The 2023 season was Santos FC's 111th season in existence and the club's sixty-fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competed in the Copa do Brasil, Copa Sudamericana and the Campeonato Paulista.
At the end of the season, the club were relegated to the Brazilian Série B for the first time in their history. Their relegation led riots to occur in Santos.
Players Squad information Name Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Date signed Fee Goalkeepers 1 Vladimir GK Ipiaú 78 0 Avaí 28 December 2022 Free 31 December 2025 34 João Paulo GK Dourados 210 0 Youth System 26 February 2014 Free 31 December 2027 42 Breno GK Santos – – Youth System 14 December 2022 Free 31 October 2024 50 Paulo Mazoti GK Ribeirão Pires – – Youth System 13 November 2020 Free 31 December 2024 52 Diógenes GK Itapecerica da Serra – – Youth System 9 July 2021 Free 31 December 2024 Defenders 2 João Basso CB Curitiba 14 0 Arouca 1 August 2023 Undisc. 31 December 2026 3 Felipe Jonatan LB Fortaleza 197 6 Ceará 1 March 2019 R$ 6M 28 February 2025 12 Gabriel Inocêncio RB/LB São Paulo 25 0 Água Santa 12 April 2023 Loan 31 December 2023 13 João Lucas RB Belo Horizonte 28 0 Cuiabá 9 December 2022 R$ 6M 31 December 2025 16 Dodô LB Campinas 69 1 Atlético Mineiro 10 July 2023 Free 31 December 2025 24 Messias CB São Mateus 43 3 Ceará 7 December 2022 Undisc. 31 December 2025 26 Leonardo Zabala CB Santa Cruz de la Sierra – – Youth System 15 July 2022 Free 31 December 2025 28 Joaquim CB Nova Era 39 2 Cuiabá 8 February 2023 € 3M 31 December 2026 31 Alex CB Ribeirão Preto 29 1 Fluminense 7 May 2019 Free 31 December 2024 32 Jair CB Orlândia 2 0 Youth System 26 January 2022 Free 15 June 2025 38 Kevyson LB/AM Leopoldina 18 0 Youth System 12 July 2022 Free 31 December 2026 40 Cadu RB Matão 2 0 Youth System 31 January 2023 Free 31 December 2024 80 Júnior Caiçara RB Santos 5 0 İstanbul Başakşehir 22 August 2023 Free 10 December 2023 Midfielders 5 Alison DM Cubatão 273 4 Free agent 9 February 2023 Free 31 December 2023 6 Sandry DM/CM Itabuna 92 0 Youth System 18 January 2019 Free 31 May 2026 7 Nonato CM/AM São Paulo 14 1 Ludogorets 4 August 2023 Loan 31 July 2024 8 Jean Lucas DM Rio de Janeiro 42 0 Monaco 18 July 2023 Undisc. 31 July 2027 14 Rodrigo Fernández DM Montevideo 83 2 Guaraní R$ 6M 31 December 2025 19 Dodi DM S. Antônio do Sudoeste 48 0 Kashiwa Reysol 14 December 2022 Free 31 December 2025 23 Lucas Lima AM Marília 253 21 Free agent 7 February 2023 Free 30 April 2025 25 Tomás Rincón DM San Cristóbal 16 2 Free agent 15 August 2023 Free 31 December 2024 29 Camacho DM Rio de Janeiro 100 2 Corinthians 15 June 2021 Free 31 December 2023 35 João Victor Balão DM São Luís – – Youth System 31 January 2023 Free 31 December 2025 37 Ed Carlos AM São Paulo 13 0 Youth System 19 July 2022 Free 30 June 2026 47 Miguel Terceros AM Santa Cruz de la Sierra 9 0 Youth System 20 July 2022 Free 31 July 2027 97 Luan Dias AM Santos 8 0 Água Santa 12 April 2023 Loan 31 December 2023 Forwards 9 Marcos Leonardo ST Itapetinga 167 54 Youth System 21 July 2020 Free 31 December 2026 10 Yeferson Soteldo LW/AM Acarigua 144 21 Tigres 12 July 2023 $ 4M 30 June 2027 11 Julio Furch ST Winifreda 22 3 Atlas 24 July 2023 Free 31 December 2025 17 Maximiliano Silvera SS Pando 12 1 Free agent 6 September 2023 Free 31 December 2023 20 Stiven Mendoza LW Palmira 44 10 Ceará 8 December 2022 Undisc. 31 December 2025 22 Alfredo Morelos SS Cereté 3 0 Free agent 7 September 2023 Free 31 August 2025 30 Lucas Braga LW São Paulo 198 18 Luverdense 5 June 2019 Free 30 April 2026 88 Bruno Mezenga ST Niterói 11 1 Água Santa 12 April 2023 Loan 31 December 2023 Source: SantosFC.com.br (for appearances and goals), Wikipedia players' articles (for international appearances and goals), FPF (for contracts). Players in italic were not registered for the Campeonato Paulista.
Copa Sudamericana squad
Source: Diário do Peixe
Appearances and goals No.NatNameCampeonato BrasileiroCampeonato PaulistaCopa do BrasilCopa SudamericanaTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals34GKJoão Paulo36012060505901GKVladimir2+100+100010504DFEduardo Bauermann318+3130312033DFFelipe Jonatan103030209013DFJoão Lucas9+6010+102+101030016DFDodô18000000018028DFJoaquim31240311039344DFLucas Pires7+209+103+103+1027033DFMaicon0+109+10100+2014024DFMessias26+224+10515043322DFNathan Santos702+702+204024012DFGabriel Inocêncio12+100002+10002502DFLuiz Felipe0+100000203031DFAlex4+200000107038DFKevyson11+6000001018040DFCadu0+10000010202DFJoão Basso14000000014080DFJúnior Caiçara1+400000005032DFJair0+200000002029MFCamacho4+701+201+30312117MFDaniel Ruiz2+700+301+203+101907MFNonato7+7100000014119MFDodi20+8011060404908MFGabriel Carabajal002+100+1000408MFJean Lucas22000000022018MFGabriel Pirani000+2000002015MFIvonei0+101+300+101+209021MFLucas Barbosa1+302+822+212+2022323MFLucas Lima28+7140614+1050225MFTomás Rincón14+2200000016247MFMiguel Terceros0+20000+201+207014MFRodrigo Fernández24+614+105+103+104516MFSandry2+308+10001015017MFVinicius Balieiro0+300+200+10006025MFVinicius Zanocelo003000003097MFLuan Dias1+70000000805MFAlisson2+300000207037MFEd Carlos0+40000+100+207011FWÂngelo5+627+202+402+3031288FWBruno Mezenga0+90000+210011136FWDeivid Washington5+42002+103+1016230FWLucas Braga22+502+911+200+104219FWMarcos Leonardo30+1131144331492199FWRaniel000+2000002012FWRwan Seco001+6100007120FWStiven Mendoza20+7610+14402+20461010FWYeferson Soteldo17+5140202+2032143FWWeslley Patati0+90000+100+2012011FWJulio Furch5+17300000022322FWAlfredo Morelos1+200000003017FWMaximiliano Silvera4+81000000121 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Soccerway
Goalscorers No.NameBrasileirãoPaulistaCopa do BrasilCopa SudamericanaTotal19FWMarcos Leonardo 13 4 3 1 21220FWMendoza 6 4 0 0 10321MFLucas Barbosa 0 2 1 0 34DFEduardo Bauermann 1 1 0 1 328DFJoaquim 2 0 1 0 311FWJulio Furch 3 0 0 0 324DFMessias 2 0 1 0 3811FWÂngelo 2 0 0 0 236FWDeivid Washington 2 0 0 0 223MFLucas Lima 1 0 1 0 225MFTomás Rincón 2 0 0 0 21230FWLucas Braga 0 1 0 0 112FWRwan Seco 0 1 0 0 129MFCamacho 0 0 0 1 188FWBruno Mezenga 0 0 1 0 114MFRodrigo Fernández 1 0 0 0 110FWYeferson Soteldo 1 0 0 0 114FWMaximiliano Silvera 1 0 0 0 17MFNonato 1 0 0 0 1Own goals 1 1 0 0 1Total 39 14 8 3 64 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Disciplinary record
NameBrasileirãoPaulistaCopa do BrasilSudamericanaTotal 14 MF Rodrigo Fernández |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 12 || 0 || 1 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 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"| 18 || 0 || 1 19 MF Dodi |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 10 || 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"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 15 || 0 || 0 28 DF Joaquim |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 6 || 0 || 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"| 0 || 1 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 7 || 1 || 0 22 DF Lucas Pires |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 1 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 0 || 1 29 MF Camacho |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 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"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 1 || 0 9 FW Marcos Leonardo |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 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"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 8 || 0 || 0 10 FW Yeferson Soteldo |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 1 || 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"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 1 || 1 24 DF Messias |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 22 DF Nathan Santos |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 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"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 0 6 MF Sandry |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 |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"| 5 || 0 || 0 13 DF João Lucas |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 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 23 MF Lucas Lima |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 5 || 0 || 1 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 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"| 7 || 0 || 1 4 DF Eduardo Bauermann |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 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"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 1 1 GK Vladimir |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 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"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 1 34 GK João Paulo |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 6 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 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"| 8 || 0 || 0 97 FW Luan Dias |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"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 30 MF Lucas Braga |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 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"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 4 || 1 || 0 36 FW Deivid Washington |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 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"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 2 || 0 || 0 3 DF Felipe Jonatan |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 1 || 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"| 2 || 0 || 0 12 DF Gabriel Inocêncio |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"| 0 || 0 || 0 |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 3 || 0 || 0 21 MF Lucas Barbosa |style="border-left:2px solid #000"| 0 || 0 || 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"| 0 || 0 || 0