2008 Santos FC season

Santos FC
2008 season
	Santos lineup before the match against Sertãozinho on 1 March
President	Marcelo Teixeira
Coach	Emerson Leão; (until 27 May); Cuca; (until 7 August); Márcio Fernandes; (caretaker)
Campeonato Brasileiro	15th
Campeonato Paulista	7th
Copa Libertadores	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kléber Pereira (21); All: ; Kléber Pereira (40)
	← 2007 2009 →

PresidentMarcelo Teixeira

CoachEmerson Leão
(until 27 May)
Cuca
(until 7 August)
Márcio Fernandes
(caretaker)

Campeonato Brasileiro15th

Campeonato Paulista7th

The 2008 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-sixth in existence and the club's forty-ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

On 15 December 2007, Santos appointed Emerson Leão to coach the team for the third time.^[1] This was after the dismissal of Vanderlei Luxemburgo at the end of 2007 season.^[2] Later, Leão was fired due to bad results and for his place Cuca was signed.^[3] Cuca also didn't get good results and was fired on 7 August, replaced by Márcio Fernandes, who assumed the team as caretaker until the end of season.

Unlike the last two seasons, Santos did not get the Campeonato Paulista title, reaching the 7th position.^[4] Their Campeonato Brasileiro campaign was the worst of history, where they were almost relegated, ending in the 15th position, out of 20 teams.^[5] Santos advanced to quarter-finals of Copa Libertadores, but were eliminated by Mexican side Club América after a 1–2 aggregate loss.

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Pos.	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro		Campeonato Paulista		Copa Libertadores		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Douglas	17	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
GK	Fabio Costa	18	0	17	0	10	0	45	0
GK	Felipe	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Adaílton	7	0	8	0	1	0	16	0
DF	Anderson Salles	0(1)	0	2(3)	0	0(2)	0	8	0
DF	Domingos	27	0	10(2)	0	6	1	45	1
DF	Fabão	14(2)	0	1(2)	0	6(1)	0	26	0
DF	Fabiano	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Fabiano Eller	19	1	0	0	0	0	19	1
DF	Fábio Santos	3(2)	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF	Kléber	31	1	8	1	8	1	47	3
DF	Pará	4(8)	1	0	0	0	0	12	1
MF	Adriano	16(5)	0	11(2)	0	5(1)	0	40	0
MF	Adoniran	3(3)	0	7	0	0	0	13	0
MF	Bida	16	2	0	0	0	0	16	2
MF	Dionísio	7(2)	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
MF	Ganso	2(1)	0	1(2)	0	0	0	6	0
MF	Hudson	2(2)	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Michael	15(4)	1	0	0	0	0	19	1
MF	Molina	23(10)	6	10	1	10	6	53	13
MF	Patrik	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Roberto Brum	17(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Róbson	6(3)	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
MF	Rodrigo Souto	25	1	14	1	9(1)	0	49	2
MF	Wendel	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
FW	Fabiano	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Kléber Pereira	33(1)	21	16	13	10	6	60	40
FW	Lima	8(14)	0	0	0	4	2	26	2
FW	Maikon Leite	7(3)	2	0	0	0	0	10	2
FW	Cuevas	14(3)	2	0	0	0	0	17	2
FW	Quiñónez	3(5)	0	11	0	1(4)	1	15	1
FW	Reginaldo	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Tiago Luís	3(10)	1	5(2)	1	0(3)	0	23	2
FW	Wesley	6(13)	0	10(1)	1	8(1)	0	39	1
Players who left the club during the season
DF	Apodi	9(2)	1	0	0	0	0	11	1
DF	Betão	5	0	17	2	10	0	32	2
DF	Carlinhos	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
DF	Dênis	0	0	6	0	2	0	8	0
DF	Evaldo	0(1)	0	6	0	0(2)	0	9	0
DF	Filipi Souza	3	0	4	0	0	0	7	0
DF	Marcelo	16	0	3(3)	0	4	0	26	0
DF	Thiago Carleto	4(5)	0	10	0	2	0	21	0
DF	Vinicius Simon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Alex William	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Luiz Henrique	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Marcinho Guerreiro	5	0	11(3)	3	10	0	29	3
MF	Rodrigo Tabata	3(3)	0	6(5)	1	2(2)	0	21	1
MF	Vitor Júnior	0(1)	0	1(5)	0	0	0	7	0
FW	Alemão	0	0	2(2)	1	0	0	4	1
FW	Moraes	0(1)	1	1(3)	0	0	0	5	1
FW	Renatinho	0	0	5(7)	2	0	0	12	2
FW	Sebastián Pinto	0	0	6	1	0	0	6	1
FW	Tripodí	0(2)	0	3(2)	0	1(5)	1	13	1

R	Name	Brasileirão	Paulistão	Libertadores	Total
1	Kleber Pereira	21	13	6	40
2	Molina	6	1	6	13
3	Kléber	1	1	1	3
3	Marcinho Guerreiro	0	3	0	3
4	Maikon Leite	2	0	0	2
	Nelson Cuevas	2	0	0	2
	Bida	2	0	0	2
	Betão	0	2	0	2
	Renatinho	0	2	0	2
	Lima	0	0	2	2
	Tiago Luís	1	1	0	2
	Rodrigo Souto	1	1	0	2

Nat.	P	Name
Nat.	P	Name	Brasileirão		Libertadores		Paulistão		Total
	GK	Douglas	2						2
	GK	Fábio Costa	3				1		4
	DF	Adaílton	2				3		5
	DF	Betão	2		1		2		5
	DF	Domingos	11		2	1	4	2	17	3
	DF	Evaldo			1		1	1	2	1
	DF	Fabão	3		1				4
	DF	Fabiano Eller	4	1					4	1
	DF	Marcelo	4				1		5
	DF	Apodi	4						4
	DF	Anderson Salles			1		1		2
	DF	Dênis					1		1
	DF	Fabiano	1						1
	DF	Pará	1						1
	DF	Kléber	4		1		3		8
	DF	Fábio Santos	1				1		2
	DF	Thiago Carleto	2				2		4
	MF	Adoniran	2						2
	MF	Adriano	4		1		1	1	6	1
	MF	Bida	3						3
	MF	Dionísio	4						4
	MF	Hudson	1				1		2
	MF	Molina	2		2		1		5
	MF	Michael	6						6
	MF	Marcinho Guerreiro	5		1		5		11
	MF	Quiñónez	2		1				3
	MF	Roberto Brum	5						5
	MF	Rodrigo Souto	6		1		3		10
	MF	Rodrigo Tabata					1	1	1	1
	MF	Wendel	2						2
	FW	Alemão					1		1
	FW	Kléber Pereira	6		2		3		11
	FW	Maikon Leite	3						3
	FW	Mariano Trípodi			1				1
	FW	Nelson Cuevas	1						1
	FW	Tiago Luís	1		1				2
	FW	Vítor Júnior					1		1
	FW	Wesley	3	1	2	1	3		6	2

P	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Source
DF	Betão	24	Corinthians	Signed	^[7]
MF	Marcinho Guerreiro	27	Metalurh Donetsk	Loaned	^[8]
FW	Trípodi	20	San Martín	Signed	^[9]
FW	Sebastian Pinto	24	Universidad de Chile	Signed	^[10]
FW	Lima	24	Astral	Loaned	^[11]
MF	Molina	28	Red Star Belgrade	Signed	^[12]
MF	Quiñónez	23	ESPOLI	Signed	^[12]
DF	Evaldo	25	FC Tokyo	Loaned	^[13]
GK	Douglas	25	Sertãozinho	Signed	^[14]
MF	Luiz Henrique	22	Paulista	Signed	^[15]
DF	Fabão	31	Kashima Antlers	Signed	^[16]
DF	Fabiano	26	Itabaiana	Signed	^[17]
FW	Fabiano	23	Sport	Loan Return
MF	Bida	23	Vitória	Loaned	^[18]
MF	Robinho	20	Mogi Mirim	Signed	^[19]
DF	Apodi	21	Cruzeiro	Loaned	^[20]
DF	Fabiano Eller	30	Atlético Madrid	Signed	^[21]
FW	Maikon Leite	19	Santo André	Signed	^[22]
MF	Michael	25	Dynamo Kyiv	Loaned	^[23]
MF	Roberto Brum	29	Braga	Signed	^[24]
DF	Fábio Santos	22	AS Monaco	Loaned	^[25]
DF	Pará	22	Santo André	Signed	^[25]
FW	Nelson Cuevas	28	Libertad	Signed	^[26]
DF	Wendel	26	Palmeiras	Loaned	^[27]
FW	Reginaldo	26	Sport	Signed	^[28]

P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Source
FW	Geílson	23	Atlético–PR	Contract terminated
FW	Luciano Henrique	28	Sport	End of contract	^[29]
DF	Baiano	29	Free Agent	End of contract	^[30]
MF	Petković	35	Free Agent	End of contract	^[30]
DF	Leonardo	22	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan expiration	^[30]
DF	Antônio Carlos	38		Retirement	^[31]
FW	Marcos Aurélio	24	Shimizu S-Pulse	End of contract	^[32]
MF	Alex William	20	Free Agent	End of contract	^[33]
MF	Pedrinho	30	Al Ain FC	End of contract	^[34]
DF	Dênis	24	Free Agent	Contract terminated	^[35]
MF	Maldonado	28	Fenerbahçe	Transferred	^[36]
FW	Alemão	19	Udinese	End of contract	^[37]
DF	Alessandro	29	Corinthians	End of contract	^[38]
DF	Betão	24	Dynamo Kyiv	Swapped	^[39]
FW	Renatinho	20	Rentistas	Contract terminated	^[40]
FW	Sebastián Pinto	22	Free Agent	Contract terminated	^[41]
MF	Rodrigo Tabata	27	Gaziantepspor	Transferred	^[42]
MF	Luiz Henrique	22	Free Agent	Contract terminated
DF	Evaldo	25	Coritiba	Contract terminated	^[43]
MF	Marcinho Guerreiro	27	Metalurh Donetsk	Loan expiration	^[44]
DF	Marcelo	20	Wisła Kraków	End of contract	^[45]
DF	Apodi	21	São Caetano	Contract terminated	^[46]
DF	Thiago Carleto	19	Valencia	Transferred	^[47]
FW	Moraes	21	Santo André	End of contract	^[48]

2008 Santos FC season

Squad information

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

Kit

Transfers

In

Out

Out on loan

Competitions

Overall summary

Detailed overall summary

Campeonato Brasileiro

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Campeonato Paulista

Results summary

First stage

League table

Matches

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

References

Related Articles

P	Name	Age	Moving to	Source
FW	Moraes	19	Ponte Preta	^[49]
DF	Carlinhos	21	Cruzeiro	^[50]
FW	Vitor Júnior	21	Kawasaki Frontale	^[51]
DF	Vinicius Simon	21	Boavista	^[52]
FW	Mariano Trípodi	20	Vitória	^[53]
DF	Filipi Souza	21	Oeste	^[54]

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Campeonato Brasileiro	—	15th	11 May	7 December
Campeonato Paulista	First stage	7th	16 January	6 April
Copa Libertadores	Group stage	Quarter-finals	13 February	22 May

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	67	34	33
Games won	26	21	5
Games drawn	17	8	9
Games lost	24	5	19
Biggest win	7–0 v San José	7–0 v San José	2–0 v Cúcuta
Biggest loss	1–5 v Coritiba	0–4 v Goiás	1–5 v Coritiba
Clean sheets	25	15	10
Goals scored	90	67	23
Goals conceded	84	32	52
Goal difference	+6	+35	-29
Average GF per game	1.34	1.97	0.7
Average GA per game	1.25	0.94	1.58
Most appearances	Kléber Pereira (60)	–	–
Top scorer	Kléber Pereira (40)	–	–
Worst discipline	Domingos (17) (3)	–	–
Points	95/201 (47.26%)	71/102 (69.61%)	24/99 (24.24%)
Winning rate	(38.81%)	(61.76%)	(15.15%)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Atlético Paranaense	38	12	9	17	45	54	−9	45	Copa Sudamericana 2009
14	Fluminense	38	11	12	15	49	48	+1	45	Copa Sudamericana 2009
15	Santos	38	11	12	15	44	53	−9	45
16	Náutico	38	11	11	16	44	54	−10	44
17	Figueirense	38	11	11	16	49	72	−23	44	Relegation to Série B

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	12	15	44	53	−9	45	9	6	4	34	21	+13	2	6	11	10	32	−22

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	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D
Position	17	7	14	14	17	17	18	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15

11 May 1	Flamengo	3 – 1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−03:00	Marcinho 28' Ibson 30' Juan 75'	Report	90+1' (pen.) Moraes	Stadium: Maracanã Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

18 May 2	Santos	4 – 0	Ipatinga	Santos
18:30 UTC−03:00	Kléber 60' Kléber Pereira 66', 69', 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 2,396 Referee: Evandro Rogério Roman

25 May 3	Cruzeiro	4 – 0	Santos	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−03:00	Guilherme 18', 73' Wágner 69' Maicosuel 78'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 19,291 Referee: Sérgio da Silva Carvalho

1 June 4	Santos	0 – 0	São Paulo	Santos
16:00 UTC−03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,298 Referee: Leonardo Gaciba

16 July 12	Figueirense	3 – 0	Santos	Florianópolis
20:30 UTC−03:00	Edu Sales 27', 44' Tadeu 57'	Report		Stadium: Orlando Scarpelli Attendance: 9,230 Referee: Jaílson Freitas

27 July 15	Santos	5 – 2	Vasco	Santos
16:00 UTC−03:00	Molina 17', 89' Kléber Pereira 31' (pen.), 38' (pen.), 45+3' (pen.)	Report	36' Leandro Amaral 82' Madson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,738 Referee: Giuliano Bozanno

6 August 18	Santos	2 – 3	Atlético Mineiro	Santos
21:45 UTC−03:00	Kléber Pereira 2' Vinícius 28' (o.g.)	Report	29' Jael 56' Márcio Araújo 74' Raphael Aguiar	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 6,657 Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha

10 August 19	Náutico	1 – 0	Santos	Recife
18:10 UTC−03:00	Negretti 65'	Report		Stadium: Aflitos Attendance: 13,711 Referee: Djalma Beltrami

8 June 5	Vitória	1 – 0	Santos	Salvador
18:30 UTC−03:00	Dinei 25'	Report		Stadium: Barradão Attendance: 14,657 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

12 June 6	Fluminense	1 – 1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
20:30 UTC−03:00	Washington 6'	Report	90+1' Tiago Luís	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 6,539 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

22 June 7	Santos	0 – 4	Goiás	Santos
16:00 UTC−03:00		Report	7' Alex Terra 29', 72' (pen.) Iarley 88' (pen.) Romerito	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 3,848 Referee: Claudio Luciano Mercante Junior

28 June 8	Portuguesa	0 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
18:20 UTC−03:00		Report		Stadium: Canindé Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

5 July 9	Atlético–PR	1 – 0	Santos	Curitiba
18:20 UTC−03:00	Alan Bahia 78'	Report		Stadium: Arena da Baixada Attendance: 18,180 Referee: Sérgio da Silva Carvalho

9 July 10	Santos	1 – 1	Grêmio	Santos
16:00 UTC−03:00	Michael 45'	Report	25' Rodrigo Mendes	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 5,739 Referee: Gutemberg de Paula Fonseca

13 July 11	Santos	2 – 2	Botafogo	Santos
16:00 UTC−03:00	Kléber Pereira 79', 87'	Report	4' Zé Carlos 17' Wellington Paulista	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,088 Referee: Alicio Pena Júnior

20 July 13	Santos	1 – 0	Sport	Santos
16:00 UTC−03:00	Kléber Pereira 44'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 13,918 Referee: Luiz Alberto Sardinha

24 July 14	Palmeiras	4 – 2	Santos	São Paulo
20:30 UTC−03:00	Leandro 13', 28' Alex Mineiro 15' Gladstone 44'	Report	33' Kléber Pereira 37' Apodi	Stadium: Parque Antártica Attendance: 21,339 Referee: José Henrique de Carvalho

30 July 16	Internacional	0 – 1	Santos	Porto Alegre
21:45 UTC−03:00		Report	67' Maikon Leite	Stadium: Beira Rio Attendance: 19,952 Referee: Djalma Beltrami

3 August 17	Santos	1 – 3	Coritiba	Santos
18:10 UTC−03:00	Maikon Leite 70'	Report	14', 67', 80' Keirrison	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,261 Referee: Pablo dos Santos Alves

17 August 20	Santos	2 – 2	Flamengo	Santos
16:00 UTC−03:00	Kléber Pereira 37', 51'	Report	6', 77' (pen.) Leonardo Moura	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 15,359 Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

20 August 21	Ipatinga	1 – 1	Santos	Ipatinga
22:00 UTC−03:00	Henrique 84'	Report	82' Cuevas	Stadium: Ipatingão Attendance: 1,066 Referee: Wagner Tardelli Azevedo

24 August 22	Santos	2 – 0	Cruzeiro	Santos
16:00 UTC−03:00	Kléber Pereira 41', 79'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,563 Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

31 August 23	São Paulo	0 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03:00		Report		Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 14,547 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

3 September 24	Santos	2 – 0	Vitória	Santos
22:00 UTC−03:00	Kléber Pereira 4', 75'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,061 Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

14 September 25	Santos	2 – 1	Fluminense	Santos
18:10 UTC−03:00	Kléber Pereira 45+1' Bida 79'	Report	90' Romeu	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 11,085 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

20 September 26	Goiás	4 – 1	Santos	Goiânia
18:20 UTC−03:00	Paulo Baier 1' Anderson Gomes 3' Iarley 14' (pen.) Rafael Marques 53'	Report	75' Pará	Stadium: Serra Dourada Attendance: 9,469 Referee: Leonardo Gaciba

28 September 27	Santos	1 – 1	Portuguesa	Santos
18:10 UTC−03:00	Kléber Pereira 58'	Report	60' Athirson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,552 Referee: Ednilson Corona

4 October 28	Santos	4 – 0	Atlético–PR	Santos
18:20 UTC−03:00	Cuevas 1' Molina 32' Kléber Pereira 47' (pen.) Fabiano Eller 68'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,053 Referee: Djalma Beltrami