# 2018–19 Club Necaxa season

The 2018–19 Club Necaxa season is the 94th season in the football club's history and the 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football since the team most recent promotion to Liga MX.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Guillermo Vázquez |
| Assistant coaches | Alberto Clark |
| Assistant coaches | Carlos Gutiérrez |
| Assistant coaches | José Salgado |
| Fitness coaches | Adrián Cruz |
| Fitness coaches | Juan Lozano |
| Doctors | Francisco López |
| Doctors | Franco Vázquez |
| Kinesiologist | Bruno Brown |

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Hugo González | (1990-08-01) 1 August 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | Monterrey |
| 25 | GK | Yosgart Gutiérrez | (1981-03-15) 15 March 1981 (age 43) | 2016 | UNAM |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Brayan Beckeles | (1985-11-28) 28 November 1985 (age 38) | 2015 | Boavista |
| 3 | DF | Luis Hernández | (1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 26) | 2018 | Tapachula |
| 4 | DF | Alexis Peña | (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28) | 2019 (Winter) | Pachuca |
| 12 | DF | Carlos Guzmán | (1994-05-19) 19 May 1994 (age 30) | 2019 (Winter) | Morelia |
| 20 | DF | Osmar Mares | (1987-06-17) 17 June 1987 (age 37) | 2019 (Winter) | Veracruz |
| 26 | DF | Cristian Calderón | (1997-05-24) 24 May 1997 (age 27) | 2019 (Winter) | Atlas |
| 31 | DF | Ventura Alvarado | (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Santos Laguna |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | MF | Luis Pérez | (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 35) | 2017 | BUAP |
| 14 | MF | Matías Fernández | (1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 (age 38) | 2014 | Milan |
| 16 | MF | Hibert Ruíz | (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 (age 37) | 2019 (Winter) | Veracruz |
| 18 | MF | Felipe Gallegos | (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991 (age 32) | 2017 | Recreativo |
| 24 | MF | Fernando González | (1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Zacatepec |
| 29 | MF | Marcelo Allende | (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 25) | 2017 | Deportes Santa Cruz |
| 33 | MF | Bryan Carvallo | (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | Deportes Antofagasta |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | FW | Daniel Álvarez | (1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 (age 30) | 2017 | Atlas |
| 8 | FW | Facundo Castro | (1995-01-22) 22 January 1995 (age 29) | 2018 | Defensor Sporting |
| 9 | FW | Martín Barragán | (1991-07-14) 14 July 1991 (age 33) | 2017 | Atlas |
| 11 | FW | Brian Fernández | (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Unión La Calera |
| 11 | FW | Pedro Campos | (2000-06-02) 2 June 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | Universidad Católica |
| 17 | FW | Ricardo Marín | (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26) | 2018 | América |
| 19 | FW | Claudio Riaño | (1988-08-04) 4 August 1988 (age 36) | 2016 | Unión de Santa Fe |
| 23 | FW | Ángel Sepúlveda | (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33) | 2019 (Winter) | Guadalajara |
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 | 22 July 2018 | 24 November 2018 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 017.65 |
| Apertura Copa MX | 1 August 2018 | 25 September 2018 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 060.00 |
| Torneo Clausura | 4 January 2019 | | Matchday 1 | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Clausura Copa MX | 9 January 2019 | | Group stage | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 033.33 |
Last updated: 29 January 2019 Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | León | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 18 | |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 17 | |
| 16 | Necaxa | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 14 | |
| 17 | Atlas | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 11 | |
| 18 | Veracruz | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 10 | Team is last in Relegation table |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 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 | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches
### 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 | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | América | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 29 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 6 | Necaxa | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 29 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 7 | Pachuca | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 8 | Tijuana | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla |
* ↑ 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: 29 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | | W | W | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | | 7 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### Clausura Copa MX

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Necaxa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Possible knockout stage |
| 3 | Atlético San Luis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

## Statistics
### Goals

    As of 29 January 2019
| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | Cl. Copa MX | Total |
| 1 | Víctor Dávila | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Brian Fernández | FW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Martín Barragán | FW | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Matías Fernández | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Eduardo Herrera | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Daniel Álvarez | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Claudio Riaño | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Dieter Villalpando | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ventura Alvarado | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Cristian Calderón | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Francisco Córdova | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Felipe Gallegos | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Luis Pérez | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Ángel Sepúlveda | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 19 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 33 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 29 January 2019
| Rank | Name | Apertura | Ap. Copa MX | Clausura | Cl. Copa MX | Total |
| 1 | Hugo González | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Yosgart Gutiérrez | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ángel Alonzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |