# 2008 Sport Club do Recife season

The 2008 season was Sport Recife's 104th season in the club's history. Sport competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Série A and Copa do Brasil. The season was historical for Sport when the club won its first Copa do Brasil title defeating Corinthians in the second match of the final by 2-0 (3-3 in aggregated score). Carlinhos Bala and Luciano Henrique scored the winning goals, comeback the loss in the first match by 1–3. Along the year Lions of the Island conquered the 37th title of state league Campeonato Pernambucano, and reached the 11th position in the national league Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | GK | BRA | Magrão |
| -- | GK | BRA | Cléber |
| -- | GK | BRA | Jeferson |
| -- | GK | BRA | Saulo |
| -- | DF | BRA | Dutra |
| -- | DF | BRA | Diogo |
| -- | DF | BRA | Luisinho Netto |
| -- | DF | BRA | Márcio Goiano |
| -- | DF | BRA | Cássio Lopes |
| -- | DF | BRA | Sidny |
| -- | DF | BRA | Durval |
| -- | DF | BRA | Elias |
| -- | DF | BRA | Igor |
| -- | DF | BRA | César Lucena |
| -- | DF | BRA | Gabriel Santos |
| -- | MF | BRA | Bia |
| -- | MF | BRA | Éverton |
| -- | MF | BRA | Fábio Gomes |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | BRA | Júnior Maranhão |
| -- | MF | BRA | Sandro Goiano |
| -- | MF | BRA | Daniel Paulista |
| -- | DF | BRA | Dudé |
| -- | DF | BRA | Moacir |
| -- | MF | BRA | Kassio |
| -- | MF | BRA | Luciano Henrique |
| -- | MF | BRA | Francisco Alex |
| -- | MF | BRA | Juninho |
| -- | MF | BRA | Fumagalli |
| -- | FW | BRA | Jadílson |
| -- | FW | BRA | Carlinhos Bala |
| -- | FW | BRA | Leandro Machado |
| -- | FW | BRA | Enílton |
| -- | FW | BRA | Roger |
| -- | FW | BRA | Joélson |
| -- | FW | BRA | Lúcio |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 72 (22 Pernambucano, 12 Copa do Brasil, 38 Série A) |
| Games won | 36 (15 Pernambucano, 7 Copa do Brasil, 14 Série A) |
| Games drawn | 17 (5 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 10 Série A) |
| Games lost | 19 (2 Pernambucano, 3 Copa do Brasil, 14 Série A) |
| Goals scored | 122 |
| Goals conceded | 73 |
| Goal difference | +49 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 8–0 (H) v Serrano - Pernambucano - 2008.02.17 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–4 (A) v Vasco da Gama - Série A - 2008.07.10 |
| Top scorer | Romerito (17) |
Source: Sport Recife official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Pos. | No. | Name | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Brasil | Série A | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Romerito | 11 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | DF | 4 | Durval | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | | Roger | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Carlinhos Bala | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Leandro Machado | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Enílton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | FW | 10 | Luciano Henrique | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | DF | | Luisinho Netto | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | MF | | Ciro | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| = | FW | | Wilson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Dutra | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| = | DF | 3 | Igor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | | Júnior Maranhão | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| = | MF | | Kássio | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | FW | | Reginaldo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | César | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | MF | 7 | Fumagalli | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | MF | 8 | Sandro Goiano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 5 | Daniel Paulista | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | Éverton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | Francisco Alex | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | | Márcio Goiano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | Total | 50 | 24 | 48 | 122 |

### Managers performance

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% | Ref |
| Nelsinho Baptista | 12 January 2008 | 7 December 2008 | 72 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 122 | 73 | 58% | |

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

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 50 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 15 | 75% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 64% |

### Série A
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 11th | 52 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 45 | 45% |