2019–20 Cruz Azul season

Cruz Azul
2019–20 season
President	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
Manager	Pedro Caixinha; (until 2 September); Robert Siboldi; (from 6 September)
Stadium	Estadio Azteca
Liga MX	Apertura: 12th (Did not qualify); Clausura: 1st (Cancelled)
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Supercopa MX	Winners
Leagues Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pablo Aguilar; Milton Caraglio; Jonathan Rodríguez; (2 goals); All: ; Milton Caraglio; Elías Hernández; (3 goals)
Highest home attendance	25,320 vs Toluca; (27 July 2019)
Lowest home attendance	11,867 vs Puebla; (24 August 2019)
Average home league attendance	Apertura: 18,337
Biggest win	Cruz Azul 4–0 Necaxa; (14 July 2019)
Biggest defeat	Querétaro 3–0 Cruz Azul; (3 August 2019)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 4 August 2019.

The 2019–20 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 93rd season in the football club's history and the 55th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. Cruz Azul competed in Liga MX, Supercopa MX, Leagues Cup, and the CONCACAF Champions League.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Pedro Caixinha
Assistant coaches	Hélder Baptista
	Joaquín Moreno
	José Belman
	Oscar Farias
Doctors	Ernesto Prado
Doctors	Odín Vite
Kinesiologist	Juan Rubio

Players

Squad information

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	GK	José de Jesús Corona (Captain)	(1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 38)	2009	UAG
12	GK	Guillermo Allison	(1990-09-28)28 September 1990 (aged 28)	2013	Youth system
30	GK	Andrés Gudiño	(1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 22)	2019	Cruz Azul Hidalgo
Defenders
2	DF	Josué Reyes	(1997-12-10)10 December 1997 (aged 21)	2019 (Winter)	Cruz Azul Hidalgo
3	DF	Jaiber Jiménez	(1995-01-07)7 January 1995 (aged 24)	2019	Cruz Azul Hidalgo
4	DF	Julio César Domínguez (VC)	(1987-11-08)8 November 1987 (aged 31)	2006	Youth system
5	DF	Igor Lichnovsky	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 25)	2018	Necaxa
16	DF	Adrián Aldrete	(1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 31)	2016	Santos Laguna
23	DF	Pablo Aguilar	(1987-04-02)2 April 1987 (aged 32)	2018	Tijuana
24	DF	Juan Escobar	(1995-07-03)3 July 1995 (aged 24)	2019	Cerro Porteño
26	DF	Jorge Luis García	(2002-01-22)22 January 2002 (aged 17)	2019 (Winter)	Youth system
27	DF	José Madueña	(1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 29)	2018 (Winter)	Atlas
Midfielders
6	MF	Stephen Eustáquio	(1996-12-21)21 December 1996 (aged 22)	2019 (Winter)	Chaves
8	MF	Javier Salas	(1993-08-20)20 August 1993 (aged 25)	2018 (Winter)	Atlas
10	MF	Guillermo Fernández	(1991-10-11)11 October 1991 (aged 27)	2019	Racing Club
11	MF	Elías Hernández	(1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 31)	2018	León
14	MF	Misael Domínguez	(1999-10-27)27 October 1999 (aged 19)	2018	Monterrey
17	MF	Édgar Méndez	(1990-01-02)2 January 1990 (aged 29)	2017	Alavés
19	MF	Yoshimar Yotún	(1990-04-07)7 April 1990 (aged 29)	2019 (Winter)	Orlando City
20	MF	Alexis Gutiérrez	(2000-02-26)26 February 2000 (aged 19)	2019	Guadalajara
22	MF	Rafael Baca	(1989-09-11)11 September 1989 (aged 29)	2014 (Winter)	San Jose Earthquakes
25	MF	Roberto Alvarado	(1998-09-07)7 September 1998 (aged 20)	2018	Necaxa
31	MF	Orbelín Pineda	(1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 23)	2019 (Winter)	Guadalajara
Forwards
7	FW	Martín Cauteruccio	(1987-04-14)14 April 1987 (aged 32)	2017 (Winter)	San Lorenzo
9	FW	Milton Caraglio	(1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 30)	2018	Atlas
21	FW	Jonathan Rodríguez	(1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 26)	2019 (Winter)	Santos Laguna
29	FW	Santiago Giménez	(2001-04-18)18 April 2001 (aged 18)	2018	Youth system

Players and squad numbers last updated on 23 July 2019.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

In

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
10	MF		Guillermo Fernández	(1991-10-11)11 October 1991 (aged 27)	Racing Club	Transfer	Summer	^[2]
24	DF		Juan Escobar	(1995-07-03)3 July 1995 (aged 24)	Cerro Porteño	Transfer	Summer	^[3]

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 %
Supercopa MX	14 July 2019		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Torneo Apertura	20 July 2019	23 November 2019	Matchday 1	12th	18	5	8	5	25	24	+1	027.78
Leagues Cup	23 July 2019	18 September 2019	Quarter-finals	Winners	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
Champions League	18 February 2020	16 December 2020	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	066.67
Torneo Clausura	11 January 2020	15 March 2020	Matchday 1	1st	10	7	1	2	24	14	+10	070.00
Total					35	18	9	8	66	43	+23	051.43

Last updated: 16 December 2020
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Supercopa MX

14 July 2019	Cruz Azul	4–0	Necaxa	Carson, California, United States
	Caraglio 19' Hernández 43' Méndez 46' Escobar 86'	Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 27,800^[4] Referee: Diego Montaño

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Guadalajara	18	7	4	7	28	28	0	25
11	Tijuana	18	7	3	8	26	36	−10	24
12	Cruz Azul	18	5	8	5	25	24	+1	23
13	UNAM	18	6	5	7	21	20	+1	23
14	Atlas	18	6	3	9	19	26	−7	21

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

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
18	5	8	5	25	24	+1	23	4	4	1	17	10	+7	1	4	4	8	14	−6

Last updated: 24 November 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	18	19
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	—	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	—	L	W
Position	9	11	15	10	8	8	10	11	13	13	14	14	12	14	12	11	13	14	12

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2019. Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 July 2019 1	Necaxa	0–0	Cruz Azul	Aguascalientes City
21:08		Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 19,361 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

27 July 2019 2	Cruz Azul	1–1	Toluca	Mexico City
21:00	Rodríguez 47'	Report	Medina 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 25,320 Referee: Diego Montaño

3 August 2019 3	Querétaro	3–0	Cruz Azul	Querétaro City
21:00	Romo 17', 71' Pereira 73'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 29,329 Referee: Oscar Mejía

10 August 2019 4	Cruz Azul	2–0	Juarez	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

16 August 2019 5	Atlas	1–3	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara
				Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

24 August 2019 6	Cruz Azul	1–1	Puebla	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

28 August 2019 7	Tijuana	3–2	Cruz Azul	Tijuana
				Stadium: Estadio Caliente

31 August 2019 8	Cruz Azul	1–1	Guadalajara	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

13 September 2019 9	Veracruz	0–0	Cruz Azul	Veracruz
				Stadium: Estadio Luis Pirata Fuente

22 September 2019 10	Pumas	1–1	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Olimpico Universitario

25 September 2019 11	Cruz Azul	1–1	Monterrey	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

28 September 2019 12	Pachuca	2–0	Cruz Azul	Pachuca
				Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo

5 October 2019 13	Cruz Azul	5–2	America	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

19 October 2019 14	Cruz Azul	2–3	Morelia	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

26 October 2019 15	Tigres	1–1	Cruz Azul	San Nicolas
				Stadium: Estadio Universitario

31 October 2019 16	Cruz Azul	1–0	Leon	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

10 November 2019 18	Santos	3–1	Cruz Azul	Torreon
				Stadium: Estadio Corona

23 November 2019 19	Cruz Azul	3–1	San Luis	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

18 February 2020 First leg	Portmore United	1–2	Cruz Azul	Kingston, Jamaica
20:00	R. Smith 74'	Report	Passerini 90+6' Rodríguez 90+9'	Stadium: Independence Park Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

25 February 2020 Second leg	Cruz Azul	4–0	Portmore United	Mexico City
20:00	Pineda 22' Passerini 59' Ceppelini 76' (pen.) Borja 90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Quarter-finals

16 December 2020	Los Angeles FC	2–1	Cruz Azul	Orlando^{[note 1]}
22:30 (21:30 UTC−6)	Vela 38' (pen.) Opoku 71'	Report	Yotún 15' (pen.), 83' Aguilar 41'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Leagues Cup

23 July 2019 Quarter-finals	Chicago Fire	0–2	Cruz Azul	Bridgeview, Illinois, United States
19:30		Report	Alvardo 43' Hernández 90'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 14,213 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

20 August 2019 Semi-finals	LA Galaxy	1–2	Cruz Azul	Carson, California, United States
20:30	Cuello 37'		Madueña 4' Pineda 47'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 20,135 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

18 September 2019 Final	Cruz Azul	2–1	UANL	Las Vegas, United States
21:30	Yotún 73' (pen.) Rodríguez 75'	Report	Pizarro 90'	Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium Attendance: 20,132 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (México)

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	10	7	1	2	24	14	+10	22	Qualification to 2021 CONCACAF Champions League
2	León	10	7	0	3	23	14	+9	21	Qualification to 2021 CONCACAF Champions League
3	Santos Laguna	10	5	2	3	14	14	0	17
4	América	10	5	2	3	11	11	0	17
5	Guadalajara	10	4	4	2	13	11	+2	16

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

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
10	7	1	2	24	14	+10	22	4	0	1	13	6	+7	3	1	1	11	8	+3

Last updated: 15 March 2020.
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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Result	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Position	5	18	12	11	7	6	4	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Supercopa MX		Apertura		Leagues Cup		Copa MX		Clausura
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		José de Jesús Corona	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Julio César Domínguez	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Igor Lichnovsky	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Milton Caraglio	5	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Guillermo Fernández	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Elías Hernández	5	2	1	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Adrián Aldrete	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Édgar Méndez	5	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Yoshimar Yotún	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Jonathan Rodríguez	4	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Pablo Aguilar	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Juan Escobar	5	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Roberto Alvarado	5	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
27	DF		José Madueña	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Orbelín Pineda	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 4 August 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Goals

As of 31 August 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Supercopa	Liga Apertura	Leagues Cup	Total^[5]^[6]
1	Milton Caraglio	FW	1	2	0	3
1	Elías Hernández	MF	1	1	1	3
2	Jonathan Rodríguez	FW	0	2	0	2
	Pablo Aguilar	DF	0	2	0	2
	Orbelín Pineda	MF	0	1	1	2
	Roberto Alvarado	MF	0	1	1	2
3	Yoshimar Yotún	MF	0	1	0	1
	José Madueña	DF	0	0	1	1
	Juan Escobar	DF	1	0	0	1
	Édgar Méndez	MF	1	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apertura		Leagues Cup	Copa MX	Clausura	Total		Notes
4	DF		Julio César Domínguez		1					1
21	FW		Jonathan Rodríguez		1					1
5	DF		Igor Lichnovsky	1		1			2
16	DF		Adrián Aldrete	2					2
23	DF		Pablo Aguilar			1			1
10	MF		Guillermo Fernández	1					1

Last updated: 4 August 2019
Source: LigaMX
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Clean sheets

As of 31 August 2019

Rank	Name	Supercopa MX	Apertura	Leagues Cup	Champions League	Clausura	Total^[6]
1	José de Jesús Corona	1	2	1	0	0	4

Notes

^ This series was originally scheduled as a two-leg match to take place at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California on March 12 and Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on March 18.

References

^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Cruz Azul". LigaMX.net.
^ "Guillermo Fernández quiere "campeonar" a Cruz Azul así como fue con Racing". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "¡Confirmado! Cruz Azul cierra trato millonario por paraguayo Juan Escobar". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 5 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Informe Arbitral Torneo Supercopa MX 2019" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. Retrieved 18 July 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Cruz Azul - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

External links

Official website

[Bubble2-5] This series was originally scheduled as a two-leg match to take place at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California on March 12 and Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on March 18.

[1] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Cruz Azul". LigaMX.net.

[2] "Guillermo Fernández quiere "campeonar" a Cruz Azul así como fue con Racing". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[3] "¡Confirmado! Cruz Azul cierra trato millonario por paraguayo Juan Escobar". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 5 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[Attendance-4] "Informe Arbitral Torneo Supercopa MX 2019" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. Retrieved 18 July 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

[MT-7] "Cruz Azul - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	1	2	24	14	+10	22	4	0	1	13	6	+7	3	1	1	11	8	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	1	2	24	14	+10	22	4	0	1	13	6	+7	3	1	1	11	8	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	1	2	24	14	+10	22	4	0	1	13	6	+7	3	1	1	11	8	+3