# 2023 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

The 2023 season is the 103rd in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence.
Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the club will also compete in the Campeonato Mineiro and in the Copa do Brasil.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 14 September 2023
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 | Rafael Cabral |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Wesley Gasolina |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Marlon |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Luciano Castán |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lucas Oliveira |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Mateus Vital |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bruno Rodrigues (on loan from Tombense) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Nikão (on loan from São Paulo) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Wesley Ribeiro |
| 12 | DF | BRA | William |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Kaiki |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Fernando Henrique |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Lucas Silva |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Ramiro |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Matheus Jussa (on loan from Fortaleza) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Arthur Gomes |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Ian Luccas |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Stênio |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Filipe Machado |
| 24 | DF | COL | Helibelton Palacios |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Neris |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Paulo Vitor |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Rafael Bilú |
| 40 | FW | BRA | Rafael Elias |
| 43 | DF | BRA | João Marcelo (on loan from Porto) |
| 80 | MF | BRA | Robert |
| 91 | GK | BRA | Gabriel Mesquita |
| 96 | MF | BRA | Matheus Pereira (on loan from Al Hilal) |
| 98 | GK | BRA | Anderson |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Gilberto |

### Youth players

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 |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Pedrão |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Japa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Ruan Santos |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | GK | BRA | Rodrigo Bazilio (at Athletic until 31 October 2023) |
| — | DF | BRA | Luis Felipe (at Tombense until 31 December 2023) |
| — | MF | BRA | Claudinho (at Confiança until 31 December 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Daniel Júnior (at Akhmat Grozny until 25 May 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Igor Lemos (a Democrata-GV until 29 October 2023) |
| — | MF | BRA | João Paulo (at CRB until 31 December 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Neto Moura (at Mirassol until 25 November 2023) |
| — | FW | BRA | Arielson (at Polissya Zhytomyr until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | Bruno José (at Guarani until 31 December 2023) |
| — | FW | BRA | Matheus Davó (at Pafos until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | Vitor Leque (at Remo until 1 October 2023) |
| — | FW | BRA | Waguininho (at Avaí until 31 December 2023) |

### First-team staff

| Position | Name | Nationality |
| Head coach | Paulo Autuori | BRA |
| Assistant coach | Vacant | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Rogério Lima | BRA |
| Fitness coaches | Leonardo Almeida | BRA |
| Fitness coaches | Rodrigo Saar | BRA |
| Fitness coaches | Túlio Flôres | BRA |
| Performance analyst | André Batista | BRA |
| Performance analyst | Victor Flores | BRA |

## Competitions
### 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 % |
| Campeonato Mineiro | 21 January | 19 March | First stage | Semi-finals | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 030.00 |
| Copa do Brasil | 13 April | 31 May | Third round | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 16 April | 6 December | Matchday 1 | 14th | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 028.95 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 028.85 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Mineiro
#### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Tombense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 11 | |
| 3 | Democrata-GV | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Ipatinga | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals
### Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Cuiabá | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 51 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 13 | Corinthians | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 50 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 14 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 47 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 15 | Vasco da Gama | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 45 | |
| 16 | Bahia | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 44 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches
### Copa do Brasil

As Cruzeiro was the 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the club entered the Copa do Brasil in the third round.