2022 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

Cruzeiro
2022 season
Owner	Ronaldo
President	Sérgio Santos Rodrigues
Manager	Paulo Pezzolano
Stadium	Mineirão
Série B	Matchday 1
Campeonato Mineiro	Semi-finals
Copa do Brasil	Third stage
	← 2021 →

The 2022 season is the 101th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence.

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

Players[]

Squad information[]

As of 8 March 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Rafael Cabral
4	DF	BRA	Mateus Silva
6	DF	BRA	Matheus Bidu (on loan from Guarani)
7	FW	BRA	Bruno José
8	MF	ITA	Rômulo
10	MF	BRA	Giovanni
11	FW	BRA	Waguininho
12	DF	BRA	Sidnei
14	DF	BRA	Eduardo Brock
15	MF	BRA	Adriano
19	FW	BRA	Vitor Leque
20	MF	BRA	Marco Antônio
21	MF	BRA	Pedro Castro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	BRA	Machado
25	DF	BRA	Gabriel Dias
26	DF	BRA	Oliveira
28	MF	BRA	João Paulo
29	MF	BRA	Willian Oliveira (on loan from Ceará)
31	GK	BRA	Denivys
36	DF	BRA	Rafael Santos
39	FW	BRA	Vitor Roque
55	MF	BRA	Fernando Canesin
99	FW	BRA	Edu
—	GK	BRA	Gabriel Brazão (on loan from Inter Milan)
—	DF	BRA	Wagner Leonardo (on loan from Santos)

Youth players with first team numbers[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
41	GK	BRA
42	DF	BRA
43	DF	BRA
44	DF	BRA	Weverton
45	MF	BRA
46	DF	BRA
47	FW	BRA


No.	Pos.	Nation
48	MF	BRA
50	FW	BRA
51	GK	BRA
52	MF	BRA
57	FW	BRA
58	MF	BRA

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Campeonato Mineiro	26 January	TBD	Matchday 1	TBD	12	8	1	3	23	10	+13	066.67
Copa do Brasil	23 February	TBD	First stage	TBD	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	9 April	5 November	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					14	10	1	3	31	10	+21	071.43

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Mineiro[]

First stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Mineiro	11	9	1	1	23	5	+18	28	Knockout stage
2	Athletic Club	11	8	1	2	15	4	+11	25
3	Cruzeiro	11	7	1	3	21	10	+11	22
4	Caldense	11	6	0	5	12	13	−1	18
5	América Mineiro	11	5	2	4	11	8	+3	17	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.

26 January 1	Cruzeiro	3–0	URT	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC−3	Thiago 42' Machado 56' Edu 71'	Report		Stadium: Independência Attendance: 7,413 Referee: Ronei Cândido Alves

30 January 2	Athletic	0–1	Cruzeiro	São João Del Rei
11:00 UTC−3		Report	Bruno José 48'	Stadium: Attendance: 2,303 Referee: Paulo César Zanovelli

2 February 3	Cruzeiro	0–2	América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Patric 24' Alê 32'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 18,835 Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

5 February 4	Caldense	1–2	Cruzeiro	Poços de Caldas
16:30 UTC−3	João Diogo 13'	Report	Giovanni 74' Edu 90+7'	Stadium: Ronaldão Attendance: 5,128 Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima

9 February 5	Cruzeiro	1–0	Democrata GV	Belo Horizonte
18:00 UTC−3	Edu 90+9'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 12,311 Referee: Wanderson Alves de Sousa

12 February 6	Tombense	0–3	Cruzeiro	Tombos
19:00 UTC−3		Report	19' Giovanni 47' Thiago 90+2'	Stadium: Almeidão Attendance: 1,761 Referee: Marco Aurélio Augusto Fazekas Ferreira

17 February 7	Cruzeiro	2–1	Uberlândia	Belo Horizonte
20:00 UTC−3	Bidu 38' Edu 56'	Report	55'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 9,039 Referee: Murilo Francisco Misson Junior

20 February 8	Cruzeiro	2–2	Villa Nova	Belo Horizonte
11:00 UTC−3	Vitor Roque 18' Edu 60'	Report	17' (o.g.) Wesley 34'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 19,616 Referee: Antônio Márcio Teixeira da Silva

6 March 9	Atlético Mineiro	2–1	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
18:00 UTC−3	Hulk 85' (pen.) Ademir 90+7'	Report	Vitor Roque 70'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 53,328 Referee: Igor Júnior Benevenuto

13 March 10	Cruzeiro	5–1	Pouso Alegre	Belo Horizonte
17:30 UTC−3	36' Waguininho 45' João Paulo 55' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Rafael Santos 90'	Report	41'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 23,347 Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira

19 March 11	Patrocinense	2–1	Cruzeiro	Patrocínio
16:30 UTC−3	42' 44'	Report	Adriano Firmino 45+3'	Stadium: Attendance: 2,745 Referee: Marco Aurélio Augusto Fazekas Ferreira

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals[]

22 March First leg	Cruzeiro	2–0	Athletic	Belo Horizonte
20:30 UTC−3	Eduardo Brock 7' Edu 49'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 22,340 Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima

26 March Second leg	Athletic	v	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
16:30 UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Promotion or relegation
4	CRB	Promotion to
5	Criciúma
6	Cruzeiro
7	CSA
8	Grêmio

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.

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
Result
Position

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

Matches[]

8–9 April 1	Bahia	v	Cruzeiro	Salvador
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova

12–16 April 2	Cruzeiro	v	Brusque	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

19–23 April 1	Tombense	v	Cruzeiro	Tombos
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Almeidão

26–27 April 2	Cruzeiro	v	Londrina	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

29–30 April 5	Chapecoense	v	Cruzeiro	Chapecó
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Arena Condá

3–7 May 6	Cruzeiro	v	Grêmio	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

10–14 May 7	Náutico	v	Cruzeiro	Recife
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio dos Aflitos

17–21 May 8	Cruzeiro	v	Sampaio Corrêa	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

24–28 May 9	Criciúma	v	Cruzeiro	Criciúma
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Heriberto Hülse

31 May – 4 June 10	Operário	v	Cruzeiro	Ponta Grossa
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Germano Krüger

7–8 June 11	Cruzeiro	v	CRB	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

10–11 June 12	Vasco da Gama	v	Cruzeiro	Rio de Janeiro
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: São Januário

14–18 June 13	Cruzeiro	v	Ponte Preta	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

21–25 June 14	Ituano	v	Cruzeiro	Itu
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Novelli Júnior

28–29 June 15	Cruzeiro	v	Sport	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

1–2 July 16	Cruzeiro	v	Vila Nova	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

5–9 July 17	Guarani	v	Cruzeiro	Campinas
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Brinco de Ouro

19–20 July 19	CSA	v	Cruzeiro	Maceió
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Rei Pelé

20–21 July 18	Cruzeiro	v	Novorizontino	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

22–23 July 20	Cruzeiro	v	Bahia	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

26–30 July 21	Brusque	v	Cruzeiro	Brusque
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Augusto Bauer

2–6 August 22	Cruzeiro	v	Tombense	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

9–10 August 23	Londrina	v	Cruzeiro	Londrina
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio do Café

12–13 August 24	Cruzeiro	v	Chapecoense	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

16–20 August 25	Grêmio	v	Cruzeiro	Porto Alegre
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Arena do Grêmio

23–27 August 26	Cruzeiro	v	Náutico	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

30–31 August 27	Sampaio Corrêa	v	Cruzeiro	São Luís
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Castelão

2–3 September 28	Cruzeiro	v	Criciúma	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

6–10 September 29	Cruzeiro	v	Operário	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

13–17 September 30	CRB	v	Cruzeiro	Maceió
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Rei Pelé

20–24 September 31	Cruzeiro	v	Vasco da Gama	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

27 September – 1 October 32	Ponte Preta	v	Cruzeiro	Campinas
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Moisés Lucarelli

7–8 October 34	Sport	v	Cruzeiro	Recife
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Ilha do Retiro

11–15 October 35	Vila Nova	v	Cruzeiro	Goiânia
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga

18–22 October 36	Cruzeiro	v	Guarani	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

22–24 October 33	Cruzeiro	v	Ituano	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

25–29 October 37	Novorizontino	v	Cruzeiro	Novo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Doutor Jorge Ismael de Biasi

5 November 38	Cruzeiro	v	CSA	Belo Horizonte
--:-- UTC−3				Stadium: Mineirão

Copa do Brasil[]

First stage[]

23 February Single match	Sergipe	0–5	Cruzeiro	Aracaju
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Edu 52' João Paulo 69' Thiago 73' Vitor Roque 84', 87'	Stadium: Batistão Attendance: 1,472 Referee: Douglas Schwengber da Silva

Second stage[]

16 March Single match	Tuntum	0–3	Cruzeiro	Tuntum
20:30 UTC−3		Report	Vitor Roque 12' Edu 51' (pen.), 65'	Stadium: Attendance: 2,954 Referee: Thiago Luis Scarascati

References[]

External links[]

Cruzeiro official website (in Portuguese)

v t 2022 in Brazilian football
« 2021 »
Domestic leagues	Série A Série B Série C Série D Women's Série A1
State leagues	Alagoas Bahia Ceará Goiás Minas Gerais Pará Paraíba Pernambuco Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Sul São Paulo
Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil First round Second round Third round Copa do Nordeste Copa Verde
Super cups	Supercopa do Brasil Women's Supercopa do Brasil
South American competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Women's Copa Libertadores
National teams	FIFA World Cup qualification FIFA World Cup Copa América Femenina
Club seasons
Série A	Atlético Mineiro Corinthians Flamengo Internacional Palmeiras Santos São Paulo
Série B	Cruzeiro Grêmio
Série C	Remo