# 2009–10 Cruz Azul season

The 2009–10 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 83rd season in the football club's history and the 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club participated in the Apertura and Bicentenario tournaments of the Mexican Primera División and in the CONCACAF Champions League.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Enrique Meza |
| Assistant coach | Eugenio Villazón |
| Fitness coach | Daniel Ipata |
| Kinesiologist | Juan Rubio |
| Doctor | Alfonso Jiménez |

## Players
### Torneo Apertura

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Since | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | José de Jesús Corona | (1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 28) | 2009 | UAG |
| 12 | GK | Julio César Valdivia | (1982-06-05)5 June 1982 (aged 27) | 2006 | Youth system |
| 25 | GK | Yosgart Gutiérrez | (1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (aged 28) | 2003 | Youth system |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Fausto Pinto | (1983-08-08)8 August 1983 (aged 25) | 2009 (Winter) | Pachuca |
| 3 | DF | Joel Huiqui | (1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 26) | 2002 | Youth system |
| 4 | DF | Julio César Domínguez | (1987-11-08)8 November 1987 (aged 21) | 2006 | Youth system |
| 13 | DF | Melvin Brown | (1979-01-28)28 January 1979 (aged 30) | 1998 | Youth system |
| 15 | DF | Horacio Cervantes | (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 27) | 2009 | Morelia |
| 16 | DF | Rogelio Chávez | (1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 24) | 2004 | Cruz Azul Oaxaca |
| 20 | DF | Alejandro Castro | (1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 22) | 2005 | Youth system |
| 22 | DF | Adrián Cortés | (1983-11-19)19 November 1983 (aged 25) | 2009 | UAG |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | MF | Gabino Velasco | (1984-04-09)9 April 1984 (aged 25) | 2006 | Youth system |
| 6 | MF | Gerardo Torrado (Captain) | (1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 30) | 2005 | Racing Santander |
| 7 | MF | Cristian Riveros (VC) | (1982-10-16)16 October 1982 (aged 26) | 2007 | Libertad |
| 8 | MF | Édgar Andrade | (1988-03-02)2 March 1988 (aged 21) | 2006 | Youth system |
| 10 | MF | Ramón Núñez | (1985-11-14)14 November 1985 (aged 23) | 2009 | Puebla |
| 18 | MF | César Villaluz | (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 21) | 2006 | Youth system |
| 21 | MF | Jaime Lozano | (1978-09-29)29 September 1978 (aged 30) | 2007 | UANL |
| 23 | MF | Gerardo Lugo | (1984-12-31)31 December 1984 (aged 24) | 2006 | Youth system |
| 28 | MF | Héctor Gutiérrez | (1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 22) | 2008 | Youth system |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | FW | Pablo Zeballos | (1983-08-08)8 August 1983 (aged 25) | 2008 (Winter) | Sol de América |
| 11 | FW | Mario Ortiz | (1983-06-04)4 June 1983 (aged 26) | 2009 | UAG |
| 14 | FW | Emilio Hernández | (1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 24) | 2009 | Universidad de Chile |
| 19 | FW | Alejandro Vela | (1984-03-28)28 March 1984 (aged 25) | 2008 | Chiapas |
| 27 | FW | Javier Orozco | (1987-11-16)16 November 1987 (aged 21) | 2005 | Youth system |
| 30 | FW | Emanuel Villa | (1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 27) | 2009 | Derby County |
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. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
| 1 | GK | José de Jesús Corona | (1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 28) | UAG | Transfer | Summer |
| 10 | MF | Ramón Núñez | (1985-11-14)14 November 1985 (aged 23) | Puebla | Transfer | Summer |
| 14 | FW | Emilio Hernández | (1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 24) | Universidad de Chile | Transfer | Summer |
| 22 | DF | Adrián Cortés | (1983-11-19)19 November 1983 (aged 25) | UAG | Loan return | Summer |
| 30 | FW | Emanuel Villa | (1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 27) | Derby County | Transfer | Summer |
| 8 | MF | Israel López | (1974-09-29)29 September 1974 (aged 35) | Toluca | Transfer | Winter |
| 9 | FW | Maximiliano Biancucchi | (1984-09-15)15 September 1984 (aged 25) | Flamengo | Transfer | Winter |
| 10 | MF | Christian Giménez | (1981-02-01)1 February 1981 (aged 28) | Pachuca | Transfer | Winter |
| 26 | DF | Edcarlos | (1985-05-10)10 May 1985 (aged 24) | Fluminense | Transfer | Winter |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| 17 | FW | | Luis Ángel Landín | (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 24) | Houston Dynamo | Loan | Summer | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Torneo Apertura | 25 July 2009 | 13 December 2009 | Matchday 1 | runners-up | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 056.52 |
| Torneo Bicentenario | 16 January 2010 | 24 April 2010 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | +0 | 041.18 |
| CONCACAF Champions League | 30 July 2009 | 7 April 2010 | Preliminary round | runners-up | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 9 | +24 | 071.43 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 101 | 61 | +40 | 055.56 |
Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Toluca | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 35 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 33 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 3 | Morelia | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 33 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 4 | América | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | Monterrey (C) | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |

### Torneo Bicentenario
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Morelia | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 25 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 8 | Pachuca | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 25 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 9 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 25 | |
| 10 | Atlas | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 24 | |
| 11 | Querétaro | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 21 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 |

## Statistics
### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Bicentenario | Concacaf CL | Total |
| 1 | Emanuel Villa | FW | 19 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| 2 | Jaime Lozano | MF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Javier Orozco | FW | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Cristian Riveros | MF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Pablo Zeballos | FW | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Melvin Brown | DF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Rogelio Chávez | DF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Alejandro Vela | FW | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Mario Ortiz | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | César Villaluz | MF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Maximiliano Biancucchi | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Christian Giménez | MF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Gerardo Lugo | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Ramón Núñez | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Alejandro Castro | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Horacio Cervantes | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Adrián Cortés | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Julio César Domínguez | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Edcarlos | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Joel Huiqui | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Fausto Pinto | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Gerardo Torrado | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Gabino Velasco | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 47 | 20 | 31 | 98 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | Apertura | Bicentenario | Concacaf CL | Total |
| 1 | José de Jesús Corona | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 1 | Yosgart Gutiérrez | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| Total | Total | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Emanuel Villa | San Luis | 4–2 (H)$^1$ | 19 September 2009 | Primera División |
| Javier Orozco | Herediano | 6–2 (A) | 30 July 2009 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| Jaime Lozano | Columbus Crew | 5–0 (H) | 26 August 2009 | CONCACAF Champions League |
$^1$ The player scored 4 goals in the match.

### Own goals

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Emanuel Villa | Monterrey | 3–4 (A) | 10 December 2009 | Primera División |
| Edcarlos | Guadalajara | 1–1 (A) | 24 April 2010 | Primera División |