Sport Club Santa Cruz, also known as Santa Cruz, are a Brazilian

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team from Santa Cruz,

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. They competed in the Série C in 2008.

History

Sport Club Santa Cruz were founded on November 30, 2003. They won the Campeonato Potiguar Second Level in 2004, after beating Vila Nova in the final. Santa Cruz competed in the Série C in

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, when they were eliminated in the first stage. The club withdrew from competing in the 2009 Série D.

Stadium

Santa Cruz play their home games at Iberêzão. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 4,500 people.

Current squad (selected)

''(on loan from ABC)''

Achievements

* Campeonato Potiguar Second Level: ** Winners (1): 2004 * Taça Cidade de Natal 2011 ** Winners (1): 2011 * Copa FNF: ** Winners (1): 2013 *

Campeonato Potiguar The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Format First Division First stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once. Second stage: home-and-away playoff The playof ...

: 0 ::Runners-up (1): 2011 *

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: 0 ::Runners-up (2): 2008, 2009 * Torneio Início do

: 0 ::Runners-up (1): 2005

Season Records

References

External links

Official site
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