# 2014 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

The 2014 season is Cruzeiro's ninety-third season in existence and the club's forty-fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Fábio | GK | (1980-09-30) 30 September 1980 (age 44) | Vasco da Gama |
| 12 | Rafael | GK | (1989-06-23) 23 June 1989 (age 35) | Youth product |
| 24 | Alan | GK | (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 30) | Londrina |
| 32 | Elisson | GK | (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 37) | Youth product |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Ceará | RB | (1980-06-18) 18 June 1980 (age 44) | PSG |
| 3 | Léo | CB | (1988-01-30) 30 January 1988 (age 36) | Palmeiras |
| 4 | Bruno Rodrigo | CB | (1985-04-12) 12 April 1985 (age 39) | Santos |
| 6 | Egídio | LB | (1986-06-16) 16 June 1986 (age 38) | Flamengo |
| 20 | Breno Lopes | LB | (1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 34) | Paraná Clube |
| 21 | Samudio | LB | (1986-08-24) 24 August 1986 (age 38) | Club Libertad (on loan) |
| 22 | Mayke | RB | (1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 31) | Youth product |
| 26 | Dedé | CB | (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 36) | Vasco da Gama |
| 30 | Alex | CB | (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31) | Youth product |
| 33 | Manoel | CB | (1990-02-26) 26 February 1990 (age 34) | Atlético-PR |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | Tinga | CM / DM | (1978-01-13) 13 January 1978 (age 46) | Internacional |
| 8 | Henrique | DM / CM | (1985-05-16) 16 May 1985 (age 39) | Santos |
| 10 | Júlio Baptista | AM / CF / ST | (1981-10-01) 1 October 1981 (age 43) | Málaga CF |
| 15 | Willian Farias | DM | (1989-06-06) 6 June 1989 (age 35) | Coritiba |
| 16 | Lucas Silva | CM / LM | (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 31) | Youth product |
| 17 | Éverton Ribeiro | AM / LM | (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35) | Coritiba |
| 19 | Nílton | DM | (1987-04-21) 21 April 1987 (age 37) | Vasco da Gama |
| 23 | Marlone | AM / RW | (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32) | Vasco da Gama |
| 28 | Ricardo Goulart | AM / ST | (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33) | Goiás |
| 29 | Alisson | AM | (1993-06-25) 25 June 1993 (age 31) | Youth product |
| 31 | Eurico | DM | (1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 30) | Youth product |
| 34 | Marquinhos | AM / SS / W | (1989-10-19) 19 October 1989 (age 34) | Vitória |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Borges | ST | (1980-10-05) 5 October 1980 (age 44) | Santos |
| 11 | Dagoberto | CF / ST | (1983-03-22) 22 March 1983 (age 41) | Internacional |
| 18 | Marcelo Moreno | ST | (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37) | Grêmio (on loan) |
| 25 | Willian | CF / ST | (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37) | Metalist Kharkiv |
| 35 | Neílton | SS / W | (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 30) | Santos |
Source: Cruzeiro Official Web Site

### Under-20 players called up to professional squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| 13 | Hugo Ragelli | FW | (1995-05-02) 2 May 1995 (age 29) | Youth product |
| 14 | Judivan | FW | (1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 (age 29) | Youth product |
| | Rodrigo Dias | FW | (1994-01-26) 26 January 1994 (age 30) | Youth product |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| Number | Pos. | Nat | Name | Campeonato Mineiro | Campeonato Mineiro | Copa Libertadores | Copa Libertadores | Copa do Brasil | Copa do Brasil | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Brasileiro | Total | Total |
| Number | Pos. | Nat | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Fábio | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 57 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Ceará | 8 (1) | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 (3) | 0 | 31 (4) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Léo | 5 | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 1 | 22 | 2 | 30 (2) | 5 |
| 4 | DF | | Bruno Rodrigo | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | | Egídio | 6 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 38 (1) | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Tinga | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 | 7 (6) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Henrique | 7 (2) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 (1) | 0 | 39 (3) | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | Borges | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 (5) | 2 | 9 (10) | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Júlio Baptista | 7 (4) | 3 | 7 (1) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 (5) | 4 | 20 (10) | 11 |
| 11 | FW | | Dagoberto | 7 | 4 | 6 (3) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 (17) | 3 | 18 (20) | 9 |
| 12 | GK | | Rafael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Hugo Ragelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 (1) | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | Judivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Willian Farias | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 3 (5) | 0 | 6 (8) | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Lucas Silva | 8 (1) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 (1) | 1 | 37 (2) | 1 |
| 17 | MF | | Everton Ribeiro | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 43 | 6 |
| 18 | FW | | Marcelo Moreno | 4 (5) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 (2) | 3 | 23 (2) | 13 | 32 (9) | 20 |
| 19 | MF | | Nilton | 4 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 (8) | 2 | 21 (11) | 2 |
| 20 | DF | | Breno Lopes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Samudio | 5 (1) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 14 (4) | 2 |
| 22 | DF | | Mayke | 6 (3) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 21 (4) | 0 | 29 (9) | 1 |
| 23 | MF | | Marlone | 4 (5) | 1 | 0 (3) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 | 12 (15) | 1 |
| 24 | GK | | Alan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Willian | 9 (4) | 3 | 4 (5) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 (10) | 1 | 27 (19) | 6 |
| 26 | DF | | Dedé | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 42 | 5 |
| 28 | MF | | Ricardo Goulart | 10 | 1 | 8 (1) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 19 (1) | 11 | 37 (3) | 16 |
| 29 | MF | | Alisson | 0 (5) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 (7) | 3 | 10 (13) | 4 |
| 30 | DF | | Alex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Eurico | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 |
| 32 | GK | | Elisson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Manoel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 (1) | 1 | 13 (1) | 1 |
| 34 | MF | | Marquinhos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (2) | 2 | 12 (2) | 2 |
| 35 | FW | | Neílton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
| | MF | | Élber | 3 (4) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (7) | 0 |
| | FW | | Luan | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 |
| | FW | | Martinuccio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| | MF | | Rodrigo Souza | 5 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 |
| | MF | | Souza | 7 (1) | 1 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 | 11 (5) | 2 |
| | DF | | Wallace | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 Out 2014 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

### Starting XI

4–5–1 Formation

### Goal scorers

| No. | Pos. | Name | Campeonato Mineiro | Copa Libertadores | Copa do Brasil | Campeonato Brasileiro | Total |
| 18 | FW | Marcelo Moreno | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 28 | MF | Ricardo Goulart | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 10 | MF | Júlio Baptista | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | FW | Dagoberto | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 25 | FW | Willian | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | DF | Bruno Rodrigo | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | MF | Everton Ribeiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | Léo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | DF | Dedé | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | MF | Alisson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 34 | DF | Marquinhos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Henrique | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Borges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Nilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | Samudio | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | MF | Souza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Egídio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Lucas Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Mayke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Marlone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Manoel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 27 | 17 | 11 | 56 | 111 |
Last updated: 2 Nov 2014

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
| N | P | Name | Mineiro | Libertadores | Libertadores | Libertadores | Copa do Brasil | Brasileiro | Brasileiro | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Fábio | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 2 | DF | Ceará | 1 | 2 | | | | 2 | | 5 | | |
| 3 | DF | Léo | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | |
| 4 | DF | Bruno Rodrigo | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | DF | Egídio | 1 | 2 | | | | 2 | | 5 | | |
| 7 | MF | Tinga | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| 8 | MF | Henrique | 1 | 1 | | | | 8 | | 10 | | |
| 9 | FW | Borges | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | MF | Júlio Baptista | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 11 | FW | Dagoberto | 3 | 2 | | | 1 | 2 | | 8 | | |
| 12 | GK | Rafael | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | MF | Willian Farias | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | |
| 16 | MF | Lucas Silva | 1 | | | | | 6 | | 7 | | |
| 17 | MF | Everton Ribeiro | 3 | 1 | | | | 3 | | 7 | | |
| 18 | FW | Marcelo Moreno | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Nilton | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 5 | | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Breno Lopes | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | DF | Samudio | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | 5 | 1 | |
| 22 | DF | Mayke | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | |
| 23 | MF | Marlone | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 24 | GK | Alan | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | FW | Willian | 5 | | | | | 3 | | 8 | | |
| 26 | DF | Dedé | 3 | 2 | | | 1 | 6 | | 12 | | |
| 28 | FW | Ricardo Goulart | | | | | | 3 | | 3 | | |
| 29 | MF | Alisson | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | | 4 | | |
| 30 | DF | Alex | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | MF | Eurico | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | GK | Elisson | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | DF | Manoel | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 34 | MF | Marquinhos | | | | | | 3 | | 3 | | |
| 35 | FW | Neílton | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MF | Élber | | | | | | | | | | |
| | FW | Luan | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1 |
| | FW | Martinuccio | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MF | Rodrigo Souza | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| | MF | Souza | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| | DF | Wallace | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
Last updated: 2 Nov 2014 Source: Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Name | Nationality |
| Head coach | Marcelo Oliveira | Brazilian |
| Assistant coaches | Ageu Gonçalves de Siqueira | Brazilian |
| Assistant coaches | Tico | Brazilian |
| Goalkeeping coach | Robertinho | Brazilian |
| Fitness coaches | Quintiliano Lemos | Brazilian |
| Fitness coaches | Eduardo Freitas | Brazilian |
| Fitness coaches | Juvenilson de Souza | Brazilian |
| Physiologists | Eduardo Pimenta | Brazilian |
| Physiologists | Rodrigo Morandi | Brazilian |
| Physiotherapists | André Rocha | Brazilian |
| Physiotherapists | Charles Costa | Brazilian |
| Physiotherapists | Ronner Bolognani | Brazilian |
| Physiotherapists | João Salomão | Brazilian |
| Doctors | Sérgio Freire Júnior | Brazilian |
| Doctors | Walace Espada | Brazilian |
| Doctors | Leonardo Corradi | Brazilian |
| Masseurs | Barjão | Brazilian |
| Masseurs | Hélio Gomes | Brazilian |

## Transfers
### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| GK | Alan | Londrina | | |
| DF | Miguel Samudio | Club Libertad | On loan | 13 December 2013 |
| DF | Alex | Youth project | Promoted | 9 January 2014 |
| DF | Manoel | Atlético-PR | | 2 June 2014 |
| DF | Breno Lopes | Paraná Clube | | 21 September 2014 |
| MF | Marlone | Vasco da Gama | | 16 December 2013 |
| MF | Rodrigo Souza | Boa Esporte | | 20 December 2013 |
| MF | Eurico | Youth product | Promoted | 20 January 2014 |
| MF | Willian Farias | Coritiba | | 26 February 2014 |
| MF | Marquinhos | Vitória | | 5 June 2014 |
| FW | Marcelo Moreno | Grêmio | On loan | 9 January 2014 |
| FW | Neílton | Santos | | 5 June 2014 |

### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| DF | Paulão | Guangzhou Evergrande | Loan return | 16 December 2013 |
| DF | Mauricio Victorino | Palmeiras | On loan | 9 January 2014 |
| DF | Everton | Criciúma | On loan | 17 January 2014 |
| DF | Wallace | Braga | €9,5 million | 30 June 2014 |
| MF | Leandro Guerreiro | | End of contract | 16 December 2013 |
| MF | Rodrigo Souza | Criciúma | On loan | 14 April 2014 |
| MF | Élber | Coritiba | On loan | 4 Jun 2014 |
| MF | Souza | Santos | On loan | 5 Jun 2014 |
| FW | Lucca | Criciúma | On loan | 15 January 2014 |
| FW | Vinícius Araújo | Valencia CF | €3,5 million | 31 January 2014 |
| FW | Anselmo Ramon | Hangzhou Greentown | On loan | 7 February 2014 |
| FW | Martinuccio | Fluminense | Loan return | 30 May 2014 |
| FW | Luan | | Loan termination | 16 June 2014 |

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Série A | 20 April 2014 | 7 December 2014 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 063.16 |
| Copa do Brasil | 27 August 2014 | 26 November 2014 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Campeonato Mineiro | 26 January 2014 | 13 April 2014 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 073.33 |
| Copa Libertadores | 12 February 2014 | 14 May 2014 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 71 | 43 | 16 | 12 | 125 | 63 | +62 | 060.56 |
Source: Competitions

## Competitions
### Campeonato Mineiro
#### First stage

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Finals
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group 5

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | DEF | CRU | UCH | GAR |
| 1 | Defensor Sporting | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | 2–2 | | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Universidad de Chile | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 10 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Real Garcilaso | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |

#### Quarterfinals
### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |