2013 Santos FC season
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The 2013 season is Santos FC's 101st season in existence and the club's fifty-fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.
2013 season | ||||
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President | Luis Álvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro | |||
Coach | Muricy Ramalho (until 31 May) Claudinei Oliveira.[1] | |||
Stadium | Vila Belmiro | |||
Campeonato Brasileiro | 7th | |||
Campeonato Paulista | Runners-up | |||
Copa do Brasil | Round of 16 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Cícero (15) All: Cícero (24) | |||
Highest home attendance | 63,501[2] vs Flamengo (26 May) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 3,436 vs Mirassol (21 March) | |||
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Santos reached the Campeonato Paulista Finals for fifth consecutive season, but failed to win their fourth consecutive title as they lost by 2–3 on aggregate for their biggest rival, Corinthians.[3] On 25 May 2013, Santos announced that they had sold Neymar to Barcelona for a fee of € 57 million.[4] A week later, the club sacked the head coach Muricy Ramalho due to the discontent of the crowd and the club's directors with his results.[5] For his place, Claudinei Oliveira assumed as caretaker.[6] As part of Neymar's sold to Barcelona, Santos played in the Joan Gamper Torphy against them and suffered their third worst defeat in history, losing by 8–0.[7] In the Copa do Brasil, Santos were eliminated in the Round of 16, losing 1–2 on aggregate score to Grêmio. On 30 August, Claudinei Oliveira was promoted to head coach after 3 months as caretaker.[1]