# 1991 Santos FC season

The 1991 season was Santos FC's seventy-ninth season in existence and club's thirty-second in the top flight of Brazilian football since Brasileirão era.

## Players
### 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 |
| — | GK | BRA | Sérgio Guedes |
| — | GK | BRA | Nilton |
| — | GK | BRA | Edinho |
| — | DF | BRA | Camilo |
| — | DF | USA | Desmond Armstrong |
| — | DF | BRA | Flavinho |
| — | DF | BRA | Índio |
| — | DF | BRA | Luiz Carlos |
| — | DF | BRA | Marcelo Veiga |
| — | DF | BRA | Pedro Paulo |
| — | DF | BRA | Rogerio |
| — | MF | BRA | Axel |
| — | MF | BRA | Carlinhos |
| — | MF | BRA | Cassinho |
| — | MF | BRA | César Sampaio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Edu Marangon |
| — | MF | BRA | Luiz Cláudio |
| — | MF | BRA | Marcelo Paulino |
| — | MF | BRA | Mendonça |
| — | MF | BRA | Sérgio Manoel |
| — | MF | BRA | Sérgio Santos |
| — | MF | BRA | Zé Renato |
| — | FW | BRA | Almir |
| — | FW | BRA | Essinho |
| — | FW | BRA | Gláucio |
| — | FW | BRA | Luizinho |
| — | FW | BRA | Marcos Lira |
| — | FW | BRA | Moysés |
| — | FW | BRA | Paulinho McLaren |
Source: Acervo Santista

#### Appearances and goals

| Pos. | Nat | Name | Brasileiro | Brasileiro | Paulista | Paulista | Supercopa | Supercopa | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Nat | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | | Nilton | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| GK | | Sérgio Guedes | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| DF | | Camilo | 10 (4) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| DF | | Desmond Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | Flavinho | 16 | 0 | 9 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| DF | | Índio | 10 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| DF | | Lico | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | Luiz Carlos | 10 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| DF | | Marcelo Fernandes | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | Marcelo Veiga | 8 (2) | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| DF | | Pedro Paulo | 17 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 3 |
| DF | | Rogerio | 1 | 0 | 6 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| MF | | Axel | 5 (7) | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| MF | | Carlinhos | 0 | 0 | 4 (6) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| MF | | Cassinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | César Sampaio | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| MF | | Edu Marangon | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| MF | | Marcelo Passos | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | | Mendonça | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | | Ranielli | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | | Serginho Fraldinha | 0 | 0 | 10 (10) | 2 | 1 (2) | 1 | 23 | 3 |
| MF | | Sérgio Manoel | 14 | 1 | 20 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| MF | | Sérgio Santos | 6 (4) | 1 | 7 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| MF | | Zé Renato | 17 (1) | 0 | 21 (2) | 5 | 3 (1) | 0 | 45 | 5 |
| FW | | Almir | 17 | 2 | 20 (1) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 4 |
| FW | | Edmílson | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | Glaúcio | 6 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| FW | | Luizinho | 1 (1) | 0 | 6 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| FW | | Marcos Lira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | Moysés | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | | Paulinho McLaren | 16 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 20 |
| FW | | Tato | 0 | 0 | 16 (1) | 2 | 3 (1) | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| FW | | Whelliton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

#### Goalscorers

| Ran | Pos | Name | Brasileiro | Paulistão | Supercopa | Total |
| 1 | FW | Paulinho McLaren | 15 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | MF | Zé Renato | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | Almir | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | Pedro Paulo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | Serginho Fraldinha | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | Edu Marangon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Índio | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | Tato | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Axel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Carlinhos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | César Sampaio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Luiz Carlos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | Luizinho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Sérgio Manoel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Sérgio Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Name | Moving from | Notes |
| GK | Edinho | Free agent | |
| FW | Luizinho | Nacional–SP | |
| FW | Marcos Lira | Paraguaçuense | |
| ST | Moysés | Oeste | |
| FW | Almir | Grêmio | |
| FW | Gláucio | Barretos | |
| MF | Mendonça | Maringá | |
| MF | Cassinho | Olímpia | |
| CB | Desmond Armstrong | Baltimore Blast | |
| CB | Rogerio | Youth system | |
| MF | Edmílson | Central Brasileira | |
| FW | Tato | Sport Recife | |
| MF | Serginho Fraldinha | Palmeiras | |
| MF | Ranielli | Palmeiras | |
| RB | Lico | Paulistano de São Roque | On loan |
| GK | Robson | Jabaquara | Loan return |
| MF | Marcelo Passos | Jabaquara | Loan return |
| FW | Whelliton | Jabaquara | Loan return |
| CB | Marcelo Fernandes | Portuguesa Santista | |
| MF | Carlinhos | Youth system | |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Moving to | Notes |
| DF | Amaral | Free agent | |
| GK | Pizelli | Free agent | |
| FW | Mendonça | Free agent | |
| MF | Derval | Free agent | |
| FW | Édson Ampola | Free agent | |
| FW | Ney Bala | São Paulo | Loan return |
| DF | Careca | Caxias | |
| ST | Serginho Chulapa | Portuguesa Santista | |
| CB | Cássio | Olímpia | |
| MF | Marco Antônio Cipó | Olímpia | |
| FW | Loca | Maringá | On loan |
| FW | Marquinhos | Maringá | |
| RB | Ijuí | São Bento | |
| MF | Zé Humberto | Barretos | |
| MF | César Ferreira | Olímpia | |
| ST | Essinho | Olímpia | On loan |
| DF | França | Olímpia | On loan |
| ST | Moysés | Barretos | On loan |
| GK | Robson | Jabaquara | On loan |
| MF | Marcelo Passos | Jabaquara | On loan |
| FW | Whelliton | Jabaquara | On loan |
| FW | Marcos Lira | Portuguesa Santista | On loan |
| FW | Loca | Tupã | On loan |
| DF | Maurício Copertino | Tupã | On loan |
| FW | Nilton | Tupã | On loan |
| MF | Luiz Cláudio | Ituano | On loan |
| FW | Paulo Leme | Free agent | |
| CB | Desmond Armstrong | Maryland Bays | |
| FW | Gláucio | Paulista | On loan |
| MF | Edu Marangon | Palmeiras | |
| MF | César Sampaio | Palmeiras | |
| MF | Mendonça | Noroeste | On loan |
| RB | Ijuí | Noroeste | On loan |
| MF | Marcelo Paulino | Portuguesa Santista | |
| MF | Luiz Cláudio | Portuguesa Santista | |

## 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 |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 1.15 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 5 |

#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 22 |
| 7 | Internacional | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 20 |
| 8 | Santos | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 19 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 19 |
| 10 | Portuguesa | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 19 |

##### 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 |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 1.4 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 |

#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Guarani | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 30 | Qualified |
| 6 | Bragantino | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 29 | |
| 7 | Santos | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 27 | |
| 8 | Ituano | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 26 | |
| 9 | América | 26 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 24 | 1992 Group B |