The 2015 season is Santos Futebol Clube's 103rd season in existence and the club's fifty-sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competes in the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Paulista.

On 13 December 2014, Modesto Roma Júnior was elected the new president, after winning by 1,329 votes. On 5 March 2015 manager Enderson Moreira was sacked, and the assistant Marcelo Fernandes was appointed as interim; the latter was definitely appointed as manager seven days later.

On 3 May 2015, Santos was crowned champions of Campeonato Paulista after a three-year absence, after defeating Palmeiras by 2–1 in the finals (2–2 aggregate score, 4–2 on penalties). On 9 July, with the team in the relegation zone, Fernandes was replaced by Dorival Júnior, who returned to the club after nearly five years.

In October, Santos entered in Campeonato Brasileiro's after a five-year "drought" (precisely 187 rounds). The club also reached the year's Copa do Brasil finals, again facing Palmeiras in a two-legged tie; it was also the first final of the tournament disputed by two clubs from the São Paulo state.

Players

Squad information

No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Clubcaps Clubgoals Int.caps Int.goals Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End Goalkeepers 1 Vanderlei GK Porecatu 48 0 – – Coritiba 23 January 2015 Undisc. 31 December 2017 12 Vladimir GK Ipiaú 43 0 – – Youth System 1 January 2009 Free 31 December 2016 33 Gabriel Gasparotto GK Lucélia 0 0 – – Youth System 9 February 2013 Free 31 December 2016 36 João Paulo GK Dourados 0 0 – – Youth System 26 February 2014 Free 31 December 2018 Defenders 2 Werley CB Oliveira 44 3 – – Grêmio 18 January 2015 Loan 31 December 2015 3 Caju LB Irecê 18 0 – – Youth System 21 September 2014 Free 31 December 2019 4 Victor Ferraz RB João Pessoa 62 1 – – Coritiba 18 June 2014 Free 31 December 2019 6 Gustavo Henrique CB São Paulo 75 3 – – Youth System 10 January 2013 Free 31 December 2016 14 David Braz CB Guarulhos 108 11 – – Flamengo 15 May 2012 Free 31 August 2019 23 Chiquinho LB/CM/AM Caxias 24 1 – – Fluminense 9 January 2015 Free 31 December 2015 32 Paulo Ricardo CB Laguna 20 0 – – Youth System 25 January 2014 Free 31 December 2017 37 Zeca LB Paranavaí 53 0 – – Youth System 25 January 2014 Free 31 December 2018 38 Daniel Guedes RB João Ramalho 23 0 – – Youth System 19 February 2014 Free 17 February 2019 44 Leonardo CB Guarulhos 38 0 – – Ituano 15 May 2015 Free 31 December 2016 Midfielders 5 Alison DM Cubatão 76 1 – – Youth System 9 September 2011 Free 31 December 2017 8 Renato DM Santa Mercedes 292 28 28 0 Botafogo 9 January 2015 Free 31 December 2016 15 Edwin Valencia DM/CM Florida 16 0 18 0 Fluminense 15 January 2015 Free 31 December 2015 16 Fernando Medeiros DM Santos 1 0 – – Youth System 29 September 2015 Free 31 December 2018 17 Rafael Longuine AM Paranavaí 14 2 – – Audax 14 April 2015 Free 31 May 2017 18 Vitor Bueno AM Monte Alto 4 1 – – Botafogo-SP 26 May 2015 Loan 1 June 2016 19 Marquinhos AM/LB Vassouras 7 0 – – Audax 19 May 2015 Loan 31 December 2015 20 Lucas Lima AM Marília 109 11 6 1 Internacional 7 February 2014 R$ 5M 31 December 2017 21 Leandrinho CM/AM Espinosa 62 1 – – Youth System 5 March 2013 Free 31 December 2017 24 Cristian Ledesma CM/DM Morón 4 0 1 0 Lazio 3 September 2015 Free 10 March 2016 25 Lucas Otávio DM Bandeirantes 30 0 – – Youth System 22 July 2013 Free 31 January 2019 27 Léo Cittadini AM Rio Claro 14 1 – – Youth System 3 June 2013 Free 31 December 2018 29 Thiago Maia CM Boa Vista 38 2 – – Youth System 20 October 2014 Free 30 June 2019 31 Marquinhos Gabriel AM/SS Selbach 44 9 – – Al-Nassr 16 January 2015 Loan 31 December 2015 41 Serginho AM Monte Aprazível 22 0 – – Youth System 25 January 2014 Free 31 December 2016 Forwards7 Leandro SS Brasília 14 1 – – Palmeiras 3 August 2015 Loan 31 December 2015 9 Ricardo Oliveira ST São Paulo 94 58 14 4 Free agent 12 January 2015 Free 31 December 2017 10 Gabriel SS/ST São Bernardo 127 44 – – Youth System 24 May 2013 Free 30 September 2019 11 Geuvânio SS Ilha das Flores 114 24 – – Youth System 6 June 2012 Free 31 December 201739 Nilson ST São Paulo 16 1 – – Cianorte 19 May 2015 Loan 31 December 2015 40 Neto Berola SS Itabuna 23 2 – – Atlético Mineiro 19 May 2015 Loan 31 May 2016

Source: SantosFC.com.br (for appearances and goals), Wikipedia players' articles (for international appearances and goals), FPF (for contracts)

Youth players

Appearances and goals No.NatNameCampeonato BrasileiroCampeonato PaulistaCopa do BrasilTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKVanderlei27+1010010048012GKVladimir1109+104025033GKGabriel Gasparotto000000003DFCaju1+3000105023DFChiquinho8+201111+2024138DFDaniel Guedes16+2000302104DFVictor Ferraz29118+109057137DFZeca2202+1010035014DFDavid Braz2921731205856DFGustavo Henrique19+106+109+1037044DFLeonardo1+2000003032DFPaulo Ricardo9+20102+401802DFWerley22+121416+104435MFAlison1+20400+108016MFFernando Medeiros0+1000001021MFLeandrinho4+203+302+2016024MFLedesma3+1000004027MFLéo Cittadini1+5000006020MFLucas Lima31417+1111160625MFLucas Otávio10+405+602027019MFMarquinhos1+40000+207031MFMarquinhos Gabriel17+932+519+2544917MFRafael Longuine6+62001+101428MFRenato25016+1211053241MFSerginho2+80000+3013029MFThiago Maia23+52008+1037215MFValencia201004016018MFVitor Bueno0+4100004110FWGabriel27+3105+7311+38562111FWGeuvânio25+3616+136+4155107FWLeandro2+121000014140FWNeto Berola2+171000+4123239FWNilson5+81000+301619FWRicardo Oliveira31+12016+2111266237 Players who left the club during the season4DFCicinho0+108+414017136DFJubal000+10001022MFElano2+302+1202+3224230FWDiego Cardoso00000+101049FWLucas Crispim000+501+10707FWRobinho421353120811FWThiago Ribeiro004+520+10102

Last updated: 7 December 2015 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Soccerway, Campeonato Brasileiro, Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil

Goalscorers No.NameBrasileirãoPaulistãoCopa do BrasilTotal19FWRicardo Oliveira 20 11 6 37210FWGabriel 10 3 8 21311FWGeuvânio 6 3 1 10431MFMarquinhos Gabriel 3 1 5 957FWRobinho 2 5 1 8620MFLucas Lima 4 1 1 6714DFDavid Braz 2 3 0 582DFWerley 2 1 0 3Own goals 1 2 0 398MFRenato 0 2 0 211FWThiago Ribeiro 0 2 0 222MFElano 0 0 2 217MFRafael Longuine 2 0 0 240FWNeto Berola 1 0 1 229MFThiago Maia 2 0 0 21023DFChiquinho 0 1 0 14DFCicinho 0 1 0 14DFVictor Ferraz 1 0 0 139FWNilson 1 0 0 17FWLeandro 1 0 0 118MFVitor Bueno 1 0 0 1Total 59 36 25 120

Last updated: 7 December 2015 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

NameBrasileirãoCopa do BrasilPaulistaTotal 20 MF Lucas Lima |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 6 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 16 || 0 || 0 14 DF David Braz |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 7 || 1 || 1 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 12 || 1 || 1 9 FW Ricardo Oliveira |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 6 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 11 || 0 || 0 2 DF Werley |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 7 || 1 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 9 || 1 || 0 10 FW Gabriel |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 0 || 1 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 9 || 0 || 1 4 DF Cicinho |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 2 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 8 || 2 || 0 15 MF Valencia |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 6 || 1 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 8 || 1 || 0 11 FW Geuvânio |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 1 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 1 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 7 || 1 || 1 6 DF Gustavo Henrique |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 1 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 7 || 1 || 0 38 DF Daniel Guedes |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 7 || 0 || 0 40 FW Neto Berola |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 6 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 6 || 0 || 0 7 FW Robinho |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 29 MF Thiago Maia |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 4 DF Victor Ferraz |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 32 DF Paulo Ricardo |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 1 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 0 || 1 1 GK Vanderlei |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 25 MF Lucas Otávio |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 0 || 0 22 MF Elano |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 0 || 0 31 MF Marquinhos Gabriel |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 1 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 1 21 MF Leandrinho |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 23 DF Chiquinho |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 37 DF Zeca |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 12 GK Vladimir |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 1 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 1 5 MF Alison |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 24 MF Ledesma |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0