2019–20 Club Puebla season

Puebla
2019–20 season
Manager	José Luis Sánchez Solá; (until 17 August); Juan Reynoso; (from 26 August)
Stadium	Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Apertura	17th
Top goalscorer	League: ; Christian Tabó; (1 goal); All: ; Christian Tabó; (1 goal)
Highest home attendance	27,611; (vs Guadalajara, 2 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	12,544; (vs Juárez, 29 August 2019)
Average home league attendance	14,988
Biggest win	Puebla 2–1 Juárez; (29 August 2019)
Biggest defeat	Puebla 0–4 Pachuca; (16 August 2019)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 September 2019.

The 2019–20 Club Puebla season is the 73rd season in the football club's history and the 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club this season will compete in the Apertura and Clausura tournaments as well as in the Copa MX.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	José Luis Sánchez Solá
Assistant coaches	Octavio Becerril
Assistant coaches	Oscar Velázquez
Fitness coach	Gustavo Leombruno
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 (aged 26)	2018	Youth System
34	GK	Nicolás Vikonis	(1984-04-06)6 April 1984 (aged 35)	2017	Millonarios
Defenders
2	DF	Brayan Angulo	(1989-11-02)2 November 1989 (aged 29)	2017	Chiapas
4	DF	Luis Haquin	(1997-11-15)15 November 1997 (aged 21)	2019 (Winter)	Oriente Petrolero
5	DF	Daniel Arreola	(1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (aged 33)	2018	Atlas
16	DF	Gerardo Rodríguez	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 33)	2019 (Winter)	Toluca
23	DF	Alonso Zamora	(1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 27)	2017 (Winter)	Juárez
26	DF	José Pallas	(1983-01-05)5 January 1983 (aged 36)	2018	Cerro Porteño
33	DF	Néstor Vidrio	(1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 30)	2019 (Winter)	UdeG
Midfielders
3	MF	Alejandro Chumacero	(1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 28)	2018	The Strongest
7	MF	Pablo González	(1992-07-07)7 July 1992 (aged 27)	2018	Tapachula
15	MF	Jonathan Espericueta	(1994-08-09)9 August 1994 (aged 24)	2018	Atlético San Luis
17	MF	Jesús Zavala	(1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 30)	2019 (Winter)	Zacatecas
24	MF	Francisco Acuña	(1988-01-19)19 January 1988 (aged 31)	2017	BUAP
27	MF	Alan Acosta	(1996-12-19)19 December 1996 (aged 22)	2019 (Winter)	UNAM
Forwards
9	FW	Lucas Cavallini	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 26)	2017	Peñarol
10	FW	Christian Tabó	(1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 25)	2017	Nacional
11	FW	Matías Alustiza	(1984-05-31)31 May 1984 (aged 35)	2019 (Winter)	UNAM
22	FW	Omar Fernández	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 26)	2017	Melgar

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 July 2019.^[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
300	DF		Vladimir Loroña	(1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 20)	Tijuana	Transfer	Summer	^[4]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	19 July 2019		Matchday 1	8	1	3	4	8	18	−10	012.50
Copa MX			Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Torneo Clausura			Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				8	1	3	4	8	18	−10	012.50

Last updated: 17 September 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Atlético San Luis	18	6	2	10	22	31	−9	20
16	Juárez	18	5	3	10	17	27	−10	18
17	Toluca	18	4	5	9	16	26	−10	17
18	Puebla	18	4	5	9	20	31	−11	17
19	Veracruz^[a] (D)	18	1	5	12	11	45	−34	8	Team disaffiliated by the FMF

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
(D) Disaffiliated
Notes:

^ Veracuz were disaffiliated by the Mexican Football Federation following various financial problems and incidents off the field. As a result, no club was relegated after the Clausura 2020. Relegation was originally intended to resume at the end of the 2020–21 season,^[5] however it was suspended for at least five years after the Ascenso MX was folded.^[6]^[7]

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
8	1	3	4	8	18	−10	6	1	1	3	5	12	−7	0	2	1	3	6	−3

Last updated: 17 September 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	†	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	†	D	L	L	D	W	D	L
Position	16	16	16	17	18	18	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2019. Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

Matches

19 July 2019 1	Puebla	1–3	Tijuana	Puebla
19:00	Tabó 14'	Report	Camacho 24' Nahuelpan 77' Sepúlveda 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

2 August 2019 3	Puebla	1–1	Guadalajara	Puebla
19:00	Cavallini 43'	Report	Alanís 8'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 27,611 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

11 August 2019 4	Santos Laguna	4–1	Puebla	Torreón
18:45	Rivas 14' Furch 28', 47' Rivas 88'	Report	Alustiza 44'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 22,432 Referee: Diego Montaño

16 August 2019 5	Puebla	0–4	Pachuca	Puebla
19:00		Report	Guzmán 6' Hernández 45+5' Ibarra 54' Chávez 75'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 14,524 Referee: Oscar Macías

24 August 2019 6	Cruz Azul	1–1	Puebla	Mexico City
19:00	Hernández 60'	Report	Fernández 74'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 11,867 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

29 August 2019 7	Puebla	2–1	Juárez	Puebla
19:00	Alustiza 71' Cavallini 90+1'	Report	Lezcano 44'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 12,544 Referee: Oscar Mejía

1 September 2019 8	Querétaro	1–1	Puebla	Querétaro City
17:00	Castillo 30'	Report	González 89'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 19,364 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

13 September 2019 9	Puebla	1–3	Atlético San Luis	Puebla
19:00	Arreola 42'	Report	Ibáñez 1' Benítez 20' Berterame 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 12,544 Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

Copa MX

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morelia (A)	4	4	0	5	0	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Puebla (Y)	2	0	2	0	2	−2	0	Possible knockout stage
3	Sonora (Y)	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2019. Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (Y) Cannot qualify as a group winner but may still qualify as one of the best second-placed teams

6 August 2019 1	Morelia	1–0	Puebla	Morelia
21:00	Mendoza 31'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Morelos Attendance: 10,656 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura		Copa MX		Clausura
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jesús Rodríguez	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF		Brayan Angulo	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
3	MF		Alejandro Chumacero	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Daniel Arreola	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Daniel Lajud	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Pablo González	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Rodolfo Salinas	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Lucas Cavallini	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Christian Tabó	9	1	8	1	1	0	0	0
11	FW		Matías Alustiza	8	2	7	2	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF		Jesús Zavala	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Christian Marrugo	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW		Diego Abella	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Jorge Zárate	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW		Omar Fernández	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Alonso Zamora	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
24	MF		Francisco Acuña	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF		Maximiliano Perg	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF		Alan Acosta	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
33	DF		Néstor Vidrio	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK		Nicolás Vikonis	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
187	DF		Ivo Vázquez	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
191	MF		Antonio Soto	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 17 September 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Goals

As of 17 September 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Total^[8]^[9]
1	Matías Alustiza	FW	2	2
1	Lucas Cavallini	FW	2	2
3	Daniel Arreola	DF	1	1
	Omar Fernández	FW	1	1
	Pablo González	MF	1	1
	Christian Tabó	FW	1	1

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name						Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apertura		Copa MX	Total		Notes
9	FW		Lucas Cavallini	4	1		4	1
24	MF		Francisco Acuña		1			1
33	DF		Néstor Vidrio	3			3
18	MF		Christian Marrugo	2			2
8	MF		Rodolfo Salinas	1		1	2
10	FW		Christian Tabó	2			2
3	MF		Alejandro Chumacero	1			1
11	FW		Matías Alustiza	1			1
2	DF		Brayan Angulo	1			1
17	MF		Jesús Zavala	1			1
16	MF		Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez			1	1
5	DF		Daniel Arreola	1			1

Last updated: 17 September 2019
Source: LigaMX
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References

^ "Puebla cesa al Chelís por malos resultados". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 17 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^ "Juan Reynoso fue recibido con 'fila india' en su primer día como técnico del Puebla". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Puebla F.C." LigaMX.net.
^ "El Club Tijuana incorpora a Vladimir Loroña". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "'Worst club' Veracruz gets Liga MX boot amid financial struggles". ESPN.com. 5 December 2019.
^ "Liga MX suspends pro/Rel for next five years". 17 April 2020.
^ "Ascenso MX da por terminado el C2020 por falta de recursos ante el coronavirus". mediotiempo.com. 13 April 2020.
^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Puebla - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

External links

Official website

[table_note_VER0.26552751579579-8] Veracuz were disaffiliated by the Mexican Football Federation following various financial problems and incidents off the field. As a result, no club was relegated after the Clausura 2020. Relegation was originally intended to resume at the end of the 2020–21 season,^[5] however it was suspended for at least five years after the Ascenso MX was folded.^[6]^[7]

[1] "Puebla cesa al Chelís por malos resultados". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 17 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[2] "Juan Reynoso fue recibido con 'fila india' en su primer día como técnico del Puebla". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[3] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Puebla F.C." LigaMX.net.

[4] "El Club Tijuana incorpora a Vladimir Loroña". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[ESPN_Veracruz-5] "'Worst club' Veracruz gets Liga MX boot amid financial struggles". ESPN.com. 5 December 2019.

[6] "Liga MX suspends pro/Rel for next five years". 17 April 2020.

[7] "Ascenso MX da por terminado el C2020 por falta de recursos ante el coronavirus". mediotiempo.com. 13 April 2020.

[9] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[MT-10] "Puebla - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

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