# 2019–20 Club Necaxa season

The 2019–20 Club Necaxa season is the 95th season in the football club's history and the 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football since the team most recent promotion to Liga MX. For the season, Necaxa will compete in the Apertura and Clausura tournaments as well as in the Copa MX.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Guillermo Vázquez |
| Assistant coaches | Carlos Gutiérrez |
| Assistant coaches | José Luis Salgado |
| Fitness coach | Ricardo Gómez |
| Doctors | Franco Vázquez |
| Doctors | Francisco López |

## Transfers
### In

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
| 9 | FW | Mauro Quiroga | (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 (aged 29) | Curicó Unido | Transfer | Summer |
| 16 | DF | Jairo González | (1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (aged 27) | BUAP | Loan return | Summer |
| 20 | MF | Jesús Angulo | (1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 24) | Tijuana | Transfer | Summer |
| 22 | MF | Ricardo Chávez | (1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 24) | Juárez | Transfer | Summer |
| 24 | DF | Rodrigo Noya | (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 (aged 29) | Veracruz | Transfer | Summer |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 3 | DF | Luis Hernández | (1998-02-02)2 February 1998 (aged 21) | Toluca | Transfer | Summer |
| 9 | FW | Martín Barragán | (1991-07-14)14 July 1991 (aged 28) | UNAM | Transfer | Summer |
| 11 | FW | Brian Fernández | (1994-09-26)26 September 1994 (aged 24) | Portland Timbers | Transfer | Summer |
| 9 | FW | Ángel Sepúlveda | (1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 28) | Tijuana | Transfer | Summer |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Torneo Apertura | 20 July 2019 | | Matchday 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 055.56 |
| Copa MX | 31 July 2019 | | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | | | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 045.45 |
Last updated: 18 September 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | UANL | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 32 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 4 | Querétaro | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 31 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | Necaxa | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 31 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 6 | América | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 31 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 7 | Morelia | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 27 | Advance to Liguilla |
* ↑ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 September 2019. Source: LigaMX

#### Result round 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
## Copa MX
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sinaloa (X) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Necaxa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Possible knockout stage |
| 3 | Celaya (Y) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Apertura | Apertura | Copa MX | Copa MX | Clausura | Clausura |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Hugo González | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Alexis Peña | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Fernando Meza | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Luis Pérez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Daniel Álvarez | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Mauro Quiroga | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Maximiliano Salas | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Kevin Mercado | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Jorge Lumbreras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Abel Aguirre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Pedro Campos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Jairo González | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Juan Delgado | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Felipe Gallegos | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Martín Lara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Jesús Angulo | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Eduardo Herrera | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Ricardo Chávez | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Claudio Baeza | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Rodrigo Noya | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | | Yosgart Gutiérrez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Cristian Calderón | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Rodrigo Contreras | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Ventura Alvarado | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 188 | MF | | José Plascencia | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 189 | FW | | Ricardo Monreal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | DF | | Juan Luis Ocón | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 193 | DF | | Diego García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | DF | | Esteban López Portillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 18 September 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Goals

    As of 18 September 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Copa MX | Clausura | Total |
| 1 | Maximiliano Salas | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Mauro Quiroga | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Jesús Angulo | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Ventura Alvarado | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Eduardo Herrera | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Daniel Álvarez | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Cristian Calderón | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Juan Delgado | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Felipe Gallegos | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 18 September 2019
| Rank | Name | Apertura | Copa MX | Clausura | Total |
| 1 | Hugo González | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Yosgart Gutiérrez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Apertura | Apertura | Copa MX | Copa MX | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Alexis Peña | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Luis Pérez | | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Maximilano Salas | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 23 | MF | Claudio Baeza | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 5 | DF | Fernando Meza | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 31 | DF | Ventura Alvarado | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 1 | GK | Hugo González | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 24 | DF | Rodrigo Noya | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 20 | MF | Jesús Angulo | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 18 | DF | Felipe Gallegos | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 16 | DF | Jairo González | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 27 | FW | Rodrigo Contreras | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 14 | MF | Abel Aguirre | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 188 | MF | José Plascencia | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 21 | FW | Eduardo Herrera | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 22 | MF | Ricardo Chávez | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 18 September 2019 Source: Liga MX Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.