# 2019–20 C.D. Veracruz season

The 2019–20 C.D. Veracruz season was the 76th (and final) season in the football club's history and the 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Enrique López Zarza |
| Assistant coaches | José Luis González China |
| Assistant coaches | Luis Scatolaro |
| Kinesiologist | Paolo Arriaga |
| Doctor | Juan José Pérez |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Sebastián Jurado | (1998-09-28)28 September 1998 (aged 20) | 2018 | Youth system |
| 13 | GK | Melitón Hernández | (1982-10-15)15 October 1982 (aged 36) | 2013 | León |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | DF | Leiton Jiménez (Captain) | (1989-04-26)26 April 1989 (aged 30) | 2018 | BUAP |
| 4 | DF | Lampros Kontogiannis | (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 30) | 2019 (Winter) | Real Garcilaso |
| 5 | DF | Carlos Salcido | (1980-04-02)2 April 1980 (aged 39) | 2019 (Winter) | Guadalajara |
| 20 | DF | Luis Lozoya | (1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 27) | 2019 | Celaya |
| 23 | DF | Leobardo López | (1983-09-04)4 September 1983 (aged 35) | 2019 | Zacatepec |
| 28 | DF | Jesús Paganoni | (1988-09-24)24 September 1988 (aged 30) | 2015 | Atlas |
| 32 | DF | Francisco Flores | (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 25) | 2019 | Zacatepec |
| 33 | DF | Carlos Gutiérrez | (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 29) | 2019 | Oaxaca |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | MF | Luis Antonio Martínez | (1987-04-29)29 April 1987 (aged 32) | 2013 | La Piedad |
| 7 | MF | Bryan Carrasco | (1991-01-31)31 January 1991 (aged 28) | 2018 | Audax Italiano |
| 8 | MF | Rodrigo López | (1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 32) | 2019 (Winter) | Celaya |
| 10 | MF | Ángel Reyna | (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 (aged 34) | 2019 | Unattached |
| 14 | MF | Sebastián Rodríguez | (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 26) | 2019 (Winter) | Nacional |
| 15 | MF | Iván Santillán | (1990-05-06)6 May 1990 (aged 29) | 2019 (Winter) | Real Garcilaso |
| 21 | MF | Abraham González | (1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 34) | 2019 | BUAP |
| 22 | MF | Diego Chávez | (1995-05-11)11 May 1995 (aged 24) | 2017 | Juárez |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | (1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 32) | 2018 | BUAP |
| 11 | FW | Cristian Menéndez | (1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 31) | 2017 | Atlético Tucumán |
| 17 | FW | Daniel Villalva | (1992-07-06)6 July 1992 (aged 27) | 2019 (Winter) | Querétaro |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 26 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
### In

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
| 3 | DF | Leiton Jiménez | (1989-04-26)26 April 1989 (aged 30) | BUAP | Transfer | Summer |
| 10 | MF | Ángel Reyna | (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 (aged 34) | Unattached | Transfer | Summer |
| 20 | DF | Luis Lozoya | (1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 27) | Celaya | Transfer | Summer |
| 21 | MF | Abraham González | (1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 34) | BUAP | Loan | Summer |
| 23 | DF | Leobardo López | (1983-09-04)4 September 1983 (aged 35) | Zacatepec | Loan return | Summer |
| 32 | DF | Francisco Flores | (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 25) | Cancún | Transfer | Summer |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| 14 | DF | | Rodrigo Noya | (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 (aged 29) | Necaxa | Transfer | Summer | |
| 21 | MF | | Adrián Luna | (1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 27) | Melbourne City | End of contract | 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 | 26 July 2019 | | Matchday 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | −17 | 000.00 |
| 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 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | −17 | 000.00 |
Last updated: 16 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,'"`UNIQ--ref-00000025-QINU`"' however it was suspended for at least five years after the Ascenso MX was folded.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000026-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-00000027-QINU`"'

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 November 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 | 18 |
| Ground | † | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | |
| Result | † | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 19 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches
## 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 | | Sebastián Jurado | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Leiton Jiménez | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Lampros Kontogiannis | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Carlos Salcido | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Bryan Carrasco | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Rodrigo López | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Colin Kazim-Richards | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ángel Reyna | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Cristian Menéndez | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Sebastián Rodríguez | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Iván Santillán | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Gaspar Iñíguez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Daniel Villalva | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Federico Illanes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Gabriel Peñalba | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Luis Lozoya | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Abraham González | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Diego Chávez | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Leobardo López | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Jesús Paganoni | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Carlos Gutiérrez | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Jesús Henestrosa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 201 | MF | | Raymundo Fulgencio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | DF | | Luis Galicia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 September 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Goals

    As of 16 September 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Copa MX | Clausura | Total |
| 1 | Bryan Carrasco | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Diego Chávez | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Colin Kazim-Richards | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Cristian Menéndez | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Iván Santillán | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 16 September 2019
| Rank | Name | Apertura | Copa MX | Clausura | Total |
| 1 | Sebastián Jurado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Apertura | Total |
| 17 | FW | Daniel Villalva | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | Sebastián Rodríguez | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Ángel Reyna | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Jesús Paganoni | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Abraham González | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Luis Lozoya | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Leobardo López | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 16 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.