Cruz Azul (women)

Cruz Azul Femenil
Full nameClub de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. Femenil
Nickname(s)La Máquina (The Machine)[1]
Las Celestes (The Sky-Blues)[2]
Las Cementeras (The Cement Makers)
Founded5 December 2016 (2016-12-05)
GroundCancha 1[3]
Capacity2,000[4]
OwnerCooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L.
PresidentVíctor Velázquez
ManagerDiego Testas
LeagueLiga MX Femenil
Apertura 202412th
Websitecfcruzazul.com

Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. Femenil, commonly referred to as Cruz Azul Femenil or simply Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional women's football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX Femenil and has been the women's section of Cruz Azul since 2016.[5] The club plays its home games on Cancha 1, situated within their training grounds, Instalaciones La Noria.

Personnel

Management

Position Staff
President Víctor Velázquez
Coordinator of football Fernanda Pons

Source: Cruz Azul

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Diego Testas
Assistant manager Yael Cortez
Fitness coach Javier Noble
Goalkeeper coach Nery Bourget
Physiotherapists Xitlali Bravo
Irma Chávez
Team doctor Monica Torres

Source: Liga MX Femenil

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2025[6][7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  MEX Valeria Miranda
4 DF  MEX Yaneisy Rodriguez
5 MF  SLV Danya Gutiérrez
7 MF  MEX Lizbeth Ángeles
10 MF  URU Solange Lemos
12 GK  MEX Alejandría Godínez (on loan from Monterrey)
13 DF  MEX Akemi Yokoyama
14 DF  JAM Deneisha Blackwood
16 DF  MEX Lia Martínez
19 MF  MEX Valeria Valdez
21 DF  URU Rocío Martínez
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF  MEX Ivonne Gutiérrez
28 MF  MEX Ana García
33 MF  USA Aerial Chavarin
GK  MEX Melany Villeda
DF  USA Desiree Mendoza
DF  ENG Leighanne Robe
MF  USA Niomi Grimaldo
MF  MEX Alejandra Lomelí
MF  USA Clarissa Kirsch-Downs
MF  MEX Liliana Rodríguez
FW  MEX Daniela Calderón

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRA Sarah Huchet (injured)

References

  1. ^ "Inició el camino de La Máquina femenil en Copa ⋆ Cruz Azul Futbol Club". 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". www.ligafemenil.mx.
  3. ^ Hernández, Néstor (18 December 2020). "Cruz Azul Femenil dejará Ciudad Cooperativa por la Noria". debate.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Instalaciones La Noria Cancha 1 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". www.ligafemenil.mx.
  6. ^ "Cruz Azul Primer Equipo Femenil". C.F. Cruz Azul. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Cruz Azul Plantilla". Liga MX. Retrieved 3 January 2025.