2025 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season

Cruzeiro

2025 season
Owner	Pedro Lourenço
President	Sérgio Santos Rodrigues
Manager	Fernando Diniz
Stadium	Mineirão
Série A	Matchday 1
Campeonato Mineiro	Group stage
Copa do Brasil	Third round
Copa Sudamericana	Group stage
Home colors Away colors Third colors

The 2025 season will be the 105th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence.

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

Current squad

As of 8 September 2024

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Cássio
2	DF	BRA	Wesley Gasolina
3	DF	BRA	Marlon Xavier
5	DF	BRA	Zé Ivaldo
6	DF	BRA	Kaiki Bruno
7	MF	BRA	Mateus Vital
8	FW	BRA	Rafa Silva
9	FW	BRA	Kaio Jorge
10	MF	BRA	Matheus Pereira
12	DF	BRA	William
16	MF	BRA	Lucas Silva
17	MF	BRA	Ramiro
19	FW	ARG	Juan Dinenno
20	MF	BRA	Walace
21	FW	ARG	Álvaro Barreal (on loan from Cincinnati)
22	MF	BRA	Vitinho
25	DF	ARG	Lucas Villalba (on loan from Argentinos Juniors)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	FW	ARG	Lautaro Díaz
29	MF	ARG	Lucas Romero
30	FW	BRA	Gabriel Veron (on loan from Porto)
33	MF	PAR	Fabrizio Peralta
34	DF	BRA	Jonathan Jesus
35	DF	BRA	Pedrão
41	GK	BRA	Léo Aragão
43	DF	BRA	João Marcelo
44	DF	BRA	Weverton
52	DF	BRA	Dorival
58	MF	BRA	Jhosefer
66	FW	BRA	Tevis
69	FW	BRA	Kaique Kenji
77	MF	BRA	Japa
81	GK	BRA	Gabriel Grando (on loan from Grêmio)
97	MF	BRA	Matheus Henrique
98	GK	BRA	Anderson

Other players

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	BRA	Fernando Henrique

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BRA	Rafael Cabral (at Grêmio until 31 December 2024)
—	GK	BRA	Rodrigo Bazilio (at Joinville until 30 November 2024)
—	DF	COL	Helibelton Palacios (at Sport Recife until 31 December 2024)
—	DF	BRA	Lucas Oliveira (at Kyoto Sanga until 31 December 2024)
—	MF	BRA	Henrique Rodrigues (at Figueirense until 30 November 2024)
—	MF	BRA	Ian Luccas (at Goiás until 30 November 2024)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Neto Moura (at Mirassol until 30 November 2024)
—	FW	BRA	Fernando (at Ferroviária until 30 October 2024)
—	FW	BRA	João Pedro (at Mirassol until 30 April 2025)
—	FW	BRA	Matheus Davó (at América-MG until 30 November 2024)
—	FW	BRA	Rafael Elias (at Kyoto Sanga until 31 December 2024)
—	FW	BRA	Robert (at Copenhagen until 31 August 2025)

First-team staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Fernando Diniz	BRA
Assistant coach	Wesley Carvalho	BRA
Goalkeeping coach	João Paulo Lacerda	BRA
	Robertinho	BRA
Fitness coaches	Leonardo Almeida	BRA
	Nathália Arnosti	BRA
	Túlio Flôres	BRA
Performance analyst	Gabriel Eloi	BRA
	Henrique Américo	BRA

Notable players

Further information: List of notable Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Campeonato Mineiro	19 January	TBD	First stage	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa do Brasil	29 April – 1 May	TBD	Third round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa Sudamericana	1–3 April	TBD	Group stage	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	29–30 March	21 December	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Mineiro

Main article: 2025 Campeonato Mineiro

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aymorés	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Cruzeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Pouso Alegre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Villa Nova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: FMF

Cruzeiro v Tombense

19 January 1	Cruzeiro	v	Tombense	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão

Athletic Club v Cruzeiro

22 January 2	Athletic Club	v	Cruzeiro	Varginha
20:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Melão

Cruzeiro v Betim

26 January 3	Cruzeiro	v	Betim	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão

Itabirito v Cruzeiro

30 January 4	Itabirito	v	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
20:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Independência

Cruzeiro v Uberlândia

2 February 5	Cruzeiro	v	Uberlândia	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão

América Mineiro v Cruzeiro

5 February 6	América Mineiro	v	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte
20:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Independência

Cruzeiro v Atlético Mineiro

9 February 7	Cruzeiro	v	Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte
16:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mineirão

Democrata-GV v Cruzeiro

12 February 8	Democrata-GV	v	Cruzeiro	Governador Valadares
20:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Mamudão

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Main article: 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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; P = Postponed

Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2025 Copa Sudamericana

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2025 Copa do Brasil

External links

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