2011–12 Club América season

The 2011–12 América season was 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. América began their season on July 25, 2011 against Querétaro, América play their homes games on Sundays at 4:00pm local time.

América
2011–12 season
ChairmanMexico Michel Bauer
Mexico Ricardo Peláez
ManagerChile Carlos Reinoso
(Feb., 2011–Sep., 2011)
Mexico Alfredo Tena
(Sep., 2011–Nov., 2011)
Mexico Miguel Herrera
(from Nov., 2011)
StadiumEstadio Azteca
Apertura 201117th
Clausura 20123rd
Final Phase Semi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Apertura: Christian Benítez (8) Clausura: Christian Benítez (14)

All: Christian Benítez (22)

Torneo Apertura edit

Squad edit

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 Armando Navarrete
3 DF   COL Aquivaldo Mosquera
4 DF   MEX Óscar Rojas (vice-captain)
5 MF   MEX Jesús Molina
6 DF   MEX Juan Carlos Valenzuela
7 MF   BRA Rosinei
8 FW   URU Vicente Sánchez (captain)
10 MF   ARG Daniel Montenegro
11 FW   ECU Christian Benítez
12 GK   MEX Hugo González
13 MF   MEX Diego Reyes
15 DF   USA Edgar Castillo
16 FW   MEX Isaác Acuña
18 MF   MEX Ángel Reyna
19 DF   MEX Miguel Layún
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK   MEX Leonín Pineda
21 MF   MEX Lugiani Gallardo
22 DF   MEX Paul Aguilar
23 MF   MEX José Joaquín Martínez
24 FW   MEX Daniel Márquez
25 MF   MEX Renato González
26 MF   MEX Juan Carlos Medina
29 DF   MEX Ademar Rodríguez
30 FW   ARG Vicente Matías Vuoso
32 DF   MEX Erik Pimentel
33 DF   MEX Patricio Treviño
34 DF   MEX George Corral
47 DF   MEX Raúl Jiménez
55 DF   MEX Jorge Reyes

Out on loan edit

No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF   MEX Guillermo Cerda (at San Luis)
- DF   MEX Diego Cervantes (at Puebla)
- MF   MEX Lampros Kontogiannis (at Tigres UANL)
- FW   MEX Antonio López (at Puebla)
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF   MEX Israel Martínez (at Querétaro)
- MF   ECU Luis Saritama (at Deportivo Quito)
- MF   URU Tabaré Viudez (at Nacional)

Regular season edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Apertura 2011 results edit

July 24, 2011 Round 1 América 2 – 1 Querétaro Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Cortés   28' (o.g.)
Benítez   43'
Pimantel   69'
Report Vásquez   21'
Pineda   49'
Mondragón   63'
Bueno   71'
García Arias   79'
Niell   90+3'
Referee: Antony Zanjuampa
July 31, 2011 Round 2 Toluca 1 – 1 América Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
12:00 Alonso   2'
Sinha   4'
Dueñas   26'   28'
de la Torre   30'
Report Molina   3'
Vuoso   22'
Rosinei   55'
Medina   86'
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas
August 3, 2011 Round 3 América 1 – 2 Estudiantes Tecos Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00 Peréz   34' (o.g.)
Vusoso   40'
Pimentel   68'   85'
Valenzuela   77'
Aguilar   89'
Report Pinto   11'
Bovaglio   13'
Zamogilny   60'
Sambuez   70'
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores
September 14, 2011[1] Round 4 América 2 – 2 San Luis Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
20:30 Rosinei   5',   47'
Márquez   68',   80'
Reyna   75'
Report Alcántar   1'
Torres   23'
Aguirre   31', 90'
González   47'
Matellán   78'
Sánchez   84'
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
August 13, 2011 Round 5 UANL 2 – 2 América Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás
18:00 Molina   56'
Treviño   66' (o.g.)
Navarrete   81'
Mancilla   84'
Morán   90+2'
Report Benítez   17',   90+2'
R. González   89'
Referee: César Arturo Ramos
August 21, 2011 Round 6 América 5 – 2 Atlas Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Reyna   44'
Sánchez   53'
Molina   55'
Benítez   69', 77', 90+2'
Mosquera   82'
Report Vidrio   7'
Welcome   10'
Lacerda   33'
Zamora   71'
Santos   81'
Referee: Erim Ramírez
August 27, 2011 Round 7 Pachuca 2 – 0 América Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
19:00 Borja   15', 64',   15'
Cejas   38'
Torres   43'
Brambila   43'
Report Molina   58'
Valenzuela   83'
Vuoso   86'
Referee: Paul Delgadillo
September 11, 2011 Round 8 América 0 – 1 Atlante Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Rosieni   5'
Oregón   20'
Molina   44'   45+1'
Report Rojas   9'
Diego   14'
Luna   23'
Martínez   48'
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez
September 17, 2011 Round 9 Chiapas 5 – 3 América Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutierrez
17:00 Andrade   8', 57'
Valdéz   29'
Arizala   42'
M. Martínez   45'
Fuentes   84'
J. Martínez   87'
Report Benítez   25'
Montenegro   46', 67'
Rojas   54'
R. González   86'
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza
September 25, 2011 Round 10 América 1 – 1 Tijuana Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Reyes   4'
Márquez   23'
Benítez   86'
Reyna   90+1'
Report Yacuzzi   1',   58'
Sand   8'
Gandolfi   29'
Almazán   64'
Leandro   89'
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
October 1, 2011 Round 11 UNAM 1 – 0 América Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
16:00 Cabrera   31'
Fuentes   55'
Izazola   70'
M. Palacios   90+2'
Report Aguilar   18' Referee: Ricardo Arellano
October 9, 2011 Round 12 América 1 – 1 Morelia Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00 Valenzuela   84' Report Sabah   11'
Gastélum   18'
Cabrera   50'   90+1'
Noriega   80'   83'
Referee: Francisco Chacón
October 15, 2011 Round 13 Monterrey 0 – 3 América Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
17:00 Mier   38'
Osorio   62'
Santana   90+5'
Report Martínez   8',   41'
Treviño   55'
Montenegro   60'
Rojas   68'
Mosquera   75'
Referee: Fabricio Morales
October 23, 2011 Round 14 América 1 – 3 Guadalajara Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Benítez   13'
Rosinei   59'
Molina   64'
Mosquera   86'
Report Gallardo   5'
Fabian   18'
Torres   19'
Referee: Fernando Guerrero
October 26, 2011 Round 15 Santos Laguna 1 – 1 América Estadio Corona, Torreón
21:00 Quintero   3'
Hoyos   38'
Estrada   52'
Report Montenegro   7'
Jiménez   25'
Rodróguez   36'
Molina   48'
Mosquera   65'
Sánchez   85'
Rojas   90'
Valenzuela   90+4'
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala
October 30, 2011 Round 16 América 2 – 3 Puebla Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Jiménez   2'
Benítez   34'
Reyes   80'
Molina   84'
Vuoso   87'
Report Luis García   4',   41', 81'
Riascos   45'
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso
November 5, 2011 Round 17 Cruz Azul 3 – 1 América Estadio Azul, Mexico City
17:00 Villa   1', 75'
Torrado   36'
Pinto   58'
Orozco   62'
Ponce   79'
[www.mediotiempo.com/ficha.php?id_partido=35740 Report] Rojas   38'
Valenzuela   43'
Montenegro   63',   80'
Pimentel   70'
Referee: Roberto García Orozco

América did not qualify to the Final Phase

Goalscorers edit

[2]

Position Nation Name Goals scored
1.   Christian Benítez 8
2.   Daniel Montenegro 4
3.   Vicente Matías Vuoso 2
3. Own Goals 2
5.   Rosinei 1
5.   Raúl Jiménez 1
5.   Renato González 1
5.   Daniel Márquez 1
5.   José Joaquín Martínez 1
5.   Aquivaldo Mosquera 1
5.   Ángel Reyna 1
5.   Óscar Rojas 1
5.   Vicente Sánchez 1
5.   Juan Carlos Valenzuela 1
TOTAL
26

Results edit

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
17 3 6 8 26 31  −5 15 2 3 4 15 16  −1 1 3 4 11 15  −4

Last updated: 5 November 2011.
Source: Apertura 2011 results

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDLDDWLLLDLDWLDLL
Position78691281116161616161616171717
Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2011. Source: Apertura 2011 results and mediotiempo.com[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

In edit

# Pos Nat Player Age From Date Notes
GK   Moisés Muñoz 31 Atlante November 18, 2011 [4]
MF   Christian Bermúdez 24 Atlante November 26, 2011 [5]
MF   José María Cárdenas 26 Santos Laguna December 16, 2011 [6]
DF   Oswaldo Vizcarrondo 27   Olimpo December 19, 2011 [7]

Out edit

# Pos Nat Player Age To Date Notes
1 GK   Armando Navarrete 31 Atlante November 26, 2011 [8]
15 DF   Edgar Castillo 25 Tijuana November 27, 2011 [9]
23 MF   José Joaquín Martínez 24 Necaxa December 17, 2011 [10]
18 MF   Ángel Reyna 27 Monterrey December 21, 2011 Sacked[11]

Torneo Clausura edit

Squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   VEN Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
3 DF   COL Aquivaldo Mosquera (vice-captain)
4 DF   MEX Óscar Rojas
5 MF   MEX Jesús Molina
6 DF   MEX Juan Carlos Valenzuela
7 MF   BRA Rosinei
10 MF   ARG Daniel Montenegro (captain)
11 FW   ECU Christian Benítez
12 GK   MEX Hugo González
13 MF   MEX Diego Reyes
16 MF   MEX José María Cárdenas
18 MF   MEX Christian Bermúdez
19 DF   MEX Miguel Layún
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   MEX Lugiani Gallardo
22 DF   MEX Paul Aguilar
23 GK   MEX Moisés Muñoz
24 FW   MEX Daniel Márquez
25 MF   MEX Renato González
26 MF   MEX Juan Carlos Medina
29 DF   MEX Ademar Rodríguez
30 FW   MEX Vicente Matías Vuoso
32 DF   MEX Erik Pimentel
33 DF   MEX Patricio Treviño
34 MF   MEX Michel García
47 DF   MEX Raúl Jiménez
55 DF   MEX Jorge Reyes

Regular season edit

Clausura 2012 results edit

January 7, 2012 Round 1 Querétaro 0 – 2 América Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro
17:00 Report Valenzuela   6'
Benítez   70'
Reyes   82'
Medina   90+2'
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez
January 15, 2012 Round 2 América 1 – 1 Toluca Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Reyes   77'
Vuoso   85' (pen.)
Report Gamboa   23'
Alonsp   55',   83'
Romagnoli   76'
Talavera   90'
Referee: Erim Ramírez
January 20, 2012 Round 3 Estudiantes Tecos 1 – 1 América Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan
20:10 Sambueza   15'
Bareiro   39'
Luna   60'
Castro   75'
Colace   89'
Report Benítez   47'
Adolfo   49'
Mosquera   71'
Vizcarrondo   72'
Referee: Mauricio Morales
January 28, 2012 Round 4 San Luis 1 – 3 América Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí
20:45 Aguirre   4'
Chiapas   19'
Chávez   33'
Paredes   38'
Orozco   55'
Alcántar   70'
Report Benítez   9', 35' (pen.)
Mosquera   22'
Rosinei   28'
Rojas   60'
Referee: Óscar Macias
February 5, 2012 Round 5 América 0 – 1 UANL Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Vuoso   90'
Rosinei   90+3'
Report Jiménez   30'
Mancilla   34'
Juninho   63'
Dueñas   86'
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
February 11, 2012 Round 6 Atlas 1 – 1 América Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
20:45 Erpen   29'
Rodríguez   34',   59'
Maldonado   41'
Barraza   80'
Report Aguilar   39'
Mosquera   41'
Cárdenas   61'
Viscarrondo   90+2'
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas
February 19, 2012 Round 7 América 1 – 0 Pachuca Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Vizcarrondo   2'
Benítez   57'
García   80'
Report López   9'
Torres   68'
Muñoz Mustafá   81'
Vidrio   89'
Arreola   90+1'
Briambila   90+4'
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega
February 25, 2012 Round 8 Atlante 0 – 4 América Estadio Quintana Roo, Cancún
21:00 Castillo   19'   78'
Arroyo   49'
Report Molina   3',   38'
Benítez   27' (pen.), 57'
Mosquera   31'
Vizcarrondo   81'
Referee: Mauricio Morales
March 4, 2012 Round 9 América 2 – 0 Chiapas Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Montenegro   27'
Herrera   88' (manager)
Gallardo   90+3'
Report E. Hernández   83' Referee: Ricardo Arellano
March 9, 2012 Round 10 Tijuana 1 – 1 América Estadio Caliente, Tijuana
18:10 Sand   6'
Riascos   59',   63'
Arévalo Ríos   73'
Report Medina   15'
Molina   39'
Vizcarrondo   60'
Jiménez   62'
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza
March 18, 2012 Round 11 América 2 – 1 UNAM Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Benítez   9'
Mosquera   28'
Herrera (manager)   82'
Vuoso   86'
Aguilar   90+2'
Report García   7'   80'
Pimentel   55'
Cacho   57'
Bravo   90+2'
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez
March 23, 2012 Round 12 Morelia 3 – 1 América Estadio Morelos, Morelia
19:10 Valdez   8',   82'
Sabah   20'
Ramírez   27'
Lugo   55'
Lozano   70' (pen.)
Mosquera   30'
Benítez   31',   33'
Montenegro   70'
Cárdenas   90+1'
Referee: Antony Zanjuampa
April 1, 2012 Round 13 América 2 – 3 Monterrey Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Montenegro   7'
Molina   11'
Benítez   20', 59'
Cárdenas   41'
García   90+7'
Report Zavala   18'
L. Pérez   30'
Suazo   47'
Carreño   85'
Reyna   90+5'
Referee: Francisco Chacón
April 8, 2012 Round 14 Guadalajara 0 – 1 América Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan
18:00 Fabián   23'
Álvarez   36'
Araujo   45+'
Báez   49'
Reynoso   90+2'
Report Pimentel   10'
Cárdenas   48'
Aguilar   85'
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez
April 14, 2012 Round 15 América 3 – 1 Santos Laguna Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00 Medina   9'
Bermúdez   38'
Benítez   70'
Vuoso   77'
Report Hoyos   12'
Ochoa   44'
Crosas   83'
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas
April 22, 2012 Round 16 Puebla 2 – 3 América Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
16:00 Luis García   24'
Durán   27'
Beasley   48'
Salinas   90+3'
Report Montenegro   6'
Vizcarrondo   28'
Benítez   42',   86' (pen.)
Pinedo   48' (o.g.)
Referee: Ricardo Arellano
April 29, 2012 Round 17 América 2 – 2 Cruz Azul Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 Aguilar   7'
Benítez   8', 13',   14'
Medina   35'
Reyes   45+'
Layún   85'
Report Pereira   23',   39'   87'
Villa   73'
Referee: Mauricio Morales

Final phase edit

May 2, 2012 Quarter-finals Pachuca 1 – 3 América Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
20:30 Rodríguez   14'
Muñoz Mustafá   54'
Vidrio   65'
López   77'
Report Molina   21',   38'
Bermúdez   42', 58'
Reyes   76'
Muñoz   83'
Referee: Erim Ramírez
May 5, 2012 Quarter-finals América 0 – 1 Pachuca Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
18:00 Mosquera   75' Report López   13'
Vidrio   37',   44'
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

América advanced 3–2 on aggregate

May 9, 2012 Semi-finals América 0 – 0 Monterrey Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
21:00 Vuoso   33'
Aguilar   42'   83'
Molina   71'
Mosquera   77'
Report Chávez   36'
Basanta   45+'
Mier   86'
Referee: Mauricio Morales
May 12, 2012 Semi-finals Monterrey 2 – 0 América Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
21:00 Basanta   9',   55'
de Nigris   52'
Report Molina   29'
Vuoso   67'
Mosquera   75'
Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Monterrey advanced 2–0 on aggregate

Goalscorers edit

Results edit

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
17 9 5 3 31 18  +13 32 4 2 2 13 9  +4 5 3 1 18 9  +9

Last updated: 29 April 2012.
Source: Clausura 2012 results

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDDWLDWWWDWLLWWWD
Position23626972233555523
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2012. Source: Clausura 2012 results and mediotiempo.com[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References edit

  1. ^ Postponed from August 6 due to other commitments from América
  2. ^ "América stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b "League Table". Medio Tiempo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  4. ^ Moisés Muñoz es nuevo refuerzo del América. MedioTiempo.
  5. ^ América hace oficial el fichaje del Hobbit Bermúdez Archived 2011-11-28 at the Wayback Machine. Récord.
  6. ^ José María Cárdenas llega al Nido de Coapa. MedioTiempo.
  7. ^ Olimpo dice que Vizcarrondo ya es del América. MedioTiempo.
  8. ^ Confirman a Navarrete en el Atlante. MedioTiempo.
  9. ^ Édgar Castillo se integra a los Xoloitzcuintles Archived 2011-11-29 at the Wayback Machine. Official Club Tijuana Site.
  10. ^ "Shaggy" Martínez fuera Archived February 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Nido Azulcrema.
  11. ^ Echan a Reyna del América por sus declaraciones Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. El Universal.
  12. ^ "América stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 7 January 2012.