Santos Futebol Clube (AP)

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Santos
Full nameSantos Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)Peixe de Macapá (Macapá's Fish)
Peixe da Amazônia (Amazon Fish)
FoundedMay 11, 1973 (50 years ago) (1973-05-11)
GroundZerão
Capacity4,000
PresidentLuciano Marba
Head coachEdson Porto
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série D
Campeonato Amapaense
2019
2019
Série D, 63rd
Amapaense, 1st

Santos Futebol Clube or Santos, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football club based in Macapá, Amapá state.

History[change | change source]

In Amapá, precisely in 1973, Otávio Nogueira and Delson Furtado, mobilized a group of friends to found the Santos Futebol Clube in Macapá. The historic meeting took place exactly on 11 May 1973. On that occasion, the objective was to establish a club that came to be a factory of champions, so came the Santos.

Rivalries[change | change source]

Santos rivals are Oratório and Trem.

Honours[change | change source]

Winners (7): 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Winners (1): 2007