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Santos FC is a football club based in Santos, that competes in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or ''Brasileirão'', Brazil's national league. The club was founded in 1912 by the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos by the names of Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior, and played its first friendly match on June 23, 1914. Initially Santos played against other local clubs in the city and state championships, but in 1959 the club became one of the founding members of the ''Taça Brasil'', Brazil's first truly national league. As of 2010, Santos is one of only five clubs never to have been relegated from the top level of Brazilian football, the others being São Paulo, Flamengo, Internacional and Cruzeiro. The supporters of Santos have played an important part in the formation of the club's cultural association with ''Joga Bonito'' (English: The Beautiful Game) in football culture during the club's 99-year existence, numbering at 18,491 in 2009. This was largely thanks to the ''Peixe's'' Golden Generation of the 1960s which contained figures such as Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pepe and the iconic Pelé. ''Os Santásticos'', considered by some the best club team of all times, won a total of 22 titles during that decade, including two Copa Libertadores, the most prestigious laurel in South American football. The core strength of Santos's global brand is often attributed to Lula's success in leading ''Os Santasticos'', which drew worldwide acclaim. This attention often generates greater interest in on-the-field activities as well as off-the-field, with the popularity of the club and brand spanning five continents across the globe. Santos is one of Brazil's most economically powerful clubs. It is one of Brazil's richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of US$45.1m (€31.5m), and one of the most valuable clubs, worth over $86.7m (€60.6m) in 2011. That same year, Santos' squad became the most valued in South America, being worth over €82m. The flamboyant, attacking style of play adopted by this team (in contrast to the physical-minded approach favoured by European, Uruguayan and Argentinian teams of the era) was a constant, world-wide exhibition that saw Santos travel in over 50 countries at every continent (except Antarctica). The club's focus on commercial and sporting success brought significant profits in an industry often characterised by chronic losses. The strength of the Santos' brand was bolstered by its FIFA World Cup winners, especially Pelé.〔Harris, Harry (2002), Pelé: his life and times. p.190. Welcome Rain Publishers, Retrieved June 27, 2011〕 ==Torcidas== Torcidas organizadas are formal (or informal) associations of football fans in Brazil in the same vein as Argentine ''hinchadas'', English supporters groups and European ''ultras''. The name is based on the verb ''torcer'', which means "to root for" but also "to wring" and "to turn".〔 The supposition is that the behaviour of the fans present at the stadium could help the team gather strength to beat the opponent. In the beginning, and until the 1960s, ''torcidas organizadas'' were informal associations of fans who gathered to buy fireworks, cloth for large flags, and other stuff to be used during celebrations.〔 Later, such associations became permanent and were formalised legally as non-profit recreational associations, still with the primary goal of providing a better spectacle at the stadium and surroundings.〔 In the beginning the ''torcida organizada'' movement was fragmentary, but would later consolidate in larger bodies or leagues.〔 Some torcidas would open branches throughout the country to support their teams playing away, given the national range of their supporters.〔 Many of Santos' firms were created through such methods. Although the club has had many supporter groups, only three has carried more than 1,000 member each: Força Jovem, Jovem New York and Torcida Jovem, the latter being the most famous Santista supporters.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Supporters of Santos FC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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