2018–19 Club Puebla season

Puebla
2018–19 season
Chairman	Carlos López Domínguez
Manager	Enrique Meza; (until 3 February); Ignacio Sánchez; (from 3 February)
Stadium	Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Apertura	12th
Clausura	14th
Apertura Copa MX	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lucas Cavallini; (7 goals); All: ; Lucas Cavallini; (7 goals)
Biggest win	León 0–4 Puebla; (28 October 2018)
Biggest defeat	UANL 6–1 Puebla; (10 November 2018)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →
	All statistics correct as of 13 January 2019.

The 2018–19 Club Puebla season is the club's 72nd professional season in Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The club will also play Copa MX.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Enrique Meza
Assistant coaches	Juan Reynoso
	Marco Trejo
	Octavio Becerril
Fitness coach	Mario Mendaña
Doctor	Gerardo Toledo
Medical assistant	Hugo García

Players

Squad information

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Jesús Rodríguez	(1993-05-21) 21 May 1993 (age 31)	2018	Youth System
13	GK	Tirso Trueba	(1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 28)	2018	Youth System
28	GK	Santiago Ramírez	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27)	2018	Youth System
34	GK	Nicolás Vikonis	(1984-04-06) 6 April 1984 (age 40)	2017	Millonarios
Defenders
2	DF	Brayan Angulo	(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 35)	2017	Chiapas
5	DF	Daniel Arreola	(1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 39)	2018	Atlas
14	DF	Erik Pimentel	(1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 34)	2017	Atlante
16	DF	Gerardo Rodríguez	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38)	2019 (Winter)	Toluca
17	DF	Alonso Zamora	(1991-11-07) 7 November 1991 (age 33)	2017 (Winter)	Juárez
26	DF	José Pallas	(1983-01-05) 5 January 1983 (age 41)	2018	Cerro Porteño
300	DF	Vladimir Loroña	(1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 26)	2018	Youth System
Midfielders
3	MF	Alejandro Chumacero	(1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 33)	2018	The Strongest
7	MF	Pablo González	(1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 32)	2018	Tapachula
8	MF	Francisco Acuña	(1988-01-19) 19 January 1988 (age 36)	2017	BUAP
10	MF	Jonathan Espericueta	(1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 (age 30)	2018	Atlético San Luis
18	MF	Luis Robles	(1986-09-22) 22 September 1986 (age 38)	2018	Atlas
21	MF	José Guerrero (Captain)	(1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 (age 37)	2017	América
23	MF	José Francisco Torres	(1987-10-29) 29 October 1987 (age 37)	2018	UANL
24	MF	José María Rodríguez	(1997-11-20) 20 November 1997 (age 27)	2018	Youth System
27	MF	Alan Acosta	(1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 27)	2019 (Winter)	UNAM
29	MF	David Aymerich	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29)	2018	Youth System
30	MF	Jesús Zavala	(1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 37)	2019 (Winter)	Zacatecas
Forwards
9	FW	Lucas Cavallini	(1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 (age 31)	2017	Peñarol
11	FW	Christian Tabó	(1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 31)	2017	Nacional
12	FW	Félix Micolta	(1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 34)	2018	América de Cali
19	FW	Pedro Goulart	(1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 27)	2018	Youth System
20	FW	Pablo Gómez	(1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 27)	2018	Youth System
22	FW	Omar Fernández	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31)	2017	Melgar
25	FW	Santiago Ormeño	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 30)	2018	BUAP
31	FW	Cristian Palacios	(1990-09-02) 2 September 1990 (age 34)	2018	Peñarol
32	FW	Matías Alustiza	(1984-05-31) 31 May 1984 (age 40)	2019 (Winter)	UNAM

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 January 2019.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Competitions

Overview

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 %
Torneo Apertura	21 July 2018	23 November 2018	Matchday 1	12th	17	5	5	7	23	30	−7	029.41
Apertura Copa MX	25 July 2018	5 September 2018	Group stage	Round of 16	5	2	1	2	4	7	−3	040.00
Torneo Clausura	4 January 2019	4 May 2019	Matchday 1	10th	17	6	6	5	18	21	−3	035.29
Clausura Copa MX	9 January 2019	26 February 2019	Group stage	Round of 16	5	1	2	2	8	9	−1	020.00
Total					44	14	14	16	53	67	−14	031.82

Last updated: 26 May 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Pachuca	17	6	6	5	26	18	+8	24
11	Guadalajara	17	5	5	7	21	22	−1	20
12	Puebla	17	5	5	7	23	30	−7	20
13	BUAP	17	5	4	8	21	25	−4	19
14	León	17	5	3	9	18	23	−5	18

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points

Matches

20 July 2018 1	Cruz Azul	3–0	Puebla	Mexico City
17:00	Rentería 81' Caraglio 90+2' Hernández 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

27 July 2018 2	Puebla	2–1	Toluca	Puebla City
21:00	Arreola 12' Torres 32'	Report	Sambueza 38'	Stadium: Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 14,326 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

6 August 2018 3	Santos Laguna	2–0	Puebla	Torreón
18:30	Furch 33' Orrantia 50'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Corona Referee: Francisco Chacón

10 August 2018 4	Puebla	1–2	Veracruz	Puebla City
21:00	Rivas 52' (o.g.)	Report	Menéndez 82', 84'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 10,998 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

18 August 2018 5	Necaxa	2–2	Puebla	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Dávila 57' Villalpando 68'	Report	Cavallini 5' Chumacero 46'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

21 August 2018 6	Puebla	2–0	Atlas	Puebla City
21:00	Chumacero 20' Arreola 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 10,580 Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

25 August 2018 7	Pachuca	2–0	Puebla	Pachuca
17:00	Guzmán 46' Gutiérrez 76'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Roberto García Orozco

31 August 2018 8	Puebla	2–1	Monterrey	Puebla City
21:00	Tabó 68' Cavallini 90+3'	Report	Madrigal 41'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 9,550 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

15 September 2018 9	Querétaro	0–1	Puebla	Querétaro City
17:00		Report	Loroña 49'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Diego Montaño

21 September 2018 10	Puebla	2–3	América	Puebla City
21:00	Cavallini 42' Arreola 59'	Report	Domínguez 8' Peralta 44' Valdez 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 22,234 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

30 September 2018 11	UNAM	2–2	Puebla	Mexico City
12:00	Mendoza 5' Mora 13'	Report	Cavallini 58' Mendoza 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 18,630 Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto

7 October 2018 12	Puebla	2–2	BUAP	Puebla City
21:00	Espericueta 48' Cavallini 51'	Report	Ramos 38' Chirinos 81'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 22,109 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

21 October 2018 13	Morelia	2–0	Puebla	Morelia
18:00	Vegas 56' Sansores 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Oscar Macías

28 October 2018 14	León	0–4	Puebla	León
19:00		Report	Tabó 8', 32' Micolta 66' Acuña 90'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

2 November 2018 15	Puebla	2–2	Guadalajara	Puebla City
21:00	Robles 49' Arreola 59'	Report	Pulido 5' Pereira 10'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 14,276 Referee: Diego Montaño

10 November 2018 16	UANL	6–1	Puebla	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00	Gignac 20', 44', 48', 64' Vargas 37', 45'	Report	Cavallini 17'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 38,141 Referee: Oscar Mejía

23 November 2018 17	Puebla	0–0	Tijuana	Puebla City
21:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 6,628 Referee: Oscar Macías

Apertura Copa MX

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Puebla	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Venados	4	0	0	4	2	8	−6	0

Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

25 July 2018 1	Puebla	1–0	Venados	Puebla City
19:00	Acuña 44'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Jonathan Hernández

1 August 2018 2	Monterrey	2–1	Puebla	Guadalupe
21:00	Madrigal 19' Lajud 20'	Report	Pedro 84'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 26,040 Referee: Alejandro Funk

14 August 2018 3	Puebla	1–1	Monterrey	Puebla City
21:00	Palacios 84'	Report	Lajud 22'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

4 September 2018 4	Venados	0–1	Puebla	Mérida
21:00		Report	Palacios 60'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde Attendance: 3,006 Referee: Luis Daniel Chávez

Knockout phase

Round of 16

26 September 2018	UANL	4–0	Puebla	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00	Damm 16' Valencia 21' Vargas 35' Quiñones 58'	Report		Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 24,648 Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Tijuana	17	9	1	7	25	20	+5	28	Advance to Liguilla^[a]
9	Toluca	17	7	4	6	28	23	+5	25
10	Puebla	17	6	6	5	18	21	−3	24
11	Santos Laguna	17	6	4	7	21	23	−2	22
12	BUAP	17	6	2	9	17	34	−17	20

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:

^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	−2

Last updated: 13 January 2019.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L
Position	8	14

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2019. Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

4 January 2018 1	Puebla	1–1	Cruz Azul	Puebla City
21:05	Cavallini 28'	Report	Hernández 24'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 22,777 Referee: Édgar Ulises Rangel

13 January 2019 2	Toluca	2–0	Puebla	Toluca
12:00	García 42' Canelo 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 12,242 Referee: Diego Montaño

18 January 2019 3	Puebla	1–1	Santos Laguna	Puebla City
21:05	González 20' Cavallini 45+6' González 90+5'	Report	Correa 26' Furch 45+7'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 14,050 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

25 January 2019 4	Veracruz	0–1	Puebla	Veracruz
19:00 CST	López Paganoni 78'	Report	Loroña 27' Cavallini 37' Tabó 44'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

1 February 2019 5	Puebla	1–4	Necaxa	Puebla City
21:00	Loroña 7' Arreola 50' Cavallini 66' 90' Tabó 90'	Report	Sepúlveda 12' Fernández 37', 48' Guzmán 42' Contreras 58' Alvarado 85' Castro 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Roberto Rios Jácome

8 February 2019 6	Atlas	1–2	Puebla	Guadalajara
21:00	Isijara 15' Barceló 30' Burbano 64'	Report	Zavala 2' Tabó 37' Vikonis 66' Alustiza 88', 89' Arreola 90'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo

15 February 2019 7	Puebla	1–1	Pachuca	Puebla City
21:00	Arreola 37' Alustiza 49', 90+2'	Report	Barreiro 9' Jara 31'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

23 February 2019 8	Monterrey	0–0	Puebla	Guadalupe
19:00	Gallardo 82' Meza 90'	Report	Arreola 27' Acuña 90'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 43,219 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

4 March 2019 9	Puebla	1–0	Querétaro	Puebla City
20:00	Orozco 14' Cavallini 26' Angulo 28' Arreola 75' Tabó 90'	Report	Da Silva 90'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto

9 March 2019 10	América	1–0	Puebla	Mexico City
19:00	Castillo 31' Córdova 86'	Report	Chumacero 12' Acosta 44' 47' Loroña 69' Guerrero 90'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Adonai Escobedo Gonzalez

15 March 2019 11	Puebla	1–0	UNAM	Puebla City
21:00	Cavallini 49' Vidrio 52' González 72' Zavala 82'	Report	Iturbe 32'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

31 March 2019 12	BUAP	0–4	Puebla	Puebla City
16:00		Report	Orozco 6' (o.g.) Cavallini 17', 72' Arreola 25' Esquivel 36' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

5 April 2019 13	Puebla	1–1	Morelia	Puebla City
21:00	Goulart 14' Orozco 21' Arreola 51'	Report	Osuna 45', 90'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

12 April 2019 14	Puebla	0–3	León	Puebla City
21:00	Arreola 44'	Report	Mena 4', 44' Meneses 24' Campbell 52'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

20 April 2019 15	Guadalajara	1–3	Puebla	Zapopan
21:00	Angulo 19' (o.g.) van Rankin 54'	Report	Angulo 33', 38' Alustiza 49' Zavala 54'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Referee: Adonai Escobedo Gonzalez

Clausura Copa MX

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tampico Madero	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	Juárez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
3	Puebla	1	0	1	2	3	−1	0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2019. Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

9 January 2019 1	Tampico Madero	3–2	Puebla	Tampico/Ciudad Madero
19:00	Márquez 20' Olvera 50' João Gabriel 81'	Report	Tabó 61' Zavala 76'	Stadium: Estadio Tamaulipas Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Antonio de Jesús Olalde

Statistics

Goals

As of 13 January 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Ap. Copa MX	Clausura	Cl. Copa MX	Total^[3]
1	Lucas Cavallini	FW	6	0	1	0	7
2	Daniel Arreola	DF	4	0	0	0	4
2	Christian Tabó	FW	3	0	0	1	4
4	Francisco Acuña	MF	1	1	0	0	2
	Alejandro Chumacero	MF	2	0	0	0	2
	Cristian Palacios	FW	0	2	0	0	2
7	Jonathan Espericueta	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	Pedro Goulart	FW	0	1	0	0	1
	Vladimir Loroña	DF	0	1	0	0	1
	Félix Micolta	FW	1	0	0	0	1
	Luis Robles	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	José Francisco Torres	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	Jesús Zavala	MF	0	0	0	1	1
Total			19	5	1	2	27

Clean sheets

As of 13 January 2019

Rank	Name	Apertura	Ap. Copa MX	Total^[4]
1	Nicolás Vikonis	4	1	5
2	Jesús Rodríguez	0	1	1
Total		4	2	6

Attendance

Puebla's Home Attendance^[5] by round, Estadio Cuauhtémoc has a capacity of 51,726.

round	Rival	Attendance
2	Toluca FC	14,326
4	Veracruz	10,998
6	Atlas	10,580
8	C.F. Monterrey	9,550
10	Club America	22,234
12	Lobos BUAP	22,109
15	C.D. Guadalajara	14,276
17	Club Tijuana	6,628

References

^ ^a ^b "Oficial: Enrique Meza, fuera del Puebla; Ignacio Sánchez es interino" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ http://www.clubpuebla.com/team/players ClubPuebla.com
^ "Puebla | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
^ LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
^ Apertura 2017 Home Asistencia; Puebla FC, LigaMx.com, 1 August 2017

[table_note_res_LIG0.11437312239519-3] The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

[ESPN-1] "Oficial: Enrique Meza, fuera del Puebla; Ignacio Sánchez es interino" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[2] ttp://www.clubpuebla.com/team/players ClubPuebla.com

[MT-4] "Puebla | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2019-01-04.

[LMX-5] LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net. Retrieved 2018-10-05.

[6] Apertura 2017 Home Asistencia; Puebla FC, LigaMx.com, 1 August 2017

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