Football was introduced to Santos in 1902 via the Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, and the students created the two aforementioned clubs as a result. Being a port, water sports such as rowing were generally the most practiced activity by the city's youth, but the city had teams strong enough to compete in the Campeonatos Paulista or Paulistão, with Clube Atlético Internacional and Sport Club Americano being the two strongest representatives. With the influx of income, the wealthy socialites of the city became increasingly interested in having the city represented in sports.

Its port became one of the largest in the world with coffee, a major product in those times, being the most exported product. In the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Santos grew to become of great importance to Brazil. Arnaldo Silveira, one of the original founders of Santos, in an interview by O Estado de S. Then, my cousins and I founded Santos Futebol Clube, which was registered in 1912.

We played together in, my brother and my cousins while the club was in Santos. We had a great relationship with the Patusca, our relatives. My father, Turíbio Silveira of the Xavier da Silveira family, was a city sportsman. I was only 11 when I started playing football in 1906. I started playing for Americano, which was founded by Sizino Patusca and Benedito Ernesto Guimarães. My time in football was short, but it had interesting moments. 1.4.2 Reprioritization, Rejuvenation and Renaissance of the Globetrotters.1.4.1 The first Continental Treble in the world and the Pentacampeonato.1.3 The road towards the second Paulistão: 1936–1955.

Santos has many long-standing rivalries, most notably against Corinthians, Palmeiras, and São Paulo. In terms of revenue, Santos is Brazil's fourth-richest sports club and one of the biggest football clubs in the world, generating an annual turnover of over $114 million in 2012. In 2013, the club is the 2nd most valuable club in Brazil and South America, and 38th most valuable club in the world according to Brand Finance, worth over $65 million. The most recognized Santista anthem is the ' Leão do Mar' written by Mangeri Neto. Santos' regular kit is white shirts, with white shorts, accompanied by white socks. The Peixe play their home games at the Vila Belmiro, which currently holds up to 20,120 spectators. On 20 January 1998, Santos became the first team, in any category in the world, to reach the milestone of 10,000 goals in the entire history of football and was voted by FIFA as one of the most successful clubs of the 20th century. It has also won 22 Paulistãos, three Copa Libertadores, two Intercontinental Cups, one Supercopa de Campeones Intercontinentales, one Copa CONMEBOL (the precursor of current Copa Sudamericana), one Copa do Brasil, and one Recopa Sudamericana. Santos is one of the most successful clubs in the Brasileirão, becoming national champions on eight occasions. Os Santásticos won four competitions in 1962, thus completing a quadruple, comprising the Paulistão, the Brasileirão, the Copa Libertadores, and the European/South American Cup. Os Santásticos, considered by some the best club team of all times, won a total of 24 titles during that decade including five consecutive Brasileirões, a feat that remains unequaled today. This was largely thanks to the Peixe's golden generation of the 1960s, with players like Gilmar, Mauro Ramos, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pepe, and most notable of all, Pelé, named the 'Athlete of the Century' by the International Olympic Committee, and widely regarded as the best and most accomplished footballer in the game's history. Since then, Santos has become one of Brazil's most successful clubs, becoming a symbol of Jogo Bonito (English: the Beautiful Game) in football culture, hence the motto 'Técnica e Disciplina' (technique and discipline). The club was founded in 1912 by the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos by Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior as a response to the lack of representation the city had in football. It plays in the Paulistão, the State of São Paulo's premier state league, as well as the Brasileirão, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system. It is also the team with the most goals in football history. Santos Futebol Clube ( Brazilian Portuguese: ( listen)), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the Peixe (, 'fish'), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a bairro in the city of Santos.

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