2024–25 Cruz Azul season

Cruz Azul
2024–25 season
Owner	Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L.
Sporting director	Iván Alonso
Manager	Martín Anselmi ; (until 24 January 2025) ; Vicente Sánchez ; (interim, from 25 January 2025, ratified on 23 February 2025)
Stadium	Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes; (until December 2024); Estadio Olímpico Universitario ; (from January 2025)
Liga MX	Apertura: 1st (Semi-finals) ; Clausura: 3rd (Semi-finals)
Leagues Cup	Round of 16
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ignacio Rivero (15); All: ; Ángel Sepúlveda (23)
Highest home attendance	39,689 ; (v. Tigres UANL, CONCACAF Champions Cup, 1 May 2025)
Lowest home attendance	4,293 ; (v. Real Hope, CONCACAF Champions Cup, 11 February 2025)
Average home league attendance	23,140
Biggest win	5–0 vs Real Hope (H) ; Champions Cup, 11 February 2025
Biggest defeat	3–0 vs Tijuana (A) ; Apertura, 27 November 2024
	All statistics correct as of 1 June 2025.

The 2024–25 season was Club de Futbol Cruz Azul's 98th season in existence and the 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. In addition to the domestic league, Cruz Azul also participated in the Leagues Cup and the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Vicente Sánchez
Assistant managers	Joel Huiqui
Assistant managers	Marco Calvillo
Goalkeeper coach	Carlos Nicola
Fitness coaches	Rubens Valenzuela
Fitness coaches	Fernando Ramos
Physiotherapists	Paolo Arriaga
Physiotherapists	José Morales
Team doctors	Antonio Acevedo
Team doctors	Juan Pérez

Source: Liga MX

Squad

As of 31 January 2025^[1]^[2]

No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Since	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Andrés Gudiño	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997	2019	Venados
23	Kevin Mier	(2000-05-18) 18 May 2000	2024	Atlético Nacional
30	Emmanuel Ochoa	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005	2025	San Jose Earthquakes
Defenders
2	Jorge Sánchez	(1997-12-10) 10 December 1997	2024	Ajax
3	Omar Campos	(2002-07-20) 20 July 2002	2025	Los Angeles FC
4	Willer Ditta	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997	2023	Newell's Old Boys
5	Jesús Orozco	(2002-02-19) 19 February 2002	2025	Guadalajara
22	Raymundo Rubio	(2001-02-13) 13 February 2001	2023	Academy
26	Carlos Vargas	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999	2023	Mazatlán
33	Gonzalo Piovi	(1994-09-08) 8 September 1994	2024	Racing Club
Midfielders
6	Érik Lira	(2000-05-08) 8 May 2000	2022	UNAM
7	Mateusz Bogusz	(2001-08-22) 22 August 2001	2025	Los Angeles FC
8	Lorenzo Faravelli	(1993-03-29) 29 March 1993	2024	Independiente del Valle
10	Andrés Montaño	(2002-05-22) 22 May 2002	2024	Mazatlán
14	Alexis Gutiérrez	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000	2019	Academy
15	Ignacio Rivero (captain)	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992	2021	Tijuana
17	Amaury García	(2001-12-19) 19 December 2001	2024	UNAM
18	Luka Romero	(2004-11-18) 18 November 2004	2025	AC Milan
19	Carlos Rodríguez (vice-captain)	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	2022	Monterrey
29	Carlos Rotondi	(1997-03-02) 2 March 1997	2022	Defensa y Justicia
32	Cristian Jiménez	(2002-07-18) 18 July 2002	2021	Academy
34	Leonardo Sámano	(2001-06-18) 18 June 2001	2024	UNAM
Forwards
9	Ángel Sepúlveda	(1991-02-15) 15 February 1991	2023	Querétaro
11	Giorgos Giakoumakis	(1994-12-11) 11 December 1994	2024	Atlanta United
21	Gabriel Fernández	(1994-05-13) 13 May 1994	2024	UNAM
35	Luis Gutiérrez	(2001-10-17) 17 October 2001	2024	Free agent

Transfers

Summer

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
16 June 2024	FW	11	Giorgos Giakoumakis	Atlanta United	$10,000,000	^[3]
19 June 2024	MF	10	Andrés Montaño	Mazatlán	$4,000,000	^[4]
1 July 2024	MF	17	Amaury García	UNAM	Undisclosed	^[5]
1 July 2024	MF	34	Leonardo Sámano	UNAM	Undisclosed	^[6]
4 July 2024	DF	2	Jorge Sánchez	Ajax	$3,200,000	^[7]
5 July 2024	FW	35	Luis Gutiérrez	Free agent	Free transfer	^[8]
8 July 2024	MF	27	Luis Romo	Monterrey	$7,000,000	^[9]

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
26 June 2024	FW	11	Christian Tabó	Liverpool Montevideo	Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2024	DF	30	Rafael Guerrero	Tigres UANL	Undisclosed	^[11]
10 July 2024	MF	18	Rodrigo Huescas	Copenhagen	$2,000,000	^[12]
16 July 2024	FW	21	Augusto Lotti	Platense	Free transfer	^[13]
4 August 2024	DF	3	Carlos Salcedo	Juárez	Free transfer	^[14]
27 August 2024	MF	7	Uriel Antuna	Tigres UANL	$7,500,000	^[15]

Winter

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
5 January 2025	DF	3	Omar Campos	Los Angeles FC	$4,000,000	^[16]
11 January 2025	DF	5	Jesús Orozco	Guadalajara	$11,000,000^[a]	^[17]
17 January 2025	GK	30	Emmanuel Ochoa	San Jose Earthquakes	Undisclosed	^[18]
17 January 2025	MF	18	Luka Romero	AC Milan	$3,500,000	^[19]
25 January 2025	MF	7	Mateusz Bogusz	Los Angeles FC	$9,000,000	^[20]

^ As part of the same deal, Luis Romo moved to Guadalajara, and Cruz Azul reportedly paid an additional $4,500,000.

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
2 January 2025	GK	12	Luis Jiménez	Necaxa	End of loan	^[21]
3 January 2025	GK	—	Sebastián Jurado	Juárez	Undisclosed	^[22]
6 January 2025	FW	—	Diber Cambindo	Necaxa	$3,000,000	^[23]
	DF	—	Juan Escobar	Castellón	Released	^[24]
	DF	31	Luis Iturbide	Cañoneros F.C.	Released	^[25]
11 January 2025	MF	27	Luis Romo	Guadalajara	Orozco + $4.5 million	^[17]
22 January 2025	DF	13	Camilo Cándido	Atlético Nacional	Loan	^[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

Matches

21 June 2024 Copa por la Paz	Cruz Azul	3–3 (4–5 p)	Guadalajara	Zacatecas
19:50 PST	Gutiérrez 23' Gamboa 27' Morales 48'	Report	Olivas 1' Cisneros 30' Guzmán 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba
	Penalties
	Piovi García Montaño Sámano Levy		Guzmán Marín Sánchez Beltrán Briseño

23 June 2024 Copa por la Paz	Zacatecas	0–2	Cruz Azul	Zacatecas
12:00 PST		Report	Morales 64' Levy 90'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba

29 June 2024 Friendly	Cruz Azul	1–0	América de Cali	Mexico City
21:00 CST	Gutiérrez 18'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes

5 September 2024 Friendly	Oaxaca	1–3	Cruz Azul	Oaxaca
20:00 CST	Luna 5'	Report	González 33' Gutiérrez 48' Sepúlveda 51'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca

16 November 2024 Friendly	Cruz Azul	1–1	UANL	Dallas, United States
19:30 CST	Giakoumakis 19'	Report	Garza 44' Piovi 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Cotton Bowl

19 March 2025 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3–1	León	Sacramento, United States
20:00 PDT	Romero 33' Gamboa 54', 60' Montaño 77' Fernandez 82'	Report	Mendoza 76'	Stadium: Heart Health Park

22 March 2025 Friendly	Cruz Azul	3–1	Atlas	Fresno, United States
19:00 PDT	Romero 7', 45' Piovi 26' Ditta 31' Fernández 36' Sánchez 79'	Report	Martín 75'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park

Competitions

In addition to league play, Cruz Azul will also participate in several cup competitions. In July and August, Liga MX play will halt for the Leagues Cup, an continental competition with Major League Soccer clubs hosted in Canada and the United States.^[27]

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Apertura 2024	6 July 2024	8 December 2024	Matchday 1	Semi-finals	21	14	4	3	45	19	+26	066.67
Clausura 2025	11 January 2025	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	Semi-finals	21	12	6	3	33	21	+12	057.14
Leagues Cup	31 July 2024	13 August 2024	Group stage	Round of 16	4	0	4	0	3	3	+0	000.00
CONCACAF Champions Cup	4 February 2025	1 June 2025	Round one	Winners	9	6	3	0	20	3	+17	066.67
Total					55	32	17	6	101	46	+55	058.18

Last updated: 1 June 2025
Source: Soccerway

Liga MX

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	17	13	3	1	39	12	+27	42	Qualification for the quarter–finals^[a]
2	Toluca	17	10	5	2	38	16	+22	35
3	UANL	17	10	4	3	25	15	+10	34
4	UNAM	17	9	4	4	21	13	+8	31
5	Monterrey	17	9	4	4	26	19	+7	31

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:

^ The first six places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

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
21	14	4	3	45	19	+26	46	8	2	1	26	7	+19	6	2	2	19	12	+7

Last updated: 8 December 2024.
Source: Soccerway

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D
Position	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	3	6	9	10	13	16	19	19	22	25	28	31	34	37	40	41	42

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: Liga MX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 10 June 2024.^[28]

Regular phase

6 July 2024 1	Cruz Azul	1–0	Mazatlán	Mexico City
21:00 CT	Ditta 39' Piovi 72' Cándido 75' García 87' Gamboa 90+4'	Report	Árciga 90+7'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 15,206 Referee: Karen Hernández Andrade

13 July 2024 2	Monterrey	0–4	Cruz Azul	Guadalupe
21:10 CT	Berterame 63' Fimbres 85'	Report	Rivero 14', 62' Rotondi 28' (pen.), 50' Sepúlveda 76'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 45,957 Referee: Maximiliano Quintero Hernández

16 July 2024 3	Cruz Azul	3–0	Tijuana	Mexico City
21:05 CT	Giakoumakis 33', 52' Rivero 45+2' García 48'	Report	Corona 40' Reynoso 72'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 25,414 Referee: Ismael Rosario Lopez Peñuelas

20 July 2024 4	Cruz Azul	1–1	Toluca	Mexico City
21:05 CT	Rodríguez 12' Giakoumakis 55' Sepúlveda 89'	Report	Gallardo 31' Araújo 38' Ruiz 41'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 25,862 Referee: Jesus Rafael Lopez Valle

23 August 2024 5	Querétaro	0–2	Cruz Azul	Querétaro
19:00 CT		Report	Rotondi 45' (pen.) Faravelli 71' Sánchez 85' Giakoumakis 87' Mier 90+3' Morales 90+9'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 27,884 Referee: Guillermo Pacheco Larios

31 August 2024 6	Cruz Azul	4–1	América	Mexico City
21:10 CT	Romo 39' Giakoumakis 44' Sepúlveda 45+3' Lira 62' Rotondi 63' Gutiérrez 79' Faravelli 90'	Report	Rodríguez 17' Malagón 34' Dos Santos 52' Araujo 71'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 25,282 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

14 September 2024 7	León	1–2	Cruz Azul	León
20:35 CT	Cádiz 5' Hernández 25' Bellón 36'	Report	Rodríguez 29' Faravelli 29', 45+2' Piovi 42' Rotondi 83'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 21,585 Referee: Maximiliano Quintero Hernández

17 September 2024 8	Atlético San Luis	3–1	Cruz Azul	San Luis Potosí
19:00 CT	Boli 35' Güémez 45+4' Sánchez 66' Lira 90+7' (o.g.)	Report	Rivero 32' Piovi 74'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 18,971 Referee: Óscar Mejía García

21 September 2024 9	Cruz Azul	1–0	Guadalajara	Mexico City
21:05 CT	Rivero 34', 60'	Report	Beltrán 30'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 25,851 Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón

28 September 2024 10	Pachuca	2–4	Cruz Azul	Pachuca
19:05 CT	Hernández 12' Rondón 42' Cabral 45+4' Barreto 45+7' 48' Berlanga 86'	Report	Rotondi 9' Rivero 21' Giakoumakis 45', 55' Piovi 60' Faravelli 66' Sepúlveda 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 14,462 Referee: Adonai Escobedo González

5 October 2024 11	Cruz Azul	3–0	Necaxa	Mexico City
17:00 CT	Gutiérrez 8' Rotondi 18' Faravelli 63'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 25,589 Referee: Guillermo Pacheco Larios

18 October 2024 12	Puebla	1–2	Cruz Azul	Puebla
21:05 CT	Quiñones 45+7' Olmedo 85'	Report	Giakoumakis 45+4', 47' Faravelli 58' Rotondi 71' (pen.) Piovi 88'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 34,978 Referee: Mario Terrazas Chávez

23 October 2024 13	Cruz Azul	4–0	Juárez	Mexico City
19:00 CT	Faravelli 8' Sepúlveda 28', 50' Fernández 72' Sánchez 90'	Report	Edson 78'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 26,278 Referee: Vicente Reynoso Arce

26 October 2024 14	UNAM	0–2	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
18:00 CT	Duarte 10' Silva 50'	Report	Sepúlveda 1', 35' Rivero 12' Ditta 34'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 37,576 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

2 November 2024 15	Cruz Azul	2–0	Santos Laguna	Mexico City
21:10 CT	Sánchez 23' Sepúlveda 68' Piovi 83'	Report	Gutiérrez 41' Jiménez 44' Mariscal 50' Fagúndez 83'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 24,271 Referee: Karen Hernández Andrade

6 November 2024 16	Atlas	2–2	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara
21:05 CT	Aguirre 18' Dória 80' Márquez 85' Zaldívar 88'	Report	Gutiérrez 5' Rotondi 45+5' (pen.) Ditta 80' Rivero 81'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 24,204 Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

9 November 2024 17	Cruz Azul	1–1	UANL	Mexico City
21:05 CT	Romo 2' Lira 45' Morales 90+4' Sepúlveda 90+8', 90+9'	Report	Ibáñez 88' (pen.) Purata 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 26,536 Referee: Adonai Escobedo González

Quarter-finals

27 November 2024 First leg	Tijuana	3–0	Cruz Azul	Tijuana
20:10 PT	Zúñiga 10' Álvarez 19' Reynoso 42'	Report	Sánchez 34'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 25,333 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

30 November 2024 Second leg	Cruz Azul	3–0 (3 (s)–3 agg.)	Tijuana	Mexico City
19:10 CT	Rivero 44' Giakoumakis 54' Sepúlveda 74' Ditta 94'	Report	Gómez 62'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 24,975 Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

Semi-finals

5 December 2024 First leg	América	0–0	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
20:00 CT		Report	Piovi 88'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 29,401 Referee: Oscar Mejía García

8 December 2024 Second leg	Cruz Azul	3–4 (3–4 agg.)	América	Mexico City
19:00 CT	Faravelli 42' Rodríguez 66' Ditta 66' Rivero 68' Fernández 80' Morales 86', 88'	Report	Zendejas 15' Sánchez 49' Borja 58' Juárez 72' Aguirre 90+4' (pen.), 90+5' 90+8'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 29,404 Referee: Adonai Escobedo González

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca (C)	17	11	4	2	41	22	+19	37	Qualification for the quarter–finals^[a]
2	América	17	10	4	3	34	10	+24	34
3	Cruz Azul	17	9	6	2	26	16	+10	33
4	UANL	17	10	3	4	24	14	+10	33
5	Necaxa	17	10	1	6	36	29	+7	31

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2025. Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The first six places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

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
21	12	6	3	33	21	+12	42	7	3	0	17	8	+9	5	3	3	16	13	+3

Last updated: 18 May 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9¹	8	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D
Position	11	16	17	9	6	4	8	5	5	6	5	5	5	3	5	2	3
Points	1	1	2	5	8	11	11	14	17	18	19	22	25	28	29	32	33

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2025. Source: Liga MX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 9 (v. Santos Laguna) was moved forward due to Cruz Azul's involvement in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 December 2024.^[29]

Regular phase

11 January 2025 1	Cruz Azul	1–1	Atlas	Mexico City
21:05 CST	Sepúlveda 38' Fernández 67'	Report	Đurđević 52' Ríos 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 9,732 Referee: Maximiliano Quintero Hernández

18 January 2025 2	Juárez	1–0	Cruz Azul	Ciudad Juárez
16:00 MST	Rodríguez 19', 78' Mosquera 23' González 45'	Report	Piovi 11' Orozco 52' Sánchez 84'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 13,256 Referee: Iván López Sánchez
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 20:10 kick-off, but was moved due to the low temperatures expected in Ciudad Juárez.^[30]

25 January 2025 3	Cruz Azul	1–1	Puebla	Mexico City
17:00 CST	Faravelli 2' Rodríguez 65' Lira 66' Piovi 77'	Report	Gómez 15' Mares 27' Waller 66'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 10,074 Referee: Jorge Abraham Camacho Peregrina

28 January 2025 4	Necaxa	1–3	Cruz Azul	Aguascalientes
21:05 CST	Cambindo 18'	Report	Lira 30', 38' Orozco 45' Giakoumakis 72' Faravelli 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 16,866 Referee: Luis Alfredo García Rodríguez

31 January 2025 5	Tijuana	2–3	Cruz Azul	Tijuana
19:05 PST	Bilbao 18' Tona 64' Zúñiga 69' Gómez 80'	Report	Romero 6' Giakoumakis 33', 68' Rotondi 45' (pen.) Orozco 55' Piovi 59' Rodríguez 77' Ditta 80'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 23,333 Referee: Mario Terrazas Chávez

8 February 2025 6	Cruz Azul	2–1	Pachuca	Mexico City
21:05 CST	Rivero 22' Giakoumakis 38' Ditta 68' Sepúlveda 81' Fernández 90'	Report	Bauermann 36' 84' Rondón 79'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 10,733 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

15 February 2025 7	UANL	2–1	Cruz Azul	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 CST	Garza 26' Joaquim 45+3', 53' Lainez 47' Aquino 55' Ibáñez 65' Guzmán 90+7'	Report	Giakoumakis 41' Faravelli 79' Lira 79' Rodríguez 80' Rivero 90+8'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,615 Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

19 February 2025 9	Santos Laguna	0–1	Cruz Azul	Torreón
21:05 CST	Barticciotto 10' Naveda 15'	Report	Rivero 11' Lira 58' Bogusz 68' Sepúlveda 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 14,020 Referee: Jesús Rafael López Valle
Note: Fixture was moved forward due to Cruz Azul's participation in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.^[31]

23 February 2025 8	Cruz Azul	1–0	Querétaro	Mexico City
19:05 CST	Ditta 4' Sepúlveda 76'	Report	Preciado 88'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 11,477 Referee: Jorge Abraham Camacho Peregrina

28 February 2025 10	Mazatlán	1–1	Cruz Azul	Mazatlán
20:00 MST	Pizarro 59' Benedetti 86' (pen.) Duarte 90+5'	Report	Orozco 59' Bogusz 62' Faravelli 72' Rivero 84' Montaño 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio de Mazatlán Attendance: 11,098 Referee: Luis Alfredo García Rodríguez

8 March 2025 11	Cruz Azul	1–1	Monterrey	Mexico City
19:05 CST	Rivero 21' Piovi 74' Rotondi 90+7'	Report	Ramos 12' Medina 16' Berterame 85'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 22,895 Referee: Oscar Mejía García

15 March 2025 12	Cruz Azul	3–0	Atlético San Luis	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Sepúlveda 8', 13' Orozco 83' Montaño 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 15,933 Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

29 March 2025 13	Guadalajara	0–1	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara
21:05 CST	Chávez 62' Wilke 90+6'	Report	Rivero 45+2' Piovi 45+4' Ditta 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 30,415 Referee: Jesús Rafael López Valle
Note: Due to disciplinary sanctions imposed two weeks prior, as a result of incidents at the end of the El Super Clásico on Matchday 11 at Estadio Akron,^[32] this match was relocated to Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara.^[33]

5 April 2025 14	Cruz Azul	3–2	UNAM	Puebla
21:10 CST	Rotondi 28', 61' Montaño 45+6' Giakoumakis 65' Romero 71'	Report	Funes Mori 14' Pussetto 16' Ruvalcaba 50' Martínez 72' Carrasquilla 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 37,561 Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón
Note: Due to a contractual agreement between Cruz Azul and UNAM, Cruz Azul is not allowed to play as the home team against UNAM at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario. Therefore, this match was relocated to the Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla.^[34]

12 April 2025 15	América	0–0	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
21:15 CST		Report	Bogusz 68'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 24,520 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

15 April 2025 16	Cruz Azul	2–1	León	Mexico City
21:05 CST	Rodríguez 11' Romero 84' Fernández 90+3'	Report	Fonseca 43' 74' Mendoza 58' Jiménez 89' Fierro 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 37,348 Referee: Oscar Mejía García

19 April 2025 17	Toluca	2–2	Cruz Azul	Toluca
19:05 CST	Domínguez 30' López 42' Gallardo 43' Herrera 45+4'	Report	Fernández 2' Ditta 33' Rotondi 37', 45+3' Faravelli 63'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 27,263 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

Quarter-finals

8 May 2025 First leg	León	2–3	Cruz Azul	León
21:10 CST	Echeverría 28' Santos 29' Moreno 46' Frías 51' Guardado 90+4'	Report	Rivero 14', 90+7' Montaño 19', 41' Jiménez 36' Rotondi 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 13,667 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

11 May 2025 Second leg	Cruz Azul	2–1 (5–3 agg.)	León	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Rivero 33' Orozco 46' Echeverría 66' (o.g.)	Report	Cádiz 39' Barreiro 53'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 20,577 Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

Semi-finals

15 May 2025 First leg	Cruz Azul	1–0	América	Mexico City
20:00 CST	Rivero 59', 66'	Report	Zendejas 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 34,951 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

18 May 2025 Second leg	América	2–1 (2 (s)–2 agg.)	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
19:15 CST	Martín 66' (pen.) Borja 79', 80'	Report	Ditta 36' Faravelli 45+1', 57'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 30,872 Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

Leagues Cup

Group stage (East 4)

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 January 2024 with the fixtures announced on 14 March.^[35]^[36]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PHI	CAZ	CLT
1	Philadelphia Union	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	1–0
2	Cruz Azul	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	Charlotte FC	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	−1	2		—	0–0	—

Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

31 July 2024 1	Charlotte FC	0–0 (4–2 p)	Cruz Azul	Charlotte, United States
20:00 EDT	Bronico 64' Westwood 65'	Report	Rotondi 54' Ditta 64'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 33,329 Referee: Bryan López
	Penalties
	Świderski Westwood Agyemang Bronico		Antuna Rodríguez Rivero Romo

4 August 2024 2	Philadelphia Union	1–1 (3–5 p)	Cruz Azul	Chester, United States
20:00 EDT	Bedoya 2' Sullivan 37' Lowe 55' Gazdag 59', 88'	Report	Rotondi 41', 59' Romo 51' Antuna 90+2'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 18,680 Referee: Jorge Abraham Camacho Peregrina
	Penalties
	Gazdag Elliott Martínez Adeniran		Piovi Montaño Ditta Rotondi Sepúlveda

Knockout stage

Cruz Azul advanced to the knockout phase as group runners-up. They were then drawn away to Orlando City SC in the round of 32, and to fellow Liga MX side Mazatlán in the round of 16.^[37]

9 August 2024 Round of 32	Orlando City SC	0–0 (4–5 p)	Cruz Azul	Orlando, United States
19:30 EDT	Brekalo 46'	Report	Piovi 85'	Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium Attendance: 17,057 Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
	Penalties
	Jansson Lodeiro Muriel McGuire Torres Þórhallsson		Rivero Montaño Ditta Piovi Sepúlveda Antuna

13 August 2024 Round of 16	Cruz Azul	2–2 (1–3 p)	Mazatlán	Washington, D.C., United States
20:00 EDT	Piovi 45+4' 49' Antuna 72', 84' Ditta 90+1'	Report	Colula 40' Bárcenas 45+1' Almada 46' Meraz 69' Torres 90+3'	Stadium: Audi Field Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)
	Penalties
	Antuna Rotondi Ditta Giakoumakis		Bárcenas Colula Torres

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Round one

The draw for round one took place on 10 December 2024 at CONCACAF's headquarters in Miami, Florida. Cruz Azul were drawn against reigning Ligue Haïtienne champions Real Hope.^[38]

4 February 2025 First leg	Real Hope	0–2	Cruz Azul	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
21:00 AST	Michel 2'	Report	Sepúlveda 38' Guillaume 83' (o.g.) García 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC Attendance: 1,017 Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)

11 February 2025 Second leg	Cruz Azul	5–0 (7–0 agg.)	Real Hope	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CST	Sepúlveda 21', 24' Fernández 26', 75' Montaño 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 4,293 Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

Round of 16

Cruz Azul were drawn against American side Seattle Sounders FC.

5 March 2025 First leg	Seattle Sounders FC	0–0	Cruz Azul	Seattle, United States
19:30 PST	Rusnák 39'	Report	Fernández 45+3' Faravelli 90+1'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 27,844 Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

11 March 2025 Second leg	Cruz Azul	4–1 (4–1 agg.)	Seattle Sounders FC	Mexico City, Mexico
18:30 CST	Rodríguez 33', 45+4' Rotondi 38' Sepúlveda 71' (pen.) Bogusz 80' Romero 85' Sánchez 88'	Report	Vargas 50' Musovski 74'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 7,473 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Quarter-finals

Cruz Azul were drawn against fellow Mexican champions América.

1 April 2025 First leg	América	0–0	Cruz Azul	Mexico City, Mexico
19:15 CST	Aguirre 86'	Report	Rivero 12' Ditta 75' Sánchez 88'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes Attendance: 19,720 Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

8 April 2025 Second leg	Cruz Azul	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	América	Mexico City, Mexico
21:30 CST	Piovi 9' Sepúlveda 12', 85', 86' Faravelli 36' Lira 63'	Report	Valdés 29' Juárez 35' Fidalgo 57' Cáceres 73' Araujo 88'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 27,923 Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Semi-finals

Cruz Azul were drawn against fellow Mexican side Tigres UANL.

23 April 2025 First leg	UANL	1–1	Cruz Azul	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
20:00 CST	Purata 3', 84'	Report	Sepúlveda 13' Rivero 35' Rotondi 68'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 31,251 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

1 May 2025 Second leg	Cruz Azul	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	UANL	Mexico City, Mexico
20:00 CST	Faravelli 29' Sepúlveda 82' (pen.)	Report	Aquino 19' Córdova 30' Ibáñez 55' Vigón 85'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 39,689 Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Final

The final was held on 1 June 2025 in Mexico City, with Cruz Azul facing Canadian side Vancouver Whitecaps FC. This was Cruz Azul's seventh CONCACAF Champions Cup final, only behind América for the most final appearances by any club in the CONCACAF region, including Mexican teams.^[39]^{[note 1]}

1 June 2025 (2025-06-01) Final	Cruz Azul	5–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 CST	Rivero 8' Faravelli 28' Sepúlveda 37', 50' Bogusz 45'	Report	Veselinović 65'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 33,046 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura 2024		Clausura 2025		Leagues Cup		CONCACAF Champions Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MEX	Andrés Gudiño	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	MEX	Jorge Sánchez	46	2	18	1	17	0	4	0	7	1
3	DF	MEX	Omar Campos	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	COL	Willer Ditta	52	1	21	0	19	0	4	1	8	0
5	DF	MEX	Jesús Orozco	25	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	7	0
6	MF	MEX	Érik Lira	50	1	20	0	19	1	4	0	7	0
7	MF	POL	Mateusz Bogusz	22	2	0	0	14	1	0	0	8	1
8	MF	ARG	Lorenzo Faravelli	50	9	18	5	20	3	4	0	8	1
9	FW	MEX	Ángel Sepúlveda	50	23	21	10	18	4	3	0	8	9
10	MF	MEX	Andrés Montaño	38	5	19	0	9	4	4	0	6	1
11	FW	GRE	Giorgos Giakoumakis	40	9	17	7	17	2	4	0	2	0
14	MF	MEX	Alexis Gutiérrez	45	3	21	3	13	0	4	0	7	0
15	MF	URU	Ignacio Rivero	49	16	20	7	17	8	4	0	8	1
17	MF	MEX	Amaury García	8	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF	ARG	Luka Romero	23	3	0	0	17	2	0	0	6	1
19	MF	MEX	Carlos Rodríguez	52	1	21	0	20	0	4	0	7	1
21	FW	URU	Gabriel Fernández	29	7	5	2	16	3	0	0	8	2
22	DF	MEX	Raymundo Rubio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	COL	Kevin Mier	52	0	21	0	20	0	4	0	7	0
26	DF	MEX	Carlos Vargas	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ARG	Carlos Rotondi	48	13	21	7	17	4	4	1	6	1
30	GK	MEX	Emmanuel Ochoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	MEX	Cristian Jiménez	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Piovi	46	0	19	0	15	0	4	0	8	0
34	MF	MEX	Leonardo Sámano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	MEX	Luis Gutiérrez	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
193	FW	MEX	Karol Velázquez^[a]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
194	MF	MEX	Amaury Morales^[a]	31	2	11	2	14	0	0	0	6	0
196	DF	MEX	José Suarez^[a]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
205	FW	MEX	Christian Valdivia^[a]	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
210	FW	MEX	Bryan Gamboa^[a]	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
214	FW	MEX	Mateo Levy^[a]	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
250	MF	MEX	Jeyson Durán^[b]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
7	MF	MEX	Uriel Antuna	9	1	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
12	GK	MEX	Luis Jiménez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	URU	Camilo Cándido	16	0	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
18	MF	MEX	Rodrigo Huescas	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	MEX	Luis Romo	24	0	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
31	DF	MEX	Luis Iturbide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
200	MF	MEX	Jorge García^[a]	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 June 2025
Source: ESPN

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Player is registered with the under-23 team.
^ Player is registered with the under-19 team.

Goals

As of 1 June 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Leagues Cup	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Ángel Sepúlveda	10	4	0	9	23
2	15	MF	Ignacio Rivero	7	8	0	1	16
3	29	FW	Carlos Rotondi	7	4	1	1	13
4	8	MF	Lorenzo Faravelli	5	3	0	1	9
4	11	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	7	2	0	0	9
6	21	FW	Gabriel Fernández	2	3	0	2	7
7	10	MF	Andrés Montaño	0	4	0	1	5
8	14	MF	Alexis Gutiérrez	3	0	0	0	3
8	18	MF	Luka Romero	0	2	0	1	3
10	7	MF	Mateusz Bogusz	0	1	0	1	2
	194	MF	Amaury Morales^[a]	2	0	0	0	2
	2	DF	Jorge Sánchez	1	0	0	1	2
13	7	MF	Uriel Antuna	0	0	1	0	1
	4	DF	Willer Ditta	0	0	1	0	1
	210	FW	Bryan Gamboa^[a]	1	0	0	0	1
	6	MF	Érik Lira	0	1	0	0	1
	19	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals				0	1	0	1	2
Total				45	33	3	20	101

^ ^a ^b Player is registered with the under-23 team.

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Leagues Cup	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Total
1	29	FW	Carlos Rotondi	4	5	0	3	12
2	11	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	4	3	1	0	8
2	19	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	5	2	0	1	8
4	14	MF	Alexis Gutiérrez	3	2	1	0	6
4	27	MF	Luis Romo	6	0	0	0	6
6	7	MF	Mateusz Bogusz	0	2	0	3	5
	33	DF	Gonzalo Piovi	4	0	0	1	5
	15	MF	Ignacio Rivero	2	1	0	2	5
9	2	DF	Jorge Sánchez	2	1	0	1	4
9	9	FW	Ángel Sepúlveda	1	1	0	2	4
11	194	MF	Amaury Morales^[a]	0	3	0	0	3
12	21	FW	Gabriel Fernández	1	1	0	0	2
12	10	MF	Andrés Montaño	0	1	1	0	2
14	4	DF	Willer Ditta	0	1	0	0	1
	8	MF	Lorenzo Faravelli	1	0	0	0	1
	18	MF	Luka Romero	0	1	0	0	1
	196	DF	José Suarez^[a]	0	0	0	1	1
Total				31	24	3	14	72

^ ^a ^b Player is registered with the under-23 team.

Clean sheets

No.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Leagues Cup	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Total
1	Andrés Gudiño	0	0	0	2	2
23	Kevin Mier	11	6	2	4	23
Total		11	6	2	6	25

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	Apertura			Clausura			Leagues Cup			CONCACAF Champions Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
2	DF	Jorge Sánchez	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1
4	DF	Willer Ditta	5	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0
5	DF	Jesús Orozco	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
6	MF	Érik Lira	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
7	MF	Mateusz Bogusz	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
8	MF	Lorenzo Faravelli	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	12	0	0
9	FW	Ángel Sepúlveda	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0
10	MF	Andrés Montaño	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
13	DF	Camilo Cándido	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	MF	Ignacio Rivero	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	1
17	MF	Amaury García	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
18	MF	Luka Romero	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
21	FW	Gabriel Fernández	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
23	GK	Kevin Mier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF	Luis Romo	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
29	MF	Carlos Rotondi	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
33	DF	Gonzalo Piovi	6	0	1	4	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	13	1	2
32	DF	Cristian Jiménez	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
194	MF	Amaury Morales^[a]	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
200	MF	Jorge García^[a]	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			41	0	3	47	0	2	6	1	0	16	0	0	110	1	5

^ ^a ^b Player is registered with the under-23 team.

Awards

Liga MX Player of the Month

Month	Player	Ref.
September	Carlos Rotondi	^[40]
October	Ángel Sepúlveda	^[41]
November	Jorge Sánchez	^[42]

Liga MX Goal of the Month

Month	Player	Ref.
September	Lorenzo Faravelli	^[43]
November	Jorge Sánchez	^[44]

Liga MX Save of the Month

Month	Player	Ref.
September	Kevin Mier	^[45]

Notes

^ While Cruz Azul has won seven titles overall, two of those (1970 and 1996) were won without a final match being played.

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^ "Leagues Cup 2024 Group Stage Schedule and Bracket Announcement Presented by Coors Light Unveiled". leaguescup.com. 14 March 2024.
^ "Cruz Azul elimina a Orlando y califica a Octavos de Final de Leagues Cup" (in Spanish). TUDN. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
^ "2025 Concacaf Champions Cup Draw Reveals Round One matchups". CONCACAF. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ Alarcón, Rafael Trujillo (2025-05-01). "¿Cuántas finales de la Concacaf Champions Cup ha jugado Cruz Azul?". www.record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-02.
^ @LigaBBVAMX (October 9, 2024). "¡Se llama Carlos Rodolfo Rotondi y es el mejor jugador del mes de septiembre en la #LigaBBVAMX!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via Twitter.
^ "El resurgir de Ángel Sepúlveda: Liga MX elige al delantero de Cruz Azul como el jugador del mes" (in Spanish). Vamos Azul. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
^ @LigaBBVAMX (November 21, 2024). "El jugador del mes de noviembre es para el dorsal #2 del @CruzAzul, Jorge Sánchez" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2024 – via Twitter.
^ @LigaBBVAMX (October 10, 2024). "Lorenzo Faravelli nos regaló el #GolDelMes con esta JOYA con @CruzAzul en la que nunca deja de seguir la jugada y remata en el piso" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2024 – via Twitter.
^ @LigaBBVAMX (November 21, 2024). "¡El #GolDelMes está aquí! Es de Jorge Sánchez contra Santos" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via Twitter.
^ @LigaBBVAMX (October 10, 2024). "Kevin Mier hizo la #AtajadaDelMes en un PARTIDAZO del @CruzAzul en la jornada 10 ante Pachuca" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2024 – via Twitter.

[17] As part of the same deal, Luis Romo moved to Guadalajara, and Cruz Azul reportedly paid an additional $4,500,000.

[table_note_res_LIG0.65998840921558-29] The first six places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

[table_note_res_LIG0.0068730404632506-31] The first six places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

[[[Cruz_Azul_Reserves_and_Academy#Under-23s|U23]]-44] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Player is registered with the under-23 team.

[[[Cruz_Azul_Reserves_and_Academy#Under-19s|U19]]-45] Player is registered with the under-19 team.

[[[Cruz_Azul_Reserves_and_Academy#Under-23s|U23]]-46] Player is registered with the under-23 team.

[[[Cruz_Azul_Reserves_and_Academy#Under-23s|U23]]-47] Player is registered with the under-23 team.

[[[Cruz_Azul_Reserves_and_Academy#Under-23s|U23]]-48] Player is registered with the under-23 team.

[Finals-43] While Cruz Azul has won seven titles overall, two of those (1970 and 1996) were won without a final match being played.

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