Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club based in Vila Belmiro, a bairro in the city of Santos. Santos plays in the Campeonato Paulista, as well as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
The club was founded in 1912 and has since become one of Brazil's most successful clubs- being national champions on eight occasions. The club has also won 22 Paulistão titles, three Copa Libertadores, two Intercontinental Cups, one Supercopa de Campeones Intercontinentales, one Copa CONMEBOL, one Copa do Brasil, and one Recopa Sudamericana.
In 1998, Santos became the first team to reach 10,000 goals in the entire history of football. The club was subsequently voted by FIFA as one of the most successful clubs of the 20th century.
The club is famous for producing players such as Pele, Neymar, Pepe, Coutinho, Rodrygo, Cesar Sampaio and many more.
Pelé holds the record for most Santos appearances, having played 1106 first-team matches from 1956 to 1974, is also Santos's all-time top goalscorer with 1091 goals.
In 2011, Neymar helped Santos win their first Copa Libertadores in nearly 50 years. In 2025, he re-joined his boyhood club after leaving in 2013.