# 2001 Santos FC season

The 2001 season was Santos Futebol Clube's eighty-ninth in existence and the club's forty-second consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

## Players
### 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 |
| — | GK | BRA | Fábio Costa |
| — | GK | BRA | Pitarelli |
| — | GK | BRA | Rafael |
| — | DF | BRA | Cléber |
| — | DF | ARG | Galván |
| — | DF | BRA | Leandro Luz |
| — | DF | BRA | Léo |
| — | DF | BRA | Orestes |
| — | DF | BRA | Pereira |
| — | DF | BRA | Preto |
| — | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Costa |
| — | DF | BRA | Russo |
| — | DF | BRA | Valdir |
| — | MF | BRA | Aílton |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Canindé |
| — | MF | BRA | Elano |
| — | MF | BRA | Marcelo Silva |
| — | MF | BRA | Paulo Almeida |
| — | MF | BRA | Renato |
| — | MF | BRA | Robert |
| — | MF | BRA | Vágner |
| — | MF | BRA | Válber |
| — | FW | BRA | André |
| — | FW | BRA | Marcelinho Carioca |
| — | FW | BRA | Viola |
| — | FW | BRA | Weldon |
| — | FW | BRA | William |
Source: Acervo Santista

### Statistics
#### Appearances and goals

| Pos. | Nat | Name | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Paulista | Campeonato Paulista | Copa do Brasil | Copa do Brasil | Torneio Rio-São Paulo | Torneio Rio-São Paulo | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Nat | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | | Fábio Costa | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| GK | | Pitarelli | 7(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| GK | | Rafael | 0(1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | Cléber | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| DF | | Galván | 20 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
| DF | | Leandro Luz | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | | Léo | 17 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 2 |
| DF | | Orestes | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | | Pereira | 3(5) | 0 | 9 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| DF | | Preto | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| DF | | Rodrigo Costa | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | Russo | 20 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
| DF | | Valdir | 7(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| MF | | Canindé | 11(4) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| MF | | Elano | 8(17) | 2 | 1 (4) | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| MF | | Marcelo Silva | 15(2) | 1 | 6 (8) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| MF | | Paulo Almeida | 18(2) | 0 | 7 (3) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| MF | | Renato | 19(5) | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 (1) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 6 |
| MF | | Robert | 21 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 9 |
| MF | | Vágner | 3(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| MF | | Válber | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| FW | | André Dias | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | | Marcelinho Carioca | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| FW | | Viola | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 |
| FW | | Weldon | 3(8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| FW | | William | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season |||||||||||||
| DF | | André Luís | 0 | 0 | 10 (3) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| DF | | Claudiomiro | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 2 |
| DF | | Dutra | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | | Jean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | Michel | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | | Aílton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | Caíco | 0 | 0 | 3 (6) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 (4) | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| MF | | Rincón | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| FW | | Caio | 0 | 0 | 2 (5) | 2 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| FW | | Deivid | 0 | 0 | 13 (4) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 (3) | 2 | 26 | 10 |
| FW | | Dodô | 0 | 0 | 11 (2) | 10 | 2 (1) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 |
| FW | | Júlio César | 4(5) | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| FW | | Rodrigão | 0 | 0 | 8 (3) | 5 | 1 (2) | 2 | 4 (1) | 3 | 19 | 10 |
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

#### Goalscorers

| Ran | Pos | Name | Brasileirão | Copa do Brasil | Paulistão | Rio-SP | Total |
| 1 | FW | Dodô | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | Viola | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | Deivid | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | Rodrigão | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | Robert | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | Renato | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | Marcelinho Carioca | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | Cléber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | Russo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | Elano | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | Marcelo Silva | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | Claudiomiro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | Léo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | Caíco | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | Caio | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Weldon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Vágner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Valdir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Galván | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Canindé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Válber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | André Luís | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Rincón | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Name | Moving from | Notes |
| MF | Caíco | Atlético Mineiro | Loan return |
| DF | Dutra | Sport | Loan return |
| DF | Russo | Sport | |
| FW | Rodrigão | Internacional | Loan return |
| DF | Jean | Bahia | Loan return |
| DF | Rodrigo Costa | Grêmio | On loan |
| MF | Marcos Basílio | Portuguesa Santista | Loan return |
| DF | Valdir | Portuguesa Santista | Loan return |
| FW | Weldon | Brasiliense | Loan return |
| DF | Orestes | Portuguesa Santista | On loan |
| FW | Viola | Vasco | |
| MF | Válber | Vasco | On loan |
| MF | Vágner | Bahia | On loan |
| DF | Cléber | Cruzeiro | |
| MF | Marcelinho Carioca | Corinthians | |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Moving to | Notes |
| GK | Nei | Coritiba | |
| FW | Edmundo | Vasco | Loan return |
| MF | Valdo | Free agent | |
| MF | Fumagalli | Guarani | |
| MF | Anderson Luiz | Internacional | Loan return |
| GK | Nando | São José | |
| DF | Rubens Cardoso | Grêmio | |
| DF | Sangaletti | Náutico | |
| MF | Eduardo Marques | Sport | |
| GK | Carlos Germano | Portuguesa | |
| DF | Márcio Santos | Gama | |
| FW | Gauchinho | Levski Sofia | |
| MF | Wellington | Brasiliense | On loan |
| FW | Weldon | Brasiliense | On loan |
| DF | Dutra | Sport | On loan |
| MF | Aílton | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| FW | Caio | Fluminense | |
| DF | André Luís | Fluminense | On loan |
| MF | Rincón | Cruzeiro | |
| FW | Rodrigão | Saint-Étienne | |
| DF | Claudiomiro | Grêmio | |
| DF | Michel | Vitória | On loan |
| MF | Caíco | Lugano | |
| MF | Marcos Basílio | Bahia | On loan |
| DF | Jean | Bahia | On loan |
| FW | Deivid | Corinthians | |
| DF | Dutra | Yokohama Marinos | |
| FW | Dodô | Botafogo | |
| FW | Júlio César | Gaziantepspor | On loan |

## Competitions
### Overall summary

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Campeonato Brasileiro | — | 15th | 2 August | 2 December |
| Campeonato Paulista | First stage | Semi-finals | 21 January | 13 May |
| Copa do Brasil | First round | Second round | 14 March | 18 April |
| Torneio Rio-São Paulo | Group stage | 3rd | 17 January | 21 February |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Futpédia

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 13 | Portuguesa | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 37 | Intermediate zone |
| 14 | Paraná | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 36 | Intermediate zone |
| 15 | Santos | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 36 | Intermediate zone |
| 16 | Vitória | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 36 | Intermediate zone |
| 17 | Coritiba | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 35 | Intermediate zone |

##### Matches
### Campeonato Paulista
#### First stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PWG | PWL | PLG | PLL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ponte Preta | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 31 |
| 2 | Santos | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 29 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 26 |
| 4 | Botafogo | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 26 |
| 5 | São Caetano | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 25 |

##### Matches
#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals
### Torneiro Rio-São Paulo
#### Group stage

Group B :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Santos | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 10 |
| São Paulo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 |
| Corinthians | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| Palmeiras | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |