# 2019–20 C.F. Monterrey season

The 2019–20 C.F. Monterrey season was the 84th season in the football club's history and the 69th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Antonio Mohamed |
| Assistant coach | Aldo de Nigris |
| Goalkeepers coach | Fabián Donelli |
| Fitness coaches | Javier Flores |
| Fitness coaches | Mauricio Marchetti |
| Doctors | Francisco García |
| Doctors | Raúl Luna |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Marcelo Barovero | (1984-02-18)18 February 1984 (aged 35) | 2018 | Necaxa |
| 22 | GK | Luis Cárdenas | (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 25) | 2019 (Winter) | Querétaro |
| 24 | GK | Édson Reséndez | (1996-01-12)12 January 1996 (aged 23) | 2015 | Youth System |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | DF | César Montes | (1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 22) | 2015 | Youth System |
| 4 | DF | Nicolás Sánchez | (1986-02-04)4 February 1986 (aged 33) | 2017 (Winter) | Racing |
| 6 | DF | Edson Gutiérrez | (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 23) | 2018 | Celaya |
| 11 | DF | Leonel Vangioni | (1987-05-05)5 May 1987 (aged 32) | 2017 | Milan |
| 15 | DF | José María Basanta | (1984-04-03)3 April 1984 (aged 35) | 2015 | Fiorentina |
| 19 | DF | Miguel Layún | (1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 31) | 2019 (Winter) | Villarreal |
| 23 | DF | Johan Vásquez | (1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 20) | 2018 | Sonora |
| 33 | DF | Stefan Medina | (1992-06-14)14 June 1992 (aged 27) | 2017 | Pachuca |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 16 | MF | Celso Ortiz | (1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 30) | 2016 | AZ |
| 17 | MF | Jesús Gallardo | (1994-08-15)15 August 1994 (aged 24) | 2018 | UNAM |
| 20 | MF | Rodolfo Pizarro | (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 25) | 2018 | Guadalajara |
| 21 | MF | Alfonso González | (1994-09-05)5 September 1994 (aged 24) | 2016 | Atlas |
| 25 | MF | Jonathan González | (1999-04-13)13 April 1999 (aged 20) | 2017 | Youth System |
| 29 | MF | Carlos Rodríguez | (1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 22) | 2017 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 32 | MF | Maximiliano Meza | (1992-12-15)15 December 1992 (aged 26) | 2019 (Winter) | Independiente |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | FW | Rogelio Funes Mori | (1991-03-05)5 March 1991 (aged 28) | 2015 | Eskişehirspor |
| 8 | FW | Dorlan Pabón | (1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 31) | 2014 | São Paulo |
| 9 | FW | Vincent Janssen | (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 25) | 2019 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 10 | FW | Jonathan Urretaviscaya | (1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 29) | 2018 | Pachuca |
| 14 | FW | Ángel Zaldívar | (1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 25) | 2019 (Winter) | Guadalajara |
| 18 | FW | Avilés Hurtado | (1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 32) | 2017 | Tijuana |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 22 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. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| 9 | FW | | Vincent Janssen | (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 25) | Tottenham Hotspur | Transfer | Summer | |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| 20 | MF | | Rodolfo Pizarro | (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 26) | Inter Miami | Transfer | Winter | |

## 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 2019 | 29 December 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 050.00 |
| Copa MX | 31 July 2019 | 4 November 2020 | Group stage | Winners | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 080.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | 18 January 2020 | | Matchday 1 | | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 000.00 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 14 December 2019 | 21 December 2019 | Second round | Third place | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 77 | 60 | +17 | 044.68 |
Last updated: 24 April 2020 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | América | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 31 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 7 | Morelia | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 27 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 8 | Monterrey (C) | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 27 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 9 | Pachuca | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 25 | |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 25 | |
* ↑ 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: 14 december 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 | 19 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | - | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | - | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 13 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13† | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 |

#### Liguilla
##### Quarter-finals
##### Finals
### Copa MX
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chiapas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Monterrey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Possible knockout stage |
| 3 | UdeG (Y) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |

#### Matches
### FIFA Club World Cup
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Apertura | Apertura | Copa MX | Copa MX | Clausura | Clausura | Club World Cup | Club World Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Marcelo Barovero | 36 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | César Montes | 34 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nicolás Sánchez | 42 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Matías Kranevitter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Edson Gutiérrez | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Rogelio Funes Mori | 37 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | Dorlan Pabón | 39 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Vincent Janssen | 32 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Jonathan Urretaviscaya | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Aké Loba | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | | Leonel Vangioni | 22 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | Ángel Zaldívar | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | José María Basanta | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Celso Ortiz | 35 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Jesús Gallardo | 41 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Avilés Hurtado | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Miguel Layún | 36 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Rodolfo Pizarro | 24 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Alfonso González | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | | Luis Cárdenas | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Johan Vásquez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Jonathan González | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Carlos Rodríguez | 40 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | | Maximiliano Meza | 37 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | | Stefan Medina | 39 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Eric Cantú | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 | DF | | Sergio Villarreal Lozano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 187 | DF | | Axel Grijalva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 193 | DF | | Daniel Parra | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 194 | MF | | William Mejía | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 197 | DF | | Jaziel Martínez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 199 | FW | | José Alvarado | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | MF | | Michell Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 203 | FW | | Juan Machado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 204 | FW | | Eduardo Banda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 April 2020 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Goals

    As of 6 January 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Copa MX | Clausura | FIFA Club World Club | Total |
| 1 | Rogelio Funes Mori | FW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Vincent Janssen | FW | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Nicolás Sánchez | DF | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Carlos Rodríguez | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Miguel Layún | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | César Montes | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Ángel Zaldívar | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Rodolfo Pizarro | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Leonel Vangioni | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Maximiliano Meza | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Jesús Gallardo | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Dorlan Pabón | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Avilés Hurtado | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Stefan Medina | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Alfonso González | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Hat Tricks

    As of 7 November 2019
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Vincent Janssen | Chiapas | 6–0 (H) | 5 November 2019 | Copa MX |

### Clean sheets

    As of 8 November 2019
| Rank | Name | Apertura | Copa MX | Clausura | Total |
| 1 | Marcelo Barovero | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Luis Cárdenas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Apertura | Apertura | Apertura | Copa MX | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | César Montes | | | | 2 | 2 | | |
| 4 | DF | Nicolás Sánchez | 4 | | | 2 | 6 | | |
| 7 | FW | Rogelio Funes Mori | 2 | | | 1 | 3 | | |
| 8 | FW | Dorlan Pabón | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | Vincent Janssen | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 11 | DF | Leonel Vangioni | 4 | | | | 4 | | |
| 16 | MF | Celso Ortiz | 5 | | | | 5 | | |
| 17 | DF | Jesús Gallardo | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 19 | DF | Miguel Layún | 4 | | 1 | | 4 | | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Rodolfo Pizarro | 3 | | 1 | | 3 | | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Alfonso González | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 23 | DF | Johan Vásquez | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 25 | MF | Jonathan González | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 29 | MF | Carlos Rodríguez | 3 | | | 1 | 4 | | |
| 32 | MF | Maximiliano Meza | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 33 | DF | Stefan Medina | 7 | 1 | | | 7 | 1 | |
| 194 | MF | Wiliam Mejía | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
Last updated: 8 November 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.