# 1996 Santos FC season

The 1996 season was Santos Futebol Clube's eighty-fourth in existence and the club's third-seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

## 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 | Edinho |
| — | GK | BRA | Sérgio Guedes |
| — | GK | BRA | Nando |
| — | DF | BRA | Ânderson Lima |
| — | DF | BRA | Daniel |
| — | DF | BRA | Gustavo Nery |
| — | DF | BRA | Jean |
| — | DF | BRA | Marcos Adriano |
| — | DF | BRA | Narciso |
| — | DF | BRA | Rogério Seves |
| — | DF | BRA | Ronaldo Marconato |
| — | DF | BRA | Sandro |
| — | DF | BRA | Valdir |
| — | MF | BRA | Baiano |
| — | MF | BRA | Carlinhos |
| — | MF | BRA | Cuca |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Élder |
| — | MF | BRA | Jamelli |
| — | MF | ZIM | Kennedy |
| — | MF | BRA | Marcos Assunção |
| — | MF | BRA | Marcos Basílio |
| — | MF | BRA | Piá |
| — | MF | BRA | Robert |
| — | MF | BRA | Vágner |
| — | FW | COL | Albeiro Usuriaga |
| — | FW | BRA | Alessandro |
| — | FW | BRA | Alexandre Bortolato |
| — | FW | BRA | Andradina |
| — | FW | BRA | Camanducaia |
| — | FW | PAR | Edgar Báez |
| — | FW | BRA | Juari |
| — | FW | BRA | Otávio Augusto |
Source: Acervo Santista

### Statistics
#### Appearances and goals

| Pos. | Nat | Name | Brasileiro | Brasileiro | Paulista | Paulista | Copa do Brasil | Copa do Brasil | Torneio de Verão | Torneio de Verão | Supercopa | Supercopa | Copa dos Campeões | Copa dos Campeões | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Nat | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | | Edinho | 18 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| GK | | Nando | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GK | | Sérgio Guedes | 5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | | Ânderson Lima | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| DF | | Daniel | 6 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | | Gustavo Nery | 6 (2) | 1 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| DF | | Jean | 10 (3) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 4 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| DF | | Marcos Adriano | 14 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| DF | | Narciso | 14 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| DF | | Rogério Seves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | Ronaldo Marconato | 5 (1) | 1 | 8 (6) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| DF | | Sandro | 16 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 5 |
| DF | | Valdir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | Baiano | 3 (4) | 0 | 14 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| MF | | Carlinhos | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| MF | | Cuca | 2 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | | Élder | 7 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| MF | | Jamelli | 19 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 14 |
| MF | | Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| MF | | Marcos Assunção | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| MF | | Piá | 7 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| MF | | Robert | 16 (3) | 1 | 24 (3) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 9 |
| MF | | Vágner | 11 (1) | 1 | 19 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 39 | 3 |
| FW | | Alessandro | 15 (4) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 |
| FW | | Alexandre Bortolato | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | | Andradina | 5 (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| FW | | Camanducaia | 14 (9) | 4 | 7 (8) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 (3) | 1 | 0 (3) | 0 | 49 | 9 |
| FW | | Edgar Báez | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | | Juari | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | | Otávio Augusto | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season |||||||||||||
| GK | | Gilberto | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | | Claudemir | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | Cláudio | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| DF | | Luiz Carlos | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | Marcos Paulo | 0 | 0 | 10 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| MF | | Arthur | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | | Batista | 0 | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| MF | | Cerezo | 0 | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| MF | | Gallo | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| MF | | Giovanni | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25 |
| MF | | Kiko | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | | Marcelo Passos | 0 | 0 | 9 (10) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| FW | | Albeiro Usuriaga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | Clóvis | 0 | 0 | 4 (7) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| FW | | Macedo | 0 | 0 | 16 (9) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 11 |
| FW | | Whelliton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

#### Goalscorers

| Ran | Pos | Name | Brasileiro | Paulistão | Copa do Brasil | Torneio de Verão | Supercopa | C. Campeões | Total |
| 1 | MF | Giovanni | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 | MF | Jamelli | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | Macedo | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | Camanducaia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | Robert | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | FW | Alessandro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | DF | Ronaldo Marconato | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | Sandro | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | Clóvis | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | Ânderson Lima | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Vágner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | Jean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Kennedy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Marcelo Passos | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Marcos Assunção | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Baiano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Carlinhos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Cláudio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Gallo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Gustavo Nery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Marcos Adriano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Marcos Paulo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Name | Moving from | Notes |
| DF | Sandro | Sport | |
| DF | Cláudio | São Paulo | On loan |
| FW | Clóvis | Benfica | On loan |
| MF | Baiano | Youth system | Promoted |
| DF | Claudemir | Noroeste | |
| DF | Luiz Carlos | Youth system | Promoted |
| FW | Juari | Ferroviária | |
| FW | Otávio Augusto | Ferroviária | |
| DF | Rogério Seves | Ferroviária | |
| DF | Ânderson Lima | Juventus | |
| MF | Marcos Assunção | Rio Branco | |
| FW | Andradina | Mirassol | |
| FW | Alexandre Bortolato | Sãocarlense | |
| FW | Albeiro Usuriaga | Barcelona | |
| DF | Ronaldo | Internacional | Loan return |
| GK | Sérgio Guedes | Lousano Paulista | |
| MF | Piá | Inter de Limeira | |
| MF | Élder | Novorizontino | |
| FW | Alessandro | Novorizontino | On loan |
| DF | Valdir | Grêmio Maringá | |
| DF | Daniel | Matonense | |
| FW | Edgar Báez | Guaraní | |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Moving to | Notes |
| DF | Marcelo Moura | Free agent | |
| MF | Pintado | Cruz Azul | Loan return |
| DF | Maurício Copertino | Caxias | On loan |
| MF | Zé Renato | Caxias | On loan |
| DF | Marquinhos Capixaba | São Paulo | Contract terminated |
| MF | Serginho Fraldinha | América–SP | On loan |
| DF | Camilo | XV de Jaú | |
| MF | Neto | Araçatuba | On loan |
| DF | Marcelo Silva | Remo | Loan return |
| FW | Whelliton | Vila Nova | |
| MF | Ranielli | Botafogo–SP | On loan |
| DF | Marcelo Fernandes | Botafogo–SP | On loan |
| FW | Neizinho | XV de Jaú | On loan |
| GK | Robson | Remo | On loan |
| FW | Demétrius | Madureira | On loan |
| MF | Giovanni | Barcelona | |
| FW | Neizinho | Aris Thessaloniki | |
| FW | Clóvis | Benfica | Loan return |
| DF | Cláudio | São Paulo | Loan return |
| GK | Gilberto | Free agent | |
| MF | Arthur | Free agent | |
| MF | Cerezo | Free agent | |
| MF | Kiko | Free agent | |
| DF | Luiz Carlos | Free agent | |
| DF | Marcos Paulo | Free agent | |
| DF | Camilo | Free agent | |
| MF | Batista | Free agent | |
| FW | Macedo | Vasco da Gama | |
| MF | Gallo | Portuguesa | On loan |
| MF | Ranielli | Vasco da Gama | On loan |
| MF | Marcelo Passos | Goiás | On loan |
| MF | Zé Renato | Juventude | On loan |
| FW | Albeiro Usuriaga | Independiente | |
| MF | Neto | Corinthians | |

## 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: Acervo Santista

#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 27 |
| 19 | Juventude | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 27 |
| 20 | Santos | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 27 |
| 21 | Criciúma | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 23 |
| 22 | Bahia | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 |

##### Matches
### Campeonato Paulista
#### First round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | União São João | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 23 |
| 7 | América | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 21 |
| 8 | Santos | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 20 |
| 9 | Araçatuba | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 18 |
| 10 | Rio Branco | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 17 |

##### Matches
#### Second round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 11 | +30 | 40 | Qualified to finals |
| 2 | Santos | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 31 | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 30 | |
| 4 | Botafogo | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 29 | |
| 5 | Guarani | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 25 | |

##### Matches
### Copa dos Campeões Mundiais
#### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Flamengo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Qualified to Final |
| 2 | São Paulo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Qualified to Final |
| 3 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Grêmio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |