# 2025 Fortaleza Esporte Clube season

The 2025 season will be 107th season in the history of Fortaleza Esporte Clube and 7th consecutive in Brazil's top division Série A. The club will also participate in the Campeonato Cearense, Copa do Brasil, Copa do Nordeste, and Copa Libertadores.

## Squad
### Current squad

    As of 28 February 2025
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) |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Pol Fernández |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Bruno Pacheco |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Tomás Pochettino |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Emmanuel Martínez |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Juan Martín Lucero (4th captain) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Calebe |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Marinho |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Brenno |
| 13 | DF | CHI | Benjamín Kuscevic |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Eros Mancuso |
| 15 | GK | BRA | Magrão |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Diogo Barbosa |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Zé Welison |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Matheus Rossetto |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Moisés |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Yago Pikachu (3rd captain) |
| 23 | DF | BRA | David Luiz |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Breno Lopes |
| 27 | FW | COL | Dylan Borrero |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Pedro Augusto |
| 32 | DF | ARG | Gastón Ávila (on loan from Ajax) |
| 33 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Brítez (5th captain) |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Felipe Jonatan |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Kauan Rodrigues |
| 38 | MF | BRA | Lucca Prior |
| 39 | DF | BRA | Gustavo Mancha |
| 77 | MF | VEN | Kervin Andrade |
| 79 | FW | BRA | Renato Kayzer |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Lucas Sasha |

### Transfers In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| DF | Diogo Barbosa | Fluminense | Free | 1 January 2025 | |
| DF | David Luiz | Flamengo | Free | 20 January 2025 | |

### Transfers Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Hércules | Fluminense | €4,600,000 | 1 January 2025 |
| MF | Ronald | Vitória | Free | 5 January 2025 |
| FW | Imanol Machuca | Vélez Sarsfield | €244,000 loan fee | 13 January 2025 |

## Competitions

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Série A | 29 March 2025 | 21 December 2025 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Campeonato Cearense | 25 January 2025 | | | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 062.50 |
| Copa do Brasil | | | Third Round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Copa do Nordeste | 23 January 2025 | | Matchday 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 060.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | | | Group Stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 061.54 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Competitions

### Copa Libertadores
#### Group Stage

The draw for the group stage was held on March 17, 2025.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAC | CLC | FOR | BUC |
| 1 | Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 13–15 May | 27–29 May | 8–10 Apr |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to round of 16 | 22–24 Apr | — | 8–10 Apr | 27–29 May |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Copa Sudamericana | 1–3 Apr | 6–8 May | — | 13–15 May |
| 4 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 6–8 May | 1–3 Apr | 22–24 Apr | — |

### Série A
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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