Santos

Est. 1912 · Brazil

About Santos

Santos FC are the club that produced arguably the greatest footballer who ever lived. When Pele pulled on the Santos white shirt in the late 1950s, he began a partnership between player and club that would redefine what football could be. The club from the coastal city of Santos in Sao Paulo state won back-to-back Copa Libertadores titles in 1962 and 1963, and their all-white home shirt has been a symbol of Brazilian football excellence ever since.

Founded in 1912 and based in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, the club play at the Vila Belmiro stadium. Their honours include 8 Brazilian Championship titles, 6 Campeonato Paulista wins, and 2 Copa Libertadores titles (1962, 1963). Nicknamed O Peixe (The Fish) for their coastal identity.

The all-white Santos shirt is one of football's most recognisable and historically significant kits. That clean white, with minimal trim, was the backdrop to Pele's extraordinary career from 1956 to 1974, and every Santos white shirt carries a piece of that legacy. More recently Umbro and other suppliers have produced the kits, and the white home shirt worn during the golden generation of Neymar, Ganso, and Andre Santos in the late 2000s added another celebrated chapter to the Santos shirt story.

Players who wore the shirt