# 2018–19 Club Universidad Nacional season

The 2018–19 Club Universidad Nacional season is the 64th season in the football club's history and the 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | David Patiño |
| Assistant coaches | Christian Ramírez |
| Assistant coaches | Raúl Alpízar |
| Fitness coach | Daniel Ipata |
| Doctors | Antonio Acevedo |
| Doctors | Radamés Gaxiola |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Alfredo Saldívar | (1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 35) | 2010 | Youth System |
| 24 | GK | José Alberto Castillo | (1995-04-07) 7 April 1995 (age 29) | 2018 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 28 | GK | Bernabé Magaña | (1993-08-16) 16 August 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 29 | GK | Miguel Ángel Fraga | (1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | Atlas |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Alan Mozo | (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 27) | 2017 | Youth System |
| 3 | DF | Alejandro Arribas | (1989-05-01) 1 May 1989 (age 35) | 2018 (Winter) | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 4 | DF | Luis Quintana | (1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 33) | 2013 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 5 | DF | Alan Mendoza | (1993-09-28) 28 September 1993 (age 31) | 2017 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 19 | DF | Pablo Jáquez | (1995-09-29) 29 September 1995 (age 29) | 2016 | Youth System |
| 20 | DF | Idekel Domínguez | (2000-06-02) 2 June 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 21 | DF | Rodrigo González | (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29) | 2017 | Venados |
| 25 | DF | Rosario Cota | (1995-09-12) 12 September 1995 (age 29) | 2018 | Cruz Azul |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | MF | Kevin Escamilla | (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 31) | 2015 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 7 | MF | David Cabrera | (1989-09-07) 7 September 1989 (age 35) | 2017 | Morelia |
| 8 | MF | Pablo Barrera (Captain) | (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 37) | 2016 | Monterrey |
| 10 | MF | Víctor Malcorra | (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | Tijuana |
| 14 | MF | Brian Figueroa | (1999-05-28) 28 May 1999 (age 25) | 2017 | Youth System |
| 16 | MF | Andrés Iniestra | (1996-03-11) 11 March 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 17 | MF | Martín Rodríguez | (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Cruz Azul |
| 18 | MF | Carlos Gutiérrez | (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 26) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 22 | MF | Alan Acosta | (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 28) | 2015 | Youth System |
| 26 | MF | Bryan Lozano | (1997-03-20) 20 March 1997 (age 27) | 2018 | Youth System |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | FW | Felipe Mora | (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | Cruz Azul |
| 11 | FW | Matías Alustiza | (1984-05-31) 31 May 1984 (age 40) | 2018 (Winter) | Atlas |
| 15 | FW | Juan Iturbe | (1993-06-04) 4 June 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | Tijuana |
| 27 | FW | Adolfo Hernández | (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 32 | FW | Carlos González | (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 32) | 2018 | Necaxa |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 December 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

## 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 | 9 December 2018 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 042.86 |
| Apertura Copa MX | 24 July 2018 | 3 October 2018 | Group stage | Quarterfinals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | 6 January 2019 | | Matchday 1 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Clausura Copa MX | | | Group stage | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 041.38 |
Last updated: 13 January 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 36 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 2 | América (C) | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 33 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 3 | UNAM | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 4 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | Monterrey | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 30 | 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: 3 December 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### Liguilla
##### Quarter-finals
##### Semi-finals
### Apertura Copa MX
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Necaxa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | UNAM | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tampico Madero | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |

#### Quarterfinals
### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 16 | Morelia | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 13 |
| 17 | Querétaro | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 11 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Apertura | Apertura | Apertura Copa MX | Apertura Copa MX | Clausura | Clausura | Clausura Copa MX | Clausura Copa MX |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Alfredo Saldívar | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Alan Mozo | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Alejandro Arribas | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Luis Quintana | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Alan Mendoza | 25 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Kevin Escamilla | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | David Cabrera | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Pablo Barrera | 24 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Felipe Mora | 28 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Víctor Malcorra | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Matías Alustiza | 26 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Brian Figueroa | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Juan Iturbe | 20 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Andrés Iniestra | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Martín Rodríguez | 25 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Carlos Gutiérrez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Pablo Jáquez | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Idekel Domínguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Rodrigo González | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Alan Acosta | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Marcelo Díaz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | | José Alberto Castillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Rosario Cota | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Bryan Lozano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Adolfo Hernández | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | | Miguel Ángel Fraga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Carlos González | 23 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | | Omar Islas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | DF | | Diego Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 283 | DF | | Diego Rosales | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 288 | MF | | José Galindo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 301 | DF | | Braulio Ramírez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 13 January 2019 Source: LigaMX

### Goals

    As of 13 January 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Apertura Copa MX | Clausura | Clausura Copa MX | Total |
| 1 | Carlos González | FW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Felipe Mora | FW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Matías Alustiza | FW | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Alan Mendoza | DF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Martín Rodríguez | MF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Pablo Barrera | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Marcelo Díaz | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kevin Escamilla | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Brian Figueroa | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Juan Iturbe | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Alan Mozo | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 43 |

### Hat-tricks

    As of 14 December 2018
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Carlos González | UANL | 3–3 (H) | 21 October 2018 | Liga MX |

### Clean sheets

    As of 13 January 2019
| Rank | Name | Apertura | Apertura Copa MX | Clausura | Clausura Copa MX | Total |
| 1 | Alfredo Saldívar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

### Own goals

    As of 14 December 2018
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Alan Mendoza | Puebla | 2–2 (H) | 30 September 2018 | Liga MX |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Apertura | Apertura | Apertura | Apertura Copa MX | Clausura | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Alan Mozo | 8 | | 1 | | | 8 | | 1 |
| 7 | DF | David Cabrera | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | Alan Mendoza | 6 | | | 1 | | 7 | | |
| 10 | MF | Víctor Malcorra | 7 | | | | | 7 | | |
| 4 | DF | Luis Quintana | 3 | | | 1 | | 4 | | |
| 8 | MF | Pablo Barrera | 3 | | | | 1 | 4 | | |
| 6 | MF | Kevin Escamilla | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 1 | GK | Alfredo Saldívar | 2 | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| 9 | FW | Felipe Mora | 2 | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| 283 | DF | Diego Rosales | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 25 | DF | Rosario Cota | | | | 2 | | 2 | | |
| 3 | DF | Alejandro Arribas | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 21 | DF | Rodrigo González | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 18 | MF | Carlos Gutiérrez | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 29 | GK | Miguel Ángel Fraga | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 19 | DF | Pablo Jáquez | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 15 | MF | Juan Iturbe | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 17 | MF | Martín Rodríguez | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 11 | FW | Matías Alustiza | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 13 January 2019 Source: LigaMX Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.