Santos

Full name	Santos Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Peixe (Fish) Santástico (Santastic) Alvinegro praiano(Beach black-and-white)
Founded	1912
Ground	Vila Belmiro, Santos, Brazil (Capacity: 20,120)
Chairman	Marcelo Pirillo Teixeira
Head coach	Vanderlei Luxemburgo
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2008	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 15th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Santos Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Santos, is a Brazilian football team from the city Santos, State of São Paulo. It has been nicknamed Peixe (literally, "Fish") for decades, but the usual mascot is a whale. The nickname evokes that the city of Santos is a seaport, when all other big clubs from the state of São Paulo are from inland Brazil. A fan of Santos FC is known as a Santista.

Santos FC was founded as Santos Foot-Ball Club on April 14, 1912, instead the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos: Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior. The club won its first state tournament in 1935, and then again in 1955.

They play in an all-white strip, with an alternative kit with black and white vertical stripes and black shorts. However, according to the club's statute, the team's first choice kit is a striped shirt with white shorts and white socks.

Pelé (chosen as "Athlete of the Century" by the IOC in 1999) started his career with the team in 1956, at the age of 15, and remained with Santos for 17 years. With him, Santos became a record holder Club winning two Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups in 1962 and 1963; six National Championships, being five in a row ( Taça Brasil 1961-65 ) — still a national record — and one "Robertão" ( 1968 ); which, with the addition of the two National titles from Post-Pelé era (2002 and 2004) make Santos FC the Brazilian team with the most national cups with eight.

On January 20, 1998, Santos became the first and until now the only team in football history to pass the 10,000-goal mark. More recently, on October 26, 2005, Geílson scored the team's 11,000^th goal, the first scored in the team's away match against Vasco da Gama at the Estádio São Januário. Santos went on to win the match 3-1.

Contents 1 History 1.1 The Golden Years 1.2 Congo 1.3 1974-onwards 1.4 Recent years 2 Stadium 2.1 First team squad 2.2 Transfers 2009 3 Significant titles 3.1 Men's football 3.1.1 International competitions 3.1.1.1 World championships 3.1.1.2 Continental championships 3.1.2 National competitions 3.1.3 Youth competitions 3.1.4 Friendly tournaments 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

[edit] The Golden Years

The club enjoyed its zenith in the 1960s, when having players like Pelé, Coutinho, and Pepe^[1] and won:

• eight State championships;
• six National championships;
• two Continental Championships (Copa Libertadores); and
• two Intercontinental Cups
• beyond others informal (not officially organized by FIFA) short-term international tournaments, a very common event on the 1960s. The present FIFA Club World Cup's format, for example, resemble much of them. These tournaments had as lead entrants, the European, and South American Champions.

[edit] Congo

In 1969, Kinshasa (the former Belgian Congo) and Brazzaville (the former French Congo) governments were engaged in a war when Santos arrived at the Kinshasa airport heading to Brazzaville, where it would play against the Congo-Brazzaville national team. On January 19, 1969, Santos beat the Congo-Brazzaville national team 3-2.^[2] On January 21, 1969, to be allowed to return to Kinshasa, Santos had to play against a Congo-Kinshasa national team, which the club won 2-0.^[2] On January 23, 1969, Santos played against a Kinshasan club called the Leopards, losing 2-0. After that match, they returned to Brazil.^[2]

[edit] 1974-onwards

In 1974, team superstar Pelé officially retired from professional football.

From then onwards, Santos won:

• two Brazilian Championships (2002 and 2004);
• four State championships (1978, 1984, 2006, and 2007) &
• one Continental championship - The Copa Conmebol, precursor of the current Copa Sudamericana (1998).

[edit] Recent years

Santos started enjoying success again when team president Marcelo Teixeira, having spent several million reais on players, decided to try a new management formula to run the football team during financial difficulties. His plan was to stick to the players coming up the club's ranks and hire Leão as coach in an attempt to develop new emerging talent for the professional league. Teixeira also honored former Santos' president Modesto Roma with a bust located inside the Estádio Vila Belmiro.^[3] The club renewed its stadium by increasing its capacity, signed players, and invest in infrastructure, such as training fields and medical and physiotherapist facilities.

This rehabilitation policy proved effective and the club was soon replenished with numerous players (among them Robinho, Diego, Elano, Léom and Renato). In 2002, Santos were national champions for the first time since 1968, and in 2004, the team won the league again.

[edit] Stadium

FC Santos' home stadium is the Urbano Caldeira (also known as the Vila Belmiro), inaugurated on October 12, 1916. It has a capacity of 20,120, but its record attendance is 32,989 people in a game against Corinthians in 1964.^[4]

[edit] First team squad

Competition: Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Brasileiro.

No. Position Player GK Fábio Costa GK Felipe GK Sérgio GK Douglas DF Adaílton DF Eli Sabiá (on loan from Paulista) DF André Astorga DF Edu Dracena DF Fabão (captain) DF Paulo Henrique R. DF Luizinho DF Léo DF George Lucas DF Pará DF Triguinho

No. Position Player MF Rodrigo Mancha MF Germano MF Rodrigo Souto MF Madson MF Felipe Azevedo (on loan from Paulista) MF Paulo Henrique Lima MF Róbson FW Fabiano FW Kléber Pereira FW Maikon Leite FW Neymar (Serving the national U-17) FW Jean FW André FW Gil

[edit] Transfers 2009

In Gil - From Vila Nova-GO Edu Dracena - From Fenerbahçe Jean - From Sharjah Sérgio - From Itumbiara George Lucas - From Celta de Vigo Emerson - From Milan Vanderlei Luxemburgo (manager) - From Palmeiras Wagner Diniz - On loan from São Paulo Alan - From Vitória Rodrigo Mancha - From Coritiba Felipe Azevedo - On loan from Paulista Eli Sabiá - On loan from Paulista

Out Emerson - Released Domingos - On loan to Portuguesa Roberto Brum - On loan to Figueirense Tiago Luís - On loan to União de Leiria Fabiano Eller - To Internacional Roni - To Fluminense Molina - To Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Vágner Mancini - Released Lúcio Flávio - To Botafogo Trípodi - Released Bolaños - To Internacional Adriano - On loan to São Caetano Adoniran - On loan to Linense Fábio Santos - To Grêmio Domingos - On loan to Fortaleza

Women's football

Sign in Marta - On loan to Los Angeles Sol Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva - On loan to Chicago Red Stars [edit] Significant titles [edit] Men's football [edit] International competitions [edit] World championships Intercontinental Cup: 1962 and 1963. [edit] Continental championships Libertadores Cup: 1962 and 1963. Recopa Sul-Americana (Supercup of the Continental Champions of South America): 1968. Conmebol Cup: 1998. [edit] National competitions Campeonato Brasileiro: 2002, 2004. Robertão: 1968 Taça Brasil: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1997. Paulista Championship: 1935, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1984, 2006 and 2007. FPF Cup: 2004 [edit] Youth competitions Copa São Paulo de Juniores: 1984 Porto Seguro Cup: 2008 Campeonato Paulista sub-15: 2008 [edit] Friendly tournaments Kirin Cup: 1985 [edit] See also Santos FC (ladies) [edit] References ^ "Santos 2003 supera versão de 1965" (in Portuguese). Pelé.net. 2003-05-29. http://noticias.uol.com.br/pelenet/santos/ultimas/2003/05/29/ult1201u1009.jhtm. Retrieved 2008-09-17.  ^ a b c "Breve trégua para o Rei desfilar" (in Portuguese). Jornal Ìrohìn. http://www.irohin.org.br/onl/clip.php?sec=clip&id=2179. Retrieved 2008-08-10.  ^ "Santos FC homenageou o Gigante da Vila Modesto Roma" (in Portuguese). Santos Futebol Clube official website. 2008-06-17. http://santos.globo.com/noticias_ultimas_texto.php?cod=15400. Retrieved 2008-08-10.  ^ "Estádio Urbano Caldeira" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. http://classicoeclassico.sites.uol.com.br/templos/sp/Santos1.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-10.  [edit] External links Official website (Portuguese) Super Santos (Portuguese) Resgate Santista Association (Portuguese) SANTÁSTICO - news website about the team (Portuguese) v • d • e 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Atlético Mineiro · Atlético Parananense · Avaí · Barueri · Botafogo · Corinthians · Coritiba · Cruzeiro · Flamengo · Fluminense Goiás · Grêmio · Internacional · Náutico · Palmeiras · Santo André · Santos · São Paulo · Sport · Vitória v • d • e Santos Futebol Clube Information Men's club · Women's club · Players · Head coaches · Men's honors · Women's honors Home Stadium Vila Belmiro Rivalries San-São · Clássico Alvinegro · Derby Santista · Clássico da Saudade Others Matches ·  · All articles