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

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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

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Overall

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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 Globo – Série D – 2023.06.14
Worst result (goal difference) 0–4 (H) v Fortaleza – Copa do Nordeste – 2023.03.22
Top scorer Pipico (11)

Source: Santa Cruz official website

Goalscorers

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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

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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

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National

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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

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Copa do Nordeste

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Preliminary round

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Main article: 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
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

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Main article: 2023 Copa do Nordeste
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

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

Campeonato Pernambucano

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Main article: 2023 Campeonato Pernambucano

First stage

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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

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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

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

Copa do Brasil

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Main article: 2023 Copa do Brasil

First round

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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

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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

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

Série D

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Main article: 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Group stage

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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

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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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  1. ^ "Candidato da oposição, Joaquim Bezerra vence eleição e é novo presidente do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). GE Globo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Santa Cruz define data de pré-temporada para 2023" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Junior Medrado. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ "A nova tabela do Pernambucano 2023, agora com 13 clubes; 84 jogos com transmissão" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cassio Zirpoli. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ "A tabela do Santa Cruz na Série D do Brasileirão 2023; jogos e transmissões" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cassio Zirpoli. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Santa Cruz ganha vaga na Copa do Brasil 2023 após classificação do Retrô à final do Pernambucano" (in Brazilian Portuguese). GE Globo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Ranielle Ribeiro é demitido do cargo de treinador do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). TNT Sports. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Santa Cruz anuncia contratação do técnico Felipe Conceição" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de Pernambuco. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Santa Cruz demite técnico Felipe Conceição após derrota para o Campinense na Série D" (in Brazilian Portuguese). JC Notícias. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Evaristo Piza é o novo técnico do Santa Cruz para reta final da Série D" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Confira data e horário de Sport x Santa Cruz pela Copa do Nordeste" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha PE. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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