2007 Santos FC season explained

Club:Santos
Season:2007
Chairman:Marcelo Teixeira
Chrtitle:President
Manager:Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Mgrtitle:Coach
Stadium:Vila Belmiro
League:Campeonato Brasileiro
League Result:2nd
League2:Campeonato Paulista
League2 Result:Winners
Cup1:Copa Libertadores
Cup1 Result:Semi-finals
League Topscorer:
Kléber Pereira (16)
Season Topscorer:
Marcos Aurélio (17)
Highest Attendance:58,953 vs São Caetano
(6 May)
Lowest Attendance:2,784 vs Atlético Paranaense
(30 August)
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008

The 2007 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-fifth season in existence and the club's forty-eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. Santos won the Campeonato Paulista for the second consecutive year and the 18th in history.[1] Santos' Copa Libertadores campaign was very well, exiting in the semi-finals with a defeat on aggregate score against Grêmio.[2] Santos ended the Campeonato Brasileiro in the 2nd position, 13 points behind leaders São Paulo.[3]

Players

Squad information

Source:[4]

Appearances and goals

|-!colspan=13 style="background: #F8F8FF" align=center| Players who left the club during the season|-

Top scorers

NameBrasileirãoPaulistãoLibertadoresTotal
rowspan=1 Marcos AurélioFW7 6 4 17
rowspan=2 Kleber PereiraFW16 0 0 16
rowspan=3 Cléber SantanaMF1 11 3 15
4 Rodrigo TabataMF7 4 1 12
PedrinhoMF10 1 1 12
rowspan=5 Zé RobertoMF0 3 7 10

Disciplinary record

NameBrasileirãoLibertadoresPaulistãoTotal
GKFábio Costa1236
GKRoger11
DFAdaílton63219174
DFAntônio Carlos213
DFÁvalos112
DFDomingos111113
DFLeonardo112
DFMarcelo4228
DFAlessandro44
DFBaiano2121
DFDênis112
DFNeto11
DFPedro5510
DFCarlinhos415
DFKléber6511
MFAdriano7310
MFCléber Santana1134
MFDionísio611181
MFPedrinho61310
MFPetkovic22
MFRodrigo Tabata5139
MFRodrigo Souto63716
MFVinícius11
MFVítor Júnior22
MFZé Roberto2810
FWJonas134
FWKléber Pereira33
FWMarcos Aurélio213
FWMoraes11
FWRenatinho11
FWRodrigo Tiuí246
FWWesley11

Copa Libertadores squad

Source:[5]

Transfers

In

PlayerMoving fromTypeSource
MF Petkovic35GoiásSignedUOL Esporte
DF Alessandro28Dinamo Kyiv SignedGlobo Esporte
DF Antônio Carlos37JuventudeSignedFolha
DF Baiano29Rubin Kazan LoanedEstadao
MF Pedrinho29FluminenseSignedUOL Esporte
MF Rodrigo Souto23Atlético ParanaenseSignedUOL Esporte
DF Adaílton23Rennes SignedUOL Esporte
FW Marcos Aurélio22BragantinoSignedParana Online
DF Pedro25IratyLoanedSantosFC.com.br
DF Vinícius23IratyLoanedSantosFC.com.br
DF Leonardo20Shakhtar Donetsk LoanedShakhtar.com
DF Neto27FluminenseLoan return
FW Vítor Júnior21SportSignedEstadao
MF Adoniran21ItuanoSignedFolha
FW Kléber Pereira32Club América SignedUOL Esporte

Out

PlayerMoving toSource
MF André Oliveira22Free Agent
FW Leandro Rodrigues25Free Agent[6]
DF Jardel20Free Agent
FW Reinaldo28Kashiwa Reysol [7]
GK Saulo22Free Agent[8]
GK Roger35Botafogo[9]
FW Wellington Paulista23Alavés [10]
DF Manzur26Free Agent[11]
DF Luiz Alberto30Fluminense[12]
DF Ronaldo Guiaro33
FW Rodrigo Tiuí22Fluminense[13]
DF Ávalos30São Caetano[14]
MF Vinícius24Iraty[15]
DF Pedro26Free Agent[16]
FW Jonas23Grêmio[17]
MF Heleno29Sport[18]
MF André Luiz33Chiapas
DF Paulo20Tigres do Brasil
DF Neto26[19]
MF Cléber Santana26Atlético Madrid [20]
MF Zé Roberto33[21]

Out on loan

PNameMoving toSource
DF Paulo20Santa CruzSantosFC.com.br
FW Luciano Henrique27SportSantosFC.com.br
FW Geílson22Al Hazm Folha
FW Luciano Henrique27InternacionalGlobo Esporte
FW Júnior20ItumbiaraTerra Esporte
FW Vinicius Simon20ItumbiaraTerra Esporte
FW Geílson22Atlético–PRO Globo
FW Fabiano23SportGlobo Esporte

Competitions

Detailed overall summary

TotalHomeAway
Games played753837
Games won472720
Games drawn1165
Games lost17512
Biggest win5–0 v Blooming5–0 v Blooming4–1 v América-RN
4–1 v Noroeste
Biggest loss0–4 v Vasco da Gama2–4 v Fluminense0–4 v Vasco da Gama
Clean sheets271710
Goals scored1327953
Goals conceded773146
Goal difference+55+48+7
Average GF per game1.762.071.43
Average GC per game1.020.811.24
Yellow cards18279103
Red cards624
Most appearancesRodrigo Tabata (68)Fábio Costa (33)Rodrigo Tabata (36)
Top scorerMarcos Aurélio (17)Marcos Aurélio (11)Rodrigo Tabata (9)
Worst disciplineAdaílton (18) (4)Adaílton (9) (1)Adaílton (9) (3)
Points152/225 (67.55%)87/114 (76.31%)65/111 (58.55%)
Winning rate62.66%71.05%54.05%

Campeonato Brasileiro

See main article: 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Matches

Campeonato Paulista

See main article: 2007 Campeonato Paulista.

First stage

Matches

Knockout stage

Finals

Copa Libertadores

See main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores.

First stage

See main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores First Stage.

Knockout stage

See main article: 2007 Copa Libertadores knockout stages.

Semi-finals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Santos vence São Caetano e conquista o bi-campeonato Paulista. Terra Esportes.
  2. Web site: Grêmio perde, mas jogará a final. Terra Esportes.
  3. Web site: Classificação Brasileirão 2007. UOL Esporte.
  4. Web site: Santos in Brasileirao 2007 players. Football Lineups.
  5. Web site: Confira os 25 jogadores inscritos pelo Peixe na competição sul-americana. https://archive.today/20121231193632/http://www.santosfc.com.br/noticias/conteudo.asp?id=16286%23.UAjP4GGe4tU. dead. 2012-12-31. Santos FC official web site.
  6. Web site: Santos dispensa três e vê dificuldade em acerto com Reinaldo. UOL Esportes.
  7. Web site: Teixeira já dá saída de Reinaldo como certa. Globo Esporte.
  8. Web site: Clube obtém bons resultados na Justiça do Trabalho. https://archive.today/20130219181255/http://www.santosfc.com.br/noticias/conteudo.asp?id=15854%23.UPsDXh3AdVk. dead. 2013-02-19. Santos FC official web site.
  9. Web site: Botafogo contrata contra goleiro Roger, do Santos. O Globo.
  10. Web site: Wellington Paulista foi negociado pelo Juventus ao Alavés, da Espanha. https://archive.today/20130219183759/http://www.santosfc.com.br/noticias/conteudo.asp?id=15924%23.UPq0aR3AdVk. dead. 2013-02-19. Santos FC official web site.
  11. Web site: Cléber Santana renova por seis meses; Manzur é liberado. https://archive.today/20130219181028/http://www.dgabc.com.br/News/90000565624/cleber-santana-renova-por-seis-meses-manzur-e-liberado.aspx?ref=history. dead. 2013-02-19. Diario do ABC.
  12. Web site: Sem acordo, zagueiro Luiz Alberto deixa o Santos. UOL Esporte.
  13. Web site: Rodrigo Tiuí acerta retorno ao Fluminense. Terra Esportes.
  14. Web site: Ávalos deixa o Santos e acerta transferência para o São Caetano. UOL Esporte.
  15. Web site: Santos não renova com volante Vinícius. Terra Esportes.
  16. Web site: Sem clima no clube, lateral Pedro rescinde contrato com o Santos. Folha.
  17. Web site: Grêmio contrata atacante Jonas, ex-Santos . Globo Esporte . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000557/http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/Futebol/Campeonatos/0%2C%2CMUL103083-4276%2C00.html . 3 December 2013 .
  18. Web site: Sport contrata o volante Heleno, ex-Santos. Terra Esportes.
  19. Web site: Encostado no Santos, Neto tenta acerto com futebol grego. UOL Esporte.
  20. Web site: El Atlético cerró el fichaje de Cléber Santana. AS.
  21. Web site: Zé Roberto seals return to Bayern. FC Bayern.