# 2015–16 Puebla F.C. season

The 2015–16 Puebla F.C. season was the club's 69th professional season in 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. The club also played Supercopa MX and Copa Libertadores.

## First-team 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 | Fabián Villaseñor (on loan from Morelia) |
| 2 | DF | URU | Robert Herrera |
| 3 | MF | MEX | Carlos Gutiérrez (on loan from América) |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Mario de Luna (on loan from Guadalajara) |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Luis Robles (on loan from Atlas) |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Isaác Díaz (on loan from Chiapas) |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Christian Bermúdez (on loan from Chiapas) |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Matías Alustiza |
| 12 | DF | MEX | Óscar Rojas |
| 13 | MF | MEX | Alfonso Tamay (on loan from UANL) |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Emilio Yamín |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Alfredo Juraidini |
| 16 | MF | MEX | David Toledo (on loan from Guadalajara) |
| 17 | GK | ARG | Cristian Campestrini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | COL | Luis Gabriel Rey |
| 19 | MF | MEX | Flavio Santos (on loan from Atlas) |
| 20 | DF | MEX | Adrián Cortés (on loan from Veracruz) |
| 21 | DF | URU | Ramón Arias (on loan from Defensor Sporting) |
| 22 | MF | MEX | Patricio Araujo |
| 23 | DF | MEX | Emmanuel Gil (on loan from Veracruz) |
| 24 | DF | MEX | Sergio Pérez (on loan from Querétaro) |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Juan Pablo Fassi (on loan from Pachuca) |
| 26 | DF | MEX | Roberto Juárez |
| 27 | MF | MEX | Alberto Acosta (on loan from UANL) |
| 28 | MF | MEX | Francisco Torres (on loan from Santos Laguna) |
| 29 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Rescaldani (on loan from Málaga) |
| 30 | GK | USA | Austin Guerrero |
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2015.

## Supercopa MX
### Match details

| GK | 17 | Cristian Campestrini |
| DF | 3 | Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez |
| DF | 5 | Mario de Luna | |
| DF | 22 | Patricio Araujo (c) |
| DF | 12 | Óscar Rojas | |
| MF | 28 | Francisco Torres |
| MF | 8 | Luis Robles |
| MF | 27 | Alberto Acosta | | 56' |
| MF | 10 | Christian Bermúdez | | 79' |
| MF | 19 | Flavio Santos | 46' | 63' |
| FW | 18 | Luis Gabriel Rey |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Fabián Villaseñor |
| DF | 20 | Adrián Cortés |
| DF | 26 | Roberto Juárez | | 79' |
| MF | 16 | David Toledo | | 63' |
| MF | 29 | Ezequiel Rescaldani |
| FW | 9 | Isaac Díaz |
| FW | 29 | Matías Alustiza | | 56' |
| Manager: ||
| Pablo Marini ||
| GK | 13 | Cirilo Saucedo |
| DF | 17 | Hibert Ruiz | 44' |
| DF | 4 | Marco Torsiglieri | 29' |
| DF | 5 | Facundo Erpen |
| DF | 2 | Enrique Pérez (c) |
| MF | 16 | Cristian Pellerano |
| MF | 8 | Juan Pablo Rodríguez | 88' |
| MF | 24 | Dieter Villalpando | | 77' |
| FW | 9 | Yorleys Mena | | 52' |
| FW | 7 | Pablo Velázquez | | 58' |
| FW | 23 | Jefferson Cuero |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Carlos Felipe Rodríguez |
| DF | 6 | Joel Huiqui |
| DF | 25 | Carlos Calvo |
| MF | 10 | Mauro Cejas | | 77' |
| MF | 22 | Armando Zamorano | | 52' |
| MF | 26 | Christian Valdez |
| FW | 11 | Carlos Ochoa | | 58' |
| Manager: ||
| Enrique Meza ||
* Assistant referees:
* Adam Garner (United States)
* Jonathan Johnson (United States)
* Fourth official:
* Luis Guardia (United States)
Puebla won its first Supercopa MX and the third overall edition .

## Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Luis Gabriel Rey | 9 |
| 2. | Christian Bermúdez | 5 |
| 3. | Matías Alustiza | 3 |
| 4. | Flavio Santos | 2 |
| 4. | Francisco Javier Torres | 2 |
| 4. | Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez | 2 |
| 5. | Robert Herrera | 1 |

### 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: 29 June 2015. Source: Apertura 2015 results

## Apertura 2015 Copa MX
### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Apertura results
### Goalscorers

| Position | Nation | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | | Ezequiel Rescaldani | 3 |

### Results
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

## 2016
### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

### Attendance

Puebla's Home Attendance by round, Estadio Cuahutemoc has a sitting capacity of 51,726 . |}
| round | Team | Attendance | Percentage |
| 2 | Monterrey | 32,125 | 63.30 % |
| 5 | Club Atlas | 42,554 | 83.84 % |
| 7 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 42,701 | 84.13 % |
| 9 | Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz | 39,443 | 77.71 % |
| 11 | Tigres UANL | 43,516 | 85.74 % |
| 13 | C.D. Guadalajara | 45,527 | 89.70 % |
| 15 | Chiapas F.C. | 20,744 | 40.87 % |
| 17 | Querétaro F.C. | - | - |

### Goalscorers

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Matías Alustiza | 7 |
| 2. | Álvaro Navarro | 2 |
| 2. | Christian Valdez | 2 |
| 2. | Christian Bermúdez | 2 |
| 3. | Alberto Acosta | 1 |
| 3. | Patricio Araujo | 1 |
| 3. | Damián Escudero | 1 |
| 3. | Eduardo Pérez | 1 |

### 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: 29 June 2015. Source: Clausura 2016 results

### Pre Libertadores 2016

After Santos laguna reached the Clausura 2015 final, Puebla earned a passed to the Copa Libertadores 2016 due to Santos pass to the 2016 Concachampions Cup. On December 22, 2015 the Conmebol will have the lottery in Paraguay in order to define Puebla's rival. Due to fellow Mexican club Tigres who is the 2015 Runner up, Puebla won the right to home advantage in the series that will award 1st stage participation .
Win  Draw  Loss

## Relegation 2015 - 2016

| Pos | Team | '13 A Pts | '14 C Pts | '14 A Pts | '15 C Pts | '15 A Pts | '16 C Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 13 | Tijuana | 21 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 106 | 85 | 1.2471 |
| 14 | Veracruz | 20 | 16 | 15 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 105 | 85 | 1.2353 |
| 15 | Puebla | 19 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 100 | 85 | 1.1765 |
| 16 | Guadalajara | 12 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 96 | 85 | 1.1294 |
| 17 | Morelia | 27 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 94 | 85 | 1.1059 |
| 18 | Sinaloa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 0.8824 | Relegation to Ascenso MX |
Last update: 21 November 2015