2011–12 Club Universidad Nacional season

UNAM
2011–12 season
Chairman	Víctor Manuel Mahbub
Manager	Guillermo Vázquez
Stadium	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Apertura 2011	9th
Clausura 2012	13th
Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Apertura:; Martín Bravo; Javier Cortés; (4); Clausura:; Juan Carlos Cacho (4); All: Martín Bravo (9)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 UNAM 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. UNAM began their season on July 24, 2011 against San Luis, UNAM play their homes games on Sundays at noon local time.

In addition to the Primera División, UNAM will be participating in the CONCACAF Champions League for the third time in their history. It is their first appearance in the Champions League since 2009–10 where UNAM reached the semifinals.^[1] UNAM began their Champions League campaign on August 17, 2011 at home against FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.

Torneo Apertura

Squad

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	Alejandro Palacios
2	DF	MEX	Efraín Velarde
3	DF	MEX	Marco Antonio Palacios
4	DF	PAR	Darío Verón (vice-captain)
5	MF	MEX	Diego De Buen
7	FW	MEX	Javier Cortés
8	MF	MEX	David Cabrera
10	FW	ARG	Martín Bravo
11	FW	MEX	David Izazola
13	GK	MEX	Odín Patiño
14	DF	MEX	Luis Fuentes
15	FW	MEX	Michelle Castro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	MEX	Fernando Espinoza
17	FW	MEX	Juan Francisco Palencia (captain)
18	MF	MEX	Emilio Orrantía
22	MF	MEX	Carlos Campos
24	FW	MEX	Juan Carlos Cacho
23	DF	MEX	Eduardo Gámez
25	GK	MEX	Alfredo Saldívar
33	DF	MEX	Humberto González
35	FW	MEX	Eduardo Herrera
62	DF	MEX	Neftali Teja
71	DF	MEX	Aarón Alexis Sandoval

Regular season

Apertura 2011 results

July 23, 2011 Round 1	UNAM	2–0	San Luis	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Cacho 9' Bravo 36' Sandoval 36' Herrera 39'	Report	Alcántar 34' Orozco 39'	Referee: Ricardo Arellano

July 31, 2011 Round 2	Morelia	0–1	UNAM	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
12:00	Gstelum 59'	Report	Fuentes 7' M. Palacios 14' Castro 77'	Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

August 3, 2011 Round 3	UNAM	2–1	Monterrey	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
21:00	Fuentes 20' Velarde 25' Herrera 90+1'	Report	Cardozo 32' Morales 79'	Referee: Erim Ramírez

August 6, 2011 Round 4	Guadalajara	0–0	UNAM	Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan
19:00	Fabián 35' Araujo 55' Medina 88'	Report	Palacios 35'	Referee: Mauricio Morales

August 14, 2011 Round 5	UNAM	1–1	Santos Laguna	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	M. Palacios 48' 83' Verón 69' Herrera 80'	Report	Cárdenas 43' Peralta 58' Salinas 71' Quintero 83' Hoyos 90+2'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

August 21, 2011 Round 6	Puebla	2–1	UNAM	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
12:00	Zamora 13', 14' Beasley 24', 25' Ortiz 73' Victorino 82' Juárez 90'	Report	Cabrera 18' 36' Espinoza 32' Cortés 33', 75'	Referee: Juan Genaro Medrano

August 28, 2011 Round 7	UNAM	1–2	Cruz Azul	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Flores 17' De Buen 55' Fuentes 58' Cortés 75'	Report	Bravo 22' Domínguez 52' Gerado Torrado 64'	Referee: Fernando Guerrero

September 10, 2011 Round 8	Querétaro	4–0	UNAM	Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro
17:00	Bueno 38', 44' (pen.), 56' Martínez 50' Niell 63'	Report	Espinzoa 50' Cortés 60' Velarde 75'	Referee: Francisco Chacón

September 18, 2011 Round 9	UNAM	4–1	Toluca	Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutierrez
17:00	Orrantia 23' Bravo 45+4' (pen.) Cortés 57' (pen.) Cabrera 74' Izazola 79'	Report	Alonso 6' Dueñas 45+1'	Referee: Erim Ramírez

September 24, 2011 Round 10	Estudiantes Tecos	1–2	UNAM	Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan
19:00	Lillingston 7' Gómez 28' Colace 83' Leaño 90+3'	Report	Cortés 12' Palencia 15', 62' Verón 33' Ramírez 62'	Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gassso

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 8, 2011 Round 12	UANL	4–1	UNAM	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás
19:00	Lobos 18' Juninho 28' Mancilla 36' Viniegra 39' Álvarez 49' Ayala 69'	Report	Fuentes 17' 52' Ramírez 34' Velarde 53' Herrera 82'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores

October 9, 2011 Round 13	UNAM	1–4	Atlas	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
17:00	Palencia 37' M. Palacios 55' A. Palacios 56'	Report	Lacerda 16' Bocanegra 31' Barraza 48', 57' Arreola 61'	Referee: Roberto García Orozco

October 22, 2011 Round 14	Pachuca	0–0	UNAM	Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
19:00	Brambila 26' Ayoví 29' Escalante 34' Chávez 73' Esqueda 90+1'	Report	Palencia 89'	Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

October 26, 2011 Round 15	UNAM	1–0	Atlante	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
21:00	Espinosa 39' 88' Bravo 73'	Report	Guerrero 35'	Referee: Paul Delgadillo

October 29, 2011 Round 16	Chiapas	4–0	UNAM	Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
17:00	J. Martínez 10', 28' (pen.) Andrade 20', 89' E. Hernández 72'	Report	Castro 15' M. Palacios 78'	Referee: Mauricio Morales

November 6, 2011 Round 17	UNAM	1–1	Tijuana	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Cortés 10' Palencia 43'	Report	Santiago 9', 53'	Referee: Francisco Chacón

UNAM did not qualify to the Final Phase

Goalscorers

^[2]

Position	Name	Goals scored
1.	Martín Bravo	4
1.	Javier Cortés	4
3.	Eduardo Herrera	3
4.	Luis Fernando Fuentes	2
4.	Francisco Palencia	2
6.	Juan Carlos Cacho	1
6.	David Izazola	1
6.	Carlos Orrantia	1
6.	Efraín Velarde	1
TOTAL		19

Results

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	19	25	−6	25	5	2	2	14	10	+4	2	2	4	5	15	−10

Last updated: 6 November 2011.
Source: Apertura 2011 results

Results 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D
Position	4	4	1	1	1	2	5	8	5	5	1	5	7	7	3	7	9

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2011. Source: Apertura 2011 results and mediotiempo.com^[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Nat	Player	Age	From	Date	Notes

Out

#	Pos	Nat	Player	Age	To	Date	Notes
17	MF		Juan Francisco Palencia	38	Retired	November 28, 2011	^[4]

Torneo Clausura

Squad

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	Alejandro Palacios
2	DF	MEX	Efraín Velarde
3	DF	MEX	Marco Antonio Palacios
4	DF	PAR	Darío Verón (vice-captain)
5	MF	MEX	Diego De Buen
7	FW	MEX	Javier Cortés
8	MF	MEX	David Cabrera
10	FW	ARG	Martín Bravo
11	FW	MEX	David Izazola
13	GK	MEX	Odín Patiño
14	DF	MEX	Luis Fuentes
15	MF	MEX	Michel Castro
16	MF	MEX	Fernando Espinoza
18	MF	MEX	Emilio Orrantía


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	MEX	Carlos Campos
23	DF	MEX	Eduardo Gámez
24	FW	MEX	Juan Carlos Cacho
25	GK	MEX	Alfredo Saldívar
33	DF	MEX	Humberto González
35	FW	MEX	Eduardo Herrera
46	FW	MEX	Raúl Servín Molina
62	DF	MEX	Neftali Teja
64	MF	MEX	Erik Vera
65	MF	MEX	José García Fernández
67	MF	MEX	Kevin Quiñones
71	DF	MEX	Aarón Alexis Sandoval
94	MF	MEX	Octavio Pliego Teja

Regular season

Clausura 2012 results

January 7, 2012 Round 1	San Luis	1–0	UNAM	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí
20:45	Matellán 22' 34' Moreno 23' Torres 31' Chiapas 42', 71'	Report	Verón 21' Campos 33' Fuentes 61'	Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

January 15, 2012 Round 2	UNAM	3–0	Morelia	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Cacho 7' Verón 21' Bravo 39', 68' Velarde 75' Herrera 85'	Report	Huiqui 26' Gastélum 45+'	Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

January 21, 2012 Round 3	Monterrey	1–1	UNAM	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
17:00	Pérez 50' Arce 61' Reyna 74' Corona 90+2'	Report	Cacho 26'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

January 29, 2012 Round 4	UNAM	0–0	Guadalajara	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Palacios 85'	Report	Torres 26' Nava 53'	Referee: Antony Zanjuampa

February 4, 2012 Round 5	Santos Laguna	2–1	UNAM	Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón
19:00	Suárez 11' Mares 40' Peralta 49' Salinas 65' Quintero 88'	Report	Palacios 22' Bravo 32' Salinas 75' (o.g.) Velarde 79' Verón 87'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega

February 12, 2012 Round 6	UNAM	0–2	Puebla	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Bravo 14' M. Palacios 56' 63'	Report	Landín 5' Pozos 22' Luis García 67'	Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

February 18, 2012 Round 7	Cruz Azul	1–1	UNAM	Estadio Azul, Mexico City
17:00	Maranhao 21' Giménez 38' Aquino 65' Pinto 86'	Report	Herrera 21' García 26' Cabrera 53' Cacho 90+3'	Referee: Fabricio Morales

February 26, 2012 Round 8	UNAM	1–1	Querétaro	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Cacho 13' Cortés 37'	Report	Ponce 47'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala

March 4, 2012 Round 9	Toluca	0–2	UNAM	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
12:00	Ríos 25' Novaretti 66' D. de la Torre 69'	Report	Velarde 32', 89' Verón 32' M. Palacios 33' García 61' Herrera 89'	Referee: Francisco Chacón

March 11, 2012 Round 10	UNAM	0–0	Estudiantes Tecos	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Espinoza 76' 90+1'	Report	Leaño 39'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

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' (pen.) Bravo 90+2'	Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

March 25, 2012 Round 12	UNAM	0–2	UANL	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Velarde 49' Bravo 53'	Report	Cerda 35' Rivas 71' Lobos 77'	Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

March 31, 2012 Round 13	Atlas	0–0	UNAM	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
20:45	Ayala 17'	Report	M. Palacios 39' Gámez 49' Herrera 90+1'	Referee: Ricardo Arellano

April 8, 2012 Round 14	UNAM	0–1	Pachuca	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00	Sandoval 48'	Report	Franco 47' Torres 58' Rodríguez 63' Borja 80'	Referee: Óscar Macias

April 14, 2012 Round 15	Atlante	1–2	UNAM	Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún
21:00	Cuevas 9' Amione 89'	Report	Jiménez 7' (o.g.) Campos 14' Espinoza 30' Orrantía 72' García 81' Cortés 90+3'	Referee: Mauricio Morales

April 22, 2012 Round 16	UNAM	0–3	Chiapas	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
12:00			Esqueda 32' Arizala 46', 85' J. Martínez 85'	Referee: Roberto García Orozco

April 29, 2012 Round 17	Tijuana	1–1	UNAM	Estadio Caliente, Tijuana
12:00	Riascos 30', 57' Abrego 87'	Report	Espinoza 19' M. Palacios 30' Teja 36' Cortés 89'	Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

UNAM did not qualify to the Final Phase

Goalscorers

^[5]

Position	Name	Goals scored
1.	Juan Carlos Cacho	4
2.	Eduardo Herrera	3
3.	Own Goals	2
4.	Martín Bravo	1
4.	Javier Cortés	1
4.	José Antonio García	1
4.	Carlos Emilio Orrantía	1
TOTAL		13

Results

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	3	7	7	13	18	−5	16	1	3	4	4	9	−5	2	4	3	9	9	0

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

Results 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D
Position	16	9	9	10	12	15	14	14	11	11	13	14	14	15	13	14	13

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2012. Source: Clausura 2012 results and mediotiempo.com^[6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

CONCACAF Champions League

Group Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
UNAM	6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	11
Toronto FC	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
FC Dallas	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7
Tauro	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5

Results

August 17, 2011 Group 1	UNAM	0–1	Dallas	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
22:00	Gámez 45' Sandoval 58'	Report	Jackson 61' Chávez 66' Loyd 85'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: José Molina (Honduras)

August 25, 2011 Group 2	Tauro	0–0	UNAM	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
20:00		Report		Attendance: 1,621 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

September 14, 2011 Group 3	UNAM	4–0	Toronto	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
20:00	Bravo 17', 33', 42' Velarde 21'	Report		Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

September 21, 2011 Group 4	Dallas	0–2	UNAM	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco
20:00		Report	Herrera 84' Izazola 90+1'	Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

September 27, 2011 Group 5	Toronto FC	1–1	UNAM	BMO Field, Toronto
20:00	Marošević 35'	Report	M. Palacios 51'	Attendance: 9,115 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

October 19, 2011 Group 6	UNAM	1–0	Tauro	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
22:00	Cacho 45'	Report		Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Quarter-finals

March 8, 2012 Quarter-final	Isidro Metapán	2–1	UNAM	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán
20:00	Blanco 27', 49'	Report	Herrera 67'	Attendance: 4,131 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

March 15, 2012 Quarter-final	UNAM	8–0	Isidro Metapán	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
22:00	A. Escobar 25' (o.g.) Herrera 26', 63' Velarde 39' Bravo 54' García 69' Espinoza 73' Cacho 88'	Report		Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

UNAM won 9–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

March 28, 2012 Semifinal	Monterrey	3–0	UNAM	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
22:00	Morales 7' de Nigris 60', 72'	Report		Attendance: 26,716 Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico)

April 4, 2012 Semifinal	UNAM	1–1	Monterrey	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
22:00	García 71'	Report	Reyna 35'	Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

Monterrey won 4–1 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

^[7]

Position	Name	Goals scored
1.	Martín Bravo	4
1.	Eduardo Herrera	4
3.	Juan Carlos Cacho	2
3.	José Antonio García	2
3.	Efraín Velarde	2
6.	Fernando Espinoza	1
6.	David Izazola	1
6.	Marco Antonio Palacios	1
6.	Own Goal	1
TOTAL		17

Results

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
6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	11	2	0	1	5	1	+4	1	2	0	3	1	+2

Last updated: 18 August 2011.
Source: Group D results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	D	W
Position	4	4	2	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2011. Source: Group D results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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[4] Palencia se retira del futbol. El Universal.

[5] "UNAM stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

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