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
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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. Position Player 1 GK José de Jesús Corona 2 DF Fausto Pinto 3 DF Néstor Araujo 4 DF Julio César Domínguez (vice-captain) 5 DF Alejandro Castro 6 MF Gerardo Torrado (captain) 7 MF Javier Aquino 8 MF Israel Castro 19 FW Omar Bravo 10 MF Christian Giménez (3rd vice-captain) 11 FW Alejandro Vela

No. Position Player 14 DF Luis Amaranto Perea 15 DF Gerardo Flores 16 DF Jair Pereira 17 MF Pablo Barrera 18 MF Francinilson Meirelles 20 FW Mariano Pavone 21 MF Héctor Gutiérrez 22 DF Adrián Cortés 25 GK Yosgart Gutiérrez (2nd vice-captain) 27 FW Javier Orozco 28 DF 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. Position Player 12 GK Guillermo Allison 19 FW Marco Antonio Angúlo 24 MF Luis Alanís 61 GK Gibrán Lajud 72 MF Luis Fernando Carrasco 73 MF Iñaki Domínguez 74 MF Kevin Varela 75 FW Martín Galván

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

Transfers

Summer

In and Loan

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
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	P	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

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.

Out and Loan

N	P	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

Torneo Apertura 2012

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

Pre-Season Summer 2012

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General table

General table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Toluca !Toluca	6	5	1	0	11	5	+6	16	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 2, 3
2	Tijuana !Tijuana	6	4	1	1	8	7	+1	13
3	Morelia !Morelia	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12	2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage 2, 3
4	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	6	3	3	0	5	2	+3	12	Advanced to the Final Phase 3
5	León !León	6	3	1	2	12	6	+6	10	Advanced to the Final Phase 3
6	América !América	6	2	3	1	11	6	+5	9
7	UANL !UANL	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	9	Cannot qualify for South American competitions 1, 3
8	Atlante !Atlante	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9	Advanced to the Final Phase 3
9	Monterrey !Monterrey	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9	Cannot qualify for South American competitions 1
10	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8
11	Atlas !Atlas	6	1	4	1	6	4	+2	7
12	UNAM !UNAM	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7
13	Pachuca !Pachuca	6	1	3	2	3	6	−3	6
14	Guadalajara !Guadalajara	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5	Cannot qualify for South American competitions 1
15	Chiapas !Chiapas	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4
16	Puebla !Puebla	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4
17	San Luis !San Luis	6	0	2	4	6	10	−4	2
18	Querétaro !Querétaro	6	0	1	5	3	14	−11	1

Updated to games played on August 28, 2012.
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Monterrey, Tigres, Santos Laguna and Guadalajara cannot qualify to 2013 Copa Libertadores because they are participating in the 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League competition.
²All 3 teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
³The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PS TP Cruz Azul 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 7 2 9 Altamira 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1 8 1 9 Neza 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2 7 1 8 Atlas 4 0 2 2 5 7 -2 2 0 2

ALT ATS CRU NEZ Altamira – 3–2 0–1 1–0 Atlas 1–1 – Aug 29 1–1 Cruz Azul 0–0 Sep 18 – 3–0 Neza Sep 18 2–1 2–1 –

Torneo Clausura 2013

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

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	América !América	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to the Final Phase 1
2	Atlante !Atlante	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Atlas !Atlas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to the Final Phase 1
5	Guadalajara !Guadalajara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to the Final Phase 1
6	Chiapas !Chiapas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	León !León	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Monterrey !Monterrey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Morelia !Morelia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Pachuca !Pachuca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Puebla !Puebla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Querétaro !Querétaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	San Luis !San Luis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Tijuana !Tijuana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Toluca !Toluca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	UANL !UANL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	UNAM !UNAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to games played on June, 2012.
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Playoffs.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Squad statistics

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)

Last updated: Jun 17
Source:
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 11 starters GK LB CB CB RB LM CM CM RM FW FW Other starters

Corona Domínguez Araújo Perea Pinto Giménez Castro Torrado(c) Aquino Pavone Orozco Cruz Azul Starting 11 in their 4-4–2 formation

Last updated: 17 June 2012
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

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
01 !1	GK	Corona, José de JesúsJosé 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	Gutiérrez, YosgartYosgart Gutiérrez	4	-1	1	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	(-) means goals conceded
61	GK	Lajud, GibránGibrán Lajud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(-) means goals conceded
02 !2	DF	Pinto, FaustoFausto Pinto	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
03 !3	DF	Araujo, NéstorNéstor Araujo	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	1.5 !1(1)	0	1	0
04 !4	DF	Domínguez, Julio CésarJulio César Domínguez	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
05 !5	DF	Castro, AlejandroAlejandro Castro	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	3	0
14	DF	Perea, Luis AmarantoLuis Amaranto Perea	6	0	0	0	0	0	6*	0	3	0
15	DF	Flores, GerardoGerardo Flores	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
16	DF	Pereira, JairJair Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Cortés, AdriánAdrián Cortés	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	3	0
28	DF	Chavez, RogelioRogelio 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	Vidal, Alan EmmanuelAlan Emmanuel Vidal	0	0	3(1)	0	0	0	3.5 !3(1)	0	1	0
84	DF	García, Juan CarlosJuan Carlos García	0	0	2(1)	0	0	0	2.5 !2(1)	0	1	0
86	DF	Pérez, IvánIván Pérez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
06 !6	MF	Torrado, GerardoGerardo Torrado	6	0	0(1)	0	0	0	6.5 !6(1)	0	0	0
07 !7	MF	Aquino, JavierJavier Aquino	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
08 !8	MF	Castro, IsraelIsrael Castro	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
10	MF	Giménez, ChristianChristian Giménez	0(1)	0	1	1	0	0	1.5 !1(1)	1	0	0
17	MF	Barrera, PabloPablo Barrera	5(1)	1	0	0	0	0	5.5 !5(1)	1	2	0
18	MF	, MaranhãoMaranhão	0(5)	0	4	0	0	0	8.5 !4(5)	0	2	0
21	MF	Gutiérrez, HéctorHéctor Gutiérrez	0(2)	0	4	0	0	0	5.5 !4(2)	0	2	0
24	MF	Alanis, LuisLuis Alanis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	MF	Carrasco, Luis FernandoLuis Fernando Carrasco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	MF	Domínguez, IñakiIñaki Domínguez	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0.5 !0(1)	0	0	0
74	MF	Varela, KevinKevin Varela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	MF	Vidal, Raúl AntonioRaúl Antonio Vidal	0	0	4	0	0	0	4*	0	0	0
91	MF	Martínez, Diego IsraelDiego Israel Martínez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09 !9	FW	Bravo, OmarOmar Bravo	5(1)	0	1	0	0	0	6.5 !6(1)	0	0	0
11	FW	Vela, AlejandroAlejandro Vela	6	0	0	0	0	0	6*	0	2	0
19	FW	Angúlo, Marco AntonioMarco Antonio Angúlo	0	0	0(3)	0	0	0	2.5 !0(3)	0	1	0
20	FW	Pavone, MarianoMariano Pavone	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
27	FW	Orozco, JavierJavier Orozco	0(6)	1	4	3	0	0	9.5 !4(6)	4	1	0
75	FW	Galván, MartínMartín Galván	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0	2.5 !1(2)	0	1	0
76	FW	Acevedo, HéctorHéctor Acevedo	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0.5 !0(1)*	0	0	0
96	FW	Lara, JesúsJesús Lara	0	0	2(2)	1	0	0	3.5 !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

Last updated: Aug 28.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results 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	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	D	W
Position	8	8	9	4	6	4

Last updated: Aug 28.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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

Last updated: Aug 28.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D
Position	1	1	1	1

Last updated: Aug 28.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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

Last updated: Jun 17.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground
Result
Position

Last updated: Jun 17.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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

Last updated: Aug 28, 2012.
Source: IFFHS

References

External links