Santos Futebol Clube (AP)
Football club in Macapá, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Santos Futebol Clube, also known as Santos-AP (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsɐ͂tuz ˈdo amaˈpa]) or simply Santos, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Macapá, Amapá. The team competes in the Campeonato Amapaense, the top division in the Amapá state football league system. [note 1] Founded in 1973, they are located in the bairro of Coração and play their home matches at the state-owned Zerão.
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Full name | Santos Futebol Clube | ||
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Nickname(s) | Peixe da Amazônia (Amazon Fish) | ||
Founded | 11 May 1973; 51 years ago (1973-05-11) | ||
Ground | Zerão | ||
Capacity | 13,680[1] | ||
President | Luciano Marba | ||
Head coach | Beto Acosta | ||
League | Campeonato Amapaense | ||
2023 | Amapaense, 5th of 8 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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They are the fourth most successful club in Amapá (alongside Trem and Santana) in terms of league trophies won, with seven Amapazão titles.[2] Santos has also won the Amapaense Second Division once, in 2007.[3] The club reached the Amapaense finals in seven consecutive seasons between 2013 and 2019, taking the title six times during that period.
Santos is the top-ranked team from Amapá in CBF's national club ranking, being placed 100th overall.[4]