# 2021 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2021 season was Santa Cruz's 108th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Série C and Copa do Nordeste.

## 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 | Luiz Fernando |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Toty |
| 3 | DF | BRA | William Alves |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Danny Morais |
| 5 | MF | BRA | André |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Perí |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Lourenço |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Paulinho |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pipico |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Chiquinho |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Victor Rangel |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Maycon Cleiton |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Feliphe Gabriel |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Elivelton |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Tinga |
| 16 | FW | PAR | Derlis Alegre |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Negueba |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Jáderson |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Didira |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Felipe Simplício |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Mayco Félix |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Bileu |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Jordan |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Denilson |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Patrick Nonato |
| 28 | DF | BRA | Leonan |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Célio Santos |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Felipe Almeida |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Jeremias |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Augusto Potiguar |
| 35 | MF | BRA | João Cardoso |
| 38 | FW | BRA | Kleiton |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Caio Mancha |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Júnior |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 41 (10 Copa do Nordeste, 11 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 18 Série C) |
| Games won | 8 (2 Copa do Nordeste, 3 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 2 Série C) |
| Games drawn | 12 (1 Copa do Nordeste, 5 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 6 Série C) |
| Games lost | 21 (7 Copa do Nordeste, 3 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 10 Série C) |
| Goals scored | 35 |
| Goals conceded | 44 |
| Goal difference | –9 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 4–0 (A) v Ypiranga – Copa do Brasil – 2021.03.26 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–2 (A) v Vitória – Copa do Nordeste – 2021.02.27 0–2 (A) v Altos – Copa do Nordeste – 2021.04.04 0–2 (H) v Sete de Setembro – Pernambucano – 2021.04.25 0–2 (A) v Manaus – Série C – 2021.05.30 |
| Top scorer | Pipico (10) |
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 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Chiquinho | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | 16 | Eduardo Soares | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 22 | Léo Gaúcho | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Victor Rangel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 3 | William Alves | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 6 | Alan Cardoso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | Breno Calixto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 15 | Elicarlos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 14 | Junior Sergipano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 7 | Lourenço | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 26 | Lucas Batatinha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | | Rafael Castro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 7 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 35 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Marcelo Martelotte | Brazil | 26 January 2021 | 2 February 2021 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66% |
| João Brigatti | Brazil | 24 February 2021 | 10 April 2021 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 42% |
| Bazílio Amaral (c) | Brazil | 7 March 2021 | 11 March 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Roberto de Jesus (c) | Brazil | 13 April 2021 | 14 June 2021 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 33% |
| Alexandre Gallo | Brazil | 18 April 2021 | 25 April 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11% |
| Bolívar | Brazil | 2 May 2021 | 5 June 2021 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| Roberto Fernandes | Brazil | 21 June 2021 | 25 September 2021 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 24% |
(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

## Official competitions
### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 16th | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 23% |

### Campeonato Pernambucano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 4th | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 42% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 40th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 50% |

### Série C
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 19th | 12 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 22% |