2022 Santa Cruz Futebol Clube season

Santa Cruz
2022 season
Chairman	Joaquim Bezerra
Manager	Leston Júnior; Marcelo Martelotte
Stadium	Estádio do Arruda
Série D	16th
Pernambucano	Semi-finals
Copa do Nordeste	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	League: Hugo Cabral (7); All: Hugo Cabral; and Rafael Furtado (7)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 season was Santa Cruz's 109th season in the club's history.^[2] Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano,^[3] Série D^[4] and Copa do Nordeste.^[5]

Squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BRA	Geaze
—	GK	BRA	Jaime
—	GK	BRA	Jefferson (on loan from Náutico)
—	GK	BRA	Kléver
—	DF	BRA	Alex Alves
—	DF	BRA	Eduardo Guedes
—	DF	BRA	Ítalo Melo
—	DF	BRA	Júnior Sergipano
—	DF	BRA	Lucão
—	DF	BRA	Dudu Mandai
—	DF	BRA	Edson Ratinho
—	DF	BRA	Italo Silva
—	DF	BRA	Marcos Martins
—	MF	BRA	Elyeser Maciel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Gilberto
—	MF	BRA	João Erick
—	MF	BRA	Matheus Lira
—	MF	BRA	Rodrigo Yuri
—	MF	BRA	Esquerdinha
—	MF	BRA	João Cardoso
—	MF	BRA	João Henrique
—	MF	BRA	Tarcísio
—	FW	BRA	Arian
—	FW	BRA	Mateus Anderson [it]
—	FW	BRA	Matheuzinho
—	FW	BRA	Rafael Furtado
—	FW	BRA	Walter

Statistics edit

Overall edit

Games played	30 (1 Copa do Nordeste, 11 Pernambucano, 18 Série D)
Games won	12 (0 Copa do Nordeste, 6 Pernambucano, 6 Série D)
Games drawn	10 (1 Copa do Nordeste, 3 Pernambucano, 6 Série D)
Games lost	8 (0 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 6 Série D)
Goals scored	41
Goals conceded	34
Goal difference	+7
Best results (goal difference)	4–1 (A) v Atlético de Alagoinhas – Série D – 2022.06.27
Worst result (goal difference)	0–4 (H) v Retrô – Pernambucano – 2022.02.26
Top scorer	Hugo Cabral and Rafael Furtado (7)

Source: Santa Cruz official website

Goalscorers edit

Place	Position	Number	Name	Copa do Nordeste	Campeonato Pernambucano	Série D	Total
1	FW	10	Hugo Cabral	0	0	7	7
=	FW	9	Rafael Furtado	0	5	2	7
2	FW	11	Matheuzinho	0	2	3	5
3	MF	17	Esquerdinha	0	4	0	4
=	MF	7	Tarcísio	0	4	0	4
4	FW	18	Walter	0	3	0	3
5	FW	9	Pipico	2	0	0	2
=	FW	21	Raphael Macena	0	0	2	2
6	MF	19	Anderson Ceará	0	0	1	1
=	FF		João Cardoso	0	1	0	1
=	MF	17	João Henrique	0	1	0	1
=	DF	4	Rafael Alemão	0	0	1	1
=	MF	20	Rodrigo Yuri	0	1	0	1
=	MF		Vitinho	1	0	0	1
			Own goals	0	1	0	1
			Total	3	22	16	41

Managers performance edit

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Avg%	Ref
Leston Júnior	Brazil	19 October 2021	8 May 2022	16	7	5	4	29	22	54%	^[6]
Marcelo Martelotte	Brazil	15 May 2022	14 August 2022	14	5	5	4	12	12	47%	^[7]^[8]

Friendlies edit

National edit

30 December 2022	Santa Cruz	2–2	Maguary	Recife
(UTC-3)	Michel Douglas 26' Dagson 90'	Report	Rafael Peixoto 8' Luan Henrique 80'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Leonilson Fernandes Trigueiro Filho

Official competitions edit

Copa do Nordeste edit

Preliminary round edit

19 October 2021	Santa Cruz	3–3 (2–4 p)	Floresta	São Lourenço da Mata
21:30 (UTC-3)	Pipico 22', 83' Vitinho 52'	Report	Paulo Vyctor 33' Fábio Alves 80' Maílson Alves 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco) Referee: Leonilson Fernandes Trigueiro Filho
	Penalties
	Pipico Lelê Leonan Breno Calixto		Fábio Alves Dudu Daniel Athyrson

Record edit

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
N/A	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	33%

Campeonato Pernambucano edit

First stage edit

29 January 2022 2	Caruaru City [pt]	1–2	Santa Cruz	Caruaru
16:30 (UTC-3)	Maylson 80'	Report	Rodrigo Yuri 25' Rafael Furtado 70'	Stadium: Estádio Antônio Inácio de Souza (Vera Cruz) [fr; pl; pt] Referee: Luiz Cláudio Sobral

3 February 2022 1*	Santa Cruz	5–2	Afogados da Ingazeira	Recife
20:30 (UTC-3)	Joao Henrique 8' Matheuzinho 41' Tarcísio 44', 57' Walter 45'	Report	Tauã 37' Lucas Vinícius 55'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Gilberto Castro Júnior

6 February 2022 3	Santa Cruz	3–0	Íbis	São Lourenço da Mata
16:00 (UTC-3)	Tarcísio 3' Esquerdinha 52' Rafael Furtado 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco) Attendance: 855 Referee: José Woshington da Silva

9 February 2022 4	Salgueiro	2–1	Santa Cruz	Salgueiro
20:30 (UTC-3)	Kady 5' Lucão 18'	Report	Esquerdinha 4'	Stadium: Estádio Cornélio de Barros (Salgueirão) Referee: Rodrigo Pereira

12 February 2022 8*	Sete de Setembro	1–3	Santa Cruz	Afogados da Ingazeira
16:30 (UTC-3)	Anderson São João 20' (pen.)	Report	Walter 12', 40' Matheuzinho 57'	Stadium: Estádio Valdemar Viana de Araújo (Vianão) [pl] Referee: Paulo Belence

19 February 2022 7*	Sport	2–2	Santa Cruz	Recife
16:30 (UTC-3)	Luciano Juba 64' Rodrigão 90+2'	Report	Tarcísio 71' Rafael Furtado 89'	Stadium: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (Ilha do Retiro) Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia

26 February 2022 5	Santa Cruz	0–4	Retrô	Recife
16:30 (UTC-3)		Report	Charles Almeida 20' Giva 30' Pedro 45+2' Rodrigo Fumaça 65'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Diego Fernando Silva de Lima

5 March 2022 6	Santa Cruz	2–1	Vera Cruz	Recife
16:30 (UTC-3)	Rafael Furtado 90' João Cardoso 90+4'	Report	João Victor 79'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Hugo Figueiredo

16 March 2022 9	Santa Cruz	1–1	Náutico	Recife
21:00 (UTC-3)	Matheus Anderson 47' (pen.)	Report	Léo Passos 63'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Rodrigo Pereira

Quarter-final edit

19 March 2022	Santa Cruz	3–0	Caruaru City [pt]	Recife
16:30 (UTC-3)	Rafael Furtado 50' Esquerdinha 73', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Attendance: 3,591 Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Júnior

Semi-final edit

2 April 2022	Náutico	0–0 (4–3 p)	Santa Cruz	Recife
16:30 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Eládio de Barros Carvalho (Aflitos) Attendance: 10,006 Referee: Deborah Cecília Cruz Correia
	Penalties
	Jean Carlos Diogo Hereda Diego Victor Amarildo Júnior Tavares		Esquerdinha Alex Alves Rodrigo Yuri Marcos Martins Edson Ratinho

Record edit

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
3rd	21	11	6	3	2	22	14	63%

Série D edit

Group stage edit

17 April 2022 1	Lagarto	0–0	Santa Cruz	Lagarto
16:00 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Paulo Barreto de Menezes [pl; pt] Referee: Gustavo Ervino Bauermann

23 April 2022 2	Santa Cruz	1–2	ASA	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)	Rafael Furtado 78'	Report	Alex Alves 22' (o.g.) Roger Gaúcho 87'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Raimundo Rodrigues de Oliveira Junior

4 May 2022 3	Juazeirense	1–0	Santa Cruz	Recife
20:00 (UTC-3)	Nixon 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Gustavo Nogas

8 May 2022 4	Santa Cruz	3–2	Atlético de Alagoinhas	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)	Raphael Macena 32', 50' Matheuzinho 42'	Report	Hadrian 9', 26'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Mayron Frederico dos Reis Novais

15 May 2022 5	Jacuipense	2–0	Santa Cruz	Riachão do Jacuípe
16:00 (UTC-3)	Ruan Levine 53' Welder 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Eliel Martins (Valfredão) [es; pl; pt] Referee: Tiago Ramos de Oliveira

22 May 2022 6	Santa Cruz	2–1	CSE	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)	Rafael Alemão 72' Rafael Furtado 76'	Report	Hugo 12'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Robson Babinski

29 May 2022 7	Sergipe	1–1	Santa Cruz	Aracaju
16:00 (UTC-3)	Paulinho 2'	Report	Hugo Cabral 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Lourival Baptista (Batistão) Referee: Murilo Ugolini Klein

5 June 2022 8	Santa Cruz	1–0	Sergipe	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)	Hugo Cabral 42'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Renato Pinheiro

11 June 2022 9	CSE	0–0	Santa Cruz	Palmeira dos Índios
19:00 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Juca Sampaio [pl; pt] Referee: Tarcisio Flores da Silva

19 June 2022 10	Santa Cruz	0–2	Jacuipense	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)		Report	Thiaguinho 20' Robinho 51'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Davi de Oliveira Lacerda

27 June 2022 11	Atlético de Alagoinhas	1–4	Santa Cruz	Feira de Santana
20:30 (UTC-3)	Cesinha 11'	Report	Matheuzinho 43', 45+1' Hugo Cabral 58' Anderson Ceará 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Professor Jodilton Souza (Arena Cajueiro) [pt] Referee: Matheus Delgado Candançan

3 July 2022 12	Santa Cruz	1–0	Juazeirense	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)	Hugo Cabral 46'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Rafael Odilio Ramos dos Santos

10 July 2022 13	ASA	2–0	Santa Cruz	Arapiraca
16:00 (UTC-3)	Benedito 29' Xandy 90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Coaracy da Mata Fonseca (Fumeirão) Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

16 July 2022 14	Santa Cruz	1–1	Lagarto	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)	Hugo Cabral 45'	Report	Neto Oliveira 7'	Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Thiago Luis Scarascati

Round of 32 edit

24 July 2022	Santa Cruz	0–0	Retrô	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: José Mendonça da Silva Junior

1 August 2022	Retrô	1–2	Santa Cruz	São Lourenço da Mata
20:00 (UTC-3)	Radsley 28'	Report	Hugo Cabral 2', 38'	Stadium: Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos (Arena Pernambuco) Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Round of 16 edit

7 August 2022	Santa Cruz	0–0	Tocantinópolis	Recife
16:00 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda) Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

14 August 2022	Tocantinópolis	1–0	Santa Cruz	Tocantinópolis
16:00 (UTC-3)	Chico Bala 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio João Ribeiro (Ribeirão) [pl; pt] Referee: Rafael Traci

Record edit

Final Position	Points	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Away	Avg%
16th	24	18	6	6	6	16	17	44%

References edit

^ "Candidato da oposição, Joaquim Bezerra vence eleição e é novo presidente do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). GE Globo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Santa Cruz se reapresenta para a temporada 2022" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santa Cruz PE. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Tabela do Pernambucano 2022 é divulgada; Náutico, Sport e Santa Cruz estreiam em casa" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Santa Cruz estreia contra o Lagarto na Série D; confira a tabela completa do Tricolor" (in Brazilian Portuguese). NE 10. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Santa Cruz é eliminado para o Floresta nos pênaltis, fica de fora da Copa do Nordeste 2022, e termina temporada de forma catastrófica" (in Brazilian Portuguese). NE 10. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Santa Cruz anuncia a demissão do técnico Leston Júnior" (in Brazilian Portuguese). TNT Sports. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Diretoria oficializa contratação do técnico Marcelo Martelotte" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santa Cruz official web site. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Marcelo Martelotte não é mais técnico do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Candidato da oposição, Joaquim Bezerra vence eleição e é novo presidente do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). GE Globo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[2] "Santa Cruz se reapresenta para a temporada 2022" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santa Cruz PE. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[3] "Tabela do Pernambucano 2022 é divulgada; Náutico, Sport e Santa Cruz estreiam em casa" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[4] "Santa Cruz estreia contra o Lagarto na Série D; confira a tabela completa do Tricolor" (in Brazilian Portuguese). NE 10. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[5] "Santa Cruz é eliminado para o Floresta nos pênaltis, fica de fora da Copa do Nordeste 2022, e termina temporada de forma catastrófica" (in Brazilian Portuguese). NE 10. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[6] "Santa Cruz anuncia a demissão do técnico Leston Júnior" (in Brazilian Portuguese). TNT Sports. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[7] "Diretoria oficializa contratação do técnico Marcelo Martelotte" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santa Cruz official web site. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[8] "Marcelo Martelotte não é mais técnico do Santa Cruz" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

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