# 2020 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

The 2020 season was Santa Cruz's 107th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Copa do Brasil, 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 | Luiz Fernando |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Toty |
| 3 | DF | BRA | William Alves |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Danny Morais |
| 5 | MF | BRA | André |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Perí |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Lourenço |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Paulinho |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pipico |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Chiquinho |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Victor Rangel |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Maycon Cleiton |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Feliphe Gabriel |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Elivelton |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Tinga |
| 16 | FW | PAR | Derlis Alegre |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Negueba |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Jáderson |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Didira |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Felipe Simplício |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Mayco Félix |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Bileu |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Jordan |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Denilson |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Patrick Nonato |
| 28 | DF | BRA | Leonan |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Célio Santos |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Felipe Almeida |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Jeremias |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Augusto Potiguar |
| 35 | MF | BRA | João Cardoso |
| 38 | FW | BRA | Kleiton |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Caio Mancha |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Júnior |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 47 (12 Pernambucano, 9 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Copa do Brasil, 24 Série C) |
| Games won | 25 (8 Pernambucano, 4 Copa do Nordeste, 0 Copa do Brasil, 13 Série C) |
| Games drawn | 14 (4 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Copa do Brasil, 6 Série C) |
| Games lost | 8 (0 Pernambucano, 3 Copa do Nordeste, 0 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série C) |
| Goals scored | 66 |
| Goals conceded | 35 |
| Goal difference | +31 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 6–1 (A) v Imperatriz – Série C – 2020.10.31 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–3 (A) v Fortaleza – Copa do Nordeste – 2020.02.08 |
| Top scorer | Pipico (12) |
Source: Santa Cruz official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Pernambucano | Copa do Nordeste | Copa do Brasil | Série C | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Pipico | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Chiquinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Didira | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | 2 | Toty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 31 | Jeremias | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| = | FW | 11 | Victor Rangel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Danny Morais | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 7 | Lourenço | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| = | FW | 21 | Mayco Felix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| = | DF | 3 | William Alves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 39 | Caio Mancha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | FW | 27 | Patrick Nonato | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 8 | Paulinho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 29 | Célio Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 26 | Denilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 14 | Elivélton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | | Fabiano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 18 | Jáderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | Total | 17 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 66 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Itamar Schulle | Brazil | 18 January 2020 | 5 September 2020 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 65% |
| Lucas Isotton (c) | Brazil | 22 July 2020 | 22 July 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| Marcelo Martelotte | Brazil | 13 September 2020 | 17 January 2021 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 59% |
| Thiago Duarte (c) | Brazil | 31 October 2020 | 31 October 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

## Official competitions
### Campeonato Pernambucano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 2nd | 28 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 77% |

### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 5th | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 52% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

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

### Série C
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Avg% |
| 5th | 45 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 62% |