2002 Santos FC season

Santos
2002 season
President	Marcelo Teixeira
Coach	Celso Roth; (until May); 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)
	← 2001 2003 →

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

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
Pos.	Name	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	Gama	^[17]	On loan
MF	Marcelo Silva	Spartak Moscow	^[18]
MF	Eduardo Marques	Belenenses	^[19]
MF	Esquerdinha	São Caetano	^[20]	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

Pos	Team v t e	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
6	Atlético Mineiro	40	25	12	4	9	49	43	+6	Qualified for quarter-finals
7	Fluminense	40	25	12	4	9	43	46	−3
8	Santos	39	25	11	6	8	46	36	+10
9	Cruzeiro	39	25	11	6	8	40	39	+1
10	Vitória	37	25	11	4	10	46	42	+4

Source: https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br2002.htm

Matches

10 August 1	Santos	2–1	Botafogo	Santos
	Elano 4' Diego 43'	Report	85' Ademilson	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' (pen.) 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 39'	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

^ "Santos demite Roth e deve anunciar Leão". Folha.
^ EDUARDO VIEIRA e GUIO BASTOS. "Santos conquista o Brasileiro e sai da fila de 18 anos". Folha.
^ "Santos contrata zagueiro Odvan" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Santos paga R$150 mil e leva Oséas". Terra Esportes.
^ "Esquerdinha tem motivação dupla". Folha.
^ "Santos contrata lateral direito Maurinho".
^ "Santos contrata zagueiro Odvan" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Santos contrata Alexandre, ex-Guarani". Globo Esporte.
^ "Santos contrata atacante Alberto". UOL.
^ "Fabiano Souza apresenta-se ao Santos nesta terça-feira". UOL Esporte.
^ "Santos empresta Pereira para time da Turquia" [Santos Pereira lends team to Turkey]. UOL. 15 January 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
^ "Costa signs for 1860".
^ "Marcelinho acerta com clube japonês".
^ "Santos vai chutar Viola em 2002".
^ "Santos rescinde contrato de Oséas".
^ "Santista já pode estrear André Dias".
^ "Leão se irrita com o empréstimo do lateral Valdir". A Tribuna. 26 July 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "Spartak pick up Silva". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Meia Eduardo Marques acerta contrato com o Belenenses".
^ "Meia Eduardo Marques acerta contrato com o Belenenses".

External links

Official Site

[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] "Leão se irrita com o empréstimo do lateral Valdir". A Tribuna. 26 July 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[18] "Spartak pick up Silva". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[19] "Meia Eduardo Marques acerta contrato com o Belenenses".

[20] "Meia Eduardo Marques acerta contrato com o Belenenses".

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