2010–11 Cruz Azul season

The 2010–11 Cruz Azul season is the 64th 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, 2010, against Estudiantes Tecos. Cruz Azul will play their homes games on Saturdays at 17:00 hours local time.

Current Kit

 * Provider: Umbro
 * Sponsors: Cemento Cruz Azul, Coca-Cola, Telcel



Current squad
As of January 2011: Listed on the official website of Cruz Azul.

Competitions
Cruz Azul play three different tournaments in the 2010–11 season are Apertura 2010, CONCACAF Champions League and Clausura 2011.

2010 Torneo Apertura
Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00.

2010 Summer pre-season
Before the season

Friendly during the season

Final phase
Quarter-finals

UNAM won 2-3 in aggregate.

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

Preliminary round
Cruz Azul won 9-2 in aggregate.

Quarterfinals
Cruz Azul won 5-1 in aggregate.

Semi-finals
Monterrey won 3-2 in aggregate.

2011 Torneo Clausura
Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00.

2010 Winter pre-season
Before the season

Friendly during the season

Final phase
Quarter-finals

Cruz Azul won 1-2 in aggregate.

Semi-finals

Starting 11
!style="background: #C0C0C0;color:white" colspan="6"| 11 starters

!style="background: #C0C0C0;color:white" colspan="6"| Other starters

Discipline
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" !width="32"|No. !width="32"|Pos. !Player !style="background: #FFEE99"| !style="background: #FFEE99"| !style="background: #FF8888"| !style="background: #FFEE99"| !style="background: #FFEE99"| !style="background: #FF8888"| !style="background: #FFEE99"| !style="background: #FFEE99"| !style="background: #FF8888"| !style="background: #FFEE99"| !style="background: #FFEE99"| !style="background: #FF8888"|
 * align="left"|1||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽 Jesús Corona
 * 0||1||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||1||1||0
 * align="left"|12||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽 Guillermo Allison
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|25||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽 Yosgart Gutiérrez
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|2||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Fausto Pinto
 * 3||0||0||1||1||0||2||0||0||6||1||0
 * align="left"|4||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Julio César Domínguez
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||1||0||0
 * align="left"|5||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Alejandro Castro
 * 3||0||0||1||0||0||3||0||0||7||0||0
 * align="left"|14||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Nestor Araújo
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0||3||0||0
 * align="left"|15||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Horacio Cervantes
 * 5||2||0||2||0||0||8||0||1||15||2||1
 * align="left"|16||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Rogelio Chávez
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|22||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Adrián Cortés
 * 0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * align="left"|23||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Hiram Mondragón
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|26||align="left"|DF||align="left"| Waldo Ponce
 * _||_||_||0||1||0||8||0||0||8||1||0
 * align="left"|28||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Gienir García
 * 1||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0
 * align="left"|3||align="left"|MF||align="left"| Marcelo Palau
 * _||_||_||2||0||0||5||0||0||7||0||0
 * align="left"|6||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Gerardo Torrado
 * 7||0||0||3||0||0||6||0||0||16||0||0
 * align="left"|7||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Javier Aquino
 * 1||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0||3||0||0
 * align="left"|8||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Gonzalo Pineda
 * 3||0||0||2||0||0||3||0||0||8||0||0
 * align="left"|10||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇦🇷 Christian Giménez
 * 6||0||0||3||1||0||3||0||1||12||1||1
 * align="left"|13||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Allam Bello
 * 0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * align="left"|17||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Diego De la Cruz
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|18||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 César Villaluz
 * 1||0||0||2||0||0||3||0||0||6||0||0
 * align="left"|19||align="left"|MF||align="left"| Hugo Droguett
 * _||_||_||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * align="left"|20||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Germán Rodríguez
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|21||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Héctor Gutiérrez
 * 2||0||0||1||0||0||1||0||0||4||0||0
 * align="left"|24||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Luis Alanis
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|9||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽 Isaac Romo
 * _||_||_||0||0||0||1||0||1||1||0||1
 * align="left"|11||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽 Alejandro Vela
 * 2||0||0||0||0||0||_||_||_||2||0||0
 * align="left"|27||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽 Javier Orozco
 * 0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * align="left"|29||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽 Martín Galván
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * 3||0||0||3||0||0||4||0||0||10||0||0
 * align="left"|59||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽 Christian Barrientos
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|OUT||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Joel Huiqui
 * 2||0||0||1||0||0||_||_||_||3||0||0
 * align="left"|OUT||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇦🇷 Maximiliano Biancucchi
 * 0||0||0||1||0||0||_||_||_||1||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * align="left"|20||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Germán Rodríguez
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|21||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Héctor Gutiérrez
 * 2||0||0||1||0||0||1||0||0||4||0||0
 * align="left"|24||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Luis Alanis
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|9||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽 Isaac Romo
 * _||_||_||0||0||0||1||0||1||1||0||1
 * align="left"|11||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽 Alejandro Vela
 * 2||0||0||0||0||0||_||_||_||2||0||0
 * align="left"|27||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽 Javier Orozco
 * 0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0
 * align="left"|29||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽 Martín Galván
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * 3||0||0||3||0||0||4||0||0||10||0||0
 * align="left"|59||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽 Christian Barrientos
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|OUT||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Joel Huiqui
 * 2||0||0||1||0||0||_||_||_||3||0||0
 * align="left"|OUT||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇦🇷 Maximiliano Biancucchi
 * 0||0||0||1||0||0||_||_||_||1||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * align="left"|59||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽 Christian Barrientos
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
 * align="left"|OUT||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽 Joel Huiqui
 * 2||0||0||1||0||0||_||_||_||3||0||0
 * align="left"|OUT||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇦🇷 Maximiliano Biancucchi
 * 0||0||0||1||0||0||_||_||_||1||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * align="left"|OUT||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇦🇷 Maximiliano Biancucchi
 * 0||0||0||1||0||0||_||_||_||1||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"

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Overall
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !style="background: #6050DC;color:white"| !style="background: #6050DC;color:white"|Total !style="background: #6050DC;color:white"| Home !style="background: #6050DC;color:white"| Away 4–1 vs Pachuca, 3-0 vs Querétaro, 3-0 vs Santos || 4–1 vs Pachuca, 3-0 vs Querétaro, 3-0 vs Santos || 0–3 vs Estudiantes 0–6 vs Árabe Unido || 6–0 vs San Francisco || 0–6 vs Árabe Unido 3-0 vs Monterrey || 0-4 vs Pachuca 3-0 vs Santos, 3-0 vs Morelia || 2-3 vs Morelia || 3-0 vs Atlante, 3-0 vs Santos, 3-0 vs Morelia
 * align=left| Games played || 52 || 26 || 26
 * align=left| Games won   || 29 || 19  || 10
 * align=left| Games drawn || 11 || 5  || 6
 * align=left| Games lost  || 12 || 2  || 10
 * align=left| Biggest win (Apertura) || 0–3 vs Estudiantes,
 * align=left| Games drawn || 11 || 5  || 6
 * align=left| Games lost  || 12 || 2  || 10
 * align=left| Biggest win (Apertura) || 0–3 vs Estudiantes,
 * align=left| Biggest win (Apertura) || 0–3 vs Estudiantes,
 * align=left| Biggest win (Apertura) || 0–3 vs Estudiantes,
 * align=left| Biggest win (CONCACAF) || 6–0 vs San Francisco,
 * align=left| Biggest win (CONCACAF) || 6–0 vs San Francisco,
 * align=left| Biggest win (Clausura) || 0-4 vs Pachuca || 4-1 vs Estudiantes,
 * align=left| Biggest win (Clausura) || 0-4 vs Pachuca || 4-1 vs Estudiantes,
 * align=left| Biggest lose (Apertura)   || 2–0 & 0-2 vs UNAM || 0–2 vs UNAM || 2–0 vs UNAM
 * align=left| Biggest lose (CONCACAF)   || 1-3 vs Real Salt Lake || - - - - - || 1-3 vs Real Salt Lake
 * align=left| Biggest lose (Clausura)   || 3-0 vs Atlante,
 * align=left| Biggest lose (CONCACAF)   || 1-3 vs Real Salt Lake || - - - - - || 1-3 vs Real Salt Lake
 * align=left| Biggest lose (Clausura)   || 3-0 vs Atlante,
 * align=left| Biggest lose (Clausura)   || 3-0 vs Atlante,
 * align=left| Goals scored   || 95 || 56 || 39
 * align=left| Goals conceded || 55 || 20 || 34
 * align=left| Goal difference || +40 || +36 || +4
 * align=left| Average GF per game || ||  ||
 * align=left| Average GA per game || ||  ||
 * align=left| Most Game Started || 48 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Most appearances || 49 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷Christian Giménez & Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Top scorer     || 23 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Points         || 98/156 (%) || 62/78 (%) || 36/78 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 29/52 (%) || 19/26 (%) || 10/26 (%)
 * align=left| Most Game Started || 48 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Most appearances || 49 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷Christian Giménez & Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Top scorer     || 23 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Points         || 98/156 (%) || 62/78 (%) || 36/78 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 29/52 (%) || 19/26 (%) || 10/26 (%)
 * align=left| Top scorer     || 23 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Points         || 98/156 (%) || 62/78 (%) || 36/78 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 29/52 (%) || 19/26 (%) || 10/26 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 29/52 (%) || 19/26 (%) || 10/26 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 29/52 (%) || 19/26 (%) || 10/26 (%)

Goal minutes
Updated to games played on 13 May 2011.

IFFHS Ranking
Cruz Azul position on the Club World Ranking during the 2010-11 season, according to IFFHS.