2017 Santos FC season

Santos
2017 season
President	Modesto Roma Júnior
Coach	Elano; (caretaker)
Stadium	Vila Belmiro
Campeonato Brasileiro	3rd
Campeonato Paulista	Quarterfinals
Copa do Brasil	Quarterfinals
Copa Libertadores	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ricardo Oliveira (8); Bruno Henrique (8); All: ; Bruno Henrique (18)
Highest home attendance	37,145 vs Ponte Preta (10 April)
Lowest home attendance	3,195 vs Novorizontino (29 March)
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The 2017 season is Santos Futebol Clube's 105th season in existence and the club's fifty-eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competes in the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Paulista and also in Copa Libertadores.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

As of 6 December 2017

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 33)	168	0	–	–	Coritiba	23 January 2015	Undisc.	31 December 2020
12	Vladimir	GK	Ipiaú	(1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 28)	58	0	–	–	Youth System	1 January 2009	Free	31 December 2020
33	John Victor	GK	Diadema	(1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 21)	1	0	–	–	Youth System	11 January 2016	Free	12 January 2021
34	João Paulo	GK	Dourados	(1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 22)	3	0	–	–	Youth System	26 February 2014	Free	30 September 2021
Defenders
2	Luiz Felipe	CB	Tubarão	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 24)	46	2	–	–	Paraná	17 February 2016	R$ 1M	30 September 2022
4	Victor Ferraz	RB	João Pessoa	(1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 29)	173	6	–	–	Coritiba	18 June 2014	Free	31 December 2019
6	Gustavo Henrique	CB	São Paulo	(1993-03-24)24 March 1993 (aged 24)	124	6	–	–	Youth System	10 January 2013	Free	31 January 2020
13	Matheus Ribeiro	RB/LB	Erechim	(1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (aged 24)	10	0	–	–	Atlético-GO	11 November 2016	Free	31 December 2020
14	David Braz	CB	Guarulhos	(1987-05-21)21 May 1987 (aged 30)	185	17	–	–	Flamengo	15 May 2012	Free	31 August 2019
15	Orinho	LB	São Paulo	(1995-05-24)24 May 1995 (aged 22)	2	0	–	–	Juventus	8 July 2017	Free	31 May 2019
22	Caju	LB	Irecê	(1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 22)	43	0	–	–	Youth System	21 September 2014	Free	31 December 2019
28	Lucas Veríssimo	CB	Jundiaí	(1995-07-02)2 July 1995 (aged 22)	81	1	–	–	Youth System	28 November 2015	Free	30 June 2022
32	Fabián Noguera	CB/LB	Ramos Mejía	(1993-03-20)20 March 1993 (aged 24)	18	2	–	–	Banfield	5 July 2016	Free	30 June 2021
37	Zeca	LB/RB	Paranavaí	(1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 23)	141	4	–	–	Youth System	18 November 2016	Free	31 December 2020
38	Daniel Guedes	RB	João Ramalho	(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 23)	47	1	–	–	Youth System	19 February 2014	Free	30 June 2022
42	Emerson	LB	Cacoal	(1998-08-18)18 August 1998 (aged 19)	1	0	–	–	Youth System	1 November 2017	Free	31 October 2019
Midfielders
5	Alison	DM	Cubatão	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 24)	115	3	–	–	Youth System	9 September 2011	Free	31 December 2022
7	Vitor Bueno	AM	Monte Alto	(1994-09-05)5 September 1994 (aged 23)	83	23	–	–	Botafogo-SP	26 May 2015	Undisc.	31 May 2020
8	Renato	DM	Santa Mercedes	(1979-05-15)15 May 1979 (aged 38)	391	31	28	0	Botafogo	9 January 2015	Free	31 December 2018
10	Lucas Lima	AM	Marília	(1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 27)	203	19	14	2	Internacional	7 February 2014	R$ 5M	31 December 2017
19	Léo Cittadini	CM/AM	Rio Claro	(1994-02-27)27 February 1994 (aged 23)	56	2	–	–	Youth System	3 June 2013	Free	31 December 2018
20	Emiliano Vecchio	AM	Rosario	(1988-11-16)16 November 1988 (aged 29)	25	1	–	–	Qatar SC	13 June 2016	Free	31 December 2019
21	Matheus Oliveira	AM	São Paulo	(1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 20)	3	0	–	–	Youth System	10 August 2016	Free	30 April 2019
25	Yuri	DM/CB	São Paulo	(1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 23)	48	1	–	–	Audax	7 June 2016	Loan	31 December 2017
30	Leandro Donizete	DM	Araraquara	(1982-05-18)18 May 1982 (aged 35)	22	0	–	–	Atlético Mineiro	28 December 2016	Free	31 December 2019
39	Jean Mota	AM/LB	São Paulo	(1993-10-15)15 October 1993 (aged 24)	69	3	–	–	Fortaleza	9 June 2016	Free	30 June 2022
41	Serginho	AM	Monte Aprazível	(1995-03-15)15 March 1995 (aged 22)	50	1	–	–	Youth System	25 January 2014	Free	31 December 2018
44	Matheus Jesus	DM	Salvador	(1997-04-10)10 April 1997 (aged 20)	10	0	–	–	Estoril	18 July 2017	Loan	31 December 2018
Forwards
9	Ricardo Oliveira	ST	São Paulo	(1980-05-06)6 May 1980 (aged 37)	173	92	16	5	Free agent	12 January 2015	Free	31 December 2017
11	Kayke	ST/SS	Brasília	(1988-04-01)1 April 1988 (aged 29)	43	9	–	–	Y. Marinos	8 January 2017	Loan	31 December 2017
16	Vladimir Hernández	LW/SS/AM	Arauca	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 28)	28	2	1	0	Junior	13 October 2016	R$3M	31 December 2021
18	Nilmar	ST	Bandeirantes	(1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 33)	2	0	24	9	Free agent	10 July 2017	Free	31 December 2018
23	Arthur Gomes	SS	Uberlândia	(1998-07-03)3 July 1998 (aged 19)	20	3	–	–	Youth System	2 September 2016	Free	30 December 2021
26	Thiago Ribeiro	SS/ST	Pontes Gestal	(1986-02-24)24 February 1986 (aged 31)	102	23	–	–	Cagliari	20 July 2013	R$10.8M	31 December 2017
27	Bruno Henrique	SS	Belo Horizonte	(1990-12-30)30 December 1990 (aged 26)	53	18	–	–	VfL Wolfsburg	23 January 2017	R$13.5M	31 January 2021
29	Yuri Alberto	ST	São José dos Campos	(2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 16)	2	0	–	–	Youth System	28 July 2017	Free	31 December 2022
35	Lucas Crispim	SS/AM	Brasília	(1994-06-19)19 June 1994 (aged 23)	13	0	–	–	Youth System	6 January 2015	Free	31 December 2017
36	Jonathan Copete	LW/SS	Cali	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 29)	85	24	2	0	Atlético Nacional	23 June 2016	R$5M	30 June 2021
43	Rodrygo	SS/AM	Osasco	(2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 16)	2	0	–	–	Youth System	21 July 2017	Free	31 December 2022

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

Copa Libertadores squad[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
1	GK	BRA	Vanderlei
2	DF	BRA	Cléber Reis
3	DF	BRA	Zeca
4	DF	BRA	Victor Ferraz
5	MF	BRA	Yuri
6	DF	ARG	Fabián Noguera
7	FW	BRA	Nilmar ²
8	MF	BRA	Renato
9	FW	BRA	Ricardo Oliveira
10	MF	BRA	Lucas Lima
11	FW	BRA	Kayke
12	GK	BRA	Vladimir
13	DF	BRA	Caju ¹
14	DF	BRA	David Braz
15	DF	BRA	Daniel Guedes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	COL	Vladimir Hernández
17	MF	BRA	Rafael Longuine
18	FW	COL	Jonathan Copete
19	MF	BRA	Léo Cittadini
20	MF	BRA	Jean Mota
21	MF	ARG	Emiliano Vecchio ¹
22	DF	BRA	Orinho ²
23	FW	BRA	Arthur Gomes
24	GK	BRA	João Paulo
25	MF	BRA	Alison ¹
26	FW	BRA	Thiago Ribeiro
27	FW	BRA	Bruno Henrique
28	DF	BRA	Lucas Veríssimo
29	DF	BRA	Gustavo Henrique ²
30	MF	BRA	Leandro Donizete

1: Matheus Ribeiro, Matheus Oliveira and Yan were unregistered, with Caju, Emiliano Vecchio and Alison being registered in their places, respectively.^[1]
2: Vitor Bueno, Rodrigão and Thiago Maia were unregistered, with Nilmar, Orinho and Gustavo Henrique being registered in their places, respectively.^[2]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro		Campeonato Paulista		Copa Libertadores		Copa do Brasil		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
34	GK		João Paulo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	GK		Vanderlei	37	0	5	0	8	0	4	0	54	0
12	GK		Vladimir	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
22	DF		Caju	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	4	0
38	DF		Daniel Guedes	13+3	1	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	18	1
42	DF		Emerson	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF		Matheus Ribeiro	3+1	0	2+1	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
4	DF		Victor Ferraz	23	2	12	0	9	0	4	1	48	3
37	DF		Zeca	13+1	0	10+1	0	6	0	0	0	31	0
15	DF		Orinho	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
31	DF		Cléber Reis	0+1	0	3+2	0	2+1	0	1	0	10	0
14	DF		David Braz	28	3	6	1	9	2	3	0	46	6
6	DF		Gustavo Henrique	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	DF		Lucas Veríssimo	34	0	12	0	9	1	4	0	59	1
2	DF		Luiz Felipe	5+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
32	DF		Noguera	6+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	9	0
5	MF		Alison	20+6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	29	2
20	MF		Emiliano Vecchio	8+4	1	0	0	1+1	0	1	0	15	1
39	MF		Jean Mota	25+5	1	4+1	0	2+4	0	3	0	44	1
30	MF		Leandro Donizete	4+5	0	7	0	2+2	0	1+1	0	22	0
19	MF		Léo Cittadini	3+4	0	3+2	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	15	0
10	MF		Lucas Lima	24+1	1	8	2	8	0	4	0	45	3
44	MF		Matheus Jesus	8+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
21	MF		Matheus Oliveira	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF		Rafael Longuine	0+4	0	2+4	2	0	0	0+1	0	11	2
8	MF		Renato	22+1	0	6	0	8	1	3	0	40	1
41	MF		Serginho	2+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
29	MF		Thiago Maia	11+1	1	12	0	6	1	2	0	32	2
7	MF		Vitor Bueno	7+1	0	11	4	6	3	2+1	0	28	7
25	MF		Yuri	8+3	0	9	0	1+1	0	1	0	23	0
23	FW		Arthur Gomes	6+5	2	0+5	1	0	0	0+1	0	17	3
27	FW		Bruno Henrique	28	8	8+4	3	8+1	3	4	4	53	18
36	FW		Jonathan Copete	24+5	7	8+3	2	6+3	0	2+1	3	52	12
11	FW		Kayke	15+11	3	5+4	3	1+4	2	1+1	1	42	9
35	FW		Lucas Crispim	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18	FW		Nilmar	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW		Ricardo Oliveira	23	8	6	1	8	3	3	0	40	12
22	FW		Rodrigão	0+2	0	3+3	3	0	0	0	0	8	3
43	FW		Rodrygo	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	FW		Thiago Ribeiro	5+5	0	0+7	2	1+2	0	0+2	0	22	2
16	FW		Vladimir Hernández	6+8	1	2+3	0	2+4	0	0+2	0	27	1
29	FW		Yuri Alberto	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Last updated: 4 December 2017
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Soccerway

Goalscorers[edit]

Ran	No.	Pos	Name	Brasileirão	Paulistão	Copa Libertadores	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	27	FW	Bruno Henrique	8	3	3	4	18
2	9	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	8	1	3	0	12
2	36	FW	Copete	7	2	0	3	12
3	11	FW	Kayke	3	3	2	1	9
4	7	MF	Vitor Bueno	0	4	3	0	7
5	14	DF	David Braz	3	1	2	0	6
6	23	FW	Arthur Gomes	2	1	0	0	3
	10	MF	Lucas Lima	1	2	0	0	3
	22	FW	Rodrigão	0	3	0	0	3
	4	DF	Victor Ferraz	2	0	0	1	3
7	5	MF	Alison	2	0	0	0	2
	17	MF	Rafael Longuine	0	2	0	0	2
	29	MF	Thiago Maia	1	0	1	0	2
	26	FW	Thiago Ribeiro	0	2	0	0	2
8	38	DF	Daniel Guedes	1	0	0	0	1
	20	MF	Emiliano Vecchio	1	0	0	0	1
	16	FW	Hernández	1	0	0	0	1
	39	MF	Jean Mota	1	0	0	0	1
	28	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	0	0	1	0	1
	8	MF	Renato	0	0	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	0	1
Total				42	24	16	9	91

Last updated: 4 December 2017
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Disciplinary record[edit]

N	Nat	Pos	Name	Brasileirão			Paulista			Libertadores			Copa do Brasil			Total
N	Nat	Pos	Name
27		FW	Bruno Henrique	6	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	11	1	2
10		MF	Lucas Lima	12	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0
14		DF	David Braz	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	1	0
28		DF	Lucas Veríssimo	9	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	14	0	0
38		DF	Daniel Guedes	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0
29		MF	Thiago Maia	4	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0
39		MF	Jean Mota	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
4		DF	Victor Ferraz	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
25		MF	Yuri	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
31		DF	Cléber Reis	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
5		MF	Alison	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
36		FW	Jonathan Copete	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
1		GK	Vanderlei	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
30		MF	Leandro Donizete	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9		FW	Ricardo Oliveira	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
44		MF	Matheus Jesus	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
7		MF	Vitor Bueno	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
37		DF	Zeca	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
20		MF	Emiliano Vecchio	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19		MF	Léo Cittadini	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
26		FW	Thiago Ribeiro	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2		DF	Luiz Felipe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
41		MF	Serginho	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22		FW	Rodrigão	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12		GK	Vladimir	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16		FW	Vladimir Hernández	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17		MF	Rafael Longuine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13		DF	Matheus Ribeiro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11		FW	Kayke	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23		FW	Arthur Gomes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21		MF	Matheus Oliveira	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
42		DF	Emerson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				97	3	1	21	1	0	16	2	1	9	0	0	143	6	2

As of 4 December 2017
Source: Campeonato Paulista = 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
10	MF	Lucas Lima	Brazil	Friendly against Colombia^[3]	25 January
36	FW	Copete	Colombia	Friendly against Brazil^[4]	25 January
–	FW	Hernández	Colombia	Friendly against Brazil^[4]	25 January
10	MF	Lucas Lima	Brazil	Friendlies against Argentina and Australia^[5]	9 to 13 June

Suspensions served[edit]

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed	Competition	Source
18 February	1	Cléber Reis	vs Ferroviária	Ituano (A)	Campeonato Paulista	[1]
29 March	1	Yuri	3x	Ponte Preta (A)	Campeonato Paulista	[2]
19 April	1	Jean Mota	vs Santa Fe	Santa Fe (H)	Copa Libertadores
4 May	1	Thiago Maia	3x	The Strongest (A)	Copa Libertadores
17 May	1	Bruno Henrique	vs The Strongest	Sporting Cristal (H)	Copa Libertadores
4 June	1	Bruno Henrique	vs Corinthians	Botafogo (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
11 June	1	Daniel Guedes	vs Atlético Paranaense	Palmeiras (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
17 June	1	Thiago Maia	3x	Vitória (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
21 June	1	David Braz	3x	Sport (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
9 July	1	Copete	3x	Atlético Mineiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
9 July	1	Lucas Lima	3x	Atlético Mineiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
16 July	1	Daniel Guedes	vs Vasco da Gama	Chapecoense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
16 July	1	Bruno Henrique	3x	Chapecoense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
19 July	1	Lucas Veríssimo	3x	Bahia (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
2 August	1	Yuri	3x	Avaí (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
2 August	1	Lucas Lima	3x	Avaí (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
2 August	1	David Braz	vs Flamengo	Avaí (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
27 August	1	David Braz	3x	Corinthians (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
10 September	1	Lucas Veríssimo	3x	Botafogo (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
10 September	1	Victor Ferraz	3x	Botafogo (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
10 September	1	Lucas Lima	3x	Botafogo (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
16 September	1	Leandro Donizete	3x	Atlético Paranaense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
16 October	1	Alison	3x	Sport (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
19 October	1	Vecchio	3x	Atlético Goianiense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
28 October	1	Matheus Jesus	3x	Atlético Mineiro (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
28 October	1	Jean Mota	3x	Atlético Mineiro (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
4 November	1	Daniel Guedes	3x	Vasco da Gama (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
8 November	1	Bruno Henrique	3x	Chapecoense (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
16 November	1	Lucas Lima	3x	Grêmio (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
19 November	1	Lucas Veríssimo	3x	Flamengo (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
26 November	1	Ricardo Oliveira	3x	Avaí (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
26 November	1	Alison	3x	Avaí (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro

Injuries[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	Injury	Note	Recovery time
24 September 2016	DF	Gustavo Henrique	Sprained knee^[6]	Match against Sport	10 months^[7]
29 October 2016	DF	Luiz Felipe	Sprained knee^[8]	Match against Palmeiras	10 months^[9]
11 January	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	Mumps^[10]		1 month^[11]
23 January	DF	David Braz	Calf injury^[12]	During training	1 month^[13]
27 January	GK	Vladimir	Bursitis^[14]		2 weeks^[15]
7 February	MF	Renato	Calf stretch^[16]	During training	1 month^[17]
10 February	GK	Vanderlei	Finger fracture^[18]	During training	6 weeks^[19]
15 February	MF	Lucas Lima	Knee injury^[20]	Match against São Paulo	3 weeks^[17]
19 February	MF	Jean Mota	Knee injury^[21]	During training	5 days^[22]
19 February	LB	Caju	Thigh injury^[23]	During training	4 months^[24]
21 February	MF	Léo Cittadini	Knee injury^[25]	Match against Ituano	1 month^[19]
25 February	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	Cut on the ear^[26]	Match against Botafogo–SP	1 week^[27]
9 March	DF	Cléber Reis	Knee injury^[28]	Match against Sporting Cristal	2 weeks^[19]
21 March	FW	Copete	Stomach problem^[29]		3 days^[19]
24 March	LB	Zeca	Thigh swelling^[30]		2 weeks^[31]
28 March	FW	Rodrigão	Foot inflammation^[32]		1 week^[33]
12 April	LB	Zeca	Knee surgery^[34]		5 weeks^[35]
8 May	DF	David Braz	Thigh stretch^[36]	During training	10 days^[35]
8 May	FW	Copete	Thigh swelling^[37]	During training	1 week^[38]
20 May	MF	Lucas Lima	Thigh stretch^[39]	Match against Coritiba	3 weeks^[40]
28 May	LB	Zeca	Calf injury^[41]	Match against Cruzeiro	2 months^[42]
2 June	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	Ankle injury^[43]	Match against Corinthians	3 weeks^[44]
10 June	MF	Léo Cittadini	Stomach problem^[45]		3 days^[40]
10 June	FW	Rodrigão	Knee injury^[45]		10 days^[46]
10 June	RB	Victor Ferraz	Sore throat^[47]		3 days^[40]
13 June	DF	Cléber Reis	Calf injury^[40]		20 days^[48]
16 June	MF	Yuri	Hip injury^[49]		2 weeks^[50]
16 June	GK	Vladimir	Flu^[49]		4 days^[46]
21 June	MF	Lucas Lima	Flu^[51]		2 days^[24]
23 June	FW	Ricardo Oliveira	Flu^[44]		1 month^[52]
27 June	FW	Rodrigão	Tonsillitis^[53]		2 weeks
27 June	MF	Thiago Maia	Viral disease^[53]		2 days^[50]
1 July	MF	Vitor Bueno	Sprained knee^[54]	Match against Atlético Goianiense	8 months^[55]
1 July	LB	Caju	Foot stretch^[56]	Match against Atlético Goianiense	4 months^[57]
8 July	FW	Bruno Henrique	Foot injury^[58]	During training	3 days^[59]
9 July	MF	Renato	Thigh stretch^[60]	Match against São Paulo	3 weeks^[42]
9 July	RB	Victor Ferraz	Knee injury^[59]	Match against São Paulo	2 weeks^[52]
12 July	GK	Vanderlei	Hip injury^[61]	Match against Atlético Mineiro	1 week^[62]
14 July	GK	Vladimir	Sprained knee^[63]	During training	3 weeks^[64]
23 July	FW	Kayke	Thigh injury^[65]	Match against Bahia	1 week^[42]
26 July	MF	Vecchio	Thigh injury^[66]	Match against Flamengo	3 weeks^[67]
30 July	RB	Victor Ferraz	Head trauma^[42]	Match against Grêmio	1 week^[64]
6 August	MF	Renato	Thigh injury^[68]	Match against Avaí	3 weeks^[7]
8 September	FW	Nilmar	Conjunctivitis^[69]		1 week^[70]
9 September	GK	Vladimir	Back pains^[71]		1 week^[72]
10 September	FW	Copete	Thigh injury^[73]	Match against Corinthians	1 week^[74]
10 September	DF	Gustavo Henrique	Knee injury^[73]	Match against Corinthians	4 months^[75]
13 September	MF	Lucas Lima	Thigh injury^[76]	Match against Barcelona	1 month^[77]
13 September	MF	Renato	Thigh injury^[78]	Match against Barcelona	40 days^[79]
13 September	RB	Victor Ferraz	Back pains^[80]	Match against Barcelona	45 days^[81]
15 September	RB	Léo Cittadini	Dislocated shoulder^[82]	During training	3 months^[83]
16 September	FW	Nilmar	Depression^[70]
8 October	RB	Matheus Ribeiro	Thigh injury^[84]	During training	2 months^[85]
12 October	FW	Bruno Henrique	Calf injury^[86]	Match against Ponte Preta	2 weeks^[81]
3 November	FW	Copete	Conjunctivitis^[57]		4 days^[87]

Squad number changes[edit]

Player	Position	Old n.	New n.	Prev. to wear	Source
Kayke	FW	—	18	Vitor Bueno	^[88]
Vitor Bueno	MF	18	7	Unassigned	^[89]
Vladimir Hernández	FW	—	16	Fernando Medeiros	^[90]
Matheus Ribeiro	DF	—	13	Igor	^[90]
Cléber Reis	DF	—	31	Arthur Gomes	^[91]
Léo Cittadini	MF	27	19	Unassigned	^[92]
Bruno Henrique	FW	—	27	Léo Cittadini	^[92]
Serginho	MF	41	40	Unassigned	^[92]
Arthur Gomes	FW	31	23	Unassigned	^[92]
Kayke	FW	18	11	Unassigned	^[93]
Lucas Crispim	FW	42	35	Yan
Caju	DF	3	22	Matheus Jesus
Matheus Jesus	MF	22	44	Unassigned

Managers[edit]

Name	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	4 June 2017^[94]	Sacked	31 December 2017
Elano	Iracemápolis	(1981-06-14) 14 June 1981 (age 42)	Staff	4 June 2017	Interim^[94]	8 June 2017^[i]^[95]	Ended tenure	31 December 2017
Levir Culpi	Curitiba	(1953-02-28) 28 February 1953 (age 71)	Free agent	6 June 2017^[95]	Permanent	28 October 2017^[96]	Sacked	31 December 2017
Elano	Iracemápolis	(1981-06-14) 14 June 1981 (age 42)	Staff	28 October 2017	Interim^[96]			31 December 2017

^ Although Culpi was named manager on 6 June, Elano was the interim manager in charge of the club in the match against Botafogo on 7 June

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Fee	Source
13	RB	Matheus Ribeiro	23	Atlético Goianiense	Free	^[97]
16	LW	Vladimir Hernández	27	Junior	R$3M	^[98]
21	AM	Matheus Oliveira	19	Youth setup^[a]	Free	^[99]
23	SS	Arthur Gomes	18	Youth setup^[a]	Free	^[99]
31	CB	Cléber Reis	26	Hamburg	R$7,3M	^[100]
30	DM	Leandro Donizete	34	Atlético Mineiro	Free	^[101]
42	SS	Lucas Crispim	22	Atlético Goianiense	Free^[b]	^[102]
41	AM	Serginho	21	Vitória	Free^[b]	^[102]
—	DM	Lucas Otávio	22	Paraná	Free^[b]	^[102]
26	SS	Thiago Ribeiro	31	Bahia	Free^[b]	^[102]
27	SS	Bruno Henrique	26	Wolfsburg	R$13,5M	^[103]
15	CM	Thaciano	21	Youth setup^[a]	Free	^[92]
35	DM	Yan	22	Youth setup^[a]	Free	^[92]
5	DM	Alison	24	Red Bull Brasil	Free^[b]	^[104]
–	DM	Fernando Medeiros	21	Botafogo–SP	Free^[b]	^[105]
42	FW	Lucas Crispim	22	Ituano	Free^[b]	^[105]
41	MF	Serginho	22	Santo André	Free^[b]	^[105]
–	GK	Gabriel Gasparotto	23	Ferroviária	Free^[b]	^[105]
15	LB	Orinho	22	Youth setup^[a]	Free	^[106]
18	FW	Nilmar	32	Al-Nasr	Free	^[107]
43	AM	Rodrygo	16	Youth setup^[a]	Free	^[108]
29	ST	Yuri Alberto	16	Youth setup^[a]	Free	^[109]
42	LB	Emerson	19	Youth setup^[a]	Free	^[110]

Loans in[edit]

N.	P	Name	Age	Loaned from	Loan expires	Source	Fee
11	ST	Kayke	28	Yokohama Marinos	December 2017	^[111]	Free
22	DM	Matheus Jesus	20	Estoril	December 2018	^[112]	Free

Transfers out[edit]

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
26	SS	Paulinho	28	Flamengo	Loan return	Free	^[113]
30	ST	Joel	22	Cruzeiro	Loan return	Free	^[113]
15	DM	Edwin Valencia	31	Atlético Nacional	End of contract	Free	^[113]
11	CM	Elano	35	—	Retired	—	^[114]
45	SS	Walterson	21	São Bernardo	Loan return	Free	^[115]
15	CM	Thaciano	22	Boa Esporte	Loan return	Free	^[116]
29	DM	Thiago Maia	20	Lille	Transfer	R$51M^[c]	^[117]
–	DF	Paulo Ricardo	23	Sion	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[118]

Loans out[edit]

N.	P	Name	Age	Loaned to	Loan expires	Source
—	DM	Fernando Medeiros	20	Botafogo–SP	May 2017	^[119]
5	DM	Alison	23	Red Bull Brasil	May 2017	^[120]
42	FW	Lucas Crispim	22	Ituano	May 2017	^[121]
41	MF	Serginho	21	Santo André	May 2017	^[122]
—	GK	Gabriel Gasparotto	23	Ferroviária	May 2017	^[123]
—	MF	Lucas Otávio	22	Avaí	December 2017	^[124]
—	FW	Stéfano Yuri	22	Vila Nova	December 2017	^[125]
—	DM	Fernando Medeiros	21	Vila Nova	December 2017	^[126]
22	FW	Rodrigão	23	Bahia	December 2017	^[127]
31	DF	Cléber Reis	26	Coritiba	December 2017	^[128]
17	MF	Rafael Longuine	27	Coritiba	December 2017	^[129]

Contracts[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
31	SS	Arthur Gomes	18	Signed	5 years	December 2021	Santos FC
1	GK	Vanderlei	32	Signed	4 years	December 2020	Globo Esporte
5	DM	Alison	23	Signed	1 year	June 2018	Globo Esporte
8	DM	Renato	37	Signed	2 years	December 2018	Santos FC
36	LW	Jonathan Copete	29	Signed	4 years	June 2021	Globo Esporte
17	AM	Rafael Longuine	26	Signed	4 years	December 2020	Globo Esporte
28	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	22	Signed	6 years	June 2022	Santos FC
38	RB	Daniel Guedes	23	Signed	6 years	June 2022	Santos FC
39	AM	Jean Mota	23	Signed	6 years	June 2022	Santos FC
12	GK	Vladimir	28	Signed	3 years	December 2020	Globo Esporte
34	GK	João Paulo	22	Signed	4 years	September 2021	Globo Esporte
2	DF	Luiz Felipe	24	Signed	5 years	September 2022	Globo Esporte
5	DM	Alison	24	Signed	4 years	December 2022	Globo Esporte

Last updated: 6 December 2017

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

29 January Pre-season friendly	Santos	5 – 1	Kénitra	São Paulo
18:30 UTC-02:00	Yuri 29' Rodrigão 31' Vitor Bueno 34', 61' Hernández 75' Thiago Ribeiro 82'	Report	69' Ghatas 85' Dahmani	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 10,775 Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira

Sources: ^[130]

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Campeonato Brasileiro	—	3rd	14 May	3 December
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	26 April	26 July
Campeonato Paulista	Group stage	Quarterfinals	3 February	10 April
Copa Libertadores	Group stage	Quarterfinals	9 March	20 September

Updated to match played 4 December 2017
Source: Competitions

Detailed overall summary[edit]

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	66	33	33
Games won	33	22	11
Games drawn	17	4	13
Games lost	16	7	9
Biggest win	6–2 v Linense 4–0 v Sporting Cristal	6–2 v Linense 4–0 v Sporting Cristal	4–1 v São Bernardo
Biggest loss	1–3 v São Paulo 1–3 v Bahia 0–2 v Botafogo 0–2 v Corinthians 0–2 v Flamengo 0–2 v Chapecoense	1–3 v São Paulo	1–3 v Bahia 0–2 v Botafogo 0–2 v Corinthians 0–2 v Flamengo 0–2 v Chapecoense
Clean sheets	28	17	11
Goals scored	91	55	36
Goals conceded	59	26	33
Goal difference	+32	+29	+3
Average GF per game	1.38	1.67	1.09
Average GA per game	0.89	0.79	1
Yellow cards	143	71	72
Red cards	8	3	5
Most appearances	Lucas Veríssimo (59)	Lucas Veríssimo (30)	Lucas Veríssimo (29) Bruno Henrique (29)
Top scorer	Bruno Henrique (18)	Ricardo Oliveira (9) Copete (9)	Bruno Henrique (10)
Worst discipline	Bruno Henrique (3) (11)	David Braz (1) (8)	Bruno Henrique (2) (6)
Points	116/198 (58.59%)	70/99 (70.71%)	46/99 (46.46%)
Winning rate	50%	66.67%	33.33%

Last updated: 4 December 2017
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	17	12	9	42	32	+10	63	12	4	3	25	12	+13	5	8	6	17	20	−3

Last updated: 4 December 2017.
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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D
Position	14	12	15	16	12	10	5	4	3	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2017. 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	Corinthians (C)	38	21	9	8	50	30	+20	72	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Palmeiras	38	19	6	13	61	45	+16	63
3	Santos	38	17	12	9	42	32	+10	63
4	Grêmio	38	18	8	12	55	36	+19	62
5	Cruzeiro	38	15	12	11	47	39	+8	57

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

Matches[edit]

14 May 1	Fluminense	3 – 2	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
11:00 UTC-03:00	Henrique Dourado 4', 45+3' (pen.) Sornoza 58' Léo 90+3'	Report	39' 45+3' Victor Ferraz 55' Ricardo Oliveira 62' Bruno Henrique 69' Lucas Veríssimo 87' Hernández 90' Lucas Lima	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 11,835 Referee: Wagner Reway

20 May 2	Santos	1 – 0	Coritiba	Santos
16:00 UTC-03:00	David Braz 8' 90+1' Thiago Maia 22' Leandro Donizete 29' Hernández 50' Rafael Longuine 53' Copete 90+5'	Report	18' Matheus Galdezani 45+4' Neto Berola 58' Jonas 74' Getterson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 5,921 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

28 May 3	Santos	0 – 1	Cruzeiro	Santos
16:00 UTC-03:00	Copete 52' Victor Ferraz 78'	Report	40' Henrique 55' Léo 83' Thiago Neves 84' Hudson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,025 Referee: Eduardo Tomaz de Aquino Valadão

3 June 4	Corinthians	2 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
19:00 UTC-03:00	Romero 69' Jô 75'	Report	69' Vitor Bueno 83' Bruno Henrique	Stadium: Arena Corinthians Attendance: 40,169 Referee: Anderson Daronco

7 June 5	Santos	1 – 0	Botafogo	São Paulo
21:00 UTC-03:00	Lucas Veríssimo 21' Thiago Maia 28' Vitor Bueno 41' Victor Ferraz 90+6' Yuri 90+7'	Report	90+4' Arnaldo 90+6' Carli	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 14,486 Referee: Jailson Macedo Freitas

11 June 6	Atlético Paranaense	0 – 2	Santos	Curitiba
19:00 UTC-03:00	Paulo André 70'	Report	27', 36' Kayke 78' 85' Daniel Guedes	Stadium: Arena da Baixada Attendance: 18,112 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

14 June 7	Santos	1 – 0	Palmeiras	Santos
21:45 UTC-03:00	Lucas Lima 41' Kayke 51'	Report	36' Juninho 39' Tchê Tchê 77' Willian	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,143 Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio

17 June 8	Santos	0 – 0	Ponte Preta	São Paulo
21:00 UTC-03:00	David Braz 22' Thiago Maia 53' Bruno Henrique 64'	Report	64' Rodrigo 67' Jeferson 72' Luan Peres 78' Marllon	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 19,984 Referee: Igor Junior Benevenuto

21 June 9	Vitória	0 – 2	Santos	Salvador
19:30 UTC-03:00	Neílton 61' Geferson 71'	Report	34', 77' Copete 86' David Braz	Stadium: Barradão Attendance: 8,179 Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

[95] Although Culpi was named manager on 6 June, Elano was the interim manager in charge of the club in the match against Botafogo on 7 June

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