2016 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

Cruzeiro
	2016 season
Chairman	Gilvan Tavares
Manager	Deivid
Stadium	Mineirão
Campeonato Brasileiro	-
Campeonato Mineiro	In progress
Primeira Liga	In progress
Copa do Brasil	-
Top goalscorer	League:; All: Rafael Silva e Giorgian De Arrascaeta (3)
Highest home attendance	21,118 vs Fluminense (February 17)
Lowest home attendance	9,102 vs Tupi (February 14)
← 2015	2017 →

The 2016 season is Cruzeiro's ninety-fifth season in existence and the club's forty-sixth 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 43)	Vasco da Gama
12	Rafael	GK	(1989-06-23) 23 June 1989 (age 34)	Youth product
37	Lucas França	GK	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 28)	Youth product
39	Lucão	GK	(1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 26)	Youth product
Defenders
2	Fabiano	RB / CB	(1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 32)	Chapecoense
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	Fabrício	LB / LM	(1987-01-11) 11 January 1987 (age 37)	Internacional
22	Mayke	RB	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 31)	Youth product
26	Dedé	CB	(1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 35)	Vasco da Gama
27	Manoel	CB	(1990-02-26) 26 February 1990 (age 34)	Atlético-PR
34	Fabrício Bruno	CB	(1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 28)	Youth product
36	Bruno Viana	CB	(1995-02-05) 5 February 1995 (age 29)	Youth product
Midfielders
5	Ariel Cabral	CM / LW	(1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 (age 36)	Vélez Sarsfield
7	Juan Sánchez Miño	LB / CM / LM	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 34)	Estudiantes
8	Henrique	DM / CM	(1985-05-16) 16 May 1985 (age 38)	Santos
10	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	AM / W	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 29)	Defensor
11	Alisson	AM / W	(1993-06-25) 25 June 1993 (age 30)	Youth product
15	Marciel	DM / CM	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 29)	Corinthians
17	Uillian Correia	CM	(1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 34)	Ceará
20	Marcos Vinícius	AM / W	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 29)	Náutico
23	Élber	AM / W	(1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 31)	Sport
25	Bruno Nazário	AM	(1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 (age 29)	Lechia Gdańsk
29	Lucas Romero	DM	(1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 29)	Vélez Sarsfield
32	Matías Pisano	AM	(1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 32)	Independiente
33	Bruno Ramires	DM / CM	(1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 30)	Youth project
38	Alex	AM / W	(1996-11-07) 7 November 1996 (age 27)	Botafogo-SP
40	Federico Gino	DM	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 31)	Defensor
Forwards
9	Willian	SS / W / CF	(1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37)	Metalist Kharkiv
14	Douglas Coutinho	CF	(1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 30)	Atlético-PR
16	Judivan	CF / W	(1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 (age 28)	Youth project
21	Vinícius Araújo	CF	(1993-02-22) 22 February 1993 (age 31)	Standard Liège
30	Rafael Silva	CF	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 33)	Vasco da Gama
35	Allano	LB / SS / W	(1995-04-24) 24 April 1995 (age 28)	Botafogo

Source: Cruzeiro Official Web Site

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Number	Pos.	Nat	Name	Campeonato Mineiro		Primeira Liga		Campeonato Brasileiro		Copa do Brasil		Total
Number	Pos.	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Fábio	5	-2	2	-5	0	0	0	0	7	-7
2	DF		Fabiano	2 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	0
3	DF		Léo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Bruno Rodrigo	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5	MF		Ariel	3 (2)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5 (2)	0
6	DF		Fabrício	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
7	MF		Sanchez Miño	4 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0
8	MF		Henrique	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
9	FW		Willian	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10	MF		De Arrascaeta	3 (1)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	3
11	MF		Alisson	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	7	2
12	GK		Rafael	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Douglas Coutinho	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
15	MF		Marciel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Judivan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Uillian Correia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Marcos Vinícius	2 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0
21	FW		Vinícius Araújo	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
22	DF		Mayke	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23	MF		Élber	0 (4)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (5)	1
25	MF		Bruno Nazário	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Dedé	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
27	DF		Manoel	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
29	MF		Romero	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	FW		Rafael Silva	2 (2)	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	3
32	MF		Pisano	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
33	MF		Bruno Ramires	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Fabrício Bruno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW		Allano	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
36	DF		Bruno Viana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	GK		Lucas França	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Alex	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	GK		Lucão	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF		Gino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Gabriel Xavier	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0

Last updated: 2 Mar 2016

Starting XI

No.	Pos	Name	MS
1	GK	Fábio	7
2	DF	Mayke	4
26	DF	Dedé	5
27	DF	Manoel	5
6	DF	Fabrício	7
8	MF	Henrique	7
5	MF	Ariel	5
7	MF	Sánchez Miño	5
11	MF	Alisson	7
10	MF	De Arrascaeta	5
9	FW	Willian	4

Last updated: 2 Mar 2016
Source: Squad statistics and Start formations
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

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Alisson

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Goal scorers

No.	Pos.	Name	Campeonato Mineiro	Primeira Liga	Total
10	MF	De Arrascaeta	2	1	3
30	FW	Rafael Silva	1	2	3
11	MF	Alisson	1	1	2
23	MF	Élber	1	0	1
Own goals			0	0	0
TOTAL			5	4	9

Last updated: 2 Mar 2016

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

N	P	Nat.	Name						Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Mineiro	Primeira Liga	Copa do Brasil	Brasileiro	Total	Notes
4	DF		Bruno Rodrigo	1	1			2
5	MF		Ariel	2				2
6	DF		Fabrício	1	1			2
7	MF		Sánchez Miño	1				1
8	MF		Henrique	2				2
10	MF		De Arrascaeta		1			1
11	MF		Alisson		1			1
20	MF		Marcos Vinícius	1				1
29	MF		Romero	1				1

Last updated: 2 Mar 2016
Source:^{[citation needed]}
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	Deivid	Brazilian
Assistant Coaches	Pedrinho	Brazilian
Assistant Coaches	Geraldo Delamore	Brazilian
Goalkeeping Coach	Robertinho	Brazilian
Fitness coaches	Alexandre Lopes	Brazilian
	Quintiliano Lemos	Brazilian
	Eduardo Freitas	Brazilian
Physiologists	Eduardo Pimenta	Brazilian
Physiologists	Rodrigo Morandi	Brazilian
Physiotherapists	André Rocha	Brazilian
	Charles Costa	Brazilian
	Ronner Bolognani	Brazilian
Doctors	Sérgio Freire Júnior	Brazilian
	Walace Espada	Brazilian
	Leonardo Corradi	Brazilian
Masseurs	Alisson Lima da Silva	Brazilian
	Geraldo Doka	Brazilian

Transfers

In

Position	Player	Last club	Transaction	Date	Source
GK	Lucão	Youth team	Promoted		^[1]
DF	Fabrício Bruno	Youth team	Promoted		^[2]
MF	Alex	Youth team	Promoted		^[3]
MF	Bruno Nazário	Lechia Gdańsk	Loan (18 months)	4 January 2016	^[4]
MF	Élber	Sport	Loan return		^[5]
MF	Gino	Defensor	Loan (18 months)	29 January 2016	^[6]
MF	Marciel	Corinthians	Loan (1 year)	19 January 2016	^[7]
MF	Sánchez Miño	Estudiantes	Loan (1 year)	5 January 2016	^[8]
MF	Pisano	Independiente	3-year contract	8 January 2016	^[9]
MF	Romero	Vélez Sarsfield	5-year contract	2 February 2016	^[10]
FW	Douglas Coutinho	Atlético-PR	Loan (1 year)	4 January 2016	^[11]
FW	Rafael Silva	Vasco da Gama	2-year contract	4 January 2016	^[12]

Out

Position	Player	Next club	Transaction	Date	Source
GK	Alan	Londrina	Loan (1 year)	11 February 2016	^[13]
GK	Elisson	Coritiba	Loan (1 year)	25 December 2015	^[14]
DF	Alex Flávio	Mirassol	Loan (May 2016)	13 February 2016	^[15]
DF	Ceará	Coritiba	Contract termination	1 December 2015	^[16]
DF	Douglas Grolli	Ponte Preta	Loan (1 year)	14 February 2016	^[17]
DF	Mena	São Paulo	Loan (1 year)	6 January 2016	^[18]
DF	Pará	Atlético-PR	Loan (1 year)	2 January 2016	^[19]
DF	Paulo André	Atlético-PR	Loan (1 year)	6 January 2016	^[20]
MF	Eurico	Ponte Preta	Loan (1 year)	4 December 2015	^[21]
MF	Charles		Contract termination	1 December 2015	^[16]
MF	Gabriel Xavier	Sport	Loan (1 year)	15 February 2016	^[22]
MF	Júlio Baptista		Contract termination	1 December 2015	^[16]
MF	Luiz Fernando	Mirassol	Loan (May 2016)	6 January 2016
MF	Marquinhos	Internacional	Traded for Fabrício	4 January 2016	^[23]
MF	Willian Farias	Vitória	Loan (1 year)	12 January 2016	^[24]
MF	Willians	Corinthians	Loan (1 year)	19 January 2016	^[7]
FW	Joel	Santos	Loan (1 year)	11 January 2016	^[25]
FW	Leandro Damião	Real Betis	Contract termination	1 December 2015	^[16]
FW	Marinho	Vitória	Loan (1 year)	25 January 2016	^[26]

Friendlies

20 January	Cruzeiro	2 - 0	Rio Branco	Cariacica
20:00 UTC−02:00	Marcos Vinícius 5' Ariel 34' Rafael Silva 79'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Kléber Andrade Referee: Felipe Varejão

Competitions

Campeonato Mineiro

Pos	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Cruzeiro	5	3	2	0	5	2	3	11

First stage

31 January 1	Cruzeiro	0 - 0	URT	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC−02:00	Fabrício 9'	Report	Fábio Santos 9' Jonathan Balotelli 27'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 15,397 Referee: Gabriel Murta Maciel

3 February 2	Tombense	1 - 2	Cruzeiro	Tombos
19:30 UTC−02:00	Paulo Otávio 19' Matheus 50'	Report	Bruno Rodrigo 22' Ariel 43' Alisson 51' Marcos Vinícius 63' Rafael Silva 87'	Stadium: Almeidão Attendance: 3,563 Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira

14 February 3	Cruzeiro	1 - 0	Tupi	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC−02:00	Ariel 49' Henrique 72' Élber 74'	Report	Fabrício Soares 51'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 9,102 Referee: Wanderson Alves de Souza

20 February 4	Atlético Tricordiano	0 - 1	Cruzeiro	Sete Lagoas
19:30 UTC−02:00	Leandro Love 25' Diego Capela 38' João Paulo 66'	Report	Sánchez Miño 32' De Arrascaeta 57' Henrique 74'	Stadium: Arena do Jacaré Referee: Marco Aurélio Augusto Fazekas Ferreira

28 February 5	Cruzeiro	1 - 1	América	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC−03:00	De Arrascaeta 43' Romero 89'	Report	Danilo Barcelos 32' Alison 41' Bryan 90+1'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 19,622 Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira

6 March 6	Caldense	0 - 1	Cruzeiro	Poços de Caldas
18:30 UTC−03:00				Stadium: Ronaldão

13 March 7	Cruzeiro	3 - 0	Uberlândia	Belo Horizonte
18:30 UTC−03:00				Stadium: Mineirão

20 March 8	Cruzeiro	3 - 2	Villa Nova	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−03:00				Stadium: Mineirão

27 March 9	Atlético	0 - 1	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
16:0 UTC−03:00				Stadium: Independência

3 April 10	Cruzeiro	2 - 0	Guarani	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−03:00				Stadium: Mineirão

10 April 11	Boa Esporte	2 - 3	Cruzeiro	Varginha
16:00 UTC−03:00				Stadium: Melão

Knockout stage

	América	2 - 0	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Independência

	Cruzeiro	0 - 0	América	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

Primeira Liga

Group C

Pos	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético-PR	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
2	Fluminense	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Criciúma	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
4	Cruzeiro	2	0	1	1	4	5	-1	1

27 January 1	Criciúma	1 - 1	Cruzeiro	Criciúma
19:30 UTC-02:00	Diego Giaretta 24'	Report	Alisson 14' 50' Bruno Rodrigo 63' De Arrascaeta 67'	Stadium: Heriberto Hülse Attendance: 7,040 Referee: File:Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg Charles Martins Lemos

17 February 2	Cruzeiro	3 - 4	Fluminense	Belo Horizonte
19:30 UTC-02:00	Rafael Silva 4', 43' Fabrício 60' De Arrascaeta 65'	Report	Diego Souza 28' (pen.), 34', 70' (pen.) Gustavo Scarpa 37' Marcos Júnior 51' Giovanni 54' Diego Cavalieri 80' Pierre 81'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 21,118 Referee: File:Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg Francisco Paula Silva Neto

10 March 3	Cruzeiro	2 - 1	Atlético-PR	Belo Horizonte
21:45 UTC-02:00				Stadium: Mineirão

Copa do Brasil

First round

	Campinense	0 - 0	Cruzeiro

	Cruzeiro	3 - 2	Campinense

Second round

	Londrina	0 - 2	Cruzeiro

Campeonato Brasileiro

Matches

14 May 1	Coritiba	1 – 0	Cruzeiro

22 May 2	Cruzeiro	2 – 2	Figueirense	Belo Horizonte

References

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External links

Official website

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