List of Santos FC seasons

Santos FC is a football club based in Santos, that competes in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league. The club was founded in 1912 by the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos by the names of Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior, and played its first friendly match on 23 June 1912. Initially Santos played against other local clubs in the city and state championships, but in 1959 the club became one of the founding members of the Taça Brasil, Brazil's first truly national league. As of 2022, Santos was one of only three clubs never to have been relegated from the top level of Brazilian football, the others being São Paulo, Flamengo. Until 2023, where they suffered their first relegation of its history.

Santos enjoyed a successful start in the Brasileirão, finishing runners-up in the competition's first season. In the period from 1956 to 1974, the "Peixe" team won the Brasileirão six times, including a record-consecutive five titles from 1961 to 1965, and the Campeonato Paulista 11 times. The club did not win the league again until 2002. In 1978 Santos had finished 23rd, which remains, as of 2010, the club's lowest finishing position. Santos became the first club in the world to win the continental treble during the 1962 season consisting of the Paulista, Taça Brasil, and the Copa Libertadores. In 1955, Lula was appointed manager and assembled what would later be known as the Os Santásticos. In 1961 he led the club to its first league title and repeated the feat the following four seasons when the club also won the Copa Libertadores for the first time and successfully defended the trophy once.

Newly elected president Luis Álvaro Ribeiro's appointment of Muricy Ramalho as coach and the rise of stars such as Neymar and Ganso in 2010 marked the beginning of another spell of sustained success. In 2010 Santos won the Copa do Brasil for the first time. In May 2011 Santos defeated Peñarol in the Copa Libertadores final 2–1 to win the Copa Libertadores for the first time in 49 years. The club has won the Brasileirão championship a record eight times, the Campeonato Paulista 19 times, the Copa do Brasil once, the Torneio Rio – São Paulo five times, the Copa Paulista once, the Copa Libertadores three times, the Copa CONMEBOL once, the Recopa Sudamericana once, the Intercontinental Cup twice and the Intercontinental Supercup one time.

The table details the club's achievements in the early regional championships and in all national and international first-team competitions for each completed season since the club's formation in 1912. Note that the "three points for a win" system was used for the first time in Brazil during the 1995 season. Every season from 1994 and before used a system that awarded 2 points for a win and 1-point for a draw.

Key Especially short competitions such as the Recopa Sudamericana, Intercontinental Cup (now defunct), or FIFA Club World Cup are not generally considered to contribute towards a Double or Treble. Dashes (—) signify that the club did not qualify for the mentioned competition(s) in a season. The term "N/A", which stands for "non-available" signify that the tournament(s) did not exist during that time. +KeyFPFinal positionWChampion1stFirst placePldPlayedRURunner-up2ndSecond placeWWonSFSemifinalists3rdThird placeDDrawnQFQuarterfinalists PromotedLLostR16Eliminated at the round of 16 RelegatedGSGoals scoredR32Eliminated at the round of 32†Achieved the DoubleGAGoals againstGSEliminated at the Group stage‡Achieved the Continental DoublePts.Points3REliminated in the third round§Achieved the Treble2REliminated in the second round1REliminated in the first round

Seasons

Pre-Brasileirão era During this period Brazil did not have a national football league. Santos competed in the championship of the São Paulo region, and competed in the Campeonato Santista twice.

SeasonDomestic leaguesOther competitionsSeason top scorerTournamentFPPld.WDLGSGAPts.NameGoals1912No competitive football was played during Santos' inaugural year Arnaldo Patusca21913Santista1st660035712— Paul7Paulista6thSantos abandoned the tournament due to lack of funds.4103102221914No competitive football was played due to financial crisis Arnaldo Patusca Adolpho Millon41915Santista1st10100042420— Araken Patusca161916Paulista5th1141623319— Araken Patusca141917Paulista4th16826443618— Araken Patusca231918Paulista4th13742422618— Araken Patusca321919Paulista6th186111364313— Haroldo141920Paulista10th710613332— Castelhano141921Paulista10th225314266113— Constantino121922Paulista11th1121817315— Constantino121923Paulista9th1023512197— Constantino91924Paulista4th17935442921— Araken Patusca Siriri191925Paulista4th10613191513— Araken Patusca221926Paulista4th9513241711— Araken Patusca251927Paulista2nd1614021003328— Araken Patusca531928Paulista2nd12912421219— Araken Patusca191929Paulista2nd7511301311— Feitiço391930Paulista4th261844803840— Feitiço481931Paulista3rd251861792842— Feitiço491932Paulista8th11506263110— Feitiço131933Paulista5th14617413813Torneio Rio – São Paulo9th Vítor Gonçalves181934Paulista6th14536222713— Mendes111935Paulista1st12921311120— Saci141936Paulista4th211326703728— 361937Paulista5th14545272024— Gradim191938Paulista6th1041522189— Gradim201939Paulista6th20848353320— 221940Paulista7th20749514918— Molina 131941Paulista5th20848596020— Carabina301942Paulista7th20749595128— Rui191943Paulista6th201019453921— Rui191944Paulista6th20848394120— Antoninho121945Paulista6th208210344618— Jorginho171946Paulista4th20947373222— Caxambu261947Paulista6th20677332719— Adolfrises161948Paulista2nd201523543132— Odair201949Paulista4th221147514026— Odair201950Paulista3rd221354473431— Odair251951Paulista5th281657694037— Odair361952Paulista5th301389624634Torneio Rio – São Paulo3rd Nicácio161953Paulista7th2812313605227Torneio Rio – São Paulo9th Vasconcelos251954Paulista4th261628704334Torneio Rio – São Paulo6th Vasconcelos251955Paulista1st261925714040Torneio Rio – São Paulo5th Del Vecchio381956Paulista1st362943983662— Pagão341957Paulista2nd3726471446556Torneio Rio – São Paulo4th Pelé571958Paulista1st3829631434064Torneio Rio – São Paulo7th Pelé80

Brasileirão era In 1959, the Taça Brasil, Brazil's first national football league, was formed, with Santos among the founder members. The club continue to participate in the Paulista championship which continued alongside the Brasileirão. Clubs qualified to the Taça Brasil based on their placings in the regional championships until 1967, when it became open to all teams through the Robertão.