# 2020–21 Cruz Azul season

The 2020–21 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 94th season in the football club's history and the 56th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. Cruz Azul competed in Liga MX and the CONCACAF Champions League.

## Kits

| Home | Away | Third | Home alt. | Away alt. |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Signed in | Previous club |
| 1 | GK | José de Jesús Corona (captain) | 40 | 2009 | UAG |
| 3 | DF | Jaiber Jiménez | 26 | 2019 | Youth system |
| 4 | DF | Julio César Domínguez (vice-captain) | 33 | 2006 | Youth system |
| 5 | DF | Alexis Peña | 25 | 2020 | Guadalajara |
| 7 | MF | Luis Romo | 25 | 2020 | Querétaro |
| 9 | MF | Walter Montoya | 27 | 2018 | Racing Club |
| 11 | MF | Elías Hernández | 33 | 2018 | León |
| 12 | DF | José Joaquín Martínez | 34 | 2020 | Monarcas Morelia |
| 14 | MF | Misael Domínguez | 21 | 2018 | Monterrey |
| 15 | MF | Ignacio Rivero | 29 | 2020 | Tijuana |
| 16 | DF | Adrián Aldrete | 32 | 2016 | Santos Laguna |
| 17 | FW | Brayan Angulo | 25 | 2019 | Tijuana |
| 19 | MF | Yoshimar Yotún | 31 | 2019 | Orlando City |
| 20 | MF | Alexis Gutiérrez | 21 | 2019 | Guadalajara |
| 21 | FW | Jonathan Rodríguez | 27 | 2019 (Winter) | Santos Laguna |
| 22 | MF | Rafael Baca | 31 | 2014 (Winter) | San Jose Earthquakes |
| 23 | DF | Pablo Aguilar | 34 | 2018 | Tijuana |
| 24 | DF | Juan Escobar | 25 | 2019 | Cerro Porteño |
| 25 | MF | Roberto Alvarado | 22 | 2018 | Necaxa |
| 28 | MF | Guillermo Fernández | 29 | 2019 | Boca Juniors |
| 29 | FW | Santiago Giménez | 20 | 2017 | Youth system |
| 30 | GK | Andrés Gudiño | 24 | 2019 | Youth system |
| 31 | MF | Orbelín Pineda | 25 | 2019 (Winter) | Guadalajara |
| 33 | GK | Sebastián Jurado | 23 | 2020 (Winter) | Veracruz |
* Last updated: 29 April 2021
* Source: ligamx.net and cruzazulfc.com.mx

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| Winter 2021 | DF | Alexis Peña | Guadalajara | Loan |
| Winter 2021 | MF | Guillermo Fernández | Boca Juniors | End of loan |
| Winter 2021 | FW | Walter Montoya | Racing Club | End of loan |
| Winter 2021 | FW | Bryan Angulo | Tijuana | End of loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Copa por México
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | América | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Pumas UNAM | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Toluca | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Knockout stage
## 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 2020 | 6 December 2020 | Matchday 1 | Semi-finals (4th) | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 052.38 |
| Torneo Clausura | 10 January 2021 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 069.57 |
| CONCACAF Champions League | 6 April 2021 | 16 September 2021 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 060.00 |
Last updated: 16 September 2021 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Liga MX
#### Torneo Apertura
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | UNAM | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 32 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 3 | América | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 32 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 29 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 29 | Qualification for the Reclassification |
| 6 | UANL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 28 | Qualification for the Reclassification |
* ↑ The first four places in the table qualified for the Liguilla quarter-finals.
* ↑ Teams ranked 5th to 12th in the table qualified for Reclassification

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 November 2020. Source: Soccerway

##### Results round by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | QF | QF | SF | SF |

##### Matches
###### Semi-finals
#### Torneo Clausura
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul (C) | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 41 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | América | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 38 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 3 | Puebla | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 28 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 4 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 28 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 26 | Qualification for the Reclassification |
* ↑ The first four places in the table qualified for the Liguilla quarter-finals.
* ↑ América was penalized for having an ineligible player on the bench in their Week 7 match against Atlas. América originally won the match 0–2 but were docked the 3 points obtained for the victory. Atlas were given a 3–0 victory and the 3 points docked from América.
* ↑ Teams ranked 5th to 12th in the table qualified for Reclassification

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 2021. Source: Liga MX

##### Result by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | QF | QF | SF | SF | F | F |

##### Matches
###### Final

* Guardianes 2021 Champion
* Cruz Azul
* 9th title

### CONCACAF Champions League
#### Semi-finals
## Squad statistics
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of matches played 22 May 2021
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Liga Apertura | Liguilla Apertura | Liga Clausura | Liguilla Clausura | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 21 | Jonathan Rodríguez | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | Bryan Angulo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | 24 | Juan Escobar | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 29 | Santiago Giménez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Luis Romo | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 25 | Roberto Alvarado | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 31 | Orbelín Pineda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | Elías Hernández | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 28 | Guillermo Fernández | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Pablo Aguilar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 20 | Alexis Gutiérrez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 9 | Walter Montoya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 6 | Yoshimar Yotún | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 4 | Julio César Domínguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 22 | Rafael Baca | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 16 | Adrián Aldrete | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 34 | Josué Reyes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 73 |
Sources: Soccerway, Liga MX, CONCACAF Champions League