# 2011–12 Cruz Azul season

The 2011–12 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 85th season in the football club's history and the 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. 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. Cruz Azul began their season on July 23, 2011. Cruz Azul played their homes games on Saturdays at 17:00 hours local time.

## Current squad

As of January 2011: Listed on the official website of Cruz Azul.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | José de Jesús Corona |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Fausto Pinto |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Waldo Ponce |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Julio César Domínguez (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Gerardo Torrado (captain) |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Javier Aquino |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Israel Castro |
| 9 | FW | COL | Edixon Perea |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Christian Giménez |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Alejandro Vela |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Néstor Araujo |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Gerardo Flores |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Francinilson Meirelles |
| 19 | FW | MEX | Omar Bravo |
| 21 | MF | MEX | Héctor Gutiérrez |
| 22 | MF | MEX | Adrián Cortés |
| 25 | GK | MEX | Yosgart Gutiérrez (2nd vice-captain) |
| 27 | FW | MEX | Javier Orozco |
| 30 | FW | ARG | Emanuel Villa |

### From youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Guillermo Allison |
| 16 | DF | MEX | Jair Pereira |
| 17 | DF | MEX | Manuel Mariaca |
| 20 | GK | MEX | Javier Caso |
| 24 | MF | MEX | Luis Alanis |
| 61 | GK | MEX | Gibrán Lajud |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 64 | DF | MEX | Alan Vidal |
| 70 | MF | MEX | Diego Israel Martínez |
| 73 | MF | MEX | Luis Fernando Carrasco |
| 90 | FW | MEX | Marco Antonio Angúlo |
| 104 | DF | MEX | Francisco Flores |
| 106 | MF | MEX | Iñaki Domínguez |

## Transfers
### Summer
#### In and Loan

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 3 | DF | Jair Pereira | 24 | Non-EU | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Youth system | Diario.com.mx |
| 16 | DF | Manuel Mariaca | 25 | Non-EU | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Youth system | Diario.com.mx |
| 8 | MF | Israel Castro | 30 | Non-EU | UNAM | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Goal.com |
| 15 | DF | Gerardo Flores | 25 | Non-EU | Atlas | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | RECORD.com.mx |
| 9 | FW | Edixon Perea | 27 | Non-EU | Las Palmas | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Cruz-Azul.com.mx |

#### Out and Loan

| N | Pos. | Name | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 15 | DF | Horacio Cervantes | Non-EU | Pachuca | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 16 | DF | Rogelio Chávez | Non-EU | Pachuca | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 3 | MF | Marcelo Palau | Non-EU | Guaraní | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 8 | MF | Gonzalo Pineda | Non-EU | Puebla | Return Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 9 | FW | Isaac Romo | Non-EU | Puebla | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |

### Winter
#### In and Loan

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 61 | GK | Gibrán Lajud | 17 | Non-EU | Youth system | Promoted | Winter | Undisclosed | Youth system | Cruz-Azul.com.mx |
| 73 | MF | Luis Fernando Carrasco | 19 | Non-EU | Youth system | Promoted | Winter | Undisclosed | Youth system | Cruz-Azul.com.mx |
| 104 | DF | Francisco Flores | 17 | Non-EU | Youth system | Promoted | Winter | Undisclosed | Youth system | Cruz-Azul.com.mx |
| 105 | MF | Diego Israel Martínez | 18 | Non-EU | Youth system | Promoted | Winter | Undisclosed | Youth system | Cruz-Azul.com.mx |
| 106 | MF | Iñaki Domínguez | 17 | Non-EU | Youth system | Promoted | Winter | Undisclosed | Youth system | Cruz-Azul.com.mx |
| 19 | FW | Omar Bravo | 31 | Non-EU | Sporting Kansas City | Transfer | Winter | 2014 | Undisclosed | SportingKC.com |
| 18 | MF | Francinilson Meirelles | 21 | Non-EU | Bahia | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | $1.5M | El Universal |

#### Out and Loan

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 18 | MF | César Villaluz | 23 | Non-EU | San Luis | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | MedioTiempo.com |
| 5 | DF | Alejandro Castro | 24 | Non-EU | Estudiantes Tecos | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | Cruz-Azul.com.mx |
| 13 | MF | Allam Bello | 23 | Non-EU | Neza FC | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | Terra Mexico |
| 19 | MF | Hugo Droguett | 29 | Non-EU | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | Goal.com |

## Competitions

Cruz Azul play three different tournaments in the 2011-12 season are Apertura 2011, Clausura 2012 and Copa Libertadores.

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Apertura 2011 | — | — | 2$^{nd.}$/Quarter-finals | July 23 | November 26 |
| Clausura 2012 | — | — | 9$^{th.}$/17 | January 7 | April 29 |
| Copa Libertadores | Group Stage | knockout stage | TBD | February 8 | TBD |

### Results by opponent (league)

| Team | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | Home | Away | Points |
| América | 3 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 4 |
| Atlante | 2 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 4 |
| Atlas | 2 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 6 |
| Estudiantes Tecos | 5 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 6 |
| Guadalajara | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 |
| Chiapas | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 4 |
| Monterrey | 4 – 3 | 1 – 2 | 6 |
| Morelia | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 |
| Pachuca | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 |
| Puebla | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 4 |
| Querétaro | 1 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 0 |
| San Luis | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 4 |
| Santos Laguna | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 |
| Tijuana | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 4 |
| Toluca | 0 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 4 |
| UANL | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 |
| UNAM | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 4 |
| Total Points ||||
| Apertura | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| Clausura | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| Season | 32 | 22 | 54 |
Source:Cruz Azul Matches at soccerway.com 2011–12 Primera División de México season article

## Competitions statistics
### Torneo Apertura 2011

Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00.

#### Pre-Season Summer 2011

Win  Draw  Loss
Friendly during the season

#### Regular phase

Win  Draw  Loss

#### General table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 30 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 29 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | UANL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 28 | 2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 27 | Cannot qualify for South American competitions |
| 5 | Chiapas | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 26 | Advance to the Final Phase |
* 1 2 3 4 5 The top 8 score results qualify for the Playoffs.
* 1 2 All 3 teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
* ↑ Monterrey, Morelia, Santos Laguna and UNAM cannot qualify for the 2012 Copa Libertadores because they are participating in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League competition.

#### Final phase

Quarter-finals
Morelia won 2-4 in aggregate.

### Torneo Clausura 2012

Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00.

#### Pre-Season Winter 2011

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Regular phase

Win  Draw  Loss  Home Game

#### General table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Tijuana | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 28 | Advances to the Playoffs |
| 8 | Chiapas | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 27 | Advances to the Playoffs |
| 9 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 25 | |
| 10 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 22 | |
| 11 | Atlas | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 20 | |

### Copa Libertadores

Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00.
Win  Draw  Loss  Home Game

#### Second stage

Group stage

#### Group table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | COR | CAZ | NAC | TAC |
| 1 | Corinthians | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 14 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Nacional | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 3–2 |
| 4 | Deportivo Táchira | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

#### Knockout stages

Round of 16
Libertad won on points 4–1.

## Squad statistics
### Start formations

| Qnt | Formation | Match(es) |
| 27 | 4-4-2 | Apertura (9), Clausura (13), Copa Libertadores (5) |
| 5 | 5-4-1 | Apertura (5) |
| 4 | 5-3-2 | Apertura (3), Clausura (1) |
| 3 | 4-3-3 | Apertura (2), Copa Libertadores (1) |
| 1 | 3-4-3 | Copa Libertadores (1) |
| 1 | 4-4-1-1 | Clausura (1) |
| 1 | 4-1-3-2 | Clausura (1) |
| 1 | 5-2-3 | Clausura (1) |

### Starting XI

| No. | Pos. | Name | MS | Notes |
| 11 starters ||||||
| 1 | GK | José de Jesús Corona | 32 | |
| 2 | LB | Fausto Pinto | 32 | |
| 14 | CB | Néstor Araujo | 28 | |
| 3 | CB | Waldo Ponce | 14 | |
| 4 | RB | Julio César Domínguez | 30 | |
| 11 | LM | Alejandro Vela | 13 | |
| 6 | CM | Gerardo Torrado | 16 | |
| 8 | CM | Israel Castro | 42 | |
| 10 | RM | Christian Giménez | 34 | |
| 19 | FW | Omar Bravo | 19 | |
| 30 | FW | Emanuel Villa | 29 | |
| Other starters ||||||
| 25 | GK | Yosgart Gutiérrez | 11 | |
| 3 | RB | Alberto Rodríguez | 1 | reinforcement only for the cup |
| 16 | RB | Gerardo Flores | 21 | |
| 104 | RB | Francisco Flores | 2 | |
| 16 | CB | Jair Pereira | 27 | |
| 17 | CB | Manuel Mariaca | 6 | |
| 23 | CM | Héctor Altamirano | 1 | reinforcement only for the cup |
| 21 | CM | Héctor Gutiérrez | 19 | |
| 7 | RM | Javier Aquino | 13 | |
| 22 | LB | Adrián Cortés | 23 | |
| 18 | LM | Maranhão | 9 | |
| 27 | FW | Javier Orozco | 13 | |
| 9 | FW | Edixon Perea | 17 | |
| 90 | FW | Marco Antonio Angúlo | 1 | |
| bye | RB | Alejandro Castro | 4 | loan to Estudiantes Tecos |
| bye | RM | César Villaluz | 7 | out to San Luis |
| bye | LM | Hugo Droguett | 7 | out to "undefined" |

### Apps, Goals and Discipline

Key: ‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club
* # = Squad number
* Pos = Playing position
* P = Number of games played 10
* G = Number of goals scored
* GK = Goalkeeper
* DF = Defender
* MF = Midfielder
* FW = Forward
* = Yellow cards
* = Red cards
* † Permanent player left club during the season
* ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season
Correct as of 2 May 2012. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Name | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | | | Notes |
| No. | Pos | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Playoffs | Playoffs | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | | Notes |
| 1 | GK | José de Jesús Corona | 24 | -26 | 6 | -3 | 2 | -4 | 32 | -35 | 4 | 0 | (−) means goals conceded |
| 12 | GK | Guillermo Allison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (−) means goals conceded |
| 20 | GK | Javier Caso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (−) means goals conceded |
| 25 | GK | Yosgart Gutiérrez | 10 | -9 | 1(1) | -2 | 0 | 0 | 11(1) | -11 | 0 | 0 | (−) means goals conceded |
| 61 | GK | Gibrán Lajud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (−) means goals conceded |
| 2 | DF | Fausto Pinto | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| 3 | DF | Waldo Ponce | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Injured. |
| 3 | DF | Alberto Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | reinforcement only for the cup. |
| 4 | DF | Julio César Domínguez | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | Néstor Araujo | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 15 | DF | Gerardo Flores | 16(3) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 21(4)* | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | Jair Pereira | 19(2) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27(2)* | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| 17 | DF | Manuel Mariaca | 2 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22 | DF | Adrián Cortés | 15(3) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22(3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 64 | DF | Alan Emmanuel Vidal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 104 | DF | Francisco Flores | 1(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| -- | DF | Melvin Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | reinforcement only for the cup. |
| 6 | MF | Gerardo Torrado | 13(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16(3) | 0 | 5 | 1 | Injured. |
| 7 | MF | Javier Aquino | 9(20) | 2 | 2(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13(21) | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Israel Castro | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42* | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Christian Giménez | 27(1) | 6 | 5(2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34(3) | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Maranhão | 5(10) | 0 | 5(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10(11)* | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Héctor Gutiérrez | 14(6) | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20(7)* | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 23 | MF | Héctor Altamirano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | reinforcement only for the cup. |
| 24 | MF | Luis Alanis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 70 | MF | Diego Israel Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 73 | MF | Luis Fernando Carrasco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 106 | MF | Iñaki Domínguez | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1)* | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Edixon Perea | 13(7) | 8 | 5(1) | 2 | 0(2) | 0 | 17(10)* | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Alejandro Vela | 12(3) | 1 | 2(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 14(7) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Omar Bravo | 17 | 3 | 2(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19(3)* | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | Javier Orozco | 6(14) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13(14) | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
| 30 | FW | Emanuel Villa | 24(2) | 14 | 3(3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29(5) | 15 | 4 | 2 | |
| 90 | FW | Marco Antonio Angúlo | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3)* | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| bye | DF | Alejandro Castro¤ | 8(3) | 0 | — | — | 0(1) | 0 | 4(8) | 0 | 2 | 0 | loan to Estudiantes Tecos. |
| bye | MF | Allam Bello¤ | 0(1) | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | loan to Neza FC. |
| bye | MF | César Villaluz† | 7(7) | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7(7) | 1 | 2 | 0 | out to San Luis. |
| bye | MF | Hugo Droguett† | 7(6) | 0 | — | — | 0(1) | 0 | 7(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | loan to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. |

### Overall statistics team

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 43 | 22 | 21 |
| Games won | 17 | 11 | 6 |
| Games drawn | 15 | 7 | 8 |
| Games lost | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Biggest win (Apertura) | 2-0 vs. Puebla, 0-2 vs. Estudiantes, 3-1 vs. América | 2-0 vs. Puebla, 3-1 vs. America | 0-2 vs. Estudiantes |
| Biggest win (Clausura) | 0-3 vs. Toluca and 5-2 vs. Estudiantes | 5-2 vs. Estudiantes | 0-3 vs. Toluca |
| Biggest win (Libertadores) | 4-0 vs. Deportivo Táchira | 4-0 vs. Deportivo Táchira | 1-2 vs. Nacional (PAR) |
| Biggest lose (Apertura) | 1-0 vs. Pachuca, 0-1, 2-1 and 1-2 vs. Morelia, 1-0 vs. Santos Laguna, 1-0 vs. Querétaro | 0-1 and 1-2 vs. Morelia | 1-0 vs. Pachuca, 1-0 vs. Santos Laguna, 1-0 vs. Querétaro, 2-1 vs. Morelia |
| Biggest lose (Clausura) | 2-0 vs. Morelia | 0-1 vs. Santos Laguna, 1-2 vs. Querétaro | 2-0 vs. Morelia |
| Biggest lose (Libertadores) | 1-0 vs. Corinthians | | 1-0 vs. Corinthians |
| Goals scored | 64 | 40 | 24 |
| Goals conceded | 44 | 22 | 22 |
| Goal difference | +20 | +18 | +2 |
| Average GF per game | 1.49 | 1.82 | 1.14 |
| Average GA per game | 1.02 | 1 | 1.05 |
| Most Game Started | 42 | Israel Castro | Israel Castro |
| Most appearances | 42 | Israel Castro | Israel Castro |
| Top scorer | 15 | Emanuel Villa | Emanuel Villa |
| Points | 66/129 (51.16%) | 39/66 (59.09%) | 26/63 (41.27%) |
| Winning rate | 17/43 (39.53%) | 11/22 (50%) | 6/21 (28.57%) |
Last updated: May 2, 2012 Source: Competitive matches

## Goalscorers

| Position | Nation | Name | Apertura 2011 | Clausura 2012 | Copa Libertadores | Total |
| 1 | | Emanuel Villa | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | | Javier Orozco | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | | Edixon Perea | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | | Christian Giménez | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | | Omar Bravo | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | | Adrián Cortés | 2 | | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | Javier Aquino | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 7 | | Alejandro Vela | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 7 | | Gerardo Flores | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 7 | | Jair Pereira | | 2 | | 2 |
| 7 | — | Own Goal | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 11 | | Israel Castro | | 1 | | 1 |
| 11 | | César Villaluz | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 11 | | Maranhão | | | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | — | — | 23 | 29 | 12 | 64 |

### Goal minutes

Updated to games played on 2 May.
| 1'–15' | 16'–30' | 31'–HT | 46'–60' | 61'–75' | 76'–FT | Extra time | "Total" |
| 5 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 64 |

## Results
### Apertura 2011
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 November. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | |

### Clausura 2012
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: Apr 30. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

### Copa Libertadores
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: May 2. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | |

## IFFHS Ranking

Cruz Azul position on the Club World Ranking during the 2011-12 season, according to IFFHS.
| Month | Position | Points |
| July | 60 | 153 |
| August | 89 | 124.5 |
| September | 157 | 100.5 |
| October | 177 | 94.5 |
| November | 169 | 94.5 |
| December | 175 | 94.5 |
| January | 178 | 94.5 |
| February | 126 | 112 |
| March | 135 | 107 |
| April | 87 | 128 |
| May | TBD | TBD |
| June | | |
Last updated: May 7, 2012. Source: IFFHS