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	Luis Álvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro
Head coach	Dorival Júnior
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2009	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 12th
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 2 Stadium 2.1 First team squad 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 References 5 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] 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.^[3]

[edit] First team squad

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

No. Position Player GK Fábio Costa GK Felipe GK Douglas DF George Lucas DF Edu Dracena DF Bruno Aguiar DF Bruno Rodrigo DF Durval DF Léo DF Pará MF Rodrigo Mancha MF Alan Patrick MF Roberto Brum MF Quiñonez

No. Position Player MF Rodrigo Souto MF Paulo Henrique Lima MF Madson MF Marquinhos MF Alan Santos FW Fabiano FW Maikon Leite FW Neymar FW André FW Gil FW Souza FW Wesley FW Marcel

TRANSFERS 2010

In

• Souza (loan) - Corinthians
• Marcel (loan) - Benfica
• Marquinhos - Avaí
• Durval - Sport
• Bruno Aguiar - Guarani
• Bruno Rodrigo - Portuguesa
• Wesley Return (Loan) - Atlético Paranaense
• Roberto Brum Return (Loan) - Figueirense
• Quiñonez Return (Loan) - LDU

Out

• Róbson - Avaí
• Jean
• Kléber Pereira
• Wagner Diniz return (loan) - São Paulo
• Triguinho return (loan) - São Caetano
• Paulo Henrique R. return (loan) - Atlético Goianiense
• Luizinho return (loan) - Cruzeiro
• Felipe Azevedo return (loan) - Paulista
• Eli Sabiá return (loan) - Paulista
• Sérgio
• Astorga
• Fabão

[edit] Significant titles

[edit] Men's football

[edit] International competitions

[edit] World championships

• Intercontinental Cup: 1962 and 1963.
• World Cup Winners' Cup: 1968.

[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
• Taça Cidade de São Paulo: 1949 and 1970
• Torneio Início da FPF: 1984
• Torneio FPF: 1952
• Torneio LPF: 1937
• Santos City Championship: 1913 and 1915
• Torneio Início da APEA: 1928
• Taça Santos: 1952
• Taça Cidade de Santos: 1996
• Rio-São Paulo Champions Cup: 1957

[edit] Youth competitions

• Copa São Paulo de Juniores: 1984
• Porto Seguro Cup: 2008
• Campeonato Paulista sub-20: 1979, 2007 and 2008
• Campeonato Paulista sub-17: 2001 and 2004
• Campeonato Paulista sub-15: 2008
• Campeonato Paulista sub-13: 2008

[edit] Friendly tournaments

• Torneio Vencedores da América : 1983;
• Troféu Teresa Herrera : 1959;
• Torneio Hexagonal do Chile : 1965, 1970 e 1977;
• Torneio Octogonal do Chile (Taça Nicolau Moran) : 1968;
• Super Copa Americana : 1990;
• Torneio de Valencia : 1959;
• Torneio Cidade de Barcelona : 1983;
• Torneio de Nova Iorque : 1966;
• Torneio Internacional da FPF : 1956;
• Troféu Dr. Mario Echandi : 1959;
• Torneio Pentagonal do México : 1959;
• Troféu Gialorosso : 1960;
• Torneio de Paris : 1960, 1961;
• Torneio Itália : 1961;
• Torneio Quadrangular de Roma/Florença : 1968;
• Torneio de Caracas : 1965;
• Torneio Quadrangular de Buenos Aires : 1965;
• Torneio Pentagonal de Buenos Aires : 1968;
• Torneio Triangular do México : 1977;
• Torneio Cidade de Marseille : 1987;
• Torneio de Kingstone : 1971;
• Torneio da Costa Rica : 1961;
• Kirim Cup : 1985;
• Torneio Cidade de Turim (Sub-20) : 2007, 2008;
• Taça Laudo Natel : 1975;
• Copa Denner : 1994;
• Quadrangular de Belo Horizonte : 1951;
• Taça Governador da Bahia : 1975;
• Torneio Amazonia : 1968;
• Torneio de Cuiabá : 1969;

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website (Portuguese)
• Super Santos (Portuguese)
• Resgate Santista Association (Portuguese)
• SANTÁSTICO - news website about the team (Portuguese)

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