Santos FC (youth)

From the squad who was crowned champions in 2002, Santos had 15 youth graduates (Rafael, Alex, André Luís, Michel, Pereira, Preto, Leandro, Canindé, Diego, Paulo Almeida, Adiel, Douglas, Robinho, William and Bruno Moraes) who appeared with the side over the year.

In 2003, with the club finishing second, another academy products appeared regularly with the first team. As Robinho, Alex, André Luís, Paulo Almeida and Diego were already starters, Jerri was the newcomer more regularly used during the year, mainly as a substitute.

In 2004 – another season of success – Domingos, Leonardo and Luís Augusto appeared regularly and were the main youth graduates of the year. After a vast majority of the players left the club and moved to Europe (the most notable sale was Robinho's to Real Madrid in 2005), the club struggled to produce any notable graduates in the following three years.

Santos' first team for the 2007 and 2008 seasons included players such as Renatinho, Felipe, Marcelo, Adriano, Carlinhos, Thiago Carleto, Díonísio and Moraes; the latter scored the winner in 2007 Campeonato Paulista.

In the 2010 season's astronomic campaign, Santos had Neymar, Ganso, André, Alan Patrick, Rafael and Robinho as their notable youth graduates (despite the latter and André left in June). In the following two years, the club saw the emergence of Neymar as a rising star and also saw some youth graduates like Felipe Anderson and Victor Andrade stepping up and becoming first-team regulars for the side.

In 2013, a complete revolution took over the club after Neymar's transfer to FC Barcelona; former youth sides' manager Claudinei Oliveira was promoted to first-team, and gave first-team football to Alan Santos, Leandrinho, Neílton, Giva, Emerson Palmieri, Gustavo Henrique and Alison, with the latter two impressing in the season. A year later, the club's youth emergence followed, with Geuvânio, Gabriel and Jubal also being in the spotlights.

In 2015, the club's youth graduates again appeared strongly in the main squad, with Daniel Guedes, Zeca and Thiago Maia becoming regulars, mainly under Dorival Júnior. In 2016, the first graduates from the B-team started to appear in the main squad, with Lucas Veríssimo, Ronaldo Mendes and Vitor Bueno being the players more regularly used. Although Ronaldo left in the summer, Bueno was elected the Newcomer of the year's Brasileirão after scoring ten goals.

During the 2017 season, the promoted players from the under-20s were Arthur Gomes and Matheus Oliveira, while Yan and Thaciano came from the B-side; none of them were regularly used, however. Late in the season, prospects like Yuri Alberto and Rodrygo went straight to the main squad from the under-17s.

In 2018, Rodrygo came into prominence after becoming a regular starter for the club. Youth graduates like Robson Bambu, Gabriel Calabres, Guilherme Nunes and Matheus Guedes were all promoted from the under-20s, while Diego Pituca came from the B-team. Another youth team players like Victor Yan, Lucas Lourenço and Emerson featured on the bench for some matches, but were later demoted back to their youth sides. Late in the year, Kaio Jorge, a forward from the under-17s, was promoted to the first team.

On 16 October 2018, Santos' board opted to cease the activity of the B-team for the 2019 season.[3] During the 2019 campaign, the youth setup had little protagonism in the first team's performance, with only Gustavo Henrique, Lucas Veríssimo and Alison featuring regularly; all of them, however, were already involved in the main squad in the past seasons. Wagner Leonardo, Sandry and Tailson were the only youth graduates to make their first team debuts in that season.

For the 2020 season under Jesualdo Ferreira, more youth graduates were involved in the first team routines, with Kaio Jorge establishing himself as a regular and Renyer making his first team debut. Jesualdo also promoted Ivonei, Anderson Ceará and Alex, while also taking Marcos Leonardo up for trainings.

After Jesualdo left and Cuca was appointed manager, Ângelo made his debut as a 15-year-old, becoming the second-youngest player to debut in the club's history. Sandry became a regular starter, while João Paulo and John shared the starting spot. The club also reached the 2020 Copa Libertadores Final, where five youth graduates took part of the club's starting eleven (John, Veríssimo, Alison, Sandry and Kaio Jorge) and another two came in as substitutes (Wellington Tim and Bruno Marques), while the club had 12 players who played for the youth categories among the 23-man matchday squad.

For the 2021 campaign, new manager Ariel Holan gave the starting spot to Ângelo, Kaiky and Gabriel Pirani, with Kevin Malthus and Vinicius Balieiro being also regularly used. After Holan resigned, only Pirani featured regularly under subsequent managers Fernando Diniz and Fábio Carille.

During the 2022 season, Ângelo, Kaiky, Marcos Leonardo and Lucas Pires became regular starters at the club; Lucas Barbosa and Rwan Seco also started to feature in the main squad.

Created in 2015 as Santos under-23 squad, the side acted mainly as a transition between the under-20 to the professional team.[4] The B-team played in the Copa Paulista, before being disbanded in 2020.

In 2021, Santos again played in the Copa Paulista, but with the same team which played in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Aspirantes, mainly composed by under-20 players.

As of 29 June 2023[5]

Numbers used in the first team.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 42 GK  BRA Breno Sossai — DF  BRA Derick 26 DF  BOL Leonardo Zabala 40 DF  BRA Cadu 27 DF  BRA Pedrinho Scaramussa

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF  BRA Ed Carlos — MF  BRA Lucas Lourenço — MF  BRA Rafael Lopes — FW  BRA Andrey Quintino

According to the official website.[6]

As of 24 May 2023

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 Gustavo Jundi (on loan from Desportivo Brasil) — GK  BRA João Inácio — GK  BRA João Victor — GK  BRA Rodrigo Falcão — DF  BRA André Klaus — DF  BRA Diego Borges 32 DF  BRA Jair Paula — DF  BRA Luis Eduardo — DF  BRA Mina — DF  BRA Thiago Balieiro — DF  BRA Diogo Correia 38 DF  BRA Kevyson — DF  BRA JP Chermont — DF  BRA Netinho — DF  BRA Robert — DF  BRA Souza — MF  BRA Bernardo — MF  BRA Hyan

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Gabriel Bontempo — MF  BRA Gustavo Henrique 35 MF  BRA João Victor Balão 45 MF  BRA Kevin Malthus — MF  BRA Matheus Nunes — MF  BRA Matheus Ramos 47 MF  BOL Miguel Terceros — MF  BRA Rafael Moreira — FW  BRA Caio Padovam — FW  BOL Enzo Monteiro — FW  BRA Fernandinho — FW  BRA Gabriel Miranda — FW  BRA Kauã Ferreira — FW  BRA Paulo César — FW  BRA Renyer — FW  BRA Rodrigo Cezar — FW  BRA Victor Michell 43 FW  BRA Weslley Patati