2017 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

Santa Cruz

2017 season
Chairman	Alírio Moraes[1]
Manager	Vinícius Eutrópio Adriano Teixeira (c) Givanildo Oliveira Marcelo Martelotte
Stadium	Estádio do Arruda
Série B	18th[2]
Pernambucano	3rd[3]
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16[4]
Copa do Nordeste	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: João Paulo and Ricardo Bueno (6) All: Anderson Salles (11)[5]
Home colours Away colours
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The 2017 season was Santa Cruz's 104th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Copa do Brasil, Copa do Nordeste^[6] and Série B.^[7]

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  BRA Júlio César 2 DF  BRA Vítor 3 DF  BRA Bruno Silva 4 DF  BRA Anderson Salles 5 DF  BRA Jaime 6 DF  BRA Eduardo Brito 7 MF  BRA João Ananias 8 MF  BRA Derley 9 FW  BRA Halef Pitbull 11 FW  BRA William Barbio 12 GK  BRA Jacsson 14 MF  BRA Wellington Cézar 17 DF  BRA Yuri 18 MF  BRA Léo Lima 20 MF  BRA Willams Luz 25 MF  BRA Marcílio

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  BRA João Paulo 33 FW  BRA Júlio César 36 FW  BRA Bruno Paulo 72 GK  BRA Lucas Silva 75 DF  BRA Nininho 77 MF  BRA Kelvy 83 DF  BRA Sandro 88 DF  BRA Tiago Costa 91 FW  BRA Augusto 93 MF  BRA Thiago Primão 97 FW  BRA André Luis 98 DF  BRA Alex Travassos 99 FW  BRA Ricardo Bueno — MF  BRA Lucas Gomes — FW  BRA Léo Cotia — FW  BRA Pachu — FW  BRA Grafite

Statistics

Overall

Games played	64 (10 Copa do Nordeste, 14 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 38 Série B)
Games won	21 (7 Copa do Nordeste, 6 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 8 Série B)
Games drawn	20 (1 Copa do Nordeste, 5 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 13 Série B)
Games lost	23 (2 Copa do Nordeste, 3 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 17 Série B)
Goals scored	79
Goals conceded	75
Goal difference	+4
Best results (goal difference)	5–1 (H) v Central – Pernambucano – 2017.03.18
Worst result (goal difference)	0–4 (A) v Paraná – Série B – 2017.07.29
Top scorer	Anderson Salles (11)

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Nationality	Number	Name	Copa do Nordeste	Campeonato Pernambucano	Copa do Brasil	Série B	Total
1	DF		4	Anderson Salles	3	4	0	4	11
2	FW		9	Halef Pitbull	4	3	0	2	9
3	MF			Éverton Santos	1	6	0	0	7
4	MF		28	João Paulo	0	0	0	6	6
=	FW		99	Ricardo Bueno	0	0	0	6	6
5	FW		97	André Luis	0	2	0	3	5
6	FW		11	William Barbio	0	1	0	3	4
7	FW		91	Augusto	0	0	0	3	3
=	FW		36	Bruno Paulo	0	0	0	3	3
=	FW		23	Grafite	0	0	0	3	3
=	MF		33	Júlio César	1	1	0	1	3
=	MF			Léo Costa	2	1	0	0	3
=	MF			Thomás Bedinelli	2	1	0	0	3
8	MF		25	Marcílio	0	0	0	2	2
=	DF			Roberto	0	1	0	1	2
9	DF		3	Bruno Silva	0	0	0	1	1
=	MF		8	Derley	0	0	0	1	1
=	MF			Federico Gino	0	1	0	0	1
=	MF		7	João Ananias	0	0	0	1	1
=	MF		18	Léo Lima	0	0	0	1	1
=	MF			Pereira	0	1	0	0	1
=	DF		2	Vítor	0	0	0	1	1
=	MF		14	Wellington	0	0	0	1	1
				Own goals	0	1	0	0	1
				Total	13	23	0	43	79

Managers performance

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Avg%	Ref
Vinícius Eutrópio	Brazil	25 January 2017	9 June 2017	31	16	7	8	43	28	59%	[8]
Adriano Teixeira (c)	Brazil	2 March 2017	21 November 2017	9	2	3	4	13	14	33%
Givanildo Oliveira	Brazil	7 July 2017	26 August 2017	11	2	3	6	11	17	27%	[9]
Marcelo Martelotte	Brazil	9 September 2017	14 November 2017	13	1	7	5	12	16	25%	[10]

(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

Friendlies

Training match

Taça Asa Branca

Official Competitions

Copa do Nordeste

Group stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
3rd	22	10	7	1	2	13	5	73%

Campeonato Pernambucano

First stage

Semi-finals

Matches for Third Place

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
3rd	23	14	6	5	3	23	14	54%

Copa do Brasil

Round of 16

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
15th	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	16%

Série B

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
18th	37	38	8	13	17	43	54	32%

References

External links

• Official website