# 2004 Santos FC season

The 2004 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-eighth season in existence and the club's forty-fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.
Santos won the Campeonato Brasileiro title for the eighth time in history by beating Vasco da Gama 2–1 on the final day of the season.
They were knocked out of the Campeonato Paulista in the semi-finals after losing 3–7 on aggregate against São Caetano.
Santos also played the Copa Libertadores for the seventh time, losing 1–2 in the quarter-finals to the eventual winners Once Caldas.

## 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 | CHI | Nelson Tapia |
| — | GK | BRA | Mauro |
| — | GK | BRA | Júlio Sérgio |
| — | DF | BRA | André Luís |
| — | DF | BRA | Leonardo |
| — | DF | BRA | Domingos |
| — | DF | BRA | Ávalos |
| — | DF | BRA | Antônio Carlos |
| — | DF | BRA | Paulo César |
| — | DF | BRA | Flávio |
| — | DF | BRA | Léo |
| — | DF | BRA | Márcio |
| — | MF | BRA | Fabinho |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Preto Casagrande |
| — | MF | BRA | Zé Elias |
| — | MF | BRA | Ricardo Bóvio |
| — | MF | BRA | Narciso |
| — | MF | BRA | Elano |
| — | MF | BRA | Ricardinho |
| — | MF | BRA | Marcinho |
| — | MF | BRA | Luis Augusto |
| — | FW | BRA | Robinho |
| — | FW | BRA | Deivid |
| — | FW | BRA | Basílio |
| — | MF | BRA | William |
Source: Terra Esportes

### 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 | Júlio Sérgio | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| GK | Mauro | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| GK | Tapia | 17(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| DF | André Luís | 39 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 64 | 2 |
| DF | Antônio Carlos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Ávalos | 18(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| DF | Domingos | 15(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| DF | Flávio | 8(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| DF | Lelo | 0(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| DF | Leonardo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Léo | 44 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 70 | 5 |
| DF | Márcio | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Narciso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Paulo César | 34(2) | 1 | 10 | 1 | 8(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 58 | 2 |
| MF | Bóvio | 16(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| MF | Elano | 41 | 15 | 7(1) | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2(2) | 3 | 61 | 22 |
| MF | Fabinho | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| MF | Luís Augusto | 2(16) | 0 | 0(4) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| MF | Marcinho | 3(25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(1) | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| MF | Preto Casagrande | 17(7) | 3 | 2(2) | 0 | 2(4) | 1 | 5(1) | 1 | 40 | 5 |
| MF | Ricardinho | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 40 | 10 |
| MF | Zé Elias | 6(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| FW | Basílio | 15(25) | 15 | 10(3) | 6 | 4(3) | 5 | 5(1) | 3 | 66 | 29 |
| FW | Deivid | 40(1) | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1(3) | 1 | 48 | 26 |
| FW | Luizinho | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Robinho | 35(2) | 21 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 32 |
| FW | William | 1(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||||
| GK | Doni | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Alcides | 1(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Alex | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| DF | Marco Aurélio | 4 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| DF | Pereira | 2(2) | 0 | 5(2) | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| MF | Claiton | 8(1) | 1 | 11(1) | 0 | 7(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| MF | Daniel Paulista | 1(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | Diego | 7(2) | 4 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 |
| MF | Jerri | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| MF | Lopes | 2(4) | 0 | 0(6) | 0 | 0(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| MF | Paulo Almeida | 6 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 | 5(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| MF | Renato | 5 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| FW | Leandro Machado | 3(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Róbson | 0 | 0 | 11(2) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Name | Moving from |
| DF | Paulo César | PSG |
| GK | Mauro | Marília |
| DF | Marco Aurélio | Naútico |
| MF | Claiton | Internacional |
| MF | Preto Casagrande | Bahia |
| FW | Róbson | Oita Trinita |
| FW | Basílio | Marília |
| DF | Lelo | Portuguesa |
| GK | Doni | Corinthians |
| MF | Lopes | Fluminense |
| DF | Alcides | Schalke 04 |
| FW | Leandro Machado | Querétaro |
| MF | Ricardinho | Middlesbrough |
| DF | Flávio | Chernomorets |
| MF | Ricardo Bóvio | Chernomorets |
| GK | Nelson Tapia | Cobreloa |
| MF | Marcinho | CRB |
| FW | Deivid | Girondins de Bordeaux |
| DF | Antônio Carlos | Beşiktaş |
| MF | Zé Elias | Genoa |
| DF | Márcio | Juventus |
| MF | Élton | Grêmio |
| MF | Fabinho | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| DF | Ávalos | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Moving to | Notes |
| FW | Val Baiano | Brasiliense | |
| DF | Reginaldo Araújo | Flamengo | |
| MF | Alexandre | Saturn | |
| DF | Neném | Bahia | |
| MF | Adiel | Al Qadisiya | |
| DF | Rubens Cardoso | Atlético Mineiro | |
| GK | Fábio Costa | Corinthians | |
| MF | Wellington | Internacional | |
| MF | Jerri | Figueirense | On loan |
| GK | Doni | Free agent | |
| DF | Pereira | Vasco | On loan |
| DF | Alex | PSV Eindhoven | |
| DF | Marco Aurélio | Free agent | |
| FW | Leandro Machado | Free agent | |
| DF | Alcides | Chelsea | |
| MF | Renato | Sevilla | |
| MF | Diego | Porto | |
| MF | Paulo Almeida | Benfica | |
| DF | Claiton | Nagoya | |
| MF | Lopes | Juventude | |
| MF | Daniel Paulista | Free agent | |
| FW | Róbson | Free agent | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Campeonato Brasileiro | – | 1st | 21 April 2004 | 19 December 2004 |
| Campeonato Paulista | Group Stage | Semi-finals | 21 January 2004 | 3 April 2004 |
| Copa Libertadores | Group Stage | Quarter-finals | 5 February 2004 | 27 May 2004 |
| Copa Sudamericana | Brazil Preliminary | Quarter-finals | 25 August 2004 | 10 November 2004 |
Source: Competitions

### Detailed overall summary

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 77 | 39 | 38 |
| Games won | 43 | 28 | 15 |
| Games drawn | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| Games lost | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| Biggest win | 8–3 v União São João | 8–3 v União São João | 4–0 Ponte Preta |
| Biggest loss | 0–4 v Paulista 0–4 v São Caetano 0–4 v Palmeiras | 0–4 v Palmeiras | 0–4 v Paulista 0–4 v São Caetano |
| Clean sheets | 21 | 15 | 6 |
| Goals scored | 166 | 102 | 64 |
| Goals conceded | 100 | 37 | 63 |
| Goal difference | +66 | +65 | +1 |
| Average GF per game | 2.15 | 2.61 | 1.68 |
| Average GC per game | 1.29 | 0.94 | 1.68 |
| Most appearances | Léo (69) | Léo (37) | Léo and André Luís (32) |
| Top scorer | Robinho (32) | Robinho (21) | Basílio (13) |
| Points | 145/231 (62.77%) | 91/117 (77.77%) | 54/114 (47.36%) |
| Winning rate | 51.38% | 58.33% | 44.44% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Santos | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 103 | 58 | +45 | 89 | Qualified for the 2005 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Atlético Paranaense | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 93 | 56 | +37 | 86 | Qualified for the 2005 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | São Paulo | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 82 | Qualified for the 2005 Copa Libertadores |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 79 | Qualified for the 2005 Copa Libertadores |
| 5 | Corinthians | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 74 | Qualified for the 2005 Copa Sudamericana |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Campeonato Paulista
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Santos | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 23 |
| 2 | Paulista | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 22 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 20 |
| 4 | São Caetano | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 19 |
| 5 | Santo André | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 17 |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Santos | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 16 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 |
| 3 | Guaraní | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| 4 | Jorge Wilstermann | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 2 |