1998 Santos FC season

Santos
1998 season
President	Samir Jorge Abdul-Hak
Coach	Émerson Leão
Stadium	Vila Belmiro
Campeonato Brasileiro	Semi-finals
Campeonato Paulista	Second phase
Copa do Brasil	Semi-finals
Copa Conmebol	Winners
Torneio Rio-São Paulo	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Viola (21); All: Viola (34)
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 season was Santos Futebol Clube's eighty-sixth in existence and the club's third-ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

Players

Squad

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	Fernando Leão
—	GK	BRA	Marcelo
—	GK	BRA	Nando
—	GK	BRA	Zetti
—	DF	BRA	Ânderson Lima
—	DF	BRA	Argel
—	DF	BRA	Athirson
—	DF	BRA	Baiano
—	DF	BRA	Gustavo Nery
—	DF	BRA	Jean
—	DF	BRA	Rogério Seves
—	DF	BRA	Sandro
—	MF	BRA	Bechara
—	MF	BRA	Claudiomiro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Eduardo Marques
—	MF	BRA	Élder
—	MF	BRA	Róbson Luís
—	MF	BRA	Fernandes
—	MF	BRA	Jorginho
—	MF	BRA	Lúcio
—	MF	JPN	Maezono
—	MF	BRA	Marcos Basílio
—	MF	BRA	Messias
—	MF	BRA	Narciso
—	FW	BRA	Alessandro Cambalhota
—	FW	BRA	Adiel
—	FW	COL	Aristizábal
—	FW	BRA	Viola

Source: Acervo Santista

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos.	Nat	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A		Campeonato Paulista		Copa do Brasil		Torneio Rio-São Paulo		Copa Conmebol		Total
Pos.	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Fernando Leão	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK		Nando	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
GK		Zetti	28	0	10	0	9	0	8	0	7	0	62	0
DF		Ânderson Lima	17	3	9 (1)	0	7	2	8	1	8	0	50	6
DF		Argel	21	2	10	1	9	3	8	0	6	1	54	7
DF		Athirson	25	1	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	36	1
DF		Baiano	11 (7)	1	1 (3)	0	3 (1)	0	0 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	30	1
DF		Gustavo Nery	4 (5)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	11	1
DF		Jean	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	23	0
DF		Sandro	8 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	4	0	0 (3)	1	3	0	21	1
MF		Bechara	1 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
MF		Claudiomiro	21	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	32	5
MF		Eduardo Marques	16 (3)	3	0 (4)	2	0 (4)	0	0 (5)	0	3	1	35	6
MF		Élder	9 (8)	0	3 (1)	0	6 (2)	2	4 (1)	0	1 (3)	0	38	2
MF		Fernandes	2 (6)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (4)	0	14	1
MF		Jorginho	12 (3)	1	10	2	9	3	8	4	5	2	47	12
MF		Lúcio	18	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	7	2	30	9
MF		Maezono	0 (5)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
MF		Marcos Bazílio	18 (2)	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	1	0	4	0	28	0
MF		Messias	8 (7)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	2
MF		Narciso	20	2	9	2	8	0	8	0	7	1	52	5
MF		Róbson Luís	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
FW		Adiel	5 (14)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	3 (5)	1	31	1
FW		Alessandro	16 (8)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (3)	0	32	4
FW		Aristizábal	2 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
FW		Viola	28	21	4	1	5	5	0	0	6	4	43	31
Players who left the club during the season
DF		Dutra	0	0	7 (3)	0	9	0	8	0	0	0	27	0
DF		Ronaldão	0	0	9	1	5	0	8	1	0	0	22	2
DF		Ronaldo Marconato	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF		Arinélson	0	0	0 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	7	0
MF		Caíco	0	0	6 (2)	3	9	0	7 (1)	1	0	0	25	4
MF		Fumagalli	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	3	0
MF		Marcos Assunção	0	0	5	1	3	3	3	1	0	0	11	5
FW		Báez	0	0	0 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (3)	2	0 (1)	0	10	2
FW		Caio	0	0	5	0	3	1	5 (1)	2	0	0	14	3
FW		Macedo	0	0	0 (3)	0	0 (2)	1	1 (3)	1	0	0	9	2
FW		Müller	0	0	10	8	8	4	8	0	0	0	26	12

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Goalscorers

Ran	Pos	Name	Brasileiro	Paulistão	Copa do Brasil	Rio-SP	Copa Conmebol	Total
1	FW	Viola	21	1	5	0	4	31
2	MF	Jorginho	1	2	3	4	2	12
2	FW	Müller	0	8	4	0	0	12
3	MF	Lúcio	5	2	0	0	2	9
4	DF	Argel	2	1	3	0	1	7
5	DF	Ânderson Lima	3	0	2	1	0	6
5	MF	Eduardo Marques	3	2	0	0	1	6
6	MF	Claudiomiro	3	0	0	0	2	5
	MF	Marcos Assunção	0	1	3	1	0	5
	MF	Narciso	2	2	0	0	1	5
7	FW	Alessandro	4	0	0	0	0	4
7	MF	Caíco	0	3	1	0	0	4
8	FW	Caio	0	0	1	2	0	3
9	FW	Báez	0	0	0	2	0	2
	MF	Élder	0	0	2	0	0	2
	FW	Macedo	0	0	1	1	0	2
	MF	Messias	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF	Róbson Luís	2	0	0	0	0	2
	DF	Ronaldão	0	1	0	1	0	2
10	FW	Adiel	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	Aristizábal	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	Athirson	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	Baiano	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Bechara	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Fernandes	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	Gustavo Nery	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Maezono	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	Sandro	0	0	0	1	0	1

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Moving from	Source	Notes
MAN	Émerson Leão	Atlético Mineiro	^[1]
MF	Jorginho	Atlético Mineiro	^[2]
DF	Argel	Verdy Kawasaki	^[3]
FW	Adiel	Youth system	^[4]	Promoted
ST	Viola	Palmeiras	^[5]
MF	Claudiomiro	Coritiba	^[6]	On loan
MF	Lúcio	Flamengo	^[7]	On loan
LB	Athirson	Flamengo	^[7]	On loan
MF	Fumagalli	Youth system	^[8]	Promoted
FW	Alessandro	Júbilo Iwata	^[9]	Loan return
MF	Fernandes	Corinthians de Presidente Prudente	^[10]	On loan
MF	Arinélson	Flamengo	^[11]	Loan return
FW	Aristizábal	São Paulo	^[12]	On loan
MF	Messias	Madureira	^[13]	On loan
MF	Maezono	Verdy Kawasaki	^[14]	On loan
MF	Bechara	Ceará	^[15]
MF	Róbson Luís	Bahia	^[16]	On loan

Out

Pos.	Name	Moving to	Source	Notes
MF	João Santos	Coritiba	^[17]
MAN	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Corinthians	^[18]
DF	Cássio	Guarani	^[19]
FW	Camanducaia	Guarani	^[20]	On loan
MF	Alexandre	Portuguesa	^[21]
MF	Marcelo Passos	Inter de Limeira	^[22]	On loan
DF	Marcos Adriano	Inter de Limeira	^[22]	On loan
FW	Macedo	Coritiba	^[6]	On loan
MF	Marcos Assunção	Flamengo	^[23]	On loan
FW	Caio	Flamengo	^[23]	On loan
MF	Arinélson	Flamengo	^[23]	On loan
DF	Ronaldão	Coritiba	^[24]
FW	Müller	Cruzeiro	^[25]
GK	Edinho	Ponte Preta	^[26]	On loan
MF	Caíco	Atlético Paranaense	^[27]	On loan
MF	Arinélson	Paraná	^[27]	On loan
FW	Báez	Al Hilal	^[28]
DF	Dutra	América Mineiro	^[29]	On loan
MF	Fumagalli	Verdy Kawasaki	^[30]	On loan
DF	Daniel	Verdy Kawasaki	^[14]	On loan
MF	Marcelo Passos	Ras Al Khaimah	^[31]	On loan

Friendlies

10 May Friendly	Jamaica	3 – 2	Santos	Kingston, Jamaica
	Gardner 9' Hall 39' Goodison 66'	Report	24' Lúcio 35' Jorginho	Stadium: Independence Park Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hughil Thompson

10 July Friendly	Santos	5 – 1	Portuguesa	Santos
	Ânderson Lima 30' Viola 55', 62', 72' Fernandes 90+1'	Report	82' Simão	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 525 Referee: Romildo Correia

25 August Joan Gamper Trophy	Barcelona	2 – 2 (5–4 p)	Santos	Barcelona, Spain
	Rivaldo 39' Figo 41'	Report	32' Ânderson Lima 47' Adiel	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Juan Ansuategui Roca
	Penalties
	Óscar Nadal Figo Roger Sergi Zenden Luis Enrique		Sandro Argel Narciso Fernandes Ânderson Lima Élder Claudiomiro

27 August Friendly	Roma	2 – 3	Santos	Rome, Italy
	Bartelt 57', 82'	Report	30' Ânderson Lima 50', 54' Aristizábal	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 61,509 Referee: Ceccarini di Livorno

Competitions

Campeonato Brasileiro

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
29	14	9	6	55	37	+18	51	9	5	1	33	15	+18	5	4	5	22	22	0

Source: Acervo Santista

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Palmeiras	23	14	3	6	46	32	+14	45	Qualified to Quarterfinals
3	Coritiba	23	11	9	3	32	26	+6	42
4	Santos	23	11	8	4	46	29	+17	41
5	Sport Recife	23	12	4	7	34	22	+12	40
6	Portuguesa	23	11	7	5	44	34	+10	40

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

26 July 1	Santos	2 – 0	Bragantino	Santos
16:00	Claudiomiro 19' Viola 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,192 Referee: Alexandre Barreto

29 July 2	Santos	1 – 1	Atlético Paranaense	Santos
15:30	Viola 86' (pen.)	Report	64' Lucas	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 6,554 Referee: Dacildo Mourão

2 August 3	Cruzeiro	1 – 2	Santos	Belo Horizonte
17:00	Müller 45'	Report	50' Viola 90+2' Baiano	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 13,367 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

9 August 4	Vitória	1 – 3	Santos	Salvador
17:00	Agnaldo 89'	Report	58', 69' Viola 73' Lúcio	Stadium: Barradão Attendance: 10,551 Referee: Jorge dos Santos Travassos

15 August 5	Santos	1 – 0	Palmeiras	Santos
16:00	Argel 16'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

19 August 6	Santos	4 – 4	Atlético Mineiro	Santos
15:30	Lúcio 60' Aristizábal 75' Viola 78' (pen.) Claudiomiro 88'	Report	25' Marques 33', 54' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Valdir	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 9,062 Referee: Luciano Augusto Teotônio de Almeida

23 August 7	São Paulo	1 – 3	Santos	São Paulo
17:00	Dodô 49'	Report	58' Lúcio 69' Jorginho 90+3' Athirson	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 20,988 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

30 August 8	Santos	2 – 0	Internacional	Santos
16:00	Viola 32' Lúcio 42'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 13,206 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

2 September 9	Guarani	1 – 1	Santos	Campinas
15:30	Robson Ponte 83'	Report	40' Ânderson Lima	Stadium: Brinco de Ouro Attendance: 6,741 Referee: Jorge dos Santos Travassos

6 September 10	Santos	0 – 0	Sport Recife	Santos
16:00		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

13 September 11	Grêmio	3 – 2	Santos	Porto Alegre
16:00	Clóvis 14' Itaqui 29' Ronaldinho 52'	Report	17' Narciso 67' Alessandro	Stadium: Olímpico Attendance: 21,977 Referee: Luciano Augusto Teotônio de Almeida

16 September 12	Juventude	1 – 2	Santos	Caxias do Sul
15:30	Flávio 29'	Report	12' (pen.) Viola 71' Claudiomiro	Stadium: Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 4,418 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

20 September 13	Santos	4 – 1	Flamengo	Santos
17:00	Viola 20', 83' (pen.), 90+1' Eduardo Marques 54'	Report	10' Romário	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 15,904 Referee: Sidrack Marinho

27 September 14	Corinthians	0 – 2	Santos	São Paulo
17:00		Report	24', 54' (pen.) Viola	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 48,537 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

30 September 15	Santos	4 – 0	Ponte Preta	Santos
15:30	Eduardo Marques 41' Ânderson Lima 59' Lúcio 76' Gustavo Nery 85'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,486 Referee: Fabiano Gonçalves

3 October 16	Coritiba	1 – 1	Santos	Curitiba
16:00	Gélson Baresi 79'	Report	66' Viola	Stadium: Couto Pereira Attendance: 20,979 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

11 October 17	Vasco da Gama	3 – 1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
16:20	Ramon 16' Juninho Pernambucano 30' Felipe 81'	Report	68' Messias	Stadium: São Januário Attendance: 7,650 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

15 October 18	Santos	3 – 3	América Mineiro	Santos
21:00	Viola 1', 70' (pen.) Messias 83'	Report	21' Dimba 67' Jean 75' Dutra	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 6,151 Referee: Jamir Carlos Garcez

18 October 19	Santos	1 – 1	Portuguesa	Santos
17:00	Maezono 67'	Report	77' Aílton	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 12,013 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

24 October 20	Santos	1 – 2	Paraná	Santos
17:00	Ânderson Lima 13'	Report	55' Raudnei 58' Cairo	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,673 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

28 October 21	América de Natal	2 – 2	Santos	Natal
21:45	Zezinho 21' Carioca 40' (pen.)	Report	46' Fernandes 52' Alessandro	Stadium: Machadão Referee: Luciano Augusto Teotônio de Almeida

1 November 22	Santos	3 – 1	Goiás	Santos
17:00	Narciso 15' Alessandro 32' Bechara 83'	Report	77' Ranielli	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 11,832 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

12 November 23	Botafogo	2 – 1	Santos	Niterói
16:00	Túlio 32' Jean 62' (o.g.)	Report	40' Viola	Stadium: Caio Martins Attendance: 433 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

Quarter-finals

15 November First Leg	Sport Recife	3 – 1	Santos	Recife
18:30	Robson 65' Wallace 68' Lima Sergipano 90+4' (pen.)	Report	90+15' Argel	Stadium: Ilha do Retiro Attendance: 11,295 Referee: Luciano Augusto Teotônio de Almeida

21 November Second Leg	Santos	2 – 1	Sport Recife	Santos
16:00	Eduardo Marques 32' Róbson Luís 75'	Report	61' Robson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 25,229 Referee: Jorge dos Santos Travassos

25 November Third Leg	Santos	3 – 0 (6 – 4 agg.)	Sport Recife	Santos
21:40	Alessandro 24' Viola 50', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 25,229 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

Semi-finals

29 November First Leg	Santos	2 – 1	Corinthians	Santos
18:30	Róbson Luís 33' Viola 81'	Report	1' Gamarra	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

6 December Second Leg	Corinthians	2 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
18:30	Marcelinho Carioca 27' (pen.) Edílson 60'	Report		Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 37,370 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão

9 December Third Leg	Corinthians	1 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Santos	São Paulo
21:40	Edílson 56'	Report	41' Viola	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 37,370 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos

Copa do Brasil

First round

20 January First leg	Villa Nova	3 – 4	Santos	Nova Lima
21:40	Kal Baiano 8' Sargento 13' Marcos Assunção 27' (o.g.)	Report	7' Müller 16', 51' Jorginho 88' Macedo	Stadium: Castor Cifuentes Attendance: 3,735 Referee: Jamir Garcez

6 February Second leg	Santos	2 – 2 (6–5 agg.)	Villa Nova	Santos
20:30	Jorginho 16' Élder 37'	Report	44' Adão 70' André	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,615 Referee: José Roberto Rach

Second round

19 February First leg	Goiás	2 – 5	Santos	Goiânia
21:40	Dill 61' Luís Paulo 90'	Report	8' Caio 16', 70' (pen.) Ânderson Lima 31', 64' Müller	Stadium: Serra Dourada Attendance: 7,968 Referee: César Gilberto Pastro

Third round

24 March First leg	Bahia	3 – 3	Santos	Salvador
21:40	Branco 57' Róbson Luís 59' Marquinhos 84' (pen.)	Report	13', 36', 77' Marcos Assunção	Stadium: Fonte Nova Attendance: 23,673 Referee: Jorge Travassos

23 April Second leg	Santos	5 – 2 (8–5 agg.)	Bahia	Santos
21:40	Müller 11' Argel 54' Viola 64', 69', 77'	Report	21', 27' Róbson Luís	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,733 Referee: Reinaldo Ribas

Quarter-finals

5 May First leg	Santos	1 – 0	Paraná	Santos
21:40	Viola 39'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 5,685 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

14 May Second leg	Paraná	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Santos	Curitiba
21:35		Report	56' Argel	Stadium: Vila Capanema Attendance: 8,883 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão

Semi-finals

19 May First leg	Palmeiras	1 – 1	Santos	São Paulo
21:40	Oséas 57'	Report	17' Élder	Stadium: Palestra Itália Attendance: 23,398 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

23 May Second leg	Santos	2 – 2 (3 – 3 agg.)	Palmeiras	Santos
16:00	Viola 2' Argel 90+2'	Report	9' Oséas 52' Darci	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 21,680 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

Campeonato Paulista

Second stage

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	São Paulo (A)	10	8	1	1	31	10	+21	25	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Portuguesa (A)	10	5	3	2	20	13	+7	18	Qualified to Semifinals
3	Santos (E)	10	4	2	4	23	14	+9	14
4	Matonense (E)	10	4	1	5	18	21	−3	13
5	Rio Branco (E)	10	3	2	5	17	30	−13	11
6	São José (E)	10	0	3	7	10	31	−21	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 1998. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Matches

7 March 1	Santos	2 – 3	São Paulo	Santos
20:30	Ronaldão 31' Müller 62'	Report	7' Carlos Miguel 49' Fabiano 57' Denílson	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 13,689 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

11 March 2	São José	1 – 1	Santos	São José dos Campos
20:30	Piá 70'	Report	58' Caíco	Stadium: Martins Pereira Attendance: 8,236 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

14 March 3	Rio Branco	2 – 1	Santos	Americana
16:00	Narcizio 45+1', 45+2'	Report	70' (pen.) Narciso	Stadium: Décio Vitta Attendance: 6,060 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

18 March 4	Santos	6 – 2	Matonense	Santos
20:30	Jorginho 34' Caíco 37' Marcos Assunção 41' Müller 59', 76' Eduardo Marques 89'	Report	20' Cristiano 84' Ranielli	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 5,530 Referee: Alfredo dos Santos Loebeling

21 March 5	Portuguesa	0 – 0	Santos	São Paulo
20:30		Report		Stadium: Canindé Referee: Luciano Augusto de Almeida

28 March 6	São Paulo	2 – 1	Santos	São Paulo
20:30	Rogério Ceni 30' França 72'	Report	29' Lúcio Bala	Stadium: Morumbi Attendance: 24,115 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

1 April 7	Santos	5 – 0	São José	Santos
20:30	Lúcio 4' Caíco 75' Narciso 82' Eduardo Marques 86' Müller 89'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,768 Referee: Flávio de Carvalho

4 April 8	Santos	4 – 1	Rio Branco	Santos
16:00	Müller 2', 7', 45' Jorginho 38'	Report	33' Batistinha	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 6,603 Referee: Antônio Cláudio Perin

8 April 9	Matonense	1 – 0	Santos	Matão
15:00	Denys 68'	Report		Stadium: Hudson Buck Ferreira Referee: Edílson Pereira de Carvalho

11 April 10	Santos	3 – 2	Portuguesa	Santos
20:30	Viola 8' Argel 74' Müller 90+3'	Report	55' Leandro Amaral 69' Carlinhos	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,073 Referee: Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira

Torneiro Rio-São Paulo

Group stage

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santos	6	3	3	0	12	7	+5	12
2	São Paulo	6	1	4	1	8	8	0	7
3	Fluminense	6	1	3	2	9	10	−1	6
4	Flamengo	6	0	4	2	6	10	−4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 1999. Source: [1]

Matches

22 January 1	Santos	2 – 2	Fluminense	Santos
21:40	Báez 48' Jorginho 59'	Report	36' Rôni 71' Cadu	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 8,117 Referee: Álvaro Quelhas

28 January 2	Flamengo	0 – 2	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
21:40		Report	12' Báez 45+1' Jorginho	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 9,953 Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

31 January 3	Santos	1 – 1	São Paulo	Ribeirão Preto
16:00	Macedo 81'	Report	45+2' (pen.) Serginho	Stadium: Santa Cruz Attendance: 16,886 Referee: Álvaro Quelhas

3 February 4	Fluminense	2 – 3	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
21:40	Rôni 17' Magno Alves 81'	Report	63' Jorginho 84' Sandro 89' (pen.) Ânderson Lima	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 6,010 Referee: Alfredo dos Santos Loebeling

11 February 5	Santos	3 – 1	Flamengo	Santos
21:40	Caio 6', 36' Jorginho 28'	Report	57' Fabiano	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,405 Referee: Reinaldo Ribas

14 February 6	São Paulo	1 – 1	Santos	Presidente Prudente
16:00	Dutra 57' (o.g.)	Report	30' Caíco	Stadium: Eduardo José Farah Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Jorge dos Santos Travassos

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

17 February First leg	Botafogo	0 – 0	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
21:40		Report		Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 2,532 Referee: Oscar Roberto Godói

25 February Second leg	Santos	2 – 2 (2–2 agg.) (3–4 p)	Botafogo	São Paulo
21:40	Marcos Assunção 64' Ronaldão 67'	Report	17' Túlio 61' Djair	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 17,693 Referee: Reinaldo Ribas
	Penalties
	Ânderson Lima Marcos Assunção Narciso Sandro Jorginho		Bebeto Gonçalves França Jorge Antônio Jorge Luiz

Copa CONMEBOL

Round of 16

15 July First leg	Santos	2 – 1	Once Caldas	Santos
20:30	Narciso 3' Viola 67'	Report	59' (pen.) Valentierra	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 2,391 Referee: Ricardo Grance

21 July Second leg	Once Caldas	2 – 1 (3–3 agg.) (2–3 p)	Santos	Manizales
22:40	Valentierra 21' (pen.) Padilla 55'	Report	8' Jorginho	Stadium: Palogrande Attendance: 20,311 Referee: Paolo Borgosano
	Penalties
	Valentierra Quizena Villegas Padilla Henao Otero		Narciso Argel Fernandes Élder Athirson Ânderson Lima

Quarter-finals

5 August First leg	LDU	2 – 2	Santos	Quito
21:15	Morales 19', 24'	Report	37' Jorginho 73' Lúcio	Stadium: Casa Blanca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Felipe Russi

11 August Second leg	Santos	3 – 0 (5–2 agg.)	LDU	Santos
20:30	Claudiomiro 54' Viola 69', 82'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 4,731 Referee: Rene Marcelo Ortube

Semi-finals

9 September First leg	Santos	0 – 0	Sampaio Corrêa	Santos
20:30		Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 2,171 Referee: Luciano Almeida

24 September Second leg	Sampaio Corrêa	1 – 5 (1–5 agg.)	Santos	São Luís
20:30	Ivan 32'	Report	39' Lúcio 45+4' Argel 46' Eduardo Marques 65' Adiel 69' Viola	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 95,720 Referee: Francisco Dacildo Mourão Albuquerque

Finals

7 October First leg	Santos	1 – 0	Rosario Central	Santos
20:30	Claudiomiro 73'	Report		Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 14,715 Referee: José Luiz da Rosa

21 October Second leg	Rosario Central	0 – 0 (0–1 agg.)	Santos	Rosario
22:10		Report		Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino

References

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[emersonleao-1] "Leão promete quebrar jejum de títulos" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 23 December 1997. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[2] "Jorginho confirma que já é jogador do Santos" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 29 December 1997. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[3] "Argel deve se apresentar com o grupo na quinta" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 6 January 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[4] "Leão promove meia-atacante Adiel e usa jogo em São José como teste emocional" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 11 March 1998. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[5] "Santos acaba com a novela e contrata Viola" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 17 March 1998. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[swap_claudiomiro_macedo-6] "Diretoria contrata volante Claudiomiro" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 25 March 1998. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[lucio_athirson-7] "Lúcio e Athirson estão virtualmente contratados" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 26 March 1998. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[8] "Santos desiste de reforços para a Copa do Brasil" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 1 May 1998. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[9] "Alessandro volta e Leão fica satisfeito" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 3 June 1998. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[10] "Leão define hoje Santos que estréia na Conmebol" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 14 July 1998. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[11] "Santos ainda espera liberação de Narciso" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 25 July 1998. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[12] "Aristizábal acerta empréstimo" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 10 August 1998. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[13] "Leão improvisa Claudiomiro no meio da Zaga e Baiano na lateral" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 30 August 1998. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[maezono-14] "Santos tem reforço de meia-atacante japonês" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 22 September 1998. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[15] "Notas - Bechara e Claudiomiro" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 4 October 1998. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[16] "Santos garante contratação de Róbson Luís" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 20 October 1998. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[17] "João Santos chega e assina contrato com o Coritiba" (in Portuguese). Folha de Londrina. 10 December 1997. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[18] "Wanderley Luxemburgo anuncia saída do Santos" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 14 December 1997. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[19] "Guarani quer terminar entre os quatro primeiros" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 17 January 1998. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[20] "Dirigentes definem novela Viola até Domingo" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 30 January 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[21] "Estréia de Alexandre será a novidade da Lusa" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 1 March 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[marcelopassos_marcosadriano-22] "Jogo Aberto - Na Surdina" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 3 March 1998. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[assuncao_caio-23] "Assunção e Caio viajam para acertar com Fla" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 27 March 1998. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[24] "Ronaldão se despede da Vila na próxima 5ª-feira contra o Bahia" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 21 March 1998. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[25] "Cruzeiro acerta compra de Muller" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 27 June 1998. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[26] "Corinthians contrata zagueiro, mas deve ficar sem Gamarra" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 4 July 1998. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[arinelson_caico-27] "Paraná traz Arinélson e Atlético contrata Caíco" (in Portuguese). Folha de Londrina. 13 August 1998. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[28] "Edgar Baez vai mesmo jogar na Arábia Saudita" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 27 August 1998. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[29] "Santistas esperam estar na lista da Seleção" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 4 September 1998. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[30] "Santos joga no Olímpico, pela invencibilidade" (in Portuguese). A Tribuna. 12 September 1998. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[31] "Marcelo Passos é o 1.º brasileiro a jogar nos Emirados" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 11 October 1998. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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