2021 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season explained

Club:	Cruzeiro
Season:	2021
Manager:	Felipe Conceição (until 9 June) Mozart Santos (10 June to 30 July) Vanderlei Luxemburgo (since 3 August)
Chairman:	Sérgio Santos Rodrigues
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Mineirão
Cup1:	Campeonato Mineiro
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
League:	Série B
League Result:	14th
Cup2:	Copa do Brasil
Cup2 Result:	Third stage
League Topscorer:	Marcelo Moreno (5)
Season Topscorer:	Matheus Barbosa (7)
Largest Win:	4–0 vs Patrocinense (25 April, Campeonato Mineiro)
Largest Loss:	0–3 vs Avaí (17 July, Série B)
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Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2022

The 2021 season was the 100th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence.

Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the club also competed in the Campeonato Mineiro and in the Copa do Brasil.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 9 October.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Fábio (captain)		GK	1980 9, df=yes	966	0	Vasco da Gama
12	Lucas França		GK	1996 1, df=yes	8	0	Youth system
40	Vinícius		GK	2002 1, df=yes	0	0	Youth system
Defenders
2	Cáceres		RB	1991 9, df=yes	60	2	Cerro Porteño
4	Ramon		CB	1995 5, df=yes	70	5	Vitória
6	Matheus Pereira		LB	2000 12, df=yes	58	1	Youth system
14	Eduardo Brock		CB	1991 5, df=yes	22	0	Ceará
23	Joseph		CB	1991 12, df=yes	6	0	Capivariano (loan)
25	Léo Santos		CB	1994 6, df=yes	7	1	Ituano (loan)
32	Norberto		RB	1990 7, df=yes	12	0	CSA
33	Paulo		CB	2002 2, df=yes	6	0	Youth system
34	Weverton		CB	2003 2, df=yes	13	0	Youth system
36	Jean Victor		LB	1994 7, df=yes	9	0	Boavista
42	Geovane		RB	2001 7, df=yes	1	0	Youth system
44	Rhodolfo		CB	1986 8, df=yes	5	0	Coritiba
46	Kaiki		CB	2003 3, df=yes	3	0	Youth system
Midfielders
5	Matheus Neris		DM/CM	1999 2, df=yes	12	0	Palmeiras
8	Henrique		DM/CM	1985 5, df=yes	524	27	Santos
11	Marcinho		CM/AM	1995 7, df=yes	28	2	Sampaio Corrêa
15	Adriano		DM/CM	1999 11, df=yes	60	0	Youth system
20	Marco Antônio		CM/AM	2000 7, df=yes	13	0	Youth system
26	Ariel Cabral		DM/CM	1987 9, df=yes	195	4	Vélez Sarsfield
27	Rômulo		DM/CM	1987 5, df=yes	55	0	Genoa
28	Giovanni		CM/AM	1994 4, df=yes	32	2	Coritiba
30	Flávio		DM/CM	2000 6, df=yes	19	0	América Mineiro (loan)
35	Lucas Ventura		DM/CM	1998 5, df=yes	18	0	Youth system
49	Claudinho		CM/AM	2000 11, df=yes	36	2	Ferroviária
Forwards
9	Marcelo Moreno		ST	1987 6, df=yes	143	54	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
10	Rafael Sóbis		ST/AM	1985 6, df=yes	169	34	Ceará
16	Bruno José		RW/LW	1998 3, df=yes	39	4	Internacional
17	Keké		ST	1995 10, df=yes	1	0	Tombense (loan)
18	Thiago		ST	2001 6, df=yes	47	6	Youth system
21	Wellington Nem		ST/LW/RW	1992 2, df=yes	16	0	Fortaleza
22	Felipe Augusto		ST/LW/RW	1992 3, df=yes	36	5	América Mineiro
29	Vitor Leque		ST/LW/RW	2001 1, df=yes	3	1	Youth system
31	Dudu		ST/LW/RW	1999 5, df=yes	7	0	Primavera (loan)
59	Zé Eduardo		ST	1999 7, df=yes	1	0	Youth system

Transfers and loans

Last updated on 24 June.

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
12 February	MF	95	Marcinho	Sampaio Corrêa	Free	^[1]
12 February	DF	28	Alan Ruschel	Chapecoense	Free	^[2]
13 February	FW	22	Felipe Augusto	América Mineiro	Free	^[3]
13 February	MF	5	Matheus Neris	Palmeiras	Free	^[4]
17 February	FW	16	Bruno José	Internacional	Free	^[5]
25 February	DF	14	Eduardo Brock	Ceará	Free	^[6]
26 March	MF	27	Rômulo	Genoa	Free	^[7]
22 June	FW	21	Wellington Nem	Fortaleza	Free	^[8]
23 June	DF	32	Norberto	CSA	Free	^[9]
25 June	DF	36	Jean Victor	Boavista	Free	^[10]
25 June	DF	44	Rhodolfo	Coritiba	Free	^[11]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
13 January	21 July	DF	17	Matheus Barbosa	Avaí	None	^[12] ^[13]
3 May	4 August	FW	29	Guilherme Bissoli	Athletico Paranaense	None	^[14] ^[15]
19 May	End of the season	DF	23	Joseph	Capivariano	None	^[16]
20 May	End of the season	MF	30	Flávio	América Mineiro	None	^[17]
26 May	16 July	DF	31	Klebinho	Flamengo	None	^[18] ^[19]
23 June	End of the season	FW	17	Keké	Tombense	None	^[20]
25 June	30 June 2022	FW	31	Dudu	Primavera	None	^[21]
29 June	End of the season	DF	25	Léo Santos	Ituano	None	^[22]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
14 February	DF	14	Cacá	Tokushima Vortis	R$ 10,7M	^[23]
17 February	MF	16	Jadsom	Red Bull Bragantino	R$ 5,4M	^[24]
11 March	DF	27	Orejuela	São Paulo	R$ 13,5M	^[25]
12 April	DF	32	Manoel	Fluminense	Released	^[26]
20 May	DF	3	Léo	None	Released	^[27]
1 July	MF	88	Jadson	Juventude	Released	^[28]
14 July	GK	39	Vitor Eudes	Marítimo	Released	^[29]
30 August	FW	21	Welinton	Novorizontino	Released	^[30]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
29 January	End of the season	FW	99	Sassá	Marítimo	None	^[31]
13 March	11 June	MF	94	Giovanni	Avaí	None	^[32] ^[33]
13 April	31 April	FW	21	Welinton	Inter de Limeira	None	^[34]
20 May	End of the season	DF	28	Alan Ruschel	América Mineiro	None	^[35]
21 May	End of the season	DF	23	Arthur	Brasil de Pelotas	None	^[36]
21 May	End of the season	FW	21	Welinton	Brasil de Pelotas	None	^[37]
24 June	2 August	GK	12	Lucas França	Guarani	None	^[38] ^[39]
30 June	End of the season	FW	11	William Pottker	Al-Wasl	None	^[40]
31 August	30 June 2022	FW	19	Stênio	Torino	R$ 600k	^[41]

Competitions

Campeonato Mineiro

See main article: 2021 Campeonato Mineiro.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

See main article: 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Matches

Copa do Brasil

See main article: 2021 Copa do Brasil. The drawn for the first stage was held on 2 March.^[42]

Third stage

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Série B		Campeonato Mineiro		Copa do Brasil		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK			27	27	13	13		4	4	44	44
2	DF			11	10	13	13	4	4	28	27
4	DF			25	25	12	12	4	4	41	41
5	MF			2	0	7	3	3	2	12	5
6	DF			17	14	12	9	4	3	33	26
9	FW			13	9	4	2	1	0	18	11
10	FW			22	17	12	10	3	3	37	30
11	MF			16	11	10	7	2	1	28	19
12	GK			2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
14	DF			17	17	4	2	1	1	22	20
15	MF			20	12	12	10	3	2	35	24
16	FW			24	21	11	8	4	4	39	33
17	FW			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW			16	6	4	0	0	0	20	6
20	MF			5	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
21	MF			16	8	0	0	0	0	16	8
22	FW			21	13	11	6	4	0	36	19
23	DF			6	5	0	0	0	0	6	5
25	DF			7	7	0	0	0	0	7	7
26	MF			7	3	0	0	0	0	7	3
27	MF			26	24	7	4		3	2	36	30
28	MF			22	13	0	0		0	0	22	13
29	FW			3	2	0	0		0	0	3	2
30	MF			19	8	0	0	0	0	19	8
31	FW			7	3	0	0	0	0	7	3
32	DF			12	10	0	0	0	0	12	10
33	DF			3	3	0	0	1	0	4	3
34	DF			3	2	7	7	3	3	13	12
35	MF			8	8	0	0	0	0	8	8
36	DF			9	7	0	0	0	0	9	7
42	DF			0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF			5	3	0	0	0	0	5	3
46	DF			0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
49	MF			13	6	7	1	1	1	21	8
Players who are on loan/returned to the youth team/left Cruzeiro that have appeared this season
–	DF			0	0	5	5	1	1	6	6
–	DF			0	0	5	5	0	0	5	5
–	DF			0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
–	MF			1	0	8	1	2	0	11	1
–	MF			10	7	13	12	4	3	27	22
–	FW			9	5	13	9	4	4	26	18
–	FW			8	3	1	0	2	2	11	5
–	FW			4	0	4	0	2	0	10	0
–	FW			0	0	10	4	1	0	11	4

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches..

			Player	Série B	Campeonato Mineiro	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	MF	–		4	2	1	7
2	FW	9		5	1	0	6
3	FW	22		3	1	1	5
4	FW	16		3	0	1	4
5	DF	4		3	0	0	3
	FW	10		1	2	0	3
	FW	18		3	0	0	3
	FW	–		0	3	0	3
6	MF	11		1	1	0	2
	MF	25		2	0	0	2
	MF	49		2	0	0	2
	FW	–		1	1	0	2
7	DF	2		0	1	0	1
	DF	25		1	0	0	1
	FW	29		1	0	0	1
	DF	–		0	1	0	1
	MF	–		0	1	0	1
	FW	–		1	0	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	2
Total				33	14	3	50

Assists

Includes all competitive matches. Not all goals have an assist..

			Player	Série B	Campeonato Mineiro	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	FW	10		3	2	0	5
	MF	27		4	1	0	5
2	FW	16		3	1	0	4
3	DF	2		2	0	1	3
	MF	11		3	0	0	3
	MF	49		2	1	0	3
4	DF	6		1	1	0	2
	MF	21		2	0	0	2
	FW	22		1	0	1	2
	FW	–		0	2	0	2
5	MF	15		0	1	0	1
	FW	18		1	0	0	1
	DF	34		0	1	0	1
	FW	–		0	0	1	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches..

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches..

No.	Pos.	Name	Série B		Campeonato Mineiro		Copa do Brasil		Total
1	GK	Fábio	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
2	DF	Cáceres	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	Ramon	5	0	3	0	2	0	10	0
5	MF	Matheus Neris	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	Matheus Pereira	3	0	3	1	2	1	7	2
9	FW	Marcelo Moreno	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
10	FW	Rafael Sóbis	4	1	3	0	1	0	8	1
11	MF	Marcinho	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	GK	Lucas França	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
14	DF	Eduardo Brock	3	0	1	0	1	0	4	1
15	MF	Adriano	4	2	2	0	1	0	7	2
16	FW	Bruno José	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18	FW	Thiago	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
20	MF	Marco Antônio	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	Wellington Nem	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	Felipe Augusto	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	1
25	DF	Léo Santos	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	MF	Ariel Cabral	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27	MF	Rômulo	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
28	MF	Giovanni	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
30	MF	Flávio	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF	Norberto	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
33	DF	Paulo	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	DF	Weverton	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1
36	DF	Jean Victor	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
49	MF	Claudinho	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
–	DF	Alan Ruschel	0	0	4	1	0	0	4	1
–	DF	Manoel	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
–	MF	Jadson	1	1	4	0	0	0	5	1
–	MF	Matheus Barbosa	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
–	FW	Airton	2	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
–	FW	Stênio	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
–	FW	William Pottker	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1

External links

• Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
• Cruzeiro official website (in Portuguese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meia Marcinho é oficializado pelo Cruzeiro e assina contrato até meados de 2022 . GE . 12 February 2021.
2. Web site: Cruzeiro oficializa a contratação do lateral Alan Ruschel por duas temporadas . GE . 12 February 2021.
3. News: Cruzeiro contrata atacante Felipe Augusto, ex-América . Superesportes . 13 February 2021.
4. News: Cruzeiro anuncia a contratação do volante Matheus Neris até dezembro de 2022 . GE . 13 February 2021.
5. News: Cruzeiro confirma contratação de Bruno José, ex-Inter, por quatro anos . Uol . 17 February 2021.
6. News: Cruzeiro anuncia contratação do zagueiro Eduardo Brock, sétimo reforço para a temporada . GE . 25 February 2021.
7. News: Cruzeiro anuncia Rômulo, volante ítalo-brasileiro com passagens por Juventus e Lazio . GE . 26 March 2021.
8. News: Cruzeiro anuncia contratação de Wellington Nem até o fim de 2021 . Uol . 22 June 2021.
9. News: Cruzeiro anuncia contratação do lateral-direito Norberto, ex-CSA e América . Superesportes. 23 June 2021.
10. News: Cruzeiro se acerta com o Boavista-RJ e anuncia o lateral Jean Victor . Terra . 25 June 2021.
11. News: Cruzeiro anuncia a contratação do zagueiro Rhodolfo, de 34 anos . Superesportes. 25 June 2021.
12. Web site: Cruzeiro oficializa a contratação por empréstimo do volante Matheus Barbosa . GE . 13 January 2021.
13. Web site: Matheus Barbosa aciona cláusula, acerta com o Atlético-GO e deixa o Cruzeiro de graça . GE . 21 July 2021.
14. Web site: Cruzeiro anuncia a contratação de Bissoli por empréstimo até o fim da Série B . O Tempo . 3 May 2021.
15. Web site: Guilherme Bissoli se reapresenta no Athletico e fica à disposição de António Oliveira . GE . 4 August 2021.
16. Web site: Cruzeiro anuncia contratação de Joseph até o fim da temporada . GE . 19 May 2021.
17. Web site: Cruzeiro anuncia contratação do volante Flávio, do América . Superesportes . 20 May 2021.
18. Web site: Cruzeiro contrata o lateral-direito Klebinho, ex-Flamengo . Lance! . 26 May 2021.
19. Web site: Cruzeiro acerta rescisão com Klebinho, e lateral encaminha transferência para o Equador . GE . 17 July 2021.
20. Web site: CCruzeiro contrata 7 jogadores em uma semana para se antecipar a iminente punição da Fifa . Itatiaia . 29 June 2021.
21. Web site: Cruzeiro acerta a contratação do atacante Eduardo por empréstimo de um ano . GE . 25 June 2021.
22. Web site: Cruzeiro anuncia contratação, por empréstimo, de zagueiro Léo Santos . GE . 29 June 2021.
23. News: Tokushima, do Japão, anuncia contratação do zagueiro Cacá, revelado pelo Cruzeiro . GE . 14 February 2021.
24. News: Bragantino anuncia Jadsom Silva e Cruzeiro embolsa pouco mais de R$ 3 milhões . O Tempo . 17 February 2021.
25. News: São Paulo anuncia contratação do lateral colombiano Orejuela . Lance! . 11 March 2021.
26. News: Cruzeiro publica rescisão contratual de Manoel no BID; zagueiro está a caminho do Fluminense . Lance! . 12 April 2021.
27. News: Zagueiro Léo encerra passagem de mais de uma década pelo Cruzeiro e fica livre no mercado . GE . 20 May 2021.
28. News: Cruzeiro acerta rescisão, e Jadson é anunciado pelo Juventude para a disputa da Série A . GE . 1 July 2021.
29. News: Reserva do Cruzeiro, goleiro Vitor Eudes rescinde e vai jogar em Portugal . Superesportes . 14 July 2021.
30. News: Cruzeiro rescinde contrato com o atacante Welinton . Superesportes . 30 August 2021.
31. Web site: Marítimo anuncia contratação de Sassá, atacante do Cruzeiro, por empréstimo . GE . 29 January 2021.
32. Web site: Avaí anuncia o meia Giovanni por empréstimo do Cruzeiro . GE . 13 March 2021 .
33. Web site: Avaí oficializa devolução do meia Giovanni ao Cruzeiro . Superesportes . 11 June 2021.
34. Web site: Cruzeiro empresta jovem Welinton à Inter de Limeira até o fim do Paulistão . O Tempo . 13 April 2021.
35. Web site: América-MG anuncia contratação por empréstimo do lateral Alan Ruschel, que estava no Cruzeiro . GE . 20 May 2021.
36. Web site: 21 May 2021. Cruzeiro empresta zagueiro Arthur e atacante Welinton para o Brasil de Pelotas. live. GE. https://web.archive.org/web/20210522000941/https://globoesporte.globo.com/mg/futebol/noticia/cruzeiro-empresta-zagueiro-arthur-e-atacante-welinton-para-o-brasil-de-pelotas.ghtml . 2021-05-22 .
37. Web site: Cruzeiro empresta zagueiro Arthur e atacante Welinton para o Brasil de Pelotas . GE . 21 May 2021.
38. Web site: Guarani oficializa goleiro Lucas França, emprestado pelo Cruzeiro até o fim da Série B . GE . 24 June 2021.
39. Web site: Goleiro Lucas França encerra passagem pelo Guarani sem estrear e volta ao Cruzeiro . GE . 2 August 2021.
40. Web site: Cruzeiro: William Pottker é anunciado pelo Al-Wasl, dos Emirados Árabes . Superesportes . 30 June 2021.
41. Web site: Cruzeiro acerta empréstimo do atacante Stênio ao Torino, da Itália . GE . 31 August 2021.
42. Web site: Sorteio define confrontos da Primeira Fase da Copa do Brasil 2021 . CBF . Confederação Brasileira de Futebol . 4 March 2021 . Portuguese . 2 March 2021.