2002 Santos FC season

The 2002 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety season in existence and the club's forty-third consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

Santos

2002 season
President	Marcelo Teixeira
Coach	Celso Roth (until May)[1] Emerson Leão
Stadium	Vila Belmiro
Campeonato Brasileiro	Winners
Torneio Rio-São Paulo	9th
Copa do Brasil	Second stage
Top goalscorer	League: Alberto (12) All: Diego (13)

This season marked the new Meninos da Vila generation, where Robinho, Diego, Elano, Léo, Alex, Renato and others, helped Santos win their 6th Campeonato Brasileiro title, in which the club had not won since 1968.[2]

Players

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Fábio Costa — DF  BRA André Luís — DF  BRA Léo — DF  BRA Maurinho — MF  BRA Paulo Almeida — DF  BRA Alex — FW  BRA Robinho — MF  BRA Renato — FW  BRA Alberto — MF  BRA Diego — MF  BRA Elano — GK  BRA Júlio Sérgio — DF  BRA Michel

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA Pereira — DF  BRA Preto — MF  BRA Alexandre — MF  BRA Wellington — MF  BRA Robert — FW  BRA William — FW  BRA Douglas — FW  BRA Adiel — FW  BRA Fabiano Souza — DF  BRA Marcão — GK  BRA Rafael — DF  BRA Bernardi

Source: Acervo Santista

Appearances and goals

Pos.	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro		Copa do Brasil		Torneio Rio-São Paulo		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Fábio Costa	6	0	4	0	15	0	25	0
GK	Júlio Sérgio	22	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
GK	Rafael	3+(1)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Alex	25	3	0	0	0	0	25	3
DF	André Luís	18	1	0	0	6	1	24	2
DF	Léo	29	6	3	0	14	0	47	6
DF	Marcão	0+(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Maurinho	26	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
DF	Michel	3+(1)	0	4	0	11+(1)	1	20	1
DF	Pereira	2+(5)	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
DF	Preto	20+(1)	0	3+(1)	0	11+(2)	1	38	1
DF	Bernardi	1+(3)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Leandro	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Alexandre	2+(11)	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
MF	Canindé	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Diego	28	10	0+(3)	1	7+(4)	2	42	13
MF	Elano	29	9	1+(1)	0	4+(2)	0	37	9
MF	Paulo Almeida	28	0	4	0	9+(1)	0	42	0
MF	Renato	31	2	1	0	7+(2)	0	41	2
MF	Robert	3+(13)	2	3	0	14	8	33	10
MF	Wellington	2+(10)	0	0+(2)	0	2+(5)	0	21	0
FW	Adiel	0+(3)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Alberto	28+(1)	12	0	0	0	0	29	12
FW	Douglas	1+(7)	1	1+(2)	0	4+(6)	1	21	2
FW	Fabiano Souza	1+(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Robinho	30	10	0	0	0+(3)	0	33	10
FW	William	2+(16)	3	3+(1)	2	5+(8)	4	35	9
FW	Bruno Moraes	0+(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left the club during the season
MF	Esquerdinha	0	0	1+(1)	0	6+(7)	0	15	0
MF	Marcelo Silva	0	0	4	0	15	2	19	2
FW	Oséas	0	0	4	2	7	1	11	3
MF	Eduardo Marques	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	Valdir	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
DF	Cléber	0	0	3	0	9	3	12	3
DF	Odvan	0	0	4	2	12	1	16	3

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Moving from	Source	Notes
DF	Michel	Vitória		Loan return
DF	André Luís	Fluminense		Loan return
MF	Wellington	Brasiliense		Loan return
MF	Eduardo Marques	Guarani		Loan return
FW	Adiel	Botafogo–SP		Loan return
DF	Odvan	Vasco	[3]
FW	Oséas	Cruzeiro	[4]
MF	Esquerdinha	São Caetano	[5]
DF	Maurinho	Etti-Jundiaí	[6]
GK	Júlio Sérgio	Comercial
DF	Bernardi	Internacional	[7]
MF	Alexandre	Guarani	[8]
FW	Alberto	Rio Branco	[9]
FW	Fabiano Souza	Internacional	[10]

Out

Pos.	Name	Moving to	Source	Notes
GK	Pitarelli	Gama
DF	Pereira	Gaziantepspor	[11]	On loan
DF	Galván	Lanús
DF	Russo	São Caetano
DF	Orestes	Portuguesa Santista		Loan return
DF	Rodrigo Costa	1860 München	[12]
DF	Válber	Free agent		End of contract
MF	Vágner	Bahia		Loan return
FW	Marcelinho Carioca	Gamba Osaka	[13]
FW	Weldon	Brasiliense
FW	Viola	Free agent	[14]
FW	Oséas	Free agent	[15]	Contract terminated
FW	André Dias	Portuguesa Santista	[16]	On loan
DF	Cléber	Yverdon
DF	Odvan	Free agent		Contract terminated
DF	Valdir	Free agent		Contract terminated
MF	Marcelo Silva	Spartak Moscow	[17]
MF	Eduardo Marques	Belenenses	[18]
MF	Esquerdinha	São Caetano	[19]	Loan return

Friendlies

23 June	Roma-PR	0–1	Santos	Apucarana
		Report	56' William	Stadium: Bom Jesus da Lapa Referee: Nilo Neves de Souza Júnior

13 July	Comercial	0–5	Santos	Ribeirão Preto
		Report	9' André Luís  38' Diego  40' Elano  70' Júlio César  90' Robinho	Stadium: Palma Travassos Referee: Tadeu Bosco Silva

20 July	Rangers	0–1	Santos	East Rutherford
		Report	41' Diego	Stadium: Giants Stadium Referee: Alex Prus

27 July	Santos	3–1	Corinthians	Santos
	André Luís  32' William  82' Renato  90'	Report	55' Gilmar Parrudo	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Rodrigo Braghetto

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Campeonato Brasileiro	First stage	Winners	10 August	15 December
Torneio Rio-São Paulo	First stage	9th	20 January	14 April
Copa do Brasil	First round	Second round	6 February	6 March

Detailed overall summary

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	50	25	25
Games won	23	17	6
Games drawn	13	5	8
Games lost	14	3	11
Biggest win	4–1 v Cruzeiro	4–2 v Ji-Paraná	4–1 v Cruzeiro
Biggest loss	2–4 v Coritiba	1–3 v Ponte Preta	2–4 v Coritiba
Clean sheets	13	10	3
Goals scored	91	56	35
Goals conceded	67	27	40
Goal difference	+24	+29	-5
Average GF per game	1.82	2.24	1.4
Average GC per game	1.34	1.08	1.6
Most appearances	Léo (47)	Léo (23)	Léo (24)
Top scorer	Diego (13)	Alberto (9)	Elano (7)
Points	82/150 (54.67%)	56/75 (74.67%)	26/75 (34.66%)
Winning rate	46%	68%	24%

Campeonato Brasileiro

First stage

10 August 1	Santos	2–1	Botafogo	Santos
	Elano  4' Diego  43'	Report	85' Ademílson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Giuliano Bozzano

18 August 2	Juventude	2–1	Santos	Caxias do Sul
	Cláudio Pitbull  63' Leonardo Manzi  73'	Report	82' William	Stadium: Alfredo Jaconi Referee: Wagner Tardelli

21 August 3	Santos	3–0	Figueirense	Santos
	Léo  41' Renato  47' Douglas  86'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Valdomiro Matias

25 August 4	Fluminense	1–1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
	Rôni  90+3'	Report	55' Diego	Stadium: Maracanã Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

28 August 5	Santos	2–1	Paraná	Santos
	Léo  63' Diego  76' (pen.)	Report	46' Maurílio	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,661 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

31 August 6	Internacional	3–0	Santos	Porto Alegre
	Fernando Baiano  13' Mahicon Librelato  60' Carlos Miguel  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Beira-Rio Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

4 September 7	Santos	3–0	Vitória	Santos
	Alberto  8', 11' Robinho  41'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 6,843 Referee: Sérgio Cristiano Nascimento

8 September 8	Santos	2–2	Atlético Paranaense	Santos
	William  53' Alberto  70'	Report	7' (o.g.) Canindé  69' (pen.) Kléberson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Alício Pena Júnior

11 September 9	Coritiba	4–2	Santos	Curitiba
	Lúcio Flávio  38' (pen.) Edinho Baiano  40' Reginaldo Araújo  41' Da Silva  65'	Report	24' (pen.), 30' Diego	Stadium: Beira-Rio Referee: Leonardo Gaciba

14 September 10	Santos	2–0	Grêmio	Santos
	Alberto  33' Léo  88'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Giuliano Bozzano

18 September 11	Vasco	1–2	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
	Souza  17'	Report	5' Elano  62' Alex	Stadium: São Januário Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

21 September 12	Santos	1–1	Goiás	Santos
	Elano  39'	Report	34' Araújo	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Jorge Fernando Rabelo

26 September 13	Gama	0–0	Santos	Brasília
		Report		Stadium: Mané Garrincha Referee: Álvaro Azeredo Quelhas

29 September 14	Santos	1–1	Palmeiras	Santos
	Robinho  21'	Report	87' Arce	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Anselmo da Costa

3 October 15	Corinthians	2–4	Santos	São Paulo
	Fabinho  57' Leandro  80'	Report	17', 31' Alberto  48', 51' Elano	Stadium: Pacaembu Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho

9 October 16	Santos	3–2	Atlético Mineiro	Santos
	Alberto  27' Alex  85' Robinho  88'	Report	55' Souza  90+2' Paulinho	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

13 October 17	Cruzeiro	1–4	Santos	Belo Horizonte
	Joãozinho  87'	Report	4', 53' Elano  18' André Luís  62' Robinho	Stadium: Mineirão Referee: Luciano Augusto Almeida

16 October 18	São Paulo	3–2	Santos	São Paulo
	Luís Fabiano  57' (pen.) Reinaldo  59' Ricardinho  89' (pen.)	Report	71' Robert  83' (pen.) Diego	Stadium: Morumbi Referee: Cleber Wellington Abade

19 October 19	Santos	1–2	Portuguesa	Santos
	Diego  10'	Report	32' César  68' Danilo	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

23 October 20	Paysandu	2–1	Santos	Belém
	Zé Augusto  11' Vandick  87'	Report	13' Elano	Stadium: Mangueirão Referee: Antonio Pereira da Silva

26 October 21	Santos	3–0	Flamengo	Santos
	William  25' Robert  32' Robinho  84'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

30 October 22	Bahia	1–1	Santos	Salvador
	Róbson  56' (pen.)	Report	90+1' Léo	Stadium: Fonte Nova Referee: Wagner Tardelli

2 November 23	Guarani	0–2	Santos	Jundiaí
		Report	31' Diego  43' Robinho	Stadium: Jayme Cintra Referee: Romildo Correia

9 November 24	Santos	1–3	Ponte Preta	Santos
	Robinho  49' (pen.)	Report	15', 29' Basílio  32' Caíco	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho

17 November 25	São Caetano	3–2	Santos	São Caetano do Sul
	Claudecir  40', 63' Capixaba  53'	Report	58' Alex  88' (pen.) Alberto	Stadium: Anacleto Campanella Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Quarter-final

24 November 1st leg	Santos	3–1	São Paulo	Santos
	Alberto  30' Robinho  51' Diego  66'	Report	45+1' Kaká	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

28 November 2nd leg	São Paulo	1–2 (2–5 agg.)	Santos	São Paulo
	Luís Fabiano  4'	Report	59' Léo  90+2' Diego	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 64,946 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

Semi-final

1 December 1st leg	Santos	3–0	Grêmio	Santos
	Alberto  37', 68' Robinho  79'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

4 December 2nd leg	Grêmio	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Santos	Porto Alegre
	Rodrigo Fabri  66'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

Final

8 December 1st leg	Santos	2–0	Corinthians	São Paulo
	Alberto  15' Renato  88'	Report		Stadium: Morumbi Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

15 December 2nd leg	Corinthians	2–3 (2–5 agg.)	Santos	São Paulo
	Deivid  75' Anderson  84'	Report	37' (pen.) Robinho  88' Elano  90+2' Léo	Stadium: Morumbi Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

Copa do Brasil

First round

6 February 1st leg	Ji-Paraná	0–0	Santos	Rolim de Moura
		Report		Stadium: José Ângelo Cassol Referee: Marco Antonio Barros Café

13 February 2nd leg	Santos	4–2 (4–2 agg.)	Ji-Paraná	Santos
	William  21', 64' Odvan  44' Diego  73'	Report	69' Jardel  90+1' Gelson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Jamir Carlos Garcez

Second round

27 February 1st leg	Santos	3–3	Internacional	Santos
	Odvan  2' Oséas  10', 54'	Report	6', 32' (pen.) Fernando Baiano  61' Fabiano	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Alício Pena Júnior

6 March 2nd leg	Internacional	1–0 (4–3 agg.)	Santos	Porto Alegre
	Carlos Miguel  33'	Report		Stadium: Beira Rio Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

20 January 1	Santos	3–0	America-RJ	Santos, Brazil
	Cléber  85' Robert  90+1' William  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,592 Referee: Leonardo da Silva

26 January 2	Ponte Preta	3–1	Santos	Campinas, Brazil
	Washington  49', 58' Adrianinho  79'	Report	3' Odvan	Stadium: Moisés Lucarelli Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

30 January 3	Santos	1–0	Corinthians	Santos, Brazil
	William  72'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho

2 February 4	Portuguesa	1–1	Santos	São Paulo, Brazil
	Evandro  77'	Report	66' Robert	Stadium: Canindé Referee: Anselmo da Costa

9 February 5	Palmeiras	2–1	Santos	São Paulo, Brazil
	Alex  35' Arce  62'	Report	51' William	Stadium: Parque Antártica Referee: Cléber Wellington Abade

17 February 6	Santos	2–1	São Caetano	Santos, Brazil
	Cléber  2' William  44' (pen.)	Report	39' Brandão	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 5,359 Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

24 February 7	Santos	2–0	Flamengo	Santos, Brazil
	Oséas  17' Marcelo Silva  57'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

2 March 8	Americano	3–2	Santos	Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil
	Washington  7', 21' Rondinelli  89'	Report	10' Cléber  27' Robert	Stadium: Godofredo Cruz Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

10 March 9	Santos	3–3	Botafogo	Santos, Brazil
	Robert  16', 59' Diego  90+1'	Report	17', 77' Dodô  51' Tailson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Luciano Augusto Almeida

16 March 10	Fluminense	1–1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Roger  17'	Report	56' André Luís	Stadium: Maracanã Referee: Valdomiro da Silva Filho

20 March 11	Santos	1–2	Etti-Jundiaí	Santos, Brazil
	Diego  32'	Report	25' Jean Carlos  77' Marcinho	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho

24 March 12	Santos	2–0	Guarani	Santos, Brazil
	Robert  18', 77'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 1,099 Referee: Anselmo da Costa

30 March 13	Vasco	1–1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Romário  90'	Report	5' Douglas	Stadium: São Januário Referee: Leonardo Gaciba

7 April 14	Santos	3–2	São Paulo	Santos, Brazil
	Marcelo Silva  6' Michel  37' Preto  90+1'	Report	57' Reginaldo  71' França	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Romildo Correa

14 April 15	Bangu	1–1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Renatinho  12'	Report	23' Robert	Stadium: Moça Bonita Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

References

1. "Santos demite Roth e deve anunciar Leão". Folha.
2. EDUARDO VIEIRA e GUIO BASTOS. "Santos conquista o Brasileiro e sai da fila de 18 anos". Folha.
3. "Santos contrata zagueiro Odvan" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
4. "Santos paga R$150 mil e leva Oséas". Terra Esportes.
5. "Esquerdinha tem motivação dupla". Folha.
6. "Santos contrata lateral direito Maurinho".
7. "Santos contrata zagueiro Odvan" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
8. "Santos contrata Alexandre, ex-Guarani". Globo Esporte.
9. "Santos contrata atacante Alberto". UOL.
10. "Fabiano Souza apresenta-se ao Santos nesta terça-feira". UOL Esporte.
11. "Santos empresta Pereira para time da Turquia" [Santos Pereira lends team to Turkey]. UOL. 15 January 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
12. "Costa signs for 1860".
13. "Marcelinho acerta com clube japonês".
14. "Santos vai chutar Viola em 2002".
15. "Santos rescinde contrato de Oséas".
16. "Santista já pode estrear André Dias".
17. "Spartak pick up Silva".
18. "Meia Eduardo Marques acerta contrato com o Belenenses".
19. "Meia Eduardo Marques acerta contrato com o Belenenses".

External links

• Official Site