# 2022 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2022 season was Santa Cruz's 109th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Série D and Copa do Nordeste.

## 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 |
| — | GK | BRA | Geaze |
| — | GK | BRA | Jaime |
| — | GK | BRA | Jefferson (on loan from Náutico) |
| — | GK | BRA | Kléver |
| — | DF | BRA | Alex Alves |
| — | DF | BRA | Eduardo Guedes |
| — | DF | BRA | Ítalo Melo |
| — | DF | BRA | Júnior Sergipano |
| — | DF | BRA | Lucão |
| — | DF | BRA | Dudu Mandai |
| — | DF | BRA | Edson Ratinho |
| — | DF | BRA | Italo Silva |
| — | DF | BRA | Marcos Martins |
| — | MF | BRA | Elyeser Maciel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Gilberto |
| — | MF | BRA | João Erick |
| — | MF | BRA | Matheus Lira |
| — | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Yuri |
| — | MF | BRA | Esquerdinha |
| — | MF | BRA | João Cardoso |
| — | MF | BRA | João Henrique |
| — | MF | BRA | Tarcísio |
| — | FW | BRA | Arian |
| — | FW | BRA | Mateus Anderson [it] |
| — | FW | BRA | Matheuzinho |
| — | FW | BRA | Rafael Furtado |
| — | FW | BRA | Walter |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 30 (1 Copa do Nordeste, 11 Pernambucano, 18 Série D) |
| Games won | 12 (0 Copa do Nordeste, 6 Pernambucano, 6 Série D) |
| Games drawn | 10 (1 Copa do Nordeste, 3 Pernambucano, 6 Série D) |
| Games lost | 8 (0 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 6 Série D) |
| Goals scored | 41 |
| Goals conceded | 34 |
| Goal difference | +7 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 4–1 (A) v Atlético de Alagoinhas – Série D – 2022.06.27 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–4 (H) v Retrô – Pernambucano – 2022.02.26 |
| Top scorer | Hugo Cabral and Rafael Furtado (7) |
Source: Santa Cruz official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Copa do Nordeste | Campeonato Pernambucano | Série D | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Hugo Cabral | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| = | FW | 9 | Rafael Furtado | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Matheuzinho | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Esquerdinha | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | 7 | Tarcísio | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 18 | Walter | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Pipico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 21 | Raphael Macena | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | Anderson Ceará | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FF | | João Cardoso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 17 | João Henrique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 4 | Rafael Alemão | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 20 | Rodrigo Yuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | Vitinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 3 | 22 | 16 | 41 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% | Ref |
| Leston Júnior | Brazil | 19 October 2021 | 8 May 2022 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 54% | |
| Marcelo Martelotte | Brazil | 15 May 2022 | 14 August 2022 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 47% | |

## Official competitions
### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| N/A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33% |

### Campeonato Pernambucano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 3rd | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 63% |

### Série D
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 16th | 24 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 44% |