# 2011–12 C.F. Monterrey season

The 2011–12 Monterrey season was the 65th professional season of 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. Monterrey began their season on July 23, 2011, against Chiapas, Monterrey play their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm local time.
In addition to the Primera División, Monterrey will play in the 2011–12 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, in which they are the defending champions. Monterrey earned a direct berth into group stage by winning the 2010 Apertura. They opened their Champions League campaign on August 17, 2011, against Herediano of Costa Rica.
Monterrey won the CONCACAF Champions League for the second year and qualified to the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup when they defeated Santos Laguna in the final.

## Torneo Apertura
### 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 | Jonathan Orozco |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Severo Meza |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Osorio |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Dárvin Chávez |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Héctor Morales |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Luis Ernesto Pérez (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Aldo de Nigris |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Sergio Santana |
| 13 | FW | MEX | Abraham Darío Carreño |
| 15 | DF | ARG | José María Basanta (Vice-Captain) |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Luis Alfonso Rodríguez |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Jesús Zavala |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Neri Cardozo |
| 19 | FW | ARG | César Delgado |
| 20 | MF | ECU | Walter Ayoví |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Hiram Mier |
| 22 | DF | MEX | William Paredes |
| 23 | GK | MEX | Juan de Dios Ibarra |
| 24 | DF | MEX | Sergio Pérez |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Jesús Manuel Corona |
| 26 | FW | CHI | Humberto Suazo |
| 27 | DF | MEX | Oscar Sebastián Garcia |
| 29 | DF | MEX | Eduardo Guevara |
| 31 | DF | MEX | César Martínez |
| 32 | GK | MEX | Jesús Dautt |
| 33 | MF | MEX | Marvin Piñón |
| 39 | MF | MEX | César de la Peña |
| 44 | FW | MEX | Roger Llergo |
| 65 | FW | MEX | Marcelo Cazaubón |
| 69 | FW | MEX | Luis Madrigal |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Apertura 2011 results

Monterrey did not qualify to the Final Phase

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | César Delgado | 6 |
| 2. | Luis Ernesto Pérez | 5 |
| 2. | Humberto Suazo | 5 |
| 4. | Neri Cardozo | 3 |
| 5. | Darío Carreño | 2 |
| 5. | Sergio Pérez | 2 |
| 7. | Walter Ayoví | 1 |
| 7. | Darío Carreño | 1 |
| 7. | Jesús Manuel Corona | 1 |
| 7. | Sergio Santana | 1 |
| 7. | Jesús Zavala | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 27 |

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 November 2011. Source: Apertura 2011 results

#### Results by round

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

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Nat | Player | Age | From | Date | Notes |
| | FW | | Othoniel Arce | 22 | San Luis | November 25, 2011 | |
| | MF | | Ángel Reyna | 27 | América | December 21, 2011 | |

### Out

| # | Pos | Nat | Player | Age | To | Date | Notes |
| 22 | DF | | William Paredes | 26 | San Luis | November 25, 2011 | |
| 33 | MF | | Marvin Piñón | 20 | Correcaminos | December 17, 2011 | |

## Torneo Clausura
### 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 | Jonathan Orozco |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Severo Meza |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Osorio |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Dárvin Chávez |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Héctor Morales |
| 7 | FW | MEX | Othoniel Arce |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Luis Ernesto Perez |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Aldo de Nigris |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Ángel Reyna |
| 13 | FW | MEX | Abraham Darío Carreño |
| 15 | DF | ARG | José María Basanta (Vice-Captain) |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Jesús Zavala |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Neri Cardozo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | ARG | César Delgado |
| 20 | MF | ECU | Walter Ayoví |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Hiram Mier |
| 23 | GK | MEX | Juan de Dios Ibarra |
| 24 | DF | MEX | Sergio Pérez |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Jesús Manuel Corona |
| 26 | FW | CHI | Humberto Suazo |
| 27 | DF | MEX | Óscar Sebastián García |
| 32 | GK | MEX | Alejandro Dautt |
| 39 | MF | MEX | César de la Peña |
| 65 | FW | MEX | Marcelo Cazaubón |
| 69 | FW | MEX | Luis Madrigal |
| 73 | FW | MEX | Marcelo Gracia |

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Clausura 2012 results
### Final phase

Monterrey advanced 4–3 on aggregate
Monterrey advanced 2–0 on aggregate
Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2012. Source: Clausura 2012 results

#### Results 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |

## CONCACAF Champions League
### Group standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Monterrey | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 |
| Comunicaciones | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 7 |
| Herediano | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 |

### Quarter-finals

Monterrey won 7–2 on aggregate.

### Semifinals

Monterrey won 4–1 on aggregate.

### Final

Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate
Monterrey won second title in history

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Darío Carreño | 5 |
| 1. | Humberto Suazo | 5 |
| 3. | Aldo de Nigris | 4 |
| 4. | Luis Ernesto Pérez | 2 |
| 5. | Walter Ayoví | 1 |
| 5. | Jesús Manuel Corona | 1 |
| 5. | César Delgado | 1 |
| 5. | Héctor Morales | 1 |
| 5. | Ángel Reyna | 1 |
| 5. | Sergio Santana | 1 |
| TOTAL | | 22 |

## FIFA Club World Cup

Monterrey participated in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan as the winner of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League from 8 to 18 December 2011. Monterrey began their participation on December 11, 2011, against Kashiwa Reysol, team that defeated Auckland City in the preliminary round.

### 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 | Jonathan Orozco |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Severo Meza |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Osorio |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Dárvin Chávez |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Héctor Morales |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Jesús Manuel Corona |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Luis Ernesto Pérez (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Aldo de Nigris |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Sergio Santana |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Jesús Dautt |
| 13 | FW | MEX | Abraham Darío Carreño |
| 14 | MF | MEX | César de la Peña |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ARG | José María Basanta |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Luis Madrigal |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Jesús Zavala |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Neri Cardozo |
| 19 | FW | ARG | César Delgado |
| 20 | MF | ECU | Walter Ayoví |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Hiram Mier |
| 22 | FW | MEX | Marcelo Cazaubón |
| 23 | GK | MEX | Juan de Dios Ibarra |
| 24 | DF | MEX | Sergio Pérez |
| 26 | FW | CHI | Humberto Suazo |