# 2017 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

The 2017 season was the 96th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence. Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the club also competed in the Campeonato Mineiro, the Primeira Liga, the Copa do Brasil and the Copa Sudamericana.
This season is marked by Cruzeiro's 5th Copa do Brasil title, won on penalties over Flamengo on 27 September at Mineirão, which ended a 14-year drought of national cups by the club.

## 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 | 29 January | 7 May | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 060.00 |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 14 May | 3 December | Round 1 | 5th | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 039.47 |
| Primeira Liga | 1 February | 3 September | Group stage | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 060.00 |
| Copa do Brasil | 15 February | 27 September | First round | Winners | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 050.00 |
| Copa Sudamericana | 4 April | 10 May | First stage | First stage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 74 | 35 | 24 | 15 | 104 | 64 | +40 | 047.30 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Mineiro
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 27 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 27 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | América Mineiro | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 19 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | URT | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 19 | Knockout stage |
| 5 | Caldense | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 17 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Final
### Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Santos | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 63 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | Grêmio | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 62 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 57 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 6 | Flamengo | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 56 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 7 | Vasco da Gama | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 56 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Primeira Liga
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
| 2 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
| 3 | Chapecoense | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Joinville | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 | |

#### Knockout phase
### Copa do Brasil

The drawn for the first round was held on 15 December 2016.

#### Final
### Copa Sudamericana

The drawn for the first stage was held on 31 January 2017.