Cruz Azul
Full name	Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul A.C.
Nickname(s)	La Maquina Celeste La Maquina Cementera
Founded	May 22, 1927
Ground	Estadio Azul, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Capacity	42,900
Chairman	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
Manager	Sergio Markarian
League	Primera División
Clausura 2007	Disqualified (playoffs) 4th (league) 2nd (group)
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, also known as Cruz Azul, is a popular Mexican professional futbol club. Cruz Azul plays in the Primera División de México and its home venue is the Estadio Azul, located in the Southwestern part of Mexico City in the Colonia Nochebuena, next to the Napoles neighborhood. The team moved in there in 1996, after playing for many seasons at the Estadio Azteca. Image File history File links Cruz_Azul. ... The Estadio Azul, formerly Estadio Azulgrana and Estadio de la Ciudad de los Deportes, is a stadium with a capacity of 39,000 seats, located in Mexico City. ... Nickname: Motto: Capital en movimiento Location of Mexico City in south central Mexico Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ... The Mexican Federal District, known in Spanish as Distrito Federal (D.F.), is an area within Mexico that is not part of any of the Mexican states, but an independent self-governing city-state and the seat of the Federal Government. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... Sergio Apraham Markarián (born November 1, 1944 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a football (soccer) coach. ... La Primera División del Futbol Mexicano (also known as La Liga) is the premier football championship established by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación in the Mexican League System. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... La Primera División del Futbol Mexicano (also known as La Liga) is the premier football championship established by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación in the Mexican League System. ... The Estadio Azul, formerly Estadio Azulgrana and Estadio de la Ciudad de los Deportes, is a stadium with a capacity of 39,000 seats, located in Mexico City. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Estadio Azteca is the home stadium of the Mexico national team and the Mexican club America, and the one-time home of Atlante, Cruz Azul, and Necaxa. ...

Los Cementeros are traditionally one of the biggest and most successful teams in Mexico; they have been first division champions 8 times, tied with Toluca, and trail only Club America with 10, and Guadalajara with 11. The club is also even with Club America for most CONCACAF Champions' Cup with 5. Cruz Azul was also the first (and still only) Mexican club to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores when they lost in penalties to Argentine soccer giants Boca Juniors. Which they bit 3-1 on the final of Copa PanAmericana. That was disputed in Phoenix, AZ Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club also known simply as Toluca, is a Mexican professional football club. ... Club de Futbol Am rica, also known as Club Am rica or simply Am rica, is a Mexican professional football club. ... Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara and usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (goats), is a Mexican sports club. ... CONCACAF Champions cup logo The CONCACAF Champions Cup is the annual international football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America and the Caribbean). ... The Copa Libertadores de América (also known as Copa Toyota Libertadores) (Portuguese: Taça Libertadores da América, English: Liberators of America Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... Club Atlético Boca Juniors is one of the most popular Argentine sports clubs, best known for its football team. ...

History

Cruz Azul was founded as an amateur team on May 22nd, 1927 by the workers of the cement makers Cemento Cruz Azul and Macario Acosta, located on the town of Jasso, Hidalgo. Cemento Cruz Azul still sponsors the team, although sponsorship is currently shared with Coca-Cola and Telcel. Cemento Cruz Azul is one of the most famous cement companies in Mexico. ... Hidalgo is a state in central Mexico, with an area of 20,502 km². In 2000 the state had a population of some 2,231,000 people. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ... Logo Telcel is Mexicos largest cell phone carrier, owned by Telmex. ...

Guillermo Álvarez Macías and Carlos Garcés were the main figures behind the creation effort and the quick success of the team, which frequently represented the state of Hidalgo in national amateur tournaments.

From 1927 to 1960, the amateur team played many times in Mexico City, against the reserve squads of established professional teams such as Club América, Necaxa, Atlante, Asturias and Marte. Considering the increasing success of the team, the new administration of the cement company (which changed its name to "Cooperativa Cruz Azul") decided in 1960 to build a stadium in Jasso, the Estadio 10 de Diciembre, and officially registered the team on the professional ascent division (Segunda División) for the 1960-61 season. For other uses, see América Football Club (disambiguation). ... Club Necaxa is a Mexican professional football club. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Mexican football clubs ... Anthem: Asturias, patria querida Capital Oviedo Official language(s) Spanish; Asturian has special status Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 10th  10,604 km²  2. ... Marte, as a person, may refer to: Andy Marté (b. ... Estadio 10 de Diciembre is a multi-use stadium in the Mexican city of Jasso. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional The Segunda División is the lower of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. ...

By 1964, under the Hungarian coach Jorge Marik, the team won the Segunda División championship, earning the right to play the following season in the highest circuit of professional football in Mexico, the Primera División.

That first season ended with an eighth place finish and increased hopes for the future. Just 4 years later, Cruz Azul won its first league tournament, under coach Raúl Cárdenas. Raúl Cárdenas (born 30 October 1928) is a former Mexican football player and coach. ...

Cruz Azul became the most successful Mexican team of the '70s, winning the league tournament 6 times between 1970 and 1980, four of them under Raul Cárdenas, and the last two with Ignacio Trelles at the helm. Such dominance earned them the nickname La Máquina (The Machine), which is still used as the unofficial nickname of the team. Ignacio Tréllez (born July 31, 1919) is a Mexican former football (soccer) player and coach. ...

1997 brought the team its eighth and most recent championship during the Invierno 1997 tournament, under coach Luis Fernando Tena. Making this a the youngest team to win eight championships in less then 40 years.

Copa Libertadores 2001

In 2001, Cruz Azul was invited to a tournament between some Mexican and Venezuelan teams. The two best teams of this tournament earned the right to play in the Copa Libertadores, a tournament of the all the best teams of South America. Cruz Azul qualified for the Copa Libertadores in its first try,and reached the final match. Cruz Azul was placed in Group 7 along with teams such as Sao Caetano, Defensor Sporting, and Olmedo. Cruz Azul finished leader of the group with 13 points. In the round of 16 Cruz Azul faced Cerro Porteño. The first leg was played in Asunción and Cruz Azul lost 2-1. The second leg was played in Mexico and Cruz Azul won the game 3-1. The aggregate score was 4-3 in favor of Cruz Azul and they moved on to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Cruz Azul faced CA River Plate of Argentina. The first leg of the match was played in Buenos Aires and ended in a 0-0 draw. The second leg was played in Mexico and Cruz Azul won 3-0. Cruz Azul was having a great run and played Rosario Central in the semifinals. The first leg was played in Mexico and Cruz Azul won the game 2-0. The second leg was played in Rosario in a very exciting match which ended in a 3-3 draw in favor of Cruz Azul due to the 2-0 victory in the first leg. In the final match, Cruz Azul played against the Argentinian club Boca Juniors, Cruz Azul lost at home the first leg 1-0, but came back to win the second leg with the same score, at Boca's stadium La Bombonera. Until then, no team had ever won a Copa Libertadores final match there. After the overtime due to the tie, the championship was decided by penalty kicks, where the more experienced Boca Juniors prevailed. Still, Cruz Azul surprised everybody with the unprecedented feat of reaching the final on their first try by defeating established Brazilian and Argentinian teams such as Sao Caetano, Rosario Central and CA River Plate. Club Cerro Porteño is a Paraguayan football (soccer) team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. ... Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is a football team of Argentina, founded in 1901. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... Former crest Club Atlético Rosario Central is a football club in Rosario, Argentina. ... Club Atlético Boca Juniors is one of the most popular Argentine sports clubs, best known for its football team. ... The Estadio Alberto J. Armando The Estadio Alberto J. Armando (formerly the Estadio Camilo Cichero) is a stadium located in the La Boca district of Buenos Aires. ... There are parishes that have the name São Caetano in Portugal: in Madalena, Azores São Caetano, a parish in the district of Madalena In Cantanheda, Portugal São Caetano, a parish in the district of Cantanheda This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... Former crest Club Atlético Rosario Central is a football club in Rosario, Argentina. ... Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is a football team of Argentina, founded in 1901. ...

On July 19, 2005, Cruz Azul's coach Ruben Omar Romano, who had taken over as coach of the club in December 2004, was kidnapped after a training session outside the club's headquarters. He was released on the 21st of September and came back to coach the team very shortly afterwards. His assistant Isaac Mizrahi, who had stood in for Romano during his kidnapping, replaced him as coach on the 15th of December 2005.

Apertura 2006

In the 2006 Apertura he started off great,but in the middle of the season they had a hard time to add points up in the table.Cruz Azul recovered and finished the regular season as the leader in points of the general table.They have not won a title since the championship they won against Leon in 1997. For the Apertura 2006, Cruz Azul made it to the quarterfinals and faced Chivas in the Estadio Jalisco. In the first leg Cruz Azul played a very poor game and lost 2-0. On November 25, 2006 Cruz Azul played the second leg at Estadio Azul and played a brilliant game. Cruz Azul started off strong and put Chivas keeper Oswaldo Sanchez to the test on many occasions. In the middle of the first half, defender Salvador Carmona pushed a Chivas player in the penalty area and cost Cruz Azul a penalty.Ramon Morales had no problem and put the score 1-0 in favor of Chivas in the 39th minute. Cruz Azul kept creating chances and at the end of the first half Cesar Delgado made a great play that Richard Nunez finished with a goal to tie the game right before halftime in the 45th minute.In the second half Chivas scored thanks to Ramon Morales again to put the score 2-1 in favor of Chivas. Cruz Azul didn't give up and Miguel Sabah tied the game 2-2 in the 62 minute. Cruz Azul played a great game and ended up tying the game 2-2, but losing 4-2 on aggregate. Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara and usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (goats), is a Mexican sports club. ... Estadio Jalisco is the third largest Mexican football stadium behind Azteca and Olimpico. ... Oswaldo Javier Sanchez Ibarra (born September 21, 1973 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican footballer currently playing for Chivas de Guadalajara. ... Salvador José Carmona Álvarez (born 22 August 1975 in Mexico City) is a retired Mexican football defender who is currently banned for life from playing professional soccer affiliated to FIFA for failing two separate anti-doping tests. ... Ramon Morales Ramón Morales (born October 10, 1975) is a Mexican football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Chivas de Guadalajara as a midfielder. ... C sar Chelito Delgado (born August 18, 1981 in Argentina) is an Argentine football striker, who currently plays for Cruz Azul of the Primera Divisi n de M xico. ... Richard Darío Núñez Pereyra (born February 16, 1976 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer. ...

Estadio Azul, Cruz Azul home stadium in Mexico City.

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Clausura 2007 and the FMF sanction

In the 2007 Clausura the team had a great start, finishing among the first 8 teams in the league that went to playoffs. The team had a great quarterfinal series against the Tecos of the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, thanks to two magnificent goals from striker Richard Nuñez and moved to semifinals against Pachuca FC, the top team in the league. Pachuca beat Cruz Azul in the Estadio Azul in the first leg of the series with a strong 3-1. Cruz Azul still had a chance to overcome the adverse score, but on that same evening, the Court of Arbitration for Sport communicated that team captain Salvador Carmona was declared ineligible with immediate and lifetime effect, because of a repeated doping indiscipline that occurred back in January of 2006. The sanction was dated May 18th 2007, the very day of the first match against Pachuca. Arguing that player Salvador Carmona did play on that day for Cruz Azul, the Mexican Soccer Federation, aka Federacion Mexicana de Futbol sanctioned Cruz Azul by suspending the team one game from competition, under the argument of aligning an ineligible player. Many legal arguments have been raised by both the player's lawyer and Cruz Azul, but the sanction stood and Cruz Azul lost its opportunity to overcome the 3-1 and go to the final series against America. The Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG), located in Guadalajara, Jalisco (the actual main campus is located in Zapopan), was the first private university in Mexico. ... Richard Darío Núñez Name: Richard Darío Núñez Pereyra Posición: Delantero Number: 11 Date of birth: 16-02-1976 Place of birth: Montevideo, Uruguay Nacionality: Uruguayen Hight: 1. ... The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; Tribunal Arbitral du Sport or TAS in French) is an arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sports. ... Salvador José Carmona Álvarez (born 22 August 1975 in Mexico City) is a retired Mexican football defender who is currently banned for life from playing professional soccer affiliated to FIFA for failing two separate anti-doping tests. ...

Preparing towards Apertura 2007

Cruz Azul prepares to face the Apertura 2007 tournament by boosting its Executive and Coaching teams. Mr. Eduardo de la Torre, a former coach in the mexican league, was hired as a Vice President of sports affairs, and after many gossip around the head coach role, coach Isaac Mizrahi is being replaced with Coach Sergio Markarian, native of Uruguay and tipped as an overachiever on tournaments in South America and Europe. The first player draftings that the team was able to make for this coming tournament, are defender Joaquin Beltran, from Club Necaxa and midfielder Gregorio Torres, from Club Atlas. In July they will be having practice sessions in the beach in Ixtapa, Guerrero, Mexico. The team is currently preparing for the Apertura 2007 where they hope to take the title, which has been denied to them for almost ten years now. Their website has recently been remodeled into a new page, where supporters can now express their opinions and suggestions. As a pre-season expedition Cruz Azul participated in La Copa Panamericana. Which they won in the final against Boca Juniors 3-1. Joaquin Beltran is a Mexican professional football defender, He currently plays for Necaxa in Aguacalientes in Mexico. ... Club Atlético Boca Juniors is one of the most popular Argentine sports clubs, best known for its football team. ...

Shirt Sponsorship

Cruz Azul is currently being provided jerseys by English company Umbro who also provides jerseys for teams such as Chile's Colo-Colo, Brazil's Atletico Paranaense, France's Olympique Lyonnais and the very England National Soccer Team. Umbro (LSE: UMB) is an internationally recognised football brand based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. ... Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club. ... Atl tico Paranaense are a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paran , founded on March 26, 1924. ... Olympique Lyonnais (popularly known as OL, or simply Lyon) is a French football club based in Lyon. ... First international  Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win  Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat  Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...

Current Roster

No. Position Player 1 GK Óscar Pérez 2 DF Alberto Rodriguez 3 DF Joel Huiqui 4 DF Julio César Domínguez 5 MF Israel López 6 MF Gerardo Torrado 7 MF Cristian Riveros 8 DF Carlos Bonet 9 FW Richard Núñez 10 MF Edgar Andrade 11 FW Miguel Sabah 12 GK Julio César Valdivia 14 DF Joaquin Beltran 15 DF Gregorio Torres 16 DF Rogelio Chávez

No. Position Player 17 DF Roberto Carlos Juarez 18 FW Cesar Villaluz 19 FW César Delgado 21 DF Denis Caniza 22 DF Adrián Cortés 23 MF Edgar Gerardo Lugo 24 FW Luis Orozco 25 GK Yosgart Gutiérrez 26 MF Gabino Velasco 27 MF José María Ramírez 28 MF Héctor Gutiérrez 30 FW Armando Marquez 31 MF Julio Ceja 58 FW Jared Borgetti

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Squad changes for Apertura 2007 season

In:

• Gregorio Torres on loan from Atlas
• Joaquin Beltran on loan from Necaxa
• Denis Caniza bought from Atlas
• Carlos Bonet bought from Libertad
• Cristian Riveros bought from Libertad

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• Salvador Carmona Banned for lifetime from any competition by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
• Adrian Sanchez loaned to Puebla
• Walter Vilchez loaned to Puebla
• Gabriel Pererya loaned to Atlante

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Affiliations

• Primera División A: Cruz Azul Oaxaca
• Segunda Division: Cruz Azul Hidalgo
• Tercera Division: Cruz Azul México

Notable Players