2012–13 Cruz Azul season

Cruz Azul

2012–13 season
President	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
Manager	Guillermo Vázquez
Stadium	Estadio Azul
Apertura MX 2012	Quarterfinals; "ongoing"
Clausura MX 2013	TBD
Copa Apertura MX	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mariano Pavone (3) Copa MX:Javier Orozco (3) All: Javier Orozco (4)
Highest home attendance	31,118 vs. GDL (4/AUG/2012)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 vs. EAL (21/AUG/2012)
Average home league attendance	20,654
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012–13 Cruz Azul season is the 66th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into four tournaments—the Torneo Apertura, Torneo Clausura, Cup Apertura and the Cup Clausura.

Club[]

Current squad[]

As of June 2012: Listed on the official website of Cruz Azul.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MEX José de Jesús Corona 2 DF  MEX Fausto Pinto 3 DF  MEX Néstor Araujo 4 DF  MEX Julio César Domínguez (vice-captain) 5 DF  MEX Alejandro Castro 6 MF  MEX Gerardo Torrado (captain) 7 MF  MEX Javier Aquino 8 MF  MEX Israel Castro 19 FW  MEX Omar Bravo 10 MF  ARG Christian Giménez (3rd vice-captain) 11 FW  MEX Alejandro Vela

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  COL Luis Amaranto Perea 15 DF  MEX Gerardo Flores 16 DF  MEX Jair Pereira 17 MF  MEX Pablo Barrera 18 MF  BRA Francinilson Meirelles 20 FW  ARG Mariano Pavone 21 MF  MEX Héctor Gutiérrez 22 DF  MEX Adrián Cortés 25 GK  MEX Yosgart Gutiérrez (2nd vice-captain) 27 FW  MEX Javier Orozco 28 DF  MEX Rogelio Chávez

From youth system[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  MEX Guillermo Allison 19 FW  MEX 24 MF  MEX Luis Alanís 61 GK  MEX Gibrán Lajud 72 MF  MEX 73 MF  MEX 74 MF  MEX 75 FW  MEX Martín Galván

No. Pos. Nation Player 76 FW  MEX Héctor Acevedo 77 DF  MEX Francisco Flores 78 MF  MEX Raúl Antonio Vidal 79 DF  MEX Alan Vidal 84 DF  MEX Juan Carlos García 86 DF  MEX 91 MF  MEX Diego Israel Martínez 96 DF  MEX Jesús Alberto Lara

Transfers[]

Summer[]

In and loan[]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF		Alejandro Castro	25	Non-EU	Estudiantes Tecos	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system	diarioportal.com
28	DF		Rogelio Chávez	27	Non-EU	Atlas	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system	diarioportal.com
20	FW		Mariano Pavone	30	EU	Lanús	Transfer	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	ElUniversal.com.mx
14	DF		Luis Amaranto Perea	33	EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2014	Undisclosed	Goal.com
17	MF		Pablo Barrera	25	Non-EU	West Ham United	Transfer	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	Excelsior.com

Out and loan[]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	DF		Horacio Cervantes		Non-EU	Necaxa	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
	MF		Jaime Lozano		Non-EU	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
30	FW		Emanuel Villa		Non-EU	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
3	DF		Waldo Ponce		Non-EU	Universidad de Chile	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
9	FW		Edixon Perea		Non-EU	Changchun Yatai	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed

Winter[]

In and loan[]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source

Out and loan[]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source

Competitions[]

Cruz Azul play four different tournaments in the 2012–13 season are Apertura 2012, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2012 Copa Mexico and Clausura 2013 Copa Mexico.

Overall[]

Competition	Started round	Position	First match	Last match
Apertura 2012	N/A	6th	July 21	—
Copa Apertura	Group Stage	2nd	July 25	—
Copa Clausura	N/A	—	—	—
Clausura 2013	N/A	—	—	—

Results by opponent (league)[]

Team	Results		Points
	Home	Away
América
Atlante
Atlas
Guadalajara	0 – 0		1
Chiapas
León	1 – 1		1
Monterrey
Morelia	0 – 0		1
Pachuca
Puebla		0 – 1	3
Querétaro
San Luis		1 – 2	3
Santos Laguna
Tijuana
Toluca
UANL
UNAM		0 – 1	3
Total Points
Apertura	3	9	12
Clausura
Season	3	9	12

Source:Cruz Azul Matches at soccerway.com 2012–13 Liga MX season article

Competitions statistics[]

2012 Torneo Apertura[]

Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00.

Pre-Season Summer 2012[]

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Regular phase[]

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General table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	América	17	8	7	2	28	15	+13	31	Advance to the Liguilla[a]
5	Morelia	17	6	9	2	25	16	+9	27
6	Cruz Azul	17	6	8	3	22	15	+7	26
7	Monterrey	17	5	8	4	23	23	0	23	Advance to the Liguilla and cannot qualify for South American competitions[a][b]
8	Guadalajara	17	6	5	6	17	17	0	23

Copa MX[]

Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Home Game

Group stage[]

Round 1

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Cruz Azul won the series 4 – 2.
Round 2

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Cruz Azul won the series 1 – 0.
Round 3

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Group table[]

Group 2

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NEZ	CRA	ALT	ATL
Neza	6	3	1	2	1	7	8	−1	11			2–1	2–1	2–1
Cruz Azul	6	2	2	2	2	6	4	+2	10		3–0		0–0	1–1
Altamira	6	2	2	2	2	6	6	0	10		1–0	0–1		3–2
Atlas	6	1	3	2	1	7	8	−1	7		1–1	1–0	1–1

Torneo Clausura 2013[]

Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00.

Pre-Season Winter 2012[]

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Regular phase[]

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Classification table[]

General table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Atlas	17	9	5	3	20	13	+7	32	Advance to the Liguilla
4	Morelia	17	8	6	3	25	18	+7	30
5	Cruz Azul	17	8	5	4	35	19	+16	29
6	Santos Laguna	17	8	5	4	20	13	+7	29
7	UNAM	17	8	5	4	19	14	+5	29

Squad statistics[]

Start formations[]

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)

Starting XI[]

Apps, goals and discipline[]

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of 28 August 2012. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
			League		Cup		Playoffs		Total		Discipline
1	GK	José de Jesús Corona	2	-1	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	(-) means goals conceded
12	GK	Guillermo Allison	0	0	3	-2	0	0	3*	-2	0	0	(-) means goals conceded
25	GK	Yosgart Gutiérrez	4	-1	1	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	(-) means goals conceded
61	GK	Gibrán Lajud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(-) means goals conceded
2	DF	Fausto Pinto	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Néstor Araujo	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0
4	DF	Julio César Domínguez	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
5	DF	Alejandro Castro	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	3	0
14	DF	Luis Amaranto Perea	6	0	0	0	0	0	6*	0	3	0
15	DF	Gerardo Flores	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
16	DF	Jair Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Adrián Cortés	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	3	0
28	DF	Rogelio Chavez	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
77	DF	Francisco Flores	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	DF		0	0	3(1)	0	0	0	3(1)	0	1	0
84	DF	Juan Carlos García	0	0	2(1)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	1	0
86	DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Gerardo Torrado	6	0	0(1)	0	0	0	6(1)	0	0	0
7	MF	Javier Aquino	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF	Israel Castro	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
10	MF	Christian Giménez	0(1)	0	1	1	0	0	1(1)	1	0	0
17	MF	Pablo Barrera	5(1)	1	0	0	0	0	5(1)	1	2	0
18	MF	Maranhão	0(5)	0	4	0	0	0	4(5)	0	2	0
21	MF	Héctor Gutiérrez	0(2)	0	4	0	0	0	4(2)	0	2	0
24	MF	Luis Alanis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	MF		0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
74	MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	MF	Raúl Antonio Vidal	0	0	4	0	0	0	4*	0	0	0
91	MF	Diego Israel Martínez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Omar Bravo	5(1)	0	1	0	0	0	6(1)	0	0	0
11	FW	Alejandro Vela	6	0	0	0	0	0	6*	0	2	0
19	FW		0	0	0(3)	0	0	0	0(3)	0	1	0
20	FW	Mariano Pavone	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
27	FW	Javier Orozco	0(6)	1	4	3	0	0	4(6)	4	1	0
75	FW	Martín Galván	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0	1(2)	0	1	0
76	FW	Héctor Acevedo	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)*	0	0	0
96	FW	Jesús Lara	0	0	2(2)	1	0	0	2(2)*	1	0	0

Overall statistics team[]

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	0	0	0
Games won	0	0	0
Games drawn	0	0	0
Games lost	0	0	0
Biggest win (Apertura)
Biggest win (Cup Apertura)
Biggest win (Clausura)
Biggest win (Cup Clausura)
Biggest lose (Apertura)
Biggest lose (Cup Apertura)
Biggest lose (Clausura)
Biggest lose (Cup Clausura)
Goals scored	0	0	0
Goals conceded	0	0	0
Goal difference	0	0	0
Average GF per game	0	0	0
Average GA per game	0	0	0
Most Game Started	0
Most appearances	0
Top scorer	0
Points	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)
Winning rate	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)

Goalscorers[]

Position	Nation	Name	Apertura 2012	Copa Mexico AP	Clausura 2013	Copa Mexico CL	Total
1	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	0
2	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	0
3	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	0

Goal minutes[]

Updated to games played on 2 June.

1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT	Extra time	"Total"
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results[]

Apertura 2012[]

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	3	3	0	5	2	+3	12	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	1	+3

Results by round[]

Copa Apertura 2012[]

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	7	1	1	0	3	0	+3	1	0	1	2	2	0

Results by round[]

Clausura 2013[]

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results by round[]

IFFHS ranking[]

Cruz Azul position on the Club World Ranking during the 2012–13 season, according to IFFHS.^[3]

Month	Position	Points
July	82	127.5
August	TBD	TBD
September	TBD	TBD
October	TBD	TBD
November	TBD	TBD
December	TBD	TBD
January	TBD	TBD
February	TBD	TBD
March	TBD	TBD
April	TBD	TBD
May	TBD	TBD
June	[to be determined]	[to be determined]

References[]

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