# 2023–24 Club Universidad Nacional season

The 2023–24 season will be Club Universidad Nacional's 70th season in the top flight of Mexican football. In addition to the domestic league, UNAM will be participating in this season's editions of the Leagues Cup.

## Players

    As of 24 June 2024
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 | Julio González |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Pablo Bennevendo |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Galindo |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Rubén Duarte |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Nathan Silva |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Rodrigo López |
| 8 | MF | COL | José Caicedo |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Guillermo Martínez |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Suárez |
| 12 | MF | MEX | César Huerta |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Pablo Monroy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Jesús Rivas |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Ulises Rivas |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Jorge Ruvalcaba |
| 19 | FW | MEX | Alí Ávila (on loan from Monterrey) |
| 20 | MF | MEX | Santiago Trigos |
| 21 | MF | MEX | Michell Rodríguez (on loan from Monterrey) |
| 22 | DF | URU | Robert Ergas |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Pussetto |
| 27 | MF | PER | Piero Quispe |
| 29 | FW | MEX | Rogelio Funes Mori |
| 33 | GK | MEX | Gil Alcalá |

## Transfers
### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Type | Ref. |
| May 2023 | FW | Diogo | Plaza Colonia | End of loan | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Apertura | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 042.86 |
| Clausura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Leagues Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Total | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 041.67 |
Last updated: 10 December 2023 Source: Competitions

### Apertura 2023
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 33 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 3 | UANL | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 30 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 4 | UNAM | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 28 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 27 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 6 | Puebla | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 25 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
* ↑ The first four places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg.
* ↑ Puebla was penalized for having unregistered assistant coach Luis Miguel Noriega on the bench in their Week 7 match against Tijuana. Puebla originally won the match 3–0 and was awarded to Tijuana as a 1–0 victory. The Court of Arbitration for Sport later reversed the ruling.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Liga MX

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | | | | | |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were released on 7 June 2023.

### Leagues Cup
#### Group stage

The group stage was announced on 20 January 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UNM | DCU | MTL |
| 1 | UNAM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | D.C. United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — |
| 3 | CF Montréal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
### Clausura 2024
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 31 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 7 | Pachuca | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 29 | Qualification for the play-in round |
| 8 | UNAM | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 27 | Qualification for the play-in round |
| 9 | Necaxa | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 27 | Qualification for the play-in round |
| 10 | Querétaro | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 24 | Qualification for the play-in round |
* ↑ The first four places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg. The fifth and sixth placed teams will host the first leg.
* ↑ Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.

## Statistics
### Goals

| Rank | Player | Apertura | Clausura | Leagues Cup | Total |
| 1 | César Huerta | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Gabriel Fernández | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Juan Dinenno | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Nathan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ulises Rivas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Gustavo Del Prete | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Eduardo Salvio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Emanuel Montejano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 21 | 0 | 5 | 26 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Apertura 2023 | Clausura 2024 | Leagues Cup | Total |
| 1 | Julio González | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Gil Alcalá | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |