2016 Santos FC season

Santos
2016 season
President	Modesto Roma Júnior
Coach	Dorival Júnior
Stadium	Vila Belmiro
Campeonato Brasileiro	2nd
Campeonato Paulista	Winners
Copa do Brasil	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ricardo Oliveira (11); All: ; Ricardo Oliveira (22)
Highest home attendance	24,647 vs São Paulo (26 June)
Lowest home attendance	4,208 vs Ferroviária (31 March)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2016 season is Santos Futebol Clube's 104th season in existence and the club's fifty-seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competes in the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Paulista.

On 8 May, Santos won their 22nd Campeonato Paulista title beating Audax 2–1 on aggregate in the final. On 6 November, after a 2–1 win against Ponte Preta, the club ensured their qualification to 2017 Copa Libertadores; fourteen days later, in a 2–2 draw against Cruzeiro, the club granted his place in the group stage of the competition. Santos ended the Campeonato Brasileiro in the 2nd position, 9 points behind leaders Palmeiras.^[1]

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

As of 12 December 2016

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Vanderlei	GK	Porecatu	(1984-02-01)1 February 1984 (aged 32)	113	0	–	–	Coritiba	23 January 2015	Undisc.	31 December 2017
12	Vladimir	GK	Ipiaú	(1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 27)	47	0	–	–	Youth System	1 January 2009	Free	31 December 2018
33	John	GK	Diadema	(1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 20)	1	0	–	–	Youth System	11 January 2016	Free	31 January 2021
34	João Paulo	GK	Dourados	(1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 21)	1	0	–	–	Youth System	26 February 2014	Free	31 December 2018
Defenders
2	Luiz Felipe	CB	Tubarão	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 23)	38	2	–	–	Paraná	17 February 2016	R$ 1M	14 February 2020
3	Caju	LB	Irecê	(1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 21)	38	0	–	–	Youth System	21 September 2014	Free	31 December 2019
4	Victor Ferraz	RB	João Pessoa	(1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 28)	124	3	–	–	Coritiba	18 June 2014	Free	31 December 2019
6	Gustavo Henrique	CB	São Paulo	(1993-03-24)24 March 1993 (aged 23)	122	6	–	–	Youth System	10 January 2013	Free	31 January 2020
14	David Braz	CB	Guarulhos	(1987-05-21)21 May 1987 (aged 29)	139	11	–	–	Flamengo	15 May 2012	Free	31 August 2019
28	Lucas Veríssimo	CB	Jundiaí	(1995-07-02)2 July 1995 (aged 21)	21	0	–	–	Youth System	28 November 2015	Free	31 December 2019
32	Fabián Noguera	CB/LB	Ramos Mejía	(1993-03-20)20 March 1993 (aged 23)	8	2	–	–	Banfield	5 July 2016	Free	30 June 2021
37	Zeca	LB/RB	Paranavaí	(1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 22)	108	4	–	–	Youth System	18 November 2016	Free	31 December 2020
38	Daniel Guedes	RB	João Ramalho	(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 22)	29	0	–	–	Youth System	19 February 2014	Free	17 February 2019
Midfielders
5	Alison	DM	Cubatão	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 23)	87	1	–	–	Youth System	9 September 2011	Free	31 December 2017
8	Renato	DM	Santa Mercedes	(1979-05-15)15 May 1979 (aged 37)	350	30	28	0	Botafogo	9 January 2015	Free	31 December 2017
10	Lucas Lima	AM	Marília	(1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 26)	157	16	13	2	Internacional	7 February 2014	R$ 5M	31 December 2017
11	Elano	CM/AM	Iracemápolis	(1981-06-14)14 June 1981 (aged 35)	322	68	50	9	Free agent	13 January 2015	Free	31 December 2016
16	Fernando Medeiros	DM	Santos	(1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 20)	5	1	–	–	Youth System	29 September 2015	Free	31 December 2018
17	Rafael Longuine	AM	Paranavaí	(1990-05-30)30 May 1990 (aged 26)	35	4	–	–	Audax	14 April 2015	Free	31 May 2017
18	Vitor Bueno	AM	Monte Alto	(1994-09-05)5 September 1994 (aged 22)	53	14	–	–	Botafogo-SP	26 May 2015	Undisc.	31 May 2020
20	Emiliano Vecchio	AM	Rosario	(1988-11-16)16 November 1988 (aged 28)	10	0	–	–	Qatar SC	13 June 2016	Free	31 December 2019
25	Yuri	DM/CB	São Paulo	(1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 22)	24	1	–	–	Audax	7 June 2016	Loan	31 December 2017
27	Léo Cittadini	AM	Rio Claro	(1994-02-27)27 February 1994 (aged 22)	40	2	–	–	Youth System	3 June 2013	Free	31 December 2018
29	Thiago Maia	CM	Boa Vista	(1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 19)	92	2	–	–	Youth System	20 October 2014	Free	30 June 2019
39	Jean Mota	AM/LB	São Paulo	(1993-10-15)15 October 1993 (aged 23)	24	2	–	–	Fortaleza	9 June 2016	Free	30 May 2020
Forwards
9	Ricardo Oliveira	ST	São Paulo	(1980-05-06)6 May 1980 (aged 36)	133	80	16	5	Free agent	12 January 2015	Free	31 December 2017
22	Rodrigão	ST	Belmonte	(1993-10-13)13 October 1993 (aged 23)	20	4	–	–	Campinense	30 May 2016	R$1.5M	28 May 2021
26	Paulinho	SS/AM	Guarulhos	(1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 28)	32	5	–	–	Flamengo	4 January 2016	Loan	31 December 2016
30	Joel	ST/SS	Nkongsamba	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 23)	37	7	–	–	Cruzeiro	11 January 2016	Loan	31 December 2016
31	Arthur Gomes	SS	Uberlândia	(1998-07-03)3 July 1998 (aged 18)	2	0	–	–	Youth System	16 January 2015	Free	31 December 2017
36	Jonathan Copete	LW/SS	Cali	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 28)	32	12	1	0	Atlético Nacional	23 June 2016	R$5M	19 June 2020
45	Walterson	SS/ST	São Gotardo	(1994-12-28)28 December 1994 (aged 21)	3	0	–	–	São Bernardo	4 May 2016	Loan	31 December 2016

Source: SantosFC.com.br (for appearances and goals), Wikipedia players' articles (for international appearances and goals), FPF (for contracts)

Reserve team[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	BRA	Igor
19	FW	BRA	Matheus Nolasco
34	MF	BRA	Danillo Ribeiro
46	DF	BRA	Cassius
47	DF	BRA	Orinho
—	GK	BRA	Gabriel Gasparotto
—	DF	BRA	Bruno Leonardo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	BRA	Diego Silva (on loan from Náutico)
—	MF	BRA	Gregore
—	MF	BRA	Rafael Oller
—	FW	BRA	Diego Cardoso
—	FW	BRA	Diogo Vitor
—	FW	BRA	Stéfano Yuri

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro		Campeonato Paulista		Copa do Brasil		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
33	GK		John Victor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK		Vanderlei	37	0	19	0	7	0	63	0
12	GK		Vladimir	1+1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
3	DF		Caju	7+4	0	1+1	0	5	0	18	0
38	DF		Daniel Guedes	1+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	5	0
13	DF		Igor^[1]	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	2	0
4	DF		Victor Ferraz	37	1	18	1	5	0	60	2
37	DF		Zeca	31	3	18	1	4	0	53	4
14	DF		David Braz	19+2	0	6	0	2+1	0	30	0
32	DF		Fabián Noguera	4+3	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
6	DF		Gustavo Henrique	24	1	18	2	4	0	46	3
28	DF		Lucas Veríssimo	0+3	0	13	0	3	0	19	0
2	DF		Luiz Felipe	25+1	1	1+1	0	9	1	37	2
5	MF		Alison	0+1	0	2+4	0	2	0	9	0
11	MF		Elano	1+6	0	0+4	0	1+2	0	14	0
16	MF		Fernando Medeiros	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	1	3	1
—	MF		Gregore^[1]	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
39	MF		Jean Mota	10+13	2	0	0	0	0	23	2
27	MF		Léo Cittadini	12+4	0	2+2	1	3+1	0	24	1
10	MF		Lucas Lima	23+2	2	16+1	2	5	1	47	5
17	MF		Rafael Longuine	2+4	0	5+4	1	3+2	1	20	2
8	MF		Renato	38	2	16	0	5	1	59	3
29	MF		Thiago Maia	31	0	17	0	4	0	52	0
20	MF		Emiliano Vecchio	3+3	0	0	0	2+1	0	9	0
18	MF		Vitor Bueno	32+1	10	7+4	3	4	0	48	13
25	MF		Yuri	5+17	1	0	0	1	0	23	1
—	FW		Diogo Vitor^[1]	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
31	FW		Arthur Gomes	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	FW		Joel	7+9	2	4+8	3	2+5	2	35	7
36	FW		Jonathan Copete	22+3	10	0	0	5+1	2	31	12
19	FW		Matheus Nolasco^[1]	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
26	FW		Paulinho	5+6	2	6+7	2	4+2	1	30	5
9	FW		Ricardo Oliveira	20	11	15	7	3	4	38	22
22	FW		Rodrigão	9+6	3	0	0	3+1	1	19	4
45	FW		Walterson	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left the club during the season
10	FW		Gabriel	10+1	5	16+1	7	1	0	29	12
15	MF		Edwin Valencia	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0
21	MF		Leandrinho	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
23	MF		Ronaldo Mendes	1+3	0	0+6	2	1+1	1	12	3
41	MF		Serginho	1+4	0	7+4	0	2	0	18	0
35	FW		Lucas Crispim	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	4	0
31	FW		Maxi Rolón	0+2	0	0	0	0+3	0	5	0
40	FW		Neto Berola	0	0	0+5	0	0	0	5	0
22	FW		Patito Rodríguez	0	0	2+4	0	0	0	6	0

Last updated: 12 December 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Soccerway, Campeonato Brasileiro, Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil

Goalscorers[edit]

Ran	No.	Pos	Name	Brasileirão	Paulistão	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	9	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	11	7	4	22
2	18	MF	Vitor Bueno	10	3	0	13
3	10	FW	Gabriel	5	7	0	12
3	36	FW	Copete	10	0	2	12
4	30	FW	Joel	2	3	2	7
5	26	FW	Paulinho	2	2	1	5
5	10	MF	Lucas Lima	2	2	1	5
6	37	DF	Zeca	3	1	0	4
6	22	FW	Rodrigão	3	0	1	4
7	23	MF	Ronaldo Mendes	0	2	1	3
	6	DF	Gustavo Henrique	1	2	0	3
	8	MF	Renato	2	0	1	3
8	17	MF	Rafael Longuine	0	1	1	2
	2	DF	Luiz Felipe	1	0	1	2
	4	DF	Victor Ferraz	1	1	0	2
	39	MF	Jean Mota	2	0	0	2
9	27	MF	Léo Cittadini	0	1	0	1
	16	MF	Fernando Medeiros	0	0	1	1
	25	MF	Yuri	1	0	0	1
	32	DF	Noguera	1	0	0	1
Own goals				2	2	1	5
Total				59	34	17	110

Last updated: 12 December 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Disciplinary record[edit]

N	Nat	Pos	Name	Brasileirão			Copa do Brasil			Paulista			Total
N	Nat	Pos	Name
10		MF	Lucas Lima	8	1	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	15	1	0
6		DF	Gustavo Henrique	7	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	13	0	1
37		DF	Zeca	8	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0
11		MF	Elano	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	1	0
29		MF	Thiago Maia	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	0	0
10		FW	Gabriel	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	0	0
4		DF	Victor Ferraz	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	0	0
2		DF	Luiz Felipe	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
26		MF	Paulinho	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
1		GK	Vanderlei	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1
36		FW	Jonathan Copete	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
9		FW	Ricardo Oliveira	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
5		MF	Alison	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
28		DF	Lucas Veríssimo	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
18		MF	Vitor Bueno	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
14		DF	David Braz	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
25		MF	Yuri	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
39		MF	Jean Mota	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
23		MF	Ronaldo Mendes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
27		MF	Léo Cittadini	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
8		MF	Renato	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
40		FW	Neto Berola	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
19		FW	Matheus Nolasco	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17		MF	Rafael Longuine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3		DF	Caju	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20		MF	Emiliano Vecchio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22		FW	Rodrigão	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
32		DF	Fabián Noguera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				76	2	2	17	0	1	40	0	0	133	2	3

As of 21 November 2016
Source: Campeonato Brasileiro, Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

National team call-ups[edit]

N	Pos	Player	National team	Competition	Date
9	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	Brazil	WC Qualifying against Uruguay and Paraguay^[2]	25 to 29 March
20	MF	Lucas Lima	Brazil	WC Qualifying against Uruguay and Paraguay^[2]	25 to 29 March
10	FW	Gabriel	Brazil U23	Friendlies against Nigeria U23 and South Africa U23^[3]	24 to 27 March
37	DF	Zeca	Brazil U23	Friendlies against Nigeria U23 and South Africa U23^[3]	24 to 27 March
29	MF	Thiago Maia	Brazil U23	Friendlies against Nigeria U23 and South Africa U23^[3]	24 to 27 March
10	FW	Gabriel	Brazil	WC Qualifying against Paraguay^[4]	29 March
10	FW	Gabriel	Brazil	Copa América Centenario^[5]	3 to 26 June
9	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	Brazil	Copa América Centenario^[6]	3 to 26 June
20	MF	Lucas Lima	Brazil	Copa América Centenario^[7]	3 to 26 June
10	FW	Gabriel	Brazil U23	2016 Summer Olympics^[8]	19 July to 21 August
37	DF	Zeca	Brazil U23	2016 Summer Olympics^[8]	19 July to 21 August
29	MF	Thiago Maia	Brazil U23	2016 Summer Olympics^[8]	19 July to 21 August
10	FW	Gabriel	Brazil	WC Qualifying against Ecuador and Colombia^[9]	28 August to 6 September
20	MF	Lucas Lima	Brazil	WC Qualifying against Ecuador and Colombia^[9]	28 August to 6 September
10	MF	Lucas Lima	Brazil	WC Qualifying against Bolivia and Ecuador^[10]	6 to 11 October
10	MF	Lucas Lima	Brazil	WC Qualifying against Argentina and Peru^[11]	10 to 16 November
29	MF	Thiago Maia	Brazil U20	Friendlies against Mexico U20^[12]	7 to 15 November
36	FW	Copete	Colombia	WC Qualifying against Chile and Argentina^[13]	10 to 15 November

Suspensions served[edit]

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed	Competition	Source
6 March	1	Lucas Lima	3x	Água Santa (H)	Campeonato Paulista	[1]
15 March	1	Victor Ferraz	3x	Rio Claro (A)	Campeonato Paulista	[2]
3 April	1	Gustavo Henrique	3x	Audax (H)	Campeonato Paulista	[3]
3 April	1	Thiago Maia	3x	Audax (H)	Campeonato Paulista	[4]
3 April	1	Elano	3x	Audax (H)	Campeonato Paulista	[5]
3 April	1	Gabriel	3x	Audax (H)	Campeonato Paulista	[6]
29 April	1	Alison	vs Santos-AP	Galvez (A)	Copa do Brasil	[7] Archived 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
25 May	1	Gustavo Henrique	vs Figueirense	Internacional (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[8]
12 June	1	Zeca	3x	Sport (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[9]
15 June	1	Gustavo Henrique	3x	Atlético Paranaense (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[10]
16 July	1	Zeca	3x	Vitória (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[11]
16 July	1	Gabriel	3x	Vitória (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[12]
20 July	1	Paulinho	3x	Gama (H)	Copa do Brasil	[13]
3 August	1	Luiz Felipe	3x	América Mineiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[14]
7 August	1	Lucas Lima	3x	Atlético Mineiro (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[15]
7 August	1	Vanderlei	vs América Mineiro	Atlético Mineiro (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[16]
21 August	1	Gustavo Henrique	3x	Figueirense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[17]
28 August	1	Thiago Maia	3x	Internacional (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[18]
8 September	1	Lucas Lima	vs Internacional	Corinthians (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[19]
8 September	1	Ricardo Oliveira	3x	Corinthians (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[20]
8 September	1	Victor Ferraz	3x	Corinthians (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[21]
11 September	1	Jonathan Copete	3x	Botafogo (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[22]
24 September	1	Elano	vs Sport	Atlético Paranaense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[23]
13 October	1	Luiz Felipe	3x	Grêmio (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[24]
29 October	1	Lucas Lima	3x	Ponte Preta (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[25]
6 November	1	David Braz	3x	Vitória (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[26]
17 November	1	Yuri	3x	Cruzeiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[27]
20 November	1	Jean Mota	3x	Flamengo (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro	[28]

Injuries[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	Injury	Note	Recovery time
11 February	DF	Daniel Guedes	Tendinitis^[14]		3 months^[15]
12 February	DF	Paulo Ricardo	Low back pain^[16]		3 months^[17]
23 February	MF	Elano	Sprained ankle^[18]	During training	3 weeks
27 March	MF	Renato	Broken nose^[19]	Match against São Paulo	15 days^[20]
2 April	FW	Marquinhos	Appendicitis^[21]	N/A	3 weeks
19 April	MF	Elano	Back injury^[22]	During training	1 week
24 April	MF	Léo Cittadini	Sprained ankle^[23]	Match against Palmeiras	1 month^[17]
1 May	MF	Lucas Lima	Sprained ankle^[24]	Match against Audax	2 weeks^[25]
8 May	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	Tendinitis^[26]	N/A	2 months^[27]
10 May	FW	Joel	Mumps^[28]	N/A	6 days^[29]
4 June	FW	Rodrigão	Sprained ankle^[30]	During training	2 weeks^[31]
8 June	DF	David Braz	Thigh injury^[32]	During training	1 month^[27]
10 June	GK	Vladimir	Calf strain^[33]	During training	18 days^[34]
10 June	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Thigh injury^[33]	During training	1 month^[35]
10 June	FW	Maxi Rolón	Muscle discomfort^[33]	During training	1 week^[36]
17 June	MF	Lucas Lima	Muscle reconditioning^[36]	N/A	5 days^[37]
11 July	MF	Alison	Sprained knee^[38]	During training	2 months^[39]
24 July	MF	Lucas Lima	Thigh injury^[40]	Match against Vitória	2 weeks^[41]
2 August	FW	Jonathan Copete	Thigh injury^[42]	During training	5 days^[43]
13 September	DF	Luiz Felipe	Calf injury^[44]	During training	5 days^[45]
18 September	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	Thigh injury^[46]	Match against Santa Cruz	11 days^[47]
24 September	DF	Gustavo Henrique	Sprained knee^[48]	Match against Sport	10 months^[49]
24 September	MF	Vitor Bueno	Thigh injury^[48]	Match against Sport	3 weeks^[50]
30 September	GK	Vladimir	Sprained finger^[51]	During training	5 weeks^[52]
15 October	MF	Emiliano Vecchio	Thigh injury^[50]	During training	3 days^[53]
18 October	MF	Vitor Bueno	Thigh injury^[54]	During training	19 days^[52]
29 October	DF	Luiz Felipe	Sprained knee^[55]	Match against Palmeiras	10 months^[49]

Squad number changes[edit]

Player	Position	Old n.	New n.	Prev. to wear	Source
Elano	MF	22	11	Geuvânio	^[56]
Ronaldo Mendes	MF	35	23	Unassigned
Lucas Crispim	FW	49	35	Unassigned
Jean Mota	MF	—	39	Gregore
Jonathan Copete	FW	—	36	Diogo Vitor
Fabián Noguera	DF	—	32	Paulo Ricardo
Lucas Lima	MF	20	10	Gabriel	^[57]
Emiliano Vecchio	MF	40	20	Lucas Lima	^[58]

Managers[edit]

Name	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Role	Departure	Manner	Contract End
Dorival Júnior		Araraquara	(1962-04-25) 25 April 1962 (age 62)	Free agent	9 July 2015	Permanent			31 December 2017

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Fee	Source
35	SS	Lucas Crispim	21	Joinville	Free^[2]	[29]
11	AM	Elano	34	Chennaiyin	Free^[2]	[30]
—	ST	Stéfano Yuri	21	Náutico	Free^[2]	[31]
—	SS	Diego Cardoso	21	Bragantino	Free^[2]	[32]
22	AM	Patito Rodríguez	25	Johor	Free^[2]	[33]
—	AM	Pedro Castro	22	Santa Cruz	Free^[2]	[34]
—	CB	Jubal	21	Avaí	Free^[2]	[35]
28	CB	Lucas Veríssimo	20	Youth system	Free^[3]	[36]
33	GK	John Victor	19	Youth system	Free^[3]	[37]
31	LW	Maxi Rolón	21	Barcelona B	Free	[38]
2	CB	Luiz Felipe	22	Paraná Clube	R$1M^[4]	[39]
32	CB	Fabián Noguera	22	Banfield	Free^[5]	[40]
—	FW	Thiago Ribeiro	30	Atlético Mineiro	Free^[2]	[41]
22	ST	Rodrigão	22	Campinense	R$1,5M^[6]	[42]
40	AM	Emiliano Vecchio	27	Qatar SC	Free^[7]	[43]
36	LW	Jonathan Copete	28	Atlético Nacional	R$5M	[44]
—	GK	Gabriel Gasparotto	22	Capivariano	Free^[2]
—	FW	Stéfano Yuri	22	Botafogo–SP	Free^[2]
39	AM	Jean Mota	22	Fortaleza	R$ 800K	[45]
—	SS	Diego Cardoso	22	Vila Nova	Free^[2]	[46]
—	DF	Emerson Palmieri	22	Roma	Free^[2]	[47]

Loans in[edit]

N.	P	Name	Age	Loaned from	Loan expires	Source	Fee
26	SS	Paulinho	27	Flamengo	December 2016	[48]	R$ 300K
30	ST	Joel	22	Cruzeiro	December 2016	[49]	Free
—	CB	Diego Silva	22	Náutico	December 2016	[50]	Free^[8]
23	AM	Ronaldo Mendes	23	Comercial Viçosa	December 2016	[51]	Free^[8]
19	ST	Matheus Nolasco	20	Penapolense	December 2017	[52]	Free^[8]
45	LW	Walterson	21	São Bernardo	December 2016	[53]^{[permanent dead link]}	Free^[8]
25	MF	Yuri	21	Audax	December 2017	[54]	Free

Transfers out[edit]

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
23	LB	Chiquinho	26	Coimbra	Loan return	Free	[55]
7	SS	Leandro	22	Palmeiras	Loan return	Free	[56]
39	ST	Nilson	24	Cianorte	Loan return	Free	[57]
2	CB	Werley	27	Grêmio	Loan return	Free	[58]
31	AM	Marquinhos Gabriel	25	Al-Nassr	Loan return	Free	[59]
—	RB	Crystian	23	Paysandu	End of contract	Free	[60]
24	DM	Cristian Ledesma	33	Free agent	Contract terminated	Free	[61]
44	CB	Leonardo	29	Santa Cruz	Contract terminated	Free	[62]
—	RB	Rafael Galhardo	24	Anderlecht	Transfer	R$4.4M^[9]	[63]
11	SS	Geuvânio	23	Tianjin Quanjian	Transfer	R$48M^[10]	[64]
—	CB	Jubal	22	Arouca	Contract terminated	Free	[65]
40	SS	Neto Berola	28	Atlético Mineiro	Loan return	Free	[66]
31	SS	Maxi Rolón	21	Free agent	Contract terminated	Free	[67]
23	MF	Ronaldo Mendes	23	Al-Wasl	Contract terminated	R$1M	[68] Archived 2016-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
21	MF	Leandrinho	22	Rio Ave	Transfer	undisclosed	[69]
22	MF	Patito Rodríguez	26	AEK	End of Contract	Free	[70]
10	ST	Gabriel	19	Internazionale	Transfer	R$98M^[11]	[71]
15	MF	Edwin Valencia	31	Free agent	Rescinded	Free	[72]

Loans out[edit]

N.	P	Name	Age	Loaned to	Loan expires	Source
33	GK	Gabriel Gasparotto	22	Capivariano	May 2016	[73]
—	SS	Diego Cardoso	21	Vila Nova	December 2016	[74]
—	ST	Stéfano Yuri	21	Botafogo–SP	May 2016	[75]
—	MF	Pedro Castro	23	Botafogo–PB	December 2016	[76]
—	ST	Leandro Damião	26	Real Betis	July 2016	[77]
25	MF	Lucas Otávio	21	Paraná	December 2016	[78]
–	FW	Thiago Ribeiro	30	Bahia	December 2016	[79]
19	MF	Marquinhos	26	Oeste	May 2017	[80]
32	DF	Paulo Ricardo	22	Sion	June 2017	[81]
41	MF	Serginho	21	Vitória	December 2016	[82]
—	DF	Emerson Palmieri	22	Roma	June 2017	[83]
—	FW	Leandro Damião	26	Flamengo	June 2017	[84]
35	FW	Lucas Crispim	22	Atlético Goianiense	December 2016	[85]

Overall transfer activity[edit]

Spending

Transfers in: (~ R$8,300,000)

Loans in: (~ R$300,000)

Total: (~ R$8,600,000)

Income

Transfers out: (~ R$86,600,000)

Loans out: (~ R$0,000,000)

Total: (~ R$86,600,000)

Balance

Profit/Loss: (~ R$78,000,000)

Contracts[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
15	DM	Edwin Valencia	30	Signed	7 months	July 2016	Globo Esporte
19	AM	Marquinhos	26	Signed	1 year	December 2016	Santos FC
41	AM	Serginho	20	Signed	3 years	December 2018	Terra
4	RB	Victor Ferraz	27	Signed	4 years	December 2019	Glono Esporte
33	GK	Gabriel Gasparotto	22	Signed	2 years	December 2017	Santos FC
33	GK	John Victor	19	Signed	5 years	January 2021	Terra
11	MF	Elano	34	Signed	6 Months	December 2016	Globo Esporte
6	DF	Gustavo Henrique	22	Signed	4 years	January 2020	Santos FC
28	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	20	Signed	3 years	December 2019	Globo Esporte
8	MF	Renato	36	Signed	1 year	December 2017	Globo Esporte
18	MF	Vitor Bueno	21	Signed	4 years	May 2020	Globo Esporte
19	AM	Marquinhos	26	Signed	1 year	December 2017	Globo Esporte
15	DM	Edwin Valencia	31	Signed	5 months	December 2016	Globo Esporte
12	GK	Vladimir	27	Signed	2 years	December 2018	Ademir Quintino
37	LB	Zeca	22	Signed	4 years	December 2020	Glono Esporte

Last updated: 18 November 2016

Pre-season and Friendlies[edit]

23 January Pre-season friendly	Bahia	2 – 2	Santos	Salvador
18:30 UTC-03:00	Paulo Roberto 15' Hernane 48', 55' (pen.) Gustavo 68' Hayner 90+3'	Report	24' Gabriel 28' Lucas Lima 30' Victor Ferraz 43' Alison 54' 90+3' Caju 90+1' Serginho	Stadium: Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 10,429 Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez

8 October Friendly	Santos	1 – 1	Benfica	Santos
16:15 UTC-03:00	Luiz Filipe 30' Noguera 88'	Report	27' Cervi 47' (pen.) Salvio	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,149 Referee: Raphael Claus

Sources: ^[59]^[60]

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Campeonato Brasileiro	—	2nd	14 May	11 December
Copa do Brasil	First round	Quarterfinals	21 April	19 October
Campeonato Paulista	Group stage	Winners	31 January	8 May

Updated to match played 12 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Detailed overall summary[edit]

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	66	34	32
Games won	38	27	11
Games drawn	15	5	10
Games lost	13	2	11
Biggest win	4–1 v Mogi Mirim 4–1 v Ferroviária	4–1 v Mogi Mirim 4–1 v Ferroviária	3–0 v Galvez
Biggest loss	0–2 v Red Bull Brasil 0–2 v Internacional 0–2 v Flamengo	0–1 v Internacional 0–1 v Figueirense	0–2 v Red Bull Brasil 0–2 v Internacional 0–2 v Flamengo
Clean sheets	26	17	9
Goals scored	110	70	40
Goals conceded	59	21	38
Goal difference	+51	+49	+2
Average GF per game	1.67	2.06	1.25
Average GA per game	0.89	0.62	1.19
Yellow cards	133	63	70
Red cards	5	1	4
Most appearances	Vanderlei (63)	Vanderlei (33)	Vanderlei (30)
Top scorer	Ricardo Oliveira (22)	Ricardo Oliveira (14)	Ricardo Oliveira (8)
Worst discipline	Lucas Lima (1) (15)	Lucas Lima (8)	Gustavo Henrique (1) (8)
Points	129/198 (65.15%)	86/102 (84.31%)	43/96 (44.79%)
Winning rate	57.58%	79.41%	34.38%

Last updated: 12 December 2016
Source: Competitive matches

Campeonato Brasileiro[edit]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	22	5	11	59	35	+24	71	15	2	2	36	11	+25	7	3	9	23	24	−1

Last updated: 12 December 2016.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W
Position	17	9	7	12	15	11	5	4	8	5	3	6	4	4	4	4	2	1	5	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2016. Source: Globo Esporte
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (C)	38	24	8	6	62	32	+30	80	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Santos	38	22	5	11	59	35	+24	71
3	Flamengo	38	20	11	7	52	35	+17	71
4	Atlético Mineiro	38	17	11	10	61	53	+8	62^[a]
5	Botafogo	38	17	8	13	43	39	+4	59	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The matchday 38 game between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro was cancelled after both teams declined to play following the Chapecoense team plane crash.^[61] Both teams received a double walkover (3–0 loss for each team).^[62]

Matches[edit]

14 May 1	Atlético Mineiro	1 – 0	Santos	Belo Horizonte
18:30 UTC-03:00	Cazares 15' 34' Carlos Eduardo 56'	Report	51' David Braz 62' Gustavo Henrique	Stadium: Estádio Independência Attendance: 5,403 Referee: Jailson Macedo Freitas

22 May 2	Santos	2 – 1	Coritiba	Santos
11:00 UTC-03:00	Victor Ferraz 22' Zeca 24' Vitor Bueno 30' 62' Gustavo Henrique 53' Ronaldo Mendes 90+6' Renato 90+7'	Report	18' Alan Santos 20' 25' Kléber	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,472 Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

25 May 3	Figueirense	2 – 2	Santos	Florianópolis
19:30 UTC-03:00	Elicarlos 24' Jaime 34' Rafael Moura 38' Gustavo Ermel 90+2'	Report	42' (pen.) Vitor Bueno 57' (pen.) Joel 61' Rafael Longuine 68' Gustavo Henrique 72' Matheus Nolasco 86' Paulinho	Stadium: Orlando Scarpelli Attendance: 5,849 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

29 May 4	Santos	0 – 1	Internacional	Santos
18:30 UTC-03:00	Luiz Felipe 64'	Report	35' William 84' Aylon	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,468 Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro

1 June 5	Corinthians	1 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
21:00 UTC-03:00	Giovanni Augusto 82'	Report	74' Zeca 83' Vitor Bueno	Stadium: Arena Corinthians Attendance: 30,187 Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

5 June 6	Santos	3 – 0	Botafogo	São Paulo
11:00 UTC-03:00	Vitor Bueno 11' Paulinho 35' Thiago Maia 61' Bruno Silva 70' (o.g.)	Report	30' Leandro	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 16,530 Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci

12 June 7	Santa Cruz	0 – 2	Santos	Recife
19:00 UTC-03:00	Wallyson 70'	Report	43' Paulinho 45' 55' Zeca 65' Joel	Stadium: Estádio do Arruda Attendance: 16,464 Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha

15 June 8	Santos	2 – 0	Sport	Santos
21:00 UTC-03:00	Gustavo Henrique 59' Gabriel 66' Vitor Bueno 88'	Report	48' Luiz Antônio 68' Edmílson 89' Oswaldo	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,937 Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

18 June 9	Atlético Paranaense	1 – 0	Santos	Curitiba
18:00 UTC-03:00	Giovanny 47' Sidcley 66' Paulo André 88'	Report	82' Renato	Stadium: Arena da Baixada Attendance: 15,359 Referee: Anderson Daronco

22 June 10	Fluminense	2 – 4	Santos	Cariacica
21:45 UTC-03:00	Marcos Júnior 14', 66' Giovanni 83'	Report	39' Rodrigão 45+3', 51' Gabriel 73' 87' Luiz Felipe	Stadium: Kléber Andrade Attendance: 5,310 Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques

26 June 11	Santos	3 – 0	São Paulo	São Paulo
16:00 UTC-03:00	Vitor Bueno 1' Rodrigão 39' Gabriel 60' Lucas Lima 71' 90'	Report	17' Calleri 71' Hudson 88' 90' Lugano	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 24,647 Referee: Raphael Claus

29 June 12	Grêmio	3 – 2	Santos	Porto Alegre
19:30 UTC-03:00	Giuliano 3' Edílson 34' Douglas 45' 75' Marcelo Hermes 89' Walace 90+4'	Report	34' Lucas Lima 62' 83' Zeca 65' Copete 84' Yuri	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 13,088 Referee: Eduardo Tomaz De Aquino Valadão

3 July 13	Santos	3 – 0	Chapecoense	Santos
16:00 UTC-03:00	Rodrigão 61' Copete 65' 66' Yuri 87'	Report	70' Josimar	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,322 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

12 July 14	Palmeiras	1 – 1	Santos	São Paulo
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