# 2018–19 Atlas F.C. season

The 2018–19 Atlas F.C. season is the 89th season in the football club's history and the 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Ángel Guillermo Hoyos |
| Assistant coach | Raúl Chabrand |
| Fitness coaches | Eric Secada |
| Fitness coaches | Sebastián Fabres |
| Fitness coaches | Vicente Espadas |
| Kinesiologist | Eder Fiol |
| Doctors | José Gutiérrez |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | José Santiago Hernández | (1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 (age 27) | 2016 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 12 | GK | Jonathan Estrada | (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 26) | 2017 | Youth System |
| 23 | GK | Édgar Hernández | (1982-08-27) 27 August 1982 (age 42) | 2018 | Oaxaca |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Nicolás Pareja | (1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 41) | 2018 | Sevilla |
| 3 | DF | Leiton Jiménez (2nd VC) | (1989-04-26) 26 April 1989 (age 35) | 2016 | Tijuana |
| 5 | DF | Gaddi Aguirre | (1996-03-31) 31 March 1996 (age 28) | 2016 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 14 | DF | Omar Gonzalez | (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 36) | 2018 | Pachuca |
| 16 | DF | Heriberto Olvera | (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | BUAP |
| 24 | DF | Osvaldo González | (1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 (age 26) | 2017 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 26 | DF | Cristian Calderón | (1997-05-24) 24 May 1997 (age 27) | 2016 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 29 | DF | Ismael Govea | (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 (age 27) | 2018 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 30 | DF | Edson García | (1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 26) | 2018 | Youth System |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | MF | Edgar Zaldívar | (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 28) | 2016 | Youth System |
| 7 | MF | Juan Pablo Vigón (Captain) | (1991-07-20) 20 July 1991 (age 33) | 2017 | Tapachula |
| 8 | MF | Andrés Andrade | (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | León |
| 10 | MF | Clifford Aboagye | (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29) | 2017 (Winter) | Granada |
| 11 | MF | Ricky Álvarez | (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36) | 2018 | Sampdoria |
| 13 | MF | Ulises Cardona | (1998-11-13) 13 November 1998 (age 26) | 2017 | Youth System |
| 15 | MF | Bryan Garnica | (1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 28) | 2015 | Youth System |
| 20 | MF | Jairo Torres | (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 24) | 2018 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 21 | MF | Lorenzo Reyes | (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 33) | 2018 | Universidad de Chile |
| 25 | MF | José Ávila | (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 27) | 2017 | Youth System |
| 27 | MF | Edyairth Ortega | (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 28) | 2018 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 28 | MF | Patrick Soko | (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 27) | 2017 | Cibao |
| Forwards |||||||
| 17 | FW | Jefferson Duque | (1987-05-17) 17 May 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | Morelia |
| 18 | FW | Alejandro Díaz | (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 29) | 2018 | América |
| 19 | FW | Octavio Rivero | (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 33) | 2018 | Colo-Colo |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 28 October 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 2 | DF | Nicolás Pareja | 34 | Sevilla | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Milenio |
| 8 | MF | Andrés Andrade | 29 | León | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | Récord |
| 11 | MF | Ricky Álvarez | 30 | Sampdoria | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Milenio |
| 14 | DF | Omar Gonzalez | 29 | Pachuca | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | AS |
| 16 | DF | Heriberto Olvera | 28 | BUAP | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | Atlas FC |
| 17 | FW | Jefferson Duque | 31 | Morelia | End of Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | AS |
| 18 | FW | Alejandro Díaz | 22 | América | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | Atlas FC |
| 19 | FW | Octavio Rivero | 26 | Colo-Colo | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €3.42M | Atlas FC |
| 21 | MF | Lorenzo Reyes | 27 | Universidad de Chile | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Atlas FC |
| 23 | GK | Édgar Hernández | 36 | Oaxaca | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | Atlas FC |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | Óscar Ustari | 32 | Unattached | Released | Summer | Free | ESPN |
| 2 | DF | Stiven Barreiro | 24 | Pachuca | Loan | Summer | Free | ESPN |
| 4 | DF | Rafael Márquez | 39 | Retirement | Retired | Summer | | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Torneo Apertura | 20 July 2018 | | Matchday 1 | | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 011.76 |
| Apertura Copa MX | 25 July 2018 | 13 September 2018 | Group stage | Group stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | 5 January 2019 | | Matchday 1 | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Clausura Copa MX | 8 January 2019 | | Group stage | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 022.22 |
Last updated: 27 January 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | León | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 18 | |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 17 | |
| 16 | Necaxa | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 14 | |
| 17 | Atlas | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 11 | |
| 18 | Veracruz | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 10 | Team is last in Relegation table |

#### 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 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zacatepec | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Atlas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |

### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 22 |
| 12 | BUAP | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 20 |
| 13 | Atlas | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 19 |
| 14 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 18 |
| 15 | UNAM | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 17 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 January 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UNAM | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Atlas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | UdeG | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | |

## Statistics
### Goals

    As of 27 January 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | Cl. Copa MX | Total |
| 1 | Jefferson Duque | FW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Juan Pablo Vigón | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Osvaldo Martínez | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Andrés Andrade | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Omar Gonzalez | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Octavio Rivero | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Clifford Aboagye | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Facundo Barceló | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ulises Cardona | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jesús Isijara | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Rodolfo Rivera | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Anderson Santamaría | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Christopher Trejo | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 27 January 2019
| Rank | Name | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | Cl. Copa MX | Total |
| 1 | José Santiago Hernández | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |