2026 Santos FC season

Santos
2026 season
President	Marcelo Teixeira
Head coach	Juan Pablo Vojvoda
Stadium	Vila Belmiro
Série A	Matchday 1
Campeonato Paulista	First stage
Copa do Brasil	Fifth round
Copa Sudamericana	Group stage

The 2026 season will be Santos FC's 114th season in existence, and the second consecutive in the top flight of Brazilian football. The club will also compete in the state league, Campeonato Paulista, in the Copa do Brasil and in the Copa Sudamericana.

Players

Squad information

As of 7 December 2025

N	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
12	Diógenes	GK	Itapecerica da Serra	(2001-01-06) 6 January 2001	2	0	Youth system	9 July 2021	Free	31 December 2026
45	João Pedro	GK	Santos	(2008-03-18) 18 March 2008	0	0	Youth system	11 May 2024	Free	30 April 2027
77	Gabriel Brazão	GK	Uberlândia	(2000-10-05) 5 October 2000	83	0	Inter Milan	21 February 2024	Free	31 December 2028
82	João Fernandes	GK	Rio Verde	(2004-05-25) 25 May 2004	–	–	Youth system	20 February 2025	Free	31 December 2026
Defenders
2	Mayke	RB	Carangola	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992	12	0	Palmeiras	30 July 2025	Free	31 December 2027
3	João Basso	CB	Curitiba	(1997-01-13) 13 January 1997	34	3	Arouca	1 August 2023	€ 2.5M	31 December 2026
14	Luan Peres	CB/LB	São Paulo	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994	130	1	Fenerbahçe	2 September 2024	Free	31 December 2027
18	Igor Vinícius	RB	Sinop	(1997-04-01) 1 April 1997	20	0	São Paulo	1 July 2025	Free	30 June 2028
23	Alexis Duarte	CB	Itauguá	(2000-03-12) 12 March 2000	5	0	Spartak Moscow	2 September 2025	€ 3.4M	30 June 2029
25	Luisão	CB	Taboão da Serra	(2003-09-09) 9 September 2003	9	0	Novorizontino	11 January 2025	R$ 10M	31 December 2028
26	João Ananias	CB	São Paulo	(2007-02-12) 12 February 2007	0	0	Youth system	9 August 2025	Free	30 June 2030
30	Vinicius Lira	LB	São Paulo	(2007-10-12) 12 October 2007	3	0	Youth system	28 January 2025	Free	31 August 2028
31	Gonzalo Escobar	LB	Alejandro Korn	(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997	75	1	Fortaleza	19 April 2024	Swap	31 December 2026
33	Souza	LB	Mauá	(2006-06-16) 16 June 2006	38	1	Youth system	6 February 2024	Free	31 December 2028
38	Kevyson	LB	Leopoldina	(2004-03-29) 29 March 2004	23	0	Youth system	12 July 2022	Free	31 December 2026
42	João Alencar	CB	Belo Horizonte	(2007-06-25) 25 June 2007	0	0	Youth system	24 September 2025	Free	30 June 2030
44	JP Chermont	RB	Bauru	(2006-01-18) 18 January 2006	50	2	Youth system	21 February 2024	Free	31 December 2027
98	Adonis Frías	CB	Florencio Varela	(1998-03-17) 17 March 1998	13	0	León	2 September 2025	€ 3.4M	31 December 2028
—	Nathan Santos	RB	Rio de Janeiro	(2001-09-05) 5 September 2001	32	0	Boavista	6 August 2022	R$ 6M	31 December 2026
—	Hayner	RB	Serra	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995	37	1	Azuriz	29 December 2023	R$ 1.7M	31 December 2026
Midfielders
5	João Schmidt	DM/CM	São Paulo	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993	94	4	Kawasaki Frontale	30 December 2023	Free	31 December 2027
6	Zé Rafael	DM/CM	Ponta Grossa	(1993-06-16) 16 June 1993	28	1	Palmeiras	26 February 2025	€ 2.5M	31 December 2027
15	Willian Arão	DM/CB	São Paulo	(1992-03-12) 12 March 1992	13	0	Panathinaikos	1 July 2025	Free	31 December 2026
16	Thaciano	AM/SS	Campina Grande	(1995-05-12) 12 May 1995	32	5	Bahia	13 January 2025	€ 4.5M	31 December 2028
20	Hyan	CM	Brasília	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004	3	0	Youth system	21 February 2024	Free	31 July 2027
29	Victor Hugo	AM/RW	Rio de Janeiro	(2004-05-11) 11 May 2004	9	0	Flamengo	2 September 2025	Loan	31 July 2026
32	Benjamín Rollheiser	AM/RW	Coronel Suárez	(2000-03-24) 24 March 2000	40	3	Benfica	12 February 2025	€ 11M	31 December 2028
47	Miguel Terceros	AM/RW	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	(2004-04-25) 25 April 2004	18	0	Youth system	20 July 2022	Free	31 July 2027
49	Gabriel Bontempo	AM/RW	Uberaba	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005	37	3	Youth system	21 January 2025	Free	31 December 2028
88	Patrick	AM/LW	Rio de Janeiro	(1992-07-29) 29 July 1992	11	0	Atlético Mineiro	19 April 2024	US$ 1M	31 December 2026
—	Sandry	DM/CM	Itabuna	(2002-08-30) 30 August 2002	106	0	Youth system	18 January 2019	Free	31 May 2026
—	Ed Carlos	AM	São Paulo	(2001-03-19) 19 March 2001	13	0	Youth system	19 July 2022	Free	30 June 2026
—	Vinicius Zanocelo	CM	Santo André	(2001-01-30) 30 January 2001	79	5	Ferroviária	7 June 2021	€ 2M	31 October 2027
Forwards
7	Robinho Júnior	LW/RW	Santos	(2007-12-17) 17 December 2007	15	0	Youth system	19 February 2025	Free	30 April 2027
9	Tiquinho Soares	ST	Sousa	(1991-01-17) 17 January 1991	40	7	Botafogo	24 January 2025	Free	31 December 2027
11	Guilherme	LW	São Paulo	(1995-04-13) 13 April 1995	94	26	Grêmio	31 December 2023	R$ 4.8M	31 December 2026
17	Gustavo Caballero	LW/RW	San Lorenzo	(2001-09-21) 21 September 2001	12	1	Nacional	24 July 2025	€ 1.3M	31 December 2028
19	Lautaro Díaz	ST / LW/RW	Buenos Aires	(1998-05-21) 21 May 1998	14	3	Cruzeiro	2 September 2025	Loan	31 July 2026
21	Billal Brahimi	LW/RW	Beaumont-sur-Oise	(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000	1	0	Free agent	24 September 2025	Free	31 December 2026
41	Mateus Xavier	LW/RW	Ibicaraí	(2007-06-29) 29 June 2007	5	0	Youth system	30 June 2024	Free	31 July 2028
—	Alfredo Morelos	SS	Cereté	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996	20	4	Free agent	7 September 2023	Free	31 December 2026

Source: SantosFC.com.br (for appearances and goals) and FPF (for contracts). Players in italic are not registered for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro		Campeonato Paulista		Copa do Brasil		Copa Sudamericana		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Soccerway. Players in italic have departed the club before the end of the season.

Goalscorers

Ran	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Série A	Paulista	Copa do Brasil	Sudamericana	Total
Total					0	0	0	0	0

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches. Players in italic have departed the club before the end of the season.

Disciplinary record

N	Nat	Pos	Name	Brasileirão			Paulista			Copa do Brasil			Copa Sudamericana			Total
N	Nat	Pos	Name
TOTALS				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Soccerway = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card. Players in italic have departed the club before the end of the season.

Coaches

Name	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Role	G	W	D	L	%	Departure	Manner	Contract End
Juan Pablo Vojvoda		General Baldissera	(1975-01-13) 13 January 1975	Free agent	22 August 2025^[1]	Permanent	0	0	0	0	!—			31 December 2026

Transfers

Transfers in

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source

Loans in

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Loaned from	Loan expires	Fee	Source

Transfers out

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source

Loans out

N.	Pos.	Name	Age	Loaned to	Loan expires	Source

Notes

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	28–29 January 2026	2 December 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa do Brasil	21–23 April 2026	TBD	Fifth round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Campeonato Paulista	11 January 2026	TBD	League phase	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa Sudamericana	7–9 April 2026	TBD	Group stage	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Paulista

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result
Position
Points

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

First stage

Pos	Team	Qualification
11	Primavera
12	Red Bull Bragantino
13	Santos
14	São Bernardo
15	São Paulo	Relegation to Série A2

Source: FPF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.

Matches

11 January 1	Santos	v	Novorizontino	Santos
--:-- UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

14 January 2	Palmeiras	v	Santos	São Paulo
--:-- UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Allianz Parque

18 January 3	Guarani	v	Santos	Campinas
--:-- UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Brinco de Ouro

21 January 4	Santos	v	Corinthians	Santos
--:-- UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

25 January 5	Santos	v	Red Bull Bragantino	Santos
--:-- UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

1 February 6	São Paulo	v	Santos	São Paulo
--:-- UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Morumbi

8 February 7	Noroeste	v	Santos	Bauru
--:-- UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Alfredo de Castilho

15 February 8	Santos	v	Velo Clube	Santos
--:-- UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

Copa Sudamericana

Group stage

Série A

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
15	Red Bull Bragantino
16	Remo
17	Santos	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	São Paulo
19	Vasco da Gama

First match(es) will be played: 28 January 2026. Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.^[2]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result
Position

Source: Globo Esporte
P = Postponed

Matches

28 January 1	Chapecoense	v	Santos	Chapecó
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Arena Condá

4 February 2	Santos	v	São Paulo	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

11 February 3	Athletico Paranaense	v	Santos	Curitiba
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Arena da Baixada

25 February 4	Santos	v	Vasco	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

11 March 5	Mirassol	v	Santos	Mirassol
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Maria de Campos Maia

14 March 6	Santos	v	Corinthians	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

18 March 7	Santos	v	Internacional	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

22 March 8	Cruzeiro	v	Santos	Belo Horizonte
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Mineirão

1 April 9	Santos	v	Remo	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

5 April 10	Flamengo	v	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Maracanã

12 April 11	Santos	v	Atlético Mineiro	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

19 April 12	Santos	v	Fluminense	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

26 April 13	Bahia	v	Santos	Salvador
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova

3 May 14	Palmeiras	v	Santos	São Paulo
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Allianz Parque

10 May 15	Santos	v	Red Bull Bragantino	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

17 May 16	Santos	v	Coritiba	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

24 May 17	Grêmio	v	Santos	Porto Alegre
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Arena do Grêmio

31 May 18	Santos	v	Vitória	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

22 July 19	Botafogo	v	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

26 July 20	Santos	v	Chapecoense	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

29 July 21	São Paulo	v	Santos	São Paulo
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Morumbi

9 August 22	Santos	v	Athletico Paranaense	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

16 August 23	Vasco	v	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: São Januário

23 August 24	Santos	v	Mirassol	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

30 August 25	Corinthians	v	Santos	São Paulo
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Neo Química Arena

6 September 26	Internacional	v	Santos	Porto Alegre
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio

13 September 27	Santos	v	Cruzeiro	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

20 September 28	Remo	v	Santos	Belém
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Mangueirão

7 October 29	Santos	v	Flamengo	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

11 October 30	Atlético Mineiro	v	Santos	Belo Horizonte
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Arena MRV

18 October 31	Fluminense	v	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Maracanã

25 October 32	Santos	v	Bahia	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

28 October 33	Santos	v	Palmeiras	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

4 November 34	Red Bull Bragantino	v	Santos	Bragança Paulista
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cícero de Souza Marques

18 November 35	Coritiba	v	Santos	Curitiba
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Couto Pereira

22 November 36	Santos	v	Grêmio	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

29 November 37	Vitória	v	Santos	Salvador
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Barradão

2 December 38	Santos	v	Botafogo	Santos
UTC-03:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro

Copa do Brasil

Fifth round

References

^ "Juan Pablo Vojvoda é o novo técnico do Santos FC" [Juan Pablo Vojvoda is the new coach of the Santos FC] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2026" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 15 December 2025.

External links

Official Site (in Portuguese)
Official YouTube Channel (in Portuguese)

[1] "Juan Pablo Vojvoda é o novo técnico do Santos FC" [Juan Pablo Vojvoda is the new coach of the Santos FC] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

[2] "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2026" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 15 December 2025.

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Players

Squad information

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Disciplinary record

Coaches

Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

Transfers out

Loans out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Campeonato Paulista

Results summary

Results by round

First stage

Matches

Copa Sudamericana

Group stage

Série A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Copa do Brasil

Fifth round

See also

References

External links