# 2019–20 Club Puebla season

The 2019–20 Club Puebla season is the 73rd season in the football club's history and the 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club this season will compete in the Apertura and Clausura tournaments as well as in the Copa MX.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | José Luis Sánchez Solá |
| Assistant coaches | Octavio Becerril |
| Assistant coaches | Oscar Velázquez |
| Fitness coach | Gustavo Leombruno |
| Doctor | Gerardo Toledo |
| Medical assistant | Hugo García |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Jesús Rodríguez | (1993-05-21)21 May 1993 (aged 26) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 34 | GK | Nicolás Vikonis | (1984-04-06)6 April 1984 (aged 35) | 2017 | Millonarios |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Brayan Angulo | (1989-11-02)2 November 1989 (aged 29) | 2017 | Chiapas |
| 4 | DF | Luis Haquin | (1997-11-15)15 November 1997 (aged 21) | 2019 (Winter) | Oriente Petrolero |
| 5 | DF | Daniel Arreola | (1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (aged 33) | 2018 | Atlas |
| 16 | DF | Gerardo Rodríguez | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 33) | 2019 (Winter) | Toluca |
| 23 | DF | Alonso Zamora | (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 27) | 2017 (Winter) | Juárez |
| 26 | DF | José Pallas | (1983-01-05)5 January 1983 (aged 36) | 2018 | Cerro Porteño |
| 33 | DF | Néstor Vidrio | (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 30) | 2019 (Winter) | UdeG |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 3 | MF | Alejandro Chumacero | (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 28) | 2018 | The Strongest |
| 7 | MF | Pablo González | (1992-07-07)7 July 1992 (aged 27) | 2018 | Tapachula |
| 15 | MF | Jonathan Espericueta | (1994-08-09)9 August 1994 (aged 24) | 2018 | Atlético San Luis |
| 17 | MF | Jesús Zavala | (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 30) | 2019 (Winter) | Zacatecas |
| 24 | MF | Francisco Acuña | (1988-01-19)19 January 1988 (aged 31) | 2017 | BUAP |
| 27 | MF | Alan Acosta | (1996-12-19)19 December 1996 (aged 22) | 2019 (Winter) | UNAM |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | FW | Lucas Cavallini | (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 26) | 2017 | Peñarol |
| 10 | FW | Christian Tabó | (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 25) | 2017 | Nacional |
| 11 | FW | Matías Alustiza | (1984-05-31)31 May 1984 (aged 35) | 2019 (Winter) | UNAM |
| 22 | FW | Omar Fernández | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 26) | 2017 | Melgar |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 July 2019. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

## Transfers
### Out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| 300 | DF | | Vladimir Loroña | (1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 20) | 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 | 19 July 2019 | | Matchday 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 012.50 |
| Copa MX | | | Group stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Torneo Clausura | | | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 012.50 |
Last updated: 17 September 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Atlético San Luis | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 20 | |
| 16 | Juárez | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 18 | |
| 17 | Toluca | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 17 | |
| 18 | Puebla | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 17 | |
| 19 | Veracruz (D) | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 45 | −34 | 8 | Team disaffiliated by the FMF |
* ↑ Veracuz were disaffiliated by the Mexican Football Federation following various financial problems and incidents off the field. As a result, no club was relegated after the Clausura 2020. Relegation was originally intended to resume at the end of the 2020–21 season, however it was suspended for at least five years after the Ascenso MX was folded.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 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 | † | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | † | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morelia (A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Puebla (Y) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 3 | Sonora (Y) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

## 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 | | Jesús Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Brayan Angulo | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Alejandro Chumacero | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Daniel Arreola | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Daniel Lajud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Pablo González | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Rodolfo Salinas | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Lucas Cavallini | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Christian Tabó | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Matías Alustiza | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Jesús Zavala | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Christian Marrugo | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Diego Abella | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Jorge Zárate | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Omar Fernández | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Alonso Zamora | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Francisco Acuña | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Maximiliano Perg | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Alan Acosta | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Néstor Vidrio | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | | Nicolás Vikonis | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 187 | DF | | Ivo Vázquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | MF | | Antonio Soto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 17 September 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Goals

    As of 17 September 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Copa MX | Clausura | Total |
| 1 | Matías Alustiza | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Lucas Cavallini | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Daniel Arreola | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Omar Fernández | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Pablo González | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Christian Tabó | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Apertura | Apertura | Copa MX | Total | Total |
| 9 | FW | Lucas Cavallini | 4 | 1 | | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | Francisco Acuña | | 1 | | | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Néstor Vidrio | 3 | | | 3 | |
| 18 | MF | Christian Marrugo | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 8 | MF | Rodolfo Salinas | 1 | | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | FW | Christian Tabó | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 3 | MF | Alejandro Chumacero | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 11 | FW | Matías Alustiza | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 2 | DF | Brayan Angulo | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 17 | MF | Jesús Zavala | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 16 | MF | Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez | | | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | Daniel Arreola | 1 | | | 1 | |
Last updated: 17 September 2019 Source: LigaMX Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.