# 2015 Sport Club do Recife season

The 2015 season was Sport Recife's 111th season in the club's history. Sport competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Copa do Nordeste, Copa Sudamericana, Série A and Copa do Brasil.

## Final 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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Magrão |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Ewerton Páscoa |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Durval (captain) |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Mancha |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Renê |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Élber (on loan from Cruzeiro) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Marlone (on loan from Fluminense) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Hernane |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Maikon Leite (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Danilo Fernandes |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Danilo (on loan from América-MG) |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Matheus Ferraz |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Wendel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Matheus Galdezani |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Samuel (on loan from Fluminense) |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Mike (on loan from Internacional) |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Rithely |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Oswaldo |
| 23 | GK | BRA | Luiz Carlos |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Neto |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Samuel Xavier |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Ronaldo |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Henrique Mattos (on loan from Botafogo-SP) |
| 77 | DF | BRA | Ferrugem |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Diego Souza (on loan from Metalist Kharkiv) |
| 90 | FW | BRA | André |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 72 (14 Pernambucano, 10 Copa do Nordeste, 6 Copa do Brasil, 4 Sudamericana, 38 Série A) |
| Games won | 33 (9 Pernambucano, 4 Copa do Nordeste, 4 Copa do Brasil, 1 Sudamericana, 15 Série A) |
| Games drawn | 20 (3 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Nordeste, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Sudamericana, 14 Série A) |
| Games lost | 19 (2 Pernambucano, 4 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Copa do Brasil, 2 Sudamericana, 9 Série A) |
| Goals scored | 108 |
| Goals conceded | 70 |
| Goal difference | +38 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 5–0 (A) v Central - Pernambucano - 2015.04.29 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–3 (A) v Huracán - Copa Sudamericana - 2015.09.30 0–3 (A) v São Paulo - Série A - 2015.10.31 0–3 (A) v Cruzeiro - Série A - 2015.11.15 |
| Top scorer | Diego Souza (17) |
Source: Sport Recife official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Pos. | No. | Name | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Nordeste | Copa do Brasil | Copa Sudamericana | Série A | Total |
| 1 | FW | 87 | Diego Souza | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 90 | André | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Élber | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Régis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Felipe Azevedo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Joelinton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| = | DF | 16 | Matheus Ferraz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| = | MF | 21 | Rithely | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | Hernane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| = | MF | 11 | Maikon Leite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| = | FW | 20 | Mike | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | DF | 6 | Renê | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | 14 | Danilo Barcelos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | MF | 8 | Marlone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| = | FW | 19 | Samuel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 17 | Wendel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 25 | Neto Moura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Durval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 3 | Ewerton Páscoa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 77 | Ferrugem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 22 | Oswaldo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 27 | Samuel Xavier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 25 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 108 |

### Managers performance

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Eduardo Baptista | 24 January 2015 | 16 September 2015 | 59 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 91 | 56 | 56% |
| Daniel Paulista (c) | 20 September 2015 | 20 September 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0% |
| Paulo Roberto Falcão | 23 September 2015 | 6 December 2015 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 58% |
(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

### Home record

| Recife | São Lourenço da Mata |
| Ilha do Retiro | Arena Pernambuco |
| Capacity: 32,983 | Capacity: 44,300 |
| 26 matches (18 wins 8 draws) | 10 matches (6 wins 3 draws 1 loss) |

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

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 3rd | 30 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 71% |

### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 4th | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 46% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 19th | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 66% |

### Copa Sudamericana
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 16th | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 33% |

### Série A
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 6th | 59 | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 38 | 51% |