Cruz Azul

**Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V.**, known simply as **Cruz Azul** (, "Blue Cross"), is an association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It was originally from Jasso, Hidalgo. The team plays in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. They have won nine League Championship titles (fourth-highest total, after América, Guadalajara and Toluca), seven CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League titles (a shared record with América), and four Copa México/Copa MX titles. They have also won three Campeón de Campeones trophies, a Supercopa MX, and a Supercopa de la Liga MX. They are also the third most popular team in Mexico (after América and Guadalajara).

## History

Cruz Azul was founded on 22 May 1927 by workers of the Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L. factory in Jasso, Hidalgo. The club first played in the amateur leagues before joining the professional second division. They won their first promotion to the top flight in 1964. The team's first major success came in 1969 when they won their first Primera División title. This victory marked the beginning of their "Golden Era" in the 1970s. During this decade, they won six more league championships, including a historic three-in-a-row from 1971 to 1974. With a total of nine championships, Cruz Azul is tied for fourth on the all-time list of most successful teams in the professional era. Their most recent league title was in the Guardianes 2021 tournament, ending a 23-year drought. In other competitions, Cruz Azul has also won four Copa México/Copa MX titles, three Campeón de Campeones, one Supercopa MX and a Supercopa de la Liga MX.

In international competitions, Cruz Azul is one of the most successful Mexican clubs. They have won the CONCACAF Champions Cup seven times, a record they share with América, the most recent success being in 2025 when they beat Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5–0 in Mexico City. They also participated in the Copa Interamericana, playing the 1971 edition, losing 2–3 to Nacional on aggregate, and also reached the final of the Copa Libertadores in 2001, where they lost to Boca Juniors in a penalty shootout.

## Honours

|style="width: 1%;"|Type|style="width: 5%;"|Competition|style="width: 1%;"|Titles|style="width: 21%;"|Seasons|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|**Domestic**|||||||
|align="center"|9|align="left"|1968–69, México 1970, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, Invierno 1997, Guardianes 2021|||||
|align="center"|1|align="left"|1963–64|||||
|align="center"|4|align="left"|1968–69, 1996–97, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2018|||||
|aling="center"|3|align="left"|1969, 1974, 2021|||||
|align="center"|1|align="left"|2019|||||
|align="center"|1|align="left"|2022|||||
|rowspan="1"|**Continental**|||||||
|align="center"|7|align="left"|1969, 1970, 1971, 1996, 1997, 2013–14, 2025|||||
|rowspan="1"|**Regional**|||||||
|align="center"|1|align="left"|2019|||||

### Friendly

- Torneo Almería:
    - Winners (1): 1979
- Torneo Burgos:
    - Winners (1): 1980
- Cuadrangular Azteca
    - Winners (1): 1981
- Triangular Los Ángeles
    - Winners (1): 1991
- Cuadrangular Querétaro
    - Winners (1): 1992
- Torneo Monterrey 400
    - Winners (1): 1996
- Copa Pachuca
    - Winners (5): 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007
- Copa 5 de Mayo
    - Winners (1): 2004
- Copa Panamericana DirecTV
    - Winners (1): 2007
- Copa Amistad
    - Winners (1): 2007
- Copa Aztex
    - Winners (1): 2009
- Copa Socio MX
    - Winners (1): 2015
- Supercopa Tecate
    - Winners (1): 2017
- Dynamo Charities Cup
    - Winners (1): 2017
- Copa GNP por México
    - Winners (1): 2020
- Copa Sky
    - Winners (1): 2022
- Copa Fundadores
    - Winners (1): 2024

## Infobox (football club)

- **clubname**: Cruz Azul
- **upright**: .85
- **fullname**: Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V.
- **nickname**: _La Máquina_ (The Machine)
_Los Celestes_ (The Sky-Blues)
_Los Cementeros_ (The Cement Makers)
_Las Liebres_ (The Hares)

- **stadium**: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
 (temporary)
- **capacity**: 51,726
- **owntitle**: Owner
- **owner**: Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L.
- **chrtitle**: President
- **chairman**: Víctor Velázquez
- **manager**: Nicolás Larcamón
- **league**: Liga MX
- **season**: 2025–26 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura, Apertura 2025
- **position**: Regular phase: 3rd
 Final phase: Semi-finals
- **website**: https://cfcruzazul.com/
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- **current**: 2025–26 Cruz Azul season