List of Cruz Azul seasons

Cruz Azul is a football club based in Mexico City, that competes in Liga MX.

The club has won the first division title nine times, the Copa MX three times, the Campeón de Campeones twice, the Segunda División de México once, the CONCACAF Cup six times, and was runner up in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Interamericana once.

Champions Runners-up

Top scorers shown in italics with number of goals scored in bold are players who were also top scorers in the Primera División de México/Liga MX that season.

Seasons

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Season League Liguilla Copa MX International Other competitions League Top scorer[a]
Division Pos.[b] Pl. W D L GF GA Pts Name(s) Goals
1960–61 R3
1961–62 Segunda División[c] 4th 30 15 6 9 63 45 36 DNE
1962–63 Segunda División 5th 30 15 5 10 58 41 35
1963–64 Segunda División 1st 30 19 7 4 67 32 45
1964–65 Primera División 8th 30 10 9 11 45 42 29
1965–66 Primera División 13th 30 7 12 11 49 54 26
1966–67 Primera División 10th 30 10 9 11 45 42 29 R16
1967–68 Primera División 7th 30 12 10 8 36 30 34 SF
1968–69 Primera División 1st 30 18 8 4 49 26 44 C CONCACAF Champions' Cup C Campeón de Campeones C[d]
1969–70 Primera División 2nd 30 14 11 5 40 19 39
México 1970 Primera División 5th 14 7 2 5 13 13 16 C CONCACAF Champions' Cup C
1970–71 Primera División 7th 34 11 15 8 39 39 37
1971–72 Primera División 1st 34 22 7 5 65 36 51 C CONCACAF Champions' Cup C Campeón de Campeones F
1972–73 Primera División 1st 34 19 8 7 60 37 46 C Not held Copa Interamericana F
1973–74 Primera División 1st 34 18 13 3 69 35 49 C F Campeón de Campeones C
1974–75 Primera División 3rd 38 17 15 6 71 43 49 GS Horacio López Salgado 25
1975–76 Primera División 4th 38 15 14 9 60 38 44 QF
1976–77 Primera División 4th 38 17 12 9 51 38 46 GS Not held
1977–78 Primera División 6th 38 14 15 9 56 44 43 SF
1978–79 Primera División 1st 38 19 13 6 70 32 51 C
1979–80 Primera División 2nd 38 20 15 3 67 34 55 C
1980–81 Primera División 5th 38 14 14 10 45 36 42 F CONCACAF Champions' Cup R3
1981–82 Primera División 7th 38 14 15 9 51 44 43 CONCACAF Champions' Cup R2
1982–83 Primera División 12th 38 10 15 13 41 39 35 CONCACAF Champions' Cup W/O
1983–84 Primera División 6th 38 14 13 11 47 38 41 SF
1984–85 Primera División 3rd 38 17 13 8 53 38 47 QF
PRODE 85 Primera División 4th 8 4 3 1 7 4 11 QF
MÉXICO 86 Primera División 5th 18 8 5 5 24 18 21 QF
1986–87 Primera División 2nd 40 19 16 5 53 32 54 F
1987–88 Primera División 8th 38 14 12 12 58 56 40 F CONCACAF Champions' Cup R4
1988–89 Primera División 7th 38 16 11 11 68 59 43 F SF
1989–90 Primera División 17th 38 8 17 13 47 62 33 R16
1990–91 Primera División 3rd 38 15 15 8 47 38 45 QF SF
1991–92 Primera División 5th 38 15 14 9 60 52 44 SF SF
1992–93 Primera División 6th 38 17 10 11 70 45 44 QF Not held
1993–94 Primera División 2nd 38 18 12 8 62 33 48 QF Carlos Hermosillo 27
1994–95 Primera División 3rd 36 20 8 8 91 45 48 F R1 Carlos Hermosillo 35
1995–96 Primera División 1st 34 14 14 6 61 38 56 QF SF CONCACAF Champions' Cup C Carlos Hermosillo 26
1996 Invierno Primera División 10th 17 5 5 7 26 26 20 C Carlos Hermosillo 13
1997 Verano Primera División 9th 17 7 4 6 21 24 25 Carlos Hermosillo 8
1997 Invierno Primera División 2nd 17 8 7 2 29 16 31 C Not held CONCACAF Champions' Cup C Carlos Hermosillo 10
1998 Verano Primera División 3rd 17 8 6 3 32 18 30 QF Carlos Hermosillo 11
1998 Invierno Primera División 1st 17 12 4 1 41 14 40 QF CONCACAF Champions' Cup QF Francisco Palencia 7
1999 Verano Primera División 3rd 17 9 4 4 30 24 31 SF Francisco Palencia 11
1999 Invierno Primera División 6th 17 7 6 4 25 16 27 F Francisco Palencia 8
2000 Verano Primera División 11th 17 6 3 8 38 33 21 Francisco Palencia 12
2000 Invierno Primera División 1st 17 10 3 4 34 21 33 QF Copa Libertadores F   Ángel Morales 12
2001 Verano Primera División 13th 17 6 4 7 25 27 22   Ángel Morales
Francisco Palencia
6
2001 Invierno Primera División 4th 18 8 6 4 33 24 30 SF Miguel Zepeda 8
2002 Verano Primera División 9th 18 7 6 5 32 29 27 PO   Sebastián Abreu 19
2002 Apertura Primera División 6th 19 7 7 5 30 26 28 QF Copa Libertadores QF   Sebastián Abreu 7
2003 Clausura Primera División 11th 19 5 9 5 24 24 24 PO Juan Carlos Cacho 10
2003 Apertura Primera División 11th 19 7 6 6 30 30 27 QF   César Delgado 6
2004 Clausura Primera División 11th 19 6 5 8 36 34 23 SF   Marcelo Delgado 13
2004 Apertura Primera División 16th 17 4 4 9 30 37 16   Luciano Figueroa 10
2005 Clausura Primera División 2nd 17 9 4 4 36 19 31 SF Francisco Fonseca 10
2005 Apertura Primera División 4th 17 9 3 5 34 20 30 QF   César Delgado 9
2006 Clausura Primera División 3rd 17 9 3 5 29 20 30 QF   César Delgado 9
2006 Apertura Primera División 1st 17 9 3 5 27 20 30 QF Miguel Sabah 10
2007 Clausura Primera División 4th 17 8 4 5 22 17 28 SF   Richard Núñez 8
2007 Apertura Primera División 7th 17 7 4 6 27 22 25 QF Miguel Sabah 11
2008 Clausura Primera División 3rd 17 9 4 4 27 17 31 F Miguel Sabah 8
2008 Apertura Primera División 5th 17 7 5 5 29 23 26 F CONCACAF Champions League F   Pablo Zeballos 7
2009 Clausura Primera División 18th 17 2 7 8 26 33 13 Luis Ángel Landín 7
2009 Apertura Primera División 2nd 17 11 0 6 35 19 33 F CONCACAF Champions League F   Emanuel Villa 17
2010 Bicentenario Primera División 9th 17 7 4 6 20 20 25   Emanuel Villa 6
2010 Apertura Primera División 1st 17 12 3 2 33 13 39 QF CONCACAF Champions League SF   Christian Giménez 8
2011 Clausura Primera División 5th 17 7 5 5 25 20 26 SF   Emanuel Villa 9
2011 Apertura Primera División 2nd 17 8 5 4 21 14 29 QF Copa Libertadores R16   Emanuel Villa 6
2012 Clausura Primera División 9th 17 6 7 4 29 21 25   Emanuel Villa 8
2012 Apertura Liga MX 6th 17 6 8 3 22 15 26 QF GS   Mariano Pavone 7
2013 Clausura Liga MX 5th 17 8 5 4 35 19 29 F C   Mariano Pavone 12
2013 Apertura Liga MX 4th 17 8 5 4 21 17 29 QF DNP CONCACAF Champions League C   Joao Rojas
  Mariano Pavone
6
2014 Clausura Liga MX 1st 17 11 3 3 28 19 36 QF Marco Fabián 7
2014 Apertura Liga MX 13th 17 5 6 6 16 15 21 DNP CONCACAF Champions League GS FIFA Club World Cup 4th   Mariano Pavone 4
2015 Clausura Liga MX 9th 17 7 4 6 14 14 25   Roque Santa Cruz 4
2015 Apertura Liga MX 14th 17 5 5 7 19 25 20 QF   Christian Giménez
  Vicente Matías Vuoso
4
2016 Clausura Liga MX 9th 17 5 7 5 25 24 22 SF   Jorge Benítez 9
2016 Apertura Liga MX 14th 17 4 7 6 25 23 19 QF   Christian Giménez 5
2017 Clausura Liga MX 11th 17 5 6 6 19 20 21 SF   Ángel Mena 5
2017 Apertura Liga MX 6th 17 7 6 4 22 22 27 QF R16   Felipe Mora 8
2018 Clausura Liga MX 12th 17 5 7 5 22 18 22 GS   Felipe Mora 4
2018 Apertura Liga MX 1st 17 11 3 3 26 13 36 F C   Martín Cauteruccio
Elías Hernández
5
2019 Clausura Liga MX 4th 17 8 6 3 26 15 30 QF GS   Milton Caraglio 11
2019 Apertura Liga MX 12th 18 5 5 8 25 24 23 DNP CONCACAF Champions League QF Supercopa MX C   Jonathan Rodríguez 7
2020 Clausura Liga MX 1st[e] 10 7 1 2 24 14 22 Not held Leagues Cup C   Jonathan Rodríguez 9
2020 Guardianes Liga MX 4th 17 9 2 6 23 16 29 SF Not held Copa por México C   Jonathan Rodríguez 12
Campeón de Campeones C
2021 Guardianes Liga MX 1st 17 13 2 2 26 12 41 C CONCACAF Champions League SF   Jonathan Rodríguez 9
2021 Apertura Liga MX 8th 17 5 8 4 21 17 23 RE Roberto Alvarado
  Bryan Angulo
Santiago Giménez
4
2022 Clausura Liga MX 8th 17 7 4 6 20 17 25 QF CONCACAF Champions League SF   Juan Escobar 4
2022 Apertura Liga MX 7th 17 7 3 7 26 34 24 QF Supercopa de la Liga MX C Santiago Giménez 5
2023 Clausura Liga MX 8th 17 7 3 7 21 22 24 TBD Copa por México C Uriel Antuna 6
2023 Apertura Liga MX TBD Leagues Cup
  1. ^ Only includes goals scored in the regular season of Liga MX.
  2. ^ Position listed is general league rank.
  3. ^ The Segunda División de México was the second tier of Mexican football until 1994.
  4. ^ Automatically awarded as league and cup champion.
  5. ^ The Clausura 2020 season was ended early due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, Cruz Azul concluded the league season in first place, but were not awarded the title.