2018 Santos FC season

The 2018 season is Santos Futebol Clube's 106th season in existence and the club's fifty-ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competes in the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Paulista and also in Copa Libertadores.

Santos

2018 season
President	José Carlos Peres
Coach	Cuca
Stadium	Vila Belmiro
Campeonato Brasileiro	10th
Campeonato Paulista	Semifinals
Copa do Brasil	Quarterfinals
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Gabriel (18) All: Gabriel (27)
Highest home attendance	37,431 vs Corinthians (4 March)
Lowest home attendance	3,590 vs Luverdense (10 May)
Home colours Away colours
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Players

Squad information

As of 4 December 2018

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Vanderlei	GK		Porecatu	(1984-02-01)1 February 1984 (aged 34)	234	0	–	–	Coritiba	23 January 2015	Undisc.	31 December 2020
12	Vladimir	GK		Ipiaú	(1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 29)	61	0	–	–	Youth System	1 January 2009	Free	31 December 2020
33	John Victor	GK		Diadema	(1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 22)	1	0	–	–	Youth System	11 January 2016	Free	12 January 2021
34	João Paulo	GK		Dourados	(1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 23)	3	0	–	–	Youth System	26 February 2014	Free	30 September 2021
Defenders
2	Luiz Felipe	CB		Tubarão	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 25)	69	2	–	–	Paraná	17 February 2016	R$ 1M	30 September 2022
4	Victor Ferraz	RB		João Pessoa	(1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 30)	216	9	–	–	Coritiba	18 June 2014	Free	31 December 2019
6	Gustavo Henrique	CB		São Paulo	(1993-03-24)24 March 1993 (aged 25)	166	8	–	–	Youth System	10 January 2013	Free	31 January 2020
13	Kaique Rocha	CB		Taboão da Serra	(2001-02-28)28 February 2001 (aged 17)	0	0	–	–	Youth System	9 November 2018	Free	29 February 2020
16	Dodô	LB		Campinas	(1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 26)	51	1	–	–	Sampdoria	22 February 2018	Loan	31 December 2018
28	Lucas Veríssimo	CB		Jundiaí	(1995-07-02)2 July 1995 (aged 23)	114	3	–	–	Youth System	28 November 2015	Free	30 June 2022
35	Robson Bambu	CB/RB		São Vicente	(1997-11-12)12 November 1997 (aged 21)	13	0	–	–	Youth System	13 January 2018	Free	10 November 2018
38	Daniel Guedes	RB		João Ramalho	(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 24)	74	1	–	–	Youth System	19 February 2014	Free	30 June 2022
Midfielders
3	Jean Mota	AM/LB		São Paulo	(1993-10-15)15 October 1993 (aged 25)	113	5	–	–	Fortaleza	9 June 2016	Free	30 June 2022
5	Alison	DM		Cubatão	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 25)	165	3	–	–	Youth System	9 September 2011	Free	31 December 2022
7	Pato Sánchez	CM/AM		Montevideo	(1984-12-02)2 December 1984 (aged 34)	18	4	38	1	Monterrey	23 July 2018	Free	31 December 2021
8	Renato	DM		Santa Mercedes	(1979-05-15)15 May 1979 (aged 39)	424	33	28	0	Botafogo	9 January 2015	Free	31 December 2018
18	Guilherme Nunes	DM		Novo Hamburgo	(1998-02-12)12 February 1998 (aged 20)	5	0	–	–	Youth System	5 February 2018	Free	1 May 2023
19	Léo Cittadini	CM/AM		Rio Claro	(1994-02-27)27 February 1994 (aged 24)	81	2	–	–	Youth System	3 June 2013	Free	31 December 2018
21	Diego Pituca	CM/DM		Mogi Guaçu	(1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 26)	42	1	–	–	Botafogo-SP	29 May 2017	Undisc.	31 May 2021
22	Bryan Ruiz	AM/SS		San José	(1985-08-18)18 August 1985 (aged 33)	14	0	112	24	Sporting	11 July 2018	Free	31 December 2020
25	Yuri	DM/CB		São Paulo	(1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 24)	58	1	–	–	Audax	1 January 2018	R$ 800K	31 December 2020
32	Gabriel Calabres	CM/AM		Matão	(1998-03-08)8 March 1998 (aged 20)	4	0	–	–	Youth System	5 February 2018	Free	31 October 2019
Forwards
9	Rodrygo	SS/AM		Osasco	(2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 17)	62	12	–	–	Youth System	21 July 2017	Free	31 December 2022
10	Gabriel	SS/ST		São Bernardo	(1996-08-30)30 August 1996 (aged 22)	210	84	4	2	Internazionale	25 January 2018	Loan	31 December 2018
11	Bruno Henrique	SS		Belo Horizonte	(1990-12-30)30 December 1990 (aged 27)	87	20	–	–	VfL Wolfsburg	23 January 2017	R$ 13.5M	31 January 2021
17	Derlis González	SS		Mariano Roque Alonso	(1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 24)	18	1	29	4	Dynamo Kyiv	31 July 2018	Loan	30 June 2020
20	Felippe Cardoso	ST		São Paulo	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 20)	4	1	–	–	Ponte Preta	4 September 2018	Loan	31 December 2023
23	Arthur Gomes	SS		Uberlândia	(1998-07-03)3 July 1998 (aged 20)	57	7	–	–	Youth System	2 September 2016	Free	30 December 2021
27	Eduardo Sasha	SS/ST		Porto Alegre	(1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 26)	48	7	–	–	Internacional	9 January 2018	R$ 2.4M	31 December 2022
29	Yuri Alberto	ST		S. J. dos Campos	(2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 17)	19	2	–	–	Youth System	28 July 2017	Free	31 December 2022
36	Jonathan Copete	LW/SS		Cali	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 30)	120	25	2	0	Atlético Nacional	23 June 2016	R$ 5M	30 June 2021
40	Diogo Vitor	SS/AM		Coqueiral	(1997-02-11)11 February 1997 (aged 21)	10	1	–	–	Youth System	4 June 2016	Free	31 December 2021

Source: SantosFC.com.br (for appearances and goals), Wikipedia players' articles (for international appearances and goals), FPF (for contracts). Players in italic are not registered for the Campeonato Paulista

Reserve players

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 26 MF  BRA Victor Yan 37 DF  BRA Emerson

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  BRA Lucas Lourenço — FW  BRA Kaio Jorge

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 Vanderlei 2 DF  BRA Luiz Felipe 3 MF  BRA Jean Mota 4 DF  BRA Victor Ferraz 5 MF  BRA Alison 6 DF  BRA Gustavo Henrique 7 MF  URU Carlos Sánchez 1 8 MF  BRA Renato 9 FW  BRA Rodrygo 10 FW  BRA Gabriel 11 FW  BRA Bruno Henrique 12 GK  BRA Vladimir 13 FW  BRA Rodrigão 14 DF  BRA David Braz 15 FW  COL Jonathan Copete

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  BRA Dodô 17 DF  BRA Daniel Guedes 18 MF  BRA Guilherme Nunes 19 MF  BRA Léo Cittadini 20 MF  BRA Gabriel Calabres 1 21 MF  BRA Diego Pituca 22 MF  CRC Bryan Ruiz 1 23 FW  BRA Arthur Gomes 24 GK  BRA João Paulo 25 MF  BRA Yuri 1 26 DF  BRA Robson Bambu 27 FW  BRA Eduardo Sasha 28 DF  BRA Lucas Veríssimo 29 FW  BRA Yuri Alberto 30 FW  PAR Derlis González 1

• 1: Vitor Bueno, Emiliano Vecchio, Caju, Diogo Vitor and Matheus Jesus were unregistered, with Carlos Sánchez, Gabriel Calabres, Bryan Ruiz, Yuri and Derlis González being registered in their places, respectively.^[1]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro		Campeonato Paulista		Copa Libertadores		Copa do Brasil		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Vanderlei	37	0	15	0	8	0	4	0	64	0
12	GK		Vladimir	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF		Caju	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
38	DF		Daniel Guedes	6+2	0	11	0	6	0	1+2	0	28	0
16	DF		Dodô	36	1	6	0	5+1	0	3	0	51	1
3	DF		Romário	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Victor Ferraz	32	3	4	0	2	0	3	0	41	3
14	DF		David Braz	13	0	12	0	6	0	1	0	32	0
6	DF		Gustavo Henrique	27+2	1	4	0	2+1	0	3+1	1	40	2
28	DF		Lucas Veríssimo	14	0	10	1	7	1	2	0	33	2
2	DF		Luiz Felipe	11+2	0	5+1	0	1	0	2	0	22	0
35	DF		Robson Bambu	8+1	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	13	0
5	MF		Alison	28	0	13	0	7	0	2	0	50	0
26	MF		Anderson Ceará	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF		Bryan Ruiz	3+9	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	14	0
20	MF		Emiliano Vecchio	0+2	0	11	0	2+1	0	1	0	17	0
21	MF		Diego Pituca	29+5	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	40	1
32	MF		Gabriel Calabres	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	3	0
18	MF		Guilherme Nunes	2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	5	0
3	MF		Jean Mota	16+4	2	7+5	0	6+1	0	2+1	0	42	2
30	MF		Leandro Donizete	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Léo Cittadini	4+8	0	5+2	0	3+1	0	0	0	23	0
15	MF		Lucas Lourenço	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	MF		Matheus Jesus	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7	MF		Pato Sánchez	16	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	4
8	MF		Renato	8+9	1	9	1	2+2	0	2	0	32	2
26	MF		Victor Yan	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF		Vitor Bueno	2+3	0	1+7	0	1+3	0	1+1	0	19	0
25	MF		Yuri	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	8	0
23	FW		Arthur Gomes	4+9	0	10+6	3	1+4	1	2+1	0	36	4
11	FW		Bruno Henrique	19+9	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	33	2
17	FW		Derlis González	8+8	1	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	18	1
40	FW		Diogo Vitor	0	0	2+5	1	0+1	0	0	0	8	1
27	FW		Eduardo Sasha	19+6	1	10+4	4	4+1	2	1+1	0	46	7
20	FW		Felippe Cardoso	3+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
10	FW		Gabriel	34+1	18	8	4	7	1	3	4	53	27
36	FW		Jonathan Copete	3+15	1	8+1	0	3+1	0	1+1	0	33	1
15	FW		Kaio Jorge	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW		Rodrigão	0	0	4+1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
9	FW		Rodrygo	30+5	8	5+7	3	6+1	1	3	0	57	12
29	FW		Yuri Alberto	1+7	0	2+2	1	0+1	0	1+1	1	15	2

Last updated: 3 December 2018
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Soccerway

Goalscorers

Ran	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Brasileirão	Paulistão	Copa Libertadores	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	10	FW		Gabriel	18	4	1	4	27
2	9	FW		Rodrygo	8	3	1	0	12
3	27	FW		Eduardo Sasha	1	4	2	0	7
4	23	FW		Arthur Gomes	0	3	1	0	4
	7	MF		Pato Sánchez	4	0	0	0	4
5	4	DF		Victor Ferraz	3	0	0	0	3
6	11	FW		Bruno Henrique	1	0	0	1	2
	6	DF		Gustavo Henrique	1	0	0	1	2
	3	MF		Jean Mota	2	0	0	0	2
	28	DF		Lucas Veríssimo	0	1	1	0	2
	8	MF		Renato	1	1	0	0	2
	29	FW		Yuri Alberto	0	1	0	1	2
7	17	FW		Derlis González	1	0	0	0	1
	21	MF		Diego Pituca	1	0	0	0	1
	40	FW		Diogo Vitor	0	1	0	0	1
	16	DF		Dodô	1	0	0	0	1
	20	FW		Felippe Cardoso	1	0	0	0	1
	36	FW		Jonathan Copete	1	0	0	0	1
	13	FW		Rodrigão	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals					2	0	0	1	3
Total					46	19	6	8	79

Last updated: 3 December 2018
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N	Nat	Pos	Name	Brasileirão			Paulista			Libertadores			Copa do Brasil			Total
5		MF	Alison	12	0	0	8	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	24	0	0
10		FW	Gabriel	9	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	17	1	0
28		DF	Lucas Veríssimo	2	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1
16		DF	Dodô	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
6		DF	Gustavo Henrique	7	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
21		MF	Diego Pituca	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
14		DF	David Braz	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
19		MF	Léo Cittadini	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
3		MF	Jean Mota	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
11		FW	Bruno Henrique	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
7		MF	Pato Sánchez	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
38		DF	Daniel Guedes	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
17		FW	Derlis González	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
2		DF	Luiz Felipe	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
4		DF	Victor Ferraz	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
12		GK	Vladimir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
36		FW	Jonathan Copete	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
25		MF	Yuri	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
23		FW	Arthur Gomes	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
20		MF	Emiliano Vecchio	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
35		DF	Robson Bambu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9		FW	Rodrygo	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
27		FW	Eduardo Sasha	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8		MF	Renato	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
1		GK	Vanderlei	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22		DF	Caju	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
40		FW	Diogo Vitor	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
44		MF	Matheus Jesus	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3		DF	Romário	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7		MF	Vitor Bueno	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29		FW	Yuri Alberto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				89	1	2	41	0	0	23	3	0	10	1	0	163	5	2

As of 3 December 2018
Source: Campeonato Paulista = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions served

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed	Competition	Source
30 December 2017	5	Bruno Henrique	vs Barcelona	Real Garcilaso (A) Nacional (H) Estudiantes (A) Estudiantes (H) Nacional (A)	Copa Libertadores	[2]
4 February	1	Alison	3x	Ferroviária (A)	Campeonato Paulista
4 February	1	Jonathan Copete	3x	Ferroviária (A)	Campeonato Paulista
14 February	1	David Braz	3x	São Paulo (A)	Campeonato Paulista
25 February	1	Gabriel	3x	Corinthians (H)	Campeonato Paulista
7 March	1	Alison	3x	São Bento (H)	Campeonato Paulista
15 March	1	Gabriel	vs Nacional	Estudiantes (A)	Copa Libertadores
24 April	1	Lucas Veríssimo	3x	Nacional (A)	Copa Libertadores
1 May	1	Léo Cittadini	vs Nacional	Real Garcilaso (H)	Copa Libertadores
10 June	1	Lucas Veríssimo	vs Internacional	Fluminense (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
13 June	1	Diego Pituca	3x	Palmeiras (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
19 July	1	Alison	3x	Chapecoense (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
22 July	1	Jean Mota	3x	Flamengo (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
22 July	1	David Braz	3x	Flamengo (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
4 August	1	Dodô	3x	Ceará (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
18 August	1	Alison	3x	Bahia (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
18 August	1	Victor Ferraz	3x	Bahia (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
21 August	1	Dodô	vs Independiente	Independiente (H)	Copa Libertadores
25 August	1	Bruno Henrique	3x	Vasco da Gama (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
16 September	1	Derlis González	3x	Cruzeiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
16 September	1	Gustavo Henrique	3x	Cruzeiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
27 September	1	Gabriel	3x	Atlético Paranaense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
5 October	1	Alison	3x	Corinthians (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
22 October	1	Gustavo Henrique	3x	Fluminense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
22 October	1	Luiz Felipe	3x	Fluminense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
27 October	1	Robson Bambu	3x	Palmeiras (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
3 November	1	Gabriel	3x	Chapecoense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
3 November	1	Victor Ferraz	3x	Chapecoense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
3 November	1	Diego Pituca	vs Palmeiras	Chapecoense (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
15 November	1	Yuri	3x	América Mineiro (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
21 November	1	Bruno Henrique	3x	Botafogo (H)	Campeonato Brasileiro
24 November	1	Gabriel	3x	Sport (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
24 November	1	Dodô	3x	Sport (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
24 November	1	Alison	3x	Sport (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro
24 November	1	Pato Sánchez	vs Atlético Mineiro	Sport (A)	Campeonato Brasileiro

Injuries

Date	Pos.	Name	Injury	Note	Recovery time
17 January	FW	Bruno Henrique	Retina injury[3]	Match against Linense	3 months[4]
17 January	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Thigh injury[5]	Match against Linense	1 month[6]
25 January	MF	Yuri	Toe fractury[7]	During training	11 weeks[8]
28 January	DF	Cléber Reis	Thigh injury[9]	During training	1 month[10]
28 January	DF	Victor Ferraz	Shoulder strain[11]	Match against Ituano	2 months[12]
4 February	DF	Luiz Felipe	Thigh edema[13]	Match against Palmeiras	12 days[14]
4 February	FW	Eduardo Sasha	Concussion[13]	Match against Palmeiras	1 day[13]
24 March	MF	Léo Cittadini	Thigh injury[15]	During training	1 week[16]
21 April	FW	Bruno Henrique	Thigh injury[17]	Match against Bahia	1 month[18]
21 April	FW	Eduardo Sasha	Ankle injury[19]	Match against Bahia	2 weeks[20]
1 May	DF	David Braz	Calf injury[21]	Match against Nacional	2 weeks [22]
6 May	MF	Emiliano Vecchio	Tendinitis[23]	During training	3 days
6 May	MF	Renato	Mialgia[23]	During training	2 weeks[22]
8 May	MF	Guilherme Nunes	Thigh injury[24]	During training	3 weeks[25]
10 May	MF	Léo Cittadini	Ankle injury[26]	During training	2 weeks[18]
17 May	FW	Arthur Gomes	Ankle injury[27]	Match against Luverdense	2 months[28]
20 May	MF	Alison	Knee injury[29]	Match against São Paulo	3 weeks[30]
23 May	DF	Victor Ferraz	Low back pain[31]		1 week[25]
24 May	MF	Vitor Bueno	Ankle sprain[32]	Match against Real Garcilaso	18 days[30]
25 May	MF	Emiliano Vecchio	Knee pain[33]	During training	1 month [34]
25 May	FW	Jonathan Copete	Hip pain[33]	During training	5 days
27 May	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Muscle discomfort[35]	During training	3 days[36]
27 May	FW	Bruno Henrique	Hip trauma[37]	Match against Cruzeiro	10 days[38]
3 June	FW	Yuri Alberto	Shoulder dislocation[37]	During training	3 weeks[34]
4 June	DF	Daniel Guedes	Conjunctivitis[37]		1 week[30]
10 June	FW	Eduardo Sasha	Sprained ankle[39]	Match against Internacional	2 weeks[34]
3 July	FW	Gabriel	Pubis injury[40]	During training	2 weeks[28]
3 July	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Myalgia[40]	During training	2 weeks[28]
3 July	MF	Alison	Sprained ankle[40]	During training	2 weeks[28]
16 July	DF	Daniel Guedes	Viral disease[41]		1 week
19 July	FW	Rodrygo	Knee injury[42]	Match against Palmeiras	1 week[43]
25 July	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Lumbar contracture[44]	Match against Flamengo	2 weeks[45]
29 July	FW	Eduardo Sasha	Ankle injury[46]	Match against América Mineiro	2 weeks[47]
15 August	DF	Luiz Felipe	Thigh injury[48]	Match against Cruzeiro	3 weeks[49]
28 August	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Thigh injury[50]	Match against Independiente	5 weeks[51]
16 September	FW	Felippe Cardoso	Pubis injury[52]	Match against São Paulo	2 months[53]
30 September	DF	Robson Bambu	Thigh injury[54]	Match against Atlético Paranaense	3 weeks[55]
3 November	DF	Luiz Felipe	Calf injury[56]	Match against Palmeiras	16 days[57]
6 November	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Knee injury[58]	During training
18 November	FW	Bruno Henrique	Knee injury[59]	Match against América Mineiro
27 November	FW	Derlis González	Thigh injury[60]	During training
27 November	MF	Bryan Ruiz	Viral disease[60]
30 November	GK	Vladimir	Shoulder injury[61]	During training

Squad number changes

Player	Position	Old n.	New n.	Prev. to wear	Notes	Source
Bruno Henrique	FW	27	11	Kayke		[62]
Rodrigão	FW	22	13	Matheus Ribeiro		[63]
Emerson	DF	42	37	Zeca		[63]
Gabriel Calabres	MF	16	32	Fabián Noguera
Jean Mota	MF	39	3	Romário
Rodrygo	FW	43	9	Ricardo Oliveira		[64]

Managers

Name	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Role	Departure	Manner	Contract End
Jair Ventura		Rio de Janeiro	(1979-03-19) 19 March 1979 (age 46)	Botafogo	3 January 2018	Permanent	23 July 2018[65]	Sacked	31 December 2018
Serginho Chulapa		São Paulo	(1953-12-23) 23 December 1953 (age 71)	Staff	23 July 2018	Interim[66]	30 July 2018	Ended tenure	31 December 2018
Cuca		Curitiba	(1963-06-07) 7 June 1963 (age 62)	Free agent	30 July 2018	Permanent[67]	2 December[68]	Mutual consent	31 December 2019

Transfers

Transfers in

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
3	LB	Romário	26	Ceará	Transfer	Free	[69]
25	DM	Yuri	23	Audax	Transfer	R$ 800,000	[70]
21	AM	Lucas Lourenço	16	Youth setup[a]	Transfer	Free	[71]
26	DM	Victor Yan	16	Youth setup[a]	Transfer	Free	[71]
42	CB	Matheus Guedes	18	Youth setup[a]	Transfer	Free	[72]
35	CB	Robson Bambu	20	Youth setup[a]	Transfer	Free	[72]
37	LB	Emerson	19	Youth setup[a]	Transfer	Free	[72]
27	FW	Eduardo Sasha	26	Internacional	Transfer	R$ 2,4M[b]	[73]
22	MF	Bryan Ruiz	32	Sporting	Transfer	Free	[74]
7	MF	Pato Sánchez	33	Monterrey	Transfer	Free	[75]

Loans in

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Loaned from	Loan expires	Fee	Source
27	FW	Eduardo Sasha	25	Internacional	December 2018	Free	[76]
10	FW	Gabriel	21	Internazionale	December 2018	R$6,6M	[77]
16	LB	Dodô	26	Sampdoria	December 2018	R$ 1M	[78]
17	FW	Derlis González	24	Dynamo Kyiv	June 2020	Free	[79]
20	FW	Felippe Cardoso	19	Ponte Preta	December 2023	Free	[80]

Transfers out

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
10	AM	Lucas Lima	27	Palmeiras	End of contract	Free	[81]
11	ST	Kayke	29	Yokohama Marinos	Loan return	Free	[82]
35	SS	Lucas Crispim	23	São Bento	End of contract	Free	[83]
26	SS	Thiago Ribeiro	31	Free agent	End of contract	Free
18	ST	Nilmar	33	Free agent	Contract terminated	Free	[84]
9	ST	Ricardo Oliveira	37	Atlético Mineiro	End of contract	Free	[85]
–	GK	Gabriel Gasparotto	24	Arouca	End of contract	Free	[86]
–	AM	Marquinhos	28	São Bento	End of contract	Free	[87]
16	LW	Vladimir Hernández	28	Atlético Nacional	Transfer	R$4,8M	[88]
44	DM	Matheus Jesus	20	Gamba Osaka	Loan rescinded	Free	[89]
37	LB	Zeca	23	Internacional	Swapped[c]	Free	[73]
41	AM	Serginho	23	Kashima Antlers	Transfer	R$7,7M	[90]

Loans out

N.	P	Name	Age	Loaned to	Loan expires	Source
21	AM	Matheus Oliveira	20	Red Bull Brasil	April 2018	[91]
13	RB	Matheus Ribeiro	24	Puebla	December 2018	[92]
15	LB	Orinho	22	Ponte Preta	December 2018	[93]
–	DM	Lucas Otávio	23	Ituano	May 2018	[94]
32	CB	Fabián Noguera	24	Estudiantes	December 2018	[95]
41	AM	Serginho	22	América Mineiro	December 2018	[96]
3	LB	Romário	26	Ceará	December 2018	[97]
31	CB	Cléber Reis	27	Paraná	December 2018	[98]
13	ST	Rodrigão	24	Avaí	December 2018	[99]
30	DM	Leandro Donizete	35	América Mineiro	December 2018	[100]
17	AM	Rafael Longuine	27	Guarani	December 2018	[101]
21	AM	Matheus Oliveira	20	Guarani	December 2018	[102]
22	LB	Caju	22	APOEL	June 2019	[103]
7	AM	Vitor Bueno	23	Dynamo Kyiv	June 2020	[79]
14	CB	David Braz	31	Sivasspor	May 2019	[104]
20	AM	Emiliano Vecchio	29	Shabab Al-Ahli	June 2019	[105]

Pre-season and Friendlies

Monterrey v Santos

7 July Friendly	Monterrey	1–0	Santos	Guadalupe
20:00 UTC-06:00	Vangioni  5' Hurtado 12'	Report	72' Rodrygo	Stadium: BBVA Bancomer Referee: Alejandro Villafañe

Querétaro v Santos

10 July Friendly	Querétaro	0–0	Santos	Querétaro City
20:00 UTC-06:00	Gómez  15'	Report	86'  86' Dodô  90+1' Victor Ferraz	Stadium: Corregidora

Sources:^[106][107]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	14 April 2018	2 December 2018	Matchday 1	10th	38	13	11	14	46	40	+6	034.21
Copa do Brasil	10 May 2018	15 August 2018	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	050.00
Campeonato Paulista	17 January 2018	27 March 2018	Matchday 1	Semifinals	16	6	5	5	19	15	+4	037.50
Copa Libertadores	1 March 2018	28 August 2018	Group stage	Round of 16	8	3	3	2	6	4	+2	037.50
Total					66	24	19	23	79	64	+15	036.36

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Brasileiro

Main article: 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	11	14	46	40	+6	50	9	6	4	28	14	+14	4	5	10	18	26	−8

Last updated: 3 December 2018.
Source: Soccerway

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L
Position	3	9	16	13	15	16	18	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	15	17	13	12	10	10	8	9	11	11	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2018. Source: Globo Esporte
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Cruzeiro	38	14	11	13	34	34	0	53	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[d]
9	Botafogo	38	13	12	13	38	46	−8	51	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
10	Santos	38	13	11	14	46	40	+6	50
11	Bahia	38	12	12	14	39	41	−2	48
12	Fluminense	38	12	9	17	32	46	−14	45

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Notes:

1. Definitely promoted from the youth setup.
2. Initially, this amount was paid to acquire 100% of Zeca's rights and then trade him for Sasha.
3. Included in Eduardo Sasha transfer.
4. Cruzeiro qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa do Brasil.

Matches

Santos v Ceará

14 April 1	Santos	2–0	Ceará	São Paulo
21:00 UTC-03:00	Pio 42' (o.g.) Rodrygo 50'	Report	2' Rafael Carioca	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 15,513 Referee: Rodrigo D'Alonso Ferreira

Bahia v Santos

21 April 2	Bahia	1–0	Santos	Salvador
16:00 UTC-03:00	Nino Paraíba  31' Douglas Friedrich  38' Régis  90' Júnior Brumado 90+4' Marco Antonio  90+4'	Report	13' Léo Cittadini  38' David Braz  71' Dodô	Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 15,588 Referee: Cláudio Francisco Lima e Silva

Grêmio v Santos

6 May 4	Grêmio	5–1	Santos	Porto Alegre
19:00 UTC-03:00	Maicon 31', 55' Éverton 45+2' André 70' Arthur 80' Ramiro  90+1'	Report	23' Dodô 33' Jean Mota  42' Lucas Veríssimo  61' Alison	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 25,779 Referee: Pericles Bassols Pegado Cortez

Santos v Paraná

13 May 5	Santos	3–1	Paraná	Santos
19:00 UTC-03:00	Rodrygo 47' Gabriel  54' 59', 76'	Report	36' González  87' Vitor Feijão 90+3' Silvinho	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 3,971 Referee: Wagner Reway

São Paulo v Santos

20 May 6	São Paulo	1–0	Santos	São Paulo
16:00 UTC-03:00	Anderson Martins  46'  90+2' Éder Militão  55' Diego Souza 56' Reinaldo  71' Hudson  90+3'	Report	88' Yuri Alberto  90+5' David Braz	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 40,465 Referee: Braulio da Silva Machado

Santos v Cruzeiro

27 May 7	Santos	0–1	Cruzeiro	São Paulo
16:00 UTC-03:00	Diego Pituca  60'	Report	18' Henrique  55' Egídio 75' Bruno Silva  76' Edílson  78' Robinho	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 10,670 Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior
Note: Edílson was booked on the bench, after being replaced

Atlético Paranaense v Santos

31 May 8	Atlético Paranaense	2–0	Santos	Curitiba
21:00 UTC-03:00	Thiago Heleno 18' Guilherme 54' Pablo  55'	Report	86' Bruno Henrique	Stadium: Arena da Baixada Attendance: 9,173 Referee: Savio Pereira

Santos v Vitória

3 June 9	Santos	5–2	Vitória	Santos
16:00 UTC-03:00	Rodrygo 22', 26', 31' Renato 45' Gabriel 74'	Report	14' Wallyson  19' Rodrigo Andrade  61' Kanu 63' Neílton  81' Lucas Marques 84' Ramon	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 3,887 Referee: Rodrigo D'Alonso Ferreira

Corinthians v Santos

6 June 10	Corinthians	1–1	Santos	São Paulo
21:00 UTC-03:00	Roger 52'  52' Kazim  68' Romero  90+3'	Report	75'  76' Victor Ferraz  90+3' Lucas Veríssimo	Stadium: Arena Corinthians Attendance: 27,586 Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro
Note: Kazim was booked on the bench

Santos v Internacional

10 June 11	Santos	1–2	Internacional	Santos
19:00 UTC-03:00	Jean Mota  28' Diego Pituca  36' Gabriel 51' (pen.) Lucas Veríssimo  54' Bruno Henrique  75'	Report	33' (pen.) Leandro Damião  45+4' William Pottker  47' Edenílson 53' Cuesta  90' Rossi  90+2' Rodrigo Dourado	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,124 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Fluminense v Santos

13 June 12	Fluminense	0–1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC-03:00	Douglas  17' Mateus Norton  39'	Report	42' Diego Pituca  45+1' Alison  77' Renato 86' Bruno Henrique	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 7,438 Referee: Rafael Traci

Santos v Palmeiras

19 July 13	Santos	1–1	Palmeiras	São Paulo
20:00 UTC-03:00	Alison  24' Jean Mota  32' Rodrygo  44' Gustavo Henrique 75' Léo Cittadini  87'	Report	6'  7' Lucas Lima  15' Felipe Melo  45' Deyverson  56' Antônio Carlos  62' Hyoran  74' Gustavo Scarpa	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 26,417 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva
Note: Deyverson was booked on the bench

Chapecoense v Santos

22 July 14	Chapecoense	0–0	Santos	Chapecó
19:00 UTC-03:00	Wellington Paulista  5'	Report	12' Jean Mota  54' Eduardo Sasha  66' David Braz  86' Arthur Gomes	Stadium: Arena Condá Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Wagner Reway

Santos v Flamengo

25 July 15	Santos	1–1	Flamengo	Santos
21:45 UTC-03:00	Gabriel 33' Luiz Felipe  55'	Report	2' Éverton Ribeiro  54' Diego	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 11,843 Referee: Jailson Macêdo Freitas

Santos v América Mineiro

29 July 16	Santos	0–1	América Mineiro	Santos
19:00 UTC-03:00	Alison  70' Gustavo Henrique  90+4'	Report	39' (pen.) Ruy  68' Carlinhos  82' Juninho	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,691 Referee: Rafael Traci

Botafogo v Santos

4 August 17	Botafogo	0–0	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC-03:00	Matheus Fernandes  25'	Report	15' Alison  45+1' Luiz Felipe  65' Dodô  67' Gustavo Henrique  90+3' Derlis González	Stadium: Engenhão Attendance: 6,940 Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior

Ceará v Santos

8 August 20	Ceará	1–1	Santos	Fortaleza
19:30 UTC-03:00	Edinho  42' Arthur 78' Leandro Carvalho  83' Ricardinho  90+3'	Report	70' 87' Jean Mota  83' Victor Ferraz	Stadium: Presidente Vargas Attendance: 18,047 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Atlético Mineiro v Santos

12 August 18	Atlético Mineiro	3–1	Santos	Belo Horizonte
11:00 UTC-03:00	Elias 8'  43' Ricardo Oliveira 71', 90+5' Iago Maidana  73'	Report	27' Gabriel	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 22,062 Referee: Rodrigo D'Alonso Ferreira

Santos v Sport

18 August 19	Santos	3–0	Sport	Santos
16:00 UTC-03:00	Eduardo Sasha 2' Victor Ferraz  45+1' 84' Derlis González  45+2' Alison  53' Rodrygo 82'	Report	28'  57' Rogério  69' Morato  71' Cláudio Winck	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,991 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva

Santos v Bahia

25 August 21	Santos	2–0	Bahia	Santos
16:00 UTC-03:00	Bruno Henrique  14' Derlis González 57' Gabriel 75'	Report	10' Elton  59' Douglas Grolli	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 11,564 Referee: Héber Roberto Lopes

Vasco da Gama v Santos

1 September 22	Vasco da Gama	0–3	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC-03:00	Maxi López  41'	Report	5', 67', 82' Gabriel  23' Dodô	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 33,646 Referee: Braulio da Silva Machado

Santos v Grêmio

6 September 23	Santos	0–0	Grêmio	São Paulo
19:00 UTC-03:00	Alison  6' Daniel Guedes  47'	Report	90+2' Marcelo Grohe	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 16,083 Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio

Paraná v Santos

9 September 24	Paraná	0–2	Santos	Curitiba
19:00 UTC-03:00	Carlos  27' Renê  32' Alex Santana  53' Jhonny Lucas  81'	Report	52', 78'  53' Gabriel  57' Yuri  65' Robson Bambu	Stadium: Vila Capanema Attendance: 5,177 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva

Santos v São Paulo

16 September 25	Santos	0–0	São Paulo	Santos
16:00 UTC-03:00	Robson Bambu  46' Derlis González  67' Diego Pituca  69' Alison  77' Bruno Henrique  86' Gustavo Henrique  90+5' Victor Ferraz  90+6'	Report	5' Bruno Alves  42' Arboleda  52' Hudson  81' Joao Rojas	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 13,488 Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

Cruzeiro v Santos

23 September 26	Cruzeiro	2–1	Santos	Belo Horizonte
19:00 UTC-03:00	Murilo Cerqueira  34' Sassá 46' Raniel 83' Egídio  90+5'	Report	16' Gabriel  73' Victor Ferraz  83' Dodô	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 9,029 Referee: Braulio da Silva Machado

Santos v Vasco da Gama

27 September 3	Santos	1–1	Vasco da Gama	São Paulo
20:00 UTC-03:00	Gabriel  1' Diego Pituca 44'	Report	18' Fabrício  22' Bruno Cosendey  70'  87' Andrey 79' Ríos	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 12,985 Referee: Wagner Reway

Santos v Atlético Paranaense

30 September 27	Santos	1–0	Atlético Paranaense	Santos
16:00 UTC-03:00	Gustavo Henrique  53' Sánchez 90+7' (pen.)  90+7'	Report	18' Paulo André  33' Lucho González  80' Nikão  90+4' Léo Pereira  90+5' Márcio Azevedo  90+9' Marcelo Cirino	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,802 Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira

Vitória v Santos

5 October 28	Vitória	0–1	Santos	Salvador
21:30 UTC-03:00	Ramon  21' Fabiano  74' Rhayner  76' Maurício  82'	Report	8'  73' Sánchez  29' Alison	Stadium: Barradão Attendance: 7,478 Referee: Daniel Nobre Bins

Santos v Corinthians

13 October 29	Santos	1–0	Corinthians	São Paulo
19:00 UTC-03:00	Gabriel  14' 21' Gustavo Henrique  39' Derlis González  80'	Report	43' Emerson Sheik  56' Pedro Henrique  80' Gabriel	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 26,428 Referee: Pericles Bassols Pegado Cortez

Internacional v Santos

22 October 30	Internacional	2–2	Santos	Porto Alegre
20:00 UTC-03:00	Nico López  20' Leandro Damião 44' Patrick 71'	Report	45+2' Gustavo Henrique 50' Gabriel  53' Bruno Henrique 79' (o.g.) Fabiano  86' Luiz Felipe	Stadium: Beira-Rio Attendance: 43,159 Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

Santos v Fluminense

27 October 31	Santos	3–0	Fluminense	Santos
16:30 UTC-03:00	Robson Bambu  24' Gabriel  73' 84' (pen.) Victor Ferraz 88' Sánchez 89'	Report	5' Airton  87' Marlon  90+1' Fernando Neto	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,680 Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

Palmeiras v Santos

3 November 32	Palmeiras	3–2	Santos	São Paulo
19:00 UTC-03:00	Dudu 14'  90+1' Edu Dracena  34' 40' Lucas Lima  51' Victor Luis 71'	Report	7' Luiz Felipe  22' Derlis González  23' Gabriel 55' Copete  57' Victor Ferraz 65' Dodô  70'  80' Diego Pituca	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 38,938 Referee: Braulio da Silva Machado

Santos v Chapecoense

12 November 33	Santos	0–1	Chapecoense	São Paulo
20:00 UTC-02:00	Alison  56' Yuri  77'	Report	29' Leandro Pereira  89' Márcio Araújo	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 12,659 Referee: Rafael Traci

Flamengo v Santos

15 November 34	Flamengo	1–0	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
17:00 UTC-02:00	Rodinei  52' Henrique Dourado 73' Pará  77' Diego  90+3'	Report	45+1' Yuri  77' Gabriel  78' Alison  84' Jean Mota  90+4' Gustavo Henrique	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior

América Mineiro v Santos

18 November 35	América Mineiro	2–1	Santos	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC-02:00	Norberto  25' Rafael Moura 31'  45+2' Zé Ricardo  42' Luan  45+2' Matheusinho 65' Christian Savio  90' João Ricardo  90+4'	Report	45+1' Gabriel  61' Bruno Henrique	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 4,652 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva

Santos v Botafogo

21 November 36	Santos	1–1	Botafogo	Santos
21:00 UTC-02:00	Rodrygo 36' Gabriel  67' Luiz Felipe  88'	Report	25' Marcinho 59' Brenner Marlos  89' Matheus Fernandes	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 3,620 Referee: Heber Roberto Lopes

Santos v Atlético Mineiro

24 November 37	Santos	3–2	Atlético Mineiro	Santos
20:00 UTC-02:00	Sánchez 2'  77' Felippe Cardoso 34' Gabriel 37'  37' Dodô  58' Alison  61' Diego Pituca  64'	Report	17', 53' Ricardo Oliveira  65' Cazares	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,591 Referee: Leandro Vuaden

Sport v Santos

2 December 38	Sport	2–1	Santos	Recife
17:00 UTC-02:00	Adryelson  65' Andrigo  79' Rogério 84'  86' Hernane 90+2'	Report	25' Yuri 90+4' Rodrygo	Stadium: Ilha do Retiro Attendance: 23,451 Referee: Anderson Daronco

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2018 Copa do Brasil

Round of 16

Santos v Luverdense

10 May 1st leg	Santos	5–1	Luverdense	Santos
21:45 UTC-03:00	Gabriel 25', 63', 68'  48' Gustavo Henrique 59' Alison  62' Yuri Alberto 86'	Report	11' Itaqui  31' Rafael Silva  42' Paulinho  70' André Ribeiro  85' Moisés	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 3,590 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Luverdense v Santos

17 May 2nd leg	Luverdense	2–1 (3–6 agg.)	Santos	Lucas do Rio Verde
19:15 UTC-03:00	Paulo Renê  24' 32' Itaqui 47'	Report	16' (o.g.) Paulinho  71' Copete  87' Daniel Guedes	Stadium: Passo das Emas Attendance: 2,313 Referee: Grazziani Maciel Rocha

Quarter-final

Santos v Cruzeiro

1 August 1st leg	Santos	0–1	Cruzeiro	Santos
19:30 UTC-03:00	Gabriel  79'	Report	45+2' Henrique 81' Raniel  89' Rafael Sóbis  90+2' Rafinha	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,134 Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio

Cruzeiro v Santos

15 August 2nd leg	Cruzeiro	1–2 (2–2 agg.) (3–0 p)	Santos	Belo Horizonte
19:30 UTC-03:00	Thiago Neves 12' Edílson  90+2'	Report	42'  90+2' Gabriel  79' Gustavo Henrique 84'  90+2' Bruno Henrique  85'  90+5' Vladimir  90+5' Dodô	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 59,513 Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques
	Penalties
	Lucas Silva Raniel David		Bruno Henrique Rodrygo Jean Mota
Note: Vladimir was booked on the bench

Campeonato Paulista

Main article: 2018 Campeonato Paulista

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	6	5	5	19	15	+4	23	2	3	3	7	7	0	4	2	2	12	8	+4

Last updated: 27 March 2018.
Source: Globo Esporte

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos	12	5	3	4	17	13	+4	18	knockout stage
2	Botafogo-SP	12	4	4	4	9	11	−2	16
3	Red Bull Brasil	12	2	7	3	10	11	−1	13
4	Mirassol	12	2	6	4	9	13	−4	12

Source: Soccerway

Matches

Linense v Santos

17 January 1	Linense	0–3	Santos	Lins
19:30 UTC-02:00	Bileu  20'	Report	21', 56' Arthur Gomes  24' Renato  36' Romário 45+2' Rodrigão  85' Alison	Stadium: Gilbertão Attendance: 5,866 Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira

Santos v Bragantino

22 January 2	Santos	0–1	Bragantino	Santos
20:00 UTC-02:00	David Braz  78' Alison  80' Jean Mota  88'	Report	73' Fabiano 82' Guilherme Mattis  87' Bruno Sávio	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,508 Referee: Salim Fende Chavez

Ponte Preta v Santos

25 January 3	Ponte Preta	1–2	Santos	Campinas
19:30 UTC-02:00	Leo Melo 9' Tiago Real  25' Marciel  38' Renan Fonseca  42' Jeferson  45+2' Ronaldo  69' Marquinhos  80'	Report	10' Copete  38' Vecchio  64' David Braz 74' Eduardo Sasha 90+1' Rodrygo	Stadium: Moisés Lucarelli Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Flavio Rodrigues de Souza

Santos v Ituano

28 January 4	Santos	1–1	Ituano	São Paulo
19:30 UTC-02:00	Copete  15' Matheus Jesus  38' Rodrygo 90+1'	Report	17' Gabriel Baralhas  68' Tony  78' Claudinho  84' Juninho  88' Marcos Serrato	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 13,609 Referee: Vinicius Furlan

Palmeiras v Santos

4 February 5	Palmeiras	2–1	Santos	São Paulo
17:00 UTC-02:00	Antônio Carlos 2' Lucas Lima  26' Tchê Tchê  45+2' Borja 50' Felipe Melo  73' Victor Luis  90'	Report	6' Caju  37' Arthur Gomes 62' Renato  72' Alison  80' Copete	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 37,867 Referee: Flavio Rodrigues de Souza

Ferroviária v Santos

10 February 6	Ferroviária	2–2	Santos	Araraquara
16:30 UTC-02:00	Hygor  42' Léo Castro 64' Luan 77' Welinton  80' Moacir  83' Marco Damasceno  90+5'	Report	29' Eduardo Sasha  61' Daniel Guedes  65' 66' Gabriel  85' Jean Mota  90' Rodrygo	Stadium: Fonte Luminosa Attendance: 3,861 Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza

Santos v São Caetano

14 February 7	Santos	2–0	São Caetano	Santos
19:30 UTC-02:00	Lucas Veríssimo 34' Gabriel 46' David Braz  48'	Report	15' Chiquinho  55' Alex Reinaldo	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,165 Referee: Vinicius Furlan

São Paulo v Santos

18 February 8	São Paulo	0–1	Santos	São Paulo
17:00 UTC-03:00	Petros  23' Reinaldo  86' Éder Militão  90'	Report	54'  65' Gabriel  68' Alison  90+2' Arthur Gomes	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 36,118 Referee: Raphael Claus

Santos v Santo André

25 February 9	Santos	2–0	Santo André	Santos
19:30 UTC-03:00	Léo Cittadini  22' Gabriel 74'  76' Eduardo Sasha 88' Alison  90+3'	Report	12' Domingos  83' Flávio Medeiros	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 6,687 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

Santos v Corinthians

4 March 10	Santos	1–1	Corinthians	São Paulo
17:00 UTC-03:00	David Braz  45+3' Diogo Vitor 87'  88' Vecchio  89'	Report	20' Renê Júnior  45+2' Clayson  77' Gabriel  90+1' Balbuena	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 37,431 Referee: Luiz Flavio de Oliveira

Novorizontino v Santos

7 March 11	Novorizontino	2–1	Santos	Novo Horizonte
19:30 UTC-03:00	Juninho 20' Safira  25' Lucas Veríssimo 60' (o.g.) Jean Patrick  61'  67' Rafael Ratão  65' Thallyson  79' Oliveira  86' Tony  90+4'	Report	48' Gustavo Henrique 54' Yuri Alberto  81' Alison	Stadium: Jorge Ismael de Biasi Attendance: 5,426 Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho

Santos v São Bento

11 March 12	Santos	1–3	São Bento	Santos
17:00 UTC-03:00	Arthur Gomes 45+1' (pen.) Luiz Felipe  72' Gustavo Henrique  90+5'	Report	44' (pen.) Marcelo Cordeiro 79' Lúcio Flávio  90+3' Lucas Farias 90+5' Fábio Bahia	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 3,816 Referee: Vinicius Furlan

Knockout stage

Main article: 2018 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage

Quarter-final

Botafogo–SP v Santos

18 March 1st leg	Botafogo–SP	0–0	Santos	Ribeirão Preto
19:30 UTC-03:00	Dodô  23' Plínio  65'	Report	81' Jean Mota	Stadium: Santa Cruz Attendance: 11,933 Referee: Raphael Claus

Santos v Botafogo–SP

21 March 2nd leg	Santos	0–0 (0–0 agg.) (3–1 p)	Botafogo–SP	Santos
19:30 UTC-03:00		Report	59' Diones  90+3' Lucas Taylor	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 6,209 Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho
	Penalties
	Gabriel Vitor Bueno Diogo Vitor Lucas Veríssimo Arthur Gomes		Jheimy Bruno Moraes Dodô Willian

Semi-final

Santos v Palmeiras

24 March 1st leg	Santos	0–1	Palmeiras	São Paulo
19:00 UTC-03:00	Daniel Guedes  32' Alison  42'	Report	12' Willian  34' Antônio Carlos  90+1' Thiago Santos  90+5' Dudu	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 19,546 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

Palmeiras v Santos

27 March 2nd leg	Palmeiras	1–2 (2–2 agg.) (5–3 p)	Santos	São Paulo
20:30 UTC-03:00	Bruno Henrique 17' Willian  38' Felipe Melo  50'	Report	13'  37' Eduardo Sasha  15' Alison 39' Rodrygo  41' Lucas Veríssimo  45' David Braz  84' Daniel Guedes	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 36,591 Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza
	Penalties
	Dudu Tchê Tchê Victor Luis Moisés Guerra		Gabriel Jean Mota Diogo Vitor Arthur Gomes

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2018 Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Main article: 2018 Copa Libertadores § Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santos	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10	Round of 16
2	Estudiantes	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8
3	Nacional	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8	Copa Sudamericana
4	Real Garcilaso	6	1	3	2	2	7	−5	6

Source: CONMEBOL

Real Garcilaso v Santos

1 March 1	Real Garcilaso	2–0	Santos	Cusco, Peru
17:15 UTC−05:00	Vidales 8' Dulanto  39' Ramúa 89'	Report	22' Vecchio  39' Lucas Veríssimo  90' Vitor Bueno	Stadium: Estadio Garcilaso Attendance: 35,190 Referee: Gery Vargas

Santos v Nacional

15 March 2	Santos	3–1	Nacional	São Paulo
19:15 UTC−03:00	Rodrygo  12' 48' Gabriel  13'  44' Léo Cittadini  17' Eduardo Sasha 20', 83' Vanderlei  90+1'	Report	12' 82' Oliva  14' Romero  19' Corujo  41' Polenta  90' Peruzzi	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 20,982 Referee: Ulises Mereles

Estudiantes v Santos

5 April 3	Estudiantes	0–1	Santos	Quilmes, Argentina
21:30 UTC−03:00	Campi  83'	Report	19' Arthur Gomes  32' Lucas Veríssimo  83' David Braz  87' Vanderlei	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Ciudad de Quilmes Attendance: 27,904 Referee: Roddy Zambrano

Santos v Estudiantes

24 April 4	Santos	2–0	Estudiantes	Santos
21:30 UTC−03:00	Alison  7' Gabriel 44' Lucas Veríssimo 50'  90+2'	Report	10' Dubarbier  45+1' Campi  49' Gómez  72'  90+3' Escobar  89' Lattanzio	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,969 Referee: Eber Aquino

Nacional v Santos

1 May 5	Nacional	1–0	Santos	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:30 UTC−03:00	Barcia 58'  90+2' De Pena  81' Romero  86'	Report	78'  90+3' Léo Cittadini  82' Alison	Stadium: Gran Parque Central Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Wilmar Roldán

Santos v Real Garcilaso

24 May 6	Santos	0–0	Real Garcilaso	Santos
19:15 UTC−03:00	Daniel Guedes  71' Lucas Veríssimo  85'	Report	63' Morales  71' Cossio  89' Arismendi	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 5,016 Referee: Alexis Herrera

Knockout stage

Main article: 2018 Copa Libertadores final stages

Round of 16

Independiente v Santos

21 August 1st Leg	Independiente	0–0	Santos	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:45 UTC−03:00	Silva  25' Bustos  27' Cerutti  48' Campaña  72' Gastón Silva  90'	Report	19' Sánchez  30' Lucas Veríssimo  71'  82' Dodô  90+1' Gabriel	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Diego Haro
Note: The match was awarded 3–0 to Independiente because Santos fielded an ineligible player, Sánchez, as he was suspended but did appear in the match.

Santos v Independiente

28 August 2nd Leg	Santos	0–0 (0–3 agg.)	Independiente	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−03:00	González  40' Gustavo Henrique  58' Alison  59'	Report	19' Bustos  55' Brítez	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 33,642 Referee: Julio Bascuñán