2015 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

Cruzeiro
2015 season
Manager	Marcelo Oliveira; (until 17 December 2015); Vanderlei Luxemburgo; (from 2 June)
Stadium	Mineirão
Campeonato Brasileiro	8th
2015 Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
Quarter finals	Quarter finals
Copa Libertadores	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	; Willian (11

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 September2015	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Competitions

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians (C)	38	24	9	5	71	31	+40	81	2016 Copa Libertadores second stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Atlético Mineiro	38	21	6	11	65	47	+18	69
3	Grêmio	38	20	8	10	52	32	+20	68
4	São Paulo	38	18	8	12	53	47	+6	62	2016 Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Internacional	38	17	9	12	39	38	+1	60	2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Sport Recife	38	15	14	9	53	38	+15	59	2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage^{[lower-alpha 3]}
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	Atlético Paranaense	38	14	9	15	43	48	−5	51	2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage^{[lower-alpha 3]}
11	Ponte Preta	38	13	12	13	41	40	+1	51
12	Flamengo	38	15	4	19	45	53	−8	49
13	Fluminense	38	14	5	19	40	49	−9	47
14	Chapecoense	38	12	11	15	34	44	−10	47
15	Coritiba	38	11	11	16	31	42	−11	44
16	Figueirense	38	11	10	17	36	50	−14	43
17	Avaí (R)	38	11	9	18	38	60	−22	42	Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Vasco da Gama (R)	38	10	11	17	28	54	−26	41
19	Goiás (R)	38	10	8	20	39	49	−10	38
20	Joinville (R)	38	7	10	21	26	48	−22	31

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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1 2 Palmeiras has a berth guaranteed to the second stage as the 2015 Copa do Brasil champions.
↑ Since a Brazilian team didn't win the 2015 Copa Libertadores, an additional berth to the 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 will be given to the best team not qualified to the 2016 Copa Libertadores, the fifth-placed Internacional.
1 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.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:

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 Brasileiro Série A			Matchday 1	8th	7001380000000000000♠38	7001150000000000000♠15	7001100000000000000♠10	7001130000000000000♠13	7001440000000000000♠44	7001350000000000000♠35	+9	07001394700000000000♠39.47
Copa do Brasil	30 November 2016	27 May 2017	Round of 16	Round of 16	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7000500000000000000♠5	−2	005000000000000000000♠0.00
Copa Libertadores	March 3, 2015	May 27, 2015	Round of 16	Quarter finals	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Total					7001400000000000000♠40	7001150000000000000♠15	7001100000000000000♠10	7001150000000000000♠15	7001470000000000000♠47	7001400000000000000♠40	+7	07001375000000000000♠37.50

Last updated: 15 August 2017 (2017-08-15).
Source: Competitions

Results

10 May 2015 Match 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

3	Cruzeiro	1 – 1	AA 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

May 31 2015 4	Figueirense	2 – 1	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	Estádio Orlando Scarpelli
	Marquinho 32' 36' Rafael Bastos 50' 79 Marcão Template:Yel89		Mayke 56' Willians 10' Charles 49' Henrique Pacheco 41' 70' Leandro 30' Willian 33'	Attendance: 6,211

4 June 5	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	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 2015 6	Atlético Mineiro	1 – 3	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	Belo Horizonte
10:30			Jemerson Template:O.G Gabriel Xavier 46' Marquinhos 72'	Stadium: Estádio Independência Attendance: 20,092

14 June 2015 7	Vasco da Gama	1 – 3	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	Rio de Janeiro
1:00	Luan Garcia 61' Rodrigo 63' 88'			Stadium: Estádio São Januário Attendance: 5,505

21 June 2015 8	Cruzeiro	1 – 0	Chapecoense	Belo Horizonte
3:00	Pará 3' Henrique Pacheco Lima 34' Bruno Ramires 70' Bruno Rodrigo 90+1'			Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 33,643

28 June 2015 9	Coritiba Foot Ball Club	1 – 0	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	Curitiba
8:00	Leandro Silva 12' Rodrigo Luccas Claro 31' Lúcio Flávio 56' Rafhael Lucas 62' Esquerdinha 67'			Stadium: Estádio Couto Pereira Attendance: 12,395

2 July 2015 10	Grêmio	2 – 0	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
2:00	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

5 July 2015 11	Cruzeiro	2 – 0	Atlético Paranaense	Belo Horizonte
1:00	Giorgian De Arrascaeta 41' Marinho 73'		Natanael 62' Giovanni 80' Walter Henrique da Silva	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 7,427

1:00 AM 12	Fluminense	1 – 0	Cruzeiro	Rio de Janeiro
10 July 2015	Paulo André 21' Willian 73'		Fred 59' Victor Oliveira 82'	Stadium: Maracanã Stadium Attendance: 16,391

12 July 2015 13	Cruzeiro	1 – 0	Goiás EC	Belo Horizonte
8:00 PM	Leo 36' Joel 38' Marinho 72'		Diogo Barbosa 56'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 10,675

19 July 2015 14	Cruzeiro	1 – 1	Avaí	Belo Horizonte
10:30	Marcos Vinícius 13' Marinho 46'		Romário 68' André Lima 80' 82' Everton Silva 90+1'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 13,860

8:00 PM 15	São Paulo	1 – 0	Cruzeiro	São Paulo
26 July 2015	Pato 45'		Fabrício 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 29,648

8 November 2015	Cruzeiro	2 – 1	São Paulo	Belo Horizonte
7:00 PM	Willian 33' Manoel 63' Leandro Damião 81'		Luís Fabiano 31' Alan Kardec 84' Thiago Mendes 86'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 33,417

15 November 2015	Cruzeiro	3 – 0	Sport	Belo Horizonte
7:00 PM	Willian 43' Willians Domingos Fernandes 59' 65'		Matheus Ferraz 41' Durval Template:O.G André 62' Diego Souza 62' Régis Augusto Salmazzo 75'	Stadium: Estadio Mineirão Attendance: 25,851

21 November 2015	Palmeiras	1 – 1	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	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 2015 37	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	3 – 0	Joinville Esporte Clube	Belo Horizonte
7:00 PM	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 2015 38	Internacional	2 – 0	Cruzeiro	Porto Alegre
7:00 PM	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

August 19 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)

August 26 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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CRU	UNI	HUR	MIN
1	Cruzeiro	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Advance to final stages	—	2–0	0–0	3–0
2	Universitario	6	2	3	1	4	3	+1	9	Advance to final stages	0–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	Huracán	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7		3–1	1–1	—	2–2
4	Mineros	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4		0–2	0–1	3–0	—

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Second stage tiebreakers

February 25, 2015	Universitario	0–0	Cruzeiro	Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre
21:00 UTC−4		Report		Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)

March 3, 2015	Cruzeiro	0–0	Huracán	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
22:00 UTC−3		Report		Attendance: 25,867 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

March 19, 2015	Mineros	0–2	Cruzeiro	Estadio Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz
20:45 UTC−4:30		Report	Leandro Damião 10' Marquinhos 82'	Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

April 8, 2015	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)

April 14, 2015	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)

April 21, 2015	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

May 6, 2015	São Paulo	1–0	Cruzeiro	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
22:00 UTC−3	Centurión 82'	Report		Attendance: 66,369 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

May 13, 2015	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

May 21, 2015	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)

May 27, 2015	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)

References

↑ 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

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[table_note_res_CLSS0.29707450433498-1] 1 2 Palmeiras has a berth guaranteed to the second stage as the 2015 Copa do Brasil champions.

[table_note_res_Ro160.29707450433498-2] Since a Brazilian team didn't win the 2015 Copa Libertadores, an additional berth to the 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 will be given to the best team not qualified to the 2016 Copa Libertadores, the fifth-placed Internacional.

[table_note_res_CSSS0.29707450433498-3] 1 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.

[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

2015 season
Manager	Marcelo Oliveira (until 17 December 2015) Vanderlei Luxemburgo (from 2 June)
Stadium	Mineirão
Campeonato Brasileiro	8th
2015 Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
Quarter finals	Quarter finals
Copa Libertadores	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	Willian (11