Escalação do Santos FC
Lineup (4-2-4)
Gilmar · Mauro Ramos · Calvet · Rildo · Carlos Alberto (c) · Zito · Clodoaldo · Pepe · Pelé · Dorval Rodrigues · CoutinhoSantos' Greatest XI of All Time
Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista. and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state and Brazil, respectively.
Domestically, the club have won twenty Campeonato Paulista titles, one Copa do Brasil, and a joint record of eight Brazilian championships. Internationally, they are amongst Brazil's most successful clubs with nine international titles, including three Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups. In 1962, Santos became the first club in the world to win the continental treble consisting of the Paulista, Taça Brasil (Brazilian Championships), and the Copa Libertadores. That same year, it also became the first football club ever to win four out of four competitions in a single year, thus completing the quadruple, comprising the aforementioned treble and the Intercontinental Cup.
Santos is known to have produced a galaxy of great players, most notably Pelé, Carlos Alberto and Gilmar. Obviously they have won number of club championship around the world, while conquering America and Europe multiple times. Notable games include Santos beating Benfica or Palmeiras etc. Here we attempt to produce the greatest XI players in their positions, in a formation of 4-2-4.
GK : Gylmar dos Santos Neves - "Gilmar"
CB : Mauro Ramos de Oliveira
CB : Raúl Donazart Calvet - "Calvet"
LB : Rildo da Costa Menezes - "Rildo"
RB : Carlos Alberto Torres (Captain)
CDM : Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana - "Clodoaldo"
CM : José Ely de Miranda - "Zito"
LF : José Macia - "Pepe"
RF : Dorval Rodrigues
SS : Edson Arantes do Nascimento - "Pelé"
ST : Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório "Coutinho"
Coach/Manager : Luís Alonso Pérez. "Lula", Antônio Fernandes "Antoninho" and Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva.
Reserves include :
Antônio Lima dos Santos "Lima", Rodolfo Sergio Rodríguez Rodríguez, José Manuel Ramos Delgado, Agustín Mario Cejas, Dalmo Gaspar, Joel Camargo, Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa "Alex", Carlos César Sampaio Campos, Leonardo Lourenço Bastos "Léo", Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró, Jair da Rosa Pinto "Jair", Abraham Patuska da Silveira "Araken", Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima "Ganso", Antônio Fernandes "Antoninho", Jonas Eduardo Américo "Edú", Róbson de Souza "Robinho", Paulo César de Araújo "Pagão", Sérgio Bernardino "Serginho", Antônio Ferreira "Toninho Guerreiro" and Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior.