# 2016 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2016 season was Santa Cruz's 103rd season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Copa do Brasil, Copa Sudamericana, Copa do Nordeste and Série A.

## 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 | Tiago Cardoso (captain) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Léo Moura |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Neris |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Danny Morais |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Uillian Correia |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Tiago Costa |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Arthur Caíke |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Derley |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bruno Moraes |
| 10 | MF | BRA | João Paulo |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Keno |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Edson Kölln |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Mario Sérgio |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Vítor |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Marcílio |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Wellington |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Allan Vieira |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Danilo Pires |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Wallyson |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Wellington Silva |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Jadson |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Marion |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Grafite |
| 24 | GK | BRA | Luiz Miller |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Renatinho |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Matías Pisano |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Luan Peres |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Walter Guimarães |
| 40 | DF | BRA | Roberto |
| 80 | MF | BRA | Willams |
| — | FW | BRA | Mazinho |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 73 (14 Pernambucano, 12 Copa do Nordeste, 5 Copa do Brasil, 4 Copa Sudamericana, 38 Série A) |
| Games won | 24 (5 Pernambucano, 7 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa Sudamericana, 8 Série A) |
| Games drawn | 19 (6 Pernambucano, 3 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 7 Série A) |
| Games lost | 30 (3 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Nordeste, 1 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 23 Série A) |
| Goals scored | 86 |
| Goals conceded | 99 |
| Goal difference | –13 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 5–1 (H) v Grêmio – Série A – 2016.11.27 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–5 (A) v São Paulo – Série A – 2016.12.11 |
| Top scorer | Grafite (24) |
Source: Santa Cruz official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Nordeste | Copa do Brasil | Copa Sudamericana | Série A | Total |
| 1 | FW | 23 | Grafite | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Keno | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Bruno Moraes | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Arthur Caíke | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | DF | 6 | Tiago Costa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | João Paulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| = | FW | 10 | Lelê | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | DF | 7 | Léo Moura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 13 | Rafael Alemão | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 19 | Wallyson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Allan Vieira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 10 | Fernando Gabriel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 17 | Marcílio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 32 | Matías Pisano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 6 | Roberto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 2 | Vítor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 86 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Marcelo Martelotte | Brazil | 1 February 2016 | 23 March 2016 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 48% |
| Adriano Teixeira (c) | Brazil | 26 March 2016 | 11 December 2016 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 48% |
| Milton Mendes | Brazil | 3 April 2016 | 7 August 2016 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 40% |
| Ednelson Conceição (c) | Brazil | 27 April 2016 | 15 May 2016 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 100% |
| Doriva | Brazil | 21 August 2016 | 19 October 2016 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 23% |
(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

## Official Competitions
### Campeonato Pernambucano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 1st | 21 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 50% |

### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 1st | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 66% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 23rd | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 53% |

### Copa Sudamericana
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 12th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 58% |

### Série A
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 19th | 31 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 69 | 27% |