# 2024 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

The 2024 season was the 104th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence.
Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the club also competed in the Campeonato Mineiro, in the Copa do Brasil and in the Copa Sudamericana.

## Current squad

    As of 8 September 2024
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 | Cássio |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Wesley Gasolina |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Marlon Xavier |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Zé Ivaldo |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Kaiki Bruno |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Mateus Vital |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Rafa Silva |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Kaio Jorge |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Matheus Pereira |
| 12 | DF | BRA | William |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Lucas Silva |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Ramiro |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Juan Dinenno |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Walace |
| 21 | FW | ARG | Álvaro Barreal (on loan from Cincinnati) |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Vitinho |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Lucas Villalba (on loan from Argentinos Juniors) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | FW | ARG | Lautaro Díaz |
| 29 | MF | ARG | Lucas Romero |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Veron (on loan from Porto) |
| 33 | MF | PAR | Fabrizio Peralta |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Jonathan Jesus |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Pedrão |
| 41 | GK | BRA | Léo Aragão |
| 43 | DF | BRA | João Marcelo |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Weverton |
| 52 | DF | BRA | Dorival |
| 58 | MF | BRA | Jhosefer |
| 66 | FW | BRA | Tevis |
| 69 | FW | BRA | Kaique Kenji |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Japa |
| 81 | GK | BRA | Gabriel Grando (on loan from Grêmio) |
| 97 | MF | BRA | Matheus Henrique |
| 98 | GK | BRA | Anderson |

### Other 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 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Fernando Henrique |

### 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 | Rafael Cabral (at Grêmio until 31 December 2024) |
| — | GK | BRA | Rodrigo Bazilio (at Joinville until 30 November 2024) |
| — | DF | COL | Helibelton Palacios (at Sport Recife until 31 December 2024) |
| — | DF | BRA | Lucas Oliveira (at Kyoto Sanga until 31 December 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Henrique Rodrigues (at Figueirense until 30 November 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Ian Luccas (at Goiás until 30 November 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Neto Moura (at Mirassol until 30 November 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | Fernando (at Ferroviária until 30 October 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | João Pedro (at Mirassol until 30 April 2025) |
| — | FW | BRA | Matheus Davó (at América-MG until 30 November 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | Rafael Elias (at Kyoto Sanga until 31 December 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | Robert (at Copenhagen until 31 August 2025) |

### First-team staff

| Position | Name | Nationality |
| Head coach | Fernando Diniz | BRA |
| Assistant coach | Wesley Carvalho | BRA |
| Goalkeeping coach | João Paulo Lacerda | BRA |
| Goalkeeping coach | Robertinho | BRA |
| Fitness coaches | Leonardo Almeida | BRA |
| Fitness coaches | Nathália Arnosti | BRA |
| Fitness coaches | Túlio Flôres | BRA |
| Performance analyst | Gabriel Eloi | BRA |
| Performance analyst | Henrique Américo | BRA |

### Notable players
## 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 | 24 January | 7 April | First stage | Runners-up | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 058.33 |
| Copa do Brasil | 21 February | 21 February | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 4 April | 23 November | Group stage | Runners-up | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 046.15 |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 14 April | 8 December | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 036.84 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 64 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 80 | 64 | +16 | 042.19 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Mineiro
#### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 19 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Tombense | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 15 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Itabirito | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Ipatinga | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 7 | Relegation stage |

#### Knockout stage
##### Finals
### Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Corinthians | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 56 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 8 | Bahia | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 9 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 10 | Vasco da Gama | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 50 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 11 | Vitória | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 47 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches
### Copa Sudamericana

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CRU | UCA | ALI | ULC |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Alianza | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Unión La Calera | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 4 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |