2019–20 Club Necaxa season

Necaxa
2019–20 season
Manager	Guillermo Vázquez
Stadium	Estadio Victoria
Apertura	1st
Top goalscorer	League: ; Maximiliano Salas; (6 goals); All: ; Maximiliano Salas; (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	19,361; (vs Cruz Azul, 20 July 2019)
Lowest home attendance	6,328; (vs Sinaloa, 13 August 2019)
Average home league attendance	10,160
Biggest win	Necaxa 7–0 Veracruz; (3 August 2019)
Biggest defeat	UNAM 2–0 Necaxa; (28 July 2019)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 18 September 2019.

The 2019–20 Club Necaxa season is the 95th season in the football club's history and the 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football since the team most recent promotion to Liga MX. For the season, Necaxa will compete in the Apertura and Clausura tournaments as well as in the Copa MX.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Guillermo Vázquez
Assistant coaches	Carlos Gutiérrez
Assistant coaches	José Luis Salgado
Fitness coach	Ricardo Gómez
Doctors	Franco Vázquez
Doctors	Francisco López

Transfers

In

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
9	FW	Mauro Quiroga	(1989-12-07)7 December 1989 (aged 29)	Curicó Unido	Transfer	Summer	[1]
16	DF	Jairo González	(1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (aged 27)	BUAP	Loan return	Summer	[2]
20	MF	Jesús Angulo	(1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 24)	Tijuana	Transfer	Summer	[3]
22	MF	Ricardo Chávez	(1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 24)	Juárez	Transfer	Summer	[2]
24	DF	Rodrigo Noya	(1990-01-31)31 January 1990 (aged 29)	Veracruz	Transfer	Summer	[2]

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
3	DF	Luis Hernández	(1998-02-02)2 February 1998 (aged 21)	Toluca	Transfer	Summer	[4]
9	FW	Martín Barragán	(1991-07-14)14 July 1991 (aged 28)	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	[5]
11	FW	Brian Fernández	(1994-09-26)26 September 1994 (aged 24)	Portland Timbers	Transfer	Summer	[6]
9	FW	Ángel Sepúlveda	(1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 28)	Tijuana	Transfer	Summer	[7]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	20 July 2019		Matchday 1	9	5	2	2	19	9	+10	055.56
Copa MX	31 July 2019		Group stage	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Torneo Clausura			Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				11	5	4	2	21	11	+10	045.45

Last updated: 18 September 2019

Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	UANL	18	8	8	2	26	14	+12	32	Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
4	Querétaro	18	9	4	5	31	19	+12	31
5	Necaxa	18	9	4	5	33	23	+10	31
6	América	18	8	7	3	32	22	+10	31
7	Morelia	18	8	3	7	31	26	+5	27

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 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

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
9	5	2	2	19	9	+10	17	3	2	0	14	3	+11	2	0	2	5	6	−1

Last updated: 18 September 2019.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	10	15	7	11	9	5	7	4	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2019. Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 July 2019 1	Necaxa	0–0	Cruz Azul	Aguascalientes City
21:08		Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 19,361 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

28 July 2019 2	UNAM	2–0	Necaxa	Mexico City
12:00	Vigón 9' Barrera 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 24,708 Referee: Eduardo Galván

3 August 2019 3	Necaxa	7–0	Veracruz	Aguascalientes City
21:05	Salas 11', 47' Delgado 57' Quiroga 66' Angulo 74' Herrera 83' Calderón 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 12,846 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

10 August 2019 4	UANL	3–1	Necaxa	San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00	Gignac 4', 16', 22'	Report	Alvarado 42'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,553 Referee: Oscar Mejía

18 August 2019 5	Necaxa	3–0	Santos Laguna	Aguascalientes City
17:00	Salas 53', 64' Quiroga 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 14,167 Referee: Alejandro Funk

25 August 2019 6	Guadalajara	1–2	Necaxa	Zapopan
17:00	Villalpando 64'	Report	Salas 10' Gallegos 40'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Attendance: 30,912 Referee: Roberto García Orozco

28 August 2019 7	Necaxa	1–1	Toluca	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Quiroga 12'	Report	Gigliotti 37'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 12,716 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

31 August 2019 8	Necaxa	3–2	Tijuana	Aguascalientes City
17:00	Alvarado 6' Salas 52' Quiroga 77'	Report	Loroña 8' Rivero 28'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 11,861 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

14 August 2019 9	Monterrey	0–2	Necaxa	Guadalupe
17:00		Report	Angulo 35', 80'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 35,686 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

Copa MX

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sinaloa (X)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Necaxa	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Possible knockout stage
3	Celaya (Y)	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2019. Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(X) Assured to be at least one of the best second-placed teams; (Y) Cannot qualify as a group winner but may still qualify as one of the best second-placed teams.

13 August 2019 1	Necaxa	2–2	Sinaloa	Aguascalientes City
21:00	López 54' Herrera 78'	Report	D. González 65' Ortiz 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 6,328 Referee: Aldo Cano Martínez

4 September 2019 2	Necaxa	0–0	Celaya	Aguascalientes City
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 10,061 Referee: Alan Martínez

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura		Copa MX		Clausura
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Hugo González	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Alexis Peña	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Fernando Meza	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Luis Pérez	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF		Daniel Álvarez	7	1	5	0	2	1	0	0
9	FW		Mauro Quiroga	9	4	9	4	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Maximiliano Salas	9	6	9	6	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Kevin Mercado	7	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
13	MF		Jorge Lumbreras	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF		Abel Aguirre	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	FW		Pedro Campos	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Jairo González	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Juan Delgado	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Felipe Gallegos	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Martín Lara	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	MF		Jesús Angulo	8	3	8	3	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Eduardo Herrera	7	2	5	1	2	1	0	0
22	MF		Ricardo Chávez	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF		Claudio Baeza	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Rodrigo Noya	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
25	GK		Yosgart Gutiérrez	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
26	DF		Cristian Calderón	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Rodrigo Contreras	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
31	DF		Ventura Alvarado	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	0
188	MF		José Plascencia	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
189	FW		Ricardo Monreal	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
191	DF		Juan Luis Ocón	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
193	DF		Diego García	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
202	DF		Esteban López Portillo	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 September 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Goals

As of 18 September 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Copa MX	Total[8][9]
1	Maximiliano Salas	FW	6	0	6
2	Mauro Quiroga	FW	4	0	4
3	Jesús Angulo	MF	3	0	3
4	Ventura Alvarado	DF	2	0	2
4	Eduardo Herrera	FW	1	1	2
6	Daniel Álvarez	MF	0	1	1
	Cristian Calderón	DF	1	0	1
	Juan Delgado	FW	1	0	1
	Felipe Gallegos	DF	1	0	1

Clean sheets

As of 18 September 2019

Rank	Name	Apertura	Copa MX	Clausura	Total[9]
1	Hugo González	4	0	0	4
2	Yosgart Gutiérrez	0	1	0	3

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apertura		Copa MX		Total			Notes
4	DF		Alexis Peña	1	1			1		1
6	MF		Luis Pérez			2	1	2	1
10	FW		Maximilano Salas	3				3
23	MF		Claudio Baeza	3				3
5	DF		Fernando Meza	2				2
31	DF		Ventura Alvarado	2				2
1	GK		Hugo González	2				2
24	DF		Rodrigo Noya	2				2
20	MF		Jesús Angulo	1				1
18	DF		Felipe Gallegos	1				1
16	DF		Jairo González	1				1
27	FW		Rodrigo Contreras	1				1
14	MF		Abel Aguirre			1		1
188	MF		José Plascencia			1		1
21	FW		Eduardo Herrera			1		1
22	MF		Ricardo Chávez	1				1

Last updated: 18 September 2019
Source: Liga MX
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References

"Necaxa anuncia a Mauro Quiroga como refuerzo para el Apertura 2019". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
"Necaxa anuncia a sus primeros refuerzos para el Apertura 2019". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
"¡Uno más a la Fuerza Rayos! Necaxa anuncia llegada de Angulo". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
"Luis Hernández se incorpora a Toluca". Marca.com (in Spanish). 3 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
"Martín Barragán se incorpora al Club Universidad". Pumas.mx (in Spanish). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
"Timbers acquire forward Brian Fernández as Designated Player". Timbers.com. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
"Ángel Sepúlveda se une al Club Tijuana". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2019.
"LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
"Necaxa - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

External links

Official website

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[table_note_res_LIG0.79157062610219-8] The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

[1] "Necaxa anuncia a Mauro Quiroga como refuerzo para el Apertura 2019". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[refuerzos-2] "Necaxa anuncia a sus primeros refuerzos para el Apertura 2019". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[3] "¡Uno más a la Fuerza Rayos! Necaxa anuncia llegada de Angulo". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[4] "Luis Hernández se incorpora a Toluca". Marca.com (in Spanish). 3 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[5] "Martín Barragán se incorpora al Club Universidad". Pumas.mx (in Spanish). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[FernándezIN-6] "Timbers acquire forward Brian Fernández as Designated Player". Timbers.com. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[7] "Ángel Sepúlveda se une al Club Tijuana". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[9] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

[MT-10] "Necaxa - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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