# 2018 Sport Club do Recife season

The 2018 season was Sport Recife's 114th season in the club's history. Sport competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Série A and Copa do Brasil. The club chose not to compete in the regional cup, Copa do Nordeste.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cláudio Winck |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Ronaldo Alves |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Durval (captain) |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Fellipe Bastos |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Andrigo |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Michel Bastos |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Hernane |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Marlone |
| 13 | MF | BRA | Ferreira |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Ernando |
| 15 | FW | BRA | Rafael Marques |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Max |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Adenilson |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Mateus Gonçalves |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Raul Prata |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Neto Moura |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Luan Polli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Lucas Ventura |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Gabriel |
| 31 | GK | BRA | Lucas |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Mailson |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Léo Ortiz |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Adryelson |
| 37 | DF | BRA | Elias |
| 40 | DF | BRA | Evandro |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Morato |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Deivid |
| 56 | DF | BRA | Sander |
| 70 | FW | BRA | Matheus Peixoto |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Marcão |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Jair |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Rogério |
| — | MF | BRA | Jadsom |
| — | MF | BRA | Marlon |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 54 (13 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 38 Série A, 1 Friendlies) |
| Games won | 19 (6 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 11 Série A, 1 Friendlies) |
| Games drawn | 15 (5 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 9 Série A, 0 Friendlies) |
| Games lost | 20 (2 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 18 Série A, 0 Friendlies) |
| Goals scored | 61 |
| Goals conceded | 68 |
| Goal difference | –7 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 4–0 (H) v Vitória das Tabocas - Pernambucano - 2018.02.24 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–4 (A) v Atlético Paranaense - Série A - 2018.10.14 |
| Top scorer | Anselmo and Marlone (7) |
Source: Sport Recife official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Pos. | No. | Name | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Brasil | Série A | Friendlies | Total |
| 1 | MF | 8 | Anselmo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| = | MF | 10 | Marlone | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 30 | Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | 8 | Michel Bastos | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 2 | Cláudio Winck | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 22 | Mateus Gonçalves | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | FW | 90 | Rogério | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 11 | Thomás Bedinelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 18 | André | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 95 | Carlos Henrique | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 36 | Fabrício Bigode | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 9 | Hernane | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 88 | Jair | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 9 | Leandro Pereira | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 39 | Pablo Pardal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 34 | Adryelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 97 | Everton Felipe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 5 | Fellipe Bastos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 33 | Léo Ortiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 15 | Rafael Marques | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 56 | Sander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | 63 | Wildson Índio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| | | | Total | 19 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 61 |

### Managers performance

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Nelsinho Baptista | 14 January 2018 | 23 April 2018 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 57% |
| Claudinei Oliveira | 29 April 2018 | 12 August 2018 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 39% |
| Eduardo Baptista | 18 August 2018 | 23 September 2018 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 16% |
| Milton Mendes | 30 September 2018 | 2 December 2018 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 50% |

### Home record

| Recife | São Lourenço da Mata |
| Ilha do Retiro | Arena Pernambuco |
| Capacity: 32,983 | Capacity: 44,300 |
| 27 matches (15 wins 7 draws 5 losses) | 1 match (1 draw) |

### Overview

| 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 % |
| Série A | 15 April | 2 December | Matchday 1 | 18th | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 028.95 |
| Pernambucano | 17 January | 2 April | First stage | 3rd | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 046.15 |
| Copa do Brasil | 7 February | 15 February | First round | 32nd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Friendlies | 14 January | 14 January | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 035.19 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 3rd | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 59% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 32nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 66% |

### Série A
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 18th | 39(*) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 57 | 34% |
(*) Sport was penalized with the loss of three points for late wage payments of midfielder Gabriel.