# 2015 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

The 2015 season is Cruzeiro's ninety-fourth season in existence and the club's forty-fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

## Statistics
### Hat tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Willian | Figueirense FC | 5–1 | 6 September 2015 | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |

### Overall

| 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 Mineiro | 1 February 2015 | 19 April 2015 | Matchday 1 | Semi-Finals | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 053.85 |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 10 May 2015 | 6 December 2015 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 039.47 |
| Copa do Brasil | 19 August 2015 | 26 August 2015 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 25 February 2015 | 27 May 2015 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 63 | 27 | 16 | 20 | 82 | 57 | +25 | 042.86 |
Source: Competitions

## Competitions
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Caldense (A) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 25 | Qualification to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Cruzeiro (A) | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 24 | Qualification to the knockout stage |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro (A) | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 22 | Qualification to the knockout stage |
| 4 | Tombense (A) | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 20 | Qualification to the knockout stage |
| 5 | América Mineiro | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 20 | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 59 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage |
| 7 | Santos | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 58 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage |
| 8 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 55 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage |
| 9 | Palmeiras | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 10 | Atlético Paranaense | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 51 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage |
* 1 2 Teams will enter in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana if they do not reach the 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16. Also, the 2015 Copa Verde champion (Cuiabá) and the 2016 Copa do Nordeste champion have a guaranteed berth.
* ↑ Palmeiras has a berth guaranteed to the second stage as the 2015 Copa do Brasil champions.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

### Results
## Copa do Brasil
### Round of 16

Cruzeiro joined the competition in the round of 16

## Copa Libertadores
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | Advance to final stages |
| 2 | Universitario de Sucre | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 9 | Advance to final stages |
| 3 | Huracán | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Mineros de Guayana | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |