2018 Santos FC season

The 2018 season is Santos Futebol Clube's 106th season in existence and the club's fifty-ninth 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.

Santos

2018 season
President	José Carlos Peres
Coach	Cuca
Stadium	Vila Belmiro
Campeonato Brasileiro	10th
Campeonato Paulista	Semifinals
Copa do Brasil	Quarterfinals
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Gabriel (18) All: Gabriel (27)
Highest home attendance	37,431 vs Corinthians (4 March)
Lowest home attendance	3,590 vs Luverdense (10 May)
Home colours Away colours
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Players

Squad information

As of 4 December 2018

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	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 34)	234	0	–	–	Coritiba	23 January 2015	Undisc.	31 December 2020
12	Vladimir	GK		Ipiaú	(1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 29)	61	0	–	–	Youth System	1 January 2009	Free	31 December 2020
33	John Victor	GK		Diadema	(1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 22)	1	0	–	–	Youth System	11 January 2016	Free	12 January 2021
34	João Paulo	GK		Dourados	(1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 23)	3	0	–	–	Youth System	26 February 2014	Free	30 September 2021
Defenders
2	Luiz Felipe	CB		Tubarão	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 25)	69	2	–	–	Paraná	17 February 2016	R$ 1M	30 September 2022
4	Victor Ferraz	RB		João Pessoa	(1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 30)	216	9	–	–	Coritiba	18 June 2014	Free	31 December 2019
6	Gustavo Henrique	CB		São Paulo	(1993-03-24)24 March 1993 (aged 25)	166	8	–	–	Youth System	10 January 2013	Free	31 January 2020
13	Kaique Rocha	CB		Taboão da Serra	(2001-02-28)28 February 2001 (aged 17)	0	0	–	–	Youth System	9 November 2018	Free	29 February 2020
16	Dodô	LB		Campinas	(1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 26)	51	1	–	–	Sampdoria	22 February 2018	Loan	31 December 2018
28	Lucas Veríssimo	CB		Jundiaí	(1995-07-02)2 July 1995 (aged 23)	114	3	–	–	Youth System	28 November 2015	Free	30 June 2022
35	Robson Bambu	CB/RB		São Vicente	(1997-11-12)12 November 1997 (aged 21)	13	0	–	–	Youth System	13 January 2018	Free	10 November 2018
38	Daniel Guedes	RB		João Ramalho	(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 24)	74	1	–	–	Youth System	19 February 2014	Free	30 June 2022
Midfielders
3	Jean Mota	AM/LB		São Paulo	(1993-10-15)15 October 1993 (aged 25)	113	5	–	–	Fortaleza	9 June 2016	Free	30 June 2022
5	Alison	DM		Cubatão	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 25)	165	3	–	–	Youth System	9 September 2011	Free	31 December 2022
7	Pato Sánchez	CM/AM		Montevideo	(1984-12-02)2 December 1984 (aged 34)	18	4	38	1	Monterrey	23 July 2018	Free	31 December 2021
8	Renato	DM		Santa Mercedes	(1979-05-15)15 May 1979 (aged 39)	424	33	28	0	Botafogo	9 January 2015	Free	31 December 2018
18	Guilherme Nunes	DM		Novo Hamburgo	(1998-02-12)12 February 1998 (aged 20)	5	0	–	–	Youth System	5 February 2018	Free	1 May 2023
19	Léo Cittadini	CM/AM		Rio Claro	(1994-02-27)27 February 1994 (aged 24)	81	2	–	–	Youth System	3 June 2013	Free	31 December 2018
21	Diego Pituca	CM/DM		Mogi Guaçu	(1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 26)	42	1	–	–	Botafogo-SP	29 May 2017	Undisc.	31 May 2021
22	Bryan Ruiz	AM/SS		San José	(1985-08-18)18 August 1985 (aged 33)	14	0	112	24	Sporting	11 July 2018	Free	31 December 2020
25	Yuri	DM/CB		São Paulo	(1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 24)	58	1	–	–	Audax	1 January 2018	R$ 800K	31 December 2020
32	Gabriel Calabres	CM/AM		Matão	(1998-03-08)8 March 1998 (aged 20)	4	0	–	–	Youth System	5 February 2018	Free	31 October 2019
Forwards
9	Rodrygo	SS/AM		Osasco	(2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 17)	62	12	–	–	Youth System	21 July 2017	Free	31 December 2022
10	Gabriel	SS/ST		São Bernardo	(1996-08-30)30 August 1996 (aged 22)	210	84	4	2	Internazionale	25 January 2018	Loan	31 December 2018
11	Bruno Henrique	SS		Belo Horizonte	(1990-12-30)30 December 1990 (aged 27)	87	20	–	–	VfL Wolfsburg	23 January 2017	R$ 13.5M	31 January 2021
17	Derlis González	SS		Mariano Roque Alonso	(1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 24)	18	1	29	4	Dynamo Kyiv	31 July 2018	Loan	30 June 2020
20	Felippe Cardoso	ST		São Paulo	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 20)	4	1	–	–	Ponte Preta	4 September 2018	Loan	31 December 2023
23	Arthur Gomes	SS		Uberlândia	(1998-07-03)3 July 1998 (aged 20)	57	7	–	–	Youth System	2 September 2016	Free	30 December 2021
27	Eduardo Sasha	SS/ST		Porto Alegre	(1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 26)	48	7	–	–	Internacional	9 January 2018	R$ 2.4M	31 December 2022
29	Yuri Alberto	ST		S. J. dos Campos	(2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 17)	19	2	–	–	Youth System	28 July 2017	Free	31 December 2022
36	Jonathan Copete	LW/SS		Cali	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 30)	120	25	2	0	Atlético Nacional	23 June 2016	R$ 5M	30 June 2021
40	Diogo Vitor	SS/AM		Coqueiral	(1997-02-11)11 February 1997 (aged 21)	10	1	–	–	Youth System	4 June 2016	Free	31 December 2021

Source: SantosFC.com.br (for appearances and goals), Wikipedia players' articles (for international appearances and goals), FPF (for contracts). Players in italic are not registered for the Campeonato Paulista

Reserve players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF   BRA Victor Yan 37 DF   BRA Emerson

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   BRA Lucas Lourenço — FW   BRA Kaio Jorge

Copa Libertadores 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 1 GK   BRA Vanderlei 2 DF   BRA Luiz Felipe 3 MF   BRA Jean Mota 4 DF   BRA Victor Ferraz 5 MF   BRA Alison 6 DF   BRA Gustavo Henrique 7 MF   URU Carlos Sánchez ^1 8 MF   BRA Renato 9 FW   BRA Rodrygo 10 FW   BRA Gabriel 11 FW   BRA Bruno Henrique 12 GK   BRA Vladimir 13 FW   BRA Rodrigão 14 DF   BRA David Braz 15 FW   COL Jonathan Copete

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF   BRA Dodô 17 DF   BRA Daniel Guedes 18 MF   BRA Guilherme Nunes 19 MF   BRA Léo Cittadini 20 MF   BRA Gabriel Calabres ^1 21 MF   BRA Diego Pituca 22 MF   CRC Bryan Ruiz ^1 23 FW   BRA Arthur Gomes 24 GK   BRA João Paulo 25 MF   BRA Yuri ^1 26 DF   BRA Robson Bambu 27 FW   BRA Eduardo Sasha 28 DF   BRA Lucas Veríssimo 29 FW   BRA Yuri Alberto 30 FW   PAR Derlis González ^1

• 1: Vitor Bueno, Emiliano Vecchio, Caju, Diogo Vitor and Matheus Jesus were unregistered, with Carlos Sánchez, Gabriel Calabres, Bryan Ruiz, Yuri and Derlis González being registered in their places, respectively.^[1]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro		Campeonato Paulista		Copa Libertadores		Copa do Brasil		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Vanderlei	37	0	15	0	8	0	4	0	64	0
12	GK		Vladimir	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF		Caju	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
38	DF		Daniel Guedes	6+2	0	11	0	6	0	1+2	0	28	0
16	DF		Dodô	36	1	6	0	5+1	0	3	0	51	1
3	DF		Romário	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Victor Ferraz	32	3	4	0	2	0	3	0	41	3
14	DF		David Braz	13	0	12	0	6	0	1	0	32	0
6	DF		Gustavo Henrique	27+2	1	4	0	2+1	0	3+1	1	40	2
28	DF		Lucas Veríssimo	14	0	10	1	7	1	2	0	33	2
2	DF		Luiz Felipe	11+2	0	5+1	0	1	0	2	0	22	0
35	DF		Robson Bambu	8+1	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	13	0
5	MF		Alison	28	0	13	0	7	0	2	0	50	0
26	MF		Anderson Ceará	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF		Bryan Ruiz	3+9	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	14	0
20	MF		Emiliano Vecchio	0+2	0	11	0	2+1	0	1	0	17	0
21	MF		Diego Pituca	29+5	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	40	1
32	MF		Gabriel Calabres	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	3	0
18	MF		Guilherme Nunes	2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	5	0
3	MF		Jean Mota	16+4	2	7+5	0	6+1	0	2+1	0	42	2
30	MF		Leandro Donizete	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Léo Cittadini	4+8	0	5+2	0	3+1	0	0	0	23	0
15	MF		Lucas Lourenço	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	MF		Matheus Jesus	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7	MF		Pato Sánchez	16	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	4
8	MF		Renato	8+9	1	9	1	2+2	0	2	0	32	2
26	MF		Victor Yan	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF		Vitor Bueno	2+3	0	1+7	0	1+3	0	1+1	0	19	0
25	MF		Yuri	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	8	0
23	FW		Arthur Gomes	4+9	0	10+6	3	1+4	1	2+1	0	36	4
11	FW		Bruno Henrique	19+9	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	33	2
17	FW		Derlis González	8+8	1	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	18	1
40	FW		Diogo Vitor	0	0	2+5	1	0+1	0	0	0	8	1
27	FW		Eduardo Sasha	19+6	1	10+4	4	4+1	2	1+1	0	46	7
20	FW		Felippe Cardoso	3+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
10	FW		Gabriel	34+1	18	8	4	7	1	3	4	53	27
36	FW		Jonathan Copete	3+15	1	8+1	0	3+1	0	1+1	0	33	1
15	FW		Kaio Jorge	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW		Rodrigão	0	0	4+1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
9	FW		Rodrygo	30+5	8	5+7	3	6+1	1	3	0	57	12
29	FW		Yuri Alberto	1+7	0	2+2	1	0+1	0	1+1	1	15	2

Last updated: 3 December 2018
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Soccerway

Goalscorers

Ran	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Brasileirão	Paulistão	Copa Libertadores	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	10	FW		Gabriel	18	4	1	4	27
2	9	FW		Rodrygo	8	3	1	0	12
3	27	FW		Eduardo Sasha	1	4	2	0	7
4	23	FW		Arthur Gomes	0	3	1	0	4
	7	MF		Pato Sánchez	4	0	0	0	4
5	4	DF		Victor Ferraz	3	0	0	0	3
6	11	FW		Bruno Henrique	1	0	0	1	2
	6	DF		Gustavo Henrique	1	0	0	1	2
	3	MF		Jean Mota	2	0	0	0	2
	28	DF		Lucas Veríssimo	0	1	1	0	2
	8	MF		Renato	1	1	0	0	2
	29	FW		Yuri Alberto	0	1	0	1	2
7	17	FW		Derlis González	1	0	0	0	1
	21	MF		Diego Pituca	1	0	0	0	1
	40	FW		Diogo Vitor	0	1	0	0	1
	16	DF		Dodô	1	0	0	0	1
	20	FW		Felippe Cardoso	1	0	0	0	1
	36	FW		Jonathan Copete	1	0	0	0	1
	13	FW		Rodrigão	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals					2	0	0	1	3
Total					46	19	6	8	79

Last updated: 3 December 2018
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N	Nat	Pos	Name	Brasileirão			Paulista			Libertadores			Copa do Brasil			Total
5		MF	Alison	12	0	0	8	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	24	0	0
10		FW	Gabriel	9	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	17	1	0
28		DF	Lucas Veríssimo	2	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1
16		DF	Dodô	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
6		DF	Gustavo Henrique	7	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
21		MF	Diego Pituca	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
14		DF	David Braz	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
19		MF	Léo Cittadini	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
3		MF	Jean Mota	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
11		FW	Bruno Henrique	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
7		MF	Pato Sánchez	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
38		DF	Daniel Guedes	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
17		FW	Derlis González	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
2		DF	Luiz Felipe	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
4		DF	Victor Ferraz	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
12		GK	Vladimir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
36		FW	Jonathan Copete	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
25		MF	Yuri	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
23		FW	Arthur Gomes	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
20		MF	Emiliano Vecchio	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
35		DF	Robson Bambu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9		FW	Rodrygo	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
27		FW	Eduardo Sasha	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8		MF	Renato	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
1		GK	Vanderlei	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22		DF	Caju	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
40		FW	Diogo Vitor	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
44		MF	Matheus Jesus	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3		DF	Romário	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7		MF	Vitor Bueno	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29		FW	Yuri Alberto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				89	1	2	41	0	0	23	3	0	10	1	0	163	5	2

As of 3 December 2018
Source: Campeonato Paulista   = Number of bookings;     = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions served

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed	Competition	Source
30 December 2017	5	Bruno Henrique	vs Barcelona	Real Garcilaso   (A) Nacional   (H) Estudiantes   (A) Estudiantes   (H) Nacional   (A)	Copa Libertadores	^[2]
4 February	1	Alison	3x	Ferroviária (A)	Campeonato Paulista
4 February	1	Jonathan Copete	3x	Ferroviária (A)	Campeonato Paulista
14 February	1	David Braz	3x	São Paulo (A)	Campeonato Paulista
25 February	1	Gabriel	3x	Corinthians (H)	Campeonato Paulista
7 March	1	Alison	3x	São Bento (H)	Campeonato Paulista
15 March	1	Gabriel	vs Nacional	Estudiantes   (A)	Copa Libertadores
24 April	1	Lucas Veríssimo	3x	Nacional   (A)	Copa Libertadores
1 May	1	Léo Cittadini	vs Nacional	Real Garcilaso   (H)	Copa Libertadores
10 June	1	Lucas Veríssimo	vs Internacional	Fluminense (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
13 June	1	Diego Pituca	3x	Palmeiras (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
19 July	1	Alison	3x	Chapecoense (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
22 July	1	Jean Mota	3x	Flamengo (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
22 July	1	David Braz	3x	Flamengo (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
4 August	1	Dodô	3x	Ceará (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
18 August	1	Alison	3x	Bahia (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
18 August	1	Victor Ferraz	3x	Bahia (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
21 August	1	Dodô	vs Independiente	Independiente (H)	Copa Libertadores
25 August	1	Bruno Henrique	3x	Vasco da Gama (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
16 September	1	Derlis González	3x	Cruzeiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
16 September	1	Gustavo Henrique	3x	Cruzeiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
27 September	1	Gabriel	3x	Atlético Paranaense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
5 October	1	Alison	3x	Corinthians (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
22 October	1	Gustavo Henrique	3x	Fluminense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
22 October	1	Luiz Felipe	3x	Fluminense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
27 October	1	Robson Bambu	3x	Palmeiras (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
3 November	1	Gabriel	3x	Chapecoense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
3 November	1	Victor Ferraz	3x	Chapecoense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
3 November	1	Diego Pituca	vs Palmeiras	Chapecoense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
15 November	1	Yuri	3x	América Mineiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
21 November	1	Bruno Henrique	3x	Botafogo (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
24 November	1	Gabriel	3x	Sport (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
24 November	1	Dodô	3x	Sport (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
24 November	1	Alison	3x	Sport (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
24 November	1	Pato Sánchez	vs Atlético Mineiro	Sport (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro

Injuries

Date	Pos.	Name	Injury	Note	Recovery time
17 January	FW	Bruno Henrique	Retina injury^[3]	Match against Linense	3 months^[4]
17 January	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Thigh injury^[5]	Match against Linense	1 month^[6]
25 January	MF	Yuri	Toe fractury^[7]	During training	11 weeks^[8]
28 January	DF	Cléber Reis	Thigh injury^[9]	During training	1 month^[10]
28 January	DF	Victor Ferraz	Shoulder strain^[11]	Match against Ituano	2 months^[12]
4 February	DF	Luiz Felipe	Thigh edema^[13]	Match against Palmeiras	12 days^[14]
4 February	FW	Eduardo Sasha	Concussion^[13]	Match against Palmeiras	1 day^[13]
24 March	MF	Léo Cittadini	Thigh injury^[15]	During training	1 week^[16]
21 April	FW	Bruno Henrique	Thigh injury^[17]	Match against Bahia	1 month^[18]
21 April	FW	Eduardo Sasha	Ankle injury^[19]	Match against Bahia	2 weeks^[20]
1 May	DF	David Braz	Calf injury^[21]	Match against Nacional	2 weeks ^[22]
6 May	MF	Emiliano Vecchio	Tendinitis^[23]	During training	3 days
6 May	MF	Renato	Mialgia^[23]	During training	2 weeks^[22]
8 May	MF	Guilherme Nunes	Thigh injury^[24]	During training	3 weeks^[25]
10 May	MF	Léo Cittadini	Ankle injury^[26]	During training	2 weeks^[18]
17 May	FW	Arthur Gomes	Ankle injury^[27]	Match against Luverdense	2 months^[28]
20 May	MF	Alison	Knee injury^[29]	Match against São Paulo	3 weeks^[30]
23 May	DF	Victor Ferraz	Low back pain^[31]		1 week^[25]
24 May	MF	Vitor Bueno	Ankle sprain^[32]	Match against Real Garcilaso	18 days^[30]
25 May	MF	Emiliano Vecchio	Knee pain^[33]	During training	1 month ^[34]
25 May	FW	Jonathan Copete	Hip pain^[33]	During training	5 days
27 May	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Muscle discomfort^[35]	During training	3 days^[36]
27 May	FW	Bruno Henrique	Hip trauma^[37]	Match against Cruzeiro	10 days^[38]
3 June	FW	Yuri Alberto	Shoulder dislocation^[37]	During training	3 weeks^[34]
4 June	DF	Daniel Guedes	Conjunctivitis^[37]		1 week^[30]
10 June	FW	Eduardo Sasha	Sprained ankle^[39]	Match against Internacional	2 weeks^[34]
3 July	FW	Gabriel	Pubis injury^[40]	During training	2 weeks^[28]
3 July	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Myalgia^[40]	During training	2 weeks^[28]
3 July	MF	Alison	Sprained ankle^[40]	During training	2 weeks^[28]
16 July	DF	Daniel Guedes	Viral disease^[41]		1 week
19 July	FW	Rodrygo	Knee injury^[42]	Match against Palmeiras	1 week^[43]
25 July	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Lumbar contracture^[44]	Match against Flamengo	2 weeks^[45]
29 July	FW	Eduardo Sasha	Ankle injury^[46]	Match against América Mineiro	2 weeks^[47]
15 August	DF	Luiz Felipe	Thigh injury^[48]	Match against Cruzeiro	3 weeks^[49]
28 August	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Thigh injury^[50]	Match against Independiente	5 weeks^[51]
16 September	FW	Felippe Cardoso	Pubis injury^[52]	Match against São Paulo	2 months^[53]
30 September	DF	Robson Bambu	Thigh injury^[54]	Match against Atlético Paranaense	3 weeks^[55]
3 November	DF	Luiz Felipe	Calf injury^[56]	Match against Palmeiras	16 days^[57]
6 November	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Knee injury^[58]	During training
18 November	FW	Bruno Henrique	Knee injury^[59]	Match against América Mineiro
27 November	FW	Derlis González	Thigh injury^[60]	During training
27 November	MF	Bryan Ruiz	Viral disease^[60]
30 November	GK	Vladimir	Shoulder injury^[61]	During training

Squad number changes

Player	Position	Old n.	New n.	Prev. to wear	Notes	Source
Bruno Henrique	FW	27	11	Kayke		^[62]
Rodrigão	FW	22	13	Matheus Ribeiro		^[63]
Emerson	DF	42	37	Zeca		^[63]
Gabriel Calabres	MF	16	32	Fabián Noguera
Jean Mota	MF	39	3	Romário
Rodrygo	FW	43	9	Ricardo Oliveira		^[64]

Managers

Name	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Role	Departure	Manner	Contract End
Jair Ventura		Rio de Janeiro	(1979-03-19) 19 March 1979 (age 45)	Botafogo	3 January 2018	Permanent	23 July 2018^[65]	Sacked	31 December 2018
Serginho Chulapa		São Paulo	(1953-12-23) 23 December 1953 (age 70)	Staff	23 July 2018	Interim^[66]	30 July 2018	Ended tenure	31 December 2018
Cuca		Curitiba	(1963-06-07) 7 June 1963 (age 60)	Free agent	30 July 2018	Permanent^[67]	2 December^[68]	Mutual consent	31 December 2019

Transfers

Transfers in

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
3	LB	Romário	26	Ceará	Transfer	Free	^[69]
25	DM	Yuri	23	Audax	Transfer	R$ 800,000	^[70]
21	AM	Lucas Lourenço	16	Youth setup^[a]	Transfer	Free	^[71]
26	DM	Victor Yan	16	Youth setup^[a]	Transfer	Free	^[71]
42	CB	Matheus Guedes	18	Youth setup^[a]	Transfer	Free	^[72]
35	CB	Robson Bambu	20	Youth setup^[a]	Transfer	Free	^[72]
37	LB	Emerson	19	Youth setup^[a]	Transfer	Free	^[72]
27	FW	Eduardo Sasha	26	Internacional	Transfer	R$ 2,4M^[b]	^[73]
22	MF	Bryan Ruiz	32	Sporting	Transfer	Free	^[74]
7	MF	Pato Sánchez	33	Monterrey	Transfer	Free	^[75]

Loans in

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Loaned from	Loan expires	Fee	Source
27	FW	Eduardo Sasha	25	Internacional	December 2018	Free	^[76]
10	FW	Gabriel	21	Internazionale	December 2018	R$6,6M	^[77]
16	LB	Dodô	26	Sampdoria	December 2018	R$ 1M	^[78]
17	FW	Derlis González	24	Dynamo Kyiv	June 2020	Free	^[79]
20	FW	Felippe Cardoso	19	Ponte Preta	December 2023	Free	^[80]

Transfers out

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
10	AM	Lucas Lima	27	Palmeiras	End of contract	Free	^[81]
11	ST	Kayke	29	Yokohama Marinos	Loan return	Free	^[82]
35	SS	Lucas Crispim	23	São Bento	End of contract	Free	^[83]
26	SS	Thiago Ribeiro	31	Free agent	End of contract	Free
18	ST	Nilmar	33	Free agent	Contract terminated	Free	^[84]
9	ST	Ricardo Oliveira	37	Atlético Mineiro	End of contract	Free	^[85]
–	GK	Gabriel Gasparotto	24	Arouca	End of contract	Free	^[86]
–	AM	Marquinhos	28	São Bento	End of contract	Free	^[87]
16	LW	Vladimir Hernández	28	Atlético Nacional	Transfer	R$4,8M	^[88]
44	DM	Matheus Jesus	20	Gamba Osaka	Loan rescinded	Free	^[89]
37	LB	Zeca	23	Internacional	Swapped^[c]	Free	^[73]
41	AM	Serginho	23	Kashima Antlers	Transfer	R$7,7M	^[90]

Loans out

N.	P	Name	Age	Loaned to	Loan expires	Source
21	AM	Matheus Oliveira	20	Red Bull Brasil	April 2018	^[91]
13	RB	Matheus Ribeiro	24	Puebla	December 2018	^[92]
15	LB	Orinho	22	Ponte Preta	December 2018	^[93]
–	DM	Lucas Otávio	23	Ituano	May 2018	^[94]
32	CB	Fabián Noguera	24	Estudiantes	December 2018	^[95]
41	AM	Serginho	22	América Mineiro	December 2018	^[96]
3	LB	Romário	26	Ceará	December 2018	^[97]
31	CB	Cléber Reis	27	Paraná	December 2018	^[98]
13	ST	Rodrigão	24	Avaí	December 2018	^[99]
30	DM	Leandro Donizete	35	América Mineiro	December 2018	^[100]
17	AM	Rafael Longuine	27	Guarani	December 2018	^[101]
21	AM	Matheus Oliveira	20	Guarani	December 2018	^[102]
22	LB	Caju	22	APOEL	June 2019	^[103]
7	AM	Vitor Bueno	23	Dynamo Kyiv	June 2020	^[79]
14	CB	David Braz	31	Sivasspor	May 2019	^[104]
20	AM	Emiliano Vecchio	29	Shabab Al-Ahli	June 2019	^[105]

Pre-season and Friendlies

Monterrey   v Santos

7 July Friendly	Monterrey	1–0	Santos	Guadalupe
20:00 UTC-06:00	Vangioni   5' Hurtado   12'	Report	72' Rodrygo	Stadium: BBVA Bancomer Referee:   Alejandro Villafañe

Querétaro   v Santos

10 July Friendly	Querétaro	0–0	Santos	Querétaro City
20:00 UTC-06:00	Gómez   15'	Report	86'   86' Dodô   90+1' Victor Ferraz	Stadium: Corregidora

Sources:^[106][107]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	14 April 2018	2 December 2018	Matchday 1	10th	38	13	11	14	46	40	+6	034.21
Copa do Brasil	10 May 2018	15 August 2018	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	050.00
Campeonato Paulista	17 January 2018	27 March 2018	Matchday 1	Semifinals	16	6	5	5	19	15	+4	037.50
Copa Libertadores	1 March 2018	28 August 2018	Group stage	Round of 16	8	3	3	2	6	4	+2	037.50
Total					66	24	19	23	79	64	+15	036.36

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Brasileiro

Main article: 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	11	14	46	40	+6	50	9	6	4	28	14	+14	4	5	10	18	26	−8

Last updated: 3 December 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L
Position	3	9	16	13	15	16	18	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	15	17	13	12	10	10	8	9	11	11	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2018. Source: Globo Esporte
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Cruzeiro	38	14	11	13	34	34	0	53	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage^[d]
9	Botafogo	38	13	12	13	38	46	−8	51	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
10	Santos	38	13	11	14	46	40	+6	50
11	Bahia	38	12	12	14	39	41	−2	48
12	Fluminense	38	12	9	17	32	46	−14	45

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.
Notes:

1. Definitely promoted from the youth setup.
2. Initially, this amount was paid to acquire 100% of Zeca's rights and then trade him for Sasha.
3. Included in Eduardo Sasha transfer.

January 01, 1970