2002 the big names had left and financial space was narrow. This forced Santos to look at their youth squads for reinforcements, hoping they could prevent an eve worse campaign leading to relegation. The new head coach Emerson Leão would proof he could do much more. In a more than reasonable campaign Santos finished eighth in the regular season and thus qualified for the play-offs. In the quarter finals the São Paulo of the young Kaká and Luis Fabiano was eliminated over two legs, and in the semi-finals Grêmio was effectively knocked out with a 3-0 victory in Belmiro. With Robinho and Diego as the most important of Meninos da Vila, Corinthians was beaten in both of the final legs and thus Santos conquered its seventh national championship. The "pedalada", one of the most disseminated tricks nowdays, was popularized by Robinho in the final match.
In 2003 Santos continued its excellent performance, but came second in the first ever Brazilian national championship without a post-season play-off to determine the champion. The next year Santos returned to glory, however. In a year where fans felt their team was bein intentionally hampered by referees, lost the right to play in its own stadium on various occasions, and the kidnapping of Robinho's mother, Santos had an impressive campaign. Only two matches before the end of the competition Santos was able to surpass Atlético Paranaense, who had been on top of the table for the majorit of the season. In the last match Santos did not crumble and beat Vasco da Gama 2-1 for its eighth title.
With Robinho, Léo, Deivid and manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo leaving Santos in 2005, the team was unable to win more titles that year. Despite leading figures leaving, Santos was headed for a sixth place finish until the Zveitão. Upon discovery that referee Edilson Pereira de Carvalho participated in manipulating results, all matches he lead were played over again. Santos' 4-2 win against Corinthians thus became a 2-3 loss, which meant Santos dropped to the 11th place and gave its rival, Corinthians, the championship at cost of Internacional.
In 2006 Santos was fourth in Brazil, securing itself a spot in the Copa Libertadores, and won the Paulista Championship for the first time since 1984. In 2007 Santos left an excellent impression in the state championship, losing its first match only in the first leg of the final yet winning the title through a second leg victory nonetheless. In the national championship Santos had a reasonable campaign leading the team to second place, albeit 15 points behind champion São Paulo.
With again various big names leaving, 2008 proved to be a troublesome year for Santos. Only thanks to an incredible comeback in the last few games relegation could be avoided. In 2008 Santos played Copa Libertadores again. They endured until quarter-finals, when they were beated by America (Mexico).
The 2nd Santástico: 2009- present
With the financial problems appearing again, Santos began to harvest more players from the youths. In 2009, Neymar and Paulo Henrique Ganso joined the professional team. Neymar signed with the team when he was 13 and Ganso came from Paysandu, a northern team, when he was 15. They started to play together and developed a very strong bond. In 2010 they led a great team, wich is the base of the actual squad. The team that won Campeonato Paulista of this year was formed by: Felipe;Pará, Edu Dracena, Durval and Léo; Wesley, Arouca and Ganso; Neymar, André, and the repatriated Robinho. They also won Copa do brasil 2010, beating Vitória in the finals, but with an overwheling campaign. For example, they beated Naviraiense by 10x0, wich gave them the status of Santástico (Santos+ Fantastic) again. This team is also known for the irreverent game style and the dancing comemorations.2011 is also a good year to the club, because it raised it's funds a lot with marketing and rights, mainly because of Neymar's sucess. Santos sold part of the past year team, but maintened some of the main players. Also, some other named players came from Europe to Peixe's squad, like Elano, Alan Kardec and Rodrigo Possebon. This year Santos won a Campeonato Paulista, beating two of its biggest rivals, São Paulo and Corinthians. The main team is now formed by: Rafael Cabral; Danilo, Edu Dracena, Durval, Léo; Arouca, Adriano, Elano, Ganso; Neymar and Borges. This team also won the Copa Libertadores, beating Peñarol (Uruguai) on the finals. In december, Santos will travel to Japan to play the World Championship.
Crest and colors
The first colors chosen for the new club were white, azure blue and golden lemon to homemage Concórdia Club. But the difficulty to fabricate the colors on the uniform during those times forced a board meeting a year after the club's foundation. Pelúcio Paul suggested switching the official colors to white and black. According to Paul, the color white represents peace
Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...
and black represents nobility. It received wide approval from the club members and the president of Santos, Raymundo Marques, based the club on the new colors.
Since the club's foundation, Santos have had eight main crests, though all underwent minor variations. In 1912, Santos adopted a black and white striped shield, with one of the early leather footballs in the middle and a diagonal band with the letters "SFBC". In order to pay homage to Concórdia Club (who let Santos use their headquarters to plan its foundation), the club used a crest that incorporated three golden lemon letters, the letters S, F and C, in the center of an azure blue circle. At the end of 1912, the crest was remade with a white band around the circle. The white band band was surrounded by a golden lemon border. The letters were colored white with golden lemon serving as its outside borders. Due to the difficulty of creating these colors consistently, the crest was rebranded to a white badge
Badge
A badge is a device or fashion accessory, often containing the insignia of an organization, which is presented or displayed to indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, a symbol of authority granted by taking an oath , a sign of legitimate employment or student status, or as a simple...
with black borders and the letters 'SFC' colored black.
Later in 1913, the crest was redesigned as a badge inside a globe showing longitude
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....
and latitude
Latitude
In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...
lines as well as the equator
Equator
An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass....
. The badge had a black, diagonal band with "S.F.C." in white text. The top half above the band was white with a leather ball at the top left corner. The bottom half was a black and white striped background. Above the badge was a crown
Crown (headgear)
A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power, legitimacy, immortality, righteousness, victory, triumph, resurrection, honour and glory of life after death. In art, the crown may be shown being offered to...
. During 1915, the club temporarily changed its name to União Futebol Clube and were forced to create a temporary crest for that year. The crest was an escutcheon with a white band that read 'União F.C.' and a black background. In 1925, the globe and crown were removed from the crest and it took its future form, only going through a remodelling in 2005.
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Sponsorship
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 United Kingdom |
Umbro Umbro Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment... |
| Material manufacturers | |
 Brazil |
Banco BMG |
| Brazil |
CSU |
| Brazil |
Netshoes |
| Brazil |
Seara Alimentos Seara Alimentos Seara Alimentos is a Brazilian food company. It specializes in the development and distribution of meat products. The company was founded on November 18, 1956 in the town of Seara, Santa Catarina, Brazil.... |
Like many major football clubs around the world, Santos FC is sponsored by many corporations. Since 1979, Santos has had 38 different sponsors, with Rainha being the club's first kit manufacturer. Casas Bahia
Casas Bahia
Casas Bahia is a in Brazilian retail chain which specializes in furniture and home appliances. It was founded in 1957 in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, by Polish immigrant Samuel Klein , who began his career as a peddler selling products to immigrants from the Brazilian Northeast...
, a Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian retail
Retail
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chain which specializes in furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
and home appliance
Home appliance
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s, became the first sponsor for the Peixe. The club is currently primarily sponsored by Umbro
Umbro
Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment...
, an English
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
sportswear
Sportswear
Sportswear or activewear is clothing, including footwear, worn for sport or physical exercise. Sport-specific clothing is worn for most sports and physical exercise, for practical, comfort or safety reasons....
and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester
Cheadle, Greater Manchester
Cheadle is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It borders the districts of Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Heath in Stockport, and the East Didsbury area of Manchester. As of 2001 it had a population of 14,261.-Early history:There has...
, England
England
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.
The team has had many kit-manufacturing sponsors that invest in the club as well. Many of these sponsors are nationally based but have expanded to other nations. The current material manufacturers sponsors are Banco BMG (a financial institution in the BMG Group, based in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
),
CSU (an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
business unit that offers contact centers and large investments), Netshoes (a company of internet retailers which began operations in February 2000 and is now the largest store of its kind in Latin America) and Seara
Seara Alimentos
Seara Alimentos is a Brazilian food company. It specializes in the development and distribution of meat products. The company was founded on November 18, 1956 in the town of Seara, Santa Catarina, Brazil....
(a Brazilian food company that specializes in the development and distribution of meat products).
Grounds
Soon after its foundation, Santos held their training in a field located in the district of Macuco. As the pitch did not meet the minimum size standards to dispute official matches, Santos played on the "Igreja Coração de Maria" pitch in Ana Costa Avenue. The field, however, was also used by other clubs in town. In 1915, the situation reached its breaking point, when Santos had constant conflicts with other city clubs on when the field could be used, forcing the club to reject several requests for international friendlies. To solve the problem, the leaders began searching for land in the city. On May 31, 1916, a general assembly approved the purchase of an area of 16,500 square meters, in the bairroBairro
Bairro is a Portuguese word and refers to a community or region within a city or municipality. Bairros exist in the majority of large cities in the world. Related words in English include neighborhood, district, borough or subdivision...
of Vila Belmiro. On October 12 of that year, the inauguration of the Vila Belmiro sports park. The first game was held 10 days later, against Ypiranga for the 1916 Campeonato Paulista which Santos won 2–1. Adolfo Millon Jr. scored the first ever goal on that stadium.
The capacity has changed frequently, peaking at 32,989 in a 0–0 draw between Santos and Corinthians for the 1964 Campeonato Paulista. Since then, there have been a number of reductions due to modernizations. The last change was a new illumination system being installed in January 27, 1998, with a illumnination level of 1200 lux, more than the FIFA minimum recommendation. The Vila Belmiro was one of the venues of the 1949 Copa América, hosted the 1962 Copa Libertadores final and the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL
1998 Copa CONMEBOL
The 1998 Copa CONMEBOL was the seventh edition of CONMEBOL's annual club tournament. Teams that failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. Sixteen teams from the ten South American football confederations qualified for this tournament...
final. It has also hosted a Copa do Brasil
Copa do Brasil
The Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...
final in 2010
2010 Copa do Brasil
The 2010 Copa do Brasil was the 22nd edition of the Copa do Brasil, starting on February 10 and ended on August 4. It was contested by 64 teams, either qualified through their respective state championships or by the CBF Rankings...
. Due to its relative-low capacity, Santos has used other stadiums for high-profile matches such as the Estádio Palestra Itália, Pacaembu
Estádio do Pacaembu
Estádio do Pacaembu , as it is usually called, is a football stadium in São Paulo, located on Praça Charles Miller, no nº - in Pacaembu neighborhood. Its official name is Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho and it is owned by the Municipal Prefecture of São Paulo...
and Morumbi
Estádio do Morumbi
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo is a stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, home of São Paulo Futebol Clube and its formal name honors Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, who was São Paulo FC's chairman during most of the stadium construction, and died before its inauguration....
, all located in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, and the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
. Current Santos President Luis Alvaro Ribeiro and other club directors are agreeing on building a stadium in a city nearby Santos called Cubatao, a stadium for 40,000 people which would become Santos' home field for almost 70% of the games during the season which would increase the team's profit.
On October 2005, the Centro de Treinamento Rei Pelé was inaugurated. Located in the Jabaquara bairro, the site was constructed by Engeplus Construtora and Emgempre Mão-de-Obras Especializada. The training ground, one of the most modern in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, includes medical and training facilities for the first team and a hotel, "Recanto dos Alvinegros". The Centro de Treinamento Meninos da Vila, located in the Saboó bairro, constitutes two fields of equal size to the Vila Belmiro and it is intended for the formation and development of players. The two fields are named in homage to the revelation of players Diego and Robinho
Robinho
Robson de Souza , more commonly known as Robinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays as second striker and winger for Serie A club AC Milan...
. It was inaugurated in August 2006.
Brand
The core strength of Santos's global brand is often attributed to Lula's success in leading Os Santasticos, which drew worldwide acclaim. The iconic team included Gilmar, MauroMauro Ramos
Mauro Ramos, full name Mauro Ramos de Oliveira, was an association footballer. He played centre-back for São Paulo F.C., Santos F.C. and the Brazilian national team....
, Mengálvio
Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró
Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró , nicknamed Mengálvio, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder.He earned 13 caps and scored 1 goal for the Brazil national football team...
, Coutinho
Coutinho
Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório , nicknamed Coutinho, is a Brazilian former football player. He played as a forward for Santos Futebol Clube, being a teammate and attacking partner of Pelé, and became a member of the Brazilian national team.Born in Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Coutinho was...
, Pepe
José Macia
Pepe, real name José Macia, is a former association footballer and manager. He was left winger for Santos F.C. and the Brazilian national team...
and Pelé
Pelé
However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
. This attention often generates greater interest in off-the-field, with the popularity of the club and brand spanning five continent
Continent
A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents—they are : Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.Plate tectonics is...
s across the globe. Many domestic and international clubs were founded in homemage to Santos. In Macapá
Macapá
Macapá is a Brazilian city, capital of Amapá state. Located in the North Region, it is the only state capital that has no highway connections with other capitals...
, Santos Futebol Clube do Macapá
Santos Futebol Clube (AP)
Santos Futebol Clube, commonly known as Santos, is a Brazilian football club based in Macapá, Amapá state. They competed in the Série C once.-History:...
was founded in 1973. In João Pessoa
João Pessoa
João Pessoa , is the capital city of the state of Paraíba, was founded in 1585 and sometimes called the city where the sun rises first, is a Brazilian city and the easternmost city in the Americas at 34º47'38"W, 7º9'28"S. Local residents call its easternmost point Ponta do Seixas. It is also...
, Santos Futebol Clube do João Pessoa
Santos Futebol Clube (PB)
Santos Futebol Clube, commonly known as Santos, is a Brazilian football club based in João Pessoa, Paraíba state. Its colors are the same as those of its famous homonym .-History:The club was founded on September 9, 1949...
was founded in 1949. In Viana
Viana, Angola
Viana is a suburb of Luanda, Angola, in Luanda Province. It is home to about 6,000 long-term refugees, primarily from Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Viana is about a 90 minute drive from downtown Luanda...
, Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
, Santos Futebol Clube de Angola
Santos Futebol Clube de Angola
Santos Futebol Clube de Angola is an Angolan football club based in Viana. They play their home games at the Estádio do Santos.-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance-Current squad:-External links:...
was founded in 2002. In Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, Santos Futebol Clube de Alegrete also took after its Paulista model. Santos F.C. from Providence
Providence, Guyana
Providence is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, on the east bank of the Demerara River, located at , altitude 1 metre . Providence is approximately south of the capital, Georgetown....
, Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
is another example of the popularity of the infamous brand of the club. Kingston
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...
's Santos Football Club
Santos F.C. (Jamaica)
Santos Football Club is a Jamaican football club, which currently plays in the second level KSAFA Super League. The team is based in Kingston, Jamaica.The name and symbol of the team are in tribute to one of the greatest clubs of all time Santos F.C...
, four times national champions of Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, pays tribute not only to the club, by using its name and crest, but also to the Brazilian national team by replacing the white color on the badge with yellow. The "Santos FC Academy" in Oak Park
Oak Park, California
Oak Park is a census-designated place located in the Simi Hills, in Ventura County, California. As of the 2010 census, Oak Park had a population of 14,266, up from 14,225 at the 2000 census...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
is a youth soccer academy in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that uses the club's name in tribute. In Iwata
Iwata, Shizuoka
is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan and is known for being the headquarters of the Yamaha Motor Corporation. Iwata is also home to Júbilo Iwata, a J. League soccer team, as well as Yamaha Jubilo, a rugby team. The population was 170,779 as of March 1, 2010...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, "Santos FC Soccer Academy Japan" has grown in popularity since ts creation in 1993, having categories from the ages of six to nineteen while the club expanded its brand to Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
in 2008. "Santos FC’s Soccer Academy" in Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
is another one of the club's international branches. In Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Nene Leung created the group Nene & The Santos Boys, a group of Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and Hong Kongers who dedicate themselves to watch Santos' matches.
Santos is one of Brazil's most economically powerful and richest football clubs; it had an annual turnover of $45.1m (€
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
31.5m) in 2011 and became one of the most valuable clubs, worth over $86.7m (€60.6m). That same year, Santos' squad became the most valued in South America, being worth over €82m, surpassing every club in the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
and the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Football League Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
, most of the clubs in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
's Primeira Liga, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
's Premyer-Liha
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
's Süper Lig, Russia's Premier League
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
's Ligue 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
, as well as over half the clubs in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
's Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
's Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
's La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
and England's Premier League. Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
's Pro Evolution Soccer
Pro Evolution Soccer (series)
Pro Evolution Soccer is a series of football video game developed and published by Konami...
, a secondary sponsor of the official Copa Libertadores video game, will feauture Santos in the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is a video game which is the eleventh edition in the Pro Evolution Soccer series developed and published by Konami with production assistance from the Blue Sky Team...
. This is the first time that the club is being featured on a video game. The flambouyant, attacking style of play adopted by this team (in contrast to the physical-minded approach favoured by European, Uruguayan and Argentinian teams of the era) was a constant, world-wide exhibition that saw Santos travel in over 50 countries at every continent (except Antarctica). The club's focus on commercial and sporting success brought significant profits in an industry often characterised by chronic losses. The strength of the Santos' brand was bolstered by its FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
winners, especially Pelé. Pelé is hailed as a national hero. He is known for his accomplishments and contributions to the game of football. He is also acknowledged for his vocal support of policies to improve the social conditions of the poor (when he scored his 1,000th goal with Santos he dedicated it to the poor children of Brazil). During his career, he became known as "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol), "The King Pelé" (O Rei Pelé) or simply "The King" (O Rei).
Popular culture
Santos FC has been published in over several documentary and semi-documentary films such as Guadalajara 70, Uma história de futebol, Dogão calabresa, and Boleiros. Former players have also been published, most notably Pelé, but others have appeared in films such as Ginga. Santos was the featured club in the film Asa Branca:Um Sonho Brasileiro, a story of a modest but talented soccer player for Santos and reaches stardom. Pelé appeared, alongside other footballers of the 1960s and 1970s, with Michael CaineMichael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
, and Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...
, in the 1981 film Escape to Victory
Escape to Victory
Escape to Victory, known simply as Victory in North America, is a 1981 film about Allied prisoners of war who are interned in a German prison camp during World War II...
, about an attempted escape from a World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
German POW Camp. The club has become a symbol of Joga Bonito (English: The Beautiful Game) in football culture. This was largely thanks to the Peixe's golden generation
Golden Generation
In sport, a golden generation is an exceptionally gifted group of players of similar age, whose achievements reach or are expected to reach a level of success beyond that which their team had previously achieved...
of the 1960s, the Santasticos, considered by some the best club team of all times.
The club has many local celebrities in its fan group, such as Brazilian singer Mariana Belém, prosecutor
Prosecutor
The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
Luiz Antônio Marrey, director, writer, actor and television hoster Marcelo Tas
Marcelo Tas
Marcelo Tristão Athayde de Souza , better known as Marcelo Tas, is a Brazilian director, writer, actor and television host.He is the current host of the Brazilian version of Caiga Quien Caiga, and has been since 2008....
and Danielle Zangrando, gold and bronze judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games and 1995 World Judo Championships, respectively. Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
, a famous Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n singer-songwriter and musician and the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, played a practice match with Santos in 1980 along with the ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
, rocksteady
Rocksteady
Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor to ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, The Maytals and The Paragons. The term rocksteady comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton...
and reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
band Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett...
. Bob Marley even wore the Santos uniform. The film Santos: Especial by Mercado Livre was published in 2011, which talks about the most successful moments of the club during its coming centenary.
Players
Brazilian teams are limited to three players without BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; some players on the squad have dual citizenship with another country.
Current squad
Out on loan
Personnel
Current technical staff
- See also List of Santos FC managers
Management
{| class="wikitable"|-
!Office
!Name
|-
|President
|Luis Álvaro Ribeiro
|-
|Vice president
|Odílio Rodrigues Filho
|-
|Administrative director
|Paulo Affonso Galati Murat
|-
|Marketing, Advertising and Communication director
|Paulo Roberto de Souza
|-
|Heritage director
|Caio Marco Stefano
|-
|Legal director
|Luciano Tavares Francisco Moita
|-
|Sports director
|Giovanni Maria d'Orey Menano
|-
Honors
Historically, Santos is Brazil's most successful teamFootball records in Brazil
-Brasileirão:Records in this section refer to i.e. Taça Brasil from its founding in 1959 through to 1968, the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa from its founding in 1959 through to 1968, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão from 1971 to the present.-Titles:*Most Brasileirão titles: 8,...
, having won nine domestic trophies, and one of the most recognized football clubs in the world, having won eight international trophies, making them the seventh most successful team in South America for official international competitions won
International club competition records
Below is a list of clubs with the most confederation club competitions won in the world, and in each continent , including all the international club competitions organized by one of the six Confederations of international football, defined as "confederation club competitions", and...
, all recognized by CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...
and FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
; it also has the record in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
titles, alongside Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...
(with 8), and Supercopa Sudamericana
Supercopa Sudamericana
The Supercopa Sudamericana , also known as the Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa Libertadores, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually by the past winners of the Copa Libertadores...
and Intercontinental Supercup titles (being the only winners of the latter competition).
Regional
- Campeonato PaulistaCampeonato PaulistaThe Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
(19): 1935, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1984, 2006, 2007, 20102010 Campeonato Paulista- First leg :----- Second leg :----- Finals :-----Campeonato do Interior:- First leg :----- Second leg :----- Finals :----- External links :*...
, 2011 - Copa Paulista de Futebol (1): 2004
National
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série ACampeonato Brasileiro Série AThe Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
(8): 19611961 Taça BrasilThe 1960 Taça Brasil is the 3rd edition of Taça Brasil . It began on July 12, 1961 and ended on Dezember 27, 1961.- Format :The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties.- Teams :...
, 19621962 Taça BrasilThe 1960 Taça Brasil is the 4th edition of Taça Brasil . It began on September 2, 1962 and ended on April 2, 1963.- Format :The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties.- Teams :19 State Champions were qualified....
, 19631963 Taça Brasil- Northern Group:-Northeastern Group:-Southern Group:-Central Group:First PhaseDefelê 0-2 0-3 Vila NovaFonseca 1-0 0-3 3-3 Rio BrancoSemifinal Vila Nova 1-0 0-1 Rio BrancoRio Branco 1-0 Vila Nova...
, 19641964 Taça Brasil-Northern Zone:Northeastern GroupFirst PhaseAlecrim 2-3 0-4 CampinenseConfiança 2-0 0-1 3-1 CSASemifinalCampinense 2-1 1-4 0-2 ConfiançaFinalCeará 3-0 1-2 2-1 ConfiançaNorthern GroupFirst Phase...
, 19651965 Taça Brasil-Northern Zone:Northeastern GroupFirst Phase*Campinense 4-1 1-1 Alecrim*Sergipe 1-4 2-0 2-2 CRBSemifinalCampinense 0-0 1-0 CRBFinalCampinense 1-2 0-1 VitóriaNorthern GroupFirst Phase...
, 19681968 Torneio Roberto Gomes PedrosaThe 1968 Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, commonly known as Robertão, was the 12th season of the Brazilian top-level of professional football and the 2nd of the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, which at the time was equivalent to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and recognized by CBF today as one...
, 2002Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2002The 32nd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on August 10, 2002, and reached its end on December 15, 2002. The competition was won by Santos.-Format:The 26 teams played against each other once...
, 2004Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2004The Campeonato Brasileiro of 2004 was won by Santos, coached by Vanderlei Luxemburgo.Runners-up were Atlético Paranaense, which led the competition for 11 weeks and lost the title in the penultimate round... - Copa do BrasilCopa do BrasilThe Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...
(1): 2010 - Torneio Rio-São PauloTorneio Rio-São PauloTorneio Rio – São Paulo was a traditional Brazilian football competition contested between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro teams until from 1935 until 2002....
(5): 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1997
International
- Copa Libertadores (3): 1962, 1963, 20112011 Copa LibertadoresThe 2011 Copa Libertadores de América was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. It was held from January 25 to June 22 of the same year...
- Copa CONMEBOLCopa CONMEBOLThe Copa CONMEBOL was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for eligible South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was the third most prestigious South American club football contest after the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa...
(1): 19981998 Copa CONMEBOLThe 1998 Copa CONMEBOL was the seventh edition of CONMEBOL's annual club tournament. Teams that failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. Sixteen teams from the ten South American football confederations qualified for this tournament... - Intercontinental CupIntercontinental Cup (football)The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
(2): 19621962 Intercontinental CupThe 1962 Intercontinental Cup was a football tie held over two legs between Santos, winners of the 1962 Copa Libertadores, and Benfica, winners of the 1961–62 European Cup...
, 19631963 Intercontinental Cup- Match details :- Match details :- Match details :-External links:* at RSSSF.com* at UEFA.com* at FIFA.com... - Recopa Sudamericana (1): 19681968 Recopa Sudamericana-Scorers:3 goals Pedro Rocha Wálter Machado da Silva 2 goals Toninho Guerreiro 1 goal Polo Carrera Clodoaldo Edú Negreiros Pelé Alberto Spencer...
- Intercontinental Supercup (1): 1968
Doubles and Trebles
- The DoubleThe DoubleThe Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
- Domestic DoubleThe DoubleThe Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
(5)- StateCampeonato PaulistaThe Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
and CupCopa do BrasilThe Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...
: 2010 - StateCampeonato PaulistaThe Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
and LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série AThe Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
: 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968
- State
- Continental DoubleThe DoubleThe Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
(2)- StateCampeonato PaulistaThe Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
and Copa Libertadores: 2011 - LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série AThe Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
and Copa Libertadores: 1963- The Treble
- State
- Continental Treble (1)
- StateCampeonato PaulistaThe Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
, LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série AThe Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
and Copa Libertadores: 1962
- State
Especially short competitions such as the Recopa Sudamericana
Recopa Sudamericana
The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....
, Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
(now defunct), or FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...
are not generally considered to contribute towards a Double or Treble.
Statistics and records
PeléPelé
However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
holds the record for most Santos appearances, having played 1106 first-team matches from 1956 to 1974. Pepe
José Macia
Pepe, real name José Macia, is a former association footballer and manager. He was left winger for Santos F.C. and the Brazilian national team...
comes second, having played 750 times. The record for a goalkeeper is held by Manga, with 404 appearances. Five other players also have more than 500 appearances: Zito (727), Lima
Antônio Lima dos Santos
Antônio Lima dos Santos, known as Lima is a former Brazilian footballer.He played for the following clubs: Juventus, Santos, Fluminense and Portuguesa Santista...
(696), Dorval (612), Edú
Jonas Eduardo Américo
Jonas Eduardo Américo, called Edú, is a former Brazilian footballer.Edú was born in Jaú. From 1966 to 1985 he played for Santos, Corinthians, Internacional, Monterrey , São Cristovão and Nacional Fast Clube...
(584) and Clodoaldo
Clodoaldo
Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, better known as Clodoaldo is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder....
(510). Pelé is Santos's all-time top goalscorer, with 1098 goals. Four other players have also scored over 200 goals for Santos: Pepe (405), Coutinho (370), Toninho Guerreiro
Toninho Guerreiro
Antônio Ferreira, usually known as Toninho Guerreiro was a Brazilian international soccer player. He was born in Bauru and died in São Paulo....
(283) and Feitiço (216).
Serginho Chulapa
Serginho Chulapa
Sérgio Bernardino, also known as Serginho or Serginho Chulapa was an association footballer who played striker.-Career:...
holds the record for the most Brasileirão goals scored in one season for the club (22 in 1983). Feitiço's 31 goals in the 1931 Campeonato Paulista was, for two decades, the one-season highest tally record in the Campeonato Paulista, until it was surpassed by Pelé in 1958, which still stands today. Officially, the highest home attendance figure for a Santos match is 132,728, which was for a football cup competition, the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
, in 1963. Santos has also set records in Brazilian football, most notably the most domestic titles (8 as of 2011) and the most seasons won in a row (5, during 1961 and 1965).
Santos is the joint-most successful Brazilian team in the Copa Libertadores, winning the 1962, 1963 and 2011 editions. It is also the only Brazilian club outside Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
and Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
to win an international tournament. Santos is Brazil's joint-second in Copa Libertadores semifinal appearances with seven in total. The club is also the only Brazilian side to win the Copa Libertadores without losing a single match during the 1963 season. In 1962, Santos became the first club in the world to win the continental treble consisting of the Paulista, Taça Brasil
1962 Taça Brasil
The 1960 Taça Brasil is the 4th edition of Taça Brasil . It began on September 2, 1962 and ended on April 2, 1963.- Format :The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties.- Teams :19 State Champions were qualified....
, and the Copa Libertadores. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win four out of four competitions in a single year, thus completing the quadruple
Tuples in association football
The quadruple is a term sometimes used in football that refers to a club winning four tournaments in a single season, usually their country's top-tier league and the two most highly-regarded domestic cup competitions, as well as the top-level continental cup competition - in European football, the...
, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Intercontinental Cup
1962 Intercontinental Cup
The 1962 Intercontinental Cup was a football tie held over two legs between Santos, winners of the 1962 Copa Libertadores, and Benfica, winners of the 1961–62 European Cup...
.
Sections in other sports
- Santos FC (women)
- Santos FC CaratêSantos FC CaratêSantos Futebol Clube , also known as Santos and familiarly as Peixe, is a Brazilian professional karate club, based in Santos, Brazil. Karate has been a practice within the club since 1982. Santos partnered with the Academia Resistência, with classes taught by Master Paulo Bartolo, deputy director...
- Santos FC Futebol de mesaSantos FC Futebol de mesaSantos Futebol Clube , also known as Santos and familiarly as Peixe, is a Brazilian professional table football club, based in Santos, Brazil....
- Santos FC Futsal
- Santos FC GolbolSantos FC GolbolSantos Futebol Clube , also known as Santos and familiarly as Peixe, is a Brazilian professional goalball club, based in Santos, Brazil. A pioneer in the national sport, Santos FC became, in early 2006, the first football club in Brazil to become a paralympic club...
- Santos FC JudôSantos FC JudôSantos Futebol Clube , also known as Santos and familiarly as Peixe, is a Brazilian professional judo club, based in Santos, Brazil....
- Santos FC Taekwondo
- Santos FC Tênis de mesa
- Santos FC Tsunami
- Santos FC Voleibol
See also
- Clube dos 13Clube dos 13Clube dos 13 is the organization responsible for representing the interest of the 20 greatest football clubs of Brazil, including members from several football state federations such as Federação Paulista de Futebol, Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Federação Gaúcha de Futebol and...
- Santos FC and the Brazilian national football teamSantos FC and the Brazilian national football teamSantos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Santos, Brazil. They play in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated,...
Filmography
- Aníbal Massaini Neto, Pelé Eterno, 2004.
- Carlos Hugo Christensen, O Rei Pelé, 1963.
- Djalma Limongi Batista, Asa Branca: um sonho brasileiro, 1981.
- Eduardo Escorel and Luiz Carlos Barreto, Isto é Pelé, 1974.
- Felipe Nepomuceno, Guadalajara 70, 2002.
- Hank Levine, Marcelo Machado and Tocha Alves, Ginga, 2004.
- Mercado Livre, Santos, Especial, 2011.
- Paulo Machline, Uma história de futebol, 1998.
- Pedro Asbeg, Dogão calabresa, 2002.
- Ugo Giorgetti, Boleiros, 1998.
External links
- Santos Futebol Clube at FIFAFIFAThe Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
- Santos Futebol Clube at Sempre Peixe, the official club encyclopedia
- Santos Futebol Clube at Wikia
- Santos Futebol Clube at Globo EsporteRede GloboRede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
- Santos Futebol Clube at ESPN Soccernet