2002 Santos FC season

Santos

2002 season
President	Marcelo Teixeira
Coach	Celso Roth (until May)[1] Emerson Leão
Stadium	Vila Belmiro
Campeonato Brasileiro	Winners
Torneio Rio-São Paulo	9th
Copa do Brasil	Second stage
Top goalscorer	League: Alberto (12) All: Diego (13)
← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety season in existence and the club's forty-third consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

This season marked the new Meninos da Vila generation, where Robinho, Diego, Elano, Léo, Alex, Renato and others, helped Santos win their 6th Campeonato Brasileiro title, in which the club had not won since 1968.^[2]

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Fábio Costa DF André Luís DF Léo DF Maurinho MF Paulo Almeida DF Alex FW Robinho MF Renato FW Alberto MF Diego MF Elano GK Júlio Sério DF Michel

No. Position Player DF Pereira DF Preto MF Alexandre MF Wellington MF Robert FW William FW Douglas FW Adiel FW Fabiano Souza DF Marcão GK Rafael DF Bernardi

Source: Acervo Santista

Appearances and goals

Pos.	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro		Copa do Brasil		Torneio Rio-São Paulo		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Fábio Costa	6	0	4	0	15	0	25	0
GK	Júlio Sérgio	22	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
GK	Rafael	3+(1)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Alex	25	3	0	0	0	0	25	3
DF	André Luís	18	1	0	0	6	1	24	2
DF	Léo	29	6	3	0	14	0	47	6
DF	Marcão	0+(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Maurinho	26	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
DF	Michel	3+(1)	0	4	0	11+(1)	1	20	1
DF	Pereira	2+(5)	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
DF	Preto	20+(1)	0	3+(1)	0	11+(2)	1	38	1
DF	Bernardi	1+(3)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Leandro	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Alexandre	2+(11)	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
MF	Canindé	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Diego	28	10	0+(3)	1	7+(4)	2	42	13
MF	Elano	29	9	1+(1)	0	4+(2)	0	37	9
MF	Paulo Almeida	28	0	4	0	9+(1)	0	42	0
MF	Renato	31	2	1	0	7+(2)	0	41	2
MF	Robert	3+(13)	2	3	0	14	8	33	10
MF	Wellington	2+(10)	0	0+(2)	0	2+(5)	0	21	0
FW	Adiel	0+(3)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Alberto	28+(1)	12	0	0	0	0	29	12
FW	Douglas	1+(7)	1	1+(2)	0	4+(6)	1	21	2
FW	Fabiano Souza	1+(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Robinho	30	10	0	0	0+(3)	0	33	10
FW	William	2+(16)	3	3+(1)	2	5+(8)	4	35	9
FW	Bruno Moraes	0+(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left the club during the season
MF	Esquerdinha	0	0	1+(1)	0	6+(7)	0	15	0
MF	Marcelo Silva	0	0	4	0	15	2	19	2
FW	Oséas	0	0	4	2	7	1	11	3
MF	Eduardo Marques	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	Valdir	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
DF	Cléber	0	0	3	0	9	3	12	3
DF	Odvan	0	0	4	2	12	1	16	3

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Moving from	Source	Notes
DF	Michel	Vitória		Loan return
DF	André Luís	Fluminense		Loan return
DF	Maurinho	Etti-Jundiaí	[3]
GK	Júlio Sérgio	Comercial
DF	Odvan	Vasco	[4]
DF	Bernardi	Internacional	[5]
MF	Alexandre	Guarani	[6]
MF	Eduardo Marques	Guarani
MF	Esquerdinha	São Caetano	[7]
FW	Alberto	Rio Branco	[8]
FW	Oséas	Cruzeiro	[9]
FW	Fabiano Souza	Internacional	[10]

Out

Pos.	Name	Moving to	Source	Notes
GK	Pitarelli	Gama
DF	Pereira	Gaziantepspor	[11]	On loan
DF	Galván	Lanús
DF	Russo	São Caetano
DF	Orestes	Portuguesa Santista		Loan return
DF	Rodrigo Costa	1860 München	[12]
DF	Válber	Free agent		End of contract
FW	Oséas	Free agent	[13]	Contract terminated
MF	Vágner	Bahia		Loan return
FW	Marcelinho Carioca	Gamba Osaka	[14]
FW	Weldon	Brasiliense
FW	Viola	Free agent	[15]
DF	Cléber	Yverdon
DF	Odvan	Free agent		Contract terminated
DF	Valdir	Free agent		Contract terminated
MF	Marcelo Silva	Spartak Moscow	[16]
MF	Eduardo Marques	Belenenses	[17]
MF	Esquerdinha	São Caetano	[18]	Loan return

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
23 June	Roma-PR	A	0-1	William
13 July	Comercial	A	0-5	André Luís, Diego, Elano, Júlio César, Robinho
20 July	Glasgow Rangers	A	0-1	Diego
27 July	Corinthians	H	3-1	André Luís, William, Renato

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Campeonato Brasileiro	First stage	Winners	10 August	15 December
Torneio Rio-São Paulo	First stage	9th	20 January	14 April
Copa do Brasil	First round	Second round	6 February	6 March

Detailed overall summary

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	50	25	25
Games won	23	17	6
Games drawn	13	5	8
Games lost	14	3	11
Biggest win	4–1 v Cruzeiro	4–2 v Ji-Paraná	4–1 v Cruzeiro
Biggest loss	2–4 v Coritiba	1–3 v Ponte Preta	2–4 v Coritiba
Clean sheets	13	10	3
Goals scored	91	56	35
Goals conceded	67	27	40
Goal difference	+24	+29	-5
Average GF per game	1.82	2.24	1.4
Average GC per game	1.34	1.08	1.6
Most appearances	Léo (47)	Léo (23)	Léo (24)
Top scorer	Diego (13)	Alberto (9)	Elano (7)
Points	82/150 (54.67%)	56/75 (74.67%)	26/75 (34.66%)
Winning rate	46%	68%	24%

Campeonato Brasileiro

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
1	10 August	Botafogo	H	2–1	Elano, Diego
2	18 August	Juventude	A	2–1	William
3	21 August	Figueirense	H	3–0	Léo, Renato, Douglas
4	25 August	Fluminense	A	1–1	Diego
5	28 August	Paraná Clube	H	2–1	Léo, Diego
6	31 August	Internacional	A	3–0
7	4 September	Vitória	H	3–0	Alberto (2), Robinho
8	8 September	Atlético Paranaense	H	2–2	William, Alberto
9	11 September	Coritiba	A	4–2	Diego (2)
10	14 September	Grêmio	H	2–0	Alberto, Léo
11	18 September	Vasco	A	1–2	Elano, Alex
12	21 September	Goiás	H	1–1	Elano
13	26 September	Gama	A	0–0
14	29 September	Palmeiras	H	1–1	Robinho
15	3 October	Corinthians	A	2–4	Alberto (2), Elano (2)
16	9 October	Atlético Mineiro	H	3–2	Alberto, Alex, Robinho
17	13 October	Cruzeiro	A	1–4	Elano (2), André Luís, Robinho
18	16 October	São Paulo	A	3–2	Robert, Diego
19	19 October	Portuguesa	H	1–2	Diego
20	23 October	Paysandu	A	2–1	Elano
21	26 October	Flamengo	H	3–0	William, Robert, Robinho
22	30 October	Bahia	A	1–1	Léo
23	2 November	Guarani	A	0–2	Diego, Robinho
24	9 November	Ponte Preta	H	1–3	Robinho
25	17 November	São Caetano	A	3–2	Alex, Alberto
QF 1	24 November	São Paulo	H	3–1	Alberto, Diego, Robinho
QF 2	28 November	São Paulo	A	1–2	Léo, Diego
SF 1	1 December	Grêmio	H	3–0	Alberto (2), Robinho
SF 2	4 December	Grêmio	A	1–0
F 1	8 December	Corinthians	H	2–0	Alberto, Renato
F 2	15 December	Corinthians	A	2–3	Robinho, Elano, Léo

Copa do Brasil

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
FR 1	6 February	Ji-Paraná	A	0–0
FR 2	13 February	Ji-Paraná	H	4–2	William (2), Odvan, Diego
SR 1	27 February	Internacional	H	3–3	Odvan, Oséas (2)
SR 2	6 March	Internacional	A	1–0

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
1	20 January	America-RJ	H	3–0	Cléber, Robert, William
2	26 January	Ponte Preta	A	3–1	Odvan
3	30 January	Corinthians	H	1–0	William
4	2 February	Portuguesa	A	1–1	Robert
5	9 February	Palmeiras	A	2–1	William
6	17 February	São Caetano	H	2–1	Cléber, William
7	24 February	Flamengo	H	2–0	Oséas, Marcelo Silva
8	2 March	Americano	A	3–2	Cléber, Robert
9	10 March	Botafogo	H	3–3	Robert (2), Diego
10	16 March	Fluminense	A	1–1	André Luís
11	20 March	Etti-Jundiaí	H	1–2	Diego
12	24 March	Guarani	H	2–0	Robert (2)
13	30 March	Vasco	A	1–1	Douglas
14	7 April	São Paulo	H	3–2	Marcelo Silva, Michel, Preto
15	14 April	Bangu	A	1–1	Robert

References

1. "Santos demite Roth e deve anunciar Leão". Folha.
2. EDUARDO VIEIRA e GUIO BASTOS. "Santos conquista o Brasileiro e sai da fila de 18 anos". Folha.
3. "Santos contrata lateral direito Maurinho".
4. "Santos contrata zagueiro Odvan" (in Portuguese).
5. "Santos contrata zagueiro Odvan" (in Portuguese).
6. "Santos contrata Alexandre, ex-Guarani". Globo Esporte.
7. "Esquerdinha tem motivação dupla". Folha.
8. "Santos contrata atacante Alberto". UOL.
9. "Santos paga R$ 150 mil e leva Oséas". Terra Esportes.
10. "Fabiano Souza apresenta-se ao Santos nesta terça-feira". UOL Esporte.
11. "Santos empresta Pereira para time da Turquia" [Santos Pereira lends team to Turkey]. UOL. 2002-01-15. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
12. "Costa signs for 1860".
13. "Santos rescinde contrato de Oséas".
14. "Marcelinho acerta com clube japonês".
15. "Santos vai chutar Viola em 2002".
16. "Spartak pick up Silva".
17. "Meia Eduardo Marques acerta contrato com o Belenenses".
18. "Meia Eduardo Marques acerta contrato com o Belenenses".

External links

• Official Site