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 9660 Vasco da Gama 12 Lucas França GK 80Youth system 40 Vinícius GK 00Youth systemDefenders 2 Cáceres RB 602 Cerro Porteño 4 Ramon CB 705 Vitória 6 Matheus Pereira LB 581Youth system 14 Eduardo Brock CB 220 Ceará 23 Joseph CB 60 Capivariano (loan) 25 Léo Santos CB 71 Ituano (loan) 32 Norberto RB 120 CSA 33 Paulo CB 60Youth system 34 Weverton CB 130Youth system 36 Jean Victor LB 90 Boavista 42 Geovane RB 10Youth system 44 Rhodolfo CB 50 Coritiba 46 Kaiki CB 30Youth systemMidfielders 5 Matheus Neris DM/CM 120 Palmeiras 8 Henrique DM/CM 52427 Santos 11 Marcinho CM/AM 282 Sampaio Corrêa 15 Adriano DM/CM 600Youth system 20 Marco Antônio CM/AM 130Youth system 26 Ariel Cabral DM/CM 1954 Vélez Sarsfield 27 Rômulo DM/CM 550 Genoa 28 Giovanni CM/AM 322 Coritiba 30 Flávio DM/CM 190 América Mineiro (loan) 35 Lucas Ventura DM/CM 180Youth system 49 Claudinho CM/AM 362 FerroviáriaForwards 9 Marcelo Moreno ST 14354 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 10 Rafael Sóbis ST/AM 16934 Ceará 16 Bruno José RW/LW 394 Internacional 17 Keké ST 10 Tombense (loan) 18 Thiago ST 476Youth system 21 Wellington Nem ST/LW/RW 160 Fortaleza 22 Felipe Augusto ST/LW/RW 365 América Mineiro 29 Vitor Leque ST/LW/RW 31Youth system 31 Dudu ST/LW/RW 70 Primavera (loan) 59 Zé Eduardo ST 10Youth system
Transfers and loans Last updated on 24 June.
Transfers in
Entry datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. 12 February MF 95 Marcinho Sampaio CorrêaFree 12 February DF 28 Alan Ruschel ChapecoenseFree 13 February FW 22 Felipe Augusto América Mineiro Free 13 February MF 5 Matheus Neris Palmeiras Free 17 February FW 16 Bruno José Internacional Free 25 February DF 14 Eduardo Brock Ceará Free 26 March MF 27 Rômulo Genoa Free 22 June FW 21 Wellington Nem Fortaleza Free 23 June DF 32 Norberto CSA Free 25 June DF 36 Jean Victor Boavista Free 25 June DF 44 Rhodolfo Coritiba Free
Loans in
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. 13 January 21 July DF 17 Matheus Barbosa AvaíNone 3 May 4 August FW 29 Guilherme Bissoli Athletico ParanaenseNone 19 May End of the season DF 23 Joseph CapivarianoNone 20 May End of the season MF 30 Flávio América MineiroNone 26 May 16 July DF 31 Klebinho FlamengoNone 23 June End of the season FW 17 Keké TombenseNone 25 June 30 June 2022 FW 31 Dudu PrimaveraNone 29 June End of the season DF 25 Léo Santos ItuanoNone
Transfers out
Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef.14 February DF 14 Cacá Tokushima Vortis R$ 10,7M17 February MF 16 Jadsom Red Bull Bragantino R$ 5,4M11 March DF 27 Orejuela São Paulo R$ 13,5M12 April DF 32 Manoel Fluminense Released20 May DF 3 Léo None Released1 July MF 88 Jadson Juventude Released14 July GK 39 Vitor Eudes Marítimo Released30 August FW 21 Welinton Novorizontino Released
Loans out
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. 29 January End of the season FW 99 Sassá MarítimoNone 13 March 11 June MF 94 Giovanni AvaíNone 13 April 31 April FW 21 Welinton Inter de LimeiraNone 20 May End of the season DF 28 Alan Ruschel América MineiroNone 21 May End of the season DF 23 Arthur Brasil de PelotasNone 21 May End of the season FW 21 Welinton Brasil de PelotasNone 24 June 2 August GK 12 Lucas França GuaraniNone 30 June End of the season FW 11 William Pottker Al-WaslNone 31 August 30 June 2022 FW 19 Stênio TorinoR$ 600k
Competitions
Overview
Campeonato Mineiro
First stage
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
League table
Results by round
Matches
Copa do Brasil
The drawn for the first stage was held on 2 March.
First stage
Second stage
Third stage
Squad statistics
Appearances Players with no appearances not included in the list.
No.Pos.Nat.NameSérie BCampeonato MineiroCopa do BrasilTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStarts1GK272713134444442DF111013134428274DF252512124441415MF2073321256DF17141294333269FW1394210181110FW2217121033373011MF161110721281912GK2100002114DF17174211222015MF2012121032352416FW242111844393317FW1000001018FW166400020620MF5110006121MF168000016822FW211311640361923DF6500006525DF7700007726MF7300007327MF26247432363028MF22130000221329FW3200003230MF198000019831FW7300007332DF12100000121033DF3300104334DF327733131235MF8800008836DF9700009742DF0010001044DF5300005346DF0010203049MF1367111218Players who are on loan/returned to the youth team/left Cruzeiro that have appeared this season–DF00551166–DF00550055–DF00001010–MF108120111–MF1071312432722–FW95139442618–FW831022115–FW404020100–FW0010410114
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. .
PlayerSérie BCampeonato MineiroCopa do BrasilTotal 1 MF – Matheus Barbosa 4217 2 FW 9 Marcelo Moreno 5106 3 FW 22 Felipe Augusto 3115 4 FW 16 Bruno José 3014 5 DF 4 Ramon 3003 FW 10 Rafael Sóbis 1203 FW 18 Thiago 3003 FW – William Pottker 0303 6 MF 11 Marcinho 1102 MF 25 Giovanni 2002 MF 49 Claudinho 2002 FW – Airton 1102 7 DF 2 Cáceres 0101 DF 25 Léo Santos 1001 FW 29 Vitor Leque 1001 DF – Manoel 0101 MF – Jadson 0101 FW – Guilherme Bissoli 1001 Own Goals 2002 Total3314350
Assists Includes all competitive matches. Not all goals have an assist. .
PlayerSérie BCampeonato MineiroCopa do BrasilTotal 1 FW 10 Rafael Sóbis 3205 MF 27 Rômulo 4105 2 FW 16 Bruno José 3104 3 DF 2 Cáceres 2013 MF 11 Marcinho 3003 MF 49 Claudinho 2103 4 DF 6 Matheus Pereira 1102 MF 21 Wellington Nem 2002 FW 22 Felipe Augusto 1012 FW – William Pottker 0202 5 MF 15 Adriano 0101 FW 18 Thiago 1001 DF 34 Weverton 0101 FW – Guilherme Bissoli 0011
Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. .
PlayerSérie BCampeonato MineiroCopa do BrasilTotal 1 GK 1 Fábio 87217
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. .
No. Pos. Name Série B Campeonato Mineiro Copa do Brasil Total 1GK Fábio210000212DF Cáceres102000304DF Ramon5030201005MF Matheus Neris000010106DF Matheus Pereira303121729FW Marcelo Moreno3020005010FW Rafael Sóbis4130108111MF Marcinho2000002012GK Lucas França1010002014DF Eduardo Brock3010104115MF Adriano4220107216FW Bruno José3000003018FW Thiago2010003020MF Marco Antônio0010001021MF Wellington Nem1000001022FW Felipe Augusto3001003125DF Léo Santos2000002026MF Ariel Cabral2000002027MF Rômulo4000105028MF Giovanni5000005030MF Flávio2000002032DF Norberto3000003033DF Paulo0100000134DF Weverton0110102136DF Jean Victor3000003049MF Claudinho10100020–DF Alan Ruschel00410041–DF Manoel00300030–MF Jadson11400051–MF Matheus Barbosa31001041–FW Airton20201050–FW Stênio10002030–FW William Pottker00210021
References
External links Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Cruzeiro official website (in Portuguese)