2023 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

Santa Cruz
2023 season
Chairman	Joaquim Bezerra
Manager	Ranielle Ribeiro; Felipe Conceição; Evaristo Piza
Stadium	Estádio do Arruda
Série D	35th
Pernambucano	Quarter-finals
Copa do Brasil	Second round
Copa do Nordeste	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Pipico ; and Emerson Galego (4); All: Pipico (11)
	← 2022 2024 →

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

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	Michael Fracaro
12	GK	BRA	Matheus Inácio
—	GK	BRA	Geaze
4	DF	BRA	Alemão
14	DF	BRA	Yan Oliveira
3	DF	BRA	Ítalo Melo
15	DF	BRA	Gabriel Yanno
13	DF	BRA	Eduardo Ferraz
16	DF	BRA	Paim
6	DF	BRA	Eduardo Guedes
5	MF	BRA	Daniel Pereira
—	MF	BRA	Pingo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	BRA	Anderson Paulista
10	MF	BRA	Anderson Ceará
7	MF	BRA	Ítalo Henrique
—	MF	BRA	Fabrício Bigode
23	MF	BRA	Chiquinho
—	MF	BRA	Felipe Gedoz
22	MF	BRA	Maranhão
—	FW	BRA	Emerson Galego
—	FW	BRA	Hugo Cabral
—	FW	BRA	Pipico
—	FW	BRA	Michel Douglas
—	FW	BRA	Dagson

Statistics

Overall

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

Place	Position	Number	Name	Copa do Nordeste	Campeonato Pernambucano	Copa do Brasil	Série D	Total
1	FW	9	Pipico	2	4	1	4	11
2	FW	18	Emerson Galego	0	0	0	4	4
3	MF		Felipe Gedoz	2	1	0	0	3
=	FW	7	Lucas Silva	2	0	0	1	3
=	DF	14	Yan Oliveira	1	1	0	1	3
4	FW	23	Dayvid	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF	3	Ítalo Melo	0	1	0	1	2
=	MF	22	Maranhão	1	0	0	1	2
=	FW		Michel Douglas	1	1	0	0	2
5	DF		Alemão	0	1	0	0	1
=	MF		Anderson Ceará	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF	15	Anderson Paulista	0	1	0	0	1
=	MF		Arthur Santos	0	1	0	0	1
=	MF	10	Chiquinho	0	1	0	0	1
=	FW		Dagson	0	1	0	0	1
=	MF	8	Fabrício Bigode	0	0	0	1	1
=	DF	4	Guedes	0	0	0	1	1
=	FW		Hugo Cabral	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF	13	Jadson	0	1	0	0	1
=	FW		Lucas Vinicius	0	1	0	0	1
=	DF	6	Marcus Vinícius	1	0	0	0	1
=	FW	21	Miullen	0	0	0	1	1
			Own goals	0	1	0	0	1
			Total	14	16	1	15	46

Managers performance

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

National

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

Copa do Nordeste

Preliminary round

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

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

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

Campeonato Pernambucano

First stage

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

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 Igor Tavares Kiko Brendon Mailson Marquinhos Bahia Raykar		Pipico Ítalo Melo Anderson Ceará Chiquinho Felipe Gedoz Ariel Lucas Silva

Record

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

Copa do Brasil

First round

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

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

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

Série D

Group stage

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

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Win%
35th	20	14	5	5	4	15	12	47%

References

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

External links

Official website

[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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