# 2022–23 Club América season

The 2022–23 Club América season was the club's 78th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team participated in the Liga MX.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Fernando Ortiz |
| Assistant managers | Raúl Lara |
| Assistant managers | Juan Pablo Rodríguez |
| Assistant managers | Peter Thelemaque |
| Goalkeeper coach | Luis Gurrola |
| Fitness coaches | Francisco Martínez |
| Fitness coaches | Paolo Pacione |
| Physiotherapists | Fernando Gilardi |
| Physiotherapists | Octavio Luna |
| Physiotherapists | Francisco Faustino |
| Team doctors | Alfonso Díaz |
| Team doctors | José Guadalupe Vázquez |
| Team doctors | Christian Motta |
Source: Club América

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Since | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 27 | GK | Óscar Jiménez | (1988-10-12) 12 October 1988 (age 36) | 2017 | Chiapas |
| 33 | GK | Luis Malagón | (1997-03-02) 2 March 1997 (age 28) | 2023 | Necaxa |
| 35 | GK | Fernando Tapia | (2001-07-17) 17 July 2001 (age 23) | 2022 | Academy |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Luis Fuentes | (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 38) | 2020 | Free agent |
| 3 | DF | Israel Reyes | (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 24) | 2023 | Puebla |
| 4 | DF | Sebastián Cáceres | (1999-08-18) 18 August 1999 (age 25) | 2020 | Liverpool |
| 14 | DF | Néstor Araujo | (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 33) | 2022 | Celta de Vigo |
| 19 | DF | Miguel Layún | (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 (age 36) | 2021 | Monterrey |
| 23 | DF | Emilio Lara | (2002-05-18) 18 May 2002 (age 22) | 2022 | Academy |
| 26 | DF | Salvador Reyes | (1998-05-04) 4 May 1998 (age 26) | 2021 | Puebla |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | MF | Pedro Aquino | (1995-04-13) 13 April 1995 (age 29) | 2021 | León |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan dos Santos | (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 34) | 2022 | Free agent |
| 8 | MF | Álvaro Fidalgo | (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27) | 2021 | Castellón |
| 10 | MF | Diego Valdés | (1994-01-30) 30 January 1994 (age 31) | 2021 | Santos Laguna |
| 17 | MF | Alejandro Zendejas | (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 27) | 2022 | Necaxa |
| 20 | MF | Richard Sánchez | (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | Olimpia |
| 25 | MF | Jürgen Damm | (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 32) | 2022 | Free agent |
| 32 | MF | Leonardo Suárez | (1996-03-30) 30 March 1996 (age 28) | 2020 | Villarreal |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | FW | Brian Rodríguez | (2000-05-20) 20 May 2000 (age 24) | 2022 | LAFC |
| 9 | FW | Roger Martínez | (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Jiangsu Suning |
| 11 | FW | Jonathan Rodríguez | (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 31) | 2022 | Al-Nassr |
| 21 | FW | Henry Martín | (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Tijuana |
| 24 | FW | Federico Viñas | (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 26) | 2019 | Juventud |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 7 January 2023. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.}

## Transfers
### Summer
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | From | Fee |
| 21 June 2022 | FW | Jonathan Rodríguez | 28 | Al Nassr | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2022 | DF | Néstor Araujo | 30 | Celta de Vigo | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2022 | MF | Jürgen Damm | 29 | Free agent | Free agent |
| 24 August 2022 | FW | Brian Rodríguez | 22 | LAFC | Undisclosed |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | To | Fee |
| 24 June 2022 | MF | Mauro Lainez | 26 | Juárez | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2022 | FW | Juan Otero | 27 | Sporting de Gijón | On loan |
| 4 August 2022 | DF | Jorge Meré | 25 | Mazatlán | On loan |
| 7 August 2022 | DF | Jorge Sánchez | 24 | Ajax | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2022 | MF | Santiago Naveda | 21 | Miedź Legnica | On loan |

### Winter
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | From | Fee | Source |
| 1 December 2022 | DF | Israel Reyes | 22 | Puebla | Undisclosed | |
| 21 December 2022 | GK | Luis Malagón | 25 | Necaxa | Undisclosed | |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | To | Fee |
| 23 December 2022 | GK | Guillermo Ochoa | 37 | Salernitana | Released |
| 23 December 2022 | MF | Nicolás Benedetti | 25 | Mazatlán | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2023 | DF | Bruno Valdez | 30 | Released | Released |
| 31 January 2023 | DF | Jorge Meré | 25 | Cádiz | On loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Club América will precede their 2022–23 campaign by taking part in the "Tour Águila" in the United States, and will play a series of mid-season friendlies, including the 2022 Leagues Cup Showcase, and the Copa Sky.
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 19 June 2022 | UNAM | N | 1–3 | D. Valdés 91' |
| 22 June 2022 | León | N | 5–2 | R. Sánchez 10', D. Valdés 23', 41', R. Martínez 37', A. Zendejas 56' |
| 16 July 2022 | Chelsea | N | 1–2 | James 60' (o.g.) |
| 20 July 2022 | Manchester City | N | 1–2 | H. Martín 43' |
| 26 July 2022 | Real Madrid | N | 2–2 | H. Martín 5', Á. Fidalgo 82' (pen.) |
| 3 August 2022 | LAFC | N | 0–0 (6–5 p) | |
| 21 September 2022 | Nashville SC | A | 3–3 (2–4 p) | J. Damm 38', M. Layún 51', R. Martínez 90+5' |
| 25 September 2022 | Guadalajara | N | 3–1 | I. Moreno 10', J. Damm 57', Dos Santos 72' |
| 5 October 2022 | Atlante | H | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 11 December 2022 | Cancún | A | 0–2 | D. Valdés 29', J. Rodríguez 87' |
| 15 December 2022 | Necaxa | N | 3–3 | B. Rodríguez 38', J. Rodríguez 42' (pen.), R. Martínez 62' |
| 19 December 2022 | Toluca | N | 0–2 | J. Rodríguez 26', B. Rodríguez 34' |
| 23 December 2022 | UNAM | N | 0–2 | |
| 27 December 2022 | Cruz Azul | N | 1–2 | S. Reyes 57' |
| 23 March 2023 | Santos Laguna | N | 0–0 | |
| 26 March 2023 | Tijuana | N | 2–1 | E. Soria 26', E. Lozano 84' |

## 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 % |
| Apertura 2022 | 2 July 2022 | 22 October 2022 | Matchday 1 | Semi-finals | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 066.67 |
| Clausura 2023 | 7 January 2023 | 22 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | Semi-finals | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 052.38 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 93 | 49 | +44 | 059.52 |
Last updated: 23 May 2023 Source: Competitions

#### Apertura 2022

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Match reports

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Clausura 2023

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Match reports

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## Apertura 2022
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 38 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 35 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 33 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 4 | Pachuca (C) | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 32 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 5 | UANL | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 30 | Qualification for the reclassification |

### Matches
#### Regular phase

* 1 2 Rescheduled match.

### Goalscorers
#### Regular phase

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Henry Martín | 10 |
| 2. | Jonathan Rodríguez | 6 |
| 3. | Alejandro Zendejas | 5 |
| 4. | Diego Valdés | 4 |
| 5. | Álvaro Fidalgo | 2 |
| 5. | Roger Martínez | 2 |
| 5. | Richard Sánchez | 2 |
| 5. | Federico Viñas | 2 |
| 9. | Sebastián Cáceres | 1 |
| 9. | Jonathan dos Santos | 1 |
| 9. | Emilio Lara | 1 |
| 9. | Salvador Reyes | 1 |
| 13. | Own goal | 1 |
| Total | | 38 |

### Goalscorers
#### Final phase

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Henry Martín | 3 |
| 2. | Brian Rodríguez | 2 |
| 2. | Alejandro Zendejas | 2 |
| 3. | Álvaro Fidalgo | 1 |
| 3. | Emilio Lara | 1 |
| 3. | Miguel Layún | 1 |
| 3. | Roger Martínez | 1 |
| 3. | Diego Valdés | 1 |
| 3. | Federico Viñas | 1 |
| Total | | 13 |

## Clausura 2023
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Monterrey | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 40 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | América | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 34 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 34 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 4 | Toluca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 32 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Pachuca | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 31 | Qualification for the reclassification |

### Goalscorers
#### Regular phase

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Henry Martín | 14 |
| 2. | Diego Valdés | 6 |
| 3. | Jonathan Rodríguez | 5 |
| 4. | Alejandro Zendejas | 3 |
| 5. | Richard Sánchez | 2 |
| 5. | Leonardo Suárez | 2 |
| 6. | Roger Martínez | 1 |
| 6. | Brian Rodríguez | 1 |
| 6. | Federico Viñas | 1 |
| Total | | 36 |

### Goalscorers
#### Final phase

| Position | Name | Goals scored |
| 1. | Diego Valdés | 2 |
| 2. | Brian Rodríguez | 1 |
| 2. | Jonathan Rodríguez | 1 |
| 2. | Leonardo Suárez | 1 |
| 2. | Alejandro Zendejas | 1 |
| Total | | 6 |