The 2006 season was
Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-fourth season in existence and the club's
forty-seventh consecutive season in the top flight of
Brazilian football
Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country’s national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil an ...
.
This season, Santos announced the return of the manager
Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva (born 10 May 1952) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He is currently a free agent.
A left wingback, Luxemburgo represented Flamengo, Internacional and Botafogo before retiring in 1980. ...
, who had left the club in the last season and failed at
Real Madrid.
On 9 April 2006, Santos won the Campeonato Paulista for sixteenth time in history, by beating Portuguesa 2–0 in the last match.
On 31 August, they signed Brazilian midfielder
Zé Roberto
José Roberto da Silva Júnior (born 6 July 1974), commonly known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left wing-back or as a midfielder. Currently, he is a technical advisor to Palmeiras, acting directly ...
who was
free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...
since he left
FC Bayern Munich, until June 2007.
In the Campeonato Brasileiro, Santos ended in the 4th place, securing a place in the
2007 Copa Libertadores
The 2007 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007 and finished on June 20, 2007. It was won by B ...
. In the Copa do Brasil, Santos were knocked out by Ipatinga in the quarter-finals. Santos also competed in the
Copa Sudamericana, being eliminated in the round of 16 after a 1–3 loss on
aggregate to
San Lorenzo.
Players
Squad
Source:
Appearances and goals
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Transfers
In
Out
Coaching staff
Competitions
Overall summary
Detailed overall summary
Campeonato Brasileiro
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Campeonato Paulista
League table
Results summary
Matches
Copa do Brasil
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Copa Sudamericana
Second round
Round of 16
References
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2006
Brazilian football clubs 2006 season