2021 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

Cruzeiro

2021 season
President	Sérgio Santos Rodrigues
Manager	Felipe Conceição (until 9 June) Mozart Santos (10 June to 30 July) Vanderlei Luxemburgo (since 3 August)
Stadium	Mineirão
Série B	14th
Campeonato Mineiro	Semi-finals
Copa do Brasil	Third stage
Top goalscorer	League: Marcelo Moreno (5) All: Matheus Barbosa (7)
Biggest win	4–0 vs Patrocinense (25 April, Campeonato Mineiro)
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs Avaí (17 July, Série B)
Home colors Away colors Third colors
←  2020 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	(1980-09-30) 30 September 1980 (age 44)	966	0	Vasco da Gama
12	Lucas França		GK	(1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 29)	8	0	Youth system
40	Vinícius		GK	(2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 23)	0	0	Youth system
Defenders
2	Cáceres		RB	(1991-09-18) 18 September 1991 (age 33)	60	2	Cerro Porteño
4	Ramon		CB	(1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 30)	70	5	Vitória
6	Matheus Pereira		LB	(2000-12-21) 21 December 2000 (age 24)	58	1	Youth system
14	Eduardo Brock		CB	(1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 (age 34)	22	0	Ceará
23	Joseph		CB	(1991-12-30) 30 December 1991 (age 33)	6	0	Capivariano (loan)
25	Léo Santos		CB	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 31)	7	1	Ituano (loan)
32	Norberto		RB	(1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 (age 34)	12	0	CSA
33	Paulo		CB	(2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 23)	6	0	Youth system
34	Weverton		CB	(2003-02-17) 17 February 2003 (age 22)	13	0	Youth system
36	Jean Victor		LB	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 31)	9	0	Boavista
42	Geovane		RB	(2001-07-31) 31 July 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Youth system
44	Rhodolfo		CB	(1986-08-11) 11 August 1986 (age 38)	5	0	Coritiba
46	Kaiki		CB	(2003-03-08) 8 March 2003 (age 22)	3	0	Youth system
Midfielders
5	Matheus Neris		DM/CM	(1999-02-12) 12 February 1999 (age 26)	12	0	Palmeiras
8	Henrique		DM/CM	(1985-05-16) 16 May 1985 (age 40)	524	27	Santos
11	Marcinho		CM/AM	(1995-07-28) 28 July 1995 (age 29)	28	2	Sampaio Corrêa
15	Adriano		DM/CM	(1999-11-04) 4 November 1999 (age 25)	60	0	Youth system
20	Marco Antônio		CM/AM	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 24)	13	0	Youth system
26	Ariel Cabral		DM/CM	(1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 (age 37)	195	4	Vélez Sarsfield
27	Rômulo		DM/CM	(1987-05-22) 22 May 1987 (age 38)	55	0	Genoa
28	Giovanni		CM/AM	(1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 31)	32	2	Coritiba
30	Flávio		DM/CM	(2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 25)	19	0	América Mineiro (loan)
35	Lucas Ventura		DM/CM	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 27)	18	0	Youth system
49	Claudinho		CM/AM	(2000-11-18) 18 November 2000 (age 24)	36	2	Ferroviária
Forwards
9	Marcelo Moreno		ST	(1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 38)	143	54	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
10	Rafael Sóbis		ST/AM	(1985-06-17) 17 June 1985 (age 40)	169	34	Ceará
16	Bruno José		RW/LW	(1998-03-31) 31 March 1998 (age 27)	39	4	Internacional
17	Keké		ST	(1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 29)	1	0	Tombense (loan)
18	Thiago		ST	(2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 24)	47	6	Youth system
21	Wellington Nem		ST/LW/RW	(1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 (age 33)	16	0	Fortaleza
22	Felipe Augusto		ST/LW/RW	(1992-03-06) 6 March 1992 (age 33)	36	5	América Mineiro
29	Vitor Leque		ST/LW/RW	(2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 24)	3	1	Youth system
31	Dudu		ST/LW/RW	(1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 26)	7	0	Primavera (loan)
59	Zé Eduardo		ST	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 26)	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

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Campeonato Mineiro	27 February	9 May	Matchday 1	Semi-finals	13	6	2	5	14	9	+5	046.15
Copa do Brasil	11 March	9 June	First stage	Third stage	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	29 May	25 November	Matchday 1	14th	38	10	18	10	42	44	−2	026.32
Total					55	18	21	16	59	55	+4	032.73

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Mineiro

Main article: 2021 Campeonato Mineiro

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Mineiro	11	9	0	2	23	7	+16	27	Knockout stage
2	América Mineiro	11	7	1	3	17	9	+8	22
3	Cruzeiro	11	6	2	3	12	4	+8	20
4	Tombense	11	5	5	1	16	9	+7	20
5	URT	11	5	1	5	8	16	−8	16	Troféu Inconfidência

Source: FMF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head results (only if two teams are tied); 6) Fewest red cards received; 7) Fewest yellow cards received; 8) Draw.

Uberlândia v Cruzeiro

27 February1	Uberlândia	1–1	Cruzeiro	Uberlândia
16:30  UTC−3	Reis 25'	Report	Cáceres 90+1'	Stadium: Parque do Sabiá Attendance: 0 Referee: Paulo Cesar Zanovelli da Silva

Cruzeiro v Caldense

3 March2	Cruzeiro	0–1	Caldense	Belo Horizonte
21:30  UTC−3		Report	Amarildo 9'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Ronei Cândido Alves

URT v Cruzeiro

6 March3	URT	0–2	Cruzeiro	Sete Lagoas
21:00  UTC−3		Report	Manoel 54' Marcinho 90+3'	Stadium: Arena do Jacaré Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Aurélio Fazekas

Cruzeiro v Athletic Club

14 March4	Cruzeiro	1–0	Athletic Club	Belo Horizonte
16:00  UTC−3	Marcelo Moreno 60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

América Mineiro v Cruzeiro

21 March5	América Mineiro	1–0	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
16:00  UTC−3	Joseph 35'	Report		Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira

Cruzeiro v Tombense

1 April6	Cruzeiro	0–0	Tombense	Belo Horizonte
16:00  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima

Boa Esporte v Cruzeiro

4 April7	Boa Esporte	0–1	Cruzeiro	Varginha
11:00  UTC−3		Report	Rafael Sóbis 20'	Stadium: Melão Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Júnio Benevenuto

Coimbra v Cruzeiro

7 April8	Coimbra	0–2	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
17:30  UTC−3		Report	William Pottker 75' Felipe Augusto 90+4'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

Cruzeiro v Atlético Mineiro

11 April9	Cruzeiro	1–0	Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
16:00  UTC−3	Airton 61'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Paulo Cesar Zavonelli

Pouso Alegre v Cruzeiro

18 April10	Pouso Alegre	1–0	Cruzeiro	Pouso Alegre
11:00  UTC−3	Paulo Henrique 45'	Report		Stadium: Manduzão Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Aurélio Fazekas Ferreira

Cruzeiro v Patrocinense

25 April11	Cruzeiro	4–0	Patrocinense	Belo Horizonte
16:00  UTC−3	William Pottker 2', 51' Matheus Barbosa 48' Jadson 90'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Júnio Benevenuto

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Cruzeiro v América Mineiro

2 MayFirst leg	Cruzeiro	1–2	América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
16:00  UTC−3	Rafael Sóbis 36'	Report	Alê 85' Ademir 90'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Aurélio Fazekas Ferreira

América Mineiro v Cruzeiro

9 MaySecond leg	América Mineiro	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
16:00  UTC−3	Rodolfo 45+2' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Ramon 90+5'	Report	Matheus Barbosa 62'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Main article: 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Operário Ferroviário	38	13	9	16	35	46	−11	48
13	Brusque	38	13	9	16	44	56	−12	48
14	Cruzeiro	38	10	18	10	42	44	−2	48
15	Sampaio Corrêa	38	12	11	15	41	42	−1	47
16	Londrina	38	11	11	16	31	41	−10	44

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots. ^[42]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	D
Position	18	20	19	14	18	11	13	14	13	14	14	16	17	19	18	15	15	16	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	15	12	12	11	12	14	14	12	11	11	13	14

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Confiança v Cruzeiro

29 May1	Confiança	3–1	Cruzeiro	Aracaju
16:30  UTC−3	Neto Berola 32' (pen.) Cristiano 71' Daniel Penha 80'	Report	Guilherme Bissoli 55'	Stadium: Batistão Attendance: 0 Referee: André Rodrigo Rocha

Cruzeiro v CRB

6 June2	Cruzeiro	3–4	CRB	Belo Horizonte
18:15  UTC−3	Airton 9' Ramon 59' Matheus Barbosa 85'	Report	Marthã 5' Diego Torres 32' Hyuri 52' Jean Patrick 88'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Douglas Marques das Flores

Cruzeiro v Goiás

12 June3	Cruzeiro	1–1	Goiás	Belo Horizonte
21:00  UTC−3	Marcinho 88'	Report	Joseph 11' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Vinicius Furlan

Ponte Preta v Cruzeiro

16 June4	Ponte Preta	0–1	Cruzeiro	Campinas
21:30  UTC−3		Report	Bruno José 56'	Stadium: Moisés Lucarelli Attendance: 0 Referee: Vinicius Gomes do Amaral

Operário-PR v Cruzeiro

19 June5	Operário-PR	2–1	Cruzeiro	Ponta Grossa
19:00  UTC−3	Paulo Sérgio 31' Djalma Silva 82'	Report	Felipe Augusto 43'	Stadium: Germano Krüger Attendance: 0 Referee: Paulo Henrique Vollkopf

Cruzeiro v Vasco da Gama

24 June6	Cruzeiro	2–1	Vasco da Gama	Belo Horizonte
21:30  UTC−3	Matheus Barbosa 15', 28'	Report	Morato 9'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Vinicius Gonçalves Araújo

CSA v Cruzeiro

27 June7	CSA	2–1	Cruzeiro	Maceió
20:30  UTC−3	Iury 27', 29'	Report	Felipe Augusto 6'	Stadium: Rei Pelé Attendance: 0 Referee: Rodrigo Batista Raposo

Cruzeiro v Guarani

30 June8	Cruzeiro	3–3	Guarani	Belo Horizonte
19:00  UTC−3	Thales 19' (o.g.) Léo Santos 22' Matheus Barbosa 45'	Report	Bruno Sávio 5', 30' Régis 68'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Rafael Martins de Sá

Brasil de Pelotas v Cruzeiro

3 July9	Brasil de Pelotas	0–0	Cruzeiro	Pelotas
19:00  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estádio Bento Freitas Attendance: 0 Referee: Rafael Salgueiro Lima

Cruzeiro v Coritiba

6 July10	Cruzeiro	0–0	Coritiba	Belo Horizonte
19:00  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Dyorgines Padovani de Andrade

Botafogo v Cruzeiro

10 July11	Botafogo	3–3	Cruzeiro	Rio de Janeiro
16:30  UTC−3	Chay 9' (pen.), 61', 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Gilvan 54' (o.g.) Marcelo Moreno 66', 69'	Stadium: Nilton Santos Attendance: 0 Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques

Cruzeiro v Avaí

17 July12	Cruzeiro	0–3	Avaí	Belo Horizonte
16:30  UTC−3		Report	Marcos Serrato 18' Renato 69', 81'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

Remo v Cruzeiro

20 July13	Remo	1–0	Cruzeiro	Belém
19:00  UTC−3	Victor Andrade 22'	Report		Stadium: Baenão Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Nobre Bins

Vila Nova v Cruzeiro

24 July14	Vila Nova	0–0	Cruzeiro	Goiânia
16:30  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Vargas de Jesus

Cruzeiro v Londrina

30 July15	Cruzeiro	2–2	Londrina	Belo Horizonte
21:30  UTC−3	Bruno José 14' Marcelo Moreno 75'	Report	Matheus Bianqui 24' Douglas Silva 44'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: André Luiz Castro

Brusque v Cruzeiro

7 August16	Brusque	1–2	Cruzeiro	Brusque
11:00  UTC−3	Edu 60' (pen.)	Report	Felipe Augusto 85' Giovanni 88'	Stadium: Augusto Bauer Attendance: 0 Referee: Jefferson Ferreira de Moraes

Cruzeiro v Vitória

11 August17	Cruzeiro	2–2	Vitória	Belo Horizonte
19:00  UTC−3	Rafael Sóbis 49' Giovanni 68'	Report	Samuel 23' (pen.), 80'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Savio Pereira Sampaio

Cruzeiro v Sampaio Corrêa

14 August18	Cruzeiro	1–1	Sampaio Corrêa	Belo Horizonte
16:30  UTC−3	Marcelo Moreno 69'	Report	Watson 39'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 0 Referee: Caio Max Vieira

Náutico v Cruzeiro

17 August19	Náutico	0–1	Cruzeiro	Recife
19:00  UTC−3		Report	Thiago 82'	Stadium: Aflitos Attendance: 0 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Cruzeiro v Confiança

20 August20	Cruzeiro	1–0	Confiança	Belo Horizonte
21:30  UTC−3	Marcelo Moreno 66' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 4,730 Referee: Ramon Abatti Abel

CRB v Cruzeiro

29 August21	CRB	0–0	Cruzeiro	Maceió
16:00  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Rei Pelé Attendance: 0 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Goiás v Cruzeiro

7 September22	Goiás	1–1	Cruzeiro	Goiânia
21:30  UTC−3	Élvis 64'	Report	Thiago 63'	Stadium: Serrinha Attendance: 0 Referee: Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima

Cruzeiro v Ponte Preta

11 September23	Cruzeiro	1–0	Ponte Preta	Sete Lagoas
11:00  UTC−3	Bruno José 62'	Report		Stadium: Arena do Jacaré Attendance: 4,467 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães

Cruzeiro v Operário-PR

16 September24	Cruzeiro	1–1	Operário-PR	Sete Lagoas
19:00  UTC−3	Claudinho 16'	Report	Paulo Sérgio 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena do Jacaré Attendance: 5,373 Referee: Rodrigo Dalonso Ferreira

Vasco da Gama v Cruzeiro

19 September25	Vasco da Gama	1–1	Cruzeiro	Rio de Janeiro
16:00  UTC−3	Nenê 44'	Report	Ramon 90+4'	Stadium: São Januário Attendance: 309 Referee: André Luiz Castro

Cruzeiro v CSA

26 September26	Cruzeiro	1–2	CSA	Belo Horizonte
16:00  UTC−3	Claudinho 40'	Report	Yuri 49' Iury 63'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 5,979 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

Guarani v Cruzeiro

29 September27	Guarani	1–1	Cruzeiro	Campinas
19:00  UTC−3	Mateus Ludke 49'	Report	Ramon 12'	Stadium: Brinco de Ouro Attendance: 0 Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques

Cruzeiro v Brasil de Pelotas

3 October28	Cruzeiro	2–0	Brasil de Pelotas	Belo Horizonte
11:00  UTC−3	Vitor Leque 40' Thiago 45'	Report		Stadium: Independência Attendance: 1,953 Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo

Coritiba v Cruzeiro

8 October29	Coritiba	0–3	Cruzeiro	Curitiba
21:30  UTC−3		Report	Giovanni 3' Adriano 7' Eduardo Brock 60'	Stadium: Estádio Couto Pereira Referee: Marielson Alves Silva

Cruzeiro v Botafogo

12 October30	Cruzeiro	0–0	Botafogo	Belo Horizonte
21:30  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Independência Referee: Denis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim

Avaí v Cruzeiro

22 October31	Avaí	1–0	Cruzeiro	Florianópolis
21:30  UTC−3	Lourenço 57'	Report		Stadium: Ressacada Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

Cruzeiro v Remo

28 October32	Cruzeiro	1–3	Remo	Belo Horizonte
21:30  UTC−3	Eduardo Brock 45+1'	Report	Anderson Uchôa 40' Jefferson 88' Ronald 90+3'	Stadium: Independência Referee: Douglas Schwengber da Silva

Cruzeiro v Vila Nova

1 November33	Cruzeiro	1–1	Vila Nova	Belo Horizonte
19:00  UTC−3	Giovanni 38' (pen.)	Report	Clayton 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Independência Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva

Londrina v Cruzeiro

5 November34	Londrina	0–1	Cruzeiro	Londrina
21:30  UTC−3		Report	Thiago 83'	Stadium: Estádio do Café Referee: Alexandre Vargas Tavares de Jesus

Cruzeiro v Brusque

9 November35	Cruzeiro	2–0	Brusque	Belo Horizonte
21:30  UTC−3	Vitor Leque 27' Giovanni 50'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

Vitória v Cruzeiro

14 November36	Vitória	3–0	Cruzeiro	Salvador
19:00  UTC−3	Thiago 4' (o.g.) David 8', 35'	Report		Stadium: Barradão Referee: Jefferson Ferreira de Moraes

Sampaio Corrêa v Cruzeiro

18 November37	Sampaio Corrêa	1–1	Cruzeiro	São Luís
21:00  UTC−3	Maurício 8'	Report	Léo Santos 41'	Stadium: Castelão Referee: Salim Fende Chavez

Cruzeiro v Náutico

25 November38	Cruzeiro	0–0	Náutico	Belo Horizonte
20:00  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão Referee: Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2021 Copa do Brasil

The drawn for the first stage was held on 2 March. ^[43]

First stage

São Raimundo-RR v Cruzeiro

11 MarchSingle match	São Raimundo-RR	1–1	Cruzeiro	Boa Vista
19:15  UTC−3	Fininho 8'	Report	Felipe Augusto 53'	Stadium: Canarinho Attendance: 0 Referee: Thiago Luis Scarascati
Note: Cruzeiro advanced to the second stage for being the best CBF ranked team.

Second stage

América-RN v Cruzeiro

14 AprilSingle match	América-RN	0–1	Cruzeiro	Natal
21:30  UTC−3		Report	Matheus Barbosa 82'	Stadium: Arena das Dunas Attendance: 0 Referee: Jefferson Ferreira de Moraes

Third stage

Cruzeiro v Juazeirense

3 JuneFirst leg	Cruzeiro	1–0	Juazeirense	Belo Horizonte
16:30  UTC−3	Bruno José 63'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 0 Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

Juazeirense v Cruzeiro

10 JuneSecond leg	Juazeirense	1–0 (1–1 agg.) (3–2 p)	Cruzeiro	Juazeiro
19:00  UTC−3	Thauan 85'	Report		Stadium: Adauto Moraes Attendance: 0 Referee: Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda
	Penalties
	Kanu Wendell Ian Augusto Guilherme Lucena		Rômulo Felipe Augusto Raúl Cáceres Adriano Matheus Barbosa

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 3 October.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Série B		Campeonato Mineiro		Copa do Brasil		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Fábio	27	27	13	13	4	4	44	44
2	DF		Cáceres	11	10	13	13	4	4	28	27
4	DF		Ramon	25	25	12	12	4	4	41	41
5	MF		Matheus Neris	2	0	7	3	3	2	12	5
6	DF		Matheus Pereira	17	14	12	9	4	3	33	26
9	FW		Marcelo Moreno	13	9	4	2	1	0	18	11
10	FW		Rafael Sóbis	22	17	12	10	3	3	37	30
11	MF		Marcinho	16	11	10	7	2	1	28	19
12	GK		Lucas França (footballer)	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
14	DF		Eduardo Brock	17	17	4	2	1	1	22	20
15	MF		Adriano	20	12	12	10	3	2	35	24
16	FW		Bruno José	24	21	11	8	4	4	39	33
17	FW		Keké	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW		Thiago	16	6	4	0	0	0	20	6
20	MF		Marco Antônio	5	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
21	MF		Wellington Nem	16	8	0	0	0	0	16	8
22	FW		Felipe Augusto	21	13	11	6	4	0	36	19
23	DF		Joseph	6	5	0	0	0	0	6	5
25	DF		Léo Santos	7	7	0	0	0	0	7	7
26	MF		Ariel Cabral	7	3	0	0	0	0	7	3
27	MF		Rômulo	26	24	7	4	3	2	36	30
28	MF		Giovanni	22	13	0	0	0	0	22	13
29	FW		Vitor Leque	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
30	MF		Flávio	19	8	0	0	0	0	19	8
31	FW		Dudu	7	3	0	0	0	0	7	3
32	DF		Norberto	12	10	0	0	0	0	12	10
33	DF		Paulo	3	3	0	0	1	0	4	3
34	DF		Weverton	3	2	7	7	3	3	13	12
35	MF		Lucas Ventura	8	8	0	0	0	0	8	8
36	DF		Jean Victor	9	7	0	0	0	0	9	7
42	DF		Geovane	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF		Rhodolfo	5	3	0	0	0	0	5	3
46	DF		Kaiki	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
49	MF		Claudinho	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		Alan Ruschel	0	0	5	5	1	1	6	6
–	DF		Manoel	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	5
–	DF		Klebinho	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
–	MF		Jadson	1	0	8	1	2	0	11	1
–	MF		Matheus Barbosa	10	7	13	12	4	3	27	22
–	FW		Airton	9	5	13	9	4	4	26	18
–	FW		Guilherme Bissoli	8	3	1	0	2	2	11	5
–	FW		Stênio	4	0	4	0	2	0	10	0
–	FW		William Pottker	0	0	10	4	1	0	11	4

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 3 October.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Série B	Campeonato Mineiro	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	MF	–	Matheus Barbosa	4	2	1	7
2	FW	9	Marcelo Moreno	5	1	0	6
3	FW	22	Felipe Augusto	3	1	1	5
4	FW	16	Bruno José	3	0	1	4
5	DF	4	Ramon	3	0	0	3
	FW	10	Rafael Sóbis	1	2	0	3
	FW	18	Thiago	3	0	0	3
	FW	–	William Pottker	0	3	0	3
6	MF	11	Marcinho	1	1	0	2
	MF	25	Giovanni	2	0	0	2
	MF	49	Claudinho	2	0	0	2
	FW	–	Airton	1	1	0	2
7	DF	2	Cáceres	0	1	0	1
	DF	25	Léo Santos	1	0	0	1
	FW	29	Vitor Leque	1	0	0	1
	DF	–	Manoel	0	1	0	1
	MF	–	Jadson	0	1	0	1
	FW	–	Guilherme Bissoli	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.

As of match played 3 October.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Série B	Campeonato Mineiro	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	FW	10	Rafael Sóbis	3	2	0	5
	MF	27	Rômulo	4	1	0	5
2	FW	16	Bruno José	3	1	0	4
3	DF	2	Cáceres	2	0	1	3
	MF	11	Marcinho	3	0	0	3
	MF	49	Claudinho	2	1	0	3
4	DF	6	Matheus Pereira	1	1	0	2
	MF	21	Wellington Nem	2	0	0	2
	FW	22	Felipe Augusto	1	0	1	2
	FW	–	William Pottker	0	2	0	2
5	MF	15	Adriano	0	1	0	1
	FW	18	Thiago	1	0	0	1
	DF	34	Weverton	0	1	0	1
	FW	–	Guilherme Bissoli	0	0	1	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 3 October.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Série B	Campeonato Mineiro	Copa do Brasil	Total
1	GK	1	Fábio	8	7	2	17

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 3 October.

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

References

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

External links

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