The 2022–23 Club de Futbol Cruz Azul season was the 96th season in the

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club's history and the 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. Cruz Azul competed in

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and the

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Season overview

May

On 19 May, Cruz Azul announced the dismissal of Juan Reynoso as the first team coach, ending his spell at the club after 16 months. On 31 May, Cruz Azul announced the appointment of Diego Aguirre as the new first team head coach until 2023.

August

On 5 August, Cruz Azul announced the signing of

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from Al-Nassr. On 7 August, Rafael Baca's contract was automatically renewed until the end of 2023 after reaching an undisclosed percentage of minutes played.

February

On 4 February, Carlos Vargas made his debut with Cruz Azul and suffered a season-ending

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in his right knee in the 14th minute of play. Cruz Azul began the Clausura tournament with a five-game winless streak and four consecutive losses. On 13 February, Cruz Azul announced the dismissal of

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. The under-20 head coach Joaquín Moreno took over training as interim head coach on 14 February with under-18 head coach Joel Huiqui as his assistant. Cruz Azul won their first game of the tournament in week 7, at Puebla, with a score of 3–1. On 22 February, Cruz Azul announced the hiring of

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who signed a contract contingent on his results. Former Cruz Azul managers

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and Joaquín Moreno would join Ferretti's coaching staff as assistant coaches.

March

On 2 March, Carlos Rodríguez and Uriel Antuna were called up to the

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for their

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group stage matches. On 3 March, Ignacio Rivero played his 100th match with Cruz Azul. The result was a 3–1 loss to Mazatlán, cutting Cruz Azul's three game win streak short and giving Mazatlán their first win of the season.

First-team coaching staff

Players

Squad information

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Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

Matches

Copa SKY

The second edition of the Copa por México will be held with ten Liga MX teams and will serve as a pre-season for the Clausura 2022 tournament.

=Group stage

Competitions

Overview

Liga MX

Torneo Apertura

=League table

=Results summary

=Results round by round

=Matches

Reclassification

Quarter-finals

Torneo Clausura

=League table

=Results summary

=Results round by round

=Matches

Reclassification

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included on the list. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" , - ! rowspan="2", No. ! rowspan="2", Pos. ! rowspan="2", Nat. ! rowspan="2", Player ! colspan="2", Apertura 2022 ! colspan="2", Apertura Liguilla ! colspan="2", Clausura 2023 ! colspan="2", Supercopa ! colspan="2", Total , - !Apps !Starts !Apps !Starts !Apps !Starts !Apps !Starts !Apps !Starts , - , 1 , GK , , align=left, , 7, , 7, , 3, , 3, , 10, , 10, , 0, , 0, , 20, , 20 , - , 3 , DF , , align=left, , 3, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 3, , 3 , - , 4 , DF , , align=left, , 15, , 14, , 3, , 3, , 8, , 8, , 1, , 1, , 27, , 26 , - , 6 , MF , , align=left, , 15, , 13, , 3, , 3, , 11, , 11, , 1, , 1, , 30, , 28 , - , 7 , MF , , align=left, , 16, , 16, , 3, , 2, , 9, , 9, , 1, , 1, , 29, , 28 , - , 8 , FW , , align=left, , 11, , 6, , 3, , 2, , 7, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 21, , 11 , - , 11 , FW , , align=left, , 14, , 3, , 2, , 1, , 2, , 2, , 1, , 1, , 19, , 7 , - , 12 , DF , , align=left, , 7, , 4, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 9, , 6 , - , 13 , FW , , align=left, , 8, , 5, , 3, , 1, , 9, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 20, , 9 , - , 14 , MF , , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 5, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 5, , 3 , - , 15 , MF , , align=left, , 14, , 13, , 3, , 3, , 11, , 11, , 1, , 1, , 29, , 28 , - , 17 , MF , , align=left, , 8, , 1, , 2, , 0, , 4, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 14, , 2 , - , 18 , MF , , align=left, , 11, , 3, , 3, , 3, , 9, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 23, , 9 , - , 19 , MF , , align=left, , 17, , 13, , 3, , 3, , 11, , 10, , 1, , 0, , 32, , 26 , - , 20 , FW , , align=left, , 8, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 6, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 14, , 2 , - , 21 , MF , , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 9, , 4, , 0, , 0, , 9, , 4 , - , 22 , DF , , align=left, , 13, , 7, , 0, , 0, , 5, , 2, , 1, , 0, , 19, , 9 , - , 23 , MF , , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 9, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 9, , 3 , - , 24 , DF , , align=left, , 11, , 11, , 3, , 2, , 11, , 11, , 1, , 1, , 26, , 25 , - , 25 , DF , , align=left, , 8, , 8, , 0, , 0, , 11, , 11, , 0, , 0, , 19, , 19 , - , 26 , DF , , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 1 , - , 28 , DF , , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 3, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 3, , 1 , - , 29 , FW , , align=left, , 13, , 11, , 3, , 2, , 10, , 10, , 0, , 0, , 26, , 23 , - , 33 , GK , , align=left, , 10, , 10, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 1, , 1, , 1, , 12, , 12 , - , 183 , DF , , align=left, , 9, , 6, , 1, , 1, , 1, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 11, , 8 , - , 200 , DF , , align=left, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0 , - , 206 , MF , , align=left, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0 , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club , - , 2 , DF , , align=left, , 5, , 5, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 1, , 6, , 6 , - , 5 , DF , , align=left, , 12, , 10, , 3, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 1, , 16, , 14 , - , 9 , FW , , align=left, , 5, , 5, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 1, , 6, , 6 , - , 10 , FW , , align=left, , 15, , 10, , 3, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 1, , 19, , 12

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , - ! style="background:#0046AD; color:white; width:35px;", ! style="background:#0046AD; color:white; width:35px;", ! style="background:#0046AD; color:white; width:35px;", ! style="background:#0046AD; color:white; width:200px;", Player ! style="background:#0046AD; color:white; width:75px;", Liga Apertura ! style="background:#0046AD; color:white; width:75px;", Liguilla Apertura ! style="background:#0046AD; color:white; width:75px;", Liga Clausura ! style="background:#0046AD; color:white; width:75px;", Supercopa ! style="background:#0046AD; color:white; width:75px;", Total , - , , 1, , FW, , 7, , align=left, Uriel Antuna, , 2, , 0, , 6, , 0, , 8 , - , , 2, , FW, , 9, , align=left,

, , 5, , –, , –, , 1, , 6 , - , rowspan=3, 3, , FW, , 8, , align=left, Gonzalo Carneiro, , 3, , 0, , 1, , –, , 4 , - , , FW, , 29, , align=left,

, , 2, , 0, , 2, , –, , 4 , - , , MF, , 18, , align=left,

, , 2, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 4 , - , rowspan=4, 6, , FW, , 10, , align=left, Ángel Romero, , 2, , 0, , –, , 1, , 3 , - , , FW, , 13, , align=left, Michael Estrada, , 3, , 0, , 0, , –, , 3 , - , , MF, , 17, , align=left, Alonso Escoboza, , 1, , 0, , 2, , –, , 3 , - , , FW, , 21, , align=left, Augusto Lotti, , –, , –, , 3, , –, , 3 , - , rowspan=4, 10, , FW, , 11, , align=left, Christian Tabó, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , , MF, , 15, , align=left, Ignacio Rivero, , 1, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , , MF, , 19, , align=left, Carlos Rodríguez, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 2 , - , , MF, , 20, , align=left,

, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 2 , - , rowspan=3, 14, , MF, , 22, , align=left, Rafael Baca, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1 , - , , MF, , 25, , align=left,

, , 1, , 0, , 0, , –, , 1 , - , , DF, , 4, , align=left, Julio César Domínguez, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , colspan="4", Own Goals , , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , colspan="4", Total, , 26, , 1, , 21, , 2, , 50

Clean sheets

''The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.'' {, class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="text-align:center" , - ! colspan="4" , ! colspan="5" , Clean sheets , - ! , No. ! , Player ! width=80 , Games Played ! width=80 , Goals Against ! width=80 , Apertura 2022 ! width=80 , Apertura Liguilla ! width=80 , Clausura 2023 ! width=80 , Supercopa ! width=80 , Total , - , 1 , , , , 20 , 24 , , 1 , , 2 , , 4 , , 0 , , 7 , - , 33 , , Sebastián Jurado , , 12 , 28 , , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="3", Totals , 52, , 3, , 2, , 4, , 0, , 9

Disciplinary record

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:80%;" , - ! rowspan=2 style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=15, ! rowspan=2 style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=15, ! rowspan=2 style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=15, ! rowspan=2 style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=140, Name ! colspan=3 style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=120, Apertura 2022 ! colspan=3 style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=120, Apertura Liguilla ! colspan=3 style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=120, Clausura 2023 ! colspan=3 style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=150, Supercopa de la Liga ! colspan=3 style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=120, Total , - ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; " width=35, , - , 1 , GK , , align=left,

, , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 4, , 1, , , , , , , , , , 5, , 1, , , - , 2 , DF , , align=left,

, , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , - , 3 , DF , , align=left, Jaiber Jiménez , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , - , 4 , DF , , align=left, , , 2, , , , , , 1, , , , , , 2, , , , , , , , , , , , 5, , , , , - , 5 , DF , , align=left,

, , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , , 2, , , , , - , 6 , MF , , align=left, Erik Lira , , 1, , , , , , 1, , , , , , 3, , , , , , , , , , , , 5, , , , , - , 7 , FW , , align=left, Uriel Antuna , , 3, , , , , , 1, , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 5, , , , , - , 8 , FW , , align=left, Gonzalo Carneiro , , 3, , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 4, , , , , - , 9 , FW , , align=left,

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , , 1, , , , , - , 10 , FW , , align=left, Ángel Romero , , 2, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2, , , , , - , 11 , FW , , align=left, Christian Tabó , , 4, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 4, , , , , - , 12 , DF , , align=left,

, , 3, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 3, , , , , - , 13 , FW , , align=left, Michael Estrada , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , 1, , , , , , , , , , 2, , 1, , , - , 15 , MF , , align=left, Ignacio Rivero , , 3, , , , , , , , , , , , 3, , , , , , , , , , , , 6, , , , , - , 17 , MF , , align=left, Alonso Escoboza , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , - , 18 , MF , , align=left,

, , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , - , 19 , MF , , align=left, Carlos Rodríguez , , 4, , , , , , 1, , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 6, , , , , - , 20 , FW , , align=left,

, , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , 1 , - , 21 , FW , , align=left, Augusto Lotti , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , - , 22 , MF , , align=left, Rafael Baca , , 3, , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 3, , , , 1 , - , 24 , DF , , align=left, Juan Escobar , , 2, , , , , , , , , , , , 4, , , , , , 1, , , , , , 7, , , , , - , 25 , DF , , align=left,

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , - , 29 , FW , , align=left,

, , 2, , , , 1, , , , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 3, , , , 1 , - , 33 , GK , , align=left, Sebastián Jurado , , 1, , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , 1 , - , 200 , DF , , align=left, Jorge García , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , - ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; "; colspan=2 rowspan=2, Coach , , align=left,

Diego Aguirre Diego Vicente Aguirre Camblor (born 13 September 1965) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward. He currently manages Peñarol on the Uruguayan Primera División. Playing career A Liverpool Montevideo youth ...

, , , , , , 1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , - , , align=left, Juan Rubio (Kinesiologist) , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , - ! style="background:#0046AD; color:#FFFFFF; "; colspan=4, Totals !40, , 0, , 5, , 4, , 0, , 0, , 25, , 2, , 1, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 72, , 2, , 6

Notes

References

External links

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