2025 Fortaleza Esporte Clube season

Fortaleza Esporte Clube
2025 season
Manager	Juan Pablo Vojvoda; (until 14 July); Renato Paiva; (17 July–2 September); Martín Palermo; (since 3 September)
Stadium	Castelão
Série A	18th
Campeonato Cearense	Runner-up
Copa do Brasil	Third Round
Copa do Nordeste	Quarter-finals
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Juan Martín Lucero (3); All: ; Juan Martín Lucero (9)
Average home league attendance	27,066
	← 2024 2026 →

ManagerJuan Pablo Vojvoda
(until 14 July)
Renato Paiva
(17 July–2 September)^[1]
Martín Palermo
(since 3 September)

StadiumCastelão

Série A18th

Campeonato CearenseRunner-up

The 2025 season was the 107th season in the history of Fortaleza Esporte Clube and 7th consecutive in Brazil's top division Série A. The club also participated in the Campeonato Cearense, Copa do Brasil, Copa do Nordeste, and Copa Libertadores.

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Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Diogo Barbosa	Fluminense	Free	1 January 2025
MF	Pol Fernández	Boca Juniors	Free	1 January 2025	^[4]
DF	David Luiz	Flamengo	Free	20 January 2025	^[5]
FW	Deyverson	Atlético Mineiro	€1,150,000	28 March 2025	^[6]
MF	José María Herrera	Argentinos Juniors	US$2,400,000	30 June 2025	^[7]
MF	Matheus Pereira	Eibar	Free	27 May 2025	^[8]
FW	Adam Bareiro	River Plate	US$1,800,000	8 July 2025	^[9]
DF	Weverson	Arouca	Free	17 July 2025	^[10]
GK	Helton Leite	Deportivo de La Coruña	€300,000	6 August 2025	^[11]^[12]
MF	Pablo Roberto	Casa Pia	Undisclosed	21 August 2025	^[13]
FW	Kayke	Botafogo	Loan	29 August 2025	^[14]
MF	Lucas Crispim	Buriram United	Undisclosed	1 September 2025
MF	Yeison Guzmán	Torpedo Moscow	€1,500,000	1 September 2025
DF	Marcelo Benevenuto	Criciúma	Loan return	2 September 2025	^[15]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Brayan Ceballos	New England Revolution	Undisclosed	1 January 2025	^[16]
MF	Hércules	Fluminense	€4,600,000	1 January 2025	^[17]
MF	Ronald	Vitória	Free	5 January 2025	^[18]
FW	Imanol Machuca	Vélez Sarsfield	€244,000 loan fee	13 January 2025	^[19]
DF	Tomás Cardona	Talleres	Loan	28 February 2025
FW	Renato Kayzer	Vitória	R$ 5,000,000	2 April 2025	^[20]
MF	Pol Fernández	Godoy Cruz	Contract terminated	9 June 2025	^[21]
DF	Titi	Goiás	Undisclosed	10 June 2025	^[22]
DF	Felipe Jonatan	Mirassol	Loan	25 June 2025	^[23]
DF	Tomás Cardona	Tigre	Loan	27 June 2025	^[24]
MF	Calebe	Deportivo Alavés	Loan	22 July 2025	^[25]
DF	David Luiz	Pafos FC	Free	3 August 2025	^[26]

19 January 2025 Orlando Cup	Chicago Fire	0–1	Fortaleza	Davie, Florida
			67' Moisés	Stadium: Beyond Bancard Field

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	29 March 2025	21 December 2025	Matchday 1		37	11	10	16	42	54	−12	029.73
Campeonato Cearense	25 January 2025	22 March 2025	First stage	Runner-up	9	5	2	2	15	5	+10	055.56
Copa do Brasil	29 April 2025	21 May 2025	Third Round	Third Round	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Copa do Nordeste	23 January 2025	9 July 2025	Matchday 1	Quarter-finals	8	3	0	5	12	9	+3	037.50
Copa Libertadores	1 April 2025	19 August 2025	Group Stage	Round of 16	8	2	3	3	8	7	+1	025.00
Total					64	21	17	26	79	77	+2	032.81

25 January 2025 2	Horizonte	1–3	Fortaleza	Horizonte
16:30 (UTC-3)	Waldson 60'	Report	Renato Kayzer 10', 57' (pen.) Breno Lopes 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Horácio Domingos de Sousa Attendance: 6,005 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

2025 Fortaleza Esporte Clube season

Current squad

Transfers In

Transfers Out

Exhibition matches

Competitions

Overall record

Campeonato Cearense

First stage

Semi-finals

Finals

Copa do Nordeste

Group stage

Final stages

Copa do Brasil

Third Round

Copa Libertadores

Group Stage

Final stages

Round of 16

Série A

League table

Results summary

Matches

References

Related Articles

27 January 2025 1*	Fortaleza	7–0	Cariri	Fortaleza
20:30 (UTC-3)	Moisés 13' Lucero 31', 45+1' Marinho 34' Pochettino 74' Yago Pikachu 75' Brítez 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 8,072 Referee: Joanilson Scarcella

30 January 2025 3	Fortaleza	1–0	Maracanã	Fortaleza
20:30 (UTC-3)	Marinho 66'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 9,559 Referee: Luciano da Silva

1 February 2025 4	Floresta	0–1	Fortaleza	Fortaleza
16:30 (UTC-3)		Report	Yago Pikachu 25'	Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Referee: Antônio Magno Lima Cordeiro

8 February 2025 5	Fortaleza	1–2	Ceará	Fortaleza
16:30 (UTC-3)	Lucero 73'	Report	Mugni 16' Pedro Henrique 25'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 42,464 Referee: Matheus Delgado Candançan

1 March 2025 First Leg	Ferroviário	0–0	Fortaleza	Fortaleza
16:30 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Raimundo Rodrigues de Oliveira Júnior

8 March 2025 Second Leg	Fortaleza	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Ferroviário	Fortaleza
16:30 (UTC-3)	Lucero 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 16,027 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique

15 March 2025 First Leg	Fortaleza	0–1	Ceará	Fortaleza
		Report	Sobral 82'	Stadium: Castelão

22 March 2025 Second Leg	Ceará	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Fortaleza	Fortaleza
16:30 (UTC-3)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Sport	7	4	0	3	11	7	+4	12	Advance to Quarter-finals
3	Ferroviário	7	3	1	3	8	10	−2	10
4	Fortaleza	7	3	0	4	11	7	+4	9
5	CRB	7	2	3	2	12	10	+2	9
6	Altos	7	2	3	2	7	7	0	9

23 January 2025 1	Fortaleza	2–0	Moto Club	Fortaleza
19:00 (UTC-3)	Lucero 31' (pen.) Yago Pikachu 79'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas Attendance: 14,090 Referee: Jardiel da Rocha Soares

4 February 2025 2	Sport	0–2	Fortaleza	Recife
21:30 (UTC-3)		Report	Moisés 51' Breno Lopes 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (Ilha do Retiro) Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Rafael Carlos Salgueiro Lima

11 February 2025 3	Altos	2–1	Fortaleza	Teresina
21:30 (UTC-3)	Reis 68' Rodrigão	Report	Zé Welison 48'	Stadium: Estádio Lindolfo Monteiro Referee: Emerson Souza Silva

19 March 2025 6	Sousa	2–1	Fortaleza	Sousa
(UTC-3)	Luan Rodrigues 30', 57'		Kervin Andrade 33'

9 July 2025 Quarter-finals	Bahia	2–1	Fortaleza	Salvador
21:30	Willian José 39' (pen.) Caio Alexandre 45+6'	Report	Matheus Pereira 68'	Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa

19 February 2025 4	Fortaleza	1–2	Vitória	Fortaleza
21:30 (UTC-3)	Lucero 40'	Report	Mosquito 53' Baralhas 80'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 11,949 Referee: Dênis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim

5 March 2025 5	Fortaleza	4–0	Ferroviário	Fortaleza
(UTC-3)	Moisés 2', 27' Pikachu 13' Kayzer 83'	Report		Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 10,750 Referee: Márcio de Santos Oliveira

26 March 2025 7	Fortaleza	0–1	CRB	Fortaleza
(UTC-3)			Ramon 45+2'	Stadium: Castelão

29 April 2025 First leg	Retrô	1–1	Fortaleza	São Lourenço da Mata
19:00 UTC−3	Franco 33'	Report	Lucero 88'	Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Referee: Alex Gomes Stefano

21 May 2025 Second leg	Fortaleza	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (1–4 p)	Retrô	Fortaleza
19:00 UTC−3	Breno 57'	Report	Mike 65'	Stadium: Castelão Referee: Flavio Rodrigues de Souza
	Penalties
	Juan Martín Lucero Yago Pikachu Kervin Andrade		Bruno Marques Júnior Fialho Radsley Richard Franco

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Racing	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13	Advance to round of 16
2	Fortaleza	6	2	2	2	8	5	+3	8	Advance to round of 16
3	Atlético Bucaramanga	6	1	3	2	6	10	−4	6	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana
4	Colo-Colo	6	1	2	3	5	15	−10	5

1 April 2025 (2025-04-01) 1	Fortaleza	0–3	Racing	Fortaleza, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3		Report	Salas 26' Almendra 48' Sosa 84'	Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 40,413^[28] Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)

10 April 2025 (2025-04-10) 2	Colo-Colo	0–3 Awarded^[29]	Fortaleza	Santiago, Chile
20:30 UTC−4				Stadium: Estadio Monumental David Arellano
Note: The match was abandoned at 0–0 in the 68th minute following a pitch invasion after two supporters died in an incident prior to the start of the match. On 30 April 2025, CONMEBOL's Disciplinary Commission awarded Fortaleza a 3–0 win.

23 April 2025 (2025-04-23) 3	Atlético Bucaramanga	1–1	Fortaleza	Bucaramanga, Colombia
21:00 UTC−5	Pons 89' (pen.)	Report	Deyverson 19'	Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

6 May 2025 (2025-05-06) 4	Fortaleza	4–0	Colo-Colo	Fortaleza, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Breno Lopes 25' Marinho 30' Deyverson 39' Lucero 84'	Report		Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 30,902^[30] Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

13 May 2025 (2025-05-13) 5	Fortaleza	0–0	Atlético Bucaramanga	Fortaleza, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 40,279^[31] Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

29 May 2025 (2025-05-29) 6	Racing	1–0	Fortaleza	Avellaneda, Argentina
21:30 UTC−3	Martínez 90+4'	Report		Stadium: El Cilindro Attendance: 22,141^[32] Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

12 August 2025 (2025-08-12) First leg	Fortaleza	0–0	Vélez Sarsfield	Fortaleza
19:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 27,955^[33] Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19) Second leg	Vélez Sarsfield	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Fortaleza	Buenos Aires
19:00 UTC−3	Carrizo 7' Galván 28'	Report		Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Internacional	38	11	11	16	44	57	−13	44
17	Ceará (R)	38	11	10	17	34	40	−6	43	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Fortaleza (R)	38	11	10	17	44	58	−14	43
19	Juventude (R)	38	9	8	21	35	69	−34	35
20	Sport (R)	38	2	11	25	28	75	−47	17

30 March 2025 1	Fortaleza	2–0	Fluminense	Fortaleza
(UTC-3)	Lucero 4' Tinga 21'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo (Castelão) Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima

6 April 2025 2	Mirassol	1–1	Fortaleza	Mirassol
18:30 (UTC-3)	Cristian Renato 90+3'	Report	Emmanuel Martínez 15'	Stadium: Estádio José Maria de Campos Maia Referee: Sávio Sampaio

13 April 2025 3	Fortaleza	0–0	Internacional	Fortaleza
20:00 (UTC-3)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo (Castelão) Attendance: 16,587 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza

16 April 2025 4	Vitória	2–1	Fortaleza	Salvador
21:30 (UTC-3)	Janderson 37' Matheuzinho 74'	Report	Diogo Barbosa 48'	Stadium: Estádio Manoel Barradas (Barradão)

20 April 2025 5	Fortaleza	1–2	Palmeiras	Fortaleza
(UTC-3)	Deyverson 70'	Report	Torres 45+4' López 58'	Stadium: Arena Castelão Attendance: 23,439 Referee: Paulo César Zanovelli da Silva (Minas Gerais)