2015 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

Cruzeiro
2015 season
Manager	Marcelo Oliveira; (until 31 May 2015) ; Vanderlei Luxemburgo; (from 2 June – until 30 August 2015) Deivid de Souza; (interim 2 September 2015) Mano Menezes; (from 4 September 2015)
Stadium	Mineirão
Campeonato Brasileiro	8th
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
Campeonato Mineiro	Semi-finals
Copa Libertadores	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	; Willian (11 goals)
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 season is Cruzeiro's ninety-fourth season in existence and the club's forty-fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

Statistics

Hat tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Willian	Figueirense FC	5–1	6 September 2015	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Overall

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	1 February 2015	19 April 2015	Matchday 1	Semi-Finals	13	7	4	2	25	10	+15	053.85
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	10 May 2015	6 December 2015	Matchday 1	8th	38	15	10	13	44	35	+9	039.47
Copa do Brasil	19 August 2015	26 August 2015	Round of 16	Round of 16	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	000.00
Copa Libertadores	25 February 2015	27 May 2015	Group stage	Quarter-finals	10	5	2	3	10	7	+3	050.00
Total					63	27	16	20	82	57	+25	042.86

Source: Competitions

Competitions

Campeonato Mineiro

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Caldense (A)	11	7	4	0	16	4	+12	25	Qualification to the knockout stage
2	Cruzeiro (A)	11	7	3	1	23	7	+16	24
3	Atlético Mineiro (A)	11	7	1	3	20	7	+13	22
4	Tombense (A)	11	6	2	3	17	14	+3	20
5	América Mineiro	11	5	5	1	12	7	+5	20

Updated to match(es) played on 5 April 2015. Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head points (only when two teams are tied) 5th less red cards received; 6th less yellow cards received; 7th public draw
(A) Advance to a further round

First stage

1 February 1	EC Democrata	1–2	Cruzeiro	Governador Valadares
				Stadium: Mamudão

8 February 2	Cruzeiro	1–1	Caldense	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

11 February 3	Guarani	1–3	Cruzeiro	Divinópolis
				Stadium: Farião

21 February 4	Cruzeiro	3–0	Boa Esporte	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

28 February 5	Tupi	0–3	Cruzeiro	Juiz de Fora
				Stadium: Mario Helênio

8 March 6	Cruzeiro	1–1	Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

11 March 7	Villa Nova	0–4	Cruzeiro	Nova Lima
				Stadium: Castor Cifuentes

22 March 8	América Mineiro	0–2	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Independência

25 March 9	Cruzeiro	1–1	Mamoré	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

29 March 10	URT	0–2	Cruzeiro	Patos de Minas
				Stadium: Arena DanBred

5 April 11	Cruzeiro	1–2	Tombense	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

Semi-finals

12 April First leg	Atlético Mineiro	1–1	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Estádio Independência

19 April Second leg	Cruzeiro	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Sport Recife	38	15	14	9	53	38	+15	59	2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage^[a]
7	Santos	38	16	10	12	59	41	+18	58
8	Cruzeiro	38	15	10	13	44	35	+9	55
9	Palmeiras	38	15	8	15	60	51	+9	53	2016 Copa Libertadores second stage^[b]
10	Atlético Paranaense	38	14	9	15	43	48	−5	51	2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage^[a]

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Teams will enter in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana if they do not reach the 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16. Also, the 2015 Copa Verde champion (Cuiabá) and the 2016 Copa do Nordeste champion have a guaranteed berth.
^ Palmeiras has a berth guaranteed to the second stage as the 2015 Copa do Brasil champions.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	10	13	44	35	+9	55	10	6	3	28	11	+17	5	4	10	16	24	−8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

10 May 1	Cruzeiro	0–1	Corinthians	Cuiabá
15:00 UTC−04:00		Report	Romero 82'	Stadium: Arena Pantanal^{[note 1]} Attendance: 11,773 Referee: Anderson Daronco

17 May 2	Santos	1–0	Cruzeiro	Santos
16:00 UTC-03:00	Geuvânio 45' Chiquinho 66'	Report	65' Willians 73' Fabrício 84' Bruno Rodrigo 90+3' Willian	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 7,246 Referee: Péricles Bassols

24 May 3	Cruzeiro	1–1	Ponte Preta	Belo Horizonte
	Paulo André 38' Fabrício 41' Charles 82' Biro Biro 85'		Pablo 31' Juninho 77' Biro Biro 85'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 9,639

31 May 4	Figueirense	2–1	Cruzeiro	Estádio Orlando Scarpelli
	Marquinho 32' 36' Rafael Bastos 50' 79' Marcão 89'		Mayke 56' Willians 10' Charles 49' Henrique Pacheco 41' 70' Leandro 30' Willian 33'	Attendance: 6,211

4 June 5	Cruzeiro	1–0	Flamengo	Belo Horizonte
2:00	Bruno Rodrigo 54' Manoel 78' Fábio 90'		Alecsandro 28' Éverton 31' Luiz Antônio 90+1'	Attendance: 12,071

6 June 6	Atlético Mineiro	1–3	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
10:30			Jemerson 45+2' (o.g.) Gabriel Xavier 46' Marquinhos 72'	Stadium: Estádio Independência Attendance: 20,092

13 June 7	Vasco da Gama	1–3	Cruzeiro	Rio de Janeiro
	Luan Garcia 61' Rodrigo 63' 88'		Pará 8' Leandro Damião 21' 38', 74' Willians 57' Charles 58' Joel 87'	Stadium: Estádio São Januário Attendance: 5,505

21 June 8	Cruzeiro	0–1	Chapecoense	Belo Horizonte
3:00	Pará 3' Henrique Pacheco Lima 34' Bruno Ramires 70' Bruno Rodrigo 90+1'		Fernando Camilo Farias 36' Gil 67' Neto 83' Danilo 85'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 33,643

28 June 9	Coritiba	1–0	Cruzeiro	Curitiba
	Leandro Silva 12' Rodrigo Luccas Claro 31' Lúcio Flávio 56' Rafhael Lucas 62' Esquerdinha 67'		Henrique Pacheco Lima 32' Allano 36' Paulo André 54' Willians 89' Marcos Vinícius 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Couto Pereira Attendance: 12,395

2 July 10	Grêmio	1–0	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
	Luan 3' Maicon 25' Walace 40' Pedro Geromel 57' Douglas 69' Rafael Galhardo 85'		Leandro Damião 40' Willians 55' Willian 68' Bruno Rodrigo 68' Mayke 73'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 7,427

4 July 11	Cruzeiro	2–0	Atlético Paranaense	Belo Horizonte
	Giorgian De Arrascaeta 41' Marinho 73'		Natanael 62' Giovanni 80' Walter Henrique da Silva	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 7,427

9 July 12	Fluminense	1–0	Cruzeiro	Rio de Janeiro
	Paulo André 21' Willian 73'		Fred 59' Victor Oliveira 82'	Stadium: Maracanã Stadium Attendance: 16,391

12 July 13	Cruzeiro	1–0	Goiás	Belo Horizonte
	Leo 36' Joel 38' Marinho 72'		Diogo Barbosa 56'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 10,675

19 July 14	Cruzeiro	1–1	Avaí	Belo Horizonte
	Marcos Vinícius 13' Marinho 46'		Romário 68' André Lima 80' 82' Everton Silva 90+1'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 13,860

26 July 15	São Paulo	1–0	Cruzeiro	São Paulo
	Pato 45'		Fabrício 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 29,648

2 August 16	Sport	0–0	Cruzeiro	Recife
				Stadium: Arena Pernambuco

9 August 17	Cruzeiro	2–1	Palmeiras	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

13 August 18	Joinville	3–0	Cruzeiro	Joinville
				Stadium: Arena Joinville

16 August 19	Cruzeiro	0–0	Internacional	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

23 August 20	Corinthians	3–0	Cruzeiro	São Paulo
				Stadium: Arena Corinthians

30 August 21	Cruzeiro	0–1	Santos	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

2 September 22	Ponte Preta	1–2	Cruzeiro	Campinas
				Stadium: Moisés Lucarelli

6 September 23	Cruzeiro	5–1	Figueirense	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

10 September 24	Flamengo	2–0	Cruzeiro	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Maracanã

13 September 25	Cruzeiro	1–1	Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

16 September 26	Cruzeiro	2–2	Vasco	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

20 September 27	Chapecoense	0–2	Cruzeiro	Chapecó
				Stadium: Arena Condá

27 September 28	Cruzeiro	2–0	Coritiba	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

4 October 29	Cruzeiro	0–0	Grêmio	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

14 October 30	Atlético Paranaense	2–2	Cruzeiro	Curitiba
				Stadium: Arena da Baixada

18 October 31	Cruzeiro	2–0	Fluminense	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

25 October 32	Goiás	0–1	Cruzeiro	Goiânia
				Stadium: Serra Dourada

31 October 33	Avaí	1–1	Cruzeiro	Florianópolis
				Stadium: Ressacada

8 November 34	Cruzeiro	2–1	São Paulo	Belo Horizonte
	Willian 33' Manoel 63' Leandro Damião 81'		Luís Fabiano 31' Alan Kardec 84' Thiago Mendes 86'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 33,417

15 November 35	Cruzeiro	3–0	Sport	Belo Horizonte
	Willian 43' Willians Domingos Fernandes 59' 65'		Matheus Ferraz 41' Durval 61' (o.g.) André 62' Diego Souza 62' Régis Augusto Salmazzo 75'	Stadium: Estadio Mineirão Attendance: 25,851

21 November 36	Palmeiras	1–1	Cruzeiro	São Paulo
9:30	Pablo Mouche 63' Leandro Almeida Silva 69' Lucas Barrios 71'		Marcos Vinícius 20' Giorgian De Arrascaeta 71'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 19,395

29 November 37	Cruzeiro	3–0	Joinville	Belo Horizonte
	Willian 35' Charles 40' Alisson 64' Paulo André 76' Fábio 85'		Kempes 54' Gutieri Tomelin 71' Danrlei Rosa dos Santos 72'	Stadium: Estadio Mineirão Attendance: 24,933

6 December 38	Internacional	2–0	Cruzeiro	Porto Alegre
	Vitinho 26', 62' 84' Andrigo		Douglas Grolli 44'	Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio Attendance: 29,836

Copa do Brasil

Round of 16

Cruzeiro joined the competition in the round of 16

19 August First leg	Palmeiras	2–1	Cruzeiro	São Paulo
22:00 (UTC−3)	Cleiton Xavier 7' Zé Roberto 46' Rafael Marques 62'	Report	Leandro Damião 49' Fabrício 57'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 24,889 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Pernambuco)

26 August Second leg	Cruzeiro	2–3 (3–5 agg.)	Palmeiras	Belo Horizonte
22:00 (UTC−3)	Bruno Rodrigo 24' Vinícius Araújo 38' Alisson 75' (pen.)	Report	Barrios 8' Amaral 17' Gabriel Jesus 27', 32' Zé Roberto 56' João Pedro 74' Robinho 84'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 16,972 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruzeiro	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Advance to final stages
2	Universitario de Sucre	6	2	3	1	4	3	+1	9	Advance to final stages
3	Huracán	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7
4	Mineros de Guayana	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Second stage tiebreakers

25 February	Universitario	0–0	Cruzeiro	Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre
21:00 UTC−4		Report		Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)

3 March	Cruzeiro	0–0	Huracán	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
22:00 UTC−3		Report		Attendance: 25,867 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

19 March	Mineros	0–2	Cruzeiro	Estadio Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz
20:45 UTC−4:30		Report	Leandro Damião 10' Marquinhos 82'	Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

8 April	Cruzeiro	3–0	Mineros	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
22:00 UTC−3	De Arrascaeta 12' Leandro Damião 14' Henrique 72'	Report		Attendance: 17,750 Referee: Jorge Osorio (Chile)

14 April	Huracán	3–1	Cruzeiro	Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires
19:00 UTC−3	Ábila 14', 25' Mancinelli 62'	Report	Leandro Damião 60' (pen.)	Referee: Patricio Polic (Chile)

21 April	Cruzeiro	2–0	Universitario	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
20:30 UTC−3	Willian 37' Léo 56'	Report		Attendance: 24,288 Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

6 May First leg	São Paulo	1–0	Cruzeiro	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
22:00 UTC−3	Centurión 82'	Report		Attendance: 66,369 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

13 May Second leg	Cruzeiro	1–0 (4–3 p)	São Paulo	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
19:30 UTC−3	Leandro Damião 54'	Report		Attendance: 37,719 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
	Penalties
	Leandro Damião Marquinhos De Arrascaeta Henrique Manoel Gabriel Xavier		Rogério Ceni Ganso Souza Luís Fabiano Centurión Lucão

Quarter finals

21 May First leg	River Plate	0–1	Cruzeiro	Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
22:00 UTC−3		Report	Marquinhos 81'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

27 May Second leg	Cruzeiro	0–3	River Plate	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
22:00 UTC−3		Report	Sánchez 19' Maidana 44' Gutiérrez 51'	Attendance: 54,890 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Notes

^ Cruzeiro played their home match against Corinthians at a neutral venue due to a suspension imposed by the STJD regarding crowd disturbances in their home match against Atlético Mineiro at the 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

References

^ "FMF Federação Mineira de Futebol". Federação Mineira de Futebol. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[table_note_res_CSSS0.3871122199982-2] Teams will enter in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana if they do not reach the 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16. Also, the 2015 Copa Verde champion (Cuiabá) and the 2016 Copa do Nordeste champion have a guaranteed berth.

[table_note_res_CLSS0.3871122199982-3] Palmeiras has a berth guaranteed to the second stage as the 2015 Copa do Brasil champions.

[4] Cruzeiro played their home match against Corinthians at a neutral venue due to a suspension imposed by the STJD regarding crowd disturbances in their home match against Atlético Mineiro at the 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

[fmf-1] "FMF Federação Mineira de Futebol". Federação Mineira de Futebol. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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