# 2009 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
## Squad

Final 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 | Fábio |
| - | GK | BRA | Andrey |
| - | GK | BRA | Rafael |
| - | DF | BRA | Jancarlos |
| - | DF | BRA | Jonathan |
| - | DF | BRA | Cláudio Caçapa |
| - | DF | BRA | Gil |
| - | DF | BRA | Gustavo |
| - | DF | BRA | Leonardo Silva |
| - | DF | BRA | Léo Fortunato |
| - | DF | BRA | Luizão |
| - | DF | BRA | Thiago Heleno |
| - | DF | BRA | Athirson |
| - | DF | BRA | Diego Renan |
| - | DF | BRA | Fernandinho |
| - | DF | BRA | Patric |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | MF | BRA | Elicarlos |
| - | MF | BRA | Fabinho |
| - | MF | BRA | Fabrício |
| - | MF | BRA | Henrique |
| - | MF | BRA | Marquinhos Paraná |
| - | MF | BRA | Bernardo |
| - | MF | BRA | Gilberto |
| - | MF | BRA | Leandro Lima |
| 19 | FW | ECU | Joffre Guerrón |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Kléber |
| - | FW | BRA | Rômulo |
| - | FW | BRA | Soares |
| - | FW | BRA | Thiago Ribeiro |
| - | FW | BRA | Wanderley |
| - | FW | BRA | Wellington Paulista |
Junior players with first team experience
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | DF | BRA | Luisão |
| - | DF | BRA | Neguete |
| - | DF | BRA | Vinícius |
| - | MF | BRA | Anderson Uchôa |
| - | MF | BRA | Mateus |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | MF | BRA | Zé Eduardo |
| - | MF | BRA | Dudu |
| - | FW | BRA | Eliandro |
| - | FW | ECU | Fidel Martínez |

## Transfers
### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Thiago Martinelli (on loan to Cerezo Osaka) |
| — | MF | BRA | Camilo (on loan to Grêmio Barueri) |
| — | FW | BRA | Jajá (on loan to Vitória) |

### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BRA | Soares (from Grêmio) |
| — | FW | BRA | Wellington Paulista (from Botafogo) |
| — | DF | BRA | Leonardo Silva (from Vitória) |
| — | DF | BRA | Jancarlos (from São Paulo) |
| — | FW | BRA | Kléber (from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| — | DF | BRA | Anderson (on loan from São Paulo) |
| — | DF | BRA | Gustavo (on loan from Desportivo Brasil) |
| — | MF | BRA | Zé Carlos (on loan from Corinthians Alagoano) |
| — | DF | BRA | Athirson (from Portuguesa) |
| — | DF | BRA | Radar (from Ituiutaba) |
| — | MF | BRA | Fabinho (from Toulouse) |
| — | DF | BRA | Gilberto (from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| — | MF | BRA | Leandro Lima (on loan from Porto) |
| — | MF | ECU | Joffre Guerrón (on loan from Getafe) |
| — | DF | BRA | Gil (from Atlético Goianiense) |
| — | DF | BRA | Cláudio Caçapa (from Newcastle United) |
| — | DF | BRA | Patric (on loan from Benfica) |

### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Jadílson (return to São Paulo) |
| — | DF | BRA | Carlinhos (return to Santos) |
| — | DF | ECU | Espinoza (to Barcelona Guayaquil) |
| — | FW | BRA | Weldon (to Sport Recife) |
| — | FW | BRA | Guilherme (to Dynamo Kyiv) |
| — | FW | BRA | Jael (to Goiás) |
| — | FW | BRA | Alessandro (end of contract) |
| — | MF | BRA | Ramires (to Benfica) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Anderson (return to Lyon) |
| 23 | DF | ARG | Juan Pablo Sorín (Retired) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Gérson Magrão (to Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Wagner (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Zé Carlos (to Portuguesa) |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Position | Nation | Playing position | Name | Campeonato Mineiro | Copa Libertadores | Campeonato Brasileiro | Friendly match | Total |
| 1 | | FW | Wellington Paulista | 6 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 2 | | FW | Kléber | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | | MF | Ramires | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | | FW | Thiago Ribeiro | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | | DF | Leonardo Silva | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | | MF | Gilberto | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| = | | DF | Jonathan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | | FW | Soares | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | | MF | Fabrício | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| = | | MF | Henrique | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | | FW | Bernardo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| = | | DF | Diego Renan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | DF | Fernandinho | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | | MF | Gérson Magrão | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | FW | Joffre Guerrón | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| = | | MF | Marquinhos Paraná | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | FW | Wanderley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | | FW | Eliandro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | MF | Wagner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | FW | Zé Carlos | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | FW | Alessandro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Elicarlos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Fabinho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Jancarlos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | MF | Leandro Lima | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | DF | Léo Fortunato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Total | 51 | 22 | 58 | 10 | 141 |

### Overall

| Games played | 72 (17 Campeonato Mineiro, 14 Copa Libertadores, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Friendly match ) |
| Games won | 42 (12 Campeonato Mineiro, 9 Copa Libertadores, 18 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 16 (5 Campeonato Mineiro, 3 Copa Libertadores, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 14 (0 Campeonato Mineiro, 2 Copa Libertadores, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 141 |
| Goals conceded | 82 |
| Goal difference | +59 |
| Best result | 7-0 (H) v Democrata – Campeonato Mineiro – 2009.3.25 |
| Worst result | 0-4 (A) v Estudiantes – Copa Libertadores – 2009.4.8 |
| Top scorer | Wellington Paulista (26 goals) |
Last updated: 29 November Source: Cruzeiro EC

## Pre-season
### Copa Bimbo
#### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Nacional | 2 |
| Peñarol | 1 | | |
| Peñarol | 1 | Nacional | 1 |
| | | Cruzeiro | 4 |
| Atlético Mineiro | 2 | Cruzeiro | 4 |
| Cruzeiro | 4 | | |
| Cruzeiro | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Peñarol | 1 |
| | | Atlético Mineiro | 4 |

#### Final
### Juan Pablo Sorín farewell match
## Campeonato Mineiro
### League table

Final Standing :
| Team | Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Atlético | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Cruzeiro | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Ituiutaba | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | Rio Branco | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 5 | América | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | Democrata | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 |
| 7 | Tupi | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 |
| 8 | Uberaba | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 |
| 9 | Uberlândia | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -3 |
| 10 | Villa Nova | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -8 |
| 11 | Social | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -12 |
| 12 | Guarani | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -15 |
| Pts – points earned; G – games played; W – wins; D – draws; L – losses; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential ||||||||||
* Teams qualified to the quarterfinals
* Teams relegated to Módulo II 2010

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1st | Atlético | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8th | Uberaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8th | Uberaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st | Atlético | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4th | Rio Branco | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 4th | Rio Branco | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4th | Rio Branco | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 5th | América | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5th | América | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 1st | Atlético | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | Cruzeiro | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3rd | Ituiutaba | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | Cruzeiro | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6th | Democrata | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6th | Democrata | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3rd | Ituiutaba | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2nd | Cruzeiro | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2nd | Cruzeiro | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2nd | Cruzeiro | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7th | Tupi | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Finals
## Copa Libertadores
### Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Cruzeiro | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 |
| Estudiantes | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 |
| Deportivo Quito | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 8 |
| Universitario de Sucre | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 |

### Knockout stage

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Grêmio | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | U. San Martín | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | U. San Martín | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Grêmio (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Caracas | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Caracas | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | Caracas | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | D. Cuenca | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | D. Cuenca | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Grêmio | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | |
| 12 | U. de Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | U. de Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | Cruzeiro | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | São Paulo | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | São Paulo | − | − | − | 4 | São Paulo | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Guadalajara | − | − | − | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Guadalajara | − | − | − | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Cruzeiro | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Estudiantes | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Estudiantes | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Defensor S. | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Defensor S. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | Defensor S. | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | Estudiantes | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Libertad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Estudiantes | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Estudiantes | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Estudiantes | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 10 | Estudiantes | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Nacional | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Nacional | − | − | − | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Nacional | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 14 | San Luis | − | − | − | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | San Luis | − | − | − | 3 | Nacional (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 11 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 0 | 1 | 1 (1) | 11 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Finals
## Campeonato Brasileiro
### League table

Final Standing :
| Team | Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Flamengo | 67 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 44 | +14 |
| 2 | Internacional | 65 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 44 | +21 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 65 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 |
| 4 | Cruzeiro | 62 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 53 | +5 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 62 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 45 | +13 |
| 6 | Avaí | 57 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 61 | 52 | +9 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 56 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 55 | 56 | -1 |
| 8 | Grêmio | 55 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 67 | 46 | +21 |
| 9 | Goiás | 55 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 65 | -1 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 52 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 54 | -4 |
| 11 | Grêmio Barueri | 49 | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 59 | 52 | +7 |
| 12 | Santos | 49 | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 58 | 58 | 0 |
| 13 | Vitória | 48 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 57 | -6 |
| 14 | Atlético Paranaense | 48 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 49 | -7 |
| 15 | Botafogo | 47 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 52 | 58 | -6 |
| 16 | Fluminense | 46 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 56 | -7 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 45 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 60 | -12 |
| 18 | Santo André | 41 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 61 | -15 |
| 19 | Náutico | 38 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 48 | 71 | -23 |
| 20 | Sport | 31 | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 48 | 71 | -23 |
| Pts – points earned; G – games played; W – wins; D – draws; L – losses; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential ||||||||||
* Team qualifies for Copa Libertadores 2010
* Teams qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2010
* Team qualifies for the preliminary round of Copa Libertadores 2010
* Teams qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2010
* Teams relegated to Série B 2010

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2009-12-07. Source: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2009
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;

### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |