Santos Futebol Clube

Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil.

Trivia

They play in an all-white uniform, with a second choice uniform of black and white vertical stripes and black shorts. However, according to the club's statute, the team's first choice uniform is a striped shirt with white shorts and white socks.

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A fan of the team is known as a Santista.

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The club has been nicknamed Peixe (literally, "Fish") for decades, but the usual mascot is a whale (which is not a fish, but a marine Mammal).

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The nickname evokes the circumstance that Santos, Brazil, the city where it is located, is a seaport, when all other big clubs from São Paulo are from inland.

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Santos' greatest rival is Corinthians and its glory days coincided with most of the proverbial 27 years Corinthians endured without winning anything.

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