Santos Futebol Clube, commonly known as Santos, is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian football club based in João Pessoa

João Pessoa

João Pessoa , is the capital city of the state of Paraíba, was founded in 1585 and sometimes called the city where the sun rises first, is a Brazilian city and the easternmost city in the Americas at 34º47'38"W, 7º9'28"S. Local residents call its easternmost point Ponta do Seixas. It is also...

, Paraíba state

Paraíba

Paraíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east...

. Its colors are the same as those of its famous homonym

Santos Futebol Clube

Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state and Brazil, respectively....

 (black and white).

History

The club was founded on September 9, 1949. Santos won the Campeonato Paraibano Second Level in 2010.

Achievements

• Campeonato Paraibano Second Level:
  • Winners (1): 1996

Stadium

Santos Futebol Clube play their home games at Almeidão

Almeidão

Estádio José Américo de Almeida Filho, usually known as Almeidão is a multi-purpose stadium in João Pessoa, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It hosts the games of Botafogo , CSP, and Santos . The stadium holds 40,000. The stadium was built in 1975.The Almeidão is owned by...

. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 40,000 people.