The 2023 season was Santa Cruz's 110th season in the club's history. Santa Cruz competed in the Campeonato Pernambucano, Série D, Copa do Nordeste and Copa do Brasil.
Squad
Statistics Overall {| class="wikitable" |- | Games played || 39 (10 Copa do Nordeste, 13 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Brasil, 14 Série D) |- | Games won || 13 (4 Copa do Nordeste, 4 Pernambucano, 0 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série D) |- | Games drawn || 16 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 7 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 5 Série D) |- | Games lost || 10 (3 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Brasil, 4 Série D) |- | Goals scored || 46 |- | Goals conceded || 42 |- | Goal difference || +4 |- | Best results || 3–0 (H) v Globo – Série D – 2023.06.14 |- | Worst result || 0–4 (H) v Fortaleza – Copa do Nordeste – 2023.03.22 |- | Top scorer || Pipico (11)
Goalscorers Place Position Nationality Number Name Copa do Nordeste Campeonato Pernambucano Copa do Brasil Série D Total 1 FW 9 Pipico 2 4 1 4 11 2 FW 18 Emerson Galego 0 0 0 4 4 3 MF 10 Felipe Gedoz 2 1 0 0 3 FW 7 Lucas Silva 2 0 0 1 3 DF 14 Yan Oliveira 1 1 0 1 3 4 FW 23 Dayvid 2 0 0 0 2 DF 3 Ítalo Melo 0 1 0 1 2 MF 22 Maranhão 1 0 0 1 2 FW 19 Michel Douglas 1 1 0 0 2 5 DF 4 Alemão 0 1 0 0 1 MF 20 Anderson Ceará 1 0 0 0 1 MF 15 Anderson Paulista 0 1 0 0 1 MF 8 Arthur Santos 0 1 0 0 1 MF 10 Chiquinho 0 1 0 0 1 FW 9 Dagson 0 1 0 0 1 MF 8 Fabrício Bigode 0 0 0 1 1 DF 4 Guedes 0 0 0 1 1 FW 11 Hugo Cabral 1 0 0 0 1 DF 13 Jadson 0 1 0 0 1 FW 20 Lucas Vinicius 0 1 0 0 1 DF 6 Marcus Vinícius 1 0 0 0 1 FW 21 Miullen 0 0 0 1 1 Own goals 0 1 0 0 1 Total 14 16 1 15 46
Managers performance NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAAvg%Ref 5 January 2023 22 March 2023 21 6 10 5 23 24 44% 25 March 2023 10 July 2023 16 7 5 4 22 16 54% 16 July 2023 23 July 2023 2 0 1 1 1 2 16%
Friendlies National
Official competitions Copa do Nordeste
Preliminary round
Group stage
Record Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win% 9th 15 10 4 3 3 14 14 50%
Campeonato Pernambucano
First stage
Quarter-final
Record Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win% 6th 19 13 4 7 2 16 14 48%
Copa do Brasil
First round
Second round
Record Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win% 50th 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 16%
Série D
Group stage
Record Final Position Points Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Away Win% 35th 20 14 5 5 4 15 12 47%
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