The 2023 season was Sport Recife's 119th season in the club's history. The year started promisingly for Sport, in the first few months Lions of The Island won an undefeated state championship, Campeonato Pernambucano, the last title had been won in 2019. The club also reached the final of northeast clubs cup in Brazil, Copa do Nordeste, for the seventh time in its history, repeating the final won in 2014 against Ceará. This time the team was defeated on penalties after a 1–2 away loss and a 1–0 home win. The performance in the Copa do Brasil was considered positive due the elimination against São Paulo, that would be champion of the tournament, only in a penalty shootout after a victory achieved in Morumbi Stadium. Despite the favorable results in the first half of the season, the last semester led to head coach Enderson Moreira's resignation by not qualifying Sport to the Série A, first division in national league, owing to a performance decay in the last rounds of the championship.
Squad
Statistics Overall {|class="wikitable" |- |Games played || 69 (15 Pernambucano, 12 Copa do Nordeste, 4 Copa do Brasil, 38 Série B) |- |Games won || 40 (12 Pernambucano, 9 Copa do Nordeste, 2 Copa do Brasil, 17 Série B) |- |Games drawn || 17 (3 Pernambucano, 1 Copa do Nordeste, 1 Copa do Brasil, 12 Série B) |- |Games lost || 12 (0 Pernambucano, 2 Copa do Nordeste, 1 Copa do Brasil, 9 Série B) |- |Goals scored || 128 |- |Goals conceded || 60 |- |Goal difference || +68 |- |Best results || 6–0 (H) v Bahia - Copa do Nordeste - 2023.02.22 |- |Worst result || 1–3 (A) v Atlético Goianiense - Série B - 2023.07.141–3 (A) v Guarani - Série B - 2023.08.18 |- |Top scorer || Vágner Love (23)
Goalscorers PlacePos.Nat.No.NameCampeonato PernambucanoCopa do NordesteCopa do BrasilSérie BTotal 1 FW 9 Vágner Love 5 5 2 11 23 2 DF 46 Luciano Juba 6 6 1 7 20 3 MF 10 Jorginho 3 3 0 7 13 4 FW 30 Facundo Labandeira 4 2 0 1 7 = DF 35 Sabino 1 3 2 1 7 5 FW 11 Edinho 2 2 0 2 6 6 MF 7 Fabinho 2 1 0 2 5 = DF 15 Rafael Thyere 2 1 0 2 5 = MF 5 Ronaldo Henrique 1 0 0 4 5 = MF 77 Wanderson 2 0 1 2 5 7 DF 38 Felipinho 1 0 0 3 4 = FW 97 Fabrício Daniel 0 0 0 4 4 = MF 90 Gabriel Santos 3 1 0 0 4 8 MF 48 Fábio Matheus 0 0 0 3 3 9 MF 8 Alan Ruiz 0 0 0 2 2 = DF 2 Ewerthon 1 0 1 0 2 = MF 77 João Peglow 0 0 0 2 2 10 DF 12 Alisson Cassiano 0 0 1 0 1 = FW 87 Diego Souza 0 0 0 1 1 = DF 16 Igor Cariús 0 1 0 0 1 = MF 8 Matheus Vargas 1 0 0 0 1 = FW 23 Michel Lima 0 0 0 1 1 = DF 13 Renzo 1 0 0 0 1 Own goals 0 1 0 4 5 Total 35 26 8 59 128
Managers performance
NameFromToPWDLGFGAAvg%Ref 11 January 202318 November 2023683917121245965% (c)25 November 202325 November 2023110041100% (c) Indicates the caretaker manager
Home record RecifeSão Lourenço da Mata Ilha do Retiro Arena Pernambuco Capacity: 32,983 Capacity: 44,300 35 matches(28 wins 4 draws 3 losses) 1 match(1 draw)
Overview
Competitions Campeonato Pernambucano
First stage
Semi-final
Finals
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Copa do Nordeste
Group stage
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Finals
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Copa do Brasil
Third round
Round of 16
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Série B
League table
Results summary
Matches
(*) Postponed matches due to changes in competition schedules
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References
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