2020 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

Cruzeiro
2020 season
President	José Dalai Rocha; (interim – until 31 May 2020); Sérgio Santos Rodrigues; (from 1 June 2020)
Manager	Adílson Batista; (until 15 March 2020); Enderson Moreira; (18 March 2020 to 8 September 2020); Ney Franco; (9 September 2020 to 11 October 2020); Luiz Felipe Scolari; (15 October 2020 to 25 January 2021)
Stadium	Mineirão
Série B	11th
Campeonato Mineiro	First stage
Copa do Brasil	Third stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rafael Sóbis (6); All: ; Rafael Sóbis (6)
Highest home attendance	21,902 vs América Mineiro; (9 February 2020, Campeonato Mineiro)
Lowest home attendance	8,060 vs Villa Nova; (28 January 2020, Campeonato Mineiro)
Average home league attendance	0
Biggest win	4–1 vs Brasil de Pelotas; (5 December 2020, Série B)
Biggest defeat	1–3 vs CSA; (19 September 2020, Série B)
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 season was the 99th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence.

Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B – which Cruzeiro played for the first time in their history after being relegated in the 2019 season –, the club also competed in the Campeonato Mineiro and in the Copa do Brasil.

All competitions were suspended between 17 March and 25 July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, which led the season to extend until 29 January 2021.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 30 January 2021.

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Fábio	GK	(1980-09-30)30 September 1980 (aged 40)	922	0	Vasco da Gama
12	Lucas França	GK	(1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 25)	6	0	Youth system
39	Vitor Eudes	GK	(1998-10-21)21 October 1998 (aged 22)	2	0	Youth system
40	Vinícius	GK	(2002-01-04)4 January 2002 (aged 19)	0	0	Youth system
Defenders
2	Cáceres	RB	(1991-09-18)18 September 1991 (aged 29)	32	2	Cerro Porteño
3	Léo (captain)	CB	(1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 33)	401	22	Palmeiras
4	Ramon	CB	(1995-05-03)3 May 1995 (aged 25)	29	2	Vitória
14	Cacá	CB	(1999-04-25)25 April 1999 (aged 21)	56	3	Youth system
22	Patrick Brey	LB	(1997-06-05)5 June 1997 (aged 23)	23	0	Tupi
26	Dedé	CB	(1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 32)	188	15	Vasco da Gama
31	Giovanni	LB	(1989-06-23)23 June 1989 (aged 31)	9	1	Bahia
32	Manoel	CB	(1990-02-26)26 February 1990 (aged 30)	176	12	Athletico Paranaense
33	Paulo	CB	(2002-02-14)14 February 2002 (aged 18)	2	0	Youth system
36	Matheus Pereira	LB	(2000-12-21)21 December 2000 (aged 20)	25	1	Youth system
38	Daniel Guedes	RB	(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 26)	7	0	Santos (loan)
50	Rafael Luiz	RB/RW	(2002-05-09)9 May 2002 (aged 18)	13	0	Sport (loan)
Midfielders
8	Henrique	DM/CM	(1985-05-16)16 May 1985 (aged 35)	524	27	Santos
10	Régis	DM/CM	(1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 28)	29	3	Bahia (loan)
15	Adriano	DM/CM	(1999-11-04)4 November 1999 (aged 21)	25	0	Youth system
16	Jadsom	DM/CM	(2001-05-20)20 May 2001 (aged 19)	42	0	Sport
20	Marco Antônio	CM/AM	(2000-07-15)15 July 2000 (aged 20)	7	0	Youth system
25	Machado	DM/CM	(1996-01-20)20 January 1996 (aged 25)	37	2	Grêmio (loan)
49	Claudinho	CM/AM	(2000-11-18)18 November 2000 (aged 20)	14	0	Ferroviária
88	Jadson	DM/CM	(1993-08-30)30 August 1993 (aged 27)	45	1	Fluminense
94	Giovanni	CM/AM	(1994-04-04)4 April 1994 (aged 26)	10	0	Coritiba
Forwards
7	Arthur Caíke	RW/LW/FW	(1992-06-15)15 June 1992 (aged 28)	25	4	Al-Shabab (loan)
9	Marcelo Moreno	ST	(1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 33)	125	48	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
11	William Pottker	ST/RW/LW	(1993-12-22)22 December 1993 (aged 27)	14	3	Internacional
18	Thiago	ST	(2001-06-26)26 June 2001 (aged 19)	27	3	Youth system
19	Stênio	RW/LW	(2003-04-05)5 April 2003 (aged 17)	8	0	Youth system
21	Welinton	RW/LW/ST	(1999-06-30)30 June 1999 (aged 21)	32	2	Youth system
23	Rafael Sóbis	FW/AM	(1985-06-17)17 June 1985 (aged 35)	132	31	Ceará
47	Riquelmo	ST	(2002-03-19)19 March 2002 (aged 18)	3	0	Youth system
59	Zé Eduardo	ST	(1999-07-08)8 July 1999 (aged 21)	1	0	Youth system
77	Airton	RW/LW/FW	(1999-02-02)2 February 1999 (aged 21)	31	4	Inter de Limeira
99	Sassá	FW	(1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 27)	92	20	Botafogo

Transfers and loans

Last updated on 6 November 2020.

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
20 January 2020	DF	6	João Lucas	Ceará	Free	^[1]
27 January 2020	FW	37	Roberson	Bragantino	Free	^[2]
16 February 2020	FW	9	Marcelo Moreno	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Free	^[3]
4 March 2020	DF	4	Ramon	Vitória	Free	^[4]
24 June 2020	DF	2	Cáceres	Cerro Porteño	Free	^[5]
10 July 2020	MF	49	Claudinho	Ferroviária	R$ 3M	^[6]
22 July 2020	DF	31	Giovanni	Bahia	Free	^[7]
20 August 2020	FW	77	Airton	Inter de Limeira	Free	^[8]
29 October 2020	MF	94	Giovanni	Coritiba	Free	^[9]
1 November 2020	FW	11	William Pottker	Internacional	Free	^[10]
13 November 2020	FW	23	Rafael Sóbis	Ceará	Free	^[11]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
23 January 2020	End of the season	MF	25	Machado	Grêmio	None	^[12]
27 January 2020	4 July 2020	MF	7	Everton Felipe	São Paulo	None	^[13]^[14]
31 January 2020	15 June 2020	FW	49	Jhonata Robert	Grêmio	None	^[15]^[16]
5 March 2020	21 October 2020	MF	28	Jean	Palmeiras	None	^[17]^[18]
6 March 2020	9 October 2020	DF	27	Marllon	Corinthians	None	^[19]^[20]
16 March 2020	27 July 2020	FW	7	Angulo	Palmeiras	None	^[21]^[22]
17 April 2020	End of the season	MF	10	Régis	Bahia	None	^[23]
1 July 2020	31 December 2021	FW	48	Guilherme	Ituano	None	^[24]
10 August 2020	End of the season	FW	7	Arthur Caíke	Al-Shabab	None	^[25]
10 August 2020	31 December 2021	DF	38	Daniel Guedes	Santos	None	^[26]
31 August 2020	End of the season	DF	50	Rafael Luiz	Sport	None	^[27]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
7 January 2020	DF	6	Egídio	Fluminense	Released	^[28]
14 January 2020	DF	25	Fabrício Bruno	Red Bull Bragantino	R$ 500k	^[29]
15 January 2020	DF	28	Digão	Fluminense	Released	^[30]
22 January 2020	MF	10	Thiago Neves	Grêmio	Released	^[31]
23 January 2020	FW	11	David	Fortaleza	R$ 1M	^[32]
26 January 2020	DF	42	Weverton	Red Bull Bragantino	R$3,8M	^[33]
11 February 2020	MF	15	Éderson	Corinthians	R$1,7M	^[34]
14 February 2020	MF	23	Rodriguinho	Bahia	Released	^[35]
14 February 2020	GK	12	Rafael	Atlético Mineiro	Released	^[36]
18 February 2020	FW	9	Fred	Fluminense	Released	^[37]
5 June 2020	DF	2	Edílson	Goiás	Released	^[38]
5 June 2020	MF	19	Robinho	Grêmio	Released	^[39]
5 June 2020	DF	34	Edu	Athletico Paranaense	R$2,5M	^[40]
21 August 2020	DF	46	Marcelo Hermes	Marítimo	Released	^[41]
11 September 2020	FW	17	Judivan	Botafogo-SP	Released	^[42]
19 September 2020	FW	22	Renato Kayzer	Athletico Paranaense	R$3,4M	^[43]
5 October 2020	FW	29	Caio	Al-Sharjah	R$3,4M	^[44]
1 November 2020	MF	11	Maurício	Internacional	R$1,2M	^[45]
13 November 2020	FW	37	Roberson	Atlético Goianiense	Released	^[46]
20 November 2020	MF	17	Marquinhos Gabriel	Vasco da Gama	Released	^[47]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
19 December 2019	23 September 2020	FW	59	Zé Eduardo	Villa Nova	None	^[48]^[49]
20 December 2019	6 October 2020	MF	27	Jadson	Bahia	None	^[50]^[51]
1 January 2020	14 June 2020	FW	37	Joel	Marítimo	None	^[52]^[53]
1 January 2020	End of the season	FW	22	Renato Kayzer	Atlético Goianiense	None	^[54]
9 January 2020	9 September 2020	FW	20	Marquinhos Gabriel	Athletico Paranaense	R$ 302k	^[55]^[56]
17 January 2020	End of the season	DF	15	Orejuela	Grêmio	€ 150k	^[57]
19 January 2020	30 April 2020	DF	15	Patrick Brey	Ferroviária	None	^[58]^[59]
20 January 2020	14 September 2020	FW	99	Sassá	Coritiba	None	^[60]^[61]
23 January 2020	24 June 2020	MF	8	Henrique	Fluminense	None	^[62]^[63]
31 January 2020	31 July 2020	DF	4	Manoel	Trabzonspor	None	^[64]^[65]
22 June 2020	End of the season	DF	36	Rafael Santos	Chapecoense	None	^[66]
14 September 2020	30 April 2021	DF	23	Arthur	América Mineiro	None	^[67]
30 September 2020	31 January 2021	DF	6	João Lucas	Avaí	None	^[68]
15 October 2020	28 February 2021	MF	5	Ariel Cabral	Goiás	None	^[69]
20 November 2020	End of the season	FW	30	Vinícius Popó	Sport	None	^[70]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Campeonato Mineiro	22 January 2020	1 August 2020	Matchday 1	First stage	12	7	2	3	19	10	+9	058.33
Copa do Brasil	13 February 2020	26 August 2020	First stage	Third stage	4	0	3	1	4	6	−2	000.00
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	8 August 2020	29 January 2021	Round 1	11th	38	14	13	11	39	32	+7	036.84
Total					54	21	18	15	62	48	+14	038.89

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Mineiro

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Atlético Mineiro	11	6	4	1	20	7	+13	22	Knockout stage
4	Caldense	11	6	2	3	18	9	+9	20	Knockout stage
5	Cruzeiro	11	6	2	3	16	10	+6	20	Troféu Inconfidência
6	Uberlândia	11	4	2	5	11	13	−2	14
7	Boa Esporte	11	3	5	3	10	10	0	14

Source: FMF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head results (only if two teams are tied); 6) Fewest red cards received; 7) Fewest yellow cards received; 8) Draw.

22 January 2020 1	Cruzeiro	2–0	Boa Esporte	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3	Thiago 18' Welinton 86'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 9,945 Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira

28 January 2020 3	Cruzeiro	1–0	Villa Nova	Belo Horizonte
20:00 UTC−3	Wellington 82' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 8,060 Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima

2 February 2020 4	Tupynambás	2–4	Cruzeiro	Juiz de Fora
19:00 UTC−3	Weldon Grafite 4' Fabinho Alves 13'	Report	Edílson 66', 77' (pen.) Maurício 81' Jhonata Robert 88'	Stadium: Mário Heleno Attendance: 2,954 Referee: Ronei Cândido Alves

9 February 2020 5	Cruzeiro	1–1	América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3	Maurício 78'	Report	Ademir 69'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 21,902 Referee: Wanderson Alves de Souza

16 February 2020 6	Patrocinense	1–1	Cruzeiro	Patrocínio
19:00 UTC−3	Paulo Renê 45+1'	Report	Maurício 90+4'	Stadium: Pedro Alves do Nascimento Attendance: 2,736 Referee: Paulo Cesar Zanovelli da Silva

20 February 2020 2	Tombense	2–0	Cruzeiro	Tombos
19:15 UTC−3	Rubens 35' Cássio Ortega 64'	Report		Stadium: Almeidão Attendance: 2,165 Referee: Igor Júnio Benevenuto de Oliveira
Note: The match was rescheduled from 25 January to 20 February due to heavy rainstorms in the state of Minas Gerais.^[71]

1 March 2020 7	Cruzeiro	2–1	Uberlândia	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3	Pedro Bicalho 11' Arthur 88'	Report	Jhulliam 57'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 12,035 Referee: Marco Aurélio Augusto Fazekas

7 March 2020 8	Atlético Mineiro	2–1	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
19:00 UTC−3	Igor Rabello 37' Otero 90+2'	Report	Thiago 66'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 53,576 Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima

15 March 2020 9	Cruzeiro	0–1	Coimbra	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3		Report	Vitor Hugo 84'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Wanderson Alves de Souza
Note: The match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.^[72]

26 July 2020 10	Cruzeiro	3–0	URT	Belo Horizonte
11:00 UTC−3	Cacá 3' Thiago 11' Marllon 53'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Paulo Cesar Zanovelli da Silva
Note: The match was rescheduled from 21 March to 26 July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.^[73]

29 July 2020 11	Caldense	0–1	Cruzeiro	Poços de Caldas
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Régis 14'	Stadium: Ronaldão Attendance: 0 Referee: Ronei Cândido Alves
Note: The match was rescheduled from 1 April to 29 July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.^[74]

Troféu Inconfidência

1 August 2020 Semi-final	Cruzeiro	3–0	Patrocinense	Belo Horizonte
14:30 UTC−3	Ramon 56' Roberson 76' Maurício 81'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: André Luiz Bento

5 August 2020 Final	Cruzeiro	Cancelled	Uberlândia	Belo Horizonte
19:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão
Note: The match was cancelled due to the infection of 13 Uberlândia players by COVID-19. In common agreement between the clubs and the federation, Cruzeiro gave up the title and Uberlândia were declared champions of the Troféu Inconfidência.^[75]

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

On 3 October 2019, the Brazilian Football Confederation announced that the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B would be played between 2 May and 28 November.^[76] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and the consequent suspension of all football competitions between March and June, the games were rescheduled for dates between 8 August 2020 and 30 January 2021.^[77]

On 19 May 2020, according to a FIFA decision, it was announced that Cruzeiro would start the competition with a 6-point penalty due to the non-payment of the club's debt to Al Wahda for the loan from midfielder Denílson in 2016.^[78]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Avaí	38	16	7	15	45	49	−4	55
10	CRB	38	15	7	16	48	47	+1	52
11	Cruzeiro^[a]	38	14	13	11	39	32	+7	49
12	Brasil de Pelotas	38	11	16	11	31	33	−2	49
13	Guarani	38	13	9	16	41	48	−7	48

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.^[79]
Notes:

^ Cruzeiro were deducted six points after their denial to pay the fee that was agreed upon with Al Wahda over the loan of Denílson in 2016. Al Wahda decided to take this issue to FIFA and won the case.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D
Position	20	18	9	11	11	14	16	16	13	15	17	15	17	18	19	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	11	11	11	10	10	11	13	11	13	14	13	12	11

Updated to match(es) played on -. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 August 2020 1	Cruzeiro	2–1	Botafogo-SP	Belo Horizonte
19:00 UTC−3	Cacá 62' Jean 87'	Report	Wellington 85'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

11 August 2020 2	Guarani	2–3	Cruzeiro	Campinas
20:30 UTC−3	Waguininho 2' Didi 72'	Report	Régis 6' Marcelo Moreno 29' (pen.) Léo 74'	Stadium: Brinco de Ouro Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Guimarães Junior

16 August 2020 3	Figueirense	0–1	Cruzeiro	Florianópolis
16:00 UTC−3		Report	Maurício 45'	Stadium: Orlando Scarpelli Attendance: 0 Referee: Eduardo de Aquino Valadão

20 August 2020 4	Cruzeiro	0–1	Chapecoense	Belo Horizonte
21:00 UTC−3		Report	Anselmo Ramon 9'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Denis da Silva Serafim

23 August 2020 5	Confiança	1–1	Cruzeiro	Aracaju
18:00 UTC−3	Reis 44'	Report	Cáceres 25'	Stadium: Batistão Attendance: 0 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

29 August 2020 6	Cruzeiro	1–2	América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
19:00 UTC−3	Arthur Caíke 75'	Report	Eduardo Bauermann 26' Matheusinho 31'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Paulo Cesar Zanovelli

2 September 2020 7	Brasil de Pelotas	1–0	Cruzeiro	Pelotas
21:30 UTC−3	Gabriel Poveda 67'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Bento Freitas Attendance: 0 Referee: Rodrigo Batista Raposo

7 September 2020 8	Cruzeiro	1–1	CRB	Belo Horizonte
20:00 UTC−3	Marcelo Moreno 36'	Report	Léo Gamalho 84'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Héber Roberto Lopes

11 September 2020 9	Cruzeiro	1–0	Vitória	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3	Régis 75'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Edina Alves Batista

19 September 2020 10	CSA	3–1	Cruzeiro	Maceió
21:00 UTC−3	Cleberson 11' Alan Costa 28' Pedro Lucas 71'	Report	Matheus Pereira 67'	Stadium: Rei Pelé Attendance: 0 Referee: Grazianni Maciel Rocha

25 September 2020 11	Cruzeiro	0–1	Avaí	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Pedro Castro 78'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Tavares de Jesus

30 September 2020 12	Cruzeiro	3–0	Ponte Preta	Belo Horizonte
19:15 UTC−3	Machado 14' Arthur Caíke 30' Manoel 78'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Francisco Carlos do Nascimento

3 October 2020 13	Cuiabá	1–0	Cruzeiro	Cuiabá
22:00 UTC−3	Felipe Marques 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Arena Pantanal Attendance: 0 Referee: Jefferson Ferreira de Moraes

8 October 2020 14	Cruzeiro	1–2	Sampaio Corrêa	Belo Horizonte
18:30 UTC−3	Manoel 40'	Report	Roney 12' Caio Dantas 58'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Junior

11 October 2020 15	Oeste	0–0	Cruzeiro	Barueri
16:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Arena Barueri Attendance: 0 Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

16 October 2020 16	Cruzeiro	0–0	Juventude	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Dewson Freitas da Silva

20 October 2020 17	Operário-PR	0–1	Cruzeiro	Ponta Grossa
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Arthur Caíke 84'	Stadium: Germano Krüger Attendance: 0 Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez

25 October 2020 18	Náutico	1–1	Cruzeiro	Recife
16:00 UTC−3	Vinícius 20'	Report	Airton 85'	Stadium: Aflitos Attendance: 0 Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho

30 October 2020 19	Cruzeiro	2–0	Paraná	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3	Marcelo Moreno 1' Airton 38'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Thiago Luis Scarascati

6 November 2020 20	Botafogo-SP	0–1	Cruzeiro	Ribeirão Preto
19:15 UTC−3		Report	Airton 70'	Stadium: Santa Cruz Attendance: 0 Referee: Pablo Ramon Pinheiro

9 November 2020 21	Cruzeiro	3–3	Guarani	Belo Horizonte
20:00 UTC−3	Manoel 20' William Pottker 44' Welinton 80'	Report	Murilo Rangel 14', 51' Pablo 38'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Pathrice Wallace Maia

20 November 2020 22	Cruzeiro	1–1	Figueirense	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3	Airton 36'	Report	Léo Artur 11'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Marielson Alves Silva

24 November 2020 23	Chapecoense	0–1	Cruzeiro	Chapecó
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Rafael Sóbis 78'	Stadium: Arena Condá Attendance: 0 Referee: Zandick Alves Junior

27 November 2020 24	Cruzeiro	1–2	Confiança	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3	Cáceres 54'	Report	Guilherme Castilho 5' Renan Gorne 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrey da Silva e Silva

2 December 2020 25	América Mineiro	1–2	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3	Anderson Jesus 60'	Report	Rafael Sóbis 14' (pen.) Manoel 48'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva

5 December 2020 26	Cruzeiro	4–1	Brasil de Pelotas	Belo Horizonte
21:00 UTC−3	Arthur Caíke 11' Jarro 13' (o.g.) Rafael Sóbis 45+2' (pen.), 73'	Report	Bruno José 28'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: José Mendonça da Silva Junior

8 December 2020 27	CRB	0–0	Cruzeiro	Maceió
21:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Rei Pelé Attendance: 0 Referee: Dyorgines Padovani de Andrade

11 December 2020 28	Vitória	0–1	Cruzeiro	Salvador
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Ramon 44'	Stadium: Barradão Attendance: 0 Referee: Douglas Schwengber da Silva

15 December 2020 29	Cruzeiro	1–1	CSA	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3	Rafael Sóbis 57'	Report	Pedro Lucas 26'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira

18 December 2020 30	Avaí	1–1	Cruzeiro	Florianópolis
20:15 UTC−3	Valdívia 90+4'	Report	Machado 40'	Stadium: Ressacada Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Moraes de Sousa

22 December 2020 31	Ponte Preta	2–1	Cruzeiro	Campinas
21:30 UTC−3	Luizão 65' Bruno Rodrigues 70'	Report	Manoel 9'	Stadium: Moisés Lucarelli Attendance: 0 Referee: Ramon Abatti Abel

29 December 2020 32	Cruzeiro	0–0	Cuiabá	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Thiago Luis Scarascati

8 January 2021 33	Sampaio Corrêa	0–1	Cruzeiro	São Luís
21:30 UTC−3		Report	William Pottker 4'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 0 Referee: Paulo Schleich Vollkopf

13 January 2021 34	Cruzeiro	0–1	Oeste	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Fábio 40'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Junior

16 January 2021 35	Juventude	1–0	Cruzeiro	Caxias do Sul
19:00 UTC−3	Rafael Grampola 21' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 0 Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior

20 January 2021 36	Cruzeiro	2–1	Operário-PR	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3	Rafael Sóbis 32' William Pottker 76'	Report	Ricardo Bueno 54'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Marcelo Aparecido de Souza

24 January 2021 37	Cruzeiro	0–0	Náutico	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

29 January 2021 38	Paraná	0–0	Cruzeiro	Curitiba
21:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Vila Capanema Attendance: 0 Referee: Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima

Copa do Brasil

The drawn for the first stage was held on 12 December 2019.^[80]

First stage

13 February 2020 Single match	São Raimundo-RR	2–2	Cruzeiro	Boa Vista
21:30 UTC−3	Veracruz 25' Stanley 65'	Report	Edu 34' Alexandre Jesus 49'	Stadium: Canarinho Attendance: 4,715 Referee: Alexandre Vargas Tavares de Jesus
Note: Cruzeiro advanced to the second stage for being the best CBF ranked team.

Second stage

4 March 2020 Single match	Boa Esporte	1–1 (4–5 p)	Cruzeiro	Varginha
21:30 UTC−3	Claudeci 58'	Report	João Lucas 36'	Stadium: Melão Attendance: 5,554 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique
	Penalties
	Gindré Chiquinho Alagoano Yuri Jefferson Carlinhos Ferreira		Edílson Machado Everton Felipe Marco Antônio Léo Maurício

Third stage

11 March 2020 First leg	Cruzeiro	0–2	CRB	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Léo Gamalho 16', 58'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 13,118 Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio

26 August 2020 Second leg	CRB	1–1 (3–1 agg.)	Cruzeiro	Maceió
16:00 UTC−3	Léo Gamalho 54'	Report	Giovanni 45'	Stadium: Rei Pelé Attendance: 0 Referee: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araújo
Note: The match was rescheduled from 18 March to 26 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.^[81]

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 29 January 2021.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Série B		Campeonato Mineiro		Copa do Brasil		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Fábio	36	36	11	11	4	4	51	51
2	DF		Cáceres	29	29	2	2	1	1	32	32
3	DF		Léo	10	10	8	8	3	3	21	21
4	DF		Ramon	27	26	2	2	0	0	29	28
7	FW		Arthur Caíke	25	17	0	0	0	0	25	17
8	MF		Henrique	8	7	0	0	0	0	8	7
9	FW		Marcelo Moreno	26	15	4	3	2	2	32	20
10	MF		Régis	27	18	2	2	0	0	29	20
11	FW		William Pottker	14	14	0	0	0	0	14	14
12	GK		Lucas França (footballer)	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
14	DF		Cacá	22	19	9	9	3	3	34	31
15	MF		Adriano	21	18	3	2	1	1	25	21
16	MF		Jadsom	27	23	11	11	3	3	41	37
18	FW		Thiago	18	2	6	4	3	3	27	9
19	FW		Stênio	5	3	3	3	0	0	8	6
20	MF		Marco Antônio	0	0	5	0	2	0	7	0
21	FW		Welinton	22	3	8	0	1	0	31	3
22	DF		Patrick Brey	15	8	2	2	0	0	17	10
23	FW		Rafael Sóbis	16	16	0	0	0	0	16	16
25	MF		Machado	29	19	6	5	2	2	37	26
31	DF		Giovanni	6	6	1	1	1	1	8	8
32	DF		Manoel	25	24	0	0	1	1	26	25
33	DF		Paulo	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
36	DF		Matheus Pereira	25	22	0	0	0	0	25	22
39	GK		Vitor Eudes	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
47	FW		Riquelmo	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	2
49	MF		Claudinho	11	0	3	1	0	0	14	1
50	DF		Rafael Luiz	13	6	0	0	0	0	13	6
59	FW		Zé Eduardo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77	FW		Airton	30	27	0	0	1	0	31	27
88	MF		Jadson	14	5	0	0	0	0	14	5
94	MF		Giovanni	10	6	0	0	0	0	10	6
99	FW		Sassá	11	6	0	0	0	0	11	6
Players who are on loan/returned to the youth team/left Cruzeiro that have appeared this season
–	DF		Arthur	0	0	3	2	2	1	5	3
–	DF		Daniel Guedes	7	6	0	0	0	0	7	6
–	DF		Edílson	0	0	6	6	3	3	9	9
–	DF		Edu	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	2
–	DF		João Lucas	4	0	8	6	3	3	15	9
–	DF		Marllon	1	0	3	3	0	0	4	3
–	DF		Rafael Santos	0	0	3	3	1	0	4	3
–	DF		Valdir	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2
–	MF		Ariel Cabral	8	6	3	3	1	1	12	10
–	MF		Everton Felipe	0	0	6	6	3	3	9	9
–	MF		Jean	4	3	5	3	0	0	9	6
–	MF		Marquinhos Gabriel	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	3
–	MF		Maurício	17	11	11	11	4	4	32	26
–	MF		Pedro Bicalho	0	0	4	3	2	0	6	3
–	MF		Robinho	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
–	MF		Rodriguinho	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2
–	FW		Alexandre Jesus	0	0	4	4	1	1	5	5
–	FW		Angulo	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
–	FW		Caio	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
–	FW		Jhonata Robert	0	0	5	3	2	1	7	4
–	FW		Judivan	0	0	7	1	2	0	9	1
–	FW		Roberson	5	0	6	4	2	2	13	6
–	FW		Vinícius Popó	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 29 January 2021.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Série B	Campeonato Mineiro	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	FW	23	Rafael Sóbis	6	0	0	6
2	DF	32	Manoel	5	0	0	5
2	MF	–	Maurício	1	4	0	5
3	FW	7	Arthur Caíke	4	0	0	4
3	FW	77	Airton	4	0	0	4
4	FW	9	Marcelo Moreno	3	0	0	3
	MF	10	Régis	2	1	0	3
	FW	11	William Pottker	3	0	0	3
	FW	18	Thiago	0	3	0	3
5	DF	2	Cáceres	2	0	0	2
	DF	4	Ramon	1	1	0	2
	DF	14	Cacá	1	1	0	2
	FW	21	Welinton	1	1	0	2
	MF	25	Machado	2	0	0	2
	DF	–	Edílson	0	2	0	2
6	DF	3	Léo	1	0	0	1
	DF	31	Giovanni	0	0	1	1
	DF	36	Matheus Pereira	1	0	0	1
	DF	–	Arthur	0	1	0	1
	DF	–	Edu	0	0	1	1
	DF	–	João Lucas	0	0	1	1
	DF	–	Marllon	0	1	0	1
	MF	–	Jean	1	0	0	1
	MF	–	Pedro Bicalho	0	1	0	1
	FW	–	Alexandre Jesus	0	0	1	1
	FW	–	Jhonata Robert	0	1	0	1
	FW	–	Roberson	0	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	1	0	2
Total				39	19	4	62

Assists

Includes all competitive matches. Not all goals have an assist.

As of match played 29 January 2021.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Série B	Campeonato Mineiro	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	MF	25	Machado	6	2	1	9
2	MF	10	Régis	4	0	0	4
2	DF	22	Patrick Brey	3	1	0	4
3	DF	2	Cáceres	2	1	0	3
3	MF	–	Maurício	0	2	1	3
4	FW	9	Marcelo Moreno	1	1	0	2
	FW	11	William Pottker	2	0	0	2
	DF	32	Manoel	2	0	0	2
	FW	77	Airton	2	0	0	2
	DF	–	Edílson	0	2	0	2
	FW	–	Roberson	1	1	0	2
5	FW	7	Arthur Caíke	1	0	0	1
	MF	15	Adriano	0	1	0	1
	MF	19	Stênio	0	1	0	1
	FW	21	Welinton	1	0	0	1
	FW	23	Rafael Sóbis	1	0	0	1
	DF	36	Matheus Pereira	1	0	0	1
	FW	47	Riquelmo	0	0	1	1
	MF	–	Ariel Cabral	1	0	0	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 29 January 2021.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Série B	Campeonato Mineiro	Total
1	GK	1	Fábio	13	4	17
2	GK	39	Vitor Eudes	1	1	2
3	GK	12	Lucas França	1	0	1

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 29 January 2021.

No.	Pos.	Name	Série B		Campeonato Mineiro		Copa do Brasil		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Fábio	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
2	DF	Cáceres	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Léo	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	Ramon	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	MF	Henrique	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Marcelo Moreno	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
10	MF	Régis	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	FW	William Pottker	10	2	0	0	0	0	10	2
12	GK	Lucas França	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	DF	Cacá	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
15	MF	Adriano	5	0	3	0	0	0	8	0
16	MF	Jadsom	7	0	4	0	2	0	13	0
18	FW	Thiago	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
19	FW	Stênio	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	Marco Antônio	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	FW	Welinton	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF	Patrick Brey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW	Rafael Sóbis	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	MF	Machado	6	0	3	0	1	0	10	0
32	DF	Manoel	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
36	DF	Matheus Pereira	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
38	DF	Daniel Guedes	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
77	FW	Airton	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
88	MF	Jadson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
94	MF	Giovanni	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
–	DF	Arthur	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
–	DF	Edilson	0	0	4	0	2	0	6	0
–	DF	Edu	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	1
–	DF	Marllon	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
–	DF	Rafael Santos	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
–	MF	Ariel Cabral	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
–	MF	Marquinhos Gabriel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–	MF	Maurício	1	0	3	0	1	0	5	0
–	MF	Robinho	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
–	FW	Jhonata Robert	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
–	FW	Judivan	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
–	FW	Roberson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Notes

^ ^a ^b All matches from 15 March 2020 were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
^ All league matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

References

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[Covid1-1] All matches from 15 March 2020 were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

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