Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Santos, Brazil. They play in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league, and are one of the only three clubs to have never been relegated, along with São Paulo and Flamengo. Santos was a founding member of the Clube dos 13 (English: Club of the 13) group of Brazil's leading football clubs.

The club has contributed many players to the Brazil national team, including to Brazil's World Cup-winning teams, especially during the golden generation of players known as Os Santásticos (The Santastics), from 1956 until 1974. Led by Lula, the team won a total of 22 titles between 1959 and 1974, including two Copa Libertadores, the most prestigious laurel in South American football. Os Santásticos dominated the Brazil national football team and had what was considered by some the best club team of all times, and became a symbol of Joga Bonito (English: The Beautiful Game) in football culture, thanks to figures such as Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pepe and the iconic Pelé, named the "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee, and widely regarded among football historians, former players and fans to be one of the best and most accomplished footballers in the game's history.Pele tops World Cup legends poll BBC News. Retrieved June 12, 2010Pelé "es el mejor" BBC News. Retrieved May 1, 2011Acerca de ... Pelé FIFA.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011Over 50 per cent of Goal.com UK readers believe Brazilian legend Pele was a greater player than Diego Maradona Goal.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011Beckenbauer: "Pelé es el mejor del mundo" La Cuarta Deportiva. Retrieved May 1, 2011World Soccer Players of the Century England Football Online Retrieved May 1, 2011

Santos contributed players to the victorious Brazil national teams of 1958, 1962 and 1970 FIFA World Cups. It has also contributed players to the winning sides of the 1916, 2004 and 2007 Copa Américas as well as the 2005 and 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. One Santos player has won the Golden Ball award at the World Cup with Brazil; Pelé in 1970. Neymar replicated Pelé at the Confederations Cup by winning that competition's golden ball. Pinga and Narciso represented Brazil in medal winning squads at the 1984 and 1996 Summer Olympics.

List of call-ups of Santos FC players to the Brazil national teams Below is a list of all Santos FC players to have played in the main national team (or Seleção in Portuguese language) while representing the club in official matches since 1916.

Neymar Adolpho Millon Almir Araken Patusca Arnaldo Patusca Arouca Axel Carlos Alberto Castelhano Cláudio Clodoaldo Constantino Mollitsas Coutinho Del Vecchio Diego Dorval Durval Edú Elano Fábio Costa Formiga Gabriel Ganso Gilmar Giovanni Haroldo João Paulo Joel Jorge Juary Kléber Léo Lima Lucas Lima Márcio Rossini Marcos Assunção Marinho Peres Mauro Ramos Mengálvio Müller Narciso Nilton Batata Orlando Otto Banduck Paulo Almeida Pelé Pepe Pita Rafael Cabral Renato Ricardo Oliveira Robert Robinho Sérgio Silas Sylvio Hoffmann Tite Toninho Carlos Zito

List of call-ups of Santos FC players to the Brazil national Olympic teams Below is a list of all Santos FC players to have played in the Brazil national Olympic team in official matches while representing the club.

André Luís Alex Baiano Diego Fábio Costa Gabriel Jamelli Marinho Michel Narciso Nenê Neymar Paulo Almeida Paulo Henrique Ganso Rafael Cabral Robinho Thiago Maia Zeca Yuri Alberto

List of call-ups of Santos FC players to the Brazil national U-20 teams Below is a list of all Santos FC players to have played in the Brazil national U-20 team in official matches while representing the club.

Alan Patrick Alex Sandro Alison André Dias Ângelo Caju Carlinhos César Sampaio Danilo Felipe Anderson Felipe Garcia Gabriel Barbosa Gabriel Gasparotto Gérson Guilherme Nunes Gustavo Henrique Jair Jean Jubal Kaio Jorge Kaiky Leonardo Marcelo Marcos Leonardo Neymar Paulo Henrique Ganso Renatinho Robson Bambu Rodrygo Sérgio Manoel Thiago Maia Victor Andrade William

List of call-ups of Santos FC players to the Brazil national U-17 teams Below is a list of all Santos FC players to have played in the Brazil national U-17 team in official matches while representing de club.

Adriano Ângelo Arthur Gomes Bruno Moraes Crystian Derick Diego Diego Cardoso Elivelton Emerson Felipe Felipe Anderson Gabriel Guido Guilherme Nunes Ivonei Kaio Jorge JP Chermont Leonardo Lucas Lourenço Marco Antônio Neymar Renyer Rodrigo Cezar Rodrygo Sandry Souza Thiago Maia Victor Yan Vinícius Lira Yuri Alberto

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See also List of Santos FC players Brazil national football team Brazil national under-23 football team Brazil national under-20 football team Brazil national under-17 football team Football in Brazil Brazil national squads in World and South American championships List of footballers with 100 or more caps

External links Brazil on FIFA.com