2011–12 Cruz Azul season

	<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/265px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png" decoding="async" width="265" height="401" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="684"> Corona <img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560"> Domínguez <img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560"> Araújo <img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560"> Ponce <img alt="Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Pinto <img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560"> Giménez <img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500"> Castro <img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560"> Torrado(c) <img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560"> Aquino <img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560"> Villa <img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500"> Orozco <img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560">
	Cruz Azul Starting 11 in their 4-4–2 formation

Cruz Azul
2011–12 season
President	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
Manager	Enrique Meza
Stadium	Estadio Azul
Apertura 2011	2nd. - Quarter-finals
Clausura 2012	9th.
Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Emanuel Villa (14); Copa Libertadores:; Javier Orozco (5); All: ; Emanuel Villa (15)
Highest home attendance	35,161 vs. GDL (24/SEP/2011), ; JAG (4/FEB/2012) &; LIB (1/MAY/2012)
Lowest home attendance	18,000 vs. PUE (08/OCT/2011)
Average home league attendance	27,191
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Cruz Azul season is 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. Cruz Azul will begin their season on July 23, 2011. Cruz Azul will play their homes games on Saturdays at 17:00 hours local time.

Club edit

Personnel edit

Position	Staff
Chairman	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
Sports Manager	Alberto Quintano

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Coaching staff edit

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Enrique Meza
Assistant Coach	Eugenio Villazón
Assistant Coach	Jorge Garcia
Goalkeeping Coach	Carlos Pérez
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: Technical Staff

Current Kit edit

Provider:

Umbro.

Sponsors:

Cemento Cruz Azul,

Coca-Cola,

Telcel,

Tecate,

Volaris.

Current squad edit

Cruz Azul in Clausura 2012

As of January 2011: Listed on the official website of Cruz Azul.

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	DF	CHI	Waldo Ponce
4	DF	MEX	Julio César Domínguez (vice-captain)
6	MF	MEX	Gerardo Torrado (captain)
7	MF	MEX	Javier Aquino
8	MF	MEX	Israel Castro
9	FW	COL	Edixon Perea
10	FW	ARG	Christian Giménez
11	FW	MEX	Alejandro Vela


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	MEX	Néstor Araujo
15	MF	MEX	Gerardo Flores
18	MF	BRA	Francinilson Meirelles
19	FW	MEX	Omar Bravo
21	MF	MEX	Héctor Gutiérrez
22	MF	MEX	Adrián Cortés
25	GK	MEX	Yosgart Gutiérrez (2nd vice-captain)
27	FW	MEX	Javier Orozco
30	FW	ARG	Emanuel Villa

From youth system 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
12	GK	MEX	Guillermo Allison
16	DF	MEX	Jair Pereira
17	DF	MEX	Manuel Mariaca
20	GK	MEX	Javier Caso
24	MF	MEX	Luis Alanis
61	GK	MEX	Gibrán Lajud


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
64	DF	MEX	Alan Vidal
70	MF	MEX	Diego Israel Martínez
73	MF	MEX	Luis Fernando Carrasco
90	FW	MEX	Marco Antonio Angúlo
104	DF	MEX	Francisco Flores
106	MF	MEX	Iñaki Domínguez

Transfers edit

Summer edit

In and Loan edit

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
3	DF	Jair Pereira	24	Non-EU	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system	Diario.com.mx
16	DF	Manuel Mariaca	25	Non-EU	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system	Diario.com.mx
8	MF	Israel Castro	30	Non-EU	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Goal.com
15	DF	Gerardo Flores	25	Non-EU	Atlas	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	RECORD.com.mx
9	FW	Edixon Perea	27	Non-EU	Las Palmas	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Cruz-Azul.com.mx

Out and Loan edit

N	Pos.	Name	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
15	DF	Horacio Cervantes	Non-EU	Pachuca	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
16	DF	Rogelio Chávez	Non-EU	Pachuca	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
3	MF	Marcelo Palau	Non-EU	Guaraní	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
8	MF	Gonzalo Pineda	Non-EU	Puebla	Return Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
9	FW	Isaac Romo	Non-EU	Puebla	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed

Winter edit

In and Loan edit

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
61	GK	Gibrán Lajud	17	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
73	MF	Luis Fernando Carrasco	19	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
104	DF	Francisco Flores	17	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
105	MF	Diego Israel Martínez	18	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
106	MF	Iñaki Domínguez	17	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
19	FW	Omar Bravo	31	Non-EU	Sporting Kansas City	Transfer	Winter	2014	Undisclosed	SportingKC.com
18	MF	Francinilson Meirelles	21	Non-EU	Bahia	Transfer	Winter	2015	$1.5M	El Universal

Out and Loan edit

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
18	MF	César Villaluz	23	Non-EU	San Luis	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	MedioTiempo.com
5	DF	Alejandro Castro	24	Non-EU	Estudiantes Tecos	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Cruz-Azul.com.mx
13	MF	Allam Bello	23	Non-EU	Neza FC	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Terra Mexico
19	MF	Hugo Droguett	29	Non-EU	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Goal.com

Competitions edit

Cruz Azul play three different tournaments in the 2011-12 season are Apertura 2011, Clausura 2012 and Copa Libertadores.

Overall edit

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Apertura 2011	—	—	2^nd./Quarter-finals	July 23	November 26
Clausura 2012	—	—	9^th./17	January 7	April 29
Copa Libertadores	Group Stage	knockout stage	TBD	February 8	TBD

Results by opponent (league) edit

Team	Results		Points
Team	Home	Away	Points
América	3 – 1	2 – 2	4
Atlante	2 – 1	2 – 2	4
Atlas	2 – 1	0 – 2	6
Estudiantes Tecos	5 – 2	0 – 2	6
Guadalajara	1 – 1	2 – 1	1
Chiapas	2 – 0	1 – 1	4
Monterrey	4 – 3	1 – 2	6
Morelia	0 – 1	2 – 0	0
Pachuca	1 – 1	1 – 0	1
Puebla	2 – 0	1 – 1	4
Querétaro	1 – 2	1 – 0	0
San Luis	3 – 1	1 – 1	4
Santos Laguna	0 – 1	1 – 0	0
Tijuana	2 – 1	0 – 0	4
Toluca	0 – 0	0 – 3	4
UANL	1 – 1	1 – 1	2
UNAM	1 – 1	1 – 2	4
Total Points
Apertura	17	12	29
Clausura	15	10	25
Season	32	22	54

Source:Cruz Azul Matches at soccerway.com 2011–12 Primera División de México season article

Competitions statistics edit

Torneo Apertura 2011 edit

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

Pre-Season Summer 2011 edit

Win Draw Loss

July 2, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	0 – 0	Lobos BUAP	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 DST		[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: La Noria

July 7, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	4 – 2	Pumas Morelos	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 DST	Cortés 19' (pen.) Orozco 42' Mendoza 108' Giménez 120'	[ Report] Live TV:	80' García 80' Hernández	Stadium: La Noria

July 10, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	Atlas	San Jose, California, United States
19:00 DST	Villa 60'	[ Report] Live TV:	90+2' (pen.) Romero	Stadium: Spartan Stadium

July 13, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 3	Querétaro	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 DST	Villa 41' Flores 60' Pérez 70'	[ Report] Live TV:	23' Bueno 66' Rico 101' Vázquez	Stadium: La Noria

July 16, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	Pachuca	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 DST	Droguett 30'	[ Report] Live TV:	46' Borja	Stadium: Estadio Azul

Friendly during the season

November 10, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 0	Pumas Morelos	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 CST	Vela 13' Pereira 60', 80'	[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Azul

November 11, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 3	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 CST	Villaluz 34' Droguett 48' Perea 80'	[ Report] Live TV:	38' López 62', 73' Galván	Stadium: Estadio Azul

Regular phase edit

Win Draw Loss

July 23, 2011 Round 1	UANL	1 – 1	Cruz Azul	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico
19:00 DST	Mancilla 37' 43' Torres Nilo 43'	Report Live TV: Canal 9 Galavisión	16' Pinto 19' Aquino 22' Flores 49' Ponce	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Paul Delgadillo

July 30, 2011 Round 2	Cruz Azul	2 – 1	Atlas	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Ponce 38' Cortés 46' Orozco 49' Aquino 59' Villa 71'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	12' Arreola 32' Rodríguez 38' Welcome 38' Vidrio	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 35,000 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

August 3, 2011 Round 3	Pachuca	1 – 0	Cruz Azul	Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
20:30 DST	Ayoví 86'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 7	66' Gutiérrez	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

August 6, 2011 Round 4	Cruz Azul	2 – 1	Atlante	Mexico City, Mexico
16:00 DST	Villaluz 32' Torrado 40' Villa 44' Orozco 47' Pinto 89'	Report Live TV: Azteca América SKY Sports ESPN Latin America	55' Maldonado 90+1' Amione	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 20,000 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Jesús Morales Bojorquez

August 13, 2011 Round 5	Chiapas	1 – 1	Cruz Azul	Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
17:30 DST	Rodríguez 33' Razo 40' Fuentes 58' 66' Hernández 61'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13	5' (o.g.) Chávez 53' Villa 56' I. Castro 73' A. Castro	Stadium: Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna Referee: Miguel Ayala Ramírez

August 20, 2011 Round 6	Cruz Azul	2 – 1	Tijuana	Mexico City, Mexico
16:00 DST	Perea 14' 48' Ponce 45' Pinto 45' Villa 45' 77' 67'	Report Live TV: Azteca América SKY Sports ESPN Latin America	15' 22' Moreno	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 22,500 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

August 28, 2011 Round 7	UNAM	1 – 2	Cruz Azul	Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 DST	Bravo 22' de Buen 55' Fuentes 58'	Report Live TV: Canal de las Estrellas 2 Telemundo	17' Flores 52' Domínguez 74' Torrado 75' Cortés	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

September 10, 2011 Round 8	Cruz Azul	0 – 1	Morelia	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST		Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	60' Gastélum 90+1' 90+1' Rojas	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 20,000 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Jorge Pérez Durán

September 17, 2011 Round 9	Monterrey	1 – 2	Cruz Azul	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
17:00 DST	Delgado 10' S. Pérez 21' L. Pérez 25' Basanta 60' de Nigris 67' 79'	Report Live TV: Canal 9 Galavisión Telemundo	4' Villaluz 34' Araujo 50' Perea 77' Pinto 82' Giménez	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

September 24, 2011 Round 10	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	Guadalajara	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Perea 62' W. Ponce 70' Torrado 75' Pinto 89'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	34' Arellano 43' Sánchez 50' 52' M. Ponce	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 35,161 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez

October 1, 2011 Round 11	Santos Laguna	1 – 0	Cruz Azul	Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
19:00 DST	Peralta 21' 90+2'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America Fox Deportes		Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

October 8, 2011 Round 12	Cruz Azul	2 – 0	Puebla	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Aquino 43' Giménez 67' Orozco 73', 89' 73' Flores 86'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN2	76' Salinas	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 18,000 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: César Arturo Ramos

October 15, 2011 Round 13	San Luis	1 – 1	Cruz Azul	San Luis, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
20:45 DST	Torres 26' Matellán 35' Moreno 55' Chiapas 70'	Report Live TV: Canal 9 Galavisión	83' Perea	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Referee: Mauricio Morales

October 22, 2011 Round 14	Querétaro	1 – 0	Cruz Azul	Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
17:00 DST	Ponce 80' Bueno 86' (pen.)	Report Live TV: Canal 4 Foro TV	14' Giménez 63' Villaluz 66' Orozco 72' Villa 85' Domínguez	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez

October 26, 2011 Round 15	Cruz Azul	0 – 0	Toluca	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 DST	Villa 22' Giménez 70'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 7 ESPN Latin America	24' Sinha 73' Calderón 78' Gamboa	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 23,000 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Jesús Morales Bojorquez

October 30, 2011 Round 16	Estudiantes Tecos	0 – 2	Cruz Azul	Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
12:00 CST	Bovaglio 47' Davino 81'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13	48' (pen.) Giménez 61' Villa	Stadium: Estadio Tres de Marzo Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

November 5, 2011 Round 17	Cruz Azul	3 – 1	America	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Villa 1', 74' Torrado 35' Pinto 58' Orozco 62' Ponce 78'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America Fox Deportes	37' Rojas 43' Valenzuela 62' 80' Montenegro 70' Pimentel	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 33,000 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Roberto García Orozco

General table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guadalajara	17	8	6	3	24	18	+6	30^[a]	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[b]
2	Cruz Azul	17	8	5	4	21	14	+7	29^[a]	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[b]
3	UANL	17	7	7	3	22	13	+9	28^[a]	2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage^[b]
4	Santos Laguna	17	8	3	6	29	25	+4	27^[a]	Cannot qualify for South American competitions^[c]
5	Chiapas	17	7	5	5	28	23	+5	26^[a]	Advance to the Final Phase

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The top 8 score results qualify for the Playoffs.
^ ^a ^b All 3 teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.
^ Monterrey, Morelia, Santos Laguna and UNAM cannot qualify for the 2012 Copa Libertadores because they are participating in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League competition.

Final phase edit

Quarter-finals

November 19, 2011 First Leg	Morelia	2 – 1	Cruz Azul	Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
19:00 CST	Gastélum 22' Márquez L. 77', 85' Lozano 82' Lugo 87'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13	32' Orozco 53' Corona 69' Pinto 71' Castro 78' Aquino 81' Torrado	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Erim Ramírez

November 26, 2011 Second Leg	Cruz Azul	1 – 2 (2 – 4 agg.)	Morelia	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Vela 35' Torrado 40' 71' Giménez 89'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN 2	1' Huiqui 16' 23' Sabah 20' Lugo 23' Lozano 64' Aldrete 90+2' Gastélum	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 30,568 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Morelia won 2-4 in aggregate.

Torneo Clausura 2012 edit

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

Pre-Season Winter 2011 edit

Win Draw Loss

December 17, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	8 – 1	Cruz Azul U-20 & U-17	Mexico City, Mexico
CST	Cortés ?' F. Flores ?', ?' Perea ?' Orozco ?', ?', ?' Villa ?'	[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: La Noria

December 21, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	2 – 1	Ballenas de Galeana	Mexico City, Mexico
10:00 CST	Arredondo ?' (o.g.) Orozco ?'	[ Report] Live TV:	?' Torres	Stadium: La Noria

December 23, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	4 – 2	Lobos BUAP	Mexico City, Mexico
10:00 CST	Bravo ?', ?' Perea ?' Giménez ?'	[ Report] Live TV:	?', ?' Canales	Stadium: La Noria

December 28, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3 – 0	Veracruz	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 CST	Giménez 42' Bravo ?' G. Flores 61'	[ Report] Live TV:		Stadium: Estadio Azul

December 30, 2011 Friendly	Cruz Azul	2 – 1	San Luis	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 CST	Bravo 10' Giménez 48'	[ Report] Live TV:	80' Alcántar	Stadium: Estadio Azul

January 4, 2012 Friendly	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	Cruz Azul Hidalgo	Mexico City, Mexico
11:00 CST	Unknown ?'	[ Report] Live TV:	?' Unknown	Stadium: Estadio Azul

Regular phase edit

Win Draw Loss Home Game

January 7, 2012 Round 1	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	UANL	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Giménez 6' Castro 69'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	70' Lobos	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 29,000 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

January 14, 2012 Round 2	Atlas	0 – 2	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
20:45 CST	Zamogilny 1' Rodríguez 32' Romero 68'	Report Live TV: Canal 9 Galavisión	70' Bravo 70' Villa 70' Corona 70' (pen.) Giménez	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Paul Delgadillo

January 21, 2012 Round 3	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	Pachuca	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Villa 29' Araujo 44' Pinto 90+4'	Report Live TV: Azteca América SKY Sports ESPN Latin America	19' Ayoví 30' Castillo 44' López 44' Cejas 61' Rodríguez 63' Torres 66' Herrera 79' Arreola 90+3' Cota	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 27,550 (Approx. unofficial) Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso

January 28, 2012 Round 4	Atlante	2 – 2	Cruz Azul	Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
21:00 CST	Guagua 26' Martínez 67' Hernández 72' Arroyo 77' Cuevas 84' Mendoza 85'	Report Live TV: TDN	16', 85' Villa 28' Gutiérrez 83' Pereira	Stadium: Estadio Andres Quintana Roo Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

February 4, 2012 Round 5	Cruz Azul	2 – 0	Chiapas	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Meireles 44' Pereira 55' 86' Araujo 60' Orozco 61'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	22' Esqueda 68' Espinoza 90' Arizala	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 35,161 (unofficial) Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala Ramírez

February 12, 2012 Round 6	Tijuana	0 – 0	Cruz Azul	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
14:00 CST	Gandolfi 4' Arévalo 64'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 Fox Sports + & LAT	53' Gutiérrez	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Referee: Erim Ramírez

February 18, 2012 Round 7	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	UNAM	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Maranhão 19' Giménez 38' Aquino 65' Pinto 86'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN 2 Fox Deportes Azteca América	21' Herrera 26' García 53' Cabrera 90+4' Cacho	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 33,000 (unofficial) Referee: Jesús Fabricio Morales

February 26, 2012 Round 8	Morelia	2 – 0	Cruz Azul	Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
12:00 CST	Rojas 35' Sabah 81'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13	39' Domínguez 60' Giménez	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Ricardo Arellano

March 3, 2012 Round 9	Cruz Azul	4 – 3	Monterrey	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Giménez 24' (pen.), 53' 46' Bravo 56' Villa 82' 82' Corona 90+2'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	19' de Nigris 48' 90+4' Basanta 68' 69' Suazo 73' L. Pérez	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 27,240 (unofficial) Referee: Antony Zanjuampa

March 10, 2012 Round 10	Guadalajara	2 – 1	Cruz Azul	Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
19:00 CST	Sánchez 19' Reynoso 21' 90+4' (pen.) Torres 88' Michel 90+2'	Report Live TV: Canal 9 Galavisión TDN Telemundo	19' Castro 22' Villa 36' Giménez 44' 90+1' Araujo 85' Corona	Stadium: Estadio Omnilife Referee: Jorge Pérez Durán

March 17, 2012 Round 11	Cruz Azul	0 – 1	Santos Laguna	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 CST	Pinto 7' Ipata(Physical & Fitness coach) 56'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	34' 90+2' Galindo 42' Quintero 51' Ramírez 55' Ibáñez 71' Ochoa 73' Armendáriz	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 25,560 (unofficial) Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega

March 25, 2012 Round 12	Puebla	1 – 1	Cruz Azul	Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
12:00 CST	Rincón 49' Beasley 54' 65' Salinas 89'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13	22' 84' Villa	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Francisco Chacón

March 31, 2012 Round 13	Cruz Azul	3 – 1	San Luis	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 CST	Bravo 28', 38' Perea 52'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	14' Moreno 55' Paredes 66' Velasco	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 23,190 (unofficial) Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

April 7, 2012 Round 14	Cruz Azul	1 – 2	Querétaro	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Perea 46'	Report Live TV: Azteca América SKY Sports ESPN Latin America	41' 90+1' Cortés 45' Romo 81' Comizzo(Coach) 89' Mena	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 19,480 (unofficial) Referee: Roberto García Orozco

April 15, 2012 Round 15	Toluca	0 – 3	Cruz Azul	Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
12:00 DST	Sinha 36' de la Torre 78' Novaretti 86'	Report Live TV: Canal de las Estrellas 2 Telemundo	32' Giménez 44' Pereira 59' Araujo 62' 72' Vela 70' Aquino 90+1' Orozco	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

April 21, 2012 Round 16	Cruz Azul	5 – 2	Estudiantes Tecos	Mexico City, Mexico
17:00 DST	Vela 27' Flores 33' Leaño 43' (o.g.) Perea 62', 72' Castro 84'	Report Live TV: Canal Azteca 13 ESPN Latin America	28' Reyes 60' Galindo 78' Sambueza 88' Pérez 90' Lillingston	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 28,175 (unofficial) Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

April 29, 2012 Round 17	America	2 – 2	Cruz Azul	Mexico City, Mexico
16:00 DST	Aguilar 6' Benítez 8', 13' 13' Medina 35' Reyes 45' Layún 85'	Report Live TV: Canal de las Estrellas 2 Telemundo	24' 41' 87' Pereira 73' Villa	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Mauricio Morales

Classification table edit

General table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Tijuana	17	7	7	3	18	11	+7	28	Advances to the Playoffs
8	Chiapas	17	8	3	6	26	20	+6	27	Advances to the Playoffs
9	Cruz Azul	17	6	7	4	29	21	+8	25
10	Toluca	17	6	4	7	24	27	−3	22
11	Atlas	17	4	8	5	7	13	−6	20

Updated to match(es) played on April 29, 2012. Source: MedioTiempo.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Copa Libertadores edit

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

Win Draw Loss Home Game

Second stage edit

Group stage

February 8, 2012 Match Day 1	Nacional	1 – 2	Cruz Azul	Asunción, Paraguay
15:45 CST	Bogado 20' González 59' Caniza 83'	Report Live TV: Fox Deportes Fox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium	5', 28' Orozco 68' Torrado	Stadium: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

February 21, 2012 Match Day 2	Cruz Azul	4 – 0	Deportivo Táchira	Mexico City, Mexico
20:45 CST	Cortés 18' (pen.) Perea 54' Orozco 78' Villa 81'	Report Live TV: Fox Deportes Fox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium	17' Rouga 23' Clavijo 27' García 53' Chacón 76' Zapata 83' Arocha	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 26,350 (unofficial) Referee: Imer Machado (Colombia)

March 14, 2012 Match Day 3	Cruz Azul	0 – 0	Corinthians	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 CST		Report Live TV: Fox Deportes Fox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium	53' Paulinho	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 34,000 (unofficial) Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

March 21, 2012 Match Day 4	Corinthians	1 – 0	Cruz Azul	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
19:00 CST	Danilo 35' 69' Ralf 42' Emerson 86'	Report Live TV: Fox Deportes Fox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium	34' 71' Pinto 44' Mariaca 90+1' Pereira	Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

April 3, 2012 Match Day 5	Deportivo Táchira	1 – 1	Cruz Azul	San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela
20:00 DST	Parra 19' Fernández 45'	Report Live TV: Fox Deportes Fox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium	44' Pereira 58' Flores 79' Meza(Coach) 83' Giménez	Stadium: Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

April 18, 2012 Match Day 6	Cruz Azul	4 – 1	Nacional	Mexico City, Mexico
19:50 DST	Orozco 20' Aquino 34' Maranhão 45' Gutiérrez 52' Bravo 65' Perea 80'	Report Live TV: Fox Deportes Fox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium	33' Miers 37' Piris 43' Cristaldo	Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 19,294 (unofficial) Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

Classification table edit

Group table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	COR	CAZ	NAC	TAC
1	Corinthians	6	4	2	0	13	2	+11	14		1–0	2–0	6–0
2	Cruz Azul	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11	0–0		4–1	4–0
3	Nacional	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4	1–3	1–2		3–2
4	Deportivo Táchira	6	0	3	3	4	15	−11	3	1–1	1–1	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stages edit

Round of 16

May 1, 2012 First Leg	Cruz Azul	1 – 1	Libertad	Mexico City, Mexico
21:30 DST	Orozco 26' Castro 85'	Report Live TV: Fox Deportes Fox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium	68' Samudio 70' 84' Velázquez 86' Muñoz	Stadium: Estadio Azul Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

May 8, 2012 Second Leg	Libertad	2 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Cruz Azul	Asunción, Paraguay
20:30 DST	Núñez 9' Cáceres 42' 49' Nasuti 54'	Report Live TV: Fox Deportes Fox Sports LAT, HD, + & Premium	Pereira 34' Flores 49' Bravo 52'	Stadium: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

Libertad won on points 4–1.

Squad statistics edit

Start formations edit

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
27	4-4-2	Apertura (9), Clausura (13), Copa Libertadores (5)
5	5-4-1	Apertura (5)
4	5-3-2	Apertura (3), Clausura (1)
3	4-3-3	Apertura (2), Copa Libertadores (1)
1	3-4-3	Copa Libertadores (1)
1	4-4-1-1	Clausura (1)
1	4-1-3-2	Clausura (1)
1	5-2-3	Clausura (1)

Last updated: May 2
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI edit

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
11 starters
1	GK	José de Jesús Corona	32
2	LB	Fausto Pinto	32
14	CB	Néstor Araujo	28
3	CB	Waldo Ponce	14
4	RB	Julio César Domínguez	30
11	LM	Alejandro Vela	13
6	CM	Gerardo Torrado	16
8	CM	Israel Castro	42
10	RM	Christian Giménez	34
19	FW	Omar Bravo	19
30	FW	Emanuel Villa	29
Other starters
25	GK	Yosgart Gutiérrez	11
3	RB	Alberto Rodríguez	1	reinforcement only for the cup
16	RB	Gerardo Flores	21
104	RB	Francisco Flores	2
16	CB	Jair Pereira	27
17	CB	Manuel Mariaca	6
23	CM	Héctor Altamirano	1	reinforcement only for the cup
21	CM	Héctor Gutiérrez	19
7	RM	Javier Aquino	13
22	LB	Adrián Cortés	23
18	LM	Maranhão	9
27	FW	Javier Orozco	13
9	FW	Edixon Perea	17
90	FW	Marco Antonio Angúlo	1
bye	RB	Alejandro Castro	4	loan to Estudiantes Tecos
bye	RM	César Villaluz	7	out to San Luis
bye	LM	Hugo Droguett	7	out to "undefined"

Last updated: 2 May 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).

Apps, Goals and Discipline edit

League = Apertura 2011 & Clausura 2012

Cup = Copa Libertadores

Playoffs = Final Phase of the Apertura 2011 & Clausura 2012

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

# = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played 10
G = Number of goals scored
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Yellow cards
= Red cards
† Permanent player left club during the season
¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of 2 May 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
No.	Pos	Name	League		Cup		Playoffs		Total		Discipline		Notes
1	GK	José de Jesús Corona	24	-26	6	-3	2	-4	32	-35	4	0	(−) means goals conceded
12	GK	Guillermo Allison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(−) means goals conceded
20	GK	Javier Caso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(−) means goals conceded
25	GK	Yosgart Gutiérrez	10	-9	1(1)	-2	0	0	11(1)	-11	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	29	0	2	0	1	0	32	0	8	2
3	DF	Waldo Ponce	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	4	0	Injured.
3	DF	Alberto Rodríguez	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	reinforcement only for the cup.
4	DF	Julio César Domínguez	27	0	1	0	2	0	30	0	1	0
14	DF	Néstor Araujo	22	0	4	0	2	0	28	0	4	1
15	DF	Gerardo Flores	16(3)	2	5	0	0(1)	0	21(4)*	2	2	0
16	DF	Jair Pereira	19(2)	2	6	0	2	0	27(2)*	2	5	1
17	DF	Manuel Mariaca	2	0	4(1)	0	0	0	6(1)	0	1	0
22	DF	Adrián Cortés	15(3)	2	6	1	1	0	22(3)	3	0	0
64	DF	Alan Emmanuel Vidal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
104	DF	Francisco Flores	1(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2(2)*	0	1	0
--	DF	Melvin Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	reinforcement only for the cup.
6	MF	Gerardo Torrado	13(3)	0	1	0	2	0	16(3)	0	5	1	Injured.
7	MF	Javier Aquino	9(20)	2	2(1)	0	2	0	13(21)	2	5	0
8	MF	Israel Castro	34	1	7	0	1	0	42*	1	4	0
10	MF	Christian Giménez	27(1)	6	5(2)	1	2	0	34(3)	7	9	0
18	MF	Maranhão	5(10)	0	5(1)	1	0	0	10(11)*	1	2	0
21	MF	Héctor Gutiérrez	14(6)	0	5(1)	0	1	0	20(7)*	0	4	0
23	MF	Héctor Altamirano	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	reinforcement only for the cup.
24	MF	Luis Alanis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	Diego Israel Martínez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	MF	Luis Fernando Carrasco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	MF	Iñaki Domínguez	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)*	0	0	0
9	FW	Edixon Perea	13(7)	8	5(1)	2	0(2)	0	17(10)*	10	1	0
11	FW	Alejandro Vela	12(3)	1	2(3)	0	0(1)	1	14(7)	2	2	0
19	FW	Omar Bravo	17	3	2(3)	1	0	0	19(3)*	4	1	0
27	FW	Javier Orozco	6(14)	6	5	5	2	1	13(14)	12	2	1
30	FW	Emanuel Villa	24(2)	14	3(3)	1	2	0	29(5)	15	4	2
90	FW	Marco Antonio Angúlo	1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1(3)*	0	0	0
bye	DF	Alejandro Castro¤	8(3)	0	—	—	0(1)	0	4(8)	0	2	0	loan to Estudiantes Tecos.
bye	MF	Allam Bello¤	0(1)	0	—	—	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	loan to Neza FC.
bye	MF	César Villaluz†	7(7)	1	—	—	0	0	7(7)	1	2	0	out to San Luis.
bye	MF	Hugo Droguett†	7(6)	0	—	—	0(1)	0	7(7)	0	0	0	loan to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Overall statistics team edit

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	43	22	21
Games won	17	11	6
Games drawn	15	7	8
Games lost	11	4	7
Biggest win (Apertura)	2-0 vs. Puebla, 0-2 vs. Estudiantes, 3-1 vs. América	2-0 vs. Puebla, 3-1 vs. America	0-2 vs. Estudiantes
Biggest win (Clausura)	0-3 vs. Toluca and 5-2 vs. Estudiantes	5-2 vs. Estudiantes	0-3 vs. Toluca
Biggest win (Libertadores)	4-0 vs. Deportivo Táchira	4-0 vs. Deportivo Táchira	1-2 vs. Nacional (PAR)
Biggest lose (Apertura)	1-0 vs. Pachuca, 0-1, 2-1 and 1-2 vs. Morelia, 1-0 vs. Santos Laguna, 1-0 vs. Querétaro	0-1 and 1-2 vs. Morelia	1-0 vs. Pachuca, 1-0 vs. Santos Laguna, 1-0 vs. Querétaro, 2-1 vs. Morelia
Biggest lose (Clausura)	2-0 vs. Morelia	0-1 vs. Santos Laguna, 1-2 vs. Querétaro	2-0 vs. Morelia
Biggest lose (Libertadores)	1-0 vs. Corinthians		1-0 vs. Corinthians
Goals scored	64	40	24
Goals conceded	44	22	22
Goal difference	+20	+18	+2
Average GF per game	1.49	1.82	1.14
Average GA per game	1.02	1	1.05
Most Game Started	42	Israel Castro
Most appearances	42	Israel Castro
Top scorer	15	Emanuel Villa
Points	66/129 (51.16%)	39/66 (59.09%)	26/63 (41.27%)
Winning rate	17/43 (39.53%)	11/22 (50%)	6/21 (28.57%)

Last updated: May 2, 2012
Source: Competitive matches

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Goalscorers edit

Position	Nation	Name	Apertura 2011	Clausura 2012	Copa Libertadores	Total
1		Emanuel Villa	6	8	1	15
2		Javier Orozco	5	2	5	12
3		Edixon Perea	4	4	2	10
4		Christian Giménez	1	5	1	7
5		Omar Bravo	—	3	1	4
6		Adrián Cortés	2		1	3
7		Javier Aquino	1	1		2
		Alejandro Vela				2
		Gerardo Flores				2
		Jair Pereira		2		2
	—	Own Goal	1	1		2
11		Israel Castro		1		1
		César Villaluz	1	—	—
		Maranhão			1
TOTAL	—	—	23	29	12	64

Goal minutes edit

Updated to games played on 2 May.

1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT	Extra time	"Total"
5	13	9	11	14	11	1	64

Results edit

Apertura 2011 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
19	8	5	6	23	18	+5	29	5	2	2	13	8	+5	3	3	4	10	10	0

Last updated: 26 November.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round edit

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	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L
Position	10	6	7	4	4	3	1	3	2	2	4	2	2	5	4	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Clausura 2012 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	6	7	4	29	22	+7	25	4	3	2	18	13	+5	2	4	2	11	9	+2

Last updated: Apr 30.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round edit

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	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D
Position	6	3	6	7	4	6	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	10	8	8	9

Updated to match(es) played on Apr 30. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa Libertadores 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
7	3	3	1	12	5	+7	12	2	2	0	9	2	+7	1	1	1	3	3	0

Last updated: May 2.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round edit

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

Updated to match(es) played on May 2. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

IFFHS Ranking edit

Cruz Azul position on the Club World Ranking during the 2011-12 season, according to IFFHS.^[1]

Month	Position	Points
July	60	153
August	89	124.5
September	157	100.5
October	177	94.5
November	169	94.5
December	175	94.5
January	178	94.5
February	126	112
March	135	107
April	87	128
May	TBD	TBD
June	^{[to be determined]}	^{[to be determined]}

Last updated: May 7, 2012.
Source: IFFHS

References edit

^ IFFHS Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

[table_hth_GUA0.70405420740324-1] The top 8 score results qualify for the Playoffs.

[table_note_res_CL20.70405420740324-2] All 3 teams who qualify for Copa Libertadores will also participate in the Playoffs of this competition.

[table_note_res_NQSA0.70405420740324-3] Monterrey, Morelia, Santos Laguna and UNAM cannot qualify for the 2012 Copa Libertadores because they are participating in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League competition.

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

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	8	5	6	23	18	+5	29	5	2	2	13	8	+5	3	3	4	10	10	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	6	7	4	29	22	+7	25	4	3	2	18	13	+5	2	4	2	11	9	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	8	5	6	23	18	+5	29	5	2	2	13	8	+5	3	3	4	10	10	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	6	7	4	29	22	+7	25	4	3	2	18	13	+5	2	4	2	11	9	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	8	5	6	23	18	+5	29	5	2	2	13	8	+5	3	3	4	10	10	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	6	7	4	29	22	+7	25	4	3	2	18	13	+5	2	4	2	11	9	+2