Cruz Azul

2012–13 season
President	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
Manager	Guillermo Vázquez
Stadium	Estadio Azul
Apertura MX 2012	Quarterfinals; "ongoing"
Clausura MX 2013	TBD
Copa Apertura MX	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mariano Pavone (3) Copa MX:Javier Orozco (3) All: Javier Orozco (4)
Highest home attendance	31,118 vs. GDL (4/AUG/2012)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 vs. EAL (21/AUG/2012)
Average home league attendance	20,654
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012–13 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 86th season in the football club's history and the 48th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The season is split into four tournaments—the Torneo Apertura, Torneo Clausura, Cup Apertura and the Cup Clausura.

Personnel Position Staff Chairman Vacant Sports Manager Vacant Source: [citation needed] Coaching staff Position Staff Head Coach Guillermo Vázquez Assistant Coach José Luis Salgado Assistant Coach Carlos Gutiérrez Assistant Coach Juan Reynoso Goalkeeping Coach Carlos Pérez Team doctor Alfonso Jiménez Physical & Fitness coach Ricardo Gómez 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.

As of June 2012: Listed on the official website of Cruz Azul.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 DF  MEX Néstor Araujo 4 DF  MEX Julio César Domínguez (vice-captain) 5 DF  MEX Alejandro Castro 6 MF  MEX Gerardo Torrado (captain) 7 MF  MEX Javier Aquino 8 MF  MEX Israel Castro 19 FW  MEX Omar Bravo 10 MF  ARG Christian Giménez (3rd vice-captain) 11 FW  MEX Alejandro Vela

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  COL Luis Amaranto Perea 15 DF  MEX Gerardo Flores 16 DF  MEX Jair Pereira 17 MF  MEX Pablo Barrera 18 MF  BRA Francinilson Meirelles 20 FW  ARG Mariano Pavone 21 MF  MEX Héctor Gutiérrez 22 DF  MEX Adrián Cortés 25 GK  MEX Yosgart Gutiérrez (2nd vice-captain) 27 FW  MEX Javier Orozco 28 DF  MEX Rogelio Chávez

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  MEX Guillermo Allison 19 FW  MEX Marco Antonio Angúlo 24 MF  MEX Luis Alanís 61 GK  MEX Gibrán Lajud 72 MF  MEX Luis Fernando Carrasco 73 MF  MEX Iñaki Domínguez 74 MF  MEX Kevin Varela 75 FW  MEX Martín Galván

No. Pos. Nation Player 76 FW  MEX Héctor Acevedo 77 DF  MEX Francisco Flores 78 MF  MEX Raúl Antonio Vidal 79 DF  MEX Alan Vidal 84 DF  MEX Juan Carlos García 86 DF  MEX Iván Ricardo Pérez 91 MF  MEX Diego Israel Martínez 96 DF  MEX Jesús Alberto Lara

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF		Alejandro Castro	25	Non-EU	Estudiantes Tecos	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system	diarioportal.com
28	DF		Rogelio Chávez	27	Non-EU	Atlas	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system	diarioportal.com
20	FW		Mariano Pavone	30	EU	Lanús	Transfer	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	ElUniversal.com.mx
14	DF		Luis Amaranto Perea	33	EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2014	Undisclosed	Goal.com
17	MF		Pablo Barrera	25	Non-EU	West Ham United	Transfer	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	Excelsior.com

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	DF		Horacio Cervantes		Non-EU	Necaxa	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
	MF		Jaime Lozano		Non-EU	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
30	FW		Emanuel Villa		Non-EU	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
3	DF		Waldo Ponce		Non-EU	Universidad de Chile	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
9	FW		Edixon Perea		Non-EU	Changchun Yatai	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed

Cruz Azul play four different tournaments in the 2012–13 season are Apertura 2012, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2012 Copa Mexico and Clausura 2013 Copa Mexico.

Source:Cruz Azul Matches at soccerway.com 2012–13 Liga MX season article

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss

Cruz Azul v Morelia

July 21, 2012 Round 1	Cruz Azul	0 – 0	Morelia	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Perea  16' Castro  62' Maranhão  79'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	29' Romero	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 25,328 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

San Luis v Cruz Azul

July 28, 2012 Round 2	San Luis	1 – 2	Cruz Azul	San Luis, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
21:00 DST	Cadavid  44' Orozco  54' Tréllez  77'	Report Live TV: Canal 9 Galavisión	16' Pavone  29' Castro 83' Orozco	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

Cruz Azul v Guadalajara

August 4, 2012 Round 3	Cruz Azul	0 – 0	Guadalajara	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Pavone  45'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	60' Esparza	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 30,018 [1] Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

Puebla v Cruz Azul

August 12, 2012 Round 4	Puebla	0 – 1	Cruz Azul	Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
12:00 DST	Beasley  18' Chávez  32'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 Fox Sports Latinoamerica	44' Perea  51' Vela  65' Barrera 82' Pavone	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 9,996 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

Cruz Azul v León

August 17, 2012 Round 5	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	León	Mexico City, Mexico
21:30 DST	Perea  4' Vela  46' Barrera 73' 74' Castro  75'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	3' Vazquez  31' Hernández  45' 69' Montes  90+1' Matosas (Manager)	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 22,877 [2] Referee: Erim Ramírez Ulloa

UNAM v Cruz Azul

August 26, 2012 Round 6	UNAM	0 – 1	Cruz Azul	Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 DST		Report Live TV: Canal de las Estrellas 2 Telemundo	68' Pavone	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Francisco Chacón

Cruz Azul v Pachuca

September 1, 2012 Round 7	Cruz Azul	1-1	Pachuca	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Azul

UANL v Cruz Azul

September 15, 2012 Round 8	UANL	2-0	Cruz Azul	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico
19:00 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Universitario

Cruz Azul v América

September 22, 2012 Round 9	Cruz Azul	1-1	América	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Azul

Chiapas v Cruz Azul

September 28, 2012 Round 10	Chiapas	1-0	Cruz Azul	Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
19:30 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna

Cruz Azul v Atlante

October 3, 2012 Round 11	Cruz Azul	4-0	Atlante	Mexico City, Mexico
		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Azul

Atlas v Cruz Azul

October 6, 2012 Round 12	Atlas	1-1	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
21:00 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

Cruz Azul v Querétaro

October 13, 2012 Round 13	Cruz Azul	3-2	Querétaro	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Azul

Tijuana v Cruz Azul

October 19, 2012 Round 14	Tijuana	2-2	Cruz Azul	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
21:30 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Caliente

Cruz Azul v Toluca

October 27, 2012 Round 15	Cruz Azul	3-0	Toluca	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Azul

Santos Laguna v Cruz Azul

November 2, 2012 Round 16	Santos Laguna	2-1	Cruz Azul	Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
21:30 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona

Cruz Azul v Monterrey

November 10, 2012 Round 17	Cruz Azul	1-1	Monterrey	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Azul

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Home Game

Round 1

Cruz Azul v Neza

July 25, 2012 First Leg	Cruz Azul	3 – 0	Neza	Mexico City, Mexico
21:30 DST	Maranhão  17' Giménez 23' (pen.) García  47' Lara 52' Cortés  59' Angúlo  64' Orozco 79'	Report Live TV: ESPN Deportes	53' Mejía	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 15,946 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: César Arturo Ramos

Neza v Cruz Azul

August 1, 2012 Second Leg	Neza	2 – 1 (2 – 4 agg.)	Cruz Azul	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de México, Mexico
21:30 DST	Reyes 8' 42' Pineda  14' Mejía 69' 90+2' Fraga 90+7'	Report Live TV: ESPN Deportes	5' 20' Orozco  68' Gutiérrez  90+7' Cortés	Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

Cruz Azul won the series 4 – 2.
Round 2

Altamira v Cruz Azul

August 7, 2012 First Leg	Altamira	0 – 1	Cruz Azul	Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico
21:30 DST	Vásquez  16' Mascareñas  27' Meza  66'	Report Live TV: ESPN Deportes	53' Gutiérrez  57' Vidal  67' Orozco  75' Galván  78' Cortés	Stadium: Estadio Altamira Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Marco Ortiz

Cruz Azul v Altamira

August 21, 2012 Second Leg	Cruz Azul	0 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Altamira	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 DST	Araujo  4'	Report Live TV: ESPN Deportes	68' Samudio  68' Samudio	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 8,000 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala Ramírez

Cruz Azul won the series 1 – 0.
Round 3

Atlas v Cruz Azul

August 29, 2012 First Leg	Atlas	v	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
		Report Live TV: ESPN Deportes		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega

Cruz Azul v Atlas

September 18, 2012 Second Leg	Cruz Azul	v	Atlas	Mexico City, Mexico
		Report Live TV: ESPN Deportes		Stadium: Estadio Azul

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Home Game

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 11 starters GK LB CB CB RB LM CM CM RM FW FW Other starters Last updated: 17 June 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).

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

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

Correct as of 28 August 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
1	GK	José de Jesús Corona	2	-1	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	(−) means goals conceded
12	GK	Guillermo Allison	0	0	3	-2	0	0	3*	-2	0	0	(−) means goals conceded
25	GK	Yosgart Gutiérrez	4	-1	1	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	(−) means goals conceded
61	GK	Gibrán Lajud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(−) means goals conceded
2	DF	Fausto Pinto	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Néstor Araujo	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0
4	DF	Julio César Domínguez	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
5	DF	Alejandro Castro	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	3	0
14	DF	Luis Amaranto Perea	6	0	0	0	0	0	6*	0	3	0
15	DF	Gerardo Flores	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
16	DF	Jair Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Adrián Cortés	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	3	0
28	DF	Rogelio Chavez	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
77	DF	Francisco Flores	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	DF	Alan Emmanuel Vidal	0	0	3(1)	0	0	0	3(1)	0	1	0
84	DF	Juan Carlos García	0	0	2(1)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	1	0
86	DF	Iván Pérez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Gerardo Torrado	6	0	0(1)	0	0	0	6(1)	0	0	0
7	MF	Javier Aquino	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF	Israel Castro	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
10	MF	Christian Giménez	0(1)	0	1	1	0	0	1(1)	1	0	0
17	MF	Pablo Barrera	5(1)	1	0	0	0	0	5(1)	1	2	0
18	MF	Maranhão	0(5)	0	4	0	0	0	4(5)	0	2	0
21	MF	Héctor Gutiérrez	0(2)	0	4	0	0	0	4(2)	0	2	0
24	MF	Luis Alanis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	MF	Luis Fernando Carrasco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	MF	Iñaki Domínguez	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
74	MF	Kevin Varela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	MF	Raúl Antonio Vidal	0	0	4	0	0	0	4*	0	0	0
91	MF	Diego Israel Martínez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Omar Bravo	5(1)	0	1	0	0	0	6(1)	0	0	0
11	FW	Alejandro Vela	6	0	0	0	0	0	6*	0	2	0
19	FW	Marco Antonio Angúlo	0	0	0(3)	0	0	0	0(3)	0	1	0
20	FW	Mariano Pavone	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
27	FW	Javier Orozco	0(6)	1	4	3	0	0	4(6)	4	1	0
75	FW	Martín Galván	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0	1(2)	0	1	0
76	FW	Héctor Acevedo	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)*	0	0	0
96	FW	Jesús Lara	0	0	2(2)	1	0	0	2(2)*	1	0	0

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	0	0	0
Games won	0	0	0
Games drawn	0	0	0
Games lost	0	0	0
Biggest win (Apertura)
Biggest win (Cup Apertura)
Biggest win (Clausura)
Biggest win (Cup Clausura)
Biggest lose (Apertura)
Biggest lose (Cup Apertura)
Biggest lose (Clausura)
Biggest lose (Cup Clausura)
Goals scored	0	0	0
Goals conceded	0	0	0
Goal difference	0	0	0
Average GF per game	0	0	0
Average GA per game	0	0	0
Most Game Started	0
Most appearances	0
Top scorer	0
Points	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)
Winning rate	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)	0/0 (0%)

Position	Nation	Name	Apertura 2012	Copa Mexico AP	Clausura 2013	Copa Mexico CL	Total
1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0
2	—	—	0	0	0	0	0
3	—	—	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	—	—	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to games played on 2 June.

Cruz Azul position on the Club World Ranking during the 2012–13 season, according to IFFHS.^[3]