# 2018 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2018 season was Santa Cruz's 105th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Série C, Copa do Brasil 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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Tiago Machowski |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Ricardo Ernesto |
| — | GK | BRA | Matheus Cotrim |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vítor |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Eduardo Brito |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Sandoval |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Danny Morais |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Maílton |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Augusto Silva |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Genílson |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Allan Vieira |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Eduardo |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Charles Almeida |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Jailson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Héricles |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Arthur Rezende |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Geovani |
| — | MF | BRA | Valdeir |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Carlinhos Paraíba |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Willian Maranhão |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Jeremias |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Leandro Costa |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Robinho |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pipico |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Halef Pitbull |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Augusto |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Lima |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 40 (8 Copa do Nordeste, 11 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 20 Série C) |
| Games won | 13 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 8 Série C) |
| Games drawn | 17 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 7 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 7 Série C) |
| Games lost | 10 (2 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série C) |
| Goals scored | 44 |
| Goals conceded | 39 |
| Goal difference | +5 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 4–0 (H) v Confiança – Série C – 2018.07.28 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 1–4 (H) v ABC – Copa do Nordeste – 2018.05.22 |
| Top scorer | Robinho (8) |
Source: Santa Cruz official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Copa do Nordeste | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Brasil | Série C | Total |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Robinho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Pipico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Augusto | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| = | MF | 18 | Héricles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Arthur Rezende | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | FW | 7 | Fabinho Alves | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 10 | Jailson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| = | MF | 16 | Jeremias | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 12 | Carlinhos Paraíba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | MF | 5 | Charles Almeida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | DF | 2 | Vítor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Geovani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 5 | Jorginho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 8 | Luiz Otávio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 9 | Robert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 12 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 44 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Júnior Rocha | Brazil | 16 January 2018 | 15 April 2018 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 45% |
| Adriano Teixeira (c) | Brazil | 22 April 2018 | 19 May 2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 50% |
| Paulo César Gusmão | Brazil | 28 April 2018 | 22 May 2018 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| Roberto Fernandes | Brazil | 28 May 2018 | 26 August 2018 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 54% |
| João Barata (c) | Brazil | 11 June 2018 | 11 June 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% |
(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

## Official Competitions
### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 7th | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 50% |

### Campeonato Pernambucano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 6th | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 39% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 90th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0% |

### Série C
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 7th | 32 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 53% |