The 2021–22 Cruz Azul Fútbol Club 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
No. Player Nationality Date of birth (age) Since Signed from Goalkeepers 1 José de Jesús Corona (captain) 2009 Tecos 33 Sebastián Jurado 2020 Veracruz Defenders 2 Alejandro Mayorga 2022 Guadalajara 3 Jaiber Jiménez 2019 Cruz Azul Academy 4 Julio César Domínguez 2006 Cruz Azul Academy 5 Luis Abram 2022 Granada 12 José Joaquín Martínez 2020 Morelia 16 Adrián Aldrete 2016 Santos Laguna 23 Pablo Aguilar 2018 Tijuana 24 Juan Escobar 2019 Cerro Porteño Midfielders 6 Érik Lira 2022 UNAM 7 Uriel Antuna 2022 Guadalajara 8 Luis Ángel Mendoza 2021 Mazatlán 10 Rómulo Otero 2021 Atlético Mineiro 11 Christian Tabó 2022 Puebla 15 Ignacio Rivero 2020 Tijuana 19 Carlos Rodríguez 2022 Monterrey 22 Rafael Baca 2014 San Jose Earthquakes Forwards 9 Ángel Romero 2022 San Lorenzo 20 Iván Morales 2022 Colo-Colo 29 Santiago Giménez 2017 Cruz Azul Academy
Transfers In Date Pos. No. Player From Fee Ref. 15 July 2021 MF 8 Luis Ángel Mendoza Mazatlán Undisclosed 5 August 2021 MF 10 Rómulo Otero Atlético Mineiro Undisclosed 16 December 2021 MF 11 Christian Tabó Puebla Undisclosed 4 January 2022 MF 7 Uriel Antuna Guadalajara Undisclosed 4 January 2022 MF 6 Érik Lira UNAM Undisclosed 6 January 2022 MF 19 Carlos Rodríguez Monterrey Undisclosed 1 February 2022 FW 9 Ángel Romero San Lorenzo Undisclosed 1 February 2022 FW 20 Iván Morales Colo-Colo Undisclosed
Out Date Pos. No. Player To Fee Ref. 1 June 2021 MF 14 Misael Domínguez Tijuana Undisclosed 2 June 2021 MF 11 Elías Hernández León Undisclosed 5 July 2021 FW – Milton Caraglio Rosario Central Undisclosed 15 December 2021 MF 19 Yoshimar Yotún Sporting Cristal Free transfer 31 December 2021 DF 5 Alexis Peña Guadalajara End of loan 3 January 2022 FW 32 Walter Montoya Rosario Central Undisclosed 4 January 2022 MF 25 Roberto Alvarado Guadalajara Undisclosed 6 January 2022 MF 7 Luis Romo Monterrey Undisclosed 6 January 2022 DF 24 Josué Reyes Cimarrones de Sonora Undisclosed 7 January 2022 MF 31 Orbelín Pineda Celta de Vigo Undisclosed 11 January 2022 FW 21 Jonathan Rodríguez Al-Nassr $6,000,000 28 January 2022 MF 28 Guillermo Fernández Boca Juniors Undisclosed 28 January 2022 FW 18 Lucas Passerini Unión La Calera Contract terminated 31 March 2022 FW 17 Bryan Angulo Santos Contract terminated
Loans in Date Pos. No. Player From Date until Ref. 4 January 2022 DF 2 Alejandro Mayorga Guadalajara End of season 25 January 2022 DF 5 Luis Abram Granada End of season
Loans out Date Pos. No. Player To Date until Ref. 3 January 2022 GK 30 Andrés Gudiño Tepatitlán End of season 19 January 2022 MF 20 Alexis Gutiérrez Tapatío End of season
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall record
Liga MX Apertura
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.
Regular phase
Final phase
Reclassification
Liga MX Clausura
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 12 December 2021.
Regular phase
Final phase
Reclassification
Quarter-finals
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.
Campeones Cup
As the defending Campeón de Campeones champions, Cruz Azul faced the reigning MLS Cup winners Columbus Crew in the Campeones Cup.
CONCACAF Champions League
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Statistics
Appearances Players with no appearances are not included on the list.
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Player(s) who have made an appearance but departed the club during the season:
Goals Rank Pos. No. Player Liga MX Apertura Liga MX Clausura Campeón de Campeones Campeones Cup Champions League Total 1 FW 29 Santiago Giménez 4 3 0 0 0 7 2 DF 24 Juan Escobar 0 5 0 0 1 6 3 FW 17 Bryan Angulo 4 1 0 0 0 5 FW 21 Jonathan Rodríguez 3 0 2 0 0 5 5 MF 25 Roberto Alvarado 4 0 0 0 0 4 MF 7 Uriel Antuna 0 2 0 0 2 4 7 MF 19 Carlos Rodríguez 0 3 0 0 0 3 8 DF 5 Luis Abram 0 2 0 0 0 2 MF 22 Rafael Baca 0 1 0 0 1 2 FW 18 Lucas Passerini 2 0 0 0 0 2 MF 15 Ignacio Rivero 0 2 0 0 0 2 FW 9 Ángel Romero 0 1 0 0 1 2 MF 11 Christian Tabó 0 1 0 0 1 2 14 DF 23 Pablo Aguilar 0 1 0 0 0 1 MF 10 Rómulo Otero 0 0 0 0 1 1 MF 31 Orbelín Pineda 1 0 0 0 0 1 MF 7 Luis Romo 1 0 0 0 0 1 MF 19 Yoshimar Yotún 1 0 0 0 0 1 Own goals 2 0 0 0 0 2 Total 22 22 2 0 7 53
Assists Rank Pos. No. Player Liga MX Apertura Liga MX Clausura Campeón de Campeones Campeones Cup Champions League Total 1 DF 24 Juan Escobar 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 MF 7 Uriel Antuna 0 3 0 0 0 3 MF 19 Carlos Rodríguez 0 3 0 0 0 3 4 FW 29 Santiago Giménez 0 1 1 0 0 2 MF 8 Luis Ángel Mendoza 0 0 0 0 2 2 FW 20 Iván Morales 0 1 0 0 1 2 MF 31 Orbelín Pineda 2 0 0 0 0 2 FW 9 Ángel Romero 0 1 0 0 1 2 MF 7 Luis Romo 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 DF 23 Pablo Aguilar 0 1 0 0 0 1 DF 16 Adrián Aldrete 0 1 0 0 0 1 MF 25 Roberto Alvarado 1 0 0 0 0 1 FW 17 Bryan Angulo 0 1 0 0 0 1 MF 22 Rafael Baca 0 1 0 0 0 1 DF 4 Julio César Domínguez 0 1 0 0 0 1 DF 3 Jaiber Jiménez 1 0 0 0 0 1 DF 12 José Joaquín Martínez 1 0 0 0 0 1 MF 10 Rómulo Otero 0 0 0 0 1 1 Total 8 16 2 0 5 31
Clean sheets Rank Pos. No. Player Liga MX Apertura Liga MX Clausura Campeón de Campeones Campeones Cup Champions League Total 1 GK 33 Sebastián Jurado 2 4 0 0 2 8 2 GK 1 José de Jesús Corona 2 2 0 0 1 5 3 GK 30 Andrés Gudiño 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 5 6 0 0 3 14
Disciplinary record No. Pos. Player Liga MX Apertura Liga MX Clausura Campeón de Campeones Campeones Cup Champions League Total 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
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