2024–25 Club Necaxa season

Club Necaxa
2024–25 season
Manager	Eduardo Fentanes
Stadium	Estadio Victoria
Liga MX Torneo Apertura	13th
Leagues Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Diber Cambindo (2); All: ; Diber Cambindo (2)
Biggest win	Necaxa 4–1 Puebla
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Club Necaxa's 102nd season in existence and their ninth consecutive appearance in the top flight.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MEX	Raúl Gudiño
2	DF	MEX	Emilio Martínez
3	DF	URU	Agustín Oliveros
4	DF	MEX	Alexis Peña
5	DF	MEX	Alejandro Mayorga
6	DF	MEX	Jesús Alcántar
7	MF	COL	Kevin Rosero
8	MF	ARG	Agustín Palavecino (on loan from River Plate)
10	MF	ARG	José Paradela (on loan from River Plate)
11	MF	MEX	Heriberto Jurado
13	MF	MEX	Alejandro Andrade


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	MEX	Brayan Garnica
16	DF	MEX	Alfredo Gutiérrez
17	MF	MEX	Rogelio Cortéz
18	DF	MEX	Raúl Sandoval
19	MF	MEX	Diego Gómez
21	MF	MEX	Alek Álvarez
22	GK	ARG	Ezequiel Unsain
23	DF	MEX	Alán Montes
27	FW	COL	Diber Cambindo (on loan from Cruz Azul)
30	FW	MEX	Ricardo Monreal
33	MF	USA	Fernando Arce Jr.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	COL	Andrés Colorado (at Atlético Junior)
—	MF	MEX	Misael Domínguez (at Querétaro)
—	MF	MEX	Arturo Palma (at Tapatío)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	URU	Vicente Poggi (at Godoy Cruz)
—	FW	URU	Facundo Batista (at Peñarol)}
—	FW	MEX	César López (at Juárez)

Transfers

In

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga MX Apertura	6 July 2024	8 November 2024	Matchday 1	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	025.00
Leagues Cup	26 July 2024		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	025.00

Last updated: 21 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Liga MX

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Atlas	12	5	3	4	15	17	−2	18	Qualification for the play-in round^[a]
10	América	12	5	2	5	16	13	+3	17	Qualification for the play-in round^[a]
11	Necaxa	12	3	4	5	14	13	+1	13
12	León	12	2	6	4	14	19	−5	12
13	Puebla	13	3	2	8	15	22	−7	11

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. 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:

^ Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.

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
4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4	1	0	1	4	2	+2	0	1	1	2	5	−3

Last updated: 21 July 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 6 June 2024.^[1]^[2]

6 July 2024 1	Tigres UANL	1–0	Necaxa	Monterrey
19:00 UTC−6	Gignac 19' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Vicente Jassiel Reynoso Arce

13 July 2024 2	Necaxa	4–1	Puebla	Aguascalientes
17:00 UTC−6	Palavecino 11' Cambindo 15', 52' Rosero 76'		Durán 87'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Abraham de Jesús Quirarte Contreras

17 July 2024 3	Necaxa	0–1	Monterrey	Aguascalientes
19:00 UTC−6	Fernando David Arce 62' Garnica 79' 80' Oliveros 80'		Cortizo 57' Canales 79'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Jesús Rafael López Valle

21 July 2024 4	León	1–1	Necaxa	León
19:05 UTC−6	Barreiro 31' Cádiz 63' (pen.) Reyes 69'		Arce 57' Montes 69'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Luis Alfredo García Rodríguez

24 August 2024 5	Necaxa	v	Juárez	Aguascalientes
				Stadium: Estadio Victoria

Leagues Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NEC	SEA	MIN
1	Necaxa	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
2	Seattle Sounders FC	2	1	1	3	3	0	3	Advance to knockout stage	1–3	—	2–0
3	Minnesota United FC	2	1	1	1	2	−1	3		1–0	—	—

Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

30 July Group stage	Minnesota United FC	1–0	Necaxa	St. Paul, United States
8:00 PM CDT	Lod 10' (pen.) Bacharach 20' Rosales 66' St. Clair 77'	Report	Cambindo 17' Arce 52'	Stadium: Allianz Field Referee: Sergio Reyna

4 August Group stage	Seattle Sounders FC	1–3	Club Necaxa	Seattle, United States
7:30 pm PDT	Vargas 8'	Report	Palavecino 24' Cambindo 44' Rosero 90+2'	Stadium: Lumen Field

Knock stage

8 August Round of 32	San Jose Earthquakes	5–0	Necaxa	San Jose, United States
23:00 ET	Yueill 5' López 17' Ebobisse 29', 35' Marie 88'	Report		Stadium: PayPal Park Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

References

[table_note_res_REP0.81250225138501-1] Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.

[2] "Calendario de Liga MX para el Torneo Apertura 2024 | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN".

[3] "Se libera el calendario del Apertura 2024: Estas son las fechas de los juegos más destacados". 6 June 2024.

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