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·14 October 2025

Santos board clarifies controversies over new Statute proposals

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The proposed amendments to the Social Statute of Santos have stirred the fans. While some supported it, others rejected the document. Amid this scenario, the Board of Directors of the Deliberative Council (CD) and the Permanent Statute Commission (CE) decided to take a stand this Tuesday.

In a statement released through the official website of Alvinegro Praiano, the bodies listed a series of factors they would like to clarify, “in light of the concerning creation and dissemination of fake news.”


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What does the statement say?

  • Online voting will not be abolished – “it is a right and a convenience for members”;
  • The voting of councilors will be segmented by subject and according to the amendments submitted by the councilors;
  • Once this phase is completed, there will be a vote to approve or reject the statute;
  • The Management Committee did not participate in drafting the final text of the proposal. It was an exclusive work of the CE;
  • The Deliberative Council hired the consultancy of a law firm specialized in SAF: Monteiro de Castro Setoguti Advogados;
  • The CE presented the proposal to the Councilors at the CD meeting on October 9th. From that date, each member of the body has 30 days to submit as many amendments as they wish.
  • The final text will only be voted on by the CD after each of the amendments – which can be additions and/or subtractions from what is in the proposed document – is analyzed;
  • No change will take effect without the approval of the councilors and, subsequently, the members in a General Assembly.

What are the Statute proposals?

SAF

One of the most important topics with the most changes is the possibility of transforming Santos into a Sociedade Anônima do Futebol. The authorization for the implementation of the Corporate Operation must be made by the Executive Board. The request, submitted to the president of the Deliberative Council, must contain a detailed description, a technical opinion from a third-party specialist, and the relevance of the operation.

If fully approved in an Extraordinary Meeting of the Deliberative Council, the Corporate Operation will be submitted for approval by the Extraordinary General Assembly. It will be approved if there is a affirmative vote by the majority of the members present.

In the case of implementing the Corporate Operation, Santos must hold at least 10% of the shares or quotas into which the voting and total social capital of the company or investment fund is divided. Currently, the obligation is at least 51%.

Executive Board

The new Statute puts an end to the Management Committee, which is not mentioned in any of the 87 pages of the draft. Thus, the Executive Board is created, composed of: president of Santos, vice-president, executive directors of football, administrative-financial, marketing and communication, operations, legal.

Elections

Starting from the next election, previously set for the third Saturday or Sunday of October 2026, subsequent elections will always be held on the third Saturday or Sunday of October, electing 100 Councilors and 30 alternates, with three-year terms, allowing for re-elections. In other words, the proposal is to reduce the number of Councilors.

To run for the position of president of Peixe, a new requirement has been included. It is necessary to have at least three complete terms in the Deliberative Council, except in cases of leave to provide services to the Club's Executive Board, in unpaid positions and provided they have served these for the same period as their term in the CD.

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See the official statement

In light of the concerning creation and dissemination of fake news about the proposal to reform the statute of Santos Futebol Clube, observed in recent days in channels dedicated to the daily coverage of the Club, the Board of Directors of the Deliberative Council of Santos FC and the Permanent Statute Commission (CE) clarify to Santos fans that:

– it is not true that online voting will be abolished; it is a right and a convenience for members. Therefore, it will remain so;

– it is not true that the new text will be voted on as a single block. The voting of Councilors will be segmented by subject and according to the amendments submitted by the councilors. Once this phase is completed, there will be a vote to approve or reject the statute.

– it is not true that the Management Committee participated in drafting the final text of the proposal. It is an exclusive work of the CE;

– the Deliberative Council hired the consultancy of the largest law firm in the country specialized in Sociedade Anônima do Futebol (SAF): Monteiro de Castro Setoguti Advogados, which has Dr. Rodrigo Monteiro de Castro as a partner, an authority on the subject and one of the creators of the SAF Law in Brazil;

– The CE presented the proposal to the Councilors at the CD meeting on October 9th. It is just the first step in the process of improving and modernizing our Statute. From that date, each member of the body has 30 days to submit as many amendments as they wish. The final text will only be voted on by the CD after each of the amendments – which can be additions and/or subtractions from what is in the proposed document – is analyzed;

– No change will take effect without the approval of the Councilors and, subsequently, the members in a General Assembly;

We hope, thus, to contribute to stopping this sequence of misinformation and fake news about the topic that does so much harm to the Club and its fans.

We also take this opportunity to ask those who create and disseminate fake news just to disrupt the environment and manipulate information to put aside vanity and personal interests at this moment and collaborate with the unity our team needs in this final stretch of the Brazilian Championship.

Remember: what unites us, and the reason we are all here, is the love for Santos Futebol Clube!

Presidency of the Deliberative Council

Presidency of the Statute Commission

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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