# 2023–24 C.F. Monterrey season

The 2023–24 Monterrey season was the 78th year in the football club's history and the 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. Monterrey competed in Liga MX, the Leagues Cup, and the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

## Kits

* Supplier: Puma
* Sponsors: BBVA, Codere, Roshfrans, VIDUSA (front), Tecate, OXXO, H-E-B (back), nowports, CREST México, Berel (sleeves), Futura (shorts), Viva (socks)
| Home 0 | Home alt. 1 0 | Home alt. 2 0 | Away 0 | Away alt. 1 0 | Third 0 | Third 2022-23 0 | Leagues Cup 0 |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Signed in | Previous club |
| 1 | GK | Esteban Andrada | 34 | 2021 | Boca Juniors |
| 4 | DF | Víctor Guzmán | 22 | 2023 (Winter) | Tijuana |
| 5 | MF | Omar Govea | 29 | 2023 (Winter) | Voluntari |
| 6 | DF | Edson Gutiérrez | 29 | 2018 | Celaya |
| 9 | FW | Germán Berterame | 26 | 2022 | Atlético San Luis |
| 10 | MF | Sergio Canales | 34 | 2023 | Real Betis |
| 11 | MF | Maximiliano Meza | 32 | 2019 (Winter) | Independiente |
| 14 | DF | Érick Aguirre | 28 | 2021 | Pachuca |
| 15 | DF | Héctor Moreno (captain) | 37 | 2021 | Al-Gharafa |
| 17 | DF | Jesús Gallardo | 30 | 2018 | Pumas UNAM |
| 18 | DF | Axel Grijalva | 24 | 2018 | Youth system |
| 19 | MF | Jordi Cortizo | 28 | 2022 (Winter) | Puebla |
| 20 | DF | Sebastián Vegas | 28 | 2021 | Mazatlán |
| 21 | MF | Alfonso González | 30 | 2016 | Atlas |
| 22 | GK | Luis Cárdenas | 31 | 2019 (Winter) | Querétaro |
| 23 | DF | Gustavo Sánchez | 24 | 2020 | Youth system |
| 24 | GK | César Ramos | 24 | 2020 | Youth system |
| 25 | MF | Jonathan González | 25 | 2023 | Raya2 |
| 27 | MF | Luis Romo | 29 | 2022 (Winter) | Cruz Azul |
| 29 | FW | Rodrigo Aguirre | 30 | 2022 | Necaxa |
| 31 | DF | Daniel Parra | 25 | 2023 | Atlético Morelia |
| 33 | DF | Stefan Medina | 32 | 2017 | Pachuca |
| 34 | DF | César Bustos | 19 | 2023 | Youth system |
* Last updated: 26 July 2023
* Source: ligamx.net and rayados.com

## Transfers
### Transfers in
#### Summer

| Date | Position | No. | Player | From | Type | Ref. |
| 24 July 2023 | MF | 10 | Sergio Canales | Real Betis | Transfer | |

### Transfers out
#### Summer

| Date | Position | No. | Player | To | Type | Ref. |
| 9 July 2023 | MF | – | Ángel Zapata | FC Juárez | Loan | |
| 24 July 2023 | MF | 16 | Celso Ortíz | Pachuca | Released | |

## 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 % |
| Apertura 2023 | 1 July 2023 | | Matchday 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Clausura 2024 | January 2024 | | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Leagues Cup | 26 July 2023 | | Group stage | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 100.00 |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | 6 February 2024 | | Round one | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 091.67 |
Last updated: 11 August 2023 Source: soccerway.com

### Liga MX
#### Torneo Apertura
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América (C) | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 40 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 33 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 3 | UANL | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 30 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 4 | UNAM | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 28 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 27 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
* ↑ The first four places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 July 2023. Source:

##### Results 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 | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | W | P | P | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2023.

#### Torneo Clausura
##### 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 |

### Leagues Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | RSL | SEA |
| 1 | Monterrey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | | — | — | — |

#### Knockout
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.
    As of matches played 11 August 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Apertura 2023 | Apertura 2023 | Clausura 2024 | Clausura 2024 | Leagues Cup | Leagues Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Esteban Andrada | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | MEX | Víctor Guzmán | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Edson Gutiérrez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Érick Aguirre | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Héctor Moreno | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MEX | Jesús Gallardo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CHI | Sebastián Vegas | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | COL | Stefan Medina | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | MEX | Omar Govea | 8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ECU | Joao Rojas | 8 | 2 | 0+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergio Canales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Maximiliano Meza | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | MEX | Jordi Cortizo | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Jonathan González | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MEX | Luis Romo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 188 | MF | MEX | Kevin Ortega | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 210 | MF | MEX | Victor López | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MEX | Rogelio Funes Mori | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Germán Berterame | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 29 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Aguirre | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 207 | FW | MEX | Ali Ávila | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | PAR | Celso Ortíz | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
* 1 2 3 Player is registered with the under-23 team.

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of matches played 11 August 2023
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Liga Apertura | Liga Clausura | Leagues Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Germán Berterame | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Joao Rojas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Sergio Canales | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Rogelio Funes Mori | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 33 | Stefan Medina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 19 | Jordi Cortizo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Maximiliano Meza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 12 | 17 |
Sources: Soccerway, Liga MX