The 2012 season was Cruzeiro's 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football, playing in every edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro's first division. The team finished in 9th the league, reached the Round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil and the semifinals of the Campeonato Mineiro.

The team kits for the 2012 season are produced by Olympikus and sponsored by Banco BMG and Guaramix.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Fábio		GK	(1980-09-30) 30 September 1980 (age 44)	Vasco da Gama
12	Rafael		GK	(1989-06-23) 23 June 1989 (age 35)	Youth product
-	Axel		GK	(1975-10-21) 21 October 1975 (age 49)	Youth product
Defenders
-	Ceará		RB	(1980-06-18) 18 June 1980 (age 44)	PSG
-	Mayke		RB	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 32)	Youth product
-	Léo		CB	(1988-01-30) 30 January 1988 (age 36)	Palmeiras
-	Rafael Donato		CB	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)	Bahia
-	Thiago Carvalho		CB	(1988-06-24) 24 June 1988 (age 36)	Boa Esporte
-	Victorino		CB	(1982-10-11) 11 October 1982 (age 42)	Universidad de Chile
-	Mateus		CB	(1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 (age 40)	Portuguesa de Desportos
-	Alex Silva		CB	(1985-03-10) 10 March 1985 (age 39)	Flamengo (on loan)
-	Diego Renan		Right back/Left back	(1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34)	Youth product
-	Vinícius Freitas		LB	(1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 31)	Youth product
Midfielders
-	Leandro Guerreiro		CM / DM / CM	(1978-11-17) 17 November 1978 (age 46)	Botafogo
-	Willian Magrão		DM / CM / CB	(1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 (age 37)	Grêmio (on loan)
-	Marcelo Oliveira		CM / LM	(1987-03-29) 29 March 1987 (age 37)	Corinthians
-	Charles		DM / CM	(1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39)	Lokomotiv Moscow
-	Everton		CM / LM / LB	(1984-08-08) 8 August 1984 (age 40)	Fluminense
-	Diego Arias		CM	(1985-06-15) 15 June 1985 (age 39)	PAOK
-	Sandro Silva		DM	(1984-04-29) 29 April 1984 (age 40)	Málaga (on loan)
-	Lucas Silva		CM / LM	(1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 31)	Youth product
-	Tinga		AM / CM / LM	(1978-01-13) 13 January 1978 (age 46)	Internacional
-	Souza		AM	(1979-02-04) 4 February 1979 (age 45)	Fluminense
-	Élber		AM / RW	(1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 32)	Youth product
-	Montillo		AM	(1984-04-14) 14 April 1984 (age 40)	Universidad de Chile
Forwards
-	Martinuccio		LW	(1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 36)	Fluminense (on loan)
-	Fabinho		RW / LW	(1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 41)	Guarani
-	Wallyson		RW / LW	(1988-10-17) 17 October 1988 (age 36)	Atlético-PR
-	Borges		CF / ST	(1980-10-05) 5 October 1980 (age 44)	Santos
-	Wellington Paulista		CF / ST	(1983-04-22) 22 April 1983 (age 41)	Botafogo
-	Anselmo Ramon		CF / ST	(1988-06-23) 23 June 1988 (age 36)	Youth product

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Celso Roth	Brazilian
Assistant coach	Humberto Ferreira	Brazilian
Goalkeeping coach	Robertinho	Brazilian
Fitness coaches	Flavio de Oliveira	Brazilian
	Quintiliano Lemos	Brazilian
	Eduardo Freitas	Brazilian
Physiologists	Eduardo Pimenta	Brazilian
	Rodrigo Morandi	Brazilian
Physiotherapists	André Rocha	Brazilian
	Charles Costa	Brazilian
	Ronner Bolognani	Brazilian
	João Salomão	Brazilian
Doctors	Sérgio Freire Júnior	Brazilian
	Walace Espada	Brazilian
	Leonardo Corradi	Brazilian
Masseurs	Barjão	Brazilian
	Edmar Antônio Silva	Brazilian
	Hélio Gomes	Brazilian

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