# 2012–13 Cruz Azul season

The 2012–13 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 86th season in the football club's history and the 48th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The season is split into four tournaments—the Torneo Apertura, Torneo Clausura, Cup Apertura and the Cup Clausura.

## Current squad

As of June 2012: 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 | MEX | Néstor Araujo |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Julio César Domínguez (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Alejandro Castro |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Gerardo Torrado (captain) |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Javier Aquino |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Israel Castro |
| 19 | FW | MEX | Omar Bravo |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Christian Giménez (3rd vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Alejandro Vela |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | COL | Luis Amaranto Perea |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Gerardo Flores |
| 16 | DF | MEX | Jair Pereira |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Pablo Barrera |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Francinilson Meirelles |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Mariano Pavone |
| 21 | MF | MEX | Héctor Gutiérrez |
| 22 | DF | MEX | Adrián Cortés |
| 25 | GK | MEX | Yosgart Gutiérrez (2nd vice-captain) |
| 27 | FW | MEX | Javier Orozco |
| 28 | DF | MEX | Rogelio Chávez |

### 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 |
| 19 | FW | MEX | Marco Antonio Angúlo |
| 24 | MF | MEX | Luis Alanís |
| 61 | GK | MEX | Gibrán Lajud |
| 72 | MF | MEX | Luis Fernando Carrasco |
| 73 | MF | MEX | Iñaki Domínguez |
| 74 | MF | MEX | Kevin Varela |
| 75 | FW | MEX | Martín Galván |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 76 | FW | MEX | Héctor Acevedo |
| 77 | DF | MEX | Francisco Flores |
| 78 | MF | MEX | Raúl Antonio Vidal |
| 79 | DF | MEX | Alan Vidal |
| 84 | DF | MEX | Juan Carlos García |
| 86 | DF | MEX | Iván Ricardo Pérez |
| 91 | MF | MEX | Diego Israel Martínez |
| 96 | DF | MEX | Jesús Alberto Lara |

## Transfers
### Summer
#### In and loan

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 5 | DF | Alejandro Castro | 25 | Non-EU | Estudiantes Tecos | Loan Return | Summer | Undisclosed | Youth system | diarioportal.com |
| 28 | DF | Rogelio Chávez | 27 | Non-EU | Atlas | Loan Return | Summer | Undisclosed | Youth system | diarioportal.com |
| 20 | FW | Mariano Pavone | 30 | EU | Lanús | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Undisclosed | ElUniversal.com.mx |
| 14 | DF | Luis Amaranto Perea | 33 | EU | Atlético Madrid | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | Goal.com |
| 17 | MF | Pablo Barrera | 25 | Non-EU | West Ham United | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Undisclosed | Excelsior.com |

#### Out and loan

| N | Pos. | Name | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| | DF | Horacio Cervantes | Non-EU | Necaxa | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Jaime Lozano | Non-EU | UNAM | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 30 | FW | Emanuel Villa | Non-EU | UNAM | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 3 | DF | Waldo Ponce | Non-EU | Universidad de Chile | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 9 | FW | Edixon Perea | Non-EU | Changchun Yatai | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |

### Winter
#### In and loan

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |

#### Out and loan

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |

## Competitions

Cruz Azul play four different tournaments in the 2012–13 season are Apertura 2012, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2012 Copa Mexico and Clausura 2013 Copa Mexico.

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Position | First match | Last match |
| Apertura 2012 | — | 6th | July 21 | — |
| Copa Apertura | Group Stage | 2nd | July 25 | — |
| Copa Clausura | — | — | — | — |
| Clausura 2013 | — | — | — | — |

### Results by opponent (league)

| Team | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | Home | Away | Points |
| América | | | |
| Atlante | | | |
| Atlas | | | |
| Guadalajara | 0 – 0 | | 1 |
| Chiapas | | | |
| León | 1 – 1 | | 1 |
| Monterrey | | | |
| Morelia | 0 – 0 | | 1 |
| Pachuca | | | |
| Puebla | | 0 – 1 | 3 |
| Querétaro | | | |
| San Luis | | 1 – 2 | 3 |
| Santos Laguna | | | |
| Tijuana | | | |
| Toluca | | | |
| UANL | | | |
| UNAM | | 0 – 1 | 3 |
| Total Points ||||
| Apertura | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Clausura | | | |
| Season | 3 | 9 | 12 |
Source:Cruz Azul Matches at soccerway.com 2012–13 Liga MX season article

## Competitions statistics
### 2012 Torneo Apertura

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

#### Pre-Season Summer 2012

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Regular phase

Win  Draw  Loss

#### General table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | América | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 31 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 5 | Morelia | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 27 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 26 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 7 | Monterrey | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 23 | Advance to the Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 23 | Advance to the Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions |
* 1 2 The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
* ↑ Guadalajara, Monterrey, Santos Laguna and UANL cannot qualify for the 2013 Copa Libertadores because they are participating in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League competition.

### Copa MX

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

#### Group stage

Round 1
Cruz Azul won the series 4 – 2. Round 2
Cruz Azul won the series 1 – 0. Round 3

#### Group table

Group 2 :
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | NEZ | CRA | ALT | ATL |
| Neza | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 11 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Cruz Azul | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Altamira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–2 |
| Atlas | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

### Torneo Clausura 2013

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

#### Pre-Season Winter 2012

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Regular phase

Win  Draw  Loss  Home Game

#### General table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Atlas | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 32 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 4 | Morelia | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 30 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 5 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 29 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 29 | Advance to the Liguilla |
| 7 | UNAM | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 29 | Advance to the Liguilla |

## Squad statistics
### Start formations

| Qnt | Formation | Match(es) |

### Starting XI

| No. | Pos. |
| 11 starters ||||||
| | GK |
| | LB |
| | CB |
| | CB |
| | RB |
| | LM |
| | CM |
| | CM |
| | RM |
| | FW |
| | FW |
| Other starters ||||||

### 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 28 August 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 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | (−) means goals conceded |
| 12 | GK | Guillermo Allison | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3* | -2 | 0 | 0 | (−) means goals conceded |
| 25 | GK | Yosgart Gutiérrez | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Néstor Araujo | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Julio César Domínguez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Alejandro Castro | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | Luis Amaranto Perea | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6* | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Gerardo Flores | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | Jair Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | DF | Adrián Cortés | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 28 | DF | Rogelio Chavez | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 77 | DF | Francisco Flores | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 79 | DF | Alan Emmanuel Vidal | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 84 | DF | Juan Carlos García | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 86 | DF | Iván Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Gerardo Torrado | 6 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Javier Aquino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Israel Castro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Christian Giménez | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Pablo Barrera | 5(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Maranhão | 0(5) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Héctor Gutiérrez | 0(2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Luis Alanis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 | MF | Luis Fernando Carrasco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 73 | MF | Iñaki Domínguez | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 74 | MF | Kevin Varela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 78 | MF | Raúl Antonio Vidal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4* | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | MF | Diego Israel Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Omar Bravo | 5(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Alejandro Vela | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6* | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Marco Antonio Angúlo | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Mariano Pavone | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | Javier Orozco | 0(6) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4(6) | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 75 | FW | Martín Galván | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 76 | FW | Héctor Acevedo | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1)* | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | FW | Jesús Lara | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2(2)* | 1 | 0 | 0 | |

### Overall statistics team

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games won | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games drawn | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biggest win (Apertura) | | | |
| Biggest win (Cup Apertura) | | | |
| Biggest win (Clausura) | | | |
| Biggest win (Cup Clausura) | | | |
| Biggest lose (Apertura) | | | |
| Biggest lose (Cup Apertura) | | | |
| Biggest lose (Clausura) | | | |
| Biggest lose (Cup Clausura) | | | |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal difference | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average GF per game | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average GA per game | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Most Game Started | 0 | | |
| Most appearances | 0 | | |
| Top scorer | 0 | | |
| Points | 0/0 (0%) | 0/0 (0%) | 0/0 (0%) |
| Winning rate | 0/0 (0%) | 0/0 (0%) | 0/0 (0%) |
Last updated: June 17, 2012 Source: Competitive matches

## Goalscorers

| Position | Nation | Name | Apertura 2012 | Copa Mexico AP | Clausura 2013 | Copa Mexico CL | Total |
| 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal minutes

Updated to games played on 2 June.
| 1'–15' | 16'–30' | 31'–HT | 46'–60' | 61'–75' | 76'–FT | Extra time | "Total" |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Results
### Apertura 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: Aug 28. 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 | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | W | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Copa Apertura 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: Aug 28. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

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

### Clausura 2013
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: Jun 17. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

## IFFHS ranking

Cruz Azul position on the Club World Ranking during the 2012–13 season, according to IFFHS.
| Month | Position | Points |
| July | 82 | 127.5 |
| August | TBD | TBD |
| September | TBD | TBD |
| October | TBD | TBD |
| November | TBD | TBD |
| December | TBD | TBD |
| January | TBD | TBD |
| February | TBD | TBD |
| March | TBD | TBD |
| April | TBD | TBD |
| May | TBD | TBD |
| June | | |
Last updated: Aug 28, 2012. Source: IFFHS