2021–22 Cruz Azul season

Cruz Azul
2021–22 season
Sporting director	Jaime Ordiales
Manager	Juan Reynoso
Stadium	Estadio Azteca
Liga MX	Apertura: 8th (Reclassification) ; Clausura: 8th (Quarter-finals)
Campeón de Campeones	Winners
Campeones Cup	Runners-up
CONCACAF Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Santiago Giménez (7); All: ; Santiago Giménez (7)
Highest home attendance	56,094 ; (v. UNAM, CONCACAF Champions League, 12 April 2022)
Lowest home attendance	7,720 ; (v. Monterrey, Liga MX Apertura, 18 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	19,825
Biggest win	4–0 v. vs Toluca (H) ; Liga MX Apertura, 14 August 2021
Biggest defeat	1–4 v. Monterrey (H) ; Liga MX Apertura, 21 November 2021

The 2021–22 Club Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the 95th season in the football club's history and the 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Campeón de Campeones, the Campeones Cup, and the CONCACAF Champions League.

Squad

As of 30 June 2022

No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Since	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	José de Jesús Corona (captain)	(1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 41)	2009	Tecos
33	Sebastián Jurado	(1997-09-28)28 September 1997 (aged 24)	2020	Veracruz
Defenders
2	Alejandro Mayorga	(1997-05-29)29 May 1997 (aged 25)	2022	Guadalajara
3	Jaiber Jiménez	(1995-01-07)7 January 1995 (aged 27)	2019	Cruz Azul Academy
4	Julio César Domínguez	(1987-11-08)8 November 1987 (aged 34)	2006	Cruz Azul Academy
5	Luis Abram	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 26)	2022	Granada
12	José Joaquín Martínez	(1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 35)	2020	Morelia
16	Adrián Aldrete	(1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 34)	2016	Santos Laguna
23	Pablo Aguilar	(1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 35)	2018	Tijuana
24	Juan Escobar	(1995-07-03)3 July 1995 (aged 26)	2019	Cerro Porteño
Midfielders
6	Érik Lira	(2000-05-08)8 May 2000 (aged 22)	2022	UNAM
7	Uriel Antuna	(1997-08-21)21 August 1997 (aged 24)	2022	Guadalajara
8	Luis Ángel Mendoza	(1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 32)	2021	Mazatlán
10	Rómulo Otero	(1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 29)	2021	Atlético Mineiro
11	Christian Tabó	(1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 28)	2022	Puebla
15	Ignacio Rivero	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 30)	2020	Tijuana
19	Carlos Rodríguez	(1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 25)	2022	Monterrey
22	Rafael Baca	(1989-09-11)11 September 1989 (aged 32)	2014	San Jose Earthquakes
Forwards
9	Ángel Romero	(1992-07-04)4 July 1992 (aged 29)	2022	San Lorenzo
20	Iván Morales	(1999-07-29)29 July 1999 (aged 22)	2022	Colo-Colo
29	Santiago Giménez	(2001-04-18)18 April 2001 (aged 21)	2017	Cruz Azul Academy

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
15 July 2021	MF	8	Luis Ángel Mendoza	Mazatlán	Undisclosed	^[1]
5 August 2021	MF	10	Rómulo Otero	Atlético Mineiro	Undisclosed	^[2]
16 December 2021	MF	11	Christian Tabó	Puebla	Undisclosed	^[3]
4 January 2022	MF	7	Uriel Antuna	Guadalajara	Undisclosed	^[4]
4 January 2022	MF	6	Érik Lira	UNAM	Undisclosed	^[5]
6 January 2022	MF	19	Carlos Rodríguez	Monterrey	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 February 2022	FW	9	Ángel Romero	San Lorenzo	Undisclosed	^[7]
1 February 2022	FW	20	Iván Morales	Colo-Colo	Undisclosed	^[8]

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2021	MF	14	Misael Domínguez	Tijuana	Undisclosed	^[9]
2 June 2021	MF	11	Elías Hernández	León	Undisclosed	^[10]
5 July 2021	FW	–	Milton Caraglio	Rosario Central	Undisclosed	^[11]
15 December 2021	MF	19	Yoshimar Yotún	Sporting Cristal	Free transfer	^[12]^[13]
31 December 2021	DF	5	Alexis Peña	Guadalajara	End of loan	^[14]
3 January 2022	FW	32	Walter Montoya	Rosario Central	Undisclosed	^[15]
4 January 2022	MF	25	Roberto Alvarado	Guadalajara	Undisclosed	^[4]
6 January 2022	MF	7	Luis Romo	Monterrey	Undisclosed	^[16]
6 January 2022	DF	24	Josué Reyes	Cimarrones de Sonora	Undisclosed	^[17]
7 January 2022	MF	31	Orbelín Pineda	Celta de Vigo	Undisclosed	^[18]
11 January 2022	FW	21	Jonathan Rodríguez	Al-Nassr	$6,000,000	^[19]
28 January 2022	MF	28	Guillermo Fernández	Boca Juniors	Undisclosed	^[20]
28 January 2022	FW	18	Lucas Passerini	Unión La Calera	Contract terminated	^[21]^[22]
31 March 2022	FW	17	Bryan Angulo	Santos	Contract terminated	^[23]^[24]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
4 January 2022	DF	2	Alejandro Mayorga	Guadalajara	End of season	^[25]
25 January 2022	DF	5	Luis Abram	Granada	End of season	^[26]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
3 January 2022	GK	30	Andrés Gudiño	Tepatitlán	End of season	^[27]
19 January 2022	MF	20	Alexis Gutiérrez	Tapatío	End of season	^[28]

Pre-season and friendlies

7 July 2021 Friendly	Pachuca	1–2	Cruz Azul	Fresno, United States
19:30 PST	Ibañez 57'	Report	Giménez 23' Jiménez 85'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park

10 July 2021 Friendly	Austin Bold FC	0–1	Cruz Azul	Austin, United States
20:00 CST		Report	Montoya 40'	Stadium: Bold Stadium

7 October 2021 Friendly	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Cruz Azul	San Jose, United States
19:30 PST	Marie 57' Espinoza 70'	Report		Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 12,029

20 December 2021 Friendly	Venados	1–2	Cruz Azul	Mérida
20:00 CST	Amador 11'	Report	Huescas 74' Rodríguez 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde

Competitions

Overall record

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 %
Liga MX Apertura	26 July 2021	21 November 2021	Matchday 1	Reclassification	18	5	8	5	22	21	+1	027.78
Liga MX Clausura	8 January 2022	15 May 2022	Matchday 1	Quarter-finals	20	8	5	7	22	19	+3	040.00
Campeón de Campeones	18 July 2021		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Campeones Cup	29 September 2021		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
CONCACAF Champions League	16 February 2022	12 April 2022	Round of 16	Semi-finals	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Total					46	17	15	14	53	47	+6	036.96

Last updated: 15 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Liga MX Apertura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Toluca	17	6	6	5	22	22	0	24	Qualification for the reclassification^[a]
7	Puebla	17	6	6	5	16	16	0	24
8	Cruz Azul	17	5	8	4	21	17	+4	23
9	Monterrey	17	5	7	5	19	16	+3	22
10	Guadalajara	17	5	7	5	13	13	0	22

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:

^ Teams ranked 5th to 12th in the table qualified for reclassification.

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
18	5	8	5	22	21	+1	23	3	3	3	12	11	+1	2	5	2	10	10	0

Last updated: 21 November 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	L
Position	16	13	11	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	8	6	7	6	6	5	8	RE
Points	0	1	4	7	8	9	10	10	13	14	17	18	19	20	23	23	23	–

Source: Liga MX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; RE = Reclassification

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.^[29]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Regular phase

26 July 2021 1	Cruz Azul	0–2	Mazatlán	Mexico City
20:00 CST	Giménez 36' Fernández 70'	Report	Díaz 45' Freitas 62' Colula 66' Rubio 71'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 9,598 Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

1 August 2021 2	Santos Laguna	1–1	Cruz Azul	Torreón
18:00 CST	Gorriarán 6' Prieto 56' Valdés 82' (pen.) Jeraldino 85'	Report	Escobar 7' Passerini 24' Angulo 35' Gudiño 61' Giménez 64', 90+4' Rivero 81'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

6 August 2021 3	Necaxa	1–2	Cruz Azul	Aguascalientes
21:05 CST	Zendejas 28'	Report	Formiliano 20' (o.g.) Aguilar 43' Giménez 71' Gudiño 82' Martínez 87'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 13,187 Referee: Adonai Escobedo González

14 August 2021 4	Cruz Azul	4–0	Toluca	Mexico City
21:06 CST	Angulo 4', 34' Giménez 5' Martínez 37' Pineda 71' Alvarado 76'	Report	Ortega 36' 39' Baeza 76' Torres Nilo 88'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 8,588

18 August 2021 5	Cruz Azul	1–1	Monterrey	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Peña 49' J. Rodríguez 67' (pen.) Rivero 86' Fernández 90+4'	Report	C. Rodríguez 3' Andrada 45' Alvarado 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 7,720 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

21 August 2021 6	Atlético San Luis	0–0	Cruz Azul	San Luis Potosí
21:00 CST	Waller 38' Güemez 49' Muñoz 90+7' Bilbao 90+12'	Report	Alvarado 5' Yotún 45+4'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 3,909 Referee: Oscar Mejía García

29 August 2021 7	Cruz Azul	1–1	Pachuca	Mexico City
20:00 CST	Rodríguez 45+6' Giménez 59'	Report	Cabral 19' Yotún 23' (o.g.) Hurtado 38' Moreno 58' Ibáñez 79'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 14,626 Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

10 September 2021 8	Juárez	2–1	Cruz Azul	Ciudad Juárez
20:00 MST	Acosta 16' García 19' Velázquez 35' González 55' García 62' Esquivel 90'	Report	Passerini 4' Escobar 26' Martínez 45+3' Fernández 60' Peña 63'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 11,623 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

19 September 2021 9	Cruz Azul	2–0	Querétaro	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Angulo 42' Martínez 88' Passerini 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 14,882 Referee: Edgar Allan Morales Olvera

24 September 2021 10	Puebla	1–1	Cruz Azul	Puebla
20:00 CST	Parra 13'	Report	Angulo 38' Yotún 40' 55'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 14,782 Referee: Oscar Mejía García

3 October 2021 12	Tijuana	0–1	Cruz Azul	Tijuana
19:06 PST	Guzmán 9' Rak 47' Orozco 90+6'	Report	Romo 17', 63' Fernández 33' Rivero 90+1' Montoya 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 10,333 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

16 October 2021 13	Cruz Azul	1–1	UANL	Mexico City
21:00 CST	Ayala 14' (o.g.) Rivero 16' Fernández 39'	Report	Aquino 13' Gignac 17'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 20,894 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

19 October 2021 14	Atlas	0–0	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara
21:05 CST	Santamaría 17' Torres 26' Rocha 90'	Report	Yotún 29' Angulo 53' Escobar 87' Aguilar 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 9,604 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

23 October 2021 15	Guadalajara	1–1	Cruz Azul	Zapopan
21:00 CST	Brizuela 29' Huerta 78' Cisneros 89' Sepúlveda 90+4'	Report	Rodríguez 45' (pen.), 75' Alvarado 50' Yotún 59' Giménez 88' Aguilar 90+7'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Attendance: 20,492 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

31 October 2021 16	Cruz Azul	2–1	América	Mexico City
17:05 CST	Baca 15' Alvarado 45+1' Rodríguez 90+7' (pen.) Rivero 90+8'	Report	Aguilera 37' 90+5' Viñas 52' Benedetti 70'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 31,257 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

3 November 2021 11	Cruz Azul	0–1	León	Mexico City
21:00 CST	Romo 53' Escobar 68' Aguilar 78'	Report	Rivero 31' (o.g.) Barreiro 58' Cota 88' Mena 90+2' Mosquera 90+10'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 17,928 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

7 November 2021 17	UNAM	4–3	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
17:00 CST	Ortiz 6' Rodríguez 34' Álvarez 46' Oliveira 62', 84'	Report	Alvarado 12', 21', 44' Aguilar 52'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 23,573 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

Final phase

Reclassification

21 November 2021 Reclassification	Cruz Azul	1–4	Monterrey	Mexico City
19:15 CST	Yotún 32' (pen.), 49' Corona 45+5' Alvarado 53'	Report	Rogelio Funes Mori 10', 59' (pen.) Meza 27' González 34' Vegas 45+5' Moreno 72' Janssen 85'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

Liga MX Clausura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Guadalajara	17	7	5	5	25	21	+4	26	Qualification for the reclassification^[a]
7	Monterrey	17	7	5	5	21	17	+4	26
8	Cruz Azul	17	7	4	6	20	17	+3	25
9	Necaxa	17	7	2	8	21	21	0	23
10	Atlético San Luis	17	7	2	8	21	22	−1	23

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:

^ Teams ranked 5th to 12th in the table qualified for Reclassification.

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
20	8	5	7	22	19	+3	29	4	1	6	10	12	−2	4	4	1	12	7	+5

Last updated: 15 May 2022.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W
Position	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	6	5	6	4	5	6	4	6	8	RE	QF	QF
Points	3	6	7	10	10	13	13	14	14	17	17	20	21	21	24	24	25	–	–	–

Source: Liga MX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; QF = Quarter-finals; RE = Reclassification

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 12 December 2021.^[31]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Regular phase

8 January 2022 1	Cruz Azul	2–0	Tijuana	Mexico City
21:00 CST	Antuna 30' Rodríguez 43' Escobar 53' Baca 66'	Report	Rak 61'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 16,271 Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón

15 January 2022 2	Cruz Azul	1–0	Juárez	Mexico City
21:00 CST	Rodríguez 5' Corona 22' Escobar 32' Lira 51'	Report	Esquivel 28' Olivera 76'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 13,801 Referee: Guillermo Pacheco Larios

22 January 2022 3	Monterrey	2–2	Cruz Azul	Guadalupe
21:06 CST	Meza 45+3' Moreno 50' Medina 51' Funes Mori 67', 90+2' Janssen 85' Montes 90+7'	Report	Antuna 31' Angulo 54' (pen.) Escobar 70'' Giménez 82' 88'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 16,508 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

7 February 2022 4	León	0–1	Cruz Azul	León
21:05 CST	Martínez 14' Rodríguez 45+3' Dávila 65'	Report	Antuna 30' Escobar 41' Domínguez 72'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 14,097 Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

12 February 2022 5	Cruz Azul	1–2	Necaxa	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Escobar 34' (pen.) J. Domínguez 73'	Report	I. Domínguez 31' Formiliano 48' Giménez 84' Aguirre 90+5', 90+6' Araos 90+7'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 26,967 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo

20 February 2022 6	Toluca	1–4	Cruz Azul	Toluca
18:05 CST	Rodríguez 5' Sanvezzo 20' Baeza 40' García 54'	Report	Escobar 7', 57' Lira 13' Rodríguez 23', 64' Mayorga 75' Giménez 79' (pen.), 82'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 22,438 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

27 February 2022 7	Cruz Azul	1–2	Santos Laguna	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Antuna 21' Rivero 64', 85' Romero 82'	Report	Preciado 5' Gorriarán 45+7' Govea 61' Dória 69' Medina 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 33,924 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

2 March 2022 8	UANL	2–2	Cruz Azul	San Nicólas
19:00 CST	Reyes 4' Gignac 11', 88' Vigón 30' Quiñones 49' Rodríguez 63'	Report	Abram 45+4' Antuna 59' Escobar 78' Rivero 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 36,978 Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

5 March 2022 9	Cruz Azul	1–3	Puebla	Mexico City
21:00 CST	Escobar 9' Aguilar 81'		Aristeguieta 7', 43', 78' Maia 69'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 29,336 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

12 March 2022 10	Cruz Azul	2–1	UNAM	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Abram 29' Escobar 70' Aguilar 84' Romero 90+2' Rivero 90+2'	Report	Álvarez 30', 90+1' Mozo 48'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 12,686 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

19 March 2022 11	Pachuca	1–0	Cruz Azul	Pachuca
21:00 CST	Sánchez 18', 58' Álvarez 90+2'	Report	Rodríguez 76' Escobar 80' 86'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 11,367 Referee: Brian Omar Gonzalez Veles

2 April 2022 12	Cruz Azul	1–0	Atlas	Mexico City
17:00 CST	Giménez 37' Rivero 90+2' Jurado 90+8'	Report	Aguirre 31' Zaldívar 34' Trejo 47'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 21,644 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

8 April 2022 13	Mazatlán	1–1	Cruz Azul	Mazatlán
20:00 MST	Intriago 26' Meraz 39', 76' Fabián 83'	Report	Baca 15' Otero 42' Romero 46' Morales 51' Martínez 62' Tabó 83'	Stadium: Estadio El Encanto Attendance: 15,206 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo

16 April 2022 14	Cruz Azul	0–1	Guadalajara	Mexico City
21:00 CST	Mayorga 54' Escobar 66' Rivero 73'	Report	Calderón 58' Vega 71' Alvarado 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 21,280 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pèrez Durán

21 April 2022 15	Querétaro	0–1	Cruz Azul	Querétaro
21:00 CST		Report	Aguilar 74'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

24 April 2022 16	Cruz Azul	0–1	Atlético San Luis	Mexico City
17:00 CST	Aldrete 13' Domínguez 46' Giménez 51'	Report	Chávez 39', 45+2' Sambueza 53' Waller 66' Güémez 77'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 17,222 Referee: Jesús Rafael López Valle

30 April 2022 17	América	0–0	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
21:00 CST	Aquino 10' Sánchez 33' Fidalgo 40' Cáceres 85'	Report	Escobar 33' Morales 33'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 52,630 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

Final phase

Reclassification

7 May 2022 Reclassification	Cruz Azul	1–1 (3–1 p)	Necaxa	Mexico City
17:45 CST	Escobar 56'	Report	Aguirre 88'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 29,073 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
	Penalties
	Romero Aldrete Abram		Formiliano Araos Oliveros Palma

Quarter-finals

12 May 2022 First leg	Cruz Azul	0–1	UANL	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Morales 6' Romero 47' Tabó 64' Escobar 82' Antuna 90'	Report	Dueñas 44' Quiñones 47' López 60' Ayala 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 28,974 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

15 May 2022 Second leg	UANL	0–1 (1 (s)–1 agg.)	Cruz Azul	San Nicolás
20:05 CST	Quiñones 28' Aquino 45+6' Carioca 45+7' Gignac 59'	Report	Tabó 19', 52' Morales 62' Escobar 74' Giménez 81' Lira 86' Antuna 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 40,161 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

Campeón de Campeones

As the defending Liga MX Guardianes 2021 champions, Cruz Azul faced the reigning Liga MX Guardianes 2020 winners León in the Campeón de Campeones.^[33]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 July 2021 Final	León	1–2	Cruz Azul	Carson, United States
16:30 PDT	Montes 42' Barreiro 70' Ormeño 82' Ambríz 90+7'	Report	Yotún 18' 80' Rodríguez 60', 67' Fernández 62' Rivero 70'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 27,674 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

Campeones Cup

As the defending Campeón de Campeones champions, Cruz Azul faced the reigning MLS Cup winners Columbus Crew in the Campeones Cup.^[34]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

29 September 2021 Final	Columbus Crew	2–0	Cruz Azul	Columbus, United States
20:00 EDT	Angulo 4' (o.g.) Díaz 66' Mensah 74'	Report	Corona 32' Aguilar 32' Domínguez 32' Baca 45+1' Fernández 77' Escobar 89'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 18,026 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

16 February 2022 First leg	Forge FC	0–1	Cruz Azul	Hamilton, Canada
20:00 EST	Bekker 86'	Report	Otero 29', 31' Baca 89'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 4,688 Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

24 February 2022 Second leg	Cruz Azul	3–1 (4–1 agg.)	Forge FC	Mexico City, Mexico
19:30 CST	Romero 5' Baca 21' Escobar 44'	Report	Choinière 26' Poku 86'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 28,724 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Quarter-finals

9 March 2022 First leg	Cruz Azul	1–0	CF Montréal	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CST	Antuna 20' Escobar 52' Baca 80' Aldrete 87'	Report	Bassong 16'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 12,928 Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

16 March 2022 Second leg	CF Montréal	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Cruz Azul	Montreal, Canada
20:00 EST	Camacho 79' Quioto 82' Mihailovic 90' Wanyama 90+6'	Report	Aguilar 39' Antuna 44', 67' Lira 85' Jurado 90+2'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 21,388 Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Semi-finals

5 April 2022 First leg	UNAM	2–1	Cruz Azul	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CST	Dinenno 37', 45+2' Oliveira 86'	Report	Baca 40' Rivero 78' Tabó 83'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 23,793 Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

12 April 2022 Second leg	Cruz Azul	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	UNAM	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CST	Antuna 45+2' Lira 72'	Report	Dinenno 53' Ortiz 63'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 56,094 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Statistics

As of match played 15 May 2022

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga MX Apertura		Liga MX Clausura		Campeón de Campeones		Campeones Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MEX	José de Jesús Corona	21	0	9+0	0	9+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	MEX	Alejandro Mayorga	17	0	0+0	0	8+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
3	DF	MEX	Jaiber Jiménez	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	MEX	Julio César Domínguez	40	0	15+3	0	17+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
5	DF	PER	Luis Abram	22	2	0+0	0	11+5	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	5+1	0
6	MF	MEX	Érik Lira	25	0	0+0	0	18+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	0
7	MF	MEX	Uriel Antuna	25	4	0+0	0	16+4	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	2
8	MF	MEX	Luis Ángel Mendoza	11	0	0+2	0	3+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
9	FW	PAR	Ángel Romero	19	2	0+0	0	8+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	1
10	MF	VEN	Romulo Otero	15	1	0+3	0	1+7	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+1	1
11	MF	URU	Christian Tabó	16	2	0+0	0	8+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+3	1
12	DF	MEX	José Joaquín Martínez	27	0	6+6	0	4+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+2	0
15	MF	URU	Ignacio Rivero	44	2	16+1	0	17+2	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	5+1	0
16	DF	MEX	Adrián Aldrete	27	0	4+3	0	14+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	0
19	MF	MEX	Carlos Rodríguez	16	3	0+0	0	12+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
20	FW	CHI	Iván Morales	19	0	0+0	0	6+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+4	0
22	MF	MEX	Rafael Baca	44	2	13+5	0	16+3	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+1	1
23	DF	PAR	Pablo Aguilar	37	1	13+2	0	14+3	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
24	DF	PAR	Juan Escobar	41	6	14+3	0	13+4	5	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+1	1
29	FW	MEX	Santiago Giménez	43	7	10+7	4	3+15	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	5+1	0
33	GK	MEX	Sebastián Jurado	19	0	3+0	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	0
183	DF	MEX	Rafael Guerrero^[a]	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
194	MF	MEX	Rodrigo Huescas^[a]	12	0	0+3	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
204	MF	MEX	Mauro Zaleta^[a]	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
206	MF	MEX	Cristian Jiménez^[a]	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
207	FW	MEX	Edgar Gutiérrez^[a]	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Player(s) who have made an appearance but departed the club during the season:
2	DF	MEX	Josué Reyes	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	MEX	Alexis Peña	11	0	7+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	MEX	Luis Romo	10	1	8+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	ECU	Bryan Angulo	30	5	10+7	4	8+2	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
18	FW	ARG	Lucas Passerini	11	2	2+8	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	MF	PER	Yoshimar Yotún	15	1	9+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	MEX	Alexis Gutiérrez	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	URU	Jonathan Rodríguez	14	5	6+6	3	0+0	0	1+0	2	0+1	0	0+0	0
25	MF	MEX	Roberto Alvarado	16	4	12+3	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ARG	Guillermo Fernández	17	0	14+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	MEX	Andrés Gudiño	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	MEX	Orbelín Pineda	14	1	12+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
32	FW	ARG	Walter Montoya	16	0	6+9	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Player registered with the under-20 team.

Goals

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Liga MX Apertura	Liga MX Clausura	Campeón de Campeones	Champions League	Total
1	FW	29	Santiago Giménez	4	3	0	0	7
2	DF	24	Juan Escobar	0	5	0	1	6
3	FW	17	Bryan Angulo	4	1	0	0	5
3	FW	21	Jonathan Rodríguez	3	0	2	0	5
5	MF	25	Roberto Alvarado	4	0	0	0	4
5	MF	7	Uriel Antuna	0	2	0	2	4
7	MF	19	Carlos Rodríguez	0	3	0	0	3
8	DF	5	Luis Abram	0	2	0	0	2
	MF	22	Rafael Baca	0	1	0	1	2
	FW	18	Lucas Passerini	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	15	Ignacio Rivero	0	2	0	0	2
	FW	9	Ángel Romero	0	1	0	1	2
	MF	11	Christian Tabó	0	1	0	1	2
14	DF	23	Pablo Aguilar	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	10	Rómulo Otero	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	31	Orbelín Pineda	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	7	Luis Romo	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	19	Yoshimar Yotún	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				2	0	0	0	2
Total				22	22	2	7	53

Assists

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Liga MX Apertura	Liga MX Clausura	Campeón de Campeones	Champions League	Total
1	DF	24	Juan Escobar	1	2	1	0	4
2	MF	7	Uriel Antuna	0	3	0	0	3
2	MF	19	Carlos Rodríguez	0	3	0	0	3
4	FW	29	Santiago Giménez	0	1	1	0	2
	MF	8	Luis Ángel Mendoza	0	0	0	2	2
	FW	20	Iván Morales	0	1	0	1	2
	MF	31	Orbelín Pineda	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	9	Ángel Romero	0	1	0	1	2
	MF	7	Luis Romo	2	0	0	0	2
10	DF	23	Pablo Aguilar	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	16	Adrián Aldrete	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	25	Roberto Alvarado	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	17	Bryan Angulo	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	22	Rafael Baca	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	4	Julio César Domínguez	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Jaiber Jiménez	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	12	José Joaquín Martínez	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	10	Rómulo Otero	0	0	0	1	1
Total				8	16	2	5	31

Clean sheets

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Liga MX Apertura	Liga MX Clausura	Champions League	Total
1	GK	33	Sebastián Jurado	2	4	2	8
2	GK	1	José de Jesús Corona	2	2	1	5
3	GK	30	Andrés Gudiño	1	0	0	1
Total				5	6	3	14

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	Liga MX Apertura			Liga MX Clausura			Campeón de Campeones			Campeones Cup			Champions League			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK	José de Jesús Corona	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	DF	Alejandro Mayorga	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	DF	Julio César Domínguez	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	DF	Alexis Peña	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	MF	Érik Lira	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF	Uriel Antuna	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF	Luis Romo	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	FW	Ángel Romero	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	MF	Romulo Otero	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
11	MF	Christian Tabó	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	DF	José Joaquín Martínez	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
15	MF	Ignacio Rivero	4	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	1
16	DF	Adrián Aldrete	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
17	FW	Bryan Angulo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	FW	Lucas Passerini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	MF	Yoshimar Yotún	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0
20	FW	Iván Morales	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	FW	Jonathan Rodríguez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	MF	Rafael Baca	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0
23	DF	Pablo Aguilar	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
24	DF	Juan Escobar	4	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	1	0
25	MF	Roberto Alvarado	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
28	MF	Guillermo Fernández	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
29	FW	Santiago Giménez	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
30	GK	Andrés Gudiño	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
32	FW	Walter Montoya	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	GK	Sebastián Jurado	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Total			47	1	1	46	2	0	2	1	0	6	0	0	13	0	0	114	4	1

Notes

^ One match attendance ban due to prohibited chants in the regular phase match between Cruz Azul and León.^[30]
^ Match played behind closed doors due to a home attendance ban at Estadio Corregidora following the Querétaro–Atlas riot.^[32]

References

^ "Cruz Azul: Quick Mendoza fue presentado oficialmente con La Máquina". Récord (in Spanish). 15 July 2021.
^ Sierra, Axel (5 August 2021). "Oficializa Cruz Azul a Rómulo Otero". Quadratin.com.mx (in Spanish).
^ Pérez, Salvador (16 December 2021). "Cruz Azul hace oficial el fichaje de Christian Tabó para el Clausura 2022". Goal (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Lecanda, León (4 January 2022). "Cruz Azul hace oficial intercambio con Chivas: Antuna firma por tres años y Mayorga llega cedido por uno". ESPN México (in Spanish).
^ "Cruz Azul anuncia la incorporación de Erik Lira para el Clausura 2022". ESPN México (in Spanish). 4 January 2022.
^ "¡Por fin! Cruz Azul oficializa el fichaje de Charly Rodríguez". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 6 January 2022.
^ Reyes Morán, Brian (1 February 2022). "Cruz Azul hace oficial el fichaje de Ángel Romero para el Clausura 2022". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish).
^ "Cruz Azul oficializa la llegada de Iván Morales y Ángel Romero". tudn.com (in Spanish). 1 February 2022.
^ "Misael Domínguez es nuevo refuerzo Xoloitzcuintle" (in Spanish). Club Tijuana. 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021.
^ "Elías Hernández es nuevo jugador del León para el Apertura 2021". Milenio (in Spanish). 2 June 2021.
^ Soto, Christian (5 July 2021). "Milton Caraglio es presentado como nuevo refuerzo de Rosario Central en el fútbol argentino". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish).
^ "Cruz Azul confirmó que no renovará el contrato de Yoshimar Yotún". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 15 December 2021.
^ Benedetti, Eliezer (12 March 2022). "Yoshimar Yotún de regreso a casa: los cracks del Sporting Cristal que volvieron del extranjero". El Comercio (in Spanish).
^ Camacho, Ricardo (11 December 2021). "Alexis Peña regresará a Chivas". elfutbolero.com.mx (in Spanish).
^ Sena, Guadalupe (3 January 2022). "Walter Montoya es nuevo jugador de Rosario Central". as.com (in Spanish).
^ Quiroga, Antonio (6 January 2022). "Es oficial: Luis Romo es nuevo refuerzo de Monterrey para Clausura 2022". TUDN (in Spanish).
^ Molina, Geraldine (6 January 2022). "Josué Reyes ya es jugador de Cimarrones de Sonora luego de dejar Cruz Azul". vamoscruzazul.bolavip.com (in Spanish).
^ "Orbelín Pineda es nuevo jugador del Celta de Vigo". Goal (in Spanish). 7 January 2022.
^ Marroquín, Emmanuel (11 January 2022). "Jonathan Rodríguez es de forma oficial jugador del Al Nassr FC". tudn.com (in Spanish).
^ "Cruz Azul vende al argentino 'Pol' Fernández a Boca Juniors". latimes.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2022.
^ "Cruz Azul: Lucas Passerini rescindió contrato con La Máquina". record.com.mx (in Spanish). 28 January 2022.
^ Viluñir, Juan Pablo (2 February 2022). "Vuelven los goles: Lucas Passerini deja el Cruz Azul y regresa al fútbol chileno". redgol (in Spanish).
^ "¡Adiós, vaquero! Brayan Angulo deja a Cruz Azul tras rescindir su contrato". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 31 March 2021.
^ "Bryan Angulo dejó Cruz Azul e iría al Santos". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 31 March 2021.
^ "Oficial: Alejandro Mayorga es anunciado como refuerzo de Cruz Azul". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 4 January 2022.
^ "Luis Abram fue anunciado como nuevo jugador de Cruz Azul". infobae.com (in Spanish). 25 January 2022.
^ "Liga de Expansión: Tepatitlán presentó a Andrés Gudiño como nuevo refuerzo". RÉCORD (in Spanish). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ "Alexis Gutiérrez regresa a Chivas tras tres años en Cruz Azul". TUDN (in Spanish). 19 January 2022.
^ "La LIGA BBVA MX Presenta el Calendario del Apertura 2021" (in Spanish). Liga MX. 30 June 2021.
^ "La Comisión Disciplinaria impone veto de plaza al Club Cruz Azul" (in Spanish). Liga MX. 5 November 2021.
^ "Liga MX presenta calendario para el Clausura 2022". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 12 December 2021.
^ "Aplican Ejemplares Sanciones al Club Querétaro y Toman Medidas de Control" (in Spanish). Liga MX. 8 March 2022.
^ "Cruz Azul y León definirán el Campeón de Campeones en Los Ángeles". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 31 May 2021.
^ "Cruz Azul se enfrentará a Columbus Crew por la Campeones Cup 2021". tudn.com (in Spanish). 19 July 2021.

[table_note_res_REP0.97612241188815-29] Teams ranked 5th to 12th in the table qualified for reclassification.

[table_note_res_REP0.043494110015917-33] Teams ranked 5th to 12th in the table qualified for Reclassification.

[[[Cruz_Azul_Reserves_and_Academy#Under-20s|U20]]-39] Player registered with the under-20 team.

[Cruz_Azul_RE-32] One match attendance ban due to prohibited chants in the regular phase match between Cruz Azul and León.^[30]

[QuerétarovCruz_Azul-36] Match played behind closed doors due to a home attendance ban at Estadio Corregidora following the Querétaro–Atlas riot.^[32]

[1] "Cruz Azul: Quick Mendoza fue presentado oficialmente con La Máquina". Récord (in Spanish). 15 July 2021.

[2] Sierra, Axel (5 August 2021). "Oficializa Cruz Azul a Rómulo Otero". Quadratin.com.mx (in Spanish).

[3] Pérez, Salvador (16 December 2021). "Cruz Azul hace oficial el fichaje de Christian Tabó para el Clausura 2022". Goal (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[Antuna_Mayorga_Alvarado-4] Lecanda, León (4 January 2022). "Cruz Azul hace oficial intercambio con Chivas: Antuna firma por tres años y Mayorga llega cedido por uno". ESPN México (in Spanish).

[5] "Cruz Azul anuncia la incorporación de Erik Lira para el Clausura 2022". ESPN México (in Spanish). 4 January 2022.

[6] "¡Por fin! Cruz Azul oficializa el fichaje de Charly Rodríguez". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 6 January 2022.

[7] Reyes Morán, Brian (1 February 2022). "Cruz Azul hace oficial el fichaje de Ángel Romero para el Clausura 2022". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish).

[8] "Cruz Azul oficializa la llegada de Iván Morales y Ángel Romero". tudn.com (in Spanish). 1 February 2022.

[9] "Misael Domínguez es nuevo refuerzo Xoloitzcuintle" (in Spanish). Club Tijuana. 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021.

[10] "Elías Hernández es nuevo jugador del León para el Apertura 2021". Milenio (in Spanish). 2 June 2021.

[11] Soto, Christian (5 July 2021). "Milton Caraglio es presentado como nuevo refuerzo de Rosario Central en el fútbol argentino". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish).

[12] "Cruz Azul confirmó que no renovará el contrato de Yoshimar Yotún". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 15 December 2021.

[13] Benedetti, Eliezer (12 March 2022). "Yoshimar Yotún de regreso a casa: los cracks del Sporting Cristal que volvieron del extranjero". El Comercio (in Spanish).

[14] Camacho, Ricardo (11 December 2021). "Alexis Peña regresará a Chivas". elfutbolero.com.mx (in Spanish).

[15] Sena, Guadalupe (3 January 2022). "Walter Montoya es nuevo jugador de Rosario Central". as.com (in Spanish).

[16] Quiroga, Antonio (6 January 2022). "Es oficial: Luis Romo es nuevo refuerzo de Monterrey para Clausura 2022". TUDN (in Spanish).

[17] Molina, Geraldine (6 January 2022). "Josué Reyes ya es jugador de Cimarrones de Sonora luego de dejar Cruz Azul". vamoscruzazul.bolavip.com (in Spanish).

[18] "Orbelín Pineda es nuevo jugador del Celta de Vigo". Goal (in Spanish). 7 January 2022.

[19] Marroquín, Emmanuel (11 January 2022). "Jonathan Rodríguez es de forma oficial jugador del Al Nassr FC". tudn.com (in Spanish).

[20] "Cruz Azul vende al argentino 'Pol' Fernández a Boca Juniors". latimes.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2022.

[21] "Cruz Azul: Lucas Passerini rescindió contrato con La Máquina". record.com.mx (in Spanish). 28 January 2022.

[22] Viluñir, Juan Pablo (2 February 2022). "Vuelven los goles: Lucas Passerini deja el Cruz Azul y regresa al fútbol chileno". redgol (in Spanish).

[23] "¡Adiós, vaquero! Brayan Angulo deja a Cruz Azul tras rescindir su contrato". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 31 March 2021.

[24] "Bryan Angulo dejó Cruz Azul e iría al Santos". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 31 March 2021.

[25] "Oficial: Alejandro Mayorga es anunciado como refuerzo de Cruz Azul". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 4 January 2022.

[26] "Luis Abram fue anunciado como nuevo jugador de Cruz Azul". infobae.com (in Spanish). 25 January 2022.

[27] "Liga de Expansión: Tepatitlán presentó a Andrés Gudiño como nuevo refuerzo". RÉCORD (in Spanish). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[28] "Alexis Gutiérrez regresa a Chivas tras tres años en Cruz Azul". TUDN (in Spanish). 19 January 2022.

[30] "La LIGA BBVA MX Presenta el Calendario del Apertura 2021" (in Spanish). Liga MX. 30 June 2021.

[31] "La Comisión Disciplinaria impone veto de plaza al Club Cruz Azul" (in Spanish). Liga MX. 5 November 2021.

[34] "Liga MX presenta calendario para el Clausura 2022". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 12 December 2021.

[35] "Aplican Ejemplares Sanciones al Club Querétaro y Toman Medidas de Control" (in Spanish). Liga MX. 8 March 2022.

[37] "Cruz Azul y León definirán el Campeón de Campeones en Los Ángeles". espn.com.mx (in Spanish). 31 May 2021.

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