2016 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

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.

Cruzeiro

2016 season
Chairman	Gilvan Tavares
Manager	Deivid (until 24 April 2016) Paulo Bento (until 25 July 2016) Mano Menezes
Stadium	Mineirão
Campeonato Brasileiro	12th
Campeonato Mineiro	Eliminated, Semifinals
Primeira Liga	Eliminated, Group Stage
Copa do Brasil	Eliminated, Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Giorgian De Arrascaeta (8) All: Giorgian De Arrascaeta (13)
Highest home attendance	21,118 vs Fluminense (February 17)
Lowest home attendance	9,102 vs Tupi (February 14)

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Fábio		GK	(1980-09-30) 30 September 1980	Vasco da Gama
12	Rafael		GK	(1989-06-23) 23 June 1989	Youth product
37	Lucas França		GK	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996	Youth product
39	Lucão		GK	(1998-01-29) 29 January 1998	Youth product
Defenders
2	Fabiano		RB / CB	(1991-11-18) 18 November 1991	Chapecoense
3	Léo		CB	(1988-01-30) 30 January 1988	Palmeiras
4	Bruno Rodrigo		CB	(1985-04-12) 12 April 1985	Santos
6	Fabrício		LB / LM	(1987-01-11) 11 January 1987	Internacional
22	Mayke		RB	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992	Youth product
26	Dedé		CB	(1988-07-01) 1 July 1988	Vasco da Gama
27	Manoel		CB	(1990-02-26) 26 February 1990	Atlético-PR
34	Fabrício Bruno		CB	(1996-02-12) 12 February 1996	Youth product
36	Bruno Viana		CB	(1995-02-05) 5 February 1995	Youth product
Midfielders
5	Ariel Cabral		CM / LW	(1987-09-11) 11 September 1987	Vélez Sarsfield
7	Juan Sánchez Miño		LB / CM / LM	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990	Estudiantes
8	Henrique		DM / CM	(1985-05-16) 16 May 1985	Santos
10	Giorgian De Arrascaeta		AM / W	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994	Defensor
11	Alisson		AM / W	(1993-06-25) 25 June 1993	Youth product
15	Marciel		DM / CM	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995	Corinthians
17	Uillian Correia		CM	(1989-09-27) 27 September 1989	Ceará
20	Marcos Vinícius		AM / W	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994	Náutico
23	Élber		AM / W	(1992-05-27) 27 May 1992	Sport
25	Bruno Nazário		AM	(1995-02-09) 9 February 1995	Lechia Gdańsk
29	Lucas Romero		DM	(1994-04-18) 18 April 1994	Vélez Sarsfield
32	Matías Pisano		AM	(1991-12-13) 13 December 1991	Independiente
33	Bruno Ramires		DM / CM	(1994-03-18) 18 March 1994	Youth project
38	Alex		AM / W	(1996-11-07) 7 November 1996	Botafogo-SP
40	Federico Gino		DM	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993	Defensor
Forwards
9	Willian		SS / W / CF	(1986-11-19) 19 November 1986	Metalist Kharkiv
14	Douglas Coutinho		CF	(1994-02-28) 28 February 1994	Atlético-PR
16	Judivan		CF / W	(1995-05-21) 21 May 1995	Youth project
21	Vinícius Araújo		CF	(1993-02-22) 22 February 1993	Standard Liège
30	Rafael Silva		CF	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990	Vasco da Gama
35	Allano		LB / SS / W	(1995-04-24) 24 April 1995	Botafogo

Source: Cruzeiro Official Web Site

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Number	Pos.	Nat	Name	Campeonato Mineiro		Primeira Liga		Campeonato Brasileiro		Copa do Brasil		Total
				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 March 2016

Starting XI

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 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).

Fábio Mayke Dedé Manoel Fabrício Henrique Ariel S. Miño Alisson De Arrascaeta Willian

Goal scorers

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

Last updated: 2 Mar 2016

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

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:
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
	Geraldo Delamore	Brazilian
Goalkeeping Coach	Robertinho	Brazilian
Fitness coaches	Alexandre Lopes	Brazilian
	Quintiliano Lemos	Brazilian
	Eduardo Freitas	Brazilian
Physiologists	Eduardo Pimenta	Brazilian
	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

Cruzeiro v Rio Branco

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

Campeonato Mineiro

Main article: 2016 Campeonato Mineiro

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruzeiro	11	9	2	0	18	6	+12	29	Knockout stage
2	Atlético Mineiro	11	6	2	3	25	11	+14	20
3	URT	11	5	4	2	10	8	+2	19
4	América Mineiro	11	5	3	3	14	11	+3	18
5	Caldense	11	4	2	5	12	12	0	14

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2016. Source: FMF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.

Cruzeiro v URT

31 January 2016 1	Cruzeiro	0–0	URT	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 15,397 Referee: Gabriel Murta Maciel

Tombense v Cruzeiro

3 February 2016 2	Tombense	1–2	Cruzeiro	Tombos
19:30 UTC−3	Paulo Otávio  19'	Report	Alisson  51' Rafael Silva  87'	Stadium: Almeidão Attendance: 3,563 Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira

Cruzeiro v Tupi

14 February 2016 3	Cruzeiro	1–0	Tupi	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC−3	Élber  73'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 9,102 Referee: Wanderson Alves de Souza

Tricordiano v Cruzeiro

20 February 2016 4	Tricordiano	0–1	Cruzeiro	Sete Lagoas
19:30 UTC−3		Report	De Arrascaeta  57'	Stadium: Arena do Jacaré Attendance: 3,464 Referee: Marco Aurélio Ferreira

Cruzeiro v América Mineiro

28 February 2016 5	Cruzeiro	1–1	América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC−3	De Arrascaeta  44'	Report	Bryan  90+1'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 19,622 Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira

Caldense v Cruzeiro

6 March 2016 6	Caldense	0–1	Cruzeiro	Poços de Caldas
16:30 UTC−3		Report	Alisson  12'	Stadium: Ronaldão Attendance: 2,626 Referee: Cleisson Veloso Pereira

Cruzeiro v Uberlândia

15 March 2016 7	Cruzeiro	3–0	Uberlândia	Belo Horizonte
20:30 UTC−3	Bruno Rodrigo  34' Lucas Romero  57' Ariel Cabral  78'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 7,688 Referee: Igor Júnio Benevenuto

Cruzeiro v Villa Nova

20 March 2016 8	Cruzeiro	3–2	Villa Nova	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3	Gabriel Santos  68' (o.g.) Rafael Silva  75' Bruno Rodrigo  90'	Report	Fábio Júnior  46' Mancini  73'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 11,477 Referee: Wanderson Alves de Souza

Atlético Mineiro v Cruzeiro

27 March 2016 9	Atlético Mineiro	0–1	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
11:00 UTC−3		Report	Rafael Silva  73'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 15,842 Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira

Cruzeiro v Guarani

3 April 2016 10	Cruzeiro	2–0	Guarani	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3	Alisson  18' Sánchez Miño  34'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 9,285 Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima

Boa Esporte v Cruzeiro

10 April 2016 11	Boa Esporte	2–3	Cruzeiro	Varginha
16:00 UTC−3	Leonardo  31' Rodrigo Mucuri  89'	Report	Douglas Coutinho  18', 26' Allano  79'	Stadium: Melão Attendance: 4,802 Referee: Ronei Cândido Alves

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

América Mineiro v Cruzeiro

16 April 2016 First leg	América Mineiro	2–0	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
16:20 UTC−3	Adalberto  42' Victor Rangel  75'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Independência Attendance: 3,818 Referee: Igor Júnio Benevenuto

Cruzeiro v América Mineiro

24 April 2016 Second leg	Cruzeiro	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 35,214 Referee: Igor Júnio Benevenuto

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2016 Primeira Liga

Group C

Pos	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Criciúma v Cruzeiro

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: Charles Martins Lemos

Cruzeiro v Fluminense

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: Francisco Paula Silva Neto

Cruzeiro v Atlético-PR

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

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2016 Copa do Brasil

First round

Campinense v Cruzeiro

Campinense

0 – 0

Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro v Campinense

Cruzeiro

3 – 2

Campinense

Second round

Londrina v Cruzeiro

Londrina

0 – 2

Cruzeiro

Campeonato Brasileiro

Main article: 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Matches

Coritiba v Cruzeiro

14 May 1

Coritiba

1 – 0

Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro v Figueirense

22 May 2

Cruzeiro

2 – 2

Figueirense

Belo Horizonte

References

1. "Jogadores Profissionais – Lucão". Official website.
2. "Jogadores Profissionais – Fabrício Bruno". Official website.
3. "Jogadores Profissionais – Alex". Official website.
4. "Bruno Nazário chega a Toca II para realizar exames e acertar contrato". Official website. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
5. "Meia-atacante Elber volta ao Cruzeiro depois de defender o Sport". O Tempo. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
6. "Federico Gino assina contrato de 18 meses com o tetracampeão brasileiro". Official website. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
7. "Willians por Marciel: Cruzeiro oficializa troca de volantes com o Corinthians até o fim de 2016". Superesportes. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
8. "Sánchez Miño realiza exames e acerta empréstimo com a Raposa". Official website. 5 January 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
9. "Matías Pisano chega em BH e fará exames na Toca II no domingo". Official website. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
10. "Lucas Romero é anunciado como oitavo reforço do Time do Povo". Official website. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
11. "Douglas Coutinho é mais um reforço a fazer exames na Toca II". Official website. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
12. "Rafael Silva realiza exames e assina por duas temporadas com a Raposa". Official website. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
13. "Cruzeiro acerta empréstimo do goleiro Alan para o Londrina EC". GloboEsporte. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
14. "Coritiba confirma chegada do goleiro Elisson, reserva do Cruzeiro". GloboEsporte. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
15. "Raposa anuncia empréstimo do zagueiro Alex Flávio para o Mirassol". Official website. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
16. "Cruzeiro comunica a saída de quatro jogadores do atual elenco". Official website. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
17. "Sem vitórias, Vinicius Eutrópio é desligado do comando da Ponte Preta pela diretoria, que também confirma meia Felipe Menezes e zagueiro Douglas Grolli como novos reforços (confira as fichas)". Ponte Preta official website. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
18. "Mena não se reapresenta e Cruzeiro confirma acerto com São Paulo". UOL. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
19. "Atlético-PR anuncia a contratação de Pará, lateral do Cruzeiro". UOL. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
20. "Atlético-PR confirma volta de Paulo André e chegada de Thiago Heleno". UOL. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
21. "Cruzeiro empresta Eurico e Hugo Ragelli à Ponte Preta por um ano". Official website. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
22. "Clube acerta empréstimo de Gabriel Xavier para o Sport até o fim do ano". Official website. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
23. "Cruzeiro e Inter fecham troca em definitivo de Marquinhos e Fabrício". UOL. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
24. "Cruzeiro empresta Willian Farias ao Vitória". Superesportes. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
25. "Maior de Minas acerta o empréstimo de Joel para o Santos por um ano". Official website. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
26. "Em primeiro dia com destaques da Copinha, Deivid prepara Cruzeiro para estreia na Liga". Superesportes. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

External links

• Official website