# 2023 Sport Club do Recife season

The 2023 season was Sport Recife's 119th season in the club's history. The year started promisingly for Sport, in the first few months Lions of The Island won an undefeated state championship, Campeonato Pernambucano, the last title had been won in 2019. The club also reached the final of northeast clubs cup in Brazil, Copa do Nordeste, for the seventh time in its history, repeating the final won in 2014 against Ceará. This time the team was defeated on penalties after a 1-2 away loss and a 1-0 home win. The performance in the Copa do Brasil was considered positive due the elimination against São Paulo, that would be champion of the tournament, only in a penalty shootout after a victory achieved in Morumbi Stadium. Despite the favorable results in the first half of the season, the last semester led to head coach Enderson Moreira's resignation by not qualifying Sport to the Série A, first division in national league, owing to a performance decay in the last rounds of the championship.

## 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 | Denis |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Ewerthon |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Ronaldo Henrique |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Felipinho |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Fabinho |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Alan Ruiz |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Jorginho |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Edinho |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Alisson Cassiano |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Renzo |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Rafael Thyere |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Igor Cariús |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Nathan |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Edison Negueba |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Michel Lima |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Eduardo |
| 28 | DF | VEN | Roberto Rosales |
| 30 | FW | URU | Facundo Labandeira |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Denival |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | GK | BRA | Renan |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Sabino |
| 39 | MF | BRA | Ítalo |
| 41 | GK | BRA | Adriano |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Chico |
| 47 | MF | BRA | Fábio Matheus |
| 48 | MF | BRA | Pedro Martins |
| 52 | DF | BRA | Victor Gabriel |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Lucas André |
| 56 | MF | BRA | Juan Xavier |
| 57 | FW | BRA | Gean Carlos |
| 58 | DF | BRA | Matheus Baraka |
| 76 | GK | BRA | Jordan |
| 77 | FW | BRA | João Peglow |
| 87 | FW | BRA | Diego Souza |
| 88 | MF | BUL | Wanderson |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Santos |
| 94 | MF | BRA | Felipe |
| 97 | FW | BRA | Fabrício Daniel |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 69 (15 Pernambucano, 12 Copa do Nordeste, 4 Copa do Brasil, 38 Série B) |
| Games won | 40 (12 Pernambucano, 9 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Copa do Brasil, 17 Série B) |
| Games drawn | 17 (3 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Nordeste, 1 Copa do Brasil, 12 Série B) |
| Games lost | 12 (0 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Nordeste, 1 Copa do Brasil, 9 Série B) |
| Goals scored | 128 |
| Goals conceded | 60 |
| Goal difference | +68 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 6–0 (H) v Bahia - Copa do Nordeste - 2023.02.22 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 1–3 (A) v Atlético Goianiense - Série B - 2023.07.14 1–3 (A) v Guarani - Série B - 2023.08.18 |
| Top scorer | Vágner Love (23) |
Source: Sport Recife official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Pos. | No. | Name | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Nordeste | Copa do Brasil | Série B | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Vágner Love | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | DF | 46 | Luciano Juba | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Jorginho | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | FW | 30 | Facundo Labandeira | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| = | DF | 35 | Sabino | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Edinho | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Fabinho | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| = | DF | 15 | Rafael Thyere | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| = | MF | 5 | Ronaldo Henrique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| = | MF | 77 | Wanderson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 38 | Felipinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| = | FW | 97 | Fabrício Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| = | MF | 90 | Gabriel Santos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 48 | Fábio Matheus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Alan Ruiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | DF | 2 | Ewerthon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 77 | João Peglow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 12 | Alisson Cassiano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 87 | Diego Souza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 16 | Igor Cariús | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 8 | Matheus Vargas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 23 | Michel Lima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 13 | Renzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| | | | Total | 35 | 26 | 8 | 59 | 128 |

### Managers performance

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% | Ref |
| Enderson Moreira | 11 January 2023 | 18 November 2023 | 68 | 39 | 17 | 12 | 124 | 59 | 65% | |
| César Lucena (c) | 25 November 2023 | 25 November 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 100% | |
(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

### Home record

| Recife | São Lourenço da Mata |
| Ilha do Retiro | Arena Pernambuco |
| Capacity: 32,983 | Capacity: 44,300 |
| 35 matches (28 wins 4 draws 3 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 B | 30 April | 25 November | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 044.74 |
| Pernambucano | 11 January | 22 April | First stage | Winners | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 080.00 |
| Copa do Nordeste | 21 January | 3 May | Group stage | Runners-up | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 075.00 |
| Copa do Brasil | 12 April | 1 June | Third round | 13th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 69 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 128 | 60 | +68 | 057.97 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 1st | 39 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 86% |

### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 2nd | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 78% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 13th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 58% |

### Série B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Novorizontino | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 63 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 63 |
| 7 | Sport | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 63 |
| 8 | Vila Nova | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 61 |
| 9 | CRB | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 57 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Matches

(*) Postponed matches due to changes in competition schedules

#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 7th | 63 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 40 | 55% |