# 2015 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2015 season was Santa Cruz's 102nd season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano and Série B.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Tiago Cardoso |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Nininho |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Danny Morais |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rafael Alemão |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Wellington Cézar |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lúcio |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Nathan |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Bruninho |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Anderson Aquino |
| 10 | MF | BRA | João Paulo |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Raniel |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Fred |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Diego Sacoman |
| 14 | DF | BRA | João Carlos |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Renatinho |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Moradei |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Biteco |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Daniel Costa |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Waldison |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Luisinho |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Marlon |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Lelê |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Grafite |
| 24 | GK | BRA | Bruno |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Neris |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Walter Marques |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Emerson Santos |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Bileu |
| 30 | MF | BRA | William da Luz |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Pedro Castro |
| 35 | MF | BRA | Edson Sitta |
| 36 | FW | BRA | Bruno Mineiro |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Wadson |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Bruno Moraes |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 52 (14 Pernambucano, 38 Série B) |
| Games won | 27 (7 Pernambucano, 20 Série B) |
| Games drawn | 10 (3 Pernambucano, 7 Série B) |
| Games lost | 15 (4 Pernambucano, 11 Série B) |
| Goals scored | 79 |
| Goals conceded | 54 |
| Goal difference | +25 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 4–0 (H) v Central – Pernambucano – 2015.04.18 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 1–4 (A) v América–MG – Série B – 2015.05.23 |
| Top scorer | Grafite (24) |
Source: Santa Cruz official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Pernambucano | Série B | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Anderson Aquino | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 20 | Bruno Moraes | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Daniel Costa | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| = | FW | 23 | Grafite | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| = | MF | 19 | Luisinho | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | | Betinho | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| = | FW | 11 | Lelê | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 3 | Rafael Alemão | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | João Paulo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | Danny Morais | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | MF | 17 | Nathan | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | FW | 21 | Raniel | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| = | DF | 8 | Renatinho | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | Allan Vieira | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 7 | Bileu | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 13 | Bruninho | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 18 | Emerson Santos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | Guilherme Biteco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 20 | Marcílio | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 5 | Moradei | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 17 | Pedro Castro | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 2 | Vítor | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | 21 | Waldison | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 16 | 63 | 79 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% | Ref |
| Ricardinho | Brazil | 31 January 2015 | 12 June 2015 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 46% | |
| Marcelo Martelotte | Brazil | 20 June 2015 | 28 November 2015 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 31 | 66% | |

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

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 1st | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 57% |

### Série B
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 2nd | 67 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 63 | 43 | 58% |