Cruz Azul Lagunas

Cruz Azul Lagunas
Full nameClub de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. Lagunas
NicknameLa Maquinita (The Little Machine)
GroundDeportivo La Laguna
Lagunas, Oaxaca, Mexico
Capacity2,000[1]
OwnerCooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L.
PresidentVíctor Velázquez
Head coachAlexis López Aragón
LeagueLiga TDP
2024–25Regular phase: 5th – Group II
Final phase: Did not qualify

Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. Lagunas, commonly referred to as Cruz Azul Lagunas, is a football club that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth tier of Mexican football. It is based in the city of Lagunas, Mexico. It's an official reserve team of Cruz Azul.

History

In the 1940s, Cooperativa La Cruz Azul started to establish cities dedicated to its industry, one of which was located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and was called Lagunas, Oaxaca. Football was one of the favorite sports for the development of the cities founded by the company.[2]

Since the 1990s, the team has participated in the Third Division, a category in which it has remained ever since.[3] Between 2003 and 2006 there was a parallel project called Cruz Azul Oaxaca, which played in the Primera División A, which was nourished in part by players from the Lagunas team.

In the 2018–19 season, the team reached the Third Division quarterfinals, one of their best recent appearances. The team has trained some important players for the main team like Javier Aquino and Julio César Domínguez.[4]

Lagunas has also become a summer training venue for the first-team of Cruz Azul, where an annual stay is held.[5]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Alexis López Aragón
Assistant manager Juan Bernal
Fitness coach Jaiber Jiménez
Team doctor Edrei León

Source: Liga TDP

Players

Current squad

As of 25 September 2025[6]

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
131 GK  MEX Rafael Leyva
132 GK  MEX Ricardo Guillén
133 DF  MEX Irvin Martinez
134 DF  MEX César Rojas
135 DF  MEX Christopher Calderón
136 DF  MEX Alexis Flores
137 MF  MEX Luis Cruz
138 MF  MEX Orlando Ramírez
139 DF  MEX Carlos Ramos
140 DF  MEX Cristian Mijangos
141 DF  MEX Ramstein Callejas
142 MF  MEX Jorge Nuncio (captain)
143 MF  MEX Pedro Cruz
144 DF  MEX Jorge Olivares
145 DF  MEX Maximiliano Porras
146 MF  MEX Alex Yañez
No. Pos. Nation Player
148 MF  MEX Yordi Toscano
149 MF  MEX Erik Chantiri
150 FW  MEX Gianluca Aguiñaga
151 MF  MEX Ignacio Gordillo
152 DF  MEX Emiliano Alvarez
153 MF  MEX Yazid Cruz
154 FW  MEX Jonathan Vazquez
155 MF  MEX Carlos Moreno
156 MF  MEX Ángel Mijangos
157 DF  MEX Zadiel Pineda
158 MF  MEX Rubén Uscanga
159 DF  MEX Ezriadbeel González
161 DF  MEX Jorge Rodarte (on loan from Zacatecas)
163 FW  MEX Alex Gutiérrez
164 DF  MEX Marco Cervantes

Players listed in bold have made at least one senior first-team appearance.

References

  1. ^ "Cruz Azul Lagunas". Liga BBVA MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Historia de una Cooperativa". Cemento Cruz Azul (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ Sánchez Cuevas, Ulises (17 April 2020). "Cruz Azul Lagunas y su historia de tercera división". NVI Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ Toledo, Jair (27 May 2019). "Cruz Azul podría ser campeón en la Tercera División". Los Pleyers.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Cruz Azul llegó a Lagunas, Oaxaca para su pretemporada". AS México (in Spanish). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Cruz Azul Lagunas". LIGA TDP. Retrieved 25 September 2025.