Special Uniform
Invited by Sevilla FC to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the city of Sevilla, Santos FC went to Spain, coached by Pepe, the Canhão da Vila, and prepared a special uniform for the ocasion. The Santos team entered the field with a special black jersey, with white collars and sides. The uniform was produced exclusively for this match, and was never used again. The game was the 16th presentation of Peixe in the Spanish territory, and Alvinegro da Vila Belmiro did not disappoint, keeping the glorious Santos traditions on European grounds. Over 32 thousand people present saw the Santos team dominate Sevilla and win by 1-0, with a goal from Rubens Feijão. With the triumph, Peixe took home the “City of Sevilla Trophy”. Pita, the man of the match Santos arrived in Sevilla on the eve of the match, after traveling for more than 24 hours, and overcame all the fatigue to present a beautiful match for the Spanish people. The Santos team dominated the home team from the first minutes of the match, and scored the winning goal at the 37th minute, through Rubens Feijão. Clearly, Santos had the advantage against the hosts, with quick touches and exploiting the sides of the field In the second half, already in advantage, Santos slowed down for all the fatigue, and left the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium under applauses, living up to the Santos tradition in Europe. Match Stats: 14/10/1980 – Sevilla FC 0 x 1 Santos FC Stadium: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan – Sevilla (ESP) Competição: Troféu Cidade de Sevilla (75th anniversary of Sevilla FC) Public: 32.000 Income: 32 milhões de pesetas Referee: Damín Rendón (ESP) Goals: Rubens Feijão at 37’.Santos: Marolla; Nelsinho Batista, Joãozinho, Neto and Washington; Toninho Vieira, Rubens Feijão and Pita; Claudinho (Carlos Silva), Campos and João Paulo. Coach: Pepe Sevilla: Paéz; Blanco, Alvaréz and Sanjose; Rivas (Mimo) and Choya; Antonito, Juan Carlos, Joaquim, Ruda and Yuvi (Murúa).
The unbelievable first tour across Europe
Tickets for Santos’ first match on European grounds sold out two days before the show. On May 23, 1959, a Saturday, more than 50 thousand people packed the Levsky Sofia Stadium, in Sofia, Bulgaria, to watch the magnificent Brazilian team. Their debut opponent was Bulgaria’s B team. The Santos squad was the sensation of world soccer. No less than three world champion athletes with the Brazilian National Team in the 1958 World Cup – Pelé, Pepe and Zito – were part of the Santos squad. The heavy rain that fell on the city of Sofia did not discourage the players. Even though they had to play on a drenched field, the forwards showed their willingness and drove the crowd wild with an electrifying 3-3 draw. Pelé scored the first goal of the match at only 15’. Four minutes later, Pavão scored against for the Bulgarian national team. The King again left his mark and put Peixe ahead at 36’, but Jordanov tied the match again three minutes later, ending the first half at 2-2. In the 20th minute of the final half Jordanov scored once again and put the hosts in the lead. The Bulgarians led the scoring by just three minutes, as at 23 Pepe, from a penalty, tied the match and thus ended Santos’ debut in Europe. Our captain, Zito was injured and did not play on this debut, and coach Lula decided on the following lineup: Laércio, Pavão and Mourão; Getúlio, Álvaro and Fioti; Dorval, Afonsinho (Pagão), Coutinho (Alfredinho), Pelé and Pepe. Goal after goal Altogether, Santos played 21 more matches, in nine European countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Holland, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland, and twenty cities: Sofia, Liege, Brussels, Ghent, Groningen, Milan, Dusseldorf, Nuremberg, Geneva, Hamburg, Hannover, Enschede, Madrid, Lisbon, La Coruña, Valencia, Barcelona, Genoa, Vienna and Sevilla. In some countries, the Santos team played matches one day after another, facing and thrashing great European teams in just over a month. At Camp Nou, they took no notice of the strong Barcelona team, and thrashed 5-1. Dorval and Pelé scored two goals each and Coutinho scored one more. The Brazilian Evaristo de Macedo scored the consolation goal for the Spanish team. During the tour, Santos won two trophies, Valencia and Teresa Herrera. To win the Valencia Tournament, they drew 4-4 with the home team, Valencia, and ran over Internazionale Milano by 7-1. For the Teresa Herrera Trophy, Santos also thrashed one of the greatest teams of the time, Garrincha’s Botafogo. Pepe scored twice and Coutinho and Pelé completed the score 4-1. Zagallo scored the consolation one for the carioca team. In 22 matches, Santos scored an impressive 78 goals. They won 13, drew five and lost only four games. Pelé was the top scorer of the tour with 28 goals and Pepe the second top scorer, with 20 goals. In addition to being the first, the 1959 tour was also one of the most successful that Santos has ever done in Europe. All matches from the 1959 tour23/05 – Bulgarian B team 3 x 3 Santos24/05 – Bulgarian team 0 x 2 Santos26/05 – Royal Standard-BEL 0 x 1 Santos27/05 – Anderlecht-BEL 2 x 4 Santos30/05 – Gantoise-BEL 2 x 1 Santos03/06 – Feyenoord-HOL 0 x 3 Santos05/06 – Internazionale-ITA 3 x 2 Santos06/06 – Fortuna Dusseldorf-GER 4 x 6 Santos07/06 – Nuremberg-GER 3 x 3 Santos09/06 – Servette-SWI 1 x 4 Santos11/06 – Seleção de Hamburgo-GER 0 x 6 Santos13/06 – Seleção de Niedersachsen-GER 1 x 7 Santos15/06 – Enschede-HOL 0 x 5 Santos17/06 – Real Madrid-ESP 5 x 3 Santos19/06 – Sporting-POR 2 x 2 Santos21/06 – Botafogo-RJ 1 x 4 Santos24/06 – Valencia-ESP 4 x 4 Santos26/06 – Internazionale-ITA 1 x 7 Santos29/06 – Barcelona-ESP 1 x 5 Santos30/06 – Genoa-ITA 2 x 4 Santos02/07 – Wiener Sportklub-AUS 3 x 0 Santos05/07 – Betis-ESP 2 x 2 Santos
Brigitte Bardot no Parc de Princes
On March 31, 1971, the Parc dos Princes Stadium in Paris received the Santos and a mixed team Olympic/Saint Etienne for a charitable friendly match, and the famous French actress Brigitte Bardot kicked off the match, and welcomed the athletes on the field, to the delight of more than 55 thousand people present at the stadium. As the game ended in a 0-0 tie, penalties were played to decide who would keep the commemorative cup, and Santos ended up losing 3-1. Fun fact: in the penalty shootout, Pelé scored his goal using the shirt of the French team, as he had switched jerseys with an opposing player at the end of the match, as no one knew that there would be a penalty shootout. Match Stats:31/03/1971 – Mixed Olympic Marseille/AS Saint-Etienne team (FRA) 0 (3) x (1) 0 Santos Stadium: Parc des Prince – Paris (FRA)Competition: FriendlyIncome: F$ 820.352 = US$ 164.000ASSE/OM: Carnu(Pantelic); Fariso, Lopez, Novi(Camerini), Bosquier; Gress (Bonel) and Herbin; Magnusson (Beretta), Revelli, Keita and Skobiar.Santos: Joel Mendes; Turcão, Djalma Dias, Oberdã and Rildo; Clodoaldo (Leo Oliveira) and Lima; Rogério, Douglas (Ferretti), Pelé and Edu (Abel). Coach: AntoninhoPenalties: Pelé scored; Lima, Leo Oliveira and Rildo lost (SFC); Keita, Skoblar e Bosquier scored (mixed team)
Olympiakos’ Anthem
Since its foundation, Santos FC has collected impressive achievements. And on the 4th of July of 1961, the Santos team performed a feat despite suffering a setback in the match. Playing in Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece, at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Peixe was beaten by 2-1 by the main Greek team, Olympiakos. Knowing the strength of Santos and the athletes who were part of its squad, the Greek team celebrated at the end of the match, and celebrated the triumph as if it were a title. The win over the Santos squad took on such a large proportion that the Greek leaders decided to immortalize that moment, and added Santos FC to the official anthem of Olympiacos. In other words, the Santos team is the only Club in the world to have a tribute in an official anthem of another team. The triumph over Santos FC is considered to this day as one of the greatest achievements in Olympiacos’ history. Feats of this dimension, emphasize the greatness of Santos’ in the world of soccer. Match Stats04/07/1961 – Olympiakos-GRE 2 x 1 SantosGoals: Stefanakos (against); Possidon and Surunes.Place: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, in Athens, Greece.Competition: Friendly MatchAudience: around 26.000Referee: John Ionnidis (GRE)Olympiakos: Theodoridis; Kabolis, Stenefakos e Simandiris; Polychroniu e Kotridis (Papazoglu); Gavetsos, K. Papazoglu, Bebis (Surunes), Sideris and Possidon.Santos: Laércio; Getúlio e Mauro; Dalmo, Zito (Pagão) and Lima; Dorval (Sormani), Mengálvio (Formiga), Coutinho, Pelé (Bé) and Pepe. Coach: Lula • Check out the full anthem, translated into English: Legend of stadiums, Olympiacos laurel-crowned, glorious and great, your power is your fiery fans who never yield, who never surrender. Olympi- Olympi- Olympiacos my best and biggest team of all, my greatest love above everything, my great Olympiacos Glory to your children, Olympiacos a thousand songs have been sung for you, you’re famous all over the world everyone trembles at the very sound of your name Pelé and Santos still remember your name. Olympi- Olympi- Olympiacos my best and biggest team of all, my greatest love above everything, my great Olympiacos.