2010–11 Cruz Azul season

	Corona Domínguez Ponce Cervantes Pinto Droguett Pineda Torrado(c) Giménez Villa Orozco
	Cruz Azul Starting 11 in their 4-4–2 formation

Cruz Azul
2010–11 season
President	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
Coach	Enrique Meza
Home stadium	Estadio Azul
Apertura 2010	1st. GT. - Quarter-finals
Clausura 2011	5th. GT. - Semi-finals
CONCACAF Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Christian Giménez (17) ; Champions League: ; Javier Orozco (11); All: ; Emanuel Villa (23)
Highest home attendance	(Approximate unofficial) 35,161 vs. America (3 October 2010), UNAM (20 November 2010) & (22 January 2011) & Guadalajara (23 April 2011)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 vs. San Francisco (3 August 2010)
Average home league attendance	(Approximate unofficial) 24,275
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 84th season in the football club's history and the 46th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The season was 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 began their season on July 23, 2010, against Estudiantes Tecos. Cruz Azul played their homes games on Saturdays at 17:00 hours local time.

Club

Personnel

Position	Staff
Chairman	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
Sports Manager	Alberto Quintano

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Enrique Meza
Assistant Coach	Eugenio Villazón
Assistant Coach	Enrique Meza Salinas
Assistant Coach	Jorge Garcia
Goalkeeping Coach	Carlos Perez
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: ^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MEX	José de Jesús Corona
2	DF	MEX	Fausto Pinto
3	MF	URU	Marcelo Palau
4	DF	MEX	Julio César Domínguez (vice-captain)
5	DF	MEX	Alejandro Castro
6	MF	MEX	Gerardo Torrado (captain)
8	MF	MEX	Gonzalo Pineda
9	FW	MEX	Isaac Romo
10	MF	ARG	Christian Giménez
11	FW	MEX	Alejandro Vela


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	MEX	Horacio Cervantes
16	DF	MEX	Rogelio Chávez (2nd vice-captain)
18	MF	MEX	César Villaluz (3rd vice-captain)
19	MF	CHI	Hugo Droguett
21	MF	MEX	Héctor Gutiérrez
22	DF	MEX	Adrián Cortés
25	GK	MEX	Yosgart Gutiérrez
26	DF	CHI	Waldo Ponce
27	FW	MEX	Javier Orozco
30	FW	ARG	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	MEX	Javier Aquino
12	GK	MEX	Guillermo Allison
13	MF	MEX	Allam Bello
14	DF	MEX	Nestor Araújo
17	MF	MEX	Diego de la Cruz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	MEX	Germán Rodríguez
23	DF	MEX	Hiram Mondragón
24	MF	MEX	Luis Alanis
28	DF	MEX	Gienir García
29	FW	MEX	Martín Galván

Transfers

Summer

In and Loan

No.	Position	Player	From	Type of Transfer	Fee
8	MF	Gonzalo Pineda	San Luis	loan	"N/A"
7	MF	Javier Aquino	Youth system	"N/A"	"N/A"
12	GK	Guillermo Allison	Youth system	"N/A"	"N/A"
13	MF	Allam Bello	Youth system	"N/A"	"N/A"
14	DF	Nestor Araújo	Youth system	"N/A"	"N/A"
17	MF	Diego De la Cruz	Youth system	"N/A"	"N/A"
20	MF	Germán Rodríguez	Youth system	"N/A"	"N/A"
23	DF	Hiram Mondragón	Youth system	"N/A"	"N/A"
24	MF	Luis Alanis	Youth system	"N/A"	"N/A"
28	DF	Gienir García	Youth system	"N/A"	"N/A"

Out and Loan

Position	Player	To	Fee	Type of Transfer
MF	Edgar Gerardo Lugo	Puebla	Undisclosed	"N/A"
FW	Mario Ortiz	Puebla	Undisclosed	"N/A"
DF	Félix Ísael González	Puebla	Undisclosed	"N/A"
DF	Melvin Brown	Puebla	Undisclosed	"N/A"
MF	Cristian Riveros	Sunderland	Free	"N/A"
MF	Israel López	Necaxa	Undisclosed	"N/A"
MF	Jaime Lozano	Monarcas	Undisclosed	"N/A"
MF	Gabino Velasco	Querétaro	Undisclosed	"N/A"
GK	Julio César Valdivia	Unknown	"N/A"	"N/A"
DF	Edcarlos	Cruzeiro	Undisclosed	"N/A"

Winter

In and Loan

No.	Position	Player	From	Type of Transfer	Fee
19	MF	Hugo Droguett	Monarcas Morelia	"N/A"	"N/A"
3	MF	Marcelo Palau	Nacional	"N/A"	"N/A"
9	FW	Isaac Romo	Querétaro	"N/A"	"N/A"
TBA	DF	Waldo Ponce	Racing de Santander	"N/A"	"N/A"

Out and Loan

Position	Natyionality	Player	To	Fee	Type of Transfer	Note
DF		Joel Huiqui	Monarcas	Undisclosed	"N/A"
FW		Maximiliano Biancucchi	Olimpia	Undisclosed	"N/A"

Competitions

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

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Apertura 2010	—	—	1^st. /Quarter-finals	23 July 2010	20 November 2010
Champions League	Preliminary round	—	Semi-finals	27 July 2010	6 April 2011
Clausura 2011	—	—	5^th. /Semi-finals	8 January 2011	15 May 2011

Competitions statistics

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 Win Draw Loss

June 18, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	2 – 0	Cruz Azul Jasso	Mexico City, Mexico
				Stadium: La Noria, D.F.

June 26, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	2 – 0	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Mexico City, Mexico
				Stadium: La Noria, D.F.

June 30, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	5 – 2	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Mexico City, Mexico
				Stadium: La Noria, D.F.

July 3, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 0	Albinegros	Hidalgo, Mexico
4:00 pm				Stadium: Estadio 10 de Diciembre

July 7, 2010 Friendly	Tijuana	2 – 1	Cruz Azul	Baja California, Mexico
6:00 pm				Stadium: Estadio Caliente

July 10, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	1 – 2	America	Pasadena, California, USA
7:00 pm				Stadium: Rose Bowl (stadium)

July 14, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	0 – 1	Olimpia	Charlotte, North Carolina USA
7:30 pm				Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium

July 17, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	Águila	Durham County, North Carolina USA
7:30 pm				Stadium: Durham County Stadium

Friendly during the season

September 3, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	1 – 0	Lobos BUAP	Mexico City, Mexico
11:30				Stadium: Estadio Azul

Win Draw Loss

Regular phase

July 23, 2010 Round 1	Estudiantes Tecos	0 – 3	Cruz Azul	Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
20:00 DST	Medina 44' Alanis 58'	Report Live TV:	2', 34' Orozco 45' (o.g.) Partida	Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo Referee: Genaro Medrano

July 31, 2010 Round 2	Cruz Azul	2 – 0	Atlante	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Vela 30' Giménez 47' Villa 73'	Report Live TV:	44' Venegas 55' Mármol 58' Cardaccio 74' Fano 85' Torres	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 20,000 Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

August 8, 2010 Round 3	UNAM	2 – 0	Cruz Azul	Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 DST	Castro 24' Palacios 35' Nieto 64' Chiapas 67' Cortés 81' Cortés 85'	Report Live TV:	25' Vela 34' Pinto 38' Torrado 82' Cervantes	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Ricardo Arellano

August 14, 2010 Round 4	Cruz Azul	4 – 1	Pachuca	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Orozco 7', 50' Pineda 9' Torrado 35' Villa 41' Martinez 60' (o.g.)	Report Live TV:	2' Aguilar 21' Martinez 35' Manso 65' (pen.) Benítez 86' Gomez 88' Rodríguez	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 22,000 Referee: Benito Archundia

August 21, 2010 Round 5	Chiapas	2 – 3	Cruz Azul	Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
17:00 DST	Razo 13' Rodríguez 29' Andrade 49' Zamora 71' Valdéz 71'	Report Live TV:	9' Huiqui 15', 62', 77' Giménez 80' Villa	Stadium: Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna Referee: Julio David Escobar

August 28, 2010 Round 6	Cruz Azul	3 – 2	UANL	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00pm DST	Villa 10' Torrado 12' Orozco 42' Vela 52'	Report Live TV:	11', 56' Itamar 38' Molina 28' 89' Torres Nilo 90+2' Acosta	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 19,000 Referee: Francisco Chacon Gutierrez

September 11, 2010 Round 7	Atlas	1 – 3	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
21:00 DST	Chávez 44' Alférez 65' Torres 75' Moreno 78'	Report Live TV:	17' 59' 83' Crevantes 33' Orozco 40' 88' Giménez 90' García	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

September 18, 2010 Round 8	Cruz Azul	3 – 0	Querétaro	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Villa 27' Biancucchi 33' Huiqui 65' Cortés 90+1'	Report Live TV:	24' Blanco 90' Beltrán	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 32,000 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

September 24, 2010 Round 9	Necaxa	2 – 1	Cruz Azul	Aguascalientes, Mexico
20:00 DST	Gandín 11' (pen.) López 23' Pavlovich 36' Palacios 65' Mosqueda 69' Barbosa 72' Ledesma 88'	Report Live TV:	11' 90+4' Corona 31' Crevantes 54' Torrado 65' (pen.) Giménez 90+1' Castro	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Jesus Fabricio Morales

October 3, 2010 Round 10	Cruz Azul	1 – 0	America	Mexico City, Mexico
16:30 DST	Giménez 52' Torrado 76' Pineda 90+3'	Report Live TV:	4' Vuoso 19' Martínez 88' Reyna 89' Rojas 90+3' Mosquera	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 35,161 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

October 10, 2010 Round 11	Toluca	0 – 0	Cruz Azul	Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
12:00 DST	Novaretti 14' 40' Ríos 31' Méndez 45' Dueñas 60' Gamboa 66'	Report Live TV:	63' Aquino 76' Torrado 86' Crevantes	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Ricardo Arellano

October 16, 2010 Round 12	Cruz Azul	3 – 0	Santos Laguna	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Vela 6' Giménez 19' 88' Pineda 20' Cervantes 46' Villa 90+1'	Report Live TV:	11' Olvera 20' Quintero	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 28,000 Referee: Mauricio Morales

October 24, 2010 Round 13	Morelia	1 – 1	Cruz Azul	Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
12:00 DST	Gastelum 14' Noriega 44' Aldrete 65' Sabah 89' Droguett 90+3'	Report Live TV:	60' Vela 72' Aquino 81' Torrado	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Jaime Herrera Garduño

October 27, 2010 Round 14	Monterrey	2 – 4	Cruz Azul	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
17:00 DST	S. Pérez 37' De Nigris 40' Pineda 53' (o.g.) Cardozo 76' L. E. Pérez 90+1'	Report Live TV:	31' 62' Castro 33', 56' 52' Villaluz 35' 44' Villa 63' Pinto 90' Giménez	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Referee: Miguel Angel Ayala

October 30, 2010 Round 15	Cruz Azul	1 – 0	Puebla	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Giménez 80' Cervantes 85'	Report Live TV:	25' Rincón 40' Brown	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 28,500 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

November 6, 2010 Round 16	Guadalajara	0 – 0	Cruz Azul	Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
19:00 CST	Fabián 21' Araujo 36' Ponce 39' de Luna 79' Sánchez 81' Esparza 82'	Report Live TV:	16' Gutiérrez 42' Castro 82' Pinto	Stadium: Estadio Omnilife Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 30,801 Referee: Román Rafael Medina

November 13, 2010 Round 17	Cruz Azul	1 – 0	San Luis	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Cervantes 54' 88'	Report Live TV:	33' Matellán 37' Torres	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 28,800 Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso

General table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	17	12	3	2	33	13	+20	39	2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Monterrey	17	9	5	3	29	20	+9	32
3	Santos Laguna	17	9	3	5	28	19	+9	30
4	América	17	7	6	4	22	16	+6	27	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
5	San Luis	17	8	2	7	21	19	+2	26	2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group table

Group 3
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	17	12	3	2	33	13	+20	39	Advanced to the Final Phase
2	Chiapas	17	6	7	4	21	14	+7	25
3	UNAM	17	7	4	6	23	24	−1	25
4	Morelia	17	5	6	6	17	16	+1	21
5	Puebla	17	5	4	8	21	26	−5	19
6	Querétaro	17	5	4	8	18	28	−10	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final phase

Quarter-finals

November 17, 2010 First Leg	UNAM	1 – 2	Cruz Azul	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CST	López 19' Chiapas 47' Verón 66' Bravo 90+1'	Report Live TV:	33' Cervantes 43' 73' Giménez	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Mauricio Morales

November 20, 2010 Second Leg	Cruz Azul	0 – 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	UNAM	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Cervantes 22' 43' Giménez 43'	Report Live TV:	2' 43' Bravo 43' Castro 84' Cacho 90+2' Palacios	Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 35,161 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

UNAM won 2-3 in aggregate.

CONCACAF Champions League

Win Draw Loss

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

Preliminary round

July 27, 2010 First Leg	San Francisco	2 – 3	Cruz Azul	La Chorrera, Panama City, Panama
21:00 DST	Jiménez 20' 72' Phillips 30' Algandona 33' Torres 44' Gonzalez 45' White 56'	Report Live TV: &	3', 54', 71' Villa 42' Gutiérrez 50' Pineda 90' García	Stadium: Estadio Agustín Sánchez Attendance: 725 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

August 3, 2010 Second Leg	Cruz Azul	6 – 0 (9 – 2 agg.)	San Francisco	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 DST	Orozco 11', 45', 84' Biancucchi 18', 90+2' Castro 33' García 71'	Report Live TV: &	16' Phillips 36' Torres	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Cruz Azul won 9-2 in aggregate.

Group stage

August 17, 2010 Match Day 1	Toronto FC	2 – 1	Cruz Azul	Toronto, Canada
19:00 DST	Šarić 3' Mista 44' Peterson 73' De Rosario 90'	Report Live TV: &	21' Gutiérrez 76' Pinto 89' 90' Giménez 90' Torrado	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 16,862 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

August 25, 2010 Match Day 2	Cruz Azul	5 – 4	Real Salt Lake	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 DST	Orozco 5', 76', 87', 89' Biancucchi 18' Cervantes 22' Villa 90+1' Giménez 90+3'	Report Live TV: &	23' (pen.), 43' Saborío 27' González 64'Espíndola 87' Findley 90+2' Johnson	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 6,156 Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

September 15, 2010 Match Day 3	Árabe Unido	0 – 6	Cruz Azul	Panama City, Panama
19:00 DST	Cooper 60' Mosquera 86'	Report Live TV: &	10', 22', 27' Orozco 58' 69', 81' Villa 87' Biancucchi	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 2,975 Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

September 21, 2010 Match Day 4	Cruz Azul	0 – 0	Toronto FC	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 DST	Pinto 50' 80' Torrado 88'	Report Live TV: &	20' de Guzman 50' Ibrahim 52' Garcia 57' Lindsay 78' Conway 89' Gargan	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 5,280 Referee: Juan Guerra (Guatemala)

September 28, 2010 Match Day 5	Cruz Azul	2 – 0	Árabe Unido	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 DST	Villa 1' Pineda 40' Cortés 47' (pen.) Gutiérrez 79'	Report Live TV: &	30' Anderson 49' Cummings 64' Mosquera 70' Gondola	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 5,015 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

October 19, 2010 Match Day 6	Real Salt Lake	3 – 1	Cruz Azul	Sandy, Utah, USA
21:00 DST	Warner 22' 69' Alexandre 35' Araujo 43', 67'	Report Live TV: &	64' Huiqui 71' Villaluz 90' Giménez	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,468 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Group table

Group A
Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	RSL	CRU	TOR	ÁRA
Real Salt Lake	6	4	1	1	17	11	+6	13		3–1	4–1	2–1
Cruz Azul	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	10	5–4		0–0	2–0
Toronto FC	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8	1–1	2–1		1–0
Árabe Unido	6	1	0	5	4	14	−10	3	2–3	0–6	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarterfinals

February 22, 2011 First Leg	Cruz Azul	2 – 0	Santos Laguna	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CST	Torrado 17' Orozco 58' Villa 67' Giménez 68' Bello 77'	Report Live TV:	15' Baloy 71' Arce	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 14,062 Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)

March 1, 2011 Second Leg	Santos Laguna	1 - 3 (1 – 5 agg.)	Cruz Azul	Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
19:00 CST	Peralta 29' Benítez 71' 73'	Report Live TV:	37', 53' Villa 50' 57' 64' Giménez 70' Ponce 71' Palau	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Roberto Garcia O. (Mexico)

Cruz Azul won 5-1 in aggregate.

Semi-finals

March 16, 2011 First Leg	Monterrey	2 - 1	Cruz Azul	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
21:00 CST	Cardozo 9' Santana 29' 55' Basanta 47' L. E. Pérez 51' de Nigris 79'	Report Live TV:	32' Villaluz 48' Cortés 69' Palau 79' Droguett 83' Cervantes	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Attendance: 22,469 Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)

April 6, 2011 Second Leg	Cruz Azul	1 - 1 (2 - 3 agg.)	Monterrey	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 DST	Villaluz 23' Ponce 39' 78' Orozco 63'	Report Live TV:	11' Zavala 74' S. Pérez 81' (pen.) Suazo	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 24,574 Referee: Francisco Chacon (Mexico)

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 Win Draw Loss

December 21, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 5	Estudiantes de Altamira	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 CST				Stadium: La Noria, D.F.

December 23, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 0	Pumas Morelos	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 CST				Stadium: La Noria, D.F.

December 27, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 0	Orizaba	Mexico City, Mexico
12:30 CST				Stadium: La Noria, D.F.

December 30, 2010 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 1	Puebla	Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 CST				Stadium: Estadio Azul

January 5, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 1	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Mexico City, Mexico
11:30 CST				Stadium: La Noria, D.F.

Friendly during the season

January 18, 2011 Friendly	Universidad de Chile	0 – 2	Cruz Azul	Santiago, Chile
22:30 UTC−04:00	Vargas 69' Díaz 83'	Report	78' 78' Orozco 85' Ponce	Stadium: Nacional de Chile Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 28,000 Referee: Enrique Osses

Win Draw Loss

Regular phase

January 8, 2011 Round 1	Cruz Azul	4 – 1	Estudiantes Tecos	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Villa 6' Giménez 15' Domínguez 28' Palau 37' Pineda 86' Torrado 87'	Report Live TV:	10' Jiménez 14' López 18' Cejas 29' Antunez 43' Zamogilny 49' Cabral 53' Partida 85' Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 15,000 Referee: Jorge Macias

January 15, 2011 Round 2	Atlante	3 – 0	Cruz Azul	Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
21:00 CST	Navarro 22' Alfaro 40' Bermúdez 71' Maldonado 75'	Report Live TV:	52' Cervantes 54' (o.g.) Ponce 69' Aquino	Stadium: Estadio Andres Quintana Roo Referee: Jesus Fabricio Morales

January 22, 2011 Round 3	Cruz Azul	3 – 3	UNAM	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Villa 25' Ponce 35' Cervantes 36' 63' Pineda 39' Droguett 82'	Report Live TV:	36' Chiapas 45' Velarde 59' Augusto 59' Bravo 59' 60', 80' Cacho 72' Verón	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 35,161 Referee: Román Rafael Medina

January 29, 2011 Round 4	Pachuca	0 – 4	Cruz Azul	Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
19:00 CST	Anchico 21' Arizala 42' Rodríguez 44' Aguilar 60'	Report Live TV:	30' Cervantes 39' Droguett 41' Pinto 61' Domínguez 74' Castro 87' Villaluz	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Ricardo Arellano

February 5, 2011 Round 5	Cruz Azul	2 – 0	Chiapas	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 CST	Giménez 37' Araújo 40' Villa 57' Cervantes 67' Castro 74'	Report Live TV:	15' Flores 28' Martínez 29' Esqueda 53' Razo	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 17,000 Referee: Jaime Herrera Garduño

February 12, 2011 Round 6	UANL	2 – 0	Cruz Azul	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
19:00 CST	Mancilla 68' 70' Danilinho 90+1'	report Live TV:	37' Villaluz 88' Castro	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Genaro Medrano

February 19, 2011 Round 7	Cruz Azul	2 – 1	Atlas	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Villa 1' Torrado 35' Cervantes 36' Villaluz 67' Romo 90+3'	Report Live TV:	16' 90+1' Arreola 16' Espinoza 68' Conde 73' 90+5' Santos 90' Pinto 90' Pacheco	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 26,400 Referee: Miguel Angel Flores

February 26, 2011 Round 8	Querétaro	1 – 1	Cruz Azul	Querétaro, Mexico
17:00 CST	Bueno 2' Altamirano 4' Acuña 6' Ferro 13' Velasco 50' Cortés 51' Díaz de León 89'	Report Live TV:	4' Pineda 5' Araújo 32' Romo 66' Villa	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

March 5, 2011 Round 9	Cruz Azul	0 – 0	Necaxa	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Torrado 31'	Report Live TV:	27' Barbosa 30' Chávez 71' Silva 78' Castro 82' Gandín 89' García	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 28,500 Referee: Paul Delgadillo

March 13, 2011 Round 10	America	0 – 2	Cruz Azul	Mexico City, Mexico
18:00 CST	Layún 15' Reyna 30' Sánchez 35'	Report Live TV:	16', 19' Villa 28' Giménez 76' Cervantes 85' Palau 86' Castro	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Miguel Angel Ayala

March 19, 2011 Round 11	Cruz Azul	1 – 0	Toluca	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Giménez 44' Cervantes 45+1' Ponce 64' Villa 67'	Report Live TV:	32' 44' González 45+1' Talavera	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 28,900 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

April 2, 2011 Round 12	Santos Laguna	3 – 0	Cruz Azul	Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
19:00 CST	Quintero 1' 71' Baloy 11' Estrada 30' Morales 64' Rodríguez 73'	Report Live TV:	5' Aquino 20' Pineda 70' Cervantes 71' Villa 75' Giménez	Stadium: Estadio Corona Referee: Genaro Medrano

April 9, 2011 Round 13	Cruz Azul	2 – 3	Morelia	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Giménez 10' Ponce 62' Torrado 71'	Report Live TV:	6' Noriega 16' Márquez Lugo 20' García Arias 42' Pérez 55', 90+2' 90+2' Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 22,830 Referee: Francisco Chacon Gutierrez

April 13, 2011 Round 14	Cruz Azul	3 – 0	Monterrey	Mexico City, Mexico
20:30 DST	Giménez 27', 68' Ponce 34' Palau 47' Romo 63' Villa 71'	Report Live TV:	63' L. E. Pérez	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 18,975 Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso

April 16, 2011 Round 15	Puebla	2 – 0	Cruz Azul	Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
19:00 DST	Borja 27' 27' Jiménez 44' Ortiz 60' Rincón 80' Acosta 82' Salinas 90+2'	Report Live TV:	85' Cervantes	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Mauricio Morales

April 23, 2011 Round 16	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	Guadalajara	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	E. Gutiérrez 25' Cervantes 40' Ponce 44' Villa 81'	Report Live TV:	6' Araujo 8' Medina 19' Esparza 45' Fabián 77' Torres 87' Álvarez	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 35,161 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

April 30, 2011 Round 17	San Luis	0 – 0	Cruz Azul	San Luis, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
20:45 DST	Alcántar 17' Mares 26' Ponce 52' Arroyo 88'	Report Live TV:	30' Araújo 52' Ponce 90+2' Palau	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Referee: Roberto García Orozco

General table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Morelia	17	9	4	4	31	24	+7	31
4	Atlante	17	8	3	6	28	17	+11	27
5	Cruz Azul	17	7	5	5	25	20	+5	26
6	América	17	8	2	7	31	28	+3	26
7	Monterrey	17	7	5	5	23	20	+3	26

Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group table

Group 3
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	17	10	5	2	27	13	+14	35	Advanced to the Final Phase
2	Morelia	17	9	4	4	31	24	+7	31
3	Cruz Azul	17	7	5	5	25	20	+5	26
4	Puebla	17	5	3	9	16	26	−10	18
5	Querétaro	17	4	4	9	16	35	−19	16
6	Chiapas	17	4	2	11	15	30	−15	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final phase

Quarter-finals

May 4, 2011 First Leg	Cruz Azul	2 - 1	Atlante	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 DST	Giménez 18', 46' Ponce 33' Palau 79'	Report Live TV:	7' Maldonado 57' 66' Muñoz	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 30,213 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega

May 7, 2011 Second Leg	Atlante	0 - 0 (1 - 2 agg.)	Cruz Azul	Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
21:00 DST	Maldonado 16' Diego 35' Venegas 84' Nápoles 90+1'	Report Live TV:	7' Villaluz 38' Palau 65' Villa 77' Corona	Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Cruz Azul won 1-2 in aggregate.

Semi-finals

May 12, 2011 First Leg	Cruz Azul	2 - 0	Morelia	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 DST	Giménez 27' Ponce 30' Torrado 40' Villa 45+1' 66'	Report Live TV:	6' Leão 53' Noriega 59' Huiqui 70' García A.	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: (Approximate unofficial) 34,295 Referee: Mauricio Morales

May 15, 2011 Second Leg	Morelia	3 - 0 (3 - 2 agg.)	Cruz Azul	Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
20:00 DST	Márquez L. 8', 11' 45' Pérez 41' Aldrete 83' Lozano 87' Sabah 90+1' Boy (coach) 90+1' Martín (Fitness coach) 90+1'	Report Live TV:	4' Jiménez (team doctor) 27' Torrado 41' Pinto 46' Ponce 90+1' Giménez 90+1' Romo 90+1' Meza (coach) 90+1' Ipata (Fitness coach)	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Francisco Chacon Gutierrez

Squad statistics

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
41	4-4-2	A (16), CCL (7), C (18)
5	4-3-3	CCL (3), C (2)
4	5-3-2	A (2), C (1), CCL (1)
2	5-4-1	A (1), CCL (1)

Last updated: 16 May
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
11 starters
1	GK	Jesús Corona	45
16	RB	Rogelio Chávez	21
4	CB	Julio César Domínguez	32
15	CB	Horacio Cervantes	41
2	LB	Fausto Pinto	43
6	CM	Gerardo Torrado	37
8	CM	Gonzalo Pineda	40
10	RM	Christian Giménez	44
18	RM	César Villaluz	22
27	FW	Javier Orozco	29
30	FW	Emanuel Villa	48
Other starters
25	GK	Yosgart Gutiérrez	7
5	RB	Alejandro Castro	16
19	CB	Waldo Ponce	19
out	CB	Joel Huiqui	16	out to Morelia
14	CB	Nestor Araújo	18
28	LB	Gienir García	2
21	DM	Héctor Gutiérrez	9
3	DM	Marcelo Palau	16
22	CM	Adrián Cortés	12
19	LM	Hugo Droguett	9
13	LM	Allam Bello	4
7	LM	Javier Aquino	12
11	LM	Alejandro Vela	22
9	FW	Isaac Romo	2
out	FW	Maximiliano Biancucchi	9	out to Olimpia

Last updated: 16 May 2011
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 and Goals

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No.	Pos.	Player	0Apps0	0Goals0	0Apps0	0Goals0	0Apps0	0Goals0	GS	Apps	Goals	Notes
1	GK	Jesús Corona	18	(-16)	6	(-4)	21	(-24)	45	45	(-44)	(−) means goals conceded
12	GK	Guillermo Allison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(−) means goals conceded
25	GK	Yosgart Gutiérrez	1	0	6	(-11)	0	0	7	7	(-11)	(−) means goals conceded
2	DF	Fausto Pinto	18	0	5(1)	0	20	0	43	43	0
4	DF	Julio César Domínguez	6(2)	0	9	0	16	1	31	33	1
5	DF	Alejandro Castro	4(7)	1	10(1)	0	2(10)	1	16	34	2
14	DF	Nestor Araújo	5	0	2	0	10(1)	0	18	19	0
15	DF	Horacio Cervantes	17	4	10	0	14	1	41	41	5
16	DF	Rogelio Chávez	14(2)	0	1(4)	0	6(2)	0	21	29	0
22	DF	Adrián Cortés	2(5)	1	5(1)	2	5(2)	0	12	20	3
23	DF	Hiram Mondragón	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	Waldo Ponce	_	_	3	0	16(1)	1	19	20	1
28	DF	Gienir García	0(1)	0	2	1	0	0	2	3	1
3	MF	Marcelo Palau	_	_	2(1)	0	14(1)	1	16	18	1
6	MF	Gerardo Torrado	17(1)	0	7(2)	0	13(2)	0	37	42	0
7	MF	Javier Aquino	1(10)	1	4(4)	0	7(11)	0	12	37	1
8	MF	Gonzalo Pineda	18(2)	0	6(1)	0	16(1)	1	40	44	1
10	MF	Christian Giménez	18(1)	9	5(4)	4	21	8	44	49	21
13	MF	Allam Bello	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	4(2)	0	4	8	0
17	MF	Diego De la Cruz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	César Villaluz	3(5)	2	9(3)	2	10(11)	1	23	41	5
19	MF	Hugo Droguett	_	_	1(1)	0	8(2)	2	9	12	2	Injured.
20	MF	Germán Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Héctor Gutiérrez	2(7)	0	5	0	2(1)	0	9	17	0
24	MF	Luis Alanis	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Isaac Romo	_	_	0(3)	0	2(7)	2	2	12	2
11	FW	Alejandro Vela	17(2)	3	5(3)	0	_	_	22	27	3	Injured.
27	FW	Javier Orozco	15(3)	6	10(1)	11	3(8)	0	29	40	17
29	FW	Martín Galván	_	_	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	Emanuel Villa	19	5	9	8	20(1)	10	48	49	23
59	GK	Christian Barrientos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(−) means goals conceded
OUT	DF	Joel Huiqui	13	0	3	0	_	_	16	16	0	out to Morelia
OUT	FW	Maximiliano Biancucchi	3(8)	1	6(1)	2	_	_	9	18	4	out to Olimpia
-	-	-	_	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(parenthesis indicates entry by substitution)

Discipline

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No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK	Jesús Corona	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
12	GK	Guillermo Allison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Yosgart Gutiérrez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fausto Pinto	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	6	1	0
4	DF	Julio César Domínguez	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Alejandro Castro	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	7	0	0
14	DF	Nestor Araújo	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0
15	DF	Horacio Cervantes	5	2	0	2	0	8	0	1	15	2	1
16	DF	Rogelio Chávez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Adrián Cortés	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF	Hiram Mondragón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Waldo Ponce	_	_	_	0	1	8	0	0	8	1	0
28	DF	Gienir García	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	MF	Marcelo Palau	_	_	_	2	0	5	0	0	7	0	0
6	MF	Gerardo Torrado	7	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	16	0	0
7	MF	Javier Aquino	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
8	MF	Gonzalo Pineda	3	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	8	0	0
10	MF	Christian Giménez	6	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	12	1	1
13	MF	Allam Bello	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	MF	Diego De la Cruz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	César Villaluz	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	6	0	0
19	MF	Hugo Droguett	_	_	_	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Germán Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Héctor Gutiérrez	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
24	MF	Luis Alanis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Isaac Romo	_	_	_	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
11	FW	Alejandro Vela	2	0	0	0	0	_	_	_	2	0	0
27	FW	Javier Orozco	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	FW	Martín Galván	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	Emanuel Villa	3	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	10	0	0
59	GK	Christian Barrientos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OUT	DF	Joel Huiqui	2	0	0	1	0	_	_	_	3	0	0
OUT	FW	Maximiliano Biancucchi	0	0	0	1	0	_	_	_	1	0	0

Last updated: 16 May 2011
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card..

Overall

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	52	26	26
Games won	29	19	10
Games drawn	11	5	6
Games lost	12	2	10
Biggest win (Apertura)	0–3 vs Estudiantes, 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
Biggest win (CONCACAF)	6–0 vs San Francisco, 0–6 vs Árabe Unido	6–0 vs San Francisco	0–6 vs Árabe Unido
Biggest win (Clausura)	0-4 vs Pachuca	4-1 vs Estudiantes, 3-0 vs Monterrey	0-4 vs Pachuca
Biggest lose (Apertura)	2–0 & 0-2 vs UNAM	0–2 vs UNAM	2–0 vs UNAM
Biggest lose (CONCACAF)	1-3 vs Real Salt Lake	- - - - -	1-3 vs Real Salt Lake
Biggest lose (Clausura)	3-0 vs Atlante, 3-0 vs Santos, 3-0 vs Morelia	2-3 vs Morelia	3-0 vs Atlante, 3-0 vs Santos, 3-0 vs Morelia
Goals scored	95	56	39
Goals conceded	55	20	34
Goal difference	+40	+36	+4
Average GF per game	1.83	2.15	1.5
Average GA per game	1.06	0.77	1.31
Most Game Started	48	Emanuel Villa
Most appearances	49	Christian Giménez & Emanuel Villa
Top scorer	23	Emanuel Villa
Points	98/156 (62.82%)	62/78 (79.49%)	36/78 (46.15%)
Winning rate	29/52 (55.77%)	19/26 (73.08%)	10/26 (38.46%)

Last updated: 16 May 2011
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

^[2]

Position	Name	Apertura 2010	Champions League	Clausura 2011	Total
1	Emmanuel Villa	5	8	10	23
2	Christian Giménez	9	4	8	21
3	Javier Orozco	6	11		17
4	Horacio Cervantes	4		1	5
4	César Villaluz	2	2	1	5
6	Maximiliano Biancucchi	1	3	"N/C"	4
7	Alejandro Vela	3			3
7	Adrián Cortés	1	2		3
9	Alejandro Castro	1		1	2
	Isaac Romo	"N/C"		2
	Hugo Droguett	"N/C"		2
	Own goal	2
13	Gienir García		1		1
	Javier Aquino	1
	Gonzalo Pineda			1
	Julio César Domínguez
	Marcelo Palau	"N/C"
	Waldo Ponce	"N/C"
TOTAL		35	31	29	95

Goal minutes

Updated to games played on 13 May 2011.

1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT	Extra time	"Total"
14	13	19	13	16	15	5	95

Results

Apertura 2010

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	13	3	3	35	16	+19	42	8	0	1	18	5	+13	5	3	2	17	11	+6

Last updated: 20 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	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L
Position	2	2	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 November. Source: Competitive Matches^[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

CONCACAF Champions League

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
12	7	2	3	31	15	+16	23	4	2	0	16	5	+11	3	0	3	15	10	+5

Last updated: 12 April.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April. Source: CONCACAF Champions League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Clausura 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
21	9	6	6	29	24	+5	33	7	3	1	22	10	+12	2	3	5	7	14	−7

Last updated: 16 May.
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	20	21
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L
Position	2	8	7	5	3	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	6	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

IFFHS Ranking

Cruz Azul position on the Club World Ranking during the 2010-11 season, according to IFFHS.^[4]

Month	Position	Points
July	52	141.5
August	36	171.5
September	46	166.5
October	43	169.5
November	49	160.5
December	55	156
January	53	159
February	45	168
March	53	157.5
April	67	144
May	64	151.5
June	66	151.5

Last updated: 20 July 2011.
Source: IFFHS

References

^ "Plantel Torneo de Clausura 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
^ "Cruz Azul stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
^ "League Table". Medio Tiempo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^ IFFHS Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[cruz-azul.com.mx-1] "Plantel Torneo de Clausura 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-01-06.

[2] "Cruz Azul stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 1 August 2010.

[3] "League Table". Medio Tiempo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.

[4] IFFHS Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

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