| Club: | Santos |
| Season: | 2011 |
| Chairman: | Luis Álvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Manager: | Adílson Batista (until 27 February) Muricy Ramalho (from 5 April) |
| Mgrtitle: | Coach |
| Stadium: | Vila Belmiro |
| League: | Campeonato Brasileiro |
| League Result: | 10th |
| League2: | Campeonato Paulista |
| League2 Result: | Winners |
| Cup1: | Copa Libertadores |
| Cup1 Result: | Winners |
| Cup2: | FIFA Club World Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Runners-up |
| League Topscorer: | Borges (23) |
| Season Topscorer: | Borges Neymar (24) |
| Highest Attendance: | 37,984 vs Peñarol (22 June) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,477 vs Grêmio (16 October) |
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| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-ninth season in existence and the club's fifty-second consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.
On 8 November 2010, Santos announced Adílson Batista to coach the team[1] and his debut was on January in the Campeonato Paulista. But, on 27 February 2011, Santos sacked him although he had only one defeat in 11 matches.[2] Marcelo Martelotte assumed as caretaker until 5 April when Muricy Ramalho was officially announced as new coach.[3]
On 15 May, Santos won their 19th Campeonato Paulista title beating their rival Corinthians 2–1 on aggregate in the final.[4] [5] Santos also won their 3rd Copa Libertadores title, beating Uruguay's Peñarol 2–1 on aggregate after the first leg had ended scoreless in Montevideo.[6] As they won the Copa Libertadores, they played the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup but lost 4–0 in the final to Spanish's Barcelona.[7] [8]
YS= Youth system player with first team experience.
| Name | Brasileirão | Libertadores | Paulistão | Club World Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Borges | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Neymar | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | |||
| rowspan= | 2 | Elano | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 15 | |
| 3 | Maikon Leite | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Zé Eduardo | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |||
| rowspan= | 4 | Keirrison | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| rowspan= | 5 | Danilo | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| rowspan= | 6 | Ganso | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
As of 13 February 2011, according to combined sources on the official website.In Conmebol competitions players must be assigned numbers between 1 and 25.
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This season was Santos' last season in which Umbro manufactured their kit.[11] On 2 February, Santos released the kit for Copa Libertadores.[12] On 5 June, Santos released a specific kit to use on Campeonato Brasileiro.[13]
| P | Name | Moving from | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | | Elano | 29 | Galatasaray  | Signed | Estadão |
| MF | | Charles | 26 | Lokomotiv Moscow  | Loaned | Placar |
| GK | | Aranha | 30 | Signed | Globo Esporte | |
| DF | | Jonathan | 25 | Signed | Globo Esporte | |
| MF | | Robson | 23 | Avaí | Loan Return | |
| FW | | Maikon Leite | 22 | Loan Return | Lancenet | |
| FW | | Diogo | 23 | Loaned | SantosFC.com.br | |
| FW | | Rychely | 23 | Santo André | Loaned | Globo Esporte |
| DF | | Rafael Caldeira | 20 | Loan return | ||
| MF | | Roger | 25 | Oeste | Loaned | Lancenet |
| FW | | Borges | 30 | Grêmio | Signed | UOL |
| FW | | Alan Kardec | 22 | Loaned | Globo Esporte | |
| DF | | Leandro Silva | 23 | Atlético Sorocaba | Loaned | IG |
| MF | | Henrique | 26 | Cruzeiro | Signed | Globo Esporte |
| MF | | Ibson | 27 | Spartak Moscow | Signed | Globo Esporte |
| MF |  | Breitner | 21 | Figueirense | Loan Return | ESPBR |
| DF | | Éder Lima | 25 | Oeste | Signed | Globo Esporte |
| FW |  | Rentería | 25 | Caxias | Loaned | Globo Esporte |
| MF | | Breitner | 21 | Criciúma | Loan Return | Futebol Futebol |
| P | Name | Moving to | Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | | Marcel | 29 | Loan Expiration | Lancenet | ||
| GK | | Douglas | 27 | End of contract | O Gol | ||
| MF | | Roberto Brum | 32 | Free Agent | Contract Terminated | UOL Esporte | |
| MF | | Zezinho | 18 | Bahia | Contract Terminated | Folha | |
| MF | | Rodriguinho | 29 | Neftchi  | Transferred | Folha | |
| MF | | Robson | 23 | Avaí | Contract Terminated | Terra Esporte | |
| MF | | Victor Hugo | 19 | Free Agent | Contract Terminated | SantosFC.com.br | |
| MF | | Marquinhos | 29 | Grêmio | Swapped1 | Globo Esporte | |
| MF | | Moisés | 22 | Naútico | Contract Terminated | Futebol Interior | |
| MF | | Alan Patrick | 20 | Shakhtar Donetsk  | Transferred | Shakhtar.com | |
| DF | | Jonathan | 25 | Internazionale  | Transferred | UOL Esporte | |
| FW | | Zé Eduardo | 23 | Genoa | Transferred | Terra Esporte | |
| FW | | Maikon Leite | 22 | Palmeiras | End of contract | Globo Esporte | |
| MF | | Charles | 26 | Cruzeiro | Contract Terminated | Globo Esporte | |
| DF | | Alex Sandro | 20 | Transferred | Globo Esporte | ||
| FW | | Keirrison | 22 | Barcelona  | Loan Expiration | Placar | |
| MF | | Roger Gaúcho | 25 | Oeste | Loan Expiration | Globo Esporte | |
| FW | | Rychely | 24 | Vitória | Contract Terminated | Globo Esporte | |
| DF | | Éder Lima | 25 | Oeste | End of contract | Globo Esporte | |
| Total | Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games played | 77 | 39 | 38 |
| Games won | 37 | 24 | 13 |
| Games drawn | 20 | 9 | 11 |
| Games lost | 20 | 6 | 14 |
| Biggest win | 4–1 v Linense | ||
| Biggest loss | 1–4 São Paulo | ||
| Clean sheets | 23 | 15 | 8 |
| Goals scored | 123 | 68 | 55 |
| Goals conceded | 94 | 38 | 56 |
| Goal difference | +29 | +30 | -1 |
| Average per game | |||
| Average per game | |||
| Most appearances | Rafael (68) | Rafael (37) | Rafael and Durval (31) |
| Top scorer | Neymar and Borges (24) | Neymar (17) | Elano and Borges (9) |
| Worst discipline | Neymar (19) (2) | Neymar and Elano (9) (1) | Neymar and Edu Dracena (10) (1) |
| Points | 131/231 (%) | 81/117 (%) | 50/114 (%) |
| Winning rate | (%) | (%) | (%) |