Santos FC and the Brazilian national football team

Brazil's set up, with Pelé, Clodoaldo and Carlos Alberto, before the match against Italy in 1970 FIFA World Cup at Estadio Azteca (Mexico City, Mexico - June 21st, 1970).

Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Santos, Brazil.[1] They play in the Campeonato Paulista,[2] São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão,[3] Brazil's national league, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with São Paulo, Flamengo, Internacional and Cruzeiro.[4] Santos was a founding member of the Clube dos 13 (English: Club of the 13) group of Brazil's leading football clubs.[5][6]

The club that has contributed many players to the Brazilian national team, including Brazil's World Cup campaigns. These successful periods principally have coincided with the golden generation of players known as Os Santásticos (The Santastics), from 1956 until 1974. Led by Lula, the team won a total of 22 titles between 1959 to 1974,[7][8] including two Copa Libertadores,[9] the most prestigious laurel in South American football.[10][11] Os Santásticos dominated the Brazilian football and had what was considered by some the best club team of all times,[12] and became a symbol of Joga Bonito (English: The Beautiful Game) in football culture, thanks to figures such as Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pepe and the iconic Pelé, named the "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee,[13] and widely regarded among football historians, former players and fans to be one of the best and most accomplished footballers in the game's history.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

Santos contributed players to the victorious Brazilian national teams of 1958, 1962 and 1970 FIFA World Cups. It has also contributed players to the winning sides of the 1916, 2004 and 2007 Copa Américas as well as the 2005 and 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. One Santos player have won the golden ball award at the World Cup with Brazil; Pelé in 1970. Neymar replicated Pelé at the Confederations Cup by winning that competition's golden ball. Pinga and Narciso represented Brazil in medal winning squads at the 1984 and 1996 Summer Olympics.

List of call-ups of Santos FC players to the Brazilian national teams

Below is a list of all Santos FC players to have played in the main national team (or Seleção in Portuguese language) while representing the club in official matches since 1916.

     

List of call-ups of Santos FC players to the Brazilian national olympic teams

Below is a list of all Santos FC players to have played in the Brazilian national olympic team in official matches.

   

List of call-ups of Santos FC players to the Brazilian national U-20 teams

Below is a list of all Santos FC players to have played in the Brazilian national U-20 team in official matches.

     

List of call-ups of Santos FC players to the Brazilian national U-17 teams

Below is a list of all Santos FC players to have played in the Brazilian national U-17 team in official matches.

     

Footnotes and references

  1. ↑ "Santos Futebol Clube" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "F.P.F.: Série A1" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Campeonato Brasileiro Série A" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Brazilian Championship Participations". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  5. ↑ Trivela. "Crise, revolução e traição".
  6. ↑ Mauro Beting. "Copa União 1987 e Clube dos 13 – A Linha do Tempo e do Dinheiro".
  7. ↑ "Brazil Cup 1959". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "São Paulo State - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Copa Libertadores de América". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "Copa Libertadores tendrá nuevo patrocinador desde 2008" [The Copa Libertadores will have a new sponsor as of 2008] (in Spanish). CopaLibertadores.com. September 28, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Competiciones, Copa Santander Libertadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. May 18, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  12. ↑ Cunha, Odir (2003). Time dos Sonhos [Dream Teams] (in Portuguese). ISBN 85-7594-020-1.
  13. ↑ "Pelé still in global demand". CNN Sports Illustrated. May 29, 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
  14. ↑ "The Best of The Best". Rsssf.com. June 19, 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  15. ↑ "IFFHS' Century Elections". Rsssf.com. January 30, 2000. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  16. ↑ "The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time". Rsssf.com. February 5, 2001. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  17. ↑ Pele tops World Cup legends poll BBC News. Retrieved June 12, 2010
  18. ↑ Pelé "es el mejor" BBC News. Retrieved May 1, 2011
  19. ↑ Acerca de ... Pelé FIFA.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011
  20. ↑ Over 50 per cent of Goal.com UK readers believe Brazilian legend Pele was a greater player than Diego Maradona Goal.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011
  21. ↑ Beckenbauer: "Pelé es el mejor del mundo" La Cuarta Deportiva. Retrieved May 1, 2011
  22. ↑ World Soccer Players of the Century England Football Online Retrieved May 1, 2011
  23. ↑ THE LIST: The greatest players in the history of football Daily Mail. Retrieved May 1, 2011

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