2011–12 Cruz Azul season

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.

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.

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

Results by opponent (league)
Source:Cruz Azul Matches at soccerway.com 2011–12 Primera División de México season article

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

Pre-Season Summer 2011
Friendly during the season

Final phase
Quarter-finals

Morelia won 2-4 in aggregate.

Torneo Clausura 2012
Kickoff times are in CTZ or CST=UTC−06:00 and DST=UTC−05:00.

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

Second stage
Group stage

Knockout stages
Round of 16

Libertad won on points 4–1.

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

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

Apps, Goals and Discipline
League = Apertura 2011 & Clausura 2012

Cup = Copa Libertadores

Playoffs = Final Phase of the Apertura 2011 & Clausura 2012


 * align="left"|1||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽José de Jesús Corona
 * 24||-26||6||-3||2||-4||32||-35||4||0||(−) means goals conceded
 * align="left"|12||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽Guillermo Allison
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||(−) means goals conceded
 * align="left"|20||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽Javier Caso
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||(−) means goals conceded
 * align="left"|25||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽Yosgart Gutiérrez
 * 10||-9||1(1)||-2||0||0||11(1)||-11||0||0||(−) means goals conceded
 * align="left"|61||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇲🇽Gibrán Lajud
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||(−) means goals conceded
 * align="left"|2||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Fausto Pinto
 * 29||0||2||0||1||0||32||0||8||2||
 * align="left"|3||align="left"|DF||align="left"|Waldo Ponce
 * 14||0||0||0||0||0||14||0||4||0||Injury icon 2.svg Injured.
 * align="left"|3||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Alberto Rodríguez
 * 0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||reinforcement only for the cup.
 * align="left"|4||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Julio César Domínguez
 * 27||0||1||0||2||0||30||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|14||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Néstor Araujo
 * 22||0||4||0||2||0||28||0||4||1||
 * align="left"|15||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Gerardo Flores
 * 16(3)||2||5||0||0(1)||0||style="background:#98FB98"|21(4)*||2||2||0||
 * align="left"|16||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Jair Pereira
 * 19(2)||2||6||0||2||0||style="background:#98FB98"|27(2)*||2||5||1||
 * align="left"|17||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Manuel Mariaca
 * 2||0||4(1)||0||0||0||6(1)||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|22||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Adrián Cortés
 * 15(3)||2||6||1||1||0||22(3)||3||0||0||
 * align="left"|64||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Alan Emmanuel Vidal
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|104||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Francisco Flores
 * 1(1)||0||1(1)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|2(2)*||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|--||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Melvin Brown
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||reinforcement only for the cup.
 * align="left"|6||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Gerardo Torrado
 * 13(3)||0||1||0||2||0||16(3)||0||5||1||Injury icon 2.svg Injured.
 * align="left"|7||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Javier Aquino
 * 9(20)||2||2(1)||0||2||0||13(21)||2||5||0||
 * align="left"|8||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Israel Castro
 * 34||1||7||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|42*||1||4||0||
 * align="left"|10||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇦🇷Christian Giménez
 * 27(1)||6||5(2)||1||2||0||34(3)||7||9||0||
 * align="left"|18||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇷Maranhão
 * 5(10)||0||5(1)||1||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|10(11)*||1||2||0||
 * align="left"|21||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Héctor Gutiérrez
 * 14(6)||0||5(1)||0||1||0||20(7)*||0||4||0||
 * align="left"|23||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Héctor Altamirano
 * 0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||reinforcement only for the cup.
 * align="left"|24||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Luis Alanis
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|70||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Diego Israel Martínez
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|73||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Luis Fernando Carrasco
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|106||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Iñaki Domínguez
 * 0||0||0(1)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|0(1)*||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|9||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇨🇴Edixon Perea
 * 13(7)||8||5(1)||2||0(2)||0||style="background:#98FB98"|17(10)*||10||1||0||
 * align="left"|11||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽Alejandro Vela
 * 12(3)||1||2(3)||0||0(1)||1||14(7)||2||2||0||
 * align="left"|19||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽Omar Bravo
 * 17||3||2(3)||1||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|19(3)*||4||1||0||
 * align="left"|27||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽Javier Orozco
 * 6(14)||6||5||5||2||1||13(14)||12||2||1||
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇦🇷Emanuel Villa
 * 24(2)||14||3(3)||1||2||0||29(5)||15||4||2||
 * align="left"|90||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽Marco Antonio Angúlo
 * 1(3)||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|1(3)*||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Alejandro Castro¤
 * 8(3)||0||N/A||N/A||0(1)||0||4(8)||0||2||0||loan to Estudiantes Tecos.
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Allam Bello¤
 * 0(1)||0||N/A||N/A||0||0||0(1)||0||0||0||loan to Neza FC.
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽César Villaluz†
 * 7(7)||1||N/A||N/A||0||0||7(7)||1||2||0||out to San Luis.
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|Hugo Droguett†
 * 7(6)||0||N/A||N/A||0(1)||0||7(7)||0||0||0||loan to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
 * }
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|73||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Luis Fernando Carrasco
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|106||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Iñaki Domínguez
 * 0||0||0(1)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|0(1)*||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|9||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇨🇴Edixon Perea
 * 13(7)||8||5(1)||2||0(2)||0||style="background:#98FB98"|17(10)*||10||1||0||
 * align="left"|11||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽Alejandro Vela
 * 12(3)||1||2(3)||0||0(1)||1||14(7)||2||2||0||
 * align="left"|19||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽Omar Bravo
 * 17||3||2(3)||1||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|19(3)*||4||1||0||
 * align="left"|27||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽Javier Orozco
 * 6(14)||6||5||5||2||1||13(14)||12||2||1||
 * align="left"|30||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇦🇷Emanuel Villa
 * 24(2)||14||3(3)||1||2||0||29(5)||15||4||2||
 * align="left"|90||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇲🇽Marco Antonio Angúlo
 * 1(3)||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|1(3)*||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Alejandro Castro¤
 * 8(3)||0||N/A||N/A||0(1)||0||4(8)||0||2||0||loan to Estudiantes Tecos.
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Allam Bello¤
 * 0(1)||0||N/A||N/A||0||0||0(1)||0||0||0||loan to Neza FC.
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽César Villaluz†
 * 7(7)||1||N/A||N/A||0||0||7(7)||1||2||0||out to San Luis.
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|Hugo Droguett†
 * 7(6)||0||N/A||N/A||0(1)||0||7(7)||0||0||0||loan to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
 * }
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇲🇽Alejandro Castro¤
 * 8(3)||0||N/A||N/A||0(1)||0||4(8)||0||2||0||loan to Estudiantes Tecos.
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽Allam Bello¤
 * 0(1)||0||N/A||N/A||0||0||0(1)||0||0||0||loan to Neza FC.
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇲🇽César Villaluz†
 * 7(7)||1||N/A||N/A||0||0||7(7)||1||2||0||out to San Luis.
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|Hugo Droguett†
 * 7(6)||0||N/A||N/A||0(1)||0||7(7)||0||0||0||loan to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
 * }
 * align="left"|bye||align="left"|MF||align="left"|Hugo Droguett†
 * 7(6)||0||N/A||N/A||0(1)||0||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"| Home !style="background: #6050DC;color:white"| Away 0-2 vs. Estudiantes, 3-1 vs. América || 2-0 vs. Puebla, 3-1 vs. America || 0-2 vs. Estudiantes 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 1-2 vs. Querétaro || 2-0 vs. Morelia
 * 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,
 * align=left| Games drawn || 15 || 7 || 8
 * align=left| Games lost  || 11 || 4 || 7
 * align=left| Biggest win (Apertura) || 2-0 vs. Puebla,
 * align=left| Biggest win (Apertura) || 2-0 vs. Puebla,
 * align=left| Biggest win (Apertura) || 2-0 vs. Puebla,
 * 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,
 * 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,
 * align=left| Biggest lose (Apertura)   || 1-0 vs. Pachuca,
 * align=left| Biggest lose (Clausura)   || 2-0 vs. Morelia || 0-1 vs. Santos Laguna,
 * align=left| Biggest lose (Clausura)   || 2-0 vs. Morelia || 0-1 vs. Santos Laguna,
 * 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 per game || ||  ||
 * align=left| Average GA per game || ||  ||
 * align=left| Most Game Started || 42 || colspan=2| 🇲🇽 Israel Castro
 * align=left| Most appearances || 42 || colspan=2| 🇲🇽 Israel Castro
 * align=left| Top scorer     || 15 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Points         || 66/129 (%) || 39/66 (%) || 26/63 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 17/43 (%) || 11/22 (%) || 6/21 (%)
 * align=left| Average GA per game || ||  ||
 * align=left| Most Game Started || 42 || colspan=2| 🇲🇽 Israel Castro
 * align=left| Most appearances || 42 || colspan=2| 🇲🇽 Israel Castro
 * align=left| Top scorer     || 15 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Points         || 66/129 (%) || 39/66 (%) || 26/63 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 17/43 (%) || 11/22 (%) || 6/21 (%)
 * align=left| Top scorer     || 15 || colspan=2| 🇦🇷 Emanuel Villa
 * align=left| Points         || 66/129 (%) || 39/66 (%) || 26/63 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 17/43 (%) || 11/22 (%) || 6/21 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 17/43 (%) || 11/22 (%) || 6/21 (%)
 * align=left| Winning rate   || 17/43 (%) || 11/22 (%) || 6/21 (%)

Goal minutes
Updated to games played on 2 May.

IFFHS Ranking
Cruz Azul position on the Club World Ranking during the 2011-12 season, according to IFFHS.