# 2019–20 Cruz Azul season

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 |
| Assistant coaches | Joaquín Moreno |
| Assistant coaches | José Belman |
| Assistant coaches | 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. 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 | |
| 24 | DF | | Juan Escobar | (1995-07-03)3 July 1995 (aged 24) | Cerro Porteño | Transfer | 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 % |
| Supercopa MX | 14 July 2019 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 051.43 |
Last updated: 16 December 2020 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches
### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Supercopa MX | Supercopa MX | Apertura | Apertura | Leagues Cup | Leagues Cup | Copa MX | Copa MX | Clausura | 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 |
| 1 | Milton Caraglio | FW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Elías Hernández | MF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Jonathan Rodríguez | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Pablo Aguilar | DF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Orbelín Pineda | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Roberto Alvarado | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Yoshimar Yotún | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | José Madueña | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Juan Escobar | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Édgar Méndez | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Apertura | Apertura | Leagues Cup | Total | Total |
| 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 |
| 1 | José de Jesús Corona | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |