# 2005 Santos FC season

The 2005 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-third season in existence and the club's forty-sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.
In July, Spanish giants Real Madrid signed Robinho by agreeing to pay a fee equal to 60 percent of the buyout clause in his contract belonging to Santos (€24). After the sold, the club didn't kept the great results of the last years, and they ended in the 10th position in Campeonato Brasileiro.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | COL | Henao |
| — | GK | BRA | Mauro |
| — | DF | BRA | Ávalos |
| — | DF | BRA | Halisson |
| — | DF | BRA | Leonardo |
| — | DF | BRA | Domingos |
| — | DF | BRA | Flávio |
| — | DF | BRA | Paulo César |
| — | DF | BRA | Léo |
| — | MF | BRA | Ricardo Bóvio |
| — | MF | BRA | Fabinho |
| — | MF | BRA | Zé Elias |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Tcheco |
| — | MF | BRA | Fábio Baiano |
| — | MF | BRA | Ricardinho |
| — | MF | BRA | Luis Augusto |
| — | MF | BRA | Rossini |
| — | MF | BRA | Giovanni |
| — | MF | BRA | Luciano Henrique |
| — | FW | BRA | Douglas |
| — | FW | BRA | Geilson |
| — | FW | BRA | Basílio |
| — | FW | BRA | Robinho |
| — | FW | BRA | Deivid |

### Appearances and goals

| Pos. | Name | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Paulista | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Copa Sudamericana | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Mauro | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| GK | Henao | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| GK | Saulo | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| DF | Flávio | 6(7) | 0 | 12(4) | 0 | 3(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| DF | Ávalos | 27(1) | 1 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 2 |
| DF | Halisson | 14(8) | 3 | 5(2) | 0 | 7(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| DF | Paulo César | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| DF | Rogério | 15(4) | 1 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| DF | Leandro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Nadson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Carlinhos | 8(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| DF | Luiz Alberto | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| DF | Fábio | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Kléber | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| DF | Matheus Ferraz | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Zé Leandro | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Zé Elias | 11(3) | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| MF | Fabinho | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| MF | Ricardinho | 35 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 17 |
| MF | Bóvio | 22(1) | 0 | 12(4) | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 1 |
| MF | Rivaldo | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Beto | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Cadu | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Xuxa | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Edmílson | 0(6) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| MF | Luciano Henrique | 13(8) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| MF | Élton | 14(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 |
| MF | Danilinho | 1(8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| MF | Wendel | 17(9) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| MF | Giovanni | 26(1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| MF | Léo Lima | 4(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| MF | Gavião | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Heleno | 10(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| MF | Bruno | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Alexandre | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Basílio | 12(16) | 7 | 10(3) | 5 | 2(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 13 |
| FW | Douglas | 3(2) | 2 | 5(1) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| FW | William | 2(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| FW | Geílson | 17(6) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 26 | 12 |
| FW | Fabiano | 2(4) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| FW | Frontini | 5(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| FW | Diego | 6(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| FW | Cláudio Pitbull | 7(4) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| FW | Luizão | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||||
| DF | Altair | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Antônio Carlos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Domingos | 0 | 0 | 14(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| DF | Giba | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Léo | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| DF | Leonardo | 2(1) | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Preto | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Elano | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| MF | Fábio Baiano | 0 | 0 | 8(5) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| MF | Fernando Diniz | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Luís Augusto | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Rossini | 3 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| MF | Tcheco | 2 | 0 | 9(2) | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| FW | Deivid | 7 | 5 | 16(2) | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 22 |
| FW | Evando | 0 | 0 | 1(8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| FW | Robinho | 11 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 24 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Name | Moving from |
| GK | Henao | Once Caldas |
| MF | Tcheco | Ittihad FC |
| MF | Fábio Baiano | Corinthians |
| MF | Fernando Diniz | Cruzeiro |
| FW | Evando | Avaí |
| FW | Éder Ceccon | Avaí |
| MF | Danilinho | América-SP |
| MF | Luciano Henrique | Atlético Sorocaba |
| MF | Fabiano | Atlético Sorocaba |
| DF | Altair | Portuguesa |
| MF | Wendel | Nacional da Madeira |
| MF | Giovanni | Olympiacos |
| FW | Diego | Internacional |
| MF | Léo Lima | Porto |
| FW | Frontini | Ponte Preta |
| DF | Luiz Alberto | Real Sociedad |
| MF | Gavião | Jubilo Iwata |
| DF | Kléber | Basel |
| MF | Heleno | Vila Nova |
| FW | Cláudio Pitbull | Porto |
| FW | Luizão | Nagoya Grampus |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Moving to | Notes |
| GK | Nelson Tapia | Cobreloa | |
| DF | Pereira | Portuguesa | On loan |
| GK | Rafael | São Bento |
| DF | André Luís | Benfica | |
| DF | Márcio | Brasiliense | |
| MF | Marcinho | CRB | |
| MF | Preto Casagrande | Fluminense | |
| MF | Lello | Portuguesa Santista | |
| MF | Narciso | Retired | |
| MF | Luís Augusto | Paysandu | |
| GK | Júlio Sérgio | Juventude | |
| DF | Antônio Carlos | Juventude | |
| MF | Elano | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| FW | Luizinho | Portuguesa | |
| DF | Giba | Fortaleza | |
| DF | Domingos | Grêmio | On loan |
| DF | Pereira | Grêmio | On loan |
| MF | Fábio Baiano | Atlético Mineiro | |
| DF | Zé Leandro | Portuguesa Santista | |
| DF | Altair | Gama | |
| MF | Fernando Diniz | Paulista | |
| DF | Preto | Ponte Preta | |
| MF | Rossini | Portuguesa Santista | |
| MF | Tcheco | Ittihad FC | |
| FW | Éder Ceccon | Atlético Sorocaba | |
| FW | Evando | Ponte Preta | |
| DF | Léo | Benfica | |
| FW | Deivid | Sporting | |
| FW | Robinho | Real Madrid | |
| DF | Paulo César | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| DF | Flávio | Released | |
| MF | Gavião | Released | |
| FW | Douglas | Chiasso | |
| DF | Halisson | Ipatinga | |
| DF | Rogério | Guarani | |
| DF | Leonardo | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| MF | Edmílson | Guarani | |
| MF | Rivaldo | Guarani | |
| MF | Danilinho | América-SP | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Campeonato Brasileiro | First stage | 10th | 24 April | 4 December |
| Campeonato Paulista | First stage | 3rd | 20 January | 14 April |
| Copa Libertadores | Group stage | Quarterfinals | 16 February | 15 June |
| Copa Sudamericana | First stage | First stage | 17 August | 31 August |
Source: Competitions

### Detailed overall summary

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 73 | 37 | 36 |
| Games won | 32 | 20 | 12 |
| Games drawn | 18 | 11 | 7 |
| Games lost | 23 | 6 | 17 |
| Biggest win | 6–0 v Bolívar | 5–1 v Rio Branco | 6–0 Bolívar |
| Biggest loss | 1–7 v Corinthians | 0–4 v Internacional | 1–7 v Corinthians |
| Clean sheets | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| Goals scored | 133 | 67 | 66 |
| Goals conceded | 112 | 37 | 75 |
| Goal difference | +21 | +30 | -9 |
| Average GF per game | 1.82 | 1.81 | 1.83 |
| Average GC per game | 1.53 | 1.00 | 2.08 |
| Most appearances | Ricardinho (56) | Ricardinho (30) | Ricardo Bóvio and Basílio (27) |
| Top scorer | Robinho (24) | Robinho (15) | Ricardinho (12) |
| Points | 114/219 (52.05%) | 71/111 (63.96%) | 43/108 (39.81%) |
| Winning rate | 43.83% | 54.05% | 33.33% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### League table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Cruzeiro | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 73 | 72 | +1 | 60 | Qualified for the 2006 Copa Sudamericana |
| 9 | Botafogo | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 59 | Qualified for the 2006 Copa Sudamericana |
| 10 | Santos | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 68 | 71 | −3 | 59 | Qualified for the 2006 Copa Sudamericana |
| 11 | São Paulo | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 67 | +10 | 58 | Qualified for the 2006 Copa Libertadores |
| 12 | Vasco da Gama | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 74 | 84 | −10 | 56 | Qualified for the 2006 Copa Sudamericana |
* 1 2 Despite qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana, São Paulo cannot participate in 2006 as they are already qualified for the Libertadores as defending champions. The seed has already been reallocated to Vasco da Gama.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 December 2005. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 |

#### Matches
### Campeonato Paulista
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | São Paulo (C) | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 21 | +28 | 45 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 37 |
| 3 | Santos | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 37 |
| 4 | Santo André | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 33 |
| 5 | São Caetano | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 32 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 April 2005. Source: UOL Esportes

#### Matches
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Santos | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 8 |
| 3 | Danubio | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 |
| 4 | Bolívar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 7 |