# 2007 Santos FC season

The 2007 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-fifth season in existence and the club's forty-eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. Santos won the Campeonato Paulista for the second consecutive year and the 18th in history. Santos' Copa Libertadores campaign was very well, exiting in the semi-finals with a defeat on aggregate score against Grêmio. Santos ended the Campeonato Brasileiro in the 2nd position, 13 points behind leaders São Paulo.

## Players
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | BRA | Fábio Costa |
| — | GK | BRA | Felipe |
| — | DF | BRA | Adaílton |
| — | DF | BRA | Antônio Carlos |
| — | DF | BRA | Domingos |
| — | DF | BRA | Leonardo |
| — | DF | BRA | Marcelo |
| — | DF | BRA | Carlinhos |
| — | DF | BRA | Kléber |
| — | DF | BRA | Thiago Carleto |
| — | DF | BRA | Alessandro |
| — | DF | BRA | Baiano |
| — | MF | BRA | Pedrinho |
| — | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Tabata |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SRB | Petković |
| — | FW | BRA | Wesley |
| — | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Souto |
| — | MF | CHI | Maldonado |
| — | MF | BRA | Díonísio |
| — | MF | BRA | Adriano |
| — | MF | BRA | Hudson |
| — | MF | BRA | Adoniran |
| — | MF | BRA | Vitor Júnior |
| — | FW | BRA | Marcos Aurélio |
| — | FW | BRA | Moraes |
| — | FW | BRA | Kléber Pereira |
| — | MF | BRA | Renatinho |
Source:

### Appearances and goals

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Paulista | Campeonato Paulista | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Sts | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls |
| | GK | | Fábio Costa | 67 | 67 | | 31 | | 22 | | 14 | |
| | GK | | Felipe | 2 | 2 | | 2 | | | | | |
| | DF | | Adaílton | 55 | 55 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| | DF | | Alessandro | 21 | 27 | 1 | 23 | 1 | | | 4 | |
| | DF | | Antônio Carlos | 21 | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 14 | 1 | 7 | |
| | DF | | Baiano | 11 | 11 | | 11 | | | | | |
| | DF | | Carlinhos | 19 | 26 | 3 | 17 | | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| | DF | | Dênis | 14 | 15 | | | | 9 | | 6 | |
| | DF | | Domingos | 37 | 37 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| | DF | | Kléber | 55 | 55 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| | DF | | Leonardo | 7 | 9 | | 1 | | 7 | | 1 | |
| | DF | | Marcelo | 33 | 39 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
| | DF | | Thiago Carleto | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| | MF | | Adoniran | 5 | 8 | | 8 | | | | | |
| | MF | | Adriano | 24 | 30 | | 24 | | 6 | | | |
| | MF | | Dionísio | 16 | 22 | | 17 | | 3 | | 2 | |
| | MF | | Maldonado | 43 | 43 | 1 | 14 | | 17 | | 12 | 1 |
| | MF | | Pedrinho | 37 | 61 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| | MF | | Petkovic | 14 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | | | | |
| | MF | | Rodrigo Souto | 59 | 64 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 18 | | 13 | 1 |
| | MF | | Rodrigo Tabata | 33 | 68 | 12 | 37 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| | FW | | Kléber Pereira | 25 | 26 | 16 | 26 | 16 | | | | |
| | FW | | Marcos Aurélio | 51 | 63 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| | FW | | Moraes | 6 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| | FW | | Renatinho | 9 | 28 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| | FW | | Vítor Júnior | 5 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | | | | |
| | FW | | Wesley | 2 | 4 | | 4 | | | | | |
| Players who left the club during the season |||||||||||||
| | GK | | Roger | 6 | 6 | | 5 | | 1 | | | |
| | DF | | Ávalos | 14 | 20 | 1 | 2 | | 9 | 1 | 9 | |
| | DF | | Neto | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | | | |
| | DF | | Pedro | 16 | 18 | 3 | | | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | | Vinícius | 3 | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | | | |
| | MF | | Cléber Santana | 36 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 3 |
| | MF | | Júnior | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| | MF | | Zé Roberto | 29 | 34 | 10 | 1 | | 19 | 3 | 14 | 7 |
| | FW | | Fabiano | 6 | 8 | 2 | | | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| | FW | | Jonas | 18 | 33 | 5 | 5 | | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| | FW | | Rodrigo Tiuí | 15 | 22 | 6 | | | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 |

### Top scorers

| R | Name | P | Brasileirão | Paulistão | Libertadores | Total |
| 1 | Marcos Aurélio | FW | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Kleber Pereira | FW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | Cléber Santana | MF | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Rodrigo Tabata | MF | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Pedrinho | MF | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Zé Roberto | MF | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| Pos. | Name | Brasileirão | Brasileirão | Libertadores | Libertadores | Paulistão | Total | Total |
| GK | Fábio Costa | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | 6 | |
| GK | Roger | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| DF | Adaílton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 4 |
| DF | Antônio Carlos | | | 2 | | 1 | 3 | |
| DF | Ávalos | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | |
| DF | Domingos | 11 | | 1 | | 1 | 13 | |
| DF | Leonardo | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | |
| DF | Marcelo | 4 | | 2 | | 2 | 8 | |
| DF | Alessandro | 4 | | | | | 4 | |
| DF | Baiano | 2 | 1 | | | | 2 | 1 |
| DF | Dênis | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | |
| DF | Neto | | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| DF | Pedro | | | 5 | | 5 | 10 | |
| DF | Carlinhos | 4 | | | | 1 | 5 | |
| DF | Kléber | 6 | | | | 5 | 11 | |
| MF | Adriano | 7 | | | | 3 | 10 | |
| MF | Cléber Santana | 1 | | 1 | | 3 | 4 | |
| MF | Dionísio | 6 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| MF | Pedrinho | 6 | | 1 | | 3 | 10 | |
| MF | Petkovic | 2 | | | | | 2 | |
| MF | Rodrigo Tabata | 5 | | 1 | | 3 | 9 | |
| MF | Rodrigo Souto | 6 | | 3 | | 7 | 16 | |
| MF | Vinícius | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| MF | Vítor Júnior | 2 | | | | | 2 | |
| MF | Zé Roberto | | | 2 | | 8 | 10 | |
| FW | Jonas | | | 1 | | 3 | 4 | |
| FW | Kléber Pereira | 3 | | | | | 3 | |
| FW | Marcos Aurélio | 2 | | 1 | | | 3 | |
| FW | Moraes | | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| FW | Renatinho | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| FW | Rodrigo Tiuí | | | 2 | | 4 | 6 | |
| FW | Wesley | 1 | | | | | 1 | |

### Copa Libertadores squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Fábio Costa |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Adaílton |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Kléber |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Pedro |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Souto |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Antônio Carlos |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Jonas |
| 8 | FW | CHI | Maldonado |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Fabiano |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Cléber Santana |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Roger |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Ávalos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Domingos |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Dênis |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Carlinhos |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Marcos Aurélio |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Pedrinho |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Marcelo |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Tabata |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Júnior |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Renatinho |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Adriano |
| 24 | GK | BRA | Felipe |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Díonísio |
Source:

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Source |
| MF | Petkovic | 35 | Goiás | Signed | UOL Esporte |
| DF | Alessandro | 28 | Dinamo Kyiv | Signed | Globo Esporte |
| DF | Antônio Carlos | 37 | Juventude | Signed | Folha |
| DF | Baiano | 29 | Rubin Kazan | Loaned | Estadao |
| MF | Pedrinho | 29 | Fluminense | Signed | UOL Esporte |
| MF | Rodrigo Souto | 23 | Atlético Paranaense | Signed | UOL Esporte |
| DF | Adaílton | 23 | Rennes | Signed | UOL Esporte |
| FW | Marcos Aurélio | 22 | Bragantino | Signed | Parana Online |
| DF | Pedro | 25 | Iraty | Loaned | SantosFC.com.br |
| DF | Vinícius | 23 | Iraty | Loaned | SantosFC.com.br |
| DF | Leonardo | 20 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loaned | Shakhtar.com |
| DF | Neto | 27 | Fluminense | Loan return | |
| FW | Vítor Júnior | 21 | Sport | Signed | Estadao |
| MF | Adoniran | 21 | Ituano | Signed | Folha |
| FW | Kléber Pereira | 32 | Club América | Signed | UOL Esporte |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to |
| MF | André Oliveira | 22 | Free Agent |
| FW | Leandro Rodrigues | 25 | Free Agent |
| DF | Jardel | 20 | Free Agent |
| FW | Reinaldo | 28 | Kashiwa Reysol |
| GK | Saulo | 22 | Free Agent |
| GK | Roger | 35 | Botafogo |
| FW | Wellington Paulista | 23 | Alavés |
| DF | Manzur | 26 | Free Agent |
| DF | Luiz Alberto | 30 | Fluminense |
| DF | Ronaldo Guiaro | 33 | Aris |
| FW | Rodrigo Tiuí | 22 | Fluminense |
| DF | Ávalos | 30 | São Caetano |
| MF | Vinícius | 24 | Iraty |
| DF | Pedro | 26 | Free Agent |
| FW | Jonas | 23 | Grêmio |
| MF | Heleno | 29 | Sport |
| MF | André Luiz | 33 | Chiapas |
| DF | Paulo | 20 | Tigres do Brasil |
| DF | Neto | 26 | Aris |
| MF | Cléber Santana | 26 | Atlético Madrid |
| MF | Zé Roberto | 33 | Bayern München |

### Out on loan

| P | Name | Age | Moving to | Source |
| DF | Paulo | 20 | Santa Cruz | SantosFC.com.br |
| FW | Luciano Henrique | 27 | Sport | SantosFC.com.br |
| FW | Geílson | 22 | Al Hazm | Folha |
| FW | Luciano Henrique | 27 | Internacional | Globo Esporte |
| FW | Júnior | 20 | Itumbiara | Terra Esporte |
| FW | Vinicius Simon | 20 | Itumbiara | Terra Esporte |
| FW | Geílson | 22 | Atlético–PR | O Globo |
| FW | Fabiano | 23 | Sport | Globo Esporte |

## Competitions
### Overall summary

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Campeonato Brasileiro | — | 2nd | 13 May | 2 December |
| Campeonato Paulista | First stage | Winner | 17 January | 6 May |
| Copa Libertadores | Group stage | Semi-finals | 22 February | 6 June |
Updated to match played 2 December 2007 Source: Competitions

### Detailed overall summary

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 75 | 38 | 37 |
| Games won | 47 | 27 | 20 |
| Games drawn | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Games lost | 17 | 5 | 12 |
| Biggest win | 5–0 v Blooming | 5–0 v Blooming | 4–1 v América-RN 4–1 v Noroeste |
| Biggest loss | 0–4 v Vasco da Gama | 2–4 v Fluminense | 0–4 v Vasco da Gama |
| Clean sheets | 27 | 17 | 10 |
| Goals scored | 132 | 79 | 53 |
| Goals conceded | 77 | 31 | 46 |
| Goal difference | +55 | +48 | +7 |
| Average GF per game | 1.76 | 2.07 | 1.43 |
| Average GC per game | 1.02 | 0.81 | 1.24 |
| Yellow cards | 182 | 79 | 103 |
| Red cards | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Most appearances | Rodrigo Tabata (68) | Fábio Costa (33) | Rodrigo Tabata (36) |
| Top scorer | Marcos Aurélio (17) | Marcos Aurélio (11) | Rodrigo Tabata (9) |
| Worst discipline | Adaílton (18) (4) | Adaílton (9) (1) | Adaílton (9) (3) |
| Points | 152/225 (67.55%) | 87/114 (76.31%) | 65/111 (58.55%) |
| Winning rate | 62.66% | 71.05% | 54.05% |

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### League table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 77 | Qualified for both Copa Libertadores 2008 and Copa Sudamericana 2008 |
| 2 | Santos | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 62 | Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 61 | Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 61 | Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 by winning the Copa do Brasil 2007 |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 60 | Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 December 2007. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### 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 |
Last updated: 6 May 2007. Source: Competitive matches

#### First stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Santos | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 50 | Advanced to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | São Paulo | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 44 | Advanced to the Semi-finals |
| 3 | São Caetano | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 36 | Advanced to the Semi-finals |
| 4 | Bragantino | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 35 | Advanced to the Semi-finals |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 35 | |

##### Matches
#### Knockout stage
##### Finals
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Santos (A) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 18 |
| 2 | Defensor Sporting (A) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 |
| 3 | Gimnasia y Esgrima | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 |
| 4 | Deportivo Pasto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |