# 2024 Fortaleza Esporte Clube season

The 2024 season is the 106th season in the history of Fortaleza Esporte Clube and the sixth consecutive season in the top division. They will play in the Série A and the Campeonato Cearense and the Copa Sudamericana.

## Squad

As of December 8, 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 | João Ricardo |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Tinga (captain) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Titi (vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Bruno Pacheco |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Tomás Pochettino |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Emmanuel Martínez |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Juan Martín Lucero |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Calebe |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Marinho |
| 13 | DF | CHI | Benjamín Kuscevic |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Jhonatan Silva |
| 15 | GK | BRA | Bruno Guimarães |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Matheus Rossetto |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Zé Welison |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Luquinhas |
| 19 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Brítez |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Moisés |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Yago Pikachu |
| 23 | GK | BRA | Santos |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Breno Lopes |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Geilson Souza |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Pedro Augusto |
| 30 | GK | BRA | Maurício Kozlinski |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Amorim |
| 33 | DF | ARG | Eros Mancuso |
| 34 | FW | BRA | Iarley |
| 35 | MF | BRA | Hercules |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Felipe Jonatan |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Kauan Rodrigues |
| 39 | FW | ARG | Imanol Machuca |
| 77 | MF | VEN | Kervin Andrade |
| 79 | FW | BRA | Renato Kayzer |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Lucas Sasha |
| — | GK | BRA | Magrão |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 A | 14 April 2024 | 8 December 2024 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 050.00 |
| Campeonato Cearense | 20 January 2024 | 6 April 2024 | 1st phase | Runners-up | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 044.44 |
| Copa do Brasil | 4 March 2024 | 21 May 2024 | First round | Third round | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 025.00 |
| Copa do Nordeste | 3 February 2024 | 9 June 2024 | Group stage | Winners | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 041.67 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 3 April 2024 | 24 September 2024 | Group stage | Quarter Final | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 73 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 117 | 77 | +40 | 046.58 |
Last updated: 8 December 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 73 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Flamengo | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 70 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 68 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Internacional | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 65 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 6 | São Paulo | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 59 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
* ↑ Botafogo and Flamengo qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2024 Copa Libertadores and the 2024 Copa do Brasil, respectively.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 June 2024. Source:

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | P | W | W | W | W | W | |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 29 February.

### Copa do Nordeste
#### Group Stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahia | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 18 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 8 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Altos | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Náutico | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | ABC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | |

#### Finals
### Copa Sudamericana
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FOR | BOC | NAP | TRI |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Nacional Potosí | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 7 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sportivo Trinidense | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — |