# 2021 Sport Club do Recife season

The 2021 season was Sport Recife's 117th season in the club's history. Sport competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Copa do Nordeste, Série A and Copa do Brasil.

## 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 | Mailson |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Hayner |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Ronaldo Henrique |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Neilton |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Hernanes |
| 9 | FW | COL | Santiago Tréllez |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Gustavo |
| 11 | FW | URU | Leandro Barcia |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Renzo |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Zé Welison |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Rafael Thyere |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Betinho |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Thiago Lopes |
| 28 | MF | BRA | João Igor |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Paulinho |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Denival |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Pedro Henrique |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Sabino |
| 36 | FW | BRA | Vander Vieira |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Everaldo |
| 43 | DF | BRA | Marcelo |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Chico |
| 46 | DF | BRA | Luciano Juba |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Cristiano |
| 50 | MF | BRA | Ítalo |
| 52 | DF | BRA | Victor Gabriel |
| 53 | DF | BRA | Pedrão |
| 56 | DF | BRA | Sander (captain) |
| 66 | DF | BRA | Ewerthon |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Marcão |
| 91 | MF | BRA | Pedro Victor |
| 92 | GK | BRA | Carlos Eduardo |
| 93 | DF | BRA | Ryan |
| 94 | FW | BRA | Paulinho Moccelin |
| 95 | GK | BRA | Saulo |
| 97 | MF | BRA | Everton Felipe |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Mikael |
| — | MF | ARG | Nicolás Aguirre |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 59 (12 Pernambucano, 8 Copa do Nordeste, 1 Copa do Brasil, 38 Série A) |
| Games won | 17 (7 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Nordeste, 0 Copa do Brasil, 9 Série A) |
| Games drawn | 18 (4 Pernambucano, 3 Copa do Nordeste, 0 Copa do Brasil, 11 Série A) |
| Games lost | 24 (1 Pernambucano, 4 Copa do Nordeste, 1 Copa do Brasil, 18 Série A) |
| Goals scored | 51 |
| Goals conceded | 62 |
| Goal difference | –11 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 3–0 (H) v Vitória das Tabocas - Pernambucano - 2021.04.14 3–0 (H) v Náutico - Pernambucano - 2021.05.02 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–4 (A) v Bahia - Copa do Nordeste - 2021.03.20 0–4 (H) v Ceará - Copa do Nordeste - 2021.04.03 |
| Top scorer | Mikael (15) |
Source: Sport Recife official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Pos. | No. | Name | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Nordeste | Copa do Brasil | Série A | Total |
| 1 | FW | 99 | Mikael | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 94 | Paulinho Moccelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | 34 | Adryelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 90 | André Felipe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | MF | 10 | Gustavo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | MF | 88 | Jonas Toró | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 7 | Neilton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 15 | Rafael Thyere | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 19 | Thiago Lopes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 30 | Thiago Neves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | MF | 14 | Zé Welison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 44 | Chico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | 37 | Everaldo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 66 | Ewerthon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 39 | Ítalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 6 | Iago Maidana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 11 | Leandro Barcia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 46 | Luciano Juba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 77 | Marcão | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | 53 | Paulinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 5 | Ronaldo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 12 | Sander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | 9 | Santiago Tréllez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | 19 | Vinícius Popó | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | Total | 19 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 51 |

### Managers performance

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Ricardo Severo (c) | 24 February 2021 | 28 August 2021 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 44% |
| Jair Ventura | 28 February 2021 | 3 April 2021 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33% |
| Emílio Faro (c) | 3 March 2021 | 3 March 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0% |
| Cesar Lucena (c) | 7 April 2021 | 6 November 2021 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 53% |
| Umberto Louzer | 24 April 2021 | 22 August 2021 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 39% |
| Gustavo Florentín | 5 September 2021 | 9 December 2021 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 38% |
(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

### Home record

| Recife | São Lourenço da Mata |
| Ilha do Retiro | Arena Pernambuco |
| Capacity: 32,983 | Capacity: 44,300 |
| 18 matches (4 wins 6 draws 8 losses) | 11 matches (5 wins 4 draws 2 losses) |

### 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 | 30 May | 9 December | Matchday 1 | 19th | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 023.68 |
| Campeonato Pernambucano | 24 February | 23 May | First stage | 2nd | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 058.33 |
| Copa do Nordeste | 28 February | 10 April | Group stage | 15th | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 012.50 |
| Copa do Brasil | 10 March | 10 March | First round | 64th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 028.81 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 2nd | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 58% |

### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 15th | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 12% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 64th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0% |

### Série A
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 19th | 38 | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 37 | 23% |