2019 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

Santa Cruz
2019 season
Chairman	Constantino Junior
Manager	Leston Júnior; Milton Mendes
Stadium	Estádio do Arruda; Arena Pernambuco
Série C	13th
Pernambucano	Quarter-final
Copa do Brasil	Fourth round
Copa do Nordeste	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Pipico (7); All: Pipico (16)
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 season was Santa Cruz's 106th season in the club's history.^[4] Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano,^[5] Série C, Copa do Brasil 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
25	GK	BRA	Ricardo Ernesto
—	GK	BRA	Maycon Cleiton
1	GK	BRA	Anderson
3	DF	BRA	João Victor
14	DF	BRA	Augusto Potiguar
—	DF	BRA	Raphael Soares
—	DF	BRA	Danny Morais
4	DF	BRA	Vitão
16	DF	BRA	Bruno Ré
—	DF	BRA	Cesinha
2	DF	BRA	Marcos Martins
13	DF	BRA	William Alves
—	MF	BRA	Patrick Vieira
—	MF	BRA	Eduardo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	BRA	Charles Almeida
15	MF	BRA	Lucas Gonçalves
16	MF	BRA	Luiz Felipe
—	MF	BRA	Hericles
10	MF	BRA	Allan Dias
—	MF	BRA	Jeremias
8	MF	BRA	Ítalo
9	FW	BRA	Pipico
11	FW	BRA	Augusto
19	FW	BRA	Elias Carioca
—	FW	BRA	Silas
20	FW	BRA	Neto Costa
7	FW	BRA	Jô
17	FW	BRA	Guilherme Queiróz

Statistics

Overall

Games played	44 (10 Copa do Nordeste, 10 Pernambucano, 6 Copa do Brasil, 18 Série C)
Games won	17 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 5 Pernambucano, 3 Copa do Brasil, 6 Série C)
Games drawn	15 (4 Copa do Nordeste, 3 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 7 Série C)
Games lost	12 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série C)
Goals scored	55
Goals conceded	51
Goal difference	+4
Best results (goal difference)	4–1 (H) v Afogados da Ingazeira – Pernambucano – 2019.01.29
Worst result (goal difference)	0–3 (A) v Vitória das Tabocas – Pernambucano – 2019.02.26 0–3 (A) v Ferroviário – Série C – 2019.05.05
Top scorer	Pipico (16)

Source: Santa Cruz official website

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Copa do Nordeste	Campeonato Pernambucano	Copa do Brasil	Série C	Total
1	FW	9	Pipico	4	0	5	7	16
2	FW	19	Elias Carioca	1	2	1	1	5
3	MF	10	Allan Dias	0	4	0	0	4
=	MF	5	Charles Almeida	0	0	1	3	4
=	DF	4	Vitão	1	2	0	1	4
4	FW	11	Augusto	0	2	0	1	3
=	FW	10	Dudu	0	0	0	3	3
5	MF	10	Everton	0	0	0	2	2
=	FW	17	Guilherme Queiróz	1	0	0	1	2
=	MF	7	Jô	1	0	1	0	2
=	FW	19	Misael	0	0	0	2	2
=	FW	20	Neto Costa	0	1	0	1	2
=	DF	13	William Alves	1	0	0	1	2
6	DF	16	Bruno Ré	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF	15	Diego Lorenzi	0	1	0	0	1
=	MF		Jeremias	0	1	0	0	1
=	DF	3	João Victor	0	0	0	1	1
			Total	10	13	8	24	55

Managers performance

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Avg%	Ref
Leston Júnior	Brazil	15 January 2019	18 May 2019	30	11	11	8	37	33	49%	^[7]
Milton Mendes	Brazil	25 May 2019	24 August 2019	14	6	4	4	18	18	52%	^[8]

Friendlies

National

9 January 2019	Treze	1–1	Santa Cruz	Campina Grande
(UTC-3)	Juninho 8'	Report	Augusto 12'	Stadium: Estádio Governador Ernani Sátyro (Amigão) Referee: Thiago Galdino

Official Competitions

Copa do Nordeste

Group stage

15 January 2019 1	Botafogo–PB	0–0	Santa Cruz	João Pessoa
22:30 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Américo de Almeida Filho (Almeidão) Attendance: 4,098 Referee: Pablo Ramon Goncalves Pinheiro

26 January 2019 2	Santa Cruz	1–3	Bahia	São Lourenço da Mata
17:00 (UTC-3)	Elias Carioca 37'	Report	Marcos Martins 19' (o.g.) Gilberto 47', 54'	Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco) Attendance: 7,343 Referee: José Ricardo Vasconcellos Laranjeira

2 February 2019 3	Santa Cruz	1–0	ABC	São Lourenço da Mata
17:00 (UTC-3)	Jô 60'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco) Attendance: 5,586 Referee: Ranilton Oliveira de Sousa

9 February 2019 4	Náutico	2–2	Santa Cruz	Recife
19:30 (UTC-3)	Jorge Henrique 27' Vitão 68' (o.g.)	Report	Pipico 7', 50'	Stadium: Estádio Eládio de Barros Carvalho (Aflitos) Attendance: 6,017 Referee: Marielson Alves Silva

2 March 2019 5	Moto Club	0–1	Santa Cruz	São Luís
16:00 (UTC-3)		Report	Pipico 36'	Stadium: Estádio Governador João Castelo (Castelão) Attendance: 2,258 Referee: Antonio Dib Moraes de Sousa

10 March 2019 6	Santa Cruz	1–1	CSA	Recife
18:00 (UTC-3)	Pipico 50'	Report	Escobar 40'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 5,840 Referee: Emerson Ricardo de Almeida Andrade

23 March 2019 7	Ceará	2–1	Santa Cruz	Fortaleza
16:00 (UTC-3)	Thiago Carleto 51' Ricardo Bueno 86'	Report	Bruno Ré 10'	Stadium: Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo (Castelão) Attendance: 8,540 Referee: Ricarle Gustavo Gonçalves Batista

30 March 2019 8	Santa Cruz	2–0	Confiança	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)	Vitão 11' Guilherme Queiróz 83'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 3,523 Referee: Adriano Barros Carneiro

Quarter-final

6 April 2019	Santa Cruz	1–1 (8–7 p)	CRB	Recife
20:00 (UTC-3)	William Alves 90+2'	Report	William Barbio 86'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 8,018 Referee: Cláudio Francisco Lima e Silva
	Penalties
	Pipico Charles Carlos Renato Dudu William Alves Augusto Potiguar Ítalo Henrique Allan Dias		Zé Carlos Ferrugem Daniel Borges William Barbio Felipe Menezes Guilherme Mattis Igor Mailson

Semi-final

9 May 2019	Fortaleza	1–0	Santa Cruz	Fortaleza
21:30 (UTC-3)	Romarinho 77'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo (Castelão) Attendance: 30,495 Referee: Marielson Alves Silva

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
4th	13	10	3	4	3	10	10	43%

Campeonato Pernambucano

First stage

20 January 2019 1	Santa Cruz	3–0	América–PE	São Lourenço da Mata
(UTC-3)	Vitão 35', 80' Elias Carioca 41'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco) Attendance: 4,045 Referee: Luiz Cláudio Sobral

23 January 2019 2	Flamengo de Arcoverde	1–1	Santa Cruz	Arcoverde
(UTC-3)	Pedro 68' (pen.)	Report	Augusto 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Áureo Bradley Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Sebastião Rufino Ribeiro Filho

29 January 2019 3	Santa Cruz	4–1	Afogados da Ingazeira	São Lourenço da Mata
(UTC-3)	Neto Costa 4' Diego Lorenzi 23' Elias Carioca 31' Allan Dias 90'	Report	Diego Ceará 5'	Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco) Attendance: 2,793 Referee: Diego Fernando

6 February 2019 4	Petrolina	1–2	Santa Cruz	Petrolina
21:15 (UTC-3)	Jefferson Petrolina 90' (pen.)	Report	Jeremias 45+2' Augusto 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Paulo de Souza Coelho Referee: José Woshington

17 February 2019 6	Santa Cruz	1–0	Sport	Recife
17:00 (UTC-3)	Allan Dias 73'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 16,483 Referee: Luiz Sobral

26 February 2019 5	Vitória das Tabocas	3–0	Santa Cruz	São Lourenço da Mata
(UTC-3)	Fabinho 16' Erverson 30' Rafael Paulista 86'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco) Attendance: 1,052 Referee: Diego Fernando

6 March 2019 7	Salgueiro	2–0	Santa Cruz	Salgueiro
(UTC-3)	Guilherme Lucena 72' João Victor 75' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Cornélio de Barros

14 March 2019 8	Santa Cruz	1–0	Central	Recife
(UTC-3)	Allan Dias 65'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)

17 March 2019 9	Náutico	0–0	Santa Cruz	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Eládio de Barros Carvalho (Aflitos) Referee: Pericles Bassols

Quarter-final

27 March 2019	Santa Cruz	1–1 (1–3 p)	Afogados da Ingazeira	Recife
(UTC-3)	Allan Dias 66'	Report	Rodrigo 45'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 3,259 Referee: Deborah Cecilia Correia
	Penalties

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
5th	18	10	5	3	2	13	9	60%

Copa do Brasil

First round

14 February 2019	Sinop	1–2	Santa Cruz	Sinop
22:30 (UTC-3)	Igor 89'	Report	Elias Carioca 5' Pipico 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Gigante do Norte Attendance: 1,989 Referee: Adriano Milczvski

Second round

20 February 2019	Santa Cruz	1–1 (4–2 p)	Náutico	Recife
21:30 (UTC-3)	Pipico 28'	Report	Jorge Henrique 34'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 15,288 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza
	Penalties
	Pipico Guilherme Queiróz Luiz Felipe Marcos Martins		Tharcysio Thiago Robinho Luiz Henrique

Third round

3 April 2019	ABC	1–0	Santa Cruz	Natal
21:30 (UTC-3)	Rodrigo Rodrigues 80'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Maria Lamas Farache (Frasqueirão) Attendance: 1,931 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

10 April 2019	Santa Cruz	3–0	ABC	Recife
21:30 (UTC-3)	Pipico 40', 48' (pen.) Charles Almeida 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 16,580 Referee: Igor Junio Benevenuto

Fourth round

17 April 2019	Fluminense	2–0	Santa Cruz	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 (UTC-3)	Gilberto 18' Luciano 30'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Attendance: 19,860 Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio

25 April 2019	Santa Cruz	2–0 (2–3 p)	Fluminense	Recife
21:30 (UTC-3)	Jô 71' Pipico 75'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 25,802 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza
	Penalties
	Pipico Charles Almeida Marcos Martins Guilherme Queiróz William Alves		Luciano Gilberto Pedro Airton

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
20th	10	6	3	1	2	8	5	55%

Série C

First stage

29 April 2019 1	Santa Cruz	2–2	Treze	Recife
20:00 (UTC-3)	Neto Costa 84' Guilherme Queiróz 90+5'	Report	Gil 5' Eduardo dos Santos 23'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 8,194 Referee: Felipe Duarte Varejão

5 May 2019 2	Ferroviário	3–0	Santa Cruz	Fortaleza
18:00 (UTC-3)	Leanderson 18' Léo Jaime 44' Caxito 54'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo (Castelão) Attendance: 1,708 Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

13 May 2019 3	Botafogo–PB	1–1	Santa Cruz	João Pessoa
20:00 (UTC-3)	Felipe Alves 17'	Report	Pipico 6'	Stadium: Estádio José Américo de Almeida Filho (Almeidão) Attendance: 6,899 Referee: Wanderson Alves de Sousa

18 May 2019 4	Santa Cruz	3–3	Sampaio Corrêa	Recife
17:15 (UTC-3)	Everton 5' Misael 16' William Alves 77'	Report	Salatiel 9', 45+1' Ullisses 82'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 5,979 Referee: Alinor Silva da Paixão

25 May 2019 5	Santa Cruz	2–1	ABC	Recife
19:15 (UTC-3)	Pipico 76' Misael 90+2'	Report	Jefinho 72'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 7,746 Referee: Denis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim

1 June 2019 6	Imperatriz	0–1	Santa Cruz	Imperatriz
19:15 (UTC-3)		Report	Dudu 23'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Frei Epifânio d’Abadia Attendance: 2,640 Referee: Wasley do Couto Leão

9 June 2019 7	Santa Cruz	3–1	Confiança	Recife
18:00 (UTC-3)	João Victor 4' Pipico 30', 87'	Report	Pingo 77'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 10,136 Referee: Andrey da Silva e Silva

17 June 2019 8	Globo	3–3	Santa Cruz	Ceará-Mirim
20:00 (UTC-3)	Bambam 31', 78' Negueba 72'	Report	Dudu 53' Pipico 85', 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Manoel Dantas Barretto (Barrettão) Attendance: 258 Referee: Philip Georg Bennett

22 June 2019 9	Santa Cruz	1–0	Náutico	Recife
18:00 (UTC-3)	Pipico 64'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 9,903 Referee: Eduardo Tomaz de Aquino Valadão

27 June 2019 10	Treze	2–0	Santa Cruz	Campina Grande
19:00 (UTC-3)	Vanger 38' Eduardo dos Santos 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Ernani Sátyro (Amigão) Attendance: 1,035 Referee: Grazianni Maciel Rocha

5 July 2019 11	Santa Cruz	0–2	Ferroviário	Recife
20:00 (UTC-3)		Report	Isaac Prado 70' Mazinho 84'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 25,084 Referee: Ronei Candido Alves

14 July 2019 12	Santa Cruz	1–1	Botafogo–PB	Recife
18:00 (UTC-3)	Charles Almeida 90+4'	Report	Kelvin 89'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 6,971 Referee: João Batista de Arruda

18 July 2019 13	Sampaio Corrêa	1–0	Santa Cruz	São Luís
20:00 (UTC-3)	Roney 24'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador João Castelo (Castelão) Attendance: 4,006 Referee: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo

27 July 2019 14	ABC	0–0	Santa Cruz	Natal
17:00 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Maria Lamas Farache (Frasqueirão) Attendance: 7,174 Referee: Andrey da Silva e Silva

2 August 2019 15	Santa Cruz	3–2	Imperatriz	São Lourenço da Mata
20:00 (UTC-3)	Everton 32' Vitão 89' Augusto 90+1'	Report	Gabriel Caju 29' Matheus 83'	Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco) Attendance: 5,124 Referee: Felipe Gomes da Silva

11 August 2019 16	Confiança	1–1	Santa Cruz	Aracaju
18:00 (UTC-3)	Anderson 12'	Report	Charles Almeida 20'	Stadium: Estádio Lourival Baptista (Batistão) Attendance: 10,427 Referee: Denis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim

18 August 2019 17	Santa Cruz	2–1	Globo	Recife
18:00 (UTC-3)	Elias Carioca 16' Charles Almeida 84'	Report	Cláudio Murici 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 19,773 Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda

24 August 2019 18	Náutico	3–1	Santa Cruz	Recife
17:00 (UTC-3)	Diego Silva 30' Jean Carlos 45+1' Jhonnatan 49'	Report	Dudu 52'	Stadium: Estádio Eládio de Barros Carvalho (Aflitos) Attendance: 9,689 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Record

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
13th	25	18	6	7	5	24	27	46%

References

^ "Constantino Júnior é eleito presidente do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santa Cruz official web site. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Constantino Jr. é eleito presidente do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de Pernambuco. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "CBF veta gramado do Arruda e Santa Cruz joga na Arena Pernambuco neste sábado" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brasil de Fato. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "A mais de um mês até estreia em 2019, Santa Cruz inicia pré-temporada em cenário evoluído" (in Brazilian Portuguese). PE Superesportes. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Santa Cruz estreia no Pernambucano com vitória sobre o América-PE" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Sorteio define clássicos na Copa do Nordeste 2019; veja os grupos" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Santa Cruz anuncia Leston Júnior como técnico para 2019" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
^ "Santa Cruz anuncia volta do treinador Milton Mendes" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "Constantino Júnior é eleito presidente do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santa Cruz official web site. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[2] "Constantino Jr. é eleito presidente do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de Pernambuco. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[3] "CBF veta gramado do Arruda e Santa Cruz joga na Arena Pernambuco neste sábado" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brasil de Fato. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[4] "A mais de um mês até estreia em 2019, Santa Cruz inicia pré-temporada em cenário evoluído" (in Brazilian Portuguese). PE Superesportes. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[5] "Santa Cruz estreia no Pernambucano com vitória sobre o América-PE" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[6] "Sorteio define clássicos na Copa do Nordeste 2019; veja os grupos" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[7] "Santa Cruz anuncia Leston Júnior como técnico para 2019" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

[8] "Santa Cruz anuncia volta do treinador Milton Mendes" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

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