2018 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

Santa Cruz

2018 season
Chairman	Constantino Junior[1][2]
Manager	Júnior Rocha Adriano Teixeira (c) Paulo C. Gusmão Roberto Fernandes João Barata (c)
Stadium	Estádio do Arruda
Série C	Quarter-finals
Pernambucano	Quarter-final
Copa do Brasil	First round
Copa do Nordeste	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Pipico (6) All: Robinho (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2018 season was Santa Cruz's 105th season in the club's history.^[3] Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano,^[4] Série C, Copa do Brasil^[5] and Copa do Nordeste.^[6]

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 Tiago Machowski 25 GK  BRA Ricardo Ernesto — GK  BRA Matheus Cotrim 2 DF  BRA Vítor 13 DF  BRA Eduardo Brito 3 DF  BRA Sandoval 4 DF  BRA Danny Morais 20 DF  BRA Maílton 4 DF  BRA Augusto Silva 3 DF  BRA Genílson 6 DF  BRA Allan Vieira 8 MF  BRA Eduardo 5 MF  BRA Charles Almeida 10 MF  BRA Jailson

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  BRA Héricles 8 MF  BRA Arthur Rezende 17 MF  BRA Geovani — MF  BRA Valdeir 12 MF  BRA Carlinhos Paraíba 11 MF  BRA Willian Maranhão 16 MF  BRA Jeremias 11 FW  BRA Leandro Costa 7 FW  BRA Robinho 9 FW  BRA Pipico 20 FW  BRA Halef Pitbull 19 FW  BRA Augusto 23 FW  BRA Lima

Statistics

Overall

Games played	40 (8 Copa do Nordeste, 11 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 20 Série C)
Games won	13 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 8 Série C)
Games drawn	17 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 7 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 7 Série C)
Games lost	10 (2 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série C)
Goals scored	44
Goals conceded	39
Goal difference	+5
Best results (goal difference)	4–0 (H) v Confiança – Série C – 2018.07.28
Worst result (goal difference)	1–4 (H) v ABC – Copa do Nordeste – 2018.05.22
Top scorer	Robinho (8)

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Nationality	Number	Name	Copa do Nordeste	Campeonato Pernambucano	Copa do Brasil	Série C	Total
1	MF		7	Robinho	3	1	0	4	8
2	FW		9	Pipico	0	0	0	6	6
3	FW		19	Augusto	1	2	0	1	4
=	MF		18	Héricles	3	1	0	0	4
4	MF		8	Arthur Rezende	1	1	0	1	3
=	FW		7	Fabinho Alves	1	2	0	0	3
=	MF		10	Jailson	0	0	0	3	3
=	MF		16	Jeremias	1	1	0	1	3
5	MF		12	Carlinhos Paraíba	0	0	0	2	2
=	MF		5	Charles Almeida	0	0	0	2	2
=	DF		2	Vítor	1	0	0	1	2
6	MF		17	Geovani	0	0	0	1	1
=	MF		5	Jorginho	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF		8	Luiz Otávio	0	1	0	0	1
=	FW		9	Robert	0	0	0	1	1
				Total	12	9	0	23	44

Managers performance

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Avg%	Ref
Júnior Rocha	Brazil	16 January 2018	15 April 2018	19	5	11	3	21	19	45%	[7]
Adriano Teixeira (c)	Brazil	22 April 2018	19 May 2018	2	1	0	1	5	4	50%
Paulo César Gusmão	Brazil	28 April 2018	22 May 2018	5	1	2	2	3	6	33%	[8]
Roberto Fernandes	Brazil	28 May 2018	26 August 2018	13	6	3	4	15	10	54%	[9]
João Barata (c)	Brazil	11 June 2018	11 June 2018	1	0	1	0	0	0	33%

(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

Official Competitions

Copa do Nordeste

Group stage

Quarter-finals

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
7th	12	8	3	3	2	12	9	50%

Campeonato Pernambucano

First stage

Quarter-final

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
6th	13	11	2	7	2	9	12	39%

Copa do Brasil

First round

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
90th	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0%

Série C

First stage

Quarter-finals

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
7th	32	20	8	7	5	23	16	53%

References

External links

• Official website