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2023 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

Santa Cruz
2023 season
ChairmanJoaquim Bezerra[1]
ManagerBrazil Ranielle Ribeiro
Brazil Felipe Conceição
Brazil Evaristo Piza
StadiumEstádio do Arruda
Série D35th
PernambucanoQuarter-finals
Copa do BrasilSecond round
Copa do NordesteGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Pipico
and Emerson Galego (4)

All: Pipico (11)
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The 2023 season was Santa Cruz's 110th season in the club's history.[2] Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano,[3] Série D,[4] Copa do Nordeste and Copa do Brasil.[5]

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
1 GK Brazil BRA Michael Fracaro
12 GK Brazil BRA Matheus Inácio
GK Brazil BRA Geaze
4 DF Brazil BRA Alemão
14 DF Brazil BRA Yan Oliveira
3 DF Brazil BRA Ítalo Melo
15 DF Brazil BRA Gabriel Yanno
13 DF Brazil BRA Eduardo Ferraz
16 DF Brazil BRA Paim
6 DF Brazil BRA Eduardo Guedes
5 MF Brazil BRA Daniel Pereira
MF Brazil BRA Pingo
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Brazil BRA Anderson Paulista
10 MF Brazil BRA Anderson Ceará
7 MF Brazil BRA Ítalo Henrique
MF Brazil BRA Fabrício Bigode
23 MF Brazil BRA Chiquinho
MF Brazil BRA Felipe Gedoz
22 MF Brazil BRA Maranhão
FW Brazil BRA Emerson Galego
FW Brazil BRA Hugo Cabral
FW Brazil BRA Pipico
FW Brazil BRA Michel Douglas
FW Brazil BRA Dagson

Statistics

Overall

Games played 39 (10 Copa do Nordeste, 13 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 14 Série D)
Games won 13 (4 Copa do Nordeste, 4 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série D)
Games drawn 16 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 7 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série D)
Games lost 10 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 4 Série D)
Goals scored 46
Goals conceded 42
Goal difference +4
Best results (goal difference) 3–0 (H) v GloboSérie D – 2023.06.14
Worst result (goal difference) 0–4 (H) v FortalezaCopa do Nordeste – 2023.03.22
Top scorer Pipico (11)

Goalscorers

Place Position Nationality Number Name Copa do Nordeste Campeonato Pernambucano Copa do Brasil Série D Total
1 FW Brazil 9 Pipico 2 4 1 4 11
2 FW Brazil 18 Emerson Galego 0 0 0 4 4
3 MF Brazil Felipe Gedoz 2 1 0 0 3
= FW Brazil 7 Lucas Silva 2 0 0 1 3
= DF Brazil 14 Yan Oliveira 1 1 0 1 3
4 FW Brazil 23 Dayvid 2 0 0 0 2
= DF Brazil 3 Ítalo Melo 0 1 0 1 2
= MF Brazil 22 Maranhão 1 0 0 1 2
= FW Brazil Michel Douglas 1 1 0 0 2
5 DF Brazil Alemão 0 1 0 0 1
= MF Brazil Anderson Ceará 1 0 0 0 1
= MF Brazil 15 Anderson Paulista 0 1 0 0 1
= MF Brazil Arthur Santos 0 1 0 0 1
= MF Brazil 10 Chiquinho 0 1 0 0 1
= FW Brazil Dagson 0 1 0 0 1
= MF Brazil 8 Fabrício Bigode 0 0 0 1 1
= DF Brazil 4 Guedes 0 0 0 1 1
= FW Brazil Hugo Cabral 1 0 0 0 1
= DF Brazil 13 Jadson 0 1 0 0 1
= FW Brazil Lucas Vinicius 0 1 0 0 1
= DF Brazil 6 Marcus Vinícius 1 0 0 0 1
= FW Brazil 21 Miullen 0 0 0 1 1
Own goals 0 1 0 0 1
Total 14 16 1 15 46

Managers performance

Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Avg% Ref
Ranielle Ribeiro  Brazil 5 January 2023 22 March 2023 21 6 10 5 23 24 44% [6]
Felipe Conceição  Brazil 25 March 2023 10 July 2023 16 7 5 4 22 16 54% [7][8]
Evaristo Piza  Brazil 16 July 2023 23 July 2023 2 0 1 1 1 2 16% [9]

Friendlies

National

16 December 2023 Serra Branca 0–0 Santa Cruz Campina Grande
(UTC-3) Report Stadium: Estádio Governador Ernani Sátyro (Amigão)
Referee: Jamerson Souza
30 December 2023 Treze 1–1 Santa Cruz Queimadas
(UTC-3) Vitão 81' Report Gabriel Cardoso 15' Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Queimadas Saulo Leal Ernesto de Melo
Referee: Jamerson Souza

Official competitions

Copa do Nordeste

Preliminary round

5 January 2023 Santa Cruz 2–0 Caucaia Recife
21:30 (UTC-3) Hugo Cabral 53'
Dayvid 90+1'
Report Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 100
Referee: José Ricardo Vasconcellos Laranjeira
8 January 2023 Santa Cruz 2–1 Botafogo–PB Recife
19:15 (UTC-3) Michel Douglas 30'
Anderson Ceará 54'
Report Lucas 45' Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 121
Referee: Leonilson Fernandes Trigueiro Filho

Group stage

21 January 2023 1 Vitória 1–1 Santa Cruz Salvador
17:30 (UTC-3) Zeca 65' Report Yan Oliveira 90+6' Stadium: Estádio Manoel Barradas (Barradão)
Attendance: 7,282
Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira
8 February 2023 2 Santa Cruz 2–2 Fluminense–PI Recife
20:00 (UTC-3) Dayvid 39'
Pipico 54'
Report Augusto 27'
Carlinhos 68'
Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 6,285
Referee: Afro Rocha de Carvalho Filho
14 February 2023 3 Santa Cruz 2–1 Atlético de Alagoinhas Recife
19:30 (UTC-3) Lucas Silva 14', 45' Report Emerson 39' Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 5,016
Referee: Fábio Augusto Santos Sa Junior
22 February 2023 5 CRB 2–1 Santa Cruz Maceió
19:00 (UTC-3) Anselmo Ramon 20'
Fábio Alemão 29'
Report Marcus Vinícius 48' Stadium: Estádio Rei Pelé
Attendance: 4,983
Referee: Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos
5 March 2023 6 Santa Cruz 3–1 Sampaio Corrêa Recife
18:30 (UTC-3) Felipe Gedoz 44', 49'
Maranhão 75'
Report Matheus 66' Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 15,008
Referee: Adriano Barros Carneiro
8 March 2023 7 Ferroviário 2–1 Santa Cruz Fortaleza
19:00 (UTC-3) Ciel 85'
Erick Pulga 90+2'
Report Pipico 13' Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas
Attendance: 2,282
Referee: Afro Rocha de Carvalho Filho
18 March 2023 4[10] Sport 0–0 Santa Cruz São Lourenço da Mata
17:30 (UTC-3) Report Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco)
Attendance: 27,502
Referee: Emerson Ricardo de Almeida Andrade
22 March 2023 8 Santa Cruz 0–4 Fortaleza Recife
21:30 (UTC-3) Report Lucero 1'
Lucas Crispim 61'
Hércules 65'
Moisés 86'
Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 9,018
Referee: José Ricardo Vasconcellos Laranjeira

Record

Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
9th 15 10 4 3 3 14 14 50%

Campeonato Pernambucano

First stage

12 January 2023 Santa Cruz 1–1 Afogados da Ingazeira Recife
20:00 (UTC-3) Dagson 88' (pen.) Report Venícius 17' (pen.) Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Referee: Hugo Soares Dias Figueiredo
15 January 2023 Santa Cruz 3–3 Náutico Recife
16:30 (UTC-3) Yan Oliveira 6'
Anílson 20' (o.g.)
Arthur Santos 43'
Report Júlio 15', 37'
Anílson 53'
Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 15,389
Referee: Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima
18 January 2023 Porto 0–0 Santa Cruz Caruaru
21:00 (UTC-3) Report Stadium: Estádio Luiz José de Lacerda (Lacerdão)
Referee: Diego Fernando Silva de Lima
26 January 2023 Santa Cruz 1–0 Caruaru City [pt] Recife
20:00 (UTC-3) Michel Douglas 53' Report Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Referee: Luiz Claudio Sobral
29 January 2023 Santa Cruz 1–1 Maguary [pt] Recife
16:30 (UTC-3) Lucas Vinicius 90+5' Report Kelvin 90+1' Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 8,011
Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Junior
1 February 2023 Petrolina 0–0 Santa Cruz Petrolina
20:00 (UTC-3) Report Stadium: Estádio Paulo de Souza Coelho [pl]
Referee: Nairon Pereira de Lira
4 February 2023 Salgueiro 0–1 Santa Cruz Salgueiro
16:30 (UTC-3) Report Felipe Gedoz 56' Stadium: Estádio Cornélio de Barros Muniz
Referee: José Woshington
25 February 2023 Retrô 1–1 Santa Cruz São Lourenço da Mata
16:30 (UTC-3) Israel 82' Report Alemão 37' Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco)
Referee: Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima
11 March 2023 Sport 2–0 Santa Cruz Recife
16:30 (UTC-3) Jorginho 15'
Luciano Juba 62'
Report Stadium: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (Ilha do Retiro)
Attendance: 16,057
Referee: Deborah Cecília
25 March 2023 Santa Cruz 3–1 Central Recife
16:30 (UTC-3) Pipico 16'
Ítalo Melo 40'
Jadson 84'
Report Ítalo Melo 72' (o.g.) Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia
28 March 2023 Santa Cruz 1–3 Íbis Recife
20:30 (UTC-3) Chiquinho 53' Report Celestino 27'
Thoni Brandão 55', 61'
Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 4,456
Referee: Hugo Soares Dias Figueiredo
1 April 2023 Belo Jardim 1–3 Santa Cruz São Lourenço da Mata
16:30 (UTC-3) Berg 32' Report Pipico 22', 24', 59' Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco)
Attendance: 1,117
Referee: Diego Fernando Silva de Lima

Quarter-final

4 April 2023 Petrolina 1–1
(5–4 p)
Santa Cruz Petrolina
(UTC-3) Acauã 45' Report Anderson Paulista 77' Stadium: Estádio Paulo de Souza Coelho [pl]
Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Junior
Penalties
Emerson Galego soccer ball with check mark
Igor Tavares soccer ball with red X
Kiko soccer ball with check mark
Brendon soccer ball with check mark
Mailson soccer ball with check mark
Marquinhos Bahia soccer ball with red X
Raykar soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark Pipico
soccer ball with red X Ítalo Melo
soccer ball with check mark Anderson Ceará
soccer ball with check mark Chiquinho
soccer ball with check mark Felipe Gedoz
soccer ball with red X Ariel
soccer ball with red X Lucas Silva

Record

Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
6th 19 13 4 7 2 16 14 48%

Copa do Brasil

First round

28 February 2023 Democrata GV 1–1 Santa Cruz Governador Valadares
19:30 (UTC-3) Gabriel Vieira 45+1' (pen.) Report Pipico 90+4' Stadium: Estádio José Mammoud Abbas
Attendance: 5,255
Referee: João Vitor Gobi

Second round

14 March 2023 América Mineiro 1–0 Santa Cruz Belo Horizonte
21:30 (UTC-3) Benítez 45+1' Report Stadium: Arena Independência
Attendance: 2,590
Referee: Ramon Abatti Abel

Record

Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
50th 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 16%

Série D

Group stage

8 May 2023 1 Santa Cruz 1–0 Iguatu Recife
20:00 (UTC-3) Pipico 53' Report Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Julian Negreiros de Castro
14 May 2023 2 Potiguar 2–1 Santa Cruz Mossoró
17:00 (UTC-3) Romeu 63'
Fernando Victor 90+6'
Report Pipico 52' Stadium: Estádio Leonardo Nogueira (Nogueirão)
Attendance: 781
Referee: Renan Novaes Insabralde
21 May 2023 3 Santa Cruz 1–0 Campinense Recife
16:00 (UTC-3) Ítalo Melo 38' Report Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 30,046
Referee: Rafael Martins de Sá
28 May 2023 4 Nacional de Patos 2–2 Santa Cruz Patos
16:00 (UTC-3) Arthurzinho 69'
Juninho 90+4'
Report Pipico 13'
Emerson Galego 77'
Stadium: Estádio José Cavalcanti [pl; pt]
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: Robson Babinski
3 June 2023 5 Santa Cruz 1–0 Sousa Recife
16:00 (UTC-3) Emerson Galego 16' Report Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 17,289
Referee: Diego da Silva Castro
8 June 2023 6 Santa Cruz 0–0 Pacajus Recife
19:30 (UTC-3) Report Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 16,233
Referee: Djonaltan Costa de Araujo
11 June 2023 7 Globo 0–2 Santa Cruz Ceará-Mirim
15:30 (UTC-3) Report Fabrício Bigode 31'
Emerson Galego 77'
Stadium: Estádio Manoel Dantas Barretto (Barrettão)
Attendance: 309
Referee: Wasley do Couto Leão
14 June 2023 8 Santa Cruz 3–0 Globo Recife
20:00 (UTC-3) Emerson Galego 57'
Yan Oliveira 90+3'
Miullen 90+4'
Report Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 11,268
Referee: Fernando Henrique de Medeiros Miranda
17 June 2023 9 Pacajus 0–0 Santa Cruz Pacajus
19:00 (UTC-3) Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal João Ronaldo
Attendance: 533
Referee: Michel Patrick Costa Guimarães
28 June 2023 10 Sousa 2–1 Santa Cruz Sousa
20:00 (UTC-3) Arthur 62'
Luiz Henrique 65'
Report Lucas Silva 59' Stadium: Estádio Governador Antônio Mariz (Marizão)
Attendance: 418
Referee: Osimar Moreira da Silva Junior
1 July 2023 11 Santa Cruz 2–2 Nacional de Patos Recife
20:00 (UTC-3) Guedes 12'
Pipico 31'
Report Herbert 20'
Bruno Menezes 57'
Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 13,514
Referee: Ilbert Estevam da Silva
10 July 2023 12 Campinense 2–0 Santa Cruz Campina Grande
20:00 (UTC-3) Matheus Lagoa 5'
Gilvan 47'
Report Stadium: Estádio Governador Ernani Sátyro (Amigão)
Attendance: 1,047
Referee: Roger Goulart
16 July 2023 13 Santa Cruz 1–1 Potiguar Recife
16:00 (UTC-3) Maranhão 46' Report Wilson 42' Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)
Attendance: 14,070
Referee: Leonardo Ferreira Lima
23 July 2023 14 Iguatu 1–0 Santa Cruz Iguatu
18:00 (UTC-3) Otacilio Marcos 8' Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal Elmo Moreno (Morenão)
Attendance: 321
Referee: Grazianni Maciel Rocha

Record

Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win%
35th 20 14 5 5 4 15 12 47%

References

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