# 2017 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2017 season was Santa Cruz's 104th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Copa do Brasil, Copa do Nordeste 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 | Júlio César |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vítor |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Bruno Silva |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Anderson Salles |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Jaime |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Eduardo Brito |
| 7 | MF | BRA | João Ananias |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Derley |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Halef Pitbull |
| 11 | FW | BRA | William Barbio |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Jacsson |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Wellington Cézar |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Yuri |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Léo Lima |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Willams Luz |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Marcílio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | BRA | João Paulo |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Júlio César |
| 36 | FW | BRA | Bruno Paulo |
| 72 | GK | BRA | Lucas Silva |
| 75 | DF | BRA | Nininho |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Kelvy |
| 83 | DF | BRA | Sandro |
| 88 | DF | BRA | Tiago Costa |
| 91 | FW | BRA | Augusto |
| 93 | MF | BRA | Thiago Primão |
| 97 | FW | BRA | André Luis |
| 98 | DF | BRA | Alex Travassos |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Ricardo Bueno |
| — | MF | BRA | Lucas Gomes |
| — | FW | BRA | Léo Cotia |
| — | FW | BRA | Pachu |
| — | FW | BRA | Grafite |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 64 (10 Copa do Nordeste, 14 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 38 Série B) |
| Games won | 21 (7 Copa do Nordeste, 6 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 8 Série B) |
| Games drawn | 20 (1 Copa do Nordeste, 5 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 13 Série B) |
| Games lost | 23 (2 Copa do Nordeste, 3 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 17 Série B) |
| Goals scored | 79 |
| Goals conceded | 75 |
| Goal difference | +4 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 5–1 (H) v Central – Pernambucano – 2017.03.18 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–4 (A) v Paraná – Série B – 2017.07.29 |
| Top scorer | Anderson Salles (11) |
Source: Santa Cruz official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Copa do Nordeste | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Brasil | Série B | Total |
| 1 | DF | 4 | Anderson Salles | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Halef Pitbull | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | | Éverton Santos | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 28 | João Paulo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| = | FW | 99 | Ricardo Bueno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 97 | André Luis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | William Barbio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 91 | Augusto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| = | FW | 36 | Bruno Paulo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| = | FW | 23 | Grafite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| = | MF | 33 | Júlio César | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | MF | | Léo Costa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | | Thomás Bedinelli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 25 | Marcílio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | DF | | Roberto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Bruno Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 8 | Derley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | | Federico Gino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 7 | João Ananias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 18 | Léo Lima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | | Pereira | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 2 | Vítor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 14 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 13 | 23 | 0 | 43 | 79 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Vinícius Eutrópio | Brazil | 25 January 2017 | 9 June 2017 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 28 | 59% |
| Adriano Teixeira (c) | Brazil | 2 March 2017 | 21 November 2017 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 33% |
| Givanildo Oliveira | Brazil | 7 July 2017 | 26 August 2017 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 27% |
| Marcelo Martelotte | Brazil | 9 September 2017 | 14 November 2017 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 25% |
(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

## Official Competitions
### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 3rd | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 73% |

### Campeonato Pernambucano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 3rd | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 54% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 15th | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16% |

### Série B
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 18th | 37 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 54 | 32% |