# 2016 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

The 2016 season was the 95th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence. Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the club also competed in the Campeonato Mineiro, the Primeira Liga and the Copa do Brasil.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 14 May 2016 | 11 December 2016 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 036.84 |
| Copa do Brasil | 27 August 2016 | 26 November 2016 | First round | Semi-finals | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 063.64 |
| Campeonato Mineiro | 31 January 2016 | 24 April 2016 | Matchday 1 | Semi-finals | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 069.23 |
| Primeira Liga | 27 January 2016 | 9 March 2016 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 31 | 15 | 19 | 92 | 75 | +17 | 047.69 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Mineiro
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 29 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Atlético Mineiro | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 20 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | URT | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 19 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | América Mineiro | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 18 | Knockout stage |
| 5 | Caldense | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 14 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Semi-finals
### Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | São Paulo | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| 11 | Chapecoense | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 52 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 51 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| 13 | Fluminense | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 50 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| 14 | Sport | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 47 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
* ↑ The matchday 38 game between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro was cancelled after both teams declined to play following the Chapecoense team plane crash. Both teams received a double walkover (3–0 loss for each team).

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 |

#### Matches
### Primeira Liga
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fluminense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
| 2 | Atlético Paranaense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Criciúma | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Copa do Brasil

The drawn for the first round was held on 11 January.