# 2023 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2023 season was Santa Cruz's 110th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Série D, Copa do Nordeste and Copa do Brasil.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Michael Fracaro |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Matheus Inácio |
| — | GK | BRA | Geaze |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Alemão |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Yan Oliveira |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Ítalo Melo |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Yanno |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Eduardo Ferraz |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Paim |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Eduardo Guedes |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Daniel Pereira |
| — | MF | BRA | Pingo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Anderson Paulista |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Anderson Ceará |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Ítalo Henrique |
| — | MF | BRA | Fabrício Bigode |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Chiquinho |
| — | MF | BRA | Felipe Gedoz |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Maranhão |
| — | FW | BRA | Emerson Galego |
| — | FW | BRA | Hugo Cabral |
| — | FW | BRA | Pipico |
| — | FW | BRA | Michel Douglas |
| — | FW | BRA | Dagson |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 39 (10 Copa do Nordeste, 13 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 14 Série D) |
| Games won | 13 (4 Copa do Nordeste, 4 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série D) |
| Games drawn | 16 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 7 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série D) |
| Games lost | 10 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 4 Série D) |
| Goals scored | 46 |
| Goals conceded | 42 |
| Goal difference | +4 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 3–0 (H) v Globo – Série D – 2023.06.14 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–4 (H) v Fortaleza – Copa do Nordeste – 2023.03.22 |
| Top scorer | Pipico (11) |
Source: Santa Cruz official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Copa do Nordeste | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Brasil | Série D | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Pipico | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 18 | Emerson Galego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | | Felipe Gedoz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | FW | 7 | Lucas Silva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | DF | 14 | Yan Oliveira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 23 | Dayvid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 3 | Ítalo Melo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | MF | 22 | Maranhão | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | FW | | Michel Douglas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Alemão | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | Anderson Ceará | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 15 | Anderson Paulista | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | Arthur Santos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 10 | Chiquinho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | Dagson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 8 | Fabrício Bigode | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 4 | Guedes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | | Hugo Cabral | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 13 | Jadson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | | Lucas Vinicius | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 6 | Marcus Vinícius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 21 | Miullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 14 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 46 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Ranielle Ribeiro | Brazil | 5 January 2023 | 22 March 2023 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 44% |
| Felipe Conceição | Brazil | 25 March 2023 | 10 July 2023 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 54% |
| Evaristo Piza | Brazil | 16 July 2023 | 23 July 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16% |

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

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 9th | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 50% |

### Campeonato Pernambucano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 6th | 19 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 48% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 50th | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16% |

### Série D
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 35th | 20 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 47% |