2011–12 Cruz Azul season

Cruz Azul 2011–12 Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas President Enrique Meza Estadio Azul Primera División Apertura: 2nd (Quarter-finals)Clausura: 9th (Did not qualify) Copa Libertadores Round of 16 Emanuel Villa (14) Emanuel Villa (15) 35,161 vs. GDL (24/SEP/2011), JAG (4/FEB/2012) &LIB (1/MAY/2012) 18,000 vs. PUE (08/OCT/2011) 27,191 _cuzazul12 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF _cruzazul1112a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000FF FFFFFF _cuzazul12 0000FF C2B280 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 2010–11 2012–13 The 2011–12 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 85th season in the football club's history and the 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. 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. Cruz Azul began their season on July 23, 2011. Cruz Azul played their homes games on Saturdays at 17:00 hours local time. Club Personnel y Chairman MEX Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas Sports Manager CHI Alberto Quintano June 2011 Coaching staff y Head Coach MEX Enrique Meza Assistant Coach MEX Eugenio Villazón y Assistant Coach MEX Jorge Garcia Goalkeeping Coach MEX Carlos Pérez y Team doctor MEX Alfonso Jiménez Physical & Fitness coach URU Daniel Ipata y Physiotherapist MEX Ernesto Rubio Masseur MEX Antonio Ortiz y Masseur MEX Alejandro Ramírez Stagehand MEX Pablo Coria y Stagehand MEX José Luis Coria Stagehand MEX Silverio Rivera Technical Staff July 2011 Current Kit Provider: England Umbro. Sponsors: Mexico Cemento Cruz Azul, USA Coca-Cola, Mexico Telcel, Mexico Tecate, Mexico Volaris. File:Uniformes Cruz Azul 2011-12.jpg Current squad thumb|right|400px|Cruz Azul in Clausura 2012 As of January 2011: Listed on the official website of Cruz Azul. 1 Mexico GK José de Jesús Corona 2 Mexico DF Fausto Pinto 3 Chile DF Waldo Ponce 4 Mexico DF Julio César Domínguez vice-captain 6 Mexico MF Gerardo Torrado captain 7 Mexico MF Javier Aquino 8 Mexico MF Israel Castro 9 Colombia FW Edixon Perea 10 Argentina FW Christian Giménez 11 Mexico FW Alejandro Vela 14 Mexico DF Néstor Araujo 15 Mexico MF Gerardo Flores 18 Brazil MF Francinilson Meirelles 19 Mexico FW Omar Bravo 21 Mexico MF Héctor Gutiérrez 22 Mexico MF Adrián Cortés 25 Mexico GK Yosgart Gutiérrez 2nd vice-captain 27 Mexico FW Javier Orozco 30 Argentina FW Emanuel Villa From youth system 12 Mexico GK Guillermo Allison 16 Mexico DF Jair Pereira 17 Mexico DF Manuel Mariaca 20 Mexico GK Javier Caso 24 Mexico MF Luis Alanis 61 Mexico GK Gibrán Lajud 64 Mexico DF Alan Vidal 70 Mexico MF Diego Israel Martínez 73 Mexico MF Luis Fernando Carrasco 90 Mexico FW Marco Antonio Angúlo 104 Mexico DF Francisco Flores 106 Mexico MF Iñaki Domínguez Transfers Summer In and Loan MEX Jair Pereira Transfer n MEX 3 DF 1986 7 7 2011 6 10 Cruz Azul Hidalgo MEX S YS U Diario.com.mx MEX y Manuel Mariaca Transfer n MEX 16 DF 1986 1 4 2011 6 10 Cruz Azul Hidalgo MEX S YS U Diario.com.mx MEX Israel Castro Transfer n MEX 8 MF 1980 12 20 2011 6 10 UNAM MEX S U U Goal.com MEX y Gerardo Flores Transfer n MEX 15 DF 1986 2 5 2011 6 10 Atlas MEX S U U RECORD.com.mx COL Edixon Perea Transfer n COL 9 FW 1984 4 20 2011 7 4 Las Palmas ESP S U U Cruz-Azul.com.mx August 2011 Out and Loan MEX Loan Horacio Cervantes n MEX 15 DF Pachuca S U MEX y Loan Rogelio Chávez n MEX 16 DF Pachuca S U MEX Loan Marcelo Palau n URU 3 MF Guaraní PAR S U MEX y Return Loan Gonzalo Pineda n MEX 8 MF Puebla S U MEX Loan Isaac Romo n MEX 9 FW Puebla S U July 2011 Winter In and Loan MEX Gibrán Lajud Promoted n MEX 61 GK 1993 12 25 2011 12 12 YS W YS U Cruz-Azul.com.mx MEX y Luis Fernando Carrasco Promoted n MEX 73 MF 1992 1 30 2011 12 12 YS W YS U Cruz-Azul.com.mx MEX Francisco Flores Promoted n MEX 104 DF 1994 1 17 2011 12 12 YS W YS U Cruz-Azul.com.mx MEX y Diego Israel Martínez Promoted n MEX 105 MF 1993 9 7 2011 12 12 YS W YS U Cruz-Azul.com.mx MEX Iñaki Domínguez Promoted n MEX 106 MF 1994 3 29 2011 12 12 YS W YS U Cruz-Azul.com.mx MEX y Omar Bravo Transfer n MEX 19 FW 1980 4 3 2011 12 12 Sporting Kansas City USA W U 2014 SportingKC.com MEX Francinilson Meirelles Transfer n BRA 18 MF 1990 3 5 2012 1 5 Bahia BRA W $1.5M 2015 El Universal January 2012 Out and Loan MEX Transfer César Villaluz n MEX 18 MF 23 San Luis MEX W U MedioTiempo.com MEX y Loan Alejandro Castro n MEX 5 DF 24 Estudiantes Tecos MEX W U Cruz-Azul.com.mx MEX Loan Allam Bello n MEX 13 MF 23 Neza FC MEX W U Terra Mexico MEX Loan Hugo Droguett n CHI 19 MF 29 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR W U Goal.com March 2012 Competitions Cruz Azul play three different tournaments in the 2011–12 season are Apertura 2011, Clausura 2012 and Copa Libertadores. Overall CompetitionStarted roundCurrent position / roundFinal position / roundFirst matchLast matchApertura 2011—2nd./Quarter-finalsJuly 23 November 26 Clausura 2012—9th./17January 7April 29Copa LibertadoresGroup Stageknockout stageTBDFebruary 8TBD Results by opponent (league) TeamResultsPointsHomeAwayAmérica 3 – 1 2 – 2 4Atlante 2 – 1 2 – 2 4Atlas 2 – 1 0 – 2 6Estudiantes Tecos 5 – 2 0 – 2 6Guadalajara 1 – 1 2 – 1 1Chiapas 2 – 0 1 – 1 4Monterrey 4 – 3 1 – 2 6Morelia 0 – 1 2 – 0 0Pachuca 1 – 1 1 – 0 1Puebla 2 – 0 1 – 1 4Querétaro 1 – 2 1 – 0 0 San Luis 3 – 1 1 – 1 4Santos Laguna 0 – 1 1 – 0 0Tijuana 2 – 1 0 – 0 4Toluca 0 – 0 0 – 3 4UANL 1 – 1 1 – 1 2UNAM 1 – 1 1 – 2 4Total Points Apertura 17 12 29 Clausura 15 10 25Season 32 22 54 Source:Cruz Azul Matches at soccerway.com 2011–12 Primera División de México season article Competitions statistics Torneo Apertura 2011 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season#Torneo Apertura Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00. Pre-Season Summer 2011 #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly Cruz Azul July 2, 2011 11:00 DST 0 – 0 [ Report]Live TV: Lobos BUAP La Noria Mexico City, Mexico d Friendly Cruz Azul July 7, 2011 11:00 DST 4 – 2 [ Report]Live TV: Pumas Morelos Cortés 19 pen.Orozco 42Mendoza 108Giménez 120 80 García80 Hernández La Noria Mexico City, Mexico w Friendly Cruz Azul July 10, 2011 19:00 DST 1 – 1 [ Report]Live TV: Atlas Villa 60 90+2 pen. Romero Spartan Stadium San Jose, California, United States d Friendly Cruz Azul July 13, 2011 11:00 DST 3 – 3 [ Report]Live TV: Querétaro Villa 41Flores 60Pérez 70 23 Bueno66 Rico101 Vázquez La Noria Mexico City, Mexico d Friendly Cruz Azul July 16, 2011 11:00 DST 1 – 1 [ Report]Live TV: Pachuca Droguett 30 46 Borja Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico d Friendly during the season Friendly Cruz Azul November 10, 2011 11:00 CST 3 – 0 [ Report]Live TV: Pumas Morelos Vela 13Pereira 60 80 Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico w Friendly Cruz Azul November 11, 2011 11:00 CST 3 – 3 [ Report]Live TV: Cruz Azul Hidalgo Villaluz 34Droguett 48Perea 80 38 López62 73 Galván Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico d Regular phase #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 2011–12 Primera División de México season#Results Round 1 13px UANL July 23, 2011 19:00 DST 1 – 1 ReportLive TV: Canal 9 Galavisión Cruz Azul Mancilla 3743Torres Nilo 43 16 Pinto19 Aquino22 Flores49 Ponce Estadio Universitario San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico Jalisco Paul Delgadillo d Round 2 13px Cruz Azul July 30, 2011 17:00 DST 2 – 1 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America Atlas Ponce 38Cortés 46Orozco 49Aquino 59Villa 71 12 Arreola32 Rodríguez38 Welcome38 Vidrio Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 35,000 (Approx. unofficial) Mexican Federal District Fernando Guerrero Ramírez w Round 3 13px Pachuca August 3, 2011 20:30 DST 1 – 0 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 7 Cruz Azul Ayoví 86 66 Gutiérrez Estadio Hidalgo Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico Aguascalientes Oscar Macías Romo l Round 4 13px Cruz Azul August 6, 2011 16:00 DST 2 – 1 ReportLive TV: Azteca América SKY Sports ESPN Latin America Atlante Villaluz 32Torrado 40Villa 44Orozco 47Pinto 89 55 Maldonado90+1 Amione Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 20,000 (Approx. unofficial) Sinaloa Jesús Morales Bojorquez w Round 5 13px Chiapas August 13, 2011 17:30 DST 1 – 1 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 13 Cruz Azul Rodríguez 33Razo 40Fuentes 5866Hernández 61 5 o.g. Chávez53 Villa56 I. Castro73 A. Castro Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico Mexican Federal District Miguel Ayala Ramírez d Round 6 13px Cruz Azul August 20, 2011 16:00 DST 2 – 1 ReportLive TV: Azteca América SKY Sports ESPN Latin America Tijuana Perea 1448Ponce 45Pinto 45Villa 2 45 7767 1522 Moreno Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 22,500 (Approx. unofficial) Mexican Federal District José Alfredo Peñaloza w Round 7 13px UNAM August 28, 2011 12:00 DST 1 – 2 ReportLive TV: Canal de las Estrellas 2 Telemundo Cruz Azul Bravo 22de Buen 55Fuentes 0 58 17 Flores52 Domínguez74 Torrado75 Cortés Estadio Olímpico Universitario Mexico City, Mexico Mexican Federal District Fernando Guerrero Ramírez w Round 8 13px Cruz Azul September 10, 2011 17:00 DST 0 – 1 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America Morelia 60 Gastélum90+190+1 Rojas Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 20,000 (Approx. unofficial) Veracruz Jorge Pérez Durán l Round 9 13px Monterrey September 17, 2011 17:00 DST 1 – 2 ReportLive TV: Canal 9 Galavisión Telemundo Cruz Azul Delgado 10S. Pérez 21L. Pérez 25Basanta 60de Nigris 670 79 4 Villaluz34 Araujo50 Perea77 Pinto82 Giménez Estadio Tecnológico Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Mexican Federal District Jorge Isaac Rojas w Round 10 13px Cruz Azul September 24, 2011 17:00 DST 1 – 1 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America Guadalajara Perea 62W. Ponce 70Torrado 75Pinto 89 34 Arellano43 Sánchez2 50 52 M. Ponce Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 35,161 (Approx. unofficial) Michoacán Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez d Round 11 13px Santos Laguna October 1, 2011 19:00 DST 1 – 0 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America Fox Deportes Cruz Azul Peralta 2190+2 Estadio TSM Corona Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico Mexican Federal District Marco Antonio Rodríguez l Round 12 13px Cruz Azul October 8, 2011 17:00 DST 2 – 0 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN2 Puebla Aquino 43Giménez 67Orozco 73 8973Flores 86 76 Salinas Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 18,000 (Approx. unofficial) Sinaloa César Arturo Ramos w Round 13 13px San Luis October 15, 2011 20:45 DST 1 – 1 ReportLive TV: Canal 9 Galavisión Cruz Azul Torres 26Matellán 35Moreno 55Chiapas 70 83 Perea Estadio Alfonso Lastras San Luis, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Mexican Federal District Mauricio Morales d Round 14 13px Querétaro October 22, 2011 17:00 DST 1 – 0 ReportLive TV: Canal 4 Foro TV Cruz Azul Ponce 80Bueno 86 pen. 14 Giménez63 Villaluz0 66 Orozco72 Villa85 Domínguez Estadio Corregidora Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico Michoacán Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez l Round 15 13px Cruz Azul October 26, 2011 19:00 DST 0 – 0 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 7 ESPN Latin America Toluca Villa 22Giménez 70 24 Sinha73 Calderón78 Gamboa Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 23,000 (Approx. unofficial) Sinaloa Jesús Morales Bojorquez d Round 16 13px Estudiantes Tecos October 30, 2011 12:00 CST 0 – 2 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 13 Cruz Azul Bovaglio 47Davino 81 48 pen. Giménez61 Villa Estadio Tres de Marzo Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico Mexican Federal District Fernando Guerrero Ramírez w Round 17 13px Cruz Azul November 5, 2011 17:00 CST 3 – 1 ReportLive TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America Fox Deportes America Villa 1 74Torrado 35Pinto 58Orozco 62Ponce 78 37 Rojas43 Valenzuela6280 Montenegro70 Pimentel Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 33,000 (Approx. unofficial) Mexican Federal District Roberto García Orozco w General table 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season#Torneo Apertura Torneo Apertura CRU Final phase 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season#Final phase Quarter-finals First Leg 13px Morelia November 19, 2011 19:00 CST 2 – 1 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13 Cruz Azul Gastélum 22Márquez L. 77 85Lozano 82Lugo 87 32 Orozco53 Corona0 69 Pinto71 Castro78 Aquino81 Torrado Estadio Morelos Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico Jalisco Erim Ramírez l Second Leg 13px Cruz Azul November 26, 2011 17:00 CST 1 – 2 2 – 4 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13 ESPN 2 Morelia Vela 35Torrado 2 40 71Giménez 89 1 Huiqui1623 Sabah20 Lugo23 Lozano64 Aldrete90+2 Gastélum Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 30,568 (Approx. unofficial) Mexican Federal District Marco Antonio Rodríguez l Morelia won 2–4 in aggregate. Torneo Clausura 2012 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season#Torneo Clausura Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00. Pre-Season Winter 2011 #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly Cruz Azul December 17, 2011 CST 8 – 1 [ Report]Live TV: Cruz Azul U-20 & U-17 Cortés ?F. Flores ? ?Perea ?Orozco ? ? ?Villa ? La Noria Mexico City, Mexico w Friendly Cruz Azul December 21, 2011 10:00 CST 2 – 1 [ Report]Live TV: Ballenas de Galeana Arredondo ? o.g.Orozco ? ? Torres La Noria Mexico City, Mexico w Friendly Cruz Azul December 23, 2011 10:00 CST 4 – 2 [ Report]Live TV: Lobos BUAP Bravo ? ?Perea ?Giménez ? ? ? Canales La Noria Mexico City, Mexico w Friendly Cruz Azul December 28, 2011 11:00 CST 3 – 0 [ Report]Live TV: Veracruz Giménez 42Bravo ?G. Flores 61 Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico w Friendly Cruz Azul December 30, 2011 11:00 CST 2 – 1 [ Report]Live TV: San Luis Bravo 10Giménez 48 80 Alcántar Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico w Friendly Cruz Azul January 4, 2012 11:00 CST 1 – 1 [ Report]Live TV: Cruz Azul Hidalgo Unknown ? ? Unknown Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico d Regular phase #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #bbcaff Home Game 1px solid #AAAAAA 2011–12 Primera División de México season#Results 2 Round 1 13px Cruz Azul January 7, 2012 17:00 CST 1 – 1 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13ESPN Latin America UANL Giménez 6Castro 69 70 Lobos Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 29,000 (Approx. unofficial) Aguascalientes Oscar Macías Romo d Round 2 13px Atlas January 14, 2012 20:45 CST 0 – 2 ReportLive TV:Canal 9 Galavisión Cruz Azul Zamogilny 1Rodríguez 32Romero 68 70 Bravo70 Villa70 Corona70 pen. Giménez Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Jalisco Paul Delgadillo w Round 3 13px Cruz Azul January 21, 2012 17:00 CST 1 – 1 ReportLive TV:Azteca AméricaSKY SportsESPN Latin America Pachuca Villa 29Araujo 44Pinto 90+4 19 Ayoví30 Castillo44 López0 44 Cejas61 Rodríguez63 Torres66 Herrera79 Arreola90+3 Cota Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 27,550 (Approx. unofficial) Mexican Federal District Jorge Eduardo Gasso d bbcaff; Round 4 13px Atlante January 28, 2012 21:00 CST 2 – 2 ReportLive TV:TDN Cruz Azul Guagua 26Martínez 67Hernández 72Arroyo 77Cuevas 84Mendoza 85 16 85 Villa28 Gutiérrez83 Pereira Estadio Andres Quintana Roo Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico Mexican Federal District Fernando Guerrero Ramírez d Round 5 13px Cruz Azul February 4, 2012 17:00 CST 2 – 0 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13ESPN Latin America Chiapas Meireles 44Pereira 5586Araujo 60Orozco 61 22 Esqueda68 Espinoza90 Arizala Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 35,161 (unofficial) Mexican Federal District Miguel Ángel Ayala Ramírez w bbcaff; Round 6 13px Tijuana February 12, 2012 14:00 CST 0 – 0 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13Fox Sports + & LAT Cruz Azul Gandolfi 4Arévalo 64 53 Gutiérrez Estadio Caliente Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Jalisco Erim Ramírez d Round 7 13px Cruz Azul February 18, 2012 17:00 CST 1 – 1 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13ESPN 2Fox DeportesAzteca América UNAM Maranhão 19Giménez 38Aquino 65Pinto 86 21 Herrera26 García53 Cabrera90+4 Cacho Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 33,000 (unofficial) Sinaloa Jesús Fabricio Morales d bbcaff; Round 8 13px Morelia February 26, 2012 12:00 CST 2 – 0 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13 Cruz Azul Rojas 35Sabah 81 39 Domínguez60 Giménez Estadio Morelos Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico Aguascalientes Ricardo Arellano l Round 9 13px Cruz Azul March 3, 2012 17:00 CST 4 – 3 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13ESPN Latin America Monterrey Giménez 24 pen. 5346Bravo 56Villa 8282Corona 90+2 19 de Nigris4890+4 Basanta6869 Suazo73 L. Pérez Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 27,240 (unofficial) Tlaxcala Antony Zanjuampa w bbcaff; Round 10 13px Guadalajara March 10, 2012 19:00 CST 2 – 1 ReportLive TV:Canal 9 GalavisiónTDNTelemundo Cruz Azul Sánchez 19Reynoso 2190+4 pen.Torres 88Michel 90+2 19 Castro22 Villa36 Giménez1 44 90+1 Araujo85 Corona Estadio Omnilife Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico Veracruz Jorge Pérez Durán l Round 11 13px Cruz Azul March 17, 2012 19:00 CST 0 – 1 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13ESPN Latin America Santos Laguna Pinto 7Ipata(Physical & Fitness coach) 56 2 34 90+2 Galindo42 Quintero51 Ramírez55 Ibáñez71 Ochoa0 73 Armendáriz Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 25,560 (unofficial) San Luis Potosí Miguel Ángel Ortega l bbcaff; Round 12 13px Puebla March 25, 2012 12:00 CST 1 – 1 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13 Cruz Azul Rincón 49Beasley 5465Salinas 89 220 84 Villa Estadio Cuauhtémoc Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Michoacán Francisco Chacón d Round 13 13px Cruz Azul March 31, 2012 17:00 CST 3 – 1 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13ESPN Latin America San Luis Bravo 28 38Perea 52 14 Moreno55 Paredes66 Velasco Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 23,190 (unofficial) Guerrero Miguel Ángel Chacón w bbcaff; Round 14 13px Cruz Azul April 7, 2012 17:00 DST 1 – 2 ReportLive TV:Azteca América SKY Sports ESPN Latin America Querétaro Perea 46 4190+1 Cortés45 Romo0 81 Comizzo(Coach)89 Mena Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 19,480 (unofficial) Mexican Federal District Roberto García Orozco l bbcaff; Round 15 13px Toluca April 15, 2012 12:00 DST 0 – 3 ReportLive TV: Canal de las Estrellas 2 Telemundo Cruz Azul Sinha 36de la Torre 78Novaretti 0 86 32 Giménez44 Pereira59 Araujo6272 Vela70 Aquino90+1 Orozco Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico Mexican Federal District Marco Antonio Rodríguez w Round 16 13px Cruz Azul April 21, 2012 17:00 DST 5 – 2 ReportLive TV:Canal Azteca 13ESPN Latin America Estudiantes Tecos Vela 27Flores 33Leaño 43 o.g.Perea 62 72Castro 84 28 Reyes60 Galindo78 Sambueza88 Pérez90 Lillingston Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 28,175 (unofficial) Mexican Federal District José Alfredo Peñaloza w bbcaff; Round 17 13px America April 29, 2012 16:00 DST 2 – 2 ReportLive TV: Canal de las Estrellas 2 Telemundo Cruz Azul Aguilar 6Benítez 8 1313Medina 35Reyes 45Layún 85 241 41 87 Pereira 73 Villa Estadio Azteca Mexico City, Mexico Mexican Federal District Mauricio Morales d Classification table General table 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season#Torneo Clausura Torneo Clausura CRU Copa Libertadores 2012 Copa Libertadores Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00. #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #bbcaff Home Game 1px solid #AAAAAA Second stage 2012 Copa Libertadores second stage Group stage Match Day 1 13px Nacional PAR February 8, 2012 15:45 CST 1 – 2 ReportLive TV:Fox DeportesFox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium MEX Cruz Azul Bogado 20González 59Caniza 83 5 28 Orozco68 Torrado Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz Asunción, Paraguay ARG Néstor Pitana (Argentina) w Match Day 2 13px Cruz Azul MEX February 21, 2012 20:45 CST 4 – 0 ReportLive TV:Fox DeportesFox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium VEN Deportivo Táchira Cortés 18 pen.Perea 54Orozco 78Villa 81 17 Rouga23 Clavijo27 García53 Chacón76 Zapata83 Arocha Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 26,350 (unofficial) COL Imer Machado (Colombia) w bbcaff; Match Day 3 13px Cruz Azul MEX March 14, 2012 19:00 CST 0 – 0 ReportLive TV:Fox DeportesFox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium BRA Corinthians 53 Paulinho Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 34,000 (unofficial) ECU Carlos Vera (Ecuador) d bbcaff; Match Day 4 13px Corinthians BRA March 21, 2012 19:00 CST 1 – 0 ReportLive TV:Fox DeportesFox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium MEX Cruz Azul Danilo 3569Ralf 42Emerson 86 2 34 71 Pinto44 Mariaca90+1 Pereira Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil URU Martín Vázquez (Uruguay) l Match Day 5 13px Deportivo Táchira VEN April 3, 2012 20:00 DST 1 – 1 ReportLive TV:Fox DeportesFox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium MEX Cruz Azul Parra 19Fernández 45 44 Pereira58 Flores0 79 Meza(Coach)83 Giménez Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela URU Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay) d Match Day 6 13px Cruz Azul MEX April 18, 2012 19:50 DST 4 – 1 ReportLive TV:Fox DeportesFox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium PAR Nacional Orozco 20Aquino 34Maranhão 45Gutiérrez 52Bravo 65Perea 80 33 Miers37 Piris43 Cristaldo Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico 19,294 (unofficial) PER Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) w bbcaff; Classification table Group table 2012 Copa Libertadores second stage#Group 6 Group 6 CAZ Knockout stages 2012 Copa Libertadores knockout stages Round of 16 First Leg 13px Cruz Azul MEX May 1, 2012 21:30 DST 1 – 1 https://archive.today/20121209030849/http://df1.conmebol.com/libertadores/fichas/ficha128592.html ReportLive TV:Fox DeportesFox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium PAR Libertad Orozco 26Castro 85 68 Samudio7084 Velázquez86 Muñoz Estadio Azul Mexico City, Mexico ARG Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina) d bbcaff; Second Leg 13px Libertad PAR May 8, 2012 20:30 DST 2 – 0 3 – 1 ReportLive TV:Fox DeportesFox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium MEX Cruz Azul Núñez 9Cáceres4249Nasuti 54 Pereira 34Flores 49Bravo 52 Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz Asunción, Paraguay BRA Leandro Vuaden (Brazil) l Libertad won on points 4–1. Squad statistics Start formations 27 4-4-2 Apertura (9), Clausura (13), Copa Libertadores (5) 5 5-4-1 Apertura (5) 4 5-3-2 Apertura (3), Clausura (1) 3 4-3-3 Apertura (2), Copa Libertadores (1) 1 3-4-3 Copa Libertadores (1) 1 4-4-1-1 Clausura (1) 1 4-1-3-2 Clausura (1) 1 5-2-3 Clausura (1) May 2 June 2010 Starting XI |----- !style="background: #C0C0C0;color:white" colspan="6"| 11 starters |----- y José de Jesús Corona MEX 1 GK 32 Fausto Pinto MEX 2 LB 32 y Néstor Araujo MEX 14 CB 28 Waldo Ponce CHI 3 CB 14 y Julio César Domínguez MEX 4 RB 30 Alejandro Vela MEX 11 LM 13 y Gerardo Torrado MEX 6 CM 16 Israel Castro MEX 8 CM 42 y Christian Giménez ARG 10 RM 34 Omar Bravo MEX 19 FW 19 y Emanuel Villa ARG 30 FW 29 |----- !style="background: #C0C0C0;color:white" colspan="6"| Other starters |----- Yosgart Gutiérrez MEX 25 GK 11 y Alberto Rodríguez MEX 3 RB 1 reinforcement only for the cup Gerardo Flores MEX 16 RB 21 y Francisco Flores MEX 104 RB 2 Jair Pereira MEX 16 CB 27 y Manuel Mariaca MEX 17 CB 6 Héctor Altamirano MEX 23 CM 1 reinforcement only for the cup y Héctor Gutiérrez MEX 21 CM 19 Javier Aquino MEX 7 RM 13 y Adrián Cortés MEX 22 LB 23 Maranhão BRA 18 LM 9 y Javier Orozco MEX 27 FW 13 Edixon Perea COL 9 FW 17 y Marco Antonio Angúlo MEX 90 FW 1 Alejandro Castro MEX bye RB 4 loan to Estudiantes Tecos y César Villaluz MEX bye RM 7 out to San Luis Hugo Droguett CHI bye LM 7 out to "undefined" 2 May 2012 June 2011 265px 0.42 1.21 275 Corona 0.46 1.15 275 MEX 0.76 0.99 275 Domínguez 0.81 0.93 275 MEX 0.54 1.04 275 Araújo 0.60 0.98 275 MEX 0.30 1.04 275 Ponce 0.34 0.98 275 CHI 0.10 0.99 275 Pinto 0.13 0.93 275 MEX 0.08 0.60 275 Giménez 0.12 0.52 275 ARG 0.30 0.72 275 Castro 0.34 0.66 275 MEX 0.54 0.72 275 Torrado(c) 0.57 0.64 275 MEX 0.78 0.60 275 Aquino 0.83 0.52 275 MEX 0.32 0.28 275 Villa 0.32 0.20 275 ARG 0.60 0.28 275 Orozco 0.63 0.20 275 MEXCruz Azul Starting 11 in their 4-4–2 formation Apps, Goals and Discipline League = Apertura 2011 & Clausura 2012 Cup = Copa Libertadores Playoffs = Final Phase of the Apertura 2011 & Clausura 2012 yes MEX yes 2 May 2012 |- |align="left"|01 1||align="left"|GK||align="left"|MEXJosé de Jesús Corona |24||-26||6||-3||2||-4||32||-35||4||0||(−) means goals conceded |- |align="left"|12||align="left"|GK||align="left"|MEXGuillermo Allison |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||(−) means goals conceded |- |align="left"|20||align="left"|GK||align="left"|MEXJavier Caso |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||(−) means goals conceded |- |align="left"|25||align="left"|GK||align="left"|MEXYosgart Gutiérrez |10||-9||1.5 1(1)||-2||0||0||11.5 11(1)||-11||0||0||(−) means goals conceded |- |align="left"|61||align="left"|GK||align="left"|MEXGibrán Lajud |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||(−) means goals conceded |- |align="left"|02 2||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXFausto Pinto |29||0||2||0||1||0||32||0||8||2|| |- |align="left"|03 3||align="left"|DF||align="left"|CHIWaldo Ponce |14||0||0||0||0||0||14||0||4||0||10px Injured. |- |align="left"|03 3||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXAlberto Rodríguez Alberto Rodríguez (Mexican footballer) |0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||reinforcement only for the cup. |- |align="left"|04 4||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXJulio César Domínguez Julio Domínguez |27||0||1||0||2||0||30||0||1||0|| |- |align="left"|14||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXNéstor Araujo |22||0||4||0||2||0||28||0||4||1|| |- |align="left"|15||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXGerardo Flores Gerardo Flores Zúñiga |18.5 16(3)||2||5||0||0.5 0(1)||0||style="background:#98FB98"|24.5 21(4)*||2||2||0|| |- |align="left"|16||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXJair Pereira Jair Pereira (Mexican footballer) |20.5 19(2)||2||6||0||2||0||style="background:#98FB98"|28.5 27(2)*||2||5||1|| |- |align="left"|17||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXManuel Mariaca |2||0||4.5 4(1)||0||0||0||6.5 6(1)||0||1||0|| |- |align="left"|22||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXAdrián Cortés Adrián Cortés (footballer) |17.5 15(3)||2||6||1||1||0||24.5 22(3)||3||0||0|| |- |align="left"|64||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXAlan Emmanuel Vidal |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|104||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXFrancisco Flores |1.5 1(1)||0||1.5 1(1)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|3.5 2(2)*||0||1||0|| |- |align="left"|--||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXMelvin Brown Melvin Brown (footballer) |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||reinforcement only for the cup. |- |align="left"|06 6||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXGerardo Torrado |15.5 13(3)||0||1||0||2||0||18.5 16(3)||0||5||1||10px Injured. |- |align="left"|07 7||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXJavier Aquino |28.5 9(20)||2||2.5 2(1)||0||2||0||33.5 13(21)||2||5||0|| |- |align="left"|08 8||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXIsrael Castro |34||1||7||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|42*||1||4||0|| |- |align="left"|10||align="left"|MF||align="left"|ARGChristian Giménez Christian Giménez (1981) |27.5 27(1)||6||6.5 5(2)||1||2||0||36.5 34(3)||7||9||0|| |- |align="left"|18||align="left"|MF||align="left"|BRAMaranhão Francinilson Meirelles |14.5 5(10)||0||5.5 5(1)||1||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|20.5 10(11)*||1||2||0|| |- |align="left"|21||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXHéctor Gutiérrez |19.5 14(6)||0||5.5 5(1)||0||1||0||26.5 20(7)*||0||4||0|| |- |align="left"|23||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXHéctor Altamirano |0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||reinforcement only for the cup. |- |align="left"|24||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXLuis Alanis |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|70||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXDiego Israel Martínez |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|73||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXLuis Fernando Carrasco |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|106||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXIñaki Domínguez |0||0||0.5 0(1)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|0.5 0(1)*||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|09 9||align="left"|FW||align="left"|COLEdixon Perea |19.5 13(7)||8||5.5 5(1)||2||1.5 0(2)||0||style="background:#98FB98"|27.5 17(10)*||10||1||0|| |- |align="left"|11||align="left"|FW||align="left"|MEXAlejandro Vela |14.5 12(3)||1||4.5 2(3)||0||0.5 0(1)||1||20.5 14(7)||2||2||0|| |- |align="left"|19||align="left"|FW||align="left"|MEXOmar Bravo |17||3||4.5 2(3)||1||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|21.5 19(3)*||4||1||0|| |- |align="left"|27||align="left"|FW||align="left"|MEXJavier Orozco |19.5 6(14)||6||5||5||2||1||26.5 13(14)||12||2||1|| |- |align="left"|30||align="left"|FW||align="left"|ARGEmanuel Villa |25.5 24(2)||14||5.5 3(3)||1||2||0||33.5 29(5)||15||4||2|| |- |align="left"|90||align="left"|FW||align="left"|MEXMarco Antonio Angúlo |3.5 1(3)||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|3.5 1(3)*||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|bye||align="left"|DF||align="left"|MEXAlejandro Castro Alejandro Castro Flores¤ |10.5 8(3)||0||||||0.5 0(1)||0||11.5 4(8)||0||2||0||loan to Estudiantes Tecos. |- |align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXAllam Bello¤ |0.5 0(1)||0||||||0||0||0.5 0(1)||0||0||0||loan to Neza FC. |- |align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|MEXCésar Villaluz† |13.5 7(7)||1||||||0||0||13.5 7(7)||1||2||0||out to San Luis. |- |align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|CHIHugo Droguett† |12.5 7(6)||0||||||0.5 0(1)||0||13.5 7(7)||0||0||0||loan to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. |} Overall statistics team {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !style="background: #6050DC;color:white"| !style="background: #6050DC;color:white"|Total !style="background: #6050DC;color:white"|13px Home !style="background: #6050DC;color:white"|13px Away |- |align=left| Games played || 43 || 22 || 21 |- |align=left| Games won || 17 || 11 || 6 |- |align=left| Games drawn || 15 || 7 || 8 |- |align=left| Games lost || 11 || 4 || 7 |- |align=left| Biggest win (Apertura) || 2-0 vs. Puebla,0-2 vs. Estudiantes,3-1 vs. América || 2-0 vs. Puebla,3-1 vs. America || 0-2 vs. Estudiantes |- |align=left| Biggest win (Clausura) || 0-3 vs. Toluca and 5-2 vs. Estudiantes || 5-2 vs. Estudiantes || 0-3 vs. Toluca |- |align=left| Biggest win (Libertadores) || 4-0 vs. Deportivo Táchira || 4-0 vs. Deportivo Táchira || 1-2 vs. Nacional (PAR) |- |align=left| Biggest lose (Apertura) || 1-0 vs. Pachuca,0-1, 2-1 and 1-2 vs. Morelia,1-0 vs. Santos Laguna,1-0 vs. Querétaro || 0-1 and 1-2 vs. Morelia || 1-0 vs. Pachuca,1-0 vs. Santos Laguna,1-0 vs. Querétaro,2-1 vs. Morelia |- |align=left| Biggest lose (Clausura) || 2-0 vs. Morelia || 0-1 vs. Santos Laguna, 1-2 vs. Querétaro || 2-0 vs. Morelia |- |align=left| Biggest lose (Libertadores) || 1-0 vs. Corinthians || || 1-0 vs. Corinthians |- |align=left| Goals scored || 64 || 40 || 24 |- |align=left| Goals conceded || 44 || 22 || 22 |- |align=left| Goal difference || +20 || +18 || +2 |- |align=left| Average GF Goals for per game || || || |- |align=left| Average GA Goals against per game || || || |- |align=left| Most Game Started || 42 || colspan=2| MEX Israel Castro |- |align=left| Most appearances || 42 || colspan=2| MEX Israel Castro |- |align=left| Top scorer || 15 || colspan=2| ARG Emanuel Villa |- |align=left| Points || 66/129 (%) || 39/66 (%) || 26/63 (%) |- |align=left| Winning rate || 17/43 (%) || 11/22 (%) || 6/21 (%) |- May 2, 2012 Competitive matches June 2011 Goalscorers 2011–12 Primera División de México season#Top goalscorers 2011–12 Primera División de México season#Top goalscorers 2 2012 Copa Libertadores#Top goalscorers PositionNationNameApertura 2011 15pxClausura 2012 15pxCopa Libertadores 15pxTotal 15px 1 ARG Emanuel Villa 6 8 1 15 2 MEX Javier Orozco 5 2 5 12 3 COL Edixon Perea 4 4 2 10 4 ARG Christian Giménez 1 5 1 7 5 MEX Omar Bravo 3 1 4 6 Adrián Cortés 2 1 3 7 Javier Aquino 1 1 2 Alejandro Vela 2 Gerardo Flores 2 Jair Pereira 2 2 Own Goal 1 1 2 11 MEX Israel Castro 1 1 César Villaluz 1 BRA Maranhão 1TOTAL 23 29 12 64 Goal minutes Updated to games played on 2 May. 1'–15' 16'–30' 31'–HT 46'–60' 61'–75' 76'–FT Extra time "Total" 5 13 9 11 14 11 1 64 Results Apertura 2011 Results summary 5 2 2 13 8 3 3 4 10 10 26 November Competitive Matches June 2011 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result D/W/L/W/D/W/W/L/W/D/L/W/D/L/D/W/W/L/L Position 10/6/7/4/4/3/1/3/2/2/4/2/2/5/4/3/2// Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 26 November Competitive Matches June 2011 Clausura 2012 Results summary 4 3 2 18 13 2 4 2 11 9 Apr 30 Competitive Matches June 2011 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A Result D/W/D/D/W/D/D/L/W/L/L/D/W/L/W/W/D Position 6/3/6/7/4/6/9/9/9/9/9/11/9/10/8/8/9 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Apr 30 Competitive Matches June 2011 Copa Libertadores Results summary 2 2 0 9 2 1 1 1 3 3 May 2 Competitive Matches June 2011 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A Result W/W/D/L/D/W/D/ Position 1/1/1/2/2/2// Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 May 2 Competitive Matches June 2011 IFFHS Ranking Cruz Azul position on the Club World Ranking during the 2011–12 season, according to IFFHS.IFFHS https://web.archive.org/web/20070703103726/http://www.iffhs.de/ 2007-07-03 MonthPositionPoints July 60 153 August 89 124.5 September 157 100.5 October 177 94.5 November 169 94.5 December 175 94.5 January 178 94.5 February 126 112 March 135 107 April 87 128 May TBD TBD June May 7, 2012 IFFHS July 2010 References External links Category:Cruz Azul seasons Cruz Azul