# 2018–19 Club Puebla season

The 2018–19 Club Puebla season is the club's 72nd professional season in Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The club will also play Copa MX.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Enrique Meza |
| Assistant coaches | Juan Reynoso |
| Assistant coaches | Marco Trejo |
| Assistant coaches | Octavio Becerril |
| Fitness coach | Mario Mendaña |
| Doctor | Gerardo Toledo |
| Medical assistant | Hugo García |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Jesús Rodríguez | (1993-05-21) 21 May 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 13 | GK | Tirso Trueba | (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 28 | GK | Santiago Ramírez | (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 34 | GK | Nicolás Vikonis | (1984-04-06) 6 April 1984 (age 40) | 2017 | Millonarios |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Brayan Angulo | (1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 34) | 2017 | Chiapas |
| 5 | DF | Daniel Arreola | (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 38) | 2018 | Atlas |
| 14 | DF | Erik Pimentel | (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 34) | 2017 | Atlante |
| 16 | DF | Gerardo Rodríguez | (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38) | 2019 (Winter) | Toluca |
| 17 | DF | Alonso Zamora | (1991-11-07) 7 November 1991 (age 32) | 2017 (Winter) | Juárez |
| 26 | DF | José Pallas | (1983-01-05) 5 January 1983 (age 41) | 2018 | Cerro Porteño |
| 300 | DF | Vladimir Loroña | (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 25) | 2018 | Youth System |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 3 | MF | Alejandro Chumacero | (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 33) | 2018 | The Strongest |
| 7 | MF | Pablo González | (1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Tapachula |
| 8 | MF | Francisco Acuña | (1988-01-19) 19 January 1988 (age 36) | 2017 | BUAP |
| 10 | MF | Jonathan Espericueta | (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Atlético San Luis |
| 18 | MF | Luis Robles | (1986-09-22) 22 September 1986 (age 38) | 2018 | Atlas |
| 21 | MF | José Guerrero (Captain) | (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 (age 36) | 2017 | América |
| 23 | MF | José Francisco Torres | (1987-10-29) 29 October 1987 (age 36) | 2018 | UANL |
| 24 | MF | José María Rodríguez | (1997-11-20) 20 November 1997 (age 26) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 27 | MF | Alan Acosta | (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 27) | 2019 (Winter) | UNAM |
| 29 | MF | David Aymerich | (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 30 | MF | Jesús Zavala | (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 37) | 2019 (Winter) | Zacatecas |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | FW | Lucas Cavallini | (1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 (age 31) | 2017 | Peñarol |
| 11 | FW | Christian Tabó | (1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 30) | 2017 | Nacional |
| 12 | FW | Félix Micolta | (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 34) | 2018 | América de Cali |
| 19 | FW | Pedro Goulart | (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 27) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 20 | FW | Pablo Gómez | (1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 27) | 2018 | Youth System |
| 22 | FW | Omar Fernández | (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31) | 2017 | Melgar |
| 25 | FW | Santiago Ormeño | (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | BUAP |
| 31 | FW | Cristian Palacios | (1990-09-02) 2 September 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | Peñarol |
| 32 | FW | Matías Alustiza | (1984-05-31) 31 May 1984 (age 40) | 2019 (Winter) | UNAM |
Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 January 2019. 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 | 21 July 2018 | 23 November 2018 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 029.41 |
| Apertura Copa MX | 25 July 2018 | 5 September 2018 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 040.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | 4 January 2019 | 4 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 035.29 |
| Clausura Copa MX | 9 January 2019 | 26 February 2019 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 020.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 031.82 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 24 |
| 11 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 20 |
| 12 | Puebla | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 20 |
| 13 | BUAP | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 19 |
| 14 | León | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 18 |

#### Matches
### Apertura Copa MX
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Monterrey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Puebla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Venados | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Tijuana | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 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 | |
* ↑ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 8 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### Clausura Copa MX
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tampico Madero | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Juárez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 3 | Puebla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 | |

## Statistics
### Goals

    As of 13 January 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | Cl. Copa MX | Total |
| 1 | Lucas Cavallini | FW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Daniel Arreola | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Christian Tabó | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Francisco Acuña | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Alejandro Chumacero | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Cristian Palacios | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Jonathan Espericueta | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Pedro Goulart | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Vladimir Loroña | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Félix Micolta | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Luis Robles | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | José Francisco Torres | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jesús Zavala | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 13 January 2019
| Rank | Name | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | Cl.Copa MX | Total |
| 1 | Nicolás Vikonis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Jesús Rodríguez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Attendance

Puebla's Home Attendance by round, Estadio Cuauhtémoc has a capacity of 51,726.
| round | Rival | Attendance |
| 2 | Toluca FC | 14,326 |
| 4 | Veracruz | 10,998 |
| 6 | Atlas | 10,580 |
| 8 | C.F. Monterrey | 9,550 |
| 10 | Club America | 22,234 |
| 12 | Lobos BUAP | 22,109 |
| 15 | C.D. Guadalajara | 14,276 |
| 17 | Club Tijuana | 6,628 |