# 2012 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2012 season was Santa Cruz's 99th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Copa do Brasil and Série C.

## 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 | Tiago Cardoso |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Diogo |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Leandro Souza |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Wiliam Alves |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Anderson Pedra |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Renatinho |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Memo (captain) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Weslley |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Dênis Marques |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Luciano Henrique |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Flávio Caça-Rato |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Diego Lima |
| 13 | DF | BRA | César Lucena |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Leandro Oliveira |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Ramalho |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Natan |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Victor Hugo |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Geílson |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Paulista |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Branquinho |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Maizena |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Sandro Manoel |
| 24 | GK | BRA | Cley Raguzoni |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Chicão |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Everton Sena |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Jefferson Maranhão |
| 30 | GK | BRA | Fred |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Jefferson Bruno |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Marlon |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Vágner |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Diego Bispo |
| 38 | DF | BRA | Tiago Costa |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Edson Borges |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Leozinho |
| 89 | MF | BRA | Thiago Henrique |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Jhonata |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Fabrício Ceará |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 46 (26 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 18 Série C) |
| Games won | 22 (16 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série C) |
| Games drawn | 10 (3 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 7 Série C) |
| Games lost | 14 (7 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 6 Série C) |
| Goals scored | 81 |
| Goals conceded | 53 |
| Goal difference | +28 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 6–0 (H) v Petrolina – Pernambucano – 2012.02.25 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 1–3 (H) v Sport – Pernambucano – 2012.02.16 1–3 (A) v Icasa – Série C – 2012.10.06 |
| Top scorer | Dênis Marques (26) |
Source: Santa Cruz official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Brasil | Série C | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Dênis Marques | 14 | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Luciano Henrique | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Flávio Caça-Rato | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Weslley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 99 | Fabrício Ceará | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| = | FW | 19 | Geílson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | | Léo Bartholo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 6 | Renatinho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | DF | | William Alves | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 21 | Branquinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | | Carlinhos Bala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | | Dutra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 88 | Leozinho | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | MF | 7 | Memo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | André Oliveira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 25 | Chicão | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 44 | Edson Borges | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | | Eduardo Arroz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 27 | Everton Sena | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 14 | Leandro Oliveira | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 17 | Natan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | Total | 51 | 4 | 26 | 81 |

## Competitions
### Campeonato Pernambucano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 1st | 51 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 27 | 65% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 33rd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 50% |

### Série C
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 14th | 22 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 40% |