# 2018–19 Santos Laguna season

The 2018–19 Santos Laguna season is the 36st season in the football club's history and the 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. In addition to the Liga MX and Copa MX, the club will also compete in the CONCACAF Champions League.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Salvador Reyes |
| Assistant coaches | Juan Pablo Rodríguez |
| Assistant coaches | Rafael Figueroa |
| Assistant coaches | Rubén Duarte |
| Goalkeepers coach | Nicolás Navarro |
| Fitness coach | Luis Canay |
| Kinesiologist | Pablo Barrionuevo |
| Masseur | Carlos Martín del Campo |
| Doctors | Carlos Villatoro |
| Doctors | Carlos Gómez |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Jonathan Orozco | (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 38) | 2017 (Winter) | Monterrey |
| 28 | GK | Carlos Acevedo | (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 28) | 2016 | Youth System |
| 292 | GK | Joel García | (1998-04-12) 12 April 1998 (age 26) | 2018 | Youth System |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | José Abella | (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30) | 2013 | Youth System |
| 3 | DF | Gerardo Alcoba | (1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 39) | 2018 (Winter) | UNAM |
| 4 | DF | Jesús Angulo | (1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 (age 26) | 2017 | Youth System |
| 5 | DF | Hugo Nervo | (1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 (age 33) | 2018 | Huracán |
| 17 | DF | Gerardo Arteaga | (1997-09-07) 7 September 1997 (age 27) | 2016 | Youth System |
| 20 | DF | Alejandro Castro | (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | Atlético San Luis |
| 21 | DF | Dória | (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 29) | 2018 | Yeni Malatyaspor |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | MF | Diego de Buen | (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33) | 2016 (Winter) | Tijuana |
| 7 | MF | Jesús Isijara | (1989-11-26) 26 November 1989 (age 34) | 2018 (Winter) | Necaxa |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Orrantia | (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 33) | 2018 | América |
| 10 | MF | Osvaldo Martínez | (1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 38) | 2017 (Winter) | América |
| 15 | MF | Brian Lozano | (1994-02-23) 23 February 1994 (age 30) | 2017 | América |
| 16 | MF | Ulises Rivas | (1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28) | 2014 | Youth System |
| 22 | MF | Deinner Quiñones | (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 (age 29) | 2014 | Independiente Medellín |
| 23 | MF | José Juan Vázquez | (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36) | 2018 (Winter) | Guadalajara |
| 27 | MF | Javier Cortés | (1989-07-20) 20 July 1989 (age 35) | 2017 | UNAM |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | FW | Julio Furch | (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 35) | 2017 (Winter) | Veracruz |
| 11 | FW | Eduardo Herrera | (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 36) | 2018 | Veracruz |
| 12 | FW | Edwuin Cetré | (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) | 2018 (Winter) | Youth System |
| 13 | FW | Jonathan Rodríguez | (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 31) | 2016 | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 18 | FW | Ayrton Preciado | (1994-07-17) 17 July 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Emelec |
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.

## Transfers
### In

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
| 5 | DF | Hugo Nervo | 33 | Huracán | Transfer | Summer |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Orrantia | 33 | América | End of Loan | Summer |
| 11 | FW | Eduardo Herrera | 36 | Rangers | Loan | Summer |
| 15 | MF | Brian Lozano | 30 | América | Transfer | Summer |
| 18 | FW | Ayrton Preciado | 30 | Emelec | Transfer | Summer |
| 20 | MF | Alejandro Castro | 37 | UNAM | Loan | Summer |
| 21 | DF | Dória | 29 | Marseille | Transfer | Summer |
| 22 | MF | Deinner Quiñones | 29 | Independiente Medellín | Loan | Summer |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| 4 | DF | Jorge Sánchez | 26 | América | Transfer | Summer | |
| 5 | DF | Óscar Bernal | 29 | La Equidad | Loan | Summer | |
| 11 | MF | Ulises Dávila | 33 | Unattached | Released | Summer | |
| 14 | DF | Néstor Araujo | 33 | Celta | Transfer | Summer | |
| 18 | MF | David Andrade | 31 | Tampico Madero | Transfer | Summer | |
| 19 | DF | Jorge Villafaña | 35 | Portland Timbers | Transfer | Summer | |
| 20 | MF | Bryan Rabello | 30 | BUAP | Loan | Summer | |
| 21 | FW | Djaniny | 33 | Al-Ahli | Transfer | Summer | ESPN |
| 24 | DF | Carlos Izquierdoz | 35 | Boca Juniors | Transfer | Summer | |
| 301 | MF | Santiago Martínez | 26 | Tampico Madero | Loan | Summer | |

## 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 % |
| Campeón de Campeones | 15 July 2018 | 15 July 2018 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Torneo Apertura | 22 July 2018 | 1 December 2018 | Matchday 1 | 4th (Quarterfinals) | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 042.11 |
| Apertura Copa MX | 31 July 2018 | 29 August 2018 | Group stage | Group stage | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | 6 January 2019 | | Matchday 1 | | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 044.44 |
| CONCACAF Champions League | 20 February 2019 | | Round of 16 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 040.00 |
Last updated: 2 March 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | UANL | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 29 | 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: 8 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
##### Quarter-finals
### Apertura Copa MX
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pachuca | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Celaya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 | |

### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Toluca | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 25 |
| 10 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 24 |
| 11 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 22 |
| 12 | BUAP | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 20 |
| 13 | Atlas | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 19 |

#### 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 February 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 17 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### CONCACAF Champions League
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Goals

    As of 27 February 2019
| Rank | No. | Player | Pos. | Apertura | Apertura Copa MX | Clausura | Concacaf CL | Total |
| 1 | 9 | Julio Furch | FW | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | 24 | Jonathan Rodríguez | FW | 9 | 0 | - | - | 9 |
| 3 | 24 | Javier Correa | FW | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 18 | Ayrton Preciado | FW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | Brian Lozano | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 21 | Dória | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 10 | Diego Valdés | MF | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | Marlos Moreno | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | Osvaldo Martínez | MF | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| 10 | 22 | Deinner Quiñones | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 8 | Carlos Orrantia | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 23 | José Juan Vázquez | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | Martín Nervo | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 16 | Ulises Rivas | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | Eduardo Aguirre | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | Diego de Buen | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 50 |

### Assists

    As of 27 February 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Apertura Copa MX | Clausura | Concacaf CL | Total |
| 1 | Julio Furch | FW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Brian Lozano | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Jonathan Rodríguez | FW | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 |
| 4 | José Juan Vázquez | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Jesús Angulo | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | José Abella | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ayrton Preciado | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Carlos Orrantia | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Marlos Moreno | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Jesús Isijara | MF | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| 10 | Ulises Rivas | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Hugo Isaác Rodríguez | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Osvaldo Martínez | MF | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 19 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 32 |

### Hat-tricks

    As of 20 February 2019
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Javier Correa | Marathón | 6–2 (A) | 20 February 2019 | CONCACAF Champions League |

### Clean sheets

    As of 8 December 2018
| Rank | Name | Liga MX | Copa MX | Concacaf CL | Total |
| 1 | Jonathan Orozco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Carlos Acevedo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |