2009–10 Cruz Azul season

Cruz Azul
2009–10 season
Manager	Enrique Meza
Stadium	Estadio Azul
Apertura	2nd; Playoffs: Runners-up
Bicentenario	9th
CONCACAF Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Emanuel Villa; (28 goals); All: ; Emanuel Villa; (25 goals)
Biggest win	Cruz Azul 5–0 Columbus Crew; (26 August 2009)
Biggest defeat	Puebla 4–1 Cruz Azul; (18 April 2010)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →
	All statistics correct as of 30 July 2019.

The 2009–10 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 83rd season in the football club's history and the 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club participated in the Apertura and Bicentenario tournaments of the Mexican Primera División and in the CONCACAF Champions League.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Enrique Meza
Assistant coach	Eugenio Villazón
Fitness coach	Daniel Ipata
Kinesiologist	Juan Rubio
Doctor	Alfonso Jiménez

Players

Torneo Apertura

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	GK	José de Jesús Corona	(1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 28)	2009	UAG
12	GK	Julio César Valdivia	(1982-06-05)5 June 1982 (aged 27)	2006	Youth system
25	GK	Yosgart Gutiérrez	(1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (aged 28)	2003	Youth system
Defenders
2	DF	Fausto Pinto	(1983-08-08)8 August 1983 (aged 25)	2009 (Winter)	Pachuca
3	DF	Joel Huiqui	(1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 26)	2002	Youth system
4	DF	Julio César Domínguez	(1987-11-08)8 November 1987 (aged 21)	2006	Youth system
13	DF	Melvin Brown	(1979-01-28)28 January 1979 (aged 30)	1998	Youth system
15	DF	Horacio Cervantes	(1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 27)	2009	Morelia
16	DF	Rogelio Chávez	(1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 24)	2004	Cruz Azul Oaxaca
20	DF	Alejandro Castro	(1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 22)	2005	Youth system
22	DF	Adrián Cortés	(1983-11-19)19 November 1983 (aged 25)	2009	UAG
Midfielders
5	MF	Gabino Velasco	(1984-04-09)9 April 1984 (aged 25)	2006	Youth system
6	MF	Gerardo Torrado (Captain)	(1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 30)	2005	Racing Santander
7	MF	Cristian Riveros (VC)	(1982-10-16)16 October 1982 (aged 26)	2007	Libertad
8	MF	Édgar Andrade	(1988-03-02)2 March 1988 (aged 21)	2006	Youth system
10	MF	Ramón Núñez	(1985-11-14)14 November 1985 (aged 23)	2009	Puebla
18	MF	César Villaluz	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 21)	2006	Youth system
21	MF	Jaime Lozano	(1978-09-29)29 September 1978 (aged 30)	2007	UANL
23	MF	Gerardo Lugo	(1984-12-31)31 December 1984 (aged 24)	2006	Youth system
28	MF	Héctor Gutiérrez	(1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 22)	2008	Youth system
Forwards
9	FW	Pablo Zeballos	(1983-08-08)8 August 1983 (aged 25)	2008 (Winter)	Sol de América
11	FW	Mario Ortiz	(1983-06-04)4 June 1983 (aged 26)	2009	UAG
14	FW	Emilio Hernández	(1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 24)	2009	Universidad de Chile
19	FW	Alejandro Vela	(1984-03-28)28 March 1984 (aged 25)	2008	Chiapas
27	FW	Javier Orozco	(1987-11-16)16 November 1987 (aged 21)	2005	Youth system
30	FW	Emanuel Villa	(1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 27)	2009	Derby County

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

Transfers

In

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK	José de Jesús Corona	(1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 28)	UAG	Transfer	Summer	^[1]
10	MF	Ramón Núñez	(1985-11-14)14 November 1985 (aged 23)	Puebla	Transfer	Summer	^[2]
14	FW	Emilio Hernández	(1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 24)	Universidad de Chile	Transfer	Summer	^[3]
22	DF	Adrián Cortés	(1983-11-19)19 November 1983 (aged 25)	UAG	Loan return	Summer
30	FW	Emanuel Villa	(1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 27)	Derby County	Transfer	Summer	^[4]
8	MF	Israel López	(1974-09-29)29 September 1974 (aged 35)	Toluca	Transfer	Winter	^[5]
9	FW	Maximiliano Biancucchi	(1984-09-15)15 September 1984 (aged 25)	Flamengo	Transfer	Winter	^[6]
10	MF	Christian Giménez	(1981-02-01)1 February 1981 (aged 28)	Pachuca	Transfer	Winter	^[7]
26	DF	Edcarlos	(1985-05-10)10 May 1985 (aged 24)	Fluminense	Transfer	Winter	^[8]

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
17	FW		Luis Ángel Landín	(1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 24)	Houston Dynamo	Loan	Summer	^[9]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	25 July 2009	13 December 2009	Matchday 1	runners-up	23	13	2	8	48	32	+16	056.52
Torneo Bicentenario	16 January 2010	24 April 2010	Matchday 1	9th	17	7	4	6	20	20	+0	041.18
CONCACAF Champions League	30 July 2009	7 April 2010	Preliminary round	runners-up	14	10	2	2	33	9	+24	071.43
Total					54	30	8	16	101	61	+40	055.56

Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Toluca	17	11	2	4	32	19	+13	35	Advance to Liguilla
2	Cruz Azul	17	11	0	6	35	19	+16	33
3	Morelia	17	10	3	4	31	15	+16	33
4	América	17	8	6	3	29	16	+13	30
5	Monterrey (C)	17	9	3	5	27	16	+11	30

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions

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	11	0	6	35	19	+16	33	6	0	3	21	11	+10	5	0	3	14	8	+6

Source: LigaMX

Result round 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position																	2

Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Torneo Bicentenario

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Morelia	17	7	4	6	22	13	+9	25	Advance to Liguilla
8	Pachuca	17	7	4	6	27	26	+1	25	Advance to Liguilla
9	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	20	20	0	25
10	Atlas	17	7	3	7	26	23	+3	24
11	Querétaro	17	6	3	8	13	25	−12	21

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points

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	7	4	6	20	20	0	25	4	3	1	12	6	+6	3	1	5	8	14	−6

Source: LigaMX

Result round by round

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

Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Bicentenario	Concacaf CL	Total^[10]
1	Emanuel Villa	FW	19	6	3	28
2	Jaime Lozano	MF	5	2	3	10
2	Javier Orozco	FW	4	1	5	10
4	Cristian Riveros	MF	4	2	3	9
5	Pablo Zeballos	FW	1	0	5	6
6	Melvin Brown	DF	1	3	0	4
	Rogelio Chávez	DF	3	0	1	4
	Alejandro Vela	FW	1	0	3	4
9	Mario Ortiz	FW	2	0	1	3
9	César Villaluz	MF	1	1	1	3
11	Maximiliano Biancucchi	FW	0	2	0	2
	Christian Giménez	MF	0	2	0	2
	Gerardo Lugo	MF	1	0	1	2
	Ramón Núñez	MF	0	0	2	2
15	Alejandro Castro	DF	1	0	0	1
	Horacio Cervantes	DF	0	0	1	1
	Adrián Cortés	DF	0	0	1	1
	Julio César Domínguez	DF	1	0	0	1
	Edcarlos	DF	0	1	0	1
	Joel Huiqui	DF	0	0	1	1
	Fausto Pinto	DF	1	0	0	1
	Gerardo Torrado	MF	1	0	0	1
	Gabino Velasco	MF	1	0	0	1
Total			47	20	31	98

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Apertura	Bicentenario	Concacaf CL	Total^[10]
1	José de Jesús Corona	6	4	1	11
1	Yosgart Gutiérrez	2	2	7	11
Total		8	6	8	22

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Emanuel Villa	San Luis	4–2 (H)¹	19 September 2009	Primera División
Javier Orozco	Herediano	6–2 (A)	30 July 2009	CONCACAF Champions League
Jaime Lozano	Columbus Crew	5–0 (H)	26 August 2009	CONCACAF Champions League

¹ The player scored 4 goals in the match.

Own goals

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Emanuel Villa	Monterrey	3–4 (A)	10 December 2009	Primera División
Edcarlos	Guadalajara	1–1 (A)	24 April 2010	Primera División

References

^ "Corona se decidió por Cruz Azul". Proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). 16 June 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Hondureño Ramón Núñez ficha con el Cruz Azul". Vanguardia.com.mx (in Spanish). EFE. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Emilio Hernández al fin llegó a un acuerdo y será refuerzo de Cruz Azul". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 25 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Emmanuel Villa es el nuevo refuerzo celeste". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 30 June 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Israel López se queda en Cruz Azul". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 27 December 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^ "Biancucchi es el último refuerzo de Cruz Azul". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 31 December 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "El 'Chaco' Giménez ya es de Cruz Azul". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 17 December 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Edcarlos Conceiçao nuevo refuerzo de Cruz Azul" (in Spanish). 31 December 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Dynamo sign Luis Angel Landin". houstondynamo.com. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Mexico 2009/10". RSSSF.com. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[1] "Corona se decidió por Cruz Azul". Proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). 16 June 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[2] "Hondureño Ramón Núñez ficha con el Cruz Azul". Vanguardia.com.mx (in Spanish). EFE. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[3] "Emilio Hernández al fin llegó a un acuerdo y será refuerzo de Cruz Azul". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 25 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[4] "Emmanuel Villa es el nuevo refuerzo celeste". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 30 June 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[5] "Israel López se queda en Cruz Azul". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 27 December 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[6] "Biancucchi es el último refuerzo de Cruz Azul". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 31 December 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[7] "El 'Chaco' Giménez ya es de Cruz Azul". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 17 December 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[8] "Edcarlos Conceiçao nuevo refuerzo de Cruz Azul" (in Spanish). 31 December 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[9] "Dynamo sign Luis Angel Landin". houstondynamo.com. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[RSSSF-10] "Mexico 2009/10". RSSSF.com. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

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