2011–12 Cruz Azul season

Cruz Azul

2011–12 season
President	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
Manager	Enrique Meza
Stadium	Estadio Azul
Apertura 2011	2nd. - Quarter-finals
Clausura 2012	9th.
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Emanuel Villa (14) Copa Libertadores: Javier Orozco (5) All: Emanuel Villa (15)
Highest home attendance	35,161 vs. GDL (24/SEP/2011), JAG (4/FEB/2012) & LIB (1/MAY/2012)
Lowest home attendance	18,000 vs. PUE (08/OCT/2011)
Average home league attendance	27,191
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Cruz Azul season is the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. 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 will begin their season on July 23, 2011. Cruz Azul will play their homes games on Saturdays at 17:00 hours local time.

Club

Personnel Position Staff Chairman Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas Sports Manager Alberto Quintano Source: Coaching staff Position Staff Head Coach Enrique Meza Assistant Coach Eugenio Villazón Assistant Coach Jorge Garcia Goalkeeping Coach Carlos Pérez Team doctor Alfonso Jiménez Physical & Fitness coach Daniel Ipata Physiotherapist Ernesto Rubio Masseur Antonio Ortiz Masseur Alejandro Ramírez Stagehand Pablo Coria Stagehand José Luis Coria Stagehand Silverio Rivera Source: Technical Staff

Current Kit Provider: Umbro. Sponsors: Cemento Cruz Azul, Coca-Cola, Telcel, Tecate, Volaris.

Current squad

As of January 2011: 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 Waldo Ponce 4 DF Julio César Domínguez (vice-captain) 6 MF Gerardo Torrado (captain) 7 MF Javier Aquino 8 MF Israel Castro 9 FW Edixon Perea 10 FW Christian Giménez 11 FW Alejandro Vela

No. Position Player 14 DF Néstor Araujo 15 MF Gerardo Flores 18 MF Francinilson Meirelles 19 FW Omar Bravo 21 MF Héctor Gutiérrez 22 MF Adrián Cortés 25 GK Yosgart Gutiérrez (2nd vice-captain) 27 FW Javier Orozco 30 FW Emanuel Villa

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 16 DF Jair Pereira 17 DF Manuel Mariaca 20 GK Javier Caso 24 MF Luis Alanis 61 GK Gibrán Lajud

No. Position Player 64 DF Alan Vidal 70 MF Diego Israel Martínez 73 MF Luis Fernando Carrasco 90 FW Marco Antonio Angúlo 104 DF Francisco Flores 106 MF Iñaki Domínguez

Transfers

Summer

In and Loan

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
3	DF		Jair Pereira	24	Non-EU	Cruz Azul Hidalgo !Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system	Diario.com.mx
16	DF		Manuel Mariaca	25	Non-EU	Cruz Azul Hidalgo !Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system	Diario.com.mx
8	MF		Israel Castro	30	Non-EU	UNAM !UNAM	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Goal.com
15	DF		Gerardo Flores	25	Non-EU	Atlas !Atlas	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	RECORD.com.mx
9	FW		Edixon Perea	27	Non-EU	Las Palmas !Las Palmas	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Cruz-Azul.com.mx

Out and Loan

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
15	DF		Horacio Cervantes		Non-EU	Pachuca	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
16	DF		Rogelio Chávez		Non-EU	Pachuca	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
3	MF		Marcelo Palau		Non-EU	Guaraní	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
8	MF		Gonzalo Pineda		Non-EU	Puebla	Return Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
9	FW		Isaac Romo		Non-EU	Puebla	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed

Winter

In and Loan

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
61	GK		Gibrán Lajud	17	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
73	MF		Luis Fernando Carrasco	19	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
104	DF		Francisco Flores	17	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
105	MF		Diego Israel Martínez	18	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
106	MF		Iñaki Domínguez	17	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
19	FW		Omar Bravo	31	Non-EU	Sporting Kansas City !Sporting Kansas City	Transfer	Winter	2014	Undisclosed	SportingKC.com
18	MF		Francinilson Meirelles	21	Non-EU	Bahia	Transfer	Winter	2015	$1.5M	El Universal

Out and Loan

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
18	MF		César Villaluz	23	Non-EU	San Luis !San Luis	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	MedioTiempo.com
5	DF		Alejandro Castro	24	Non-EU	Estudiantes Tecos !Estudiantes Tecos	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
13	MF		Allam Bello	23	Non-EU	Neza FC !Neza FC	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Terra Mexico
19	MF		Hugo Droguett	29	Non-EU	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors !Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Goal.com

Competitions

Cruz Azul play three different tournaments in the 2011-12 season are Apertura 2011, Clausura 2012 and Copa Libertadores.

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Apertura 2011	N/A	—	2nd./Quarter-finals	July 23	November 26
Clausura 2012	N/A	—	9th./17	January 7	April 29
Copa Libertadores	Group Stage	knockout stage	TBD	February 8	TBD

Results by opponent (league)

Team	Results		Points
	Home	Away
América	3 – 1	2 – 2	4
Atlante	2 – 1	2 – 2	4
Atlas	2 – 1	0 – 2	6
Estudiantes Tecos	5 – 2	0 – 2	6
Guadalajara	1 – 1	2 – 1	1
Chiapas	2 – 0	1 – 1	4
Monterrey	4 – 3	1 – 2	6
Morelia	0 – 1	2 – 0	0
Pachuca	1 – 1	1 – 0	1
Puebla	2 – 0	1 – 1	4
Querétaro	1 – 2	1 – 0	0
San Luis	3 – 1	1 – 1	4
Santos Laguna	0 – 1	1 – 0	0
Tijuana	2 – 1	0 – 0	4
Toluca	0 – 0	0 – 3	4
UANL	1 – 1	1 – 1	2
UNAM	1 – 1	1 – 2	4
Total Points
Apertura	17	12	29
Clausura	15	10	25
Season	32	22	54

Source:Cruz Azul Matches at soccerway.com 2011–12 Primera División de México season article

Competitions Statistics

Torneo Apertura 2011

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

Pre-Season Summer 2011

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Regular Phase

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General table

General table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guadalajara !Guadalajara (Q) (A)	17	8	6	3	24	18	+6	30	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 2, 3
2	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul (Q) (A)	17	8	5	4	21	14	+7	29	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 2, 3
3	UANL !UANL (C) (O) (Q) (A)	17	7	7	3	22	13	+9	28	2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage 2, 3
4	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna (A)	17	8	3	6	29	25	+4	27	Cannot qualify for South American competitions 1, 3
5	Chiapas !Chiapas (A)	17	7	5	5	28	23	+5	26	Advanced to the Final Phase 3
6	Pachuca !Pachuca (A)	17	7	5	5	28	25	+3	26
7	Morelia !Morelia (A)	17	7	5	5	25	22	+3	26	Cannot qualify for South American competitions 1, 3
8	Querétaro !Querétaro (A)	17	8	2	7	24	21	+3	26	Advanced to the Final Phase 3
9	UNAM !UNAM	17	7	4	6	19	25	−6	25	Cannot qualify for South American competitions 1
10	San Luis !San Luis	17	6	6	5	23	20	+3	24
11	Monterrey !Monterrey	17	7	3	7	27	26	+1	24	Cannot qualify for South American competitions 1
12	Puebla !Puebla	17	6	4	7	26	29	−3	22
13	Toluca !Toluca	17	4	8	5	19	27	−8	20
14	Atlante !Atlante	17	5	4	8	24	28	−4	19
15	Tijuana !Tijuana	17	3	9	5	21	23	−2	18
16	Estudiantes Tecos !Estudiantes Tecos	17	6	0	11	24	30	−6	18
17	América !América	17	3	6	8	26	31	−5	15
18	Atlas !Atlas	17	2	6	9	20	29	−9	12

Updated to games played on November 6, 2011.
Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Monterrey, Morelia, Santos Laguna and UNAM cannot qualify to 2012 Copa Libertadores because they are participating in the 2011-12 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.

Final Phase

Quarter-finals

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Morelia won 2-4 in aggregate.

Torneo Clausura 2012

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

Pre-Season Winter 2011

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      Win       Draw       Loss       Home Game

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General table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santos Laguna !Santos Laguna (Q) (A)	17	11	3	3	33	18	+15	36	Advanced to the Final Phase 1
2	Monterrey !Monterrey (Q) (A)	17	9	5	3	32	15	+17	32
3	América !América (Q) (A)	17	9	5	3	30	18	+12	32
4	Morelia !Morelia (Q) (A)	17	9	4	4	25	18	+7	31
5	UANL !UANL (Q) (A)	17	9	4	4	22	16	+6	31
6	Pachuca !Pachuca (Q) (A)	17	7	7	3	24	17	+7	28
7	Tijuana !Tijuana (Q) (A)	17	7	7	3	18	11	+7	28
8	Chiapas !Chiapas (Q) (A)	17	8	3	6	26	20	+6	27
9	Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul	17	6	7	4	29	21	+8	25
10	Toluca !Toluca	17	6	4	7	24	27	−3	22
11	Atlas !Atlas	17	4	8	5	7	13	−6	20
12	Puebla !Puebla	17	5	4	8	19	23	−4	19
13	UNAM !UNAM	17	3	7	7	13	18	−5	16
14	Atlante !Atlante	17	4	4	9	20	31	−11	16
15	Guadalajara !Guadalajara	17	4	3	10	12	21	−9	15
16	San Luis !San Luis	17	3	3	11	15	30	−15	12
17	Querétaro !Querétaro	17	2	6	9	14	30	−16	12
18	Estudiantes Tecos !Estudiantes Tecos (R)	17	2	6	9	12	28	−16	12

Updated to games played on April 29, 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.

Copa Libertadores

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

      Win       Draw       Loss       Home Game

Second Stage

Group stage

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Group table

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Corinthians 6 4 2 0 13 2 +11 14 Cruz Azul 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11 Nacional 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4 Deportivo Táchira 6 0 3 3 4 15 −11 3

COR CRU TAC NAC Corinthians – 1–0 6–0 2–0 Cruz Azul 0–0 – 4–0 4–1 Deportivo Táchira 1–1 1–1 – 0–0 Nacional 1–3 1–2 3–2 –

Knockout stages

Round of 16

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Libertad won on points 4–1.

Squad statistics

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
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)

Last updated: May 2
Source:
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 11 starters 1 GK José de Jesús Corona 32 2 LB Fausto Pinto 32 14 CB Néstor Araujo 28 3 CB Waldo Ponce 14 4 RB Julio César Domínguez 30 11 LM Alejandro Vela 13 6 CM Gerardo Torrado 16 8 CM Israel Castro 42 10 RM Christian Giménez 34 19 FW Omar Bravo 19 30 FW Emanuel Villa 29 Other starters 25 GK Yosgart Gutiérrez 11 3 RB Alberto Rodríguez 1 reinforcement only for the cup 16 RB Gerardo Flores 21 104 RB Francisco Flores 2 16 CB Jair Pereira 27 17 CB Manuel Mariaca 6 23 CM Héctor Altamirano 1 reinforcement only for the cup 21 CM Héctor Gutiérrez 19 7 RM Javier Aquino 13 22 LB Adrián Cortés 23 18 LM Maranhão 9 27 FW Javier Orozco 13 9 FW Edixon Perea 17 90 FW Marco Antonio Angúlo 1 bye RB Alejandro Castro 4 loan to Estudiantes Tecos bye RM César Villaluz 7 out to San Luis bye LM Hugo Droguett 7 out to "undefined"

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

Last updated: 2 May 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

League = Apertura 2011 & Clausura 2012

Cup = Copa Libertadores

Playoffs = Final Phase of the Apertura 2011 & Clausura 2012

Key

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

# = Squad number Pos = Playing position P = Number of games played G = Number of goals scored

GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward

= Yellow cards = Red cards † Permanent player left club during the season ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of 2 May 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	24	-26	6	-3	2	-4	32	-35	4	0	(-) means goals conceded
12	GK	Guillermo Allison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(-) means goals conceded
20	GK	Caso, JavierJavier Caso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(-) means goals conceded
25	GK	Gutiérrez, YosgartYosgart Gutiérrez	10	-9	1.5 !1(1)	-2	0	0	11.5 !11(1)	-11	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	29	0	2	0	1	0	32	0	8	2
03 !3	DF	Ponce, WaldoWaldo Ponce	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	4	0	Injured.
03 !3	DF	Rodríguez, AlbertoAlberto Rodríguez	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	reinforcement only for the cup.
04 !4	DF	Domínguez, Julio CésarJulio César Domínguez	27	0	1	0	2	0	30	0	1	0
14	DF	Araujo, NéstorNéstor Araujo	22	0	4	0	2	0	28	0	4	1
15	DF	Flores, GerardoGerardo Flores	18.5 !16(3)	2	5	0	0.5 !0(1)	0	24.5 !21(4)*	2	2	0
16	DF	Pereira, JairJair Pereira	20.5 !19(2)	2	6	0	2	0	28.5 !27(2)*	2	5	1
17	DF	Mariaca, ManuelManuel Mariaca	2	0	4.5 !4(1)	0	0	0	6.5 !6(1)	0	1	0
22	DF	Cortés, AdriánAdrián Cortés	17.5 !15(3)	2	6	1	1	0	24.5 !22(3)	3	0	0
64	DF	Vidal, Alan EmmanuelAlan Emmanuel Vidal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
104	DF	Francisco Flores	1.5 !1(1)	0	1.5 !1(1)	0	0	0	3.5 !2(2)*	0	1	0
--	DF	Brown, MelvinMelvin Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	reinforcement only for the cup.
06 !6	MF	Torrado, GerardoGerardo Torrado	15.5 !13(3)	0	1	0	2	0	18.5 !16(3)	0	5	1	Injured.
07 !7	MF	Aquino, JavierJavier Aquino	28.5 !9(20)	2	2.5 !2(1)	0	2	0	33.5 !13(21)	2	5	0
08 !8	MF	Castro, IsraelIsrael Castro	34	1	7	0	1	0	42*	1	4	0
10	MF	Giménez, ChristianChristian Giménez	27.5 !27(1)	6	6.5 !5(2)	1	2	0	36.5 !34(3)	7	9	0
18	MF	, MaranhãoMaranhão	14.5 !5(10)	0	5.5 !5(1)	1	0	0	20.5 !10(11)*	1	2	0
21	MF	Gutiérrez, HéctorHéctor Gutiérrez	19.5 !14(6)	0	5.5 !5(1)	0	1	0	26.5 !20(7)*	0	4	0
23	MF	Altamirano, HéctorHéctor Altamirano	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	reinforcement only for the cup.
24	MF	Alanis, LuisLuis Alanis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	Martínez, Diego IsraelDiego Israel Martínez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	MF	Carrasco, Luis FernandoLuis Fernando Carrasco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	MF	Domínguez, IñakiIñaki Domínguez	0	0	0.5 !0(1)	0	0	0	0.5 !0(1)*	0	0	0
09 !9	FW	Perea, EdixonEdixon Perea	19.5 !13(7)	8	5.5 !5(1)	2	1.5 !0(2)	0	27.5 !17(10)*	10	1	0
11	FW	Vela, AlejandroAlejandro Vela	14.5 !12(3)	1	4.5 !2(3)	0	0.5 !0(1)	1	20.5 !14(7)	2	2	0
19	FW	Bravo, OmarOmar Bravo	17	3	4.5 !2(3)	1	0	0	21.5 !19(3)*	4	1	0
27	FW	Orozco, JavierJavier Orozco	19.5 !6(14)	6	5	5	2	1	26.5 !13(14)	12	2	1
30	FW	Villa, EmanuelEmanuel Villa	25.5 !24(2)	14	5.5 !3(3)	1	2	0	33.5 !29(5)	15	4	2
90	FW	Angúlo, Marco AntonioMarco Antonio Angúlo	3.5 !1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	3.5 !1(3)*	0	0	0
bye	DF	Castro, AlejandroAlejandro Castro¤	10.5 !8(3)	0	N/A	N/A	0.5 !0(1)	0	11.5 !4(8)	0	2	0	loan to Estudiantes Tecos.
bye	MF	Bello, AllamAllam Bello¤	0.5 !0(1)	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0.5 !0(1)	0	0	0	loan to Neza FC.
bye	MF	Villaluz, CésarCésar Villaluz†	13.5 !7(7)	1	N/A	N/A	0	0	13.5 !7(7)	1	2	0	out to San Luis.
bye	MF	Droguett, HugoHugo Droguett†	12.5 !7(6)	0	N/A	N/A	0.5 !0(1)	0	13.5 !7(7)	0	0	0	loan to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Overall statistics team

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	43	22	21
Games won	17	11	6
Games drawn	15	7	8
Games lost	11	4	7
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
Biggest win (Clausura)	0-3 vs. Toluca and 5-2 vs. Estudiantes	5-2 vs. Estudiantes	0-3 vs. Toluca
Biggest win (Libertadores)	4-0 vs. Deportivo Táchira	4-0 vs. Deportivo Táchira	1-2 vs. Nacional (PAR)
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
Biggest lose (Clausura)	2-0 vs. Morelia	0-1 vs. Santos Laguna, 1-2 vs. Querétaro	2-0 vs. Morelia
Biggest lose (Libertadores)	1-0 vs. Corinthians		1-0 vs. Corinthians
Goals scored	64	40	24
Goals conceded	44	22	22
Goal difference	+20	+18	+2
Average GF per game	1.49	1.82	1.14
Average GA per game	1.02	1	1.05
Most Game Started	42	Israel Castro
Most appearances	42	Israel Castro
Top scorer	15	Emanuel Villa
Points	66/129 (51.16%)	39/66 (59.09%)	26/63 (41.27%)
Winning rate	17/43 (39.53%)	11/22 (50%)	6/21 (28.57%)

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Goalscorers

Position	Nation	Name	Apertura 2011	Clausura 2012	Copa Libertadores	Total
1		Emanuel Villa	6	8	1	15
2		Javier Orozco	5	2	5	12
3		Edixon Perea	4	4	2	10
4		Christian Giménez	1	5	1	7
5		Omar Bravo	N/A	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
	N/A	Own Goal	1	1		2
11		Israel Castro		1		1
		César Villaluz	1	N/A	N/A
		Maranhão			1
TOTAL	N/A	N/A	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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	8	5	6	23	18	+5	29	5	2	2	13	8	+5	3	3	4	10	10	0

Last updated: 26 November.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
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

Last updated: 26 November.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Clausura 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
17	6	7	4	29	22	+7	25	4	3	2	18	13	+5	2	4	2	11	9	+2

Last updated: Apr 30.
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	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

Last updated: Apr 30.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Copa Libertadores

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
7	3	3	1	12	5	+7	12	2	2	0	9	2	+7	1	1	1	3	3	0

Last updated: May 2.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	D	W	D
Position	1	1	1	2	2	2

Last updated: May 2.
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 2011-12 season, according to IFFHS.^[1]

Month	Position	Points
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

Last updated: May 7, 2012.
Source: IFFHS

References

External links

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