# 2019 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2019 season was Santa Cruz's 106th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Série C, Copa do Brasil 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 |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Ricardo Ernesto |
| — | GK | BRA | Maycon Cleiton |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Anderson |
| 3 | DF | BRA | João Victor |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Augusto Potiguar |
| — | DF | BRA | Raphael Soares |
| — | DF | BRA | Danny Morais |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Vitão |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Bruno Ré |
| — | DF | BRA | Cesinha |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marcos Martins |
| 13 | DF | BRA | William Alves |
| — | MF | BRA | Patrick Vieira |
| — | MF | BRA | Eduardo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Charles Almeida |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Lucas Gonçalves |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Luiz Felipe |
| — | MF | BRA | Hericles |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Allan Dias |
| — | MF | BRA | Jeremias |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Ítalo |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pipico |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Augusto |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Elias Carioca |
| — | FW | BRA | Silas |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Neto Costa |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Jô |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Guilherme Queiróz |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 44 (10 Copa do Nordeste, 10 Pernambucano, 6 Copa do Brasil, 18 Série C) |
| Games won | 17 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 5 Pernambucano, 3 Copa do Brasil, 6 Série C) |
| Games drawn | 15 (4 Copa do Nordeste, 3 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 7 Série C) |
| Games lost | 12 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série C) |
| Goals scored | 55 |
| Goals conceded | 51 |
| Goal difference | +4 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 4–1 (H) v Afogados da Ingazeira – Pernambucano – 2019.01.29 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–3 (A) v Vitória das Tabocas – Pernambucano – 2019.02.26 0–3 (A) v Ferroviário – Série C – 2019.05.05 |
| Top scorer | Pipico (16) |
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 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Elias Carioca | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Allan Dias | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | 5 | Charles Almeida | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| = | DF | 4 | Vitão | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Augusto | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | FW | 10 | Dudu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Everton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | FW | 17 | Guilherme Queiróz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | MF | 7 | Jô | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 19 | Misael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | FW | 20 | Neto Costa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | DF | 13 | William Alves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 16 | Bruno Ré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 15 | Diego Lorenzi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | Jeremias | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 3 | João Victor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 10 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 55 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% | Ref |
| Leston Júnior | Brazil | 15 January 2019 | 18 May 2019 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 49% | |
| Milton Mendes | Brazil | 25 May 2019 | 24 August 2019 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 52% | |

## Official Competitions
### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 4th | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 43% |

### Campeonato Pernambucano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 5th | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 60% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 20th | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 55% |

### Série C
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 13th | 25 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 46% |