1997 Santos FC season

Santos

1997 season
President	Samir Jorge Abdul-Hak
Coach	Vanderlei Luxemburgo [1]
Stadium	Vila Belmiro
Campeonato Brasileiro	7th
Campeonato Paulista	3rd
Copa do Brasil	Second round
Supercopa Libertadores	Group stage
Torneio Rio-São Paulo	Winners
Copa dos Campeões	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Müller (10) All: Macedo (19)
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The 1997 season was Santos Futebol Clube's eighty-fifth in existence and the club's third-eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   BRA Edinho — GK   BRA Marcelo — GK   BRA Nando — GK   BRA Robson — GK   BRA Zetti — DF   BRA Ânderson Lima — DF   BRA Baiano — DF   BRA Cássio — DF   BRA Daniel — DF   BRA Dutra — DF   BRA Jean — DF   BRA Michel — DF   BRA Rogério Seves — DF   BRA Ronaldão — DF   BRA Ronaldo Marconato — DF   BRA Sandro

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   BRA Alexandre — MF   BRA Arinélson — MF   BRA Caíco — MF   BRA Eduardo Marques — MF   BRA Élder — MF   BRA Fernando Fumagalli — MF   BRA João Santos — MF   BRA Marcelo Passos — MF   BRA Marcos Assunção — MF   BRA Marcos Basílio — MF   BRA Narciso — FW   BRA Caio — FW   PAR Edgar Báez — FW   BRA Juari — FW   BRA Macedo — FW   BRA Müller

Source: Acervo Santista

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos.	Nat	Name	Brasileiro		Paulista		Copa do Brasil		Rio-São Paulo		Supercopa		Copa dos Campeões		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Edinho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
GK		Marcelo	8	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12	0
GK		Zetti	23	0	26	0	6	0	6	0	3	0	2	0	66	0
DF		Ânderson Lima	16 (2)	0	24 (1)	1	5	0	5	1	2	0	2	0	57	2
DF		Baiano	20 (7)	0	9 (7)	1	2 (3)	0	1 (2)	1	6	0	3	0	60	2
DF		Cássio	5 (4)	1	13 (2)	0	4	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	3	0	33	1
DF		Daniel	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF		Dutra	13	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	18	1
DF		Jean	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	0	0	26	2
DF		Michel	0 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
DF		Rogério Seves	5 (3)	0	9 (3)	0	2 (1)	0	2 (2)	0	4	0	0	0	30	0
DF		Ronaldão	28	0	23	2	5	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	63	4
DF		Ronaldo Marconato	5 (1)	0	5 (4)	1	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	20	1
DF		Sandro	3 (4)	0	7 (4)	0	2 (1)	0	6	0	5	1	1 (1)	0	34	1
MF		Alexandre	8 (10)	4	17 (5)	4	5 (1)	1	2 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	3	0	58	9
MF		Arinélson	15 (11)	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (2)	1	0	0	32	8
MF		Caíco	27 (3)	4	14 (10)	5	3 (2)	1	0 (3)	0	2 (3)	0	3	0	70	10
MF		Eduardo Marques	0 (2)	0	0 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	9	0
MF		Élder	8 (4)	0	6 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	3	0	28	1
MF		Fernando Fumagalli	0 (2)	0	2 (2)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	7	2
MF		João Santos	20 (5)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	28	1
MF		Marcelo Passos	0 (6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	1	0	0	8	1
MF		Marcos Assunção	14	1	23	5	5	1	6	1	1 (2)	1	0	0	51	9
MF		Marcos Bazílio	13 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0	23	0
MF		Narciso	27	3	20 (1)	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	59	3
FW		Báez	0 (5)	1	3 (1)	0	3	1	0 (1)	0	2 (2)	2	0 (1)	0	18	4
FW		Caio	24 (1)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	28	7
FW		Juari	0	0	0 (5)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (3)	1	0	0	0 (2)	0	11	1
FW		Macedo	10 (14)	6	22 (1)	7	5	2	6	2	3	2	3	0	64	19
FW		Müller	27	10	10	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	42	14
Players who left the club during the season
DF		Léo	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		Carlinhos	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
MF		Piá	0	0	1 (5)	0	1	0	4 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
MF		Robert	0	0	15 (3)	4	5	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	28	8
MF		Vágner	1	0	17	4	4	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	28	6
FW		Alessandro	1	1	13 (3)	6	2	0	6	3	0	0	1 (2)	2	28	12
FW		Careca	0	0	1 (8)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
FW		João Fumaça	0	0	4 (4)	5	0 (4)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	14	5

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Goalscorers

Ran	Pos	Nat	Name	Brasileiro	Paulistão	Copa do Brasil	Rio-SP	Supercopa	C. Campeões	Total
1	FW		Macedo	6	7	2	2	2	0	19
2	FW		Müller	10	3	0	0	1	0	14
3	FW		Alessandro	1	6	0	3	0	2	12
4	MF		Caíco	4	5	1	0	0	0	10
5	MF		Alexandre	4	4	1	0	0	0	9
	MF		Marcos Assunção	1	5	1	1	1	0	9
6	MF		Arinélson	7	0	0	0	1	0	8
	MF		Robert	0	4	3	1	0	0	8
7	FW		Caio	6	0	0	0	1	0	7
8	MF		Vágner	0	4	1	1	0	0	6
9	FW		João Fumaça	0	5	0	0	0	0	5
10	DF		Ronaldão	0	2	2	0	0	0	4
	FW		Báez	1	0	1	0	2	0	4
11	MF		Narciso	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
12	DF		Ânderson Lima	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
	DF		Baiano	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
	DF		Jean	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		Fernando Fumagalli	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
	FW		Careca	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
13	DF		Cássio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		Dutra	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		Ronaldo Marconato	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		Sandro	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	MF		Élder	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	MF		João Santos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		Marcelo Passos	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	FW		Juari	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		Carlinhos	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Moving from	Source	Notes
LB	Dutra	Mogi Mirim	[2]
GK	Zetti	São Paulo	[3]
CB	Ronaldão	Flamengo	[4]
FW	Macedo	Vasco da Gama	[5]
MF	Caíco	Internacional	[6]
MF	Alexandre	União São João	[6]	On loan
MF	Eduardo Marques	Youth system	[7]	Promoted
FW	João Fumaça	Youth system	[7]	Promoted
GK	Marcelo	Bragantino	[8]
LB	Cássio	Vasco da Gama	[9]	On loan
RB	Michel	Youth system	[10]	Promoted
RB	Léo	Desportiva	[11]
FW	Müller	Perugia	[12]
FW	Careca	Kashiwa Reysol	[13]
MF	Fernando Fumagalli	Ferroviária	[14]
MF	Arinélson	Iraty	[15]
MF	Marcelo Passos	Flamengo	[16]	Loan return
LB	Marcos Adriano	Atlético Mineiro	[16]	Loan return
FW	Caio	Inter Milan	[17]
MF	João Santos	Bragantino	[18]	On loan

Out

Pos.	Name	Moving to	Source	Notes
GK	Sérgio Guedes	São José	[19]
FW	Otavio Augusto	Ferroviária	[20]	Loan return
FW	Jamelli	Kashiwa Reysol	[21]
MF	Carlinhos	Guarani	[22]
MF	Gallo	Guarani	[22]
MF	Ranielli	Cruz Azul	[23]
LB	Marcos Adriano	Atlético Mineiro	[23]
MF	Marcelo Passos	Flamengo	[24]	On loan
FW	Andradina	Mogi Mirim	[25]
FW	Camanducaia	Portuguesa Santista	[26]	On loan
LB	Gustavo Nery	Coritiba	[27]	On loan
MF	Piá	Coritiba	[27]	On loan
FW	Careca	Campinas	[28]
MF	Robert	Grêmio	[29]
FW	Alessandro	Júbilo Iwata	[30]	On loan
MF	Vágner	Roma	[30]
FW	João Fumaça	Remo	[31]	On loan

Friendlies

Rosenborg v Santos

29 July Friendly	Rosenborg	2 – 2	Santos	Oslo, Norway
	Brattbakk 51' Boateng 74'	Report	13', 23' Caio	Stadium: Bislett Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bamle Loe Kamben

Barnsley v Santos

1 August Friendly	Barnsley	0 – 3	Santos	Barnsley, England
		Report	16', 35' Arinélson 77' Caio	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Stephen John Lodge

Wolverhampton v Santos

3 August Friendly	Wolverhampton	1 – 1	Santos	Wolverhampton, England
	Goodman 53'	Report	77' Macedo	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Terry Holbrook

Bradford City v Santos

5 August Friendly	Bradford City	1 – 3	Santos	Bradford, England
	Murray 34'	Report	17' Alexandre 65' Caio 85' Arinélson	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kame Lynch

Competitions

Campeonato Brasileiro

Main article: 1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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
31	14	6	11	48	43	+5	48	13	2	1	38	14	+24	1	4	10	10	29	−19

Source: Acervo Santista

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Portuguesa	25	12	9	4	45	28	+17	45	Qualified to Second Phase
5	Flamengo	25	12	6	7	30	24	+6	42
6	Santos	25	12	5	8	39	33	+6	41
7	Palmeiras	25	10	10	5	47	24	+23	40
8	Juventude	25	9	10	6	24	20	+4	37

Source: https://rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1997.htm

Matches

Flamengo v Santos

6 July1	Flamengo	2 – 3	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
16:00	Lúcio 57', 80'	Report	15' Alessandro 23' Alexandre 90' Macedo	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 6,014 Referee: Fabiano Gonçalves

Paraná v Santos

12 July2	Paraná	2 – 0	Santos	Curitiba
21:20	Bira 57', 66'	Report		Stadium: Durival de Brito Attendance: 6,933 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

Internacional v Santos

17 July3	Internacional	2 – 0	Santos	Porto Alegre
20:30	Christian 35', 74'	Report		Stadium: Beira-Rio Attendance: 11,658 Referee: Jorge dos Santos Travassos

Santos v Goiás

20 July4	Santos	3 – 0	Goiás	Santos
16:00	Arinélson 4', 13' Macedo 35'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,942 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

Santos v Grêmio

23 July5	Santos	3 – 0	Grêmio	Santos
21:30	Müller 11' Cássio 48' Caíco 66'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 11,259 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão

Sport Recife v Santos

26 July6	Sport Recife	1 – 1	Santos	Recife
21:30	Alexandre Lopes 16'	Report	13' Arinélson	Stadium: Ilha do Retiro Attendance: 5,509 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

Bragantino v Santos

10 August7	Bragantino	2 – 1	Santos	Bragança Paulista
17:00	Sandro Gaúcho 7' Geraldo 20'	Report	43' Narciso	Stadium: Marcelo Stéfani Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Juventude v Santos

20 August8	Juventude	1 – 1	Santos	Caxias do Sul
21:30	Wallace 78' (pen.)	Report	44' Caio	Stadium: Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 630 Referee: Ubiraci Damásio de Oliveira

Santos v Vasco da Gama

24 August9	Santos	3 – 1	Vasco da Gama	Santos
16:00	Caio 29', 49' Arinélson 51'	Report	69' Luiz Cláudio	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 9,461 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

Fluminense v Santos

30 August10	Fluminense	1 – 0	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
21:40	Rôni 44'	Report		Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 5,449 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

Santos v Criciúma

7 September11	Santos	2 – 0	Criciúma	Santos
16:00	Caio 43' (pen.) Müller 85'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,155 Referee: Édson Esperidião

Atlético Mineiro v Santos

11 September12	Atlético Mineiro	2 – 1	Santos	Belo Horizonte
21:50	Sandro 87' Hernani 88'	Report	36' Caíco	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 12,349 Referee: Jorge Travassos

Santos v Coritiba

14 September13	Santos	2 – 1	Coritiba	Santos
16:00	Macedo 78' Báez 87'	Report	45+9' Basílio	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,557 Referee: Luciano Almeida

Santos v São Paulo

17 September14	Santos	2 – 1	São Paulo	Santos
21:40	Jean 38' Macedo 55'	Report	90' Aristizábal	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 19,048 Referee: Ubiraci Damásio

Palmeiras v Santos

21 September15	Palmeiras	5 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
16:00	Oséas 16', 42' Alex 45' Viola 54', 86'	Report		Stadium: Palestra Itália Attendance: 14,849 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

Santos v Botafogo

27 September16	Santos	1 – 2	Botafogo	Santos
21:40	Müller 12'	Report	57', 68' Sinval	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,291 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

Santos v União São João

1 October17	Santos	3 – 1	União São João	Santos
20:30	Müller 13', 20' Macedo 81'	Report	55' Helberte	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Valdomito Mathias Silva Filho

Portuguesa v Santos

5 October18	Portuguesa	1 – 1	Santos	São Paulo
16:00	Rodrigo Fabri 69'	Report	88' Müller	Stadium: Canindé Attendance: 15,487 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

Santos v Guarani

11 October19	Santos	3 – 2	Guarani	Santos
16:00	Caio 14' Müller 44', 82'	Report	65' Paulo Isidoro 79' Dinei	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,565 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

Santos v Corinthians

14 October20	Santos	1 – 0	Corinthians	Santos
21:40	Jean 74'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 20,618 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

Atlético Paranaense v Santos

19 October21	Atlético Paranaense	1 – 1	Santos	Curitiba
16:00	Luizinho Vieira 29' (pen.)	Report	11' Caíco	Stadium: Vila Olímpica Attendance: 14,557 Referee: Ubiraci Damásio de Oliveira

Santos v Bahia

25 October22	Santos	3 – 1	Bahia	Santos
21:40	João Santos 34' Arinélson 51' Dutra 90+3'	Report	20' Róbson Luís	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 5,440 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

Vitória v Santos

1 November23	Vitória	2 – 0	Santos	Salvador
21:40	Kléber 38' Narcizio 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Barradão Attendance: 9,160 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

Santos v América de Natal

5 November24	Santos	2 – 0	América de Natal	Santos
21:40	Müller 31' Caio 58'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,521 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão

Santos v Cruzeiro

8 November25	Santos	2 – 2	Cruzeiro	Santos
21:40	Arinélson 39', 63'	Report	13' Marcelo Ramos 82' Elivélton	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 5,125 Referee: Luciano Almeida

Second stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	6	5	1	0	10	4	+6	16	Qualified for the final
2	Santos	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7
3	Internacional	6	2	0	4	8	10	−2	6
4	Atlético Mineiro	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Matches

Atlético Mineiro v Santos

15 November1	Atlético Mineiro	2 – 0	Santos	Belo Horizonte
21:50	Jorginho 5' Valdir 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 45,413 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

Santos v Palmeiras

23 November2	Santos	3 – 3	Palmeiras	São Paulo
17:00	Narciso 45' Alexandre 46' Macedo 73'	Report	4', 56' Viola 71' Zinho	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 33,795 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão

Santos v Internacional

26 November3	Santos	4 – 0	Internacional	São Paulo
20:30	Alexandre 9' Müller 53' Marcos Assunção 72' Caíco 86'	Report		Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 15,271 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

Internacional v Santos

29 November4	Internacional	4 – 1	Santos	Porto Alegre
21:40	Fabiano Souza 42' Christian 53' (pen.) Marcelo Rosa 70' Anderson Luiz 76'	Report	84' (pen.) Alexandre	Stadium: Beira-Rio Attendance: 15,260 Referee: Ubiraci Damásio de Oliveira

Palmeiras v Santos

3 December5	Palmeiras	1 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
21:40	Galeano 60'	Report		Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 20,770 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

Santos v Atlético Mineiro

6 December6	Santos	1 – 0	Atlético Mineiro	São Paulo
21:40	Narciso 67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 679 Referee: Luciano Augusto Almeida

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 1997 Copa do Brasil

Preliminary round

Desportiva v Santos

20 FebruaryFirst leg	Desportiva	1 – 1	Santos	Cariacica
21:30	Leo 65'	Report	37' Caíco	Stadium: Engenheiro Araripe Attendance: 5,803 Referee: Carlos Elias Pimentel

Santos v Desportiva

27 FebruarySecond leg	Santos	5 – 1 (6–2 agg.)	Desportiva	São Paulo
21:30	Robert 13', 40' Ronaldão 23', 88' Marcos Assunção 90' (pen.)	Report	52' (pen.) Leo	Stadium: Palestra Itália Attendance: 1,525 Referee: Lincoln Bojaille

First round

Figueirense v Santos

13 MarchFirst leg	Figueirense	0 – 1	Santos	Florianópolis
21:30		Report	4' Báez	Stadium: Orlando Scarpelli Attendance: 14,612 Referee: Alexandre José Lourenço Barreto

Santos v Figueirense

18 MarchSecond leg	Santos	3 – 2 (4–2 agg.)	Figueirense	São Paulo
18:30	Alexandre 5' Macedo 46' Vágner 83'	Report	39' Silva 85' Rafael	Stadium: Palestra Itália Attendance: 2,582 Referee: Wagner Tardelli de Azevedo

Second round

Santos v Internacional

27 MarchFirst leg	Santos	2 – 0	Internacional	Santos
21:30	Macedo 59' Robert 65'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

Internacional v Santos

3 AprilSecond leg	Internacional	2 – 0 (2–2 agg.) (3–2 p)	Santos	Porto Alegre
20:30	Arílson 25', 43'	Report		Stadium: Beira-Rio Attendance: 28,332 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas
	Penalties
	Arílson Fernando Paulo Roberto Washington Gamarra		Vágner Ânderson Lima Marcos Assunção Sandro Robert

Campeonato Paulista

Main article: 1997 Campeonato Paulista

First stage

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras	23	14	6	3	58	27	+31	48	Qualified to Final group
2	Santos	23	13	7	3	45	23	+22	46
3	Portuguesa	23	12	7	4	46	33	+13	43
4	Guarani	23	7	8	8	37	45	−8	29
5	Juventus	23	5	6	12	38	53	−15	21
6	São José	23	4	9	10	29	40	−11	21
7	Botafogo	23	4	8	11	22	33	−11	20	Relegated
8	América	23	4	5	14	28	62	−34	17

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 1997. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Matches

América–SP v Santos

9 February1	América–SP	1 – 3	Santos	São José do Rio Preto
16:00	Marcelo Sergipano 87'	Report	12' Alessandro 23' Alexandre 59' Robert	Stadium: Benedito Teixeira Attendance: 10,310 Referee: José Mocellin

Santos v Juventus

16 February2	Santos	1 – 0	Juventus	São Paulo
16:00	Alessandro 50'	Report		Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 9,854 Referee: Carlos Jack Magno

Guarani v Santos

19 February3	Guarani	3 – 2	Santos	Campinas
20:30	Aílton 40' Cris 86' Ricardo Mendes 89'	Report	59' Robert 78' Macedo	Stadium: Brinco de Ouro Attendance: 9,539 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

Santos v Portuguesa

22 February4	Santos	2 – 1	Portuguesa	Jundiaí
16:00	Vágner 35' Robert 85'	Report	57' Marcelo Miguel	Stadium: Jayme Cintra Attendance: 8,014 Referee: Júlio Matto

Santos v Botafogo–SP

25 February5	Santos	1 – 1	Botafogo–SP	São Paulo
20:30	Macedo 2'	Report	20' Marco Aurélio	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Oscar Ruiz

Palmeiras v Santos

2 March6	Palmeiras	2 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
16:00	Galeano 33' Marquinhos 89'	Report		Stadium: Palestra Itália Attendance: 15,814 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

São José v Santos

6 March7	São José	0 – 1	Santos	São José dos Campos
20:30		Report	22' (pen.) Marcos Assunção	Stadium: Martins Pereira Attendance: 13,799 Referee: Dalmo Bozzano

Santos v Inter de Limeira

9 March8	Santos	5 – 2	Inter de Limeira	Santos
15:00	Marcos Assunção 11' Alexandre 18' Ronaldão 43' João Fumaça 89' Vágner 90+5' (pen.)	Report	8', 47' Sérgio Araújo	Stadium: Ulrico Mursa Attendance: 7,718 Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho

São Paulo v Santos

16 March9	São Paulo	1 – 1	Santos	São Paulo
11:00	Dodô 49'	Report	77' (pen.) Marcos Assunção	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 26,425 Referee: José Mocellin

Santos v União São João

20 March10	Santos	0 – 0	União São João	São José dos Campos
20:45		Report		Stadium: Martins Pereira Attendance: 3,610 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

Rio Branco v Santos

23 March11	Rio Branco	1 – 1	Santos	Americana
16:00	Marcelinho Paraíba 13'	Report	24' Robert	Stadium: Décio Vitta Attendance: 13,708 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão Albuquerque

Santos v Mogi Mirim

30 March12	Santos	4 – 2	Mogi Mirim	Santos
16:00	Macedo 5', 59' Vágner 52' Alexandre 79'	Report	25' Andradina 40' Luís Cláudio	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 12,177 Referee: João Paulo Araújo

Corinthians v Santos

6 April13	Corinthians	3 – 1	Santos	São Paulo
16:00	Henrique 4' Mirandinha 10' Túlio 38'	Report	68' Baiano	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 33,422 Referee: Oscar Roberto de Godói

Santos v Araçatuba

10 April14	Santos	4 – 1	Araçatuba	Santos
20:30	João Fumaça 2', 47', 88' Vágner 57' (pen.)	Report	13' Flávio Guarujá	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 6,282 Referee: Flávio de Carvalho

Portuguesa Santista v Santos

13 April15	Portuguesa Santista	0 – 2	Santos	Santos
15:00		Report	25' João Fumaça 45+4' Fernando Fumagalli	Stadium: Ulrico Mursa Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho

Inter de Limeira v Santos

20 April16	Inter de Limeira	1 – 1	Santos	Limeira
16:00	Dinei 36'	Report	73' Fernando Fumagalli	Stadium: Limeirão Attendance: 13,189 Referee: Júlio Matto

Santos v São Paulo

23 April17	Santos	2 – 2	São Paulo	Santos
20:30	Ânderson Lima 29' Caíco 42'	Report	21', 73' Dodô	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 19,815 Referee: Sidrack Marinho

União São João v Santos

27 April18	União São João	1 – 1	Santos	Araras
16:00	Souza 41'	Report	48' Marcos Assunção	Stadium: Hermínio Ometto Attendance: 6,519 Referee: Alfredo dos Santos Loebeling

Santos v Rio Branco

1 May19	Santos	3 – 1	Rio Branco	Santos
16:00	Marcos Assunção 15' Macedo 29' Alessandro 35'	Report	80' Marcelinho Paraíba	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 10,573 Referee: João Paulo Araújo

Mogi Mirim v Santos

3 May20	Mogi Mirim	0 – 2	Santos	Mogi Mirim
16:00		Report	34' Macedo 77' Caíco	Stadium: Wilson de Barros Attendance: 5,839 Referee: Oscar Roberto de Godói

Santos v Corinthians

10 May21	Santos	2 – 0	Corinthians	Santos
21:40	Caíco 33' Müller 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 19,210 Referee: Oscar Ruiz

Araçatuba v Santos

14 May22	Araçatuba	0 – 1	Santos	Araçatuba
20:30		Report	8' Caíco	Stadium: Adhemar de Barros Attendance: 11,614 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

Santos v Portuguesa Santista

18 May23	Santos	5 – 0	Portuguesa Santista	Santos
16:00	Müller 9' Ronaldão 29' Alessandro 42', 76' Careca 52'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 13,686 Referee: Alfredo dos Santos Loebeling

Final stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Champions
2	São Paulo	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Santos	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3
4	Palmeiras	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 1997. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Best season record

Matches

Corinthians v Santos

24 May1	Corinthians	4 – 3	Santos	São Paulo
21:40	Marcelinho Carioca 10' Mirandinha 20' Souza 48' Gilmar Fubá 73'	Report	14' Macedo 39' (pen.) Ronaldo Marconato 85' Müller	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 30,159 Referee: Julio Matto

São Paulo v Santos

31 May2	São Paulo	1 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
21:40	Dodô 36' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 30,030 Referee: Hellmut Krug

Santos v Palmeiras

4 June3	Santos	4 – 0	Palmeiras	Santos
20:30	Alexandre 14' Careca 17' Caíco 85' Alessandro 90'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 2,471 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

Torneiro Rio-São Paulo

Main article: 1997 Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Quarter-finals

Santos v Vasco da Gama

21 JanuaryFirst leg	Santos	2 – 2	Vasco da Gama	São Paulo
21:30	Carlinhos 14' Vágner 49'	Report	6' (pen.), 85' Ramon	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 6,723 Referee: Léo Feldman

Vasco da Gama v Santos

25 JanuarySecond leg	Vasco da Gama	3 – 3 (5–5 agg.) (3–4 p)	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
16:00	Ramon 12', 63' Juninho Pernambucano 78'	Report	36', 76' Alessandro 46' Macedo	Stadium: São Januário Attendance: 4,199 Referee: Alfredo dos Santos Loebeling
	Penalties
	Juninho Pernambucano Ramon Pimentel Gian Marquinhos		Vágner Sandro Robert Marcos Assunção Dutra

Semi-finals

Palmeiras v Santos

28 JanuaryFirst leg	Palmeiras	1 – 3	Santos	São Paulo
21:30	Djalminha 70'	Report	43' Baiano 88' (pen.) Marcos Assunção 90+2' Robert	Stadium: Palestra Itália Attendance: 10,456 Referee: Oscar Roberto de Godói

Santos v Palmeiras

1 FebruarySecond leg	Santos	0 – 1 (3–2 agg.)	Palmeiras	Presidente Prudente
16:00		Report	78' (o.g.) Ronaldão	Stadium: Farahzão Attendance: 18,249 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão Albuquerque

Finals

Santos v Flamengo

4 FebruaryFirst leg	Santos	2 – 1	Flamengo	São Paulo
21:30	Alessandro 6' Macedo 29'	Report	85' Marcelo Ribeiro	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 24,236 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

Flamengo v Santos

6 FebruarySecond leg	Flamengo	2 – 2 (3–4 agg.)	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
21:30	Romário 37', 45'	Report	33' Ânderson Lima 77' Juari	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 70,729 Referee: Oscar Roberto de Godói

Copa dos Campeões Mundiais

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	São Paulo	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Qualified to Final
2	Flamengo	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
3	Santos	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Grêmio	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 26 June 1997. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Matches

Santos v Flamengo

12 June1	Santos	0 – 0	Flamengo	Campo Grande
21:40		Report		Stadium: Morenão Attendance: 15,296 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

São Paulo v Santos

17 June2	São Paulo	3 – 0	Santos	Campo Grande
21:40	Dodô 15', 77' Belletti 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Morenão Attendance: 11,958 Referee: Oscar Roberto de Godói

Santos v Grêmio

26 June3	Santos	2 – 1	Grêmio	Brasília
16:00	Alessandro 36', 75'	Report	66' Luís Carlos Goiano	Stadium: Mané Garrincha Attendance: 192 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

Supercopa Libertadores

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	River Plate	6	5	0	1	17	9	+8	15	Semifinals
2	Vasco da Gama	6	3	1	2	9	12	−3	10
3	Santos	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	7
4	Racing	6	0	2	4	11	15	−4	2

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	RAC	RIV	SAN	VAS
Racing		2–3	2–2	2–3
River Plate	3–2		3–2	5–1
Santos	3–2	2–1		1–2
Vasco da Gama	1–1	0–2	2–1

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches

Vasco da Gama v Santos

28 August1	Vasco da Gama	2 – 1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
21:40	Evair 33' Jean 75' (o.g.)	Report	88' Marcelo Passos	Stadium: São Januário Attendance: 1,660 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão

River Plate v Santos

4 September2	River Plate	3 – 2	Santos	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:40	Escudero 41' Rambert 67' Salas 74'	Report	12' Caio 22' Müller	Stadium: Monumental de Núñez Referee: Epifanio González

Racing v Santos

25 September3	Racing	2 – 2	Santos	Avellaneda, Argentina
20:50	Centeno 9' Vilallonga 53'	Report	72' Báez 86' Arinélson	Stadium: Juan Domingo Perón Referee: Jorge Nieves

Santos v Vasco da Gama

16 October4	Santos	1 – 2	Vasco da Gama	Santos
21:00	Báez 51'	Report	1' Odvan 75' Luiz Cláudio	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 3,615 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

Santos v River Plate

22 October5	Santos	2 – 1	River Plate	Santos
21:55	Élder 24' Macedo 43'	Report	40' Borrelli	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 921 Referee: Mário Sánchez

Santos v Racing

28 October6	Santos	3 – 2	Racing	Santos
21:55	Macedo 22' Sandro 72' Marcos Assunção 73'	Report	55' Vilallonga 74' Delgado	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 1,593 Referee: Epifanio González

References

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2. "Diretoria começa a reforçar o time e contrata o lateral-esquerdo Dutra" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 6 December 1996. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
3. "Zetti será apresentado na vila hoje às 18 horas" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 10 December 1996. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
4. "Sonho de Ronaldão era voltar ao futebol paulista, após três anos" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 7 January 1997. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
5. ""No Santos tenho Tranquilidade"" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 10 January 1997. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
6. ""Caíco e Alexandre vêm segunda e Vágner renova por 18 meses"" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 25 January 1997. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
7. "Técnico aceita saída de Carlinhos" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 25 January 1997. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
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11. "Santos surpreende e contrata o lateral Léo, da Desportiva do ES" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 6 March 1997. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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13. ""Careca faz exames médicos na Capital e amanhã vai ser apresentado à Imprensa"" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 1 April 1997. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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17. ""Diretoria confirma a contratação do atacante Caio para o Brasileiro"" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 5 July 1997. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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22. "Carlinhos e Gallo voltam a jogar juntos no Guarani" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 23 January 1997. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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