2019–20 Club América season

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América
2019–20 season
PresidentSantiago Baños
ManagerMiguel Herrera
StadiumEstadio Azteca
Apertura 20196th
Runners-up
Clausura 20204th
Tournament Cancelled
Campeón de CampeonesWinners
Campeones CupRunners-up
CONCACAF Champions LeagueSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Apertura:
Henry Martín (8)
Clausura:
Federico Viñas (3)

All:
Henry Martín (11)

The 2019–20

CONCACAF Champions League
.

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Mexico Miguel Herrera
Assistant coaches Mexico Álvaro Galindo
Mexico Gilberto Adame
Mexico Oscar Escobar
Goalkeepers coach Mexico José Torruco
Fitness coaches Mexico Giber Becerra
Mexico José Rangel
Kinesiologist Mexico Carlos Araujo
Masseurs Mexico Jesús Zamudio
Mexico Octavio Luna
Doctors Mexico Alfonso Díaz
Mexico José Vázquez
Medical assistant Argentina Christian Motta

Players

Squad information

No. Pos. Nat. Name Date of birth (Age) Signed in Previous club
Goalkeepers
6 GK Mexico
Guillermo Ochoa
(1985-07-13)13 July 1985 (aged 34) 2019 Belgium Standard Liège
27 GK Mexico
Óscar Jiménez
(1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 30) 2017 Mexico Chiapas
Defenders
2 DF Mexico
Luis Fuentes
(1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 33) 2020 (Winter) Mexico Tijuana
3 DF Mexico Jorge Sánchez (1997-12-10)10 December 1997 (aged 21) 2018 Mexico Santos Laguna
4 DF Uruguay Sebastián Cáceres (1999-08-18)18 August 1999 (aged 20) 2020
Liverpool
18 DF Paraguay Bruno Valdez (1992-10-06)6 October 1992 (aged 26) 2016 Paraguay Cerro Porteño
19 DF Argentina Emanuel Aguilera (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 30) 2018 Mexico Tijuana
22 DF Mexico Paul Aguilar (1986-03-06)6 March 1986 (aged 33) 2011 Mexico Pachuca
34 DF Mexico Haret Ortega (2000-05-19)19 May 2000 (aged 19) 2020
Youth system
Midfielders
5 MF Argentina Santiago Cáseres (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 22) 2020 Spain Villarreal (on loan)
7 MF Argentina Leonardo Suárez (1996-03-30)30 March 1996 (aged 23) 2020 Spain Villarreal
8
MF
Mexico Alonso Escoboza (1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 26) 2020 (Winter) Mexico Querétaro
11 MF Colombia Andrés Ibargüen (1992-05-07)7 May 1992 (aged 27) 2018 (Winter) Argentina Racing Club
14 MF Colombia Nicolás Benedetti (1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 22) 2019 Colombia Deportivo Cali
17 MF Mexico
Sebastián Córdova
(1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 22) 2016
Youth system
20
MF
Paraguay Richard Sánchez (1998-03-29)29 March 1998 (aged 21) 2019 Paraguay Olimpia
25 MF Mexico Fernando González (1994-01-27)27 January 1994 (aged 25) 2019 Mexico Necaxa
Forwards
9 FW Colombia Roger Martínez (1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 25) 2018 (Winter)
Jiangsu Suning
10 FW Mexico Giovani dos Santos (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 30) 2019 United States LA Galaxy
15 FW Chile Nicolás Castillo (1993-02-14)14 February 1993 (aged 26) 2019 Portugal Benfica
21 FW Mexico Henry Martín (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 26) 2018 Mexico Tijuana
24 FW Uruguay Federico Viñas (1998-06-30)30 June 1998 (aged 21) 2019 Uruguay Juventud de Las Piedras (on loan)

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 January 2020.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Pre-season

Club América will precede their 2019–20 campaign with a series of friendlies to be contested in the United States. The matches were announced in June 2019.[2]

Date Opponents Stadium Result
F–A
Scorers
3 July 2019 Boca Juniors Red Bull Arena 1–2 P. Aguilar
6 July 2019 River Plate
CenturyLink Field
0–2
9 July 2019 UNAM Toyota Stadium 0–3

Friendlies

16 November 2019 América 1–2 Monterrey Houston, Texas, United States
17:30 MST Emanuel Aguilera '6 Danien Parra '17, Vincent Janssen '21 Stadium:
BBVA Compass Stadium

Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Transfers

Summer

In

Date

Pos. Player Age From Fee Notes Source
19 June 2019
MF
Mexico Rubén González 25 Mexico Necaxa US$2 million[3] [4]
6 July 2019 FW Mexico Giovani dos Santos 30 Unattached [5]
17 July 2019
MF
Mexico Leonel López 25 Mexico Toluca Undisclosed [6]
6 August 2019 GK Mexico Guillermo Ochoa 34 Belgium Standard Liège Undisclosed [7]
25 August 2019
MF
Paraguay Richard Sánchez 23 Paraguay Olimpia Undisclosed [8]
29 August 2019 FW Uruguay Federico Viñas 21 Uruguay Juventud de Las Piedras On loan [9]

Out

Date

Pos. Player Age To Fee Notes Source
17 June 2019 FW Mexico Oribe Peralta 35 Mexico Guadalajara Free [10]
17 July 2019 DF
Luis Reyes
28 Mexico Atlético San Luis Loan [11]
19 July 2019 DF Mexico Edson Álvarez 21 Netherlands Ajax €15,000,000[12] [13]
31 July 2019 GK Argentina Agustín Marchesín 31 Portugal Porto Undisclosed [14]
4 August 2019
MF
Colombia Mateus Uribe 28 Portugal Porto Undisclosed [15]
29 August 2019 FW France Jérémy Ménez 32 Released [16]

Winter

In

Date

Pos. Player Age From Fee Notes Source
29 December 2019
MF
Mexico Alonso Escoboza 26 Mexico Querétaro Undisclosed
29 December 2019 DF
Luis Fuentes
33 MexicoTijuana Undisclosed
12 January 2020 FW Argentina Leonardo Suárez 23 SpainVillarreal Undisclosed
15 January 2020 DF Uruguay Sebastián Cáceres 20
Liverpool
Undisclosed
29 January 2020
MF
Argentina Santiago Cáseres 22 SpainVillarreal On loan

Out

Date

Pos. Player Age To Fee Notes Source
8 January 2020
MF
Mexico Leonel López 25 Mexico UNAM Undisclosed
8 January 2020 DF
Carlos Vargas
20
Morelia
Loan
13 January 2020
MF
Argentina Guido Rodríguez 25 Spain Real Betis €8 million

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Apertura 2019 20 July 2019 29 December 2019 Matchday 1 Runners-up 24 11 7 6 42 31 +11 045.83
Clausura 2020 18 January 2020 22 May 2020 Matchday 1 4th 10 5 2 3 11 11 +0 050.00
2019 Campeón de Campeones 14 July 2019 Final Winners 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
2019 Campeones Cup 14 August 2019 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
2020 CONCACAF Champions League 19 February 2020 20 December 2020 Round of 16 Semi-finals 5 1 2 2 6 6 +0 020.00
Total 41 17 12 12 61 51 +10 041.46

Last updated: 20 December 2020
Source: Competitions

Campeón de Campeones

14 July 2019 América 0–0
(6–5 p)
UANL Carson, United States
Report Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 27,800[17]
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
Penalties

2020 CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

26 February 2020
CST
Aguilera 80' (pen.) Report Herrera 62' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
Penalties

Quarter-finals

América Mexico v United States Atlanta United FC
11 March 2020
CST
Suárez 11'
Martín 13'
Valdez 36'
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 20,731
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
16 December 2020
EDT
Conway 82' Report Stadium:
Exploria Stadium [note 1]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Note: The match was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

Semi-finals

19 December 2020
EDT
Vela 46', 47'
Blessing 90+5'
Report Cáceres 12' Stadium:
Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica
)

Campeones Cup

Apertura 2019

Matches

20 July 2019 1 América 4–2 Monterrey Mexico City
15:05 CT Castillo 16', 48'
Uribe 18'
Martínez 76'
Report Funes Mori 7'
Hurtado 30'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 31,129[19]
Referee: César Ramos
27 July 2019 2 León 0–0 América León
17:00 CT Report Stadium: Estadio León
Attendance: 26,632[19]
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
3 August 2019 3 América 3–1 Tijuana Mexico City
17:00 CT Rodríguez 74'
Ibarra 87'
Dos Santos 90+4'
Report Sanvezzo 81' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 26,348[20]
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
17 August 2019 5
Morelia
Mexico City
19:55 CT Benedetti 80' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 28,117[21]
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
UANL v América
24 August 2019 6 UANL 1–1 América San Nicolás
20:05 CT Quiñones 26' Report
Córdova
60'
Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 41,589[22]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
27 August 2019 7 América 1–1 Pachuca Mexico City
19:00 CT López 46' Report Ibarra 89' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 19,771[23]
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo
América v UNAM
14 September 2019 9 América 1–1 UNAM Mexico City
19:00 CT Viñas 77' Report Mendoza 80' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 38,317[25]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
21 September 2019 10
Querétaro
Mexico City
19:00 CT Martín 31', 78' Report
Castillo 29'
Escoboza
80'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 28,032[26]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre
25 September 2019 11 Juárez 1–1 América Ciudad Juárez
17:00 MT
Rolan
10'
Report Viñas 86' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Attendance: 19,704[27]
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia
28 September 2019 12 América 4–1 Guadalajara Mexico City
19:00 CT
Córdova 17', 44'
Aguilera 73'
Martín
88'
Report Pulido 49' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 63,908[28]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
5 October 2019 13 Cruz Azul 5–2 América Mexico City
17:00 CT
Aguilar 53'
Alvarado 58'
Pineda 62'
J. Rodríguez
75'
Report G. Rodríguez 36'
Martín 40'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 30,568[29]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
19 October 2019 14
Aguascalientes
19:00 CT Quiroga 71'
Aguilera 80' (o.g.)
Report Ibarra 67'
Martín 87'
Stadium: Estadio Victoria
Attendance: 23,851[30]
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
26 October 2019 15
Puebla
Mexico City
17:00 CT Castillo 64'
Ibargüen 81'
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 20,057[31]
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
29 October 2019 16
San Luis Potosí
18:00 CT Report Martínez 50' Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras
Attendance: 0[32]
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo
2 November 2019 17 América 1–2 Santos Mexico City
18:00 CT Ibargüen 39' Report Valdés 66'
Lozano 70'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 21,855[33]
Referee: César Ramos

League table

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Querétaro 18 9 4 5 31 19 +12 31 Advance to
Liguilla[a]
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
8 Monterrey (C) 18 8 3 7 27 23 +4 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
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.

Liguilla

Quarter-finals
28 November 2019 América 1–2 UANL Mexico City
19:00 MST Sánchez 39' Report Pizarro 50'
Gignac 67' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 45,005[35]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
1 December 2019 UANL 2–4
(4–5 agg.)
América San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 MST Aquino 56'
Gignac 70'
Report
Dos Santos 45'
Aguilera
80'
Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 41,615[36]
Referee: César Ramos
Semi-finals
8 December 2019
Morelia
Mexico City
17:30 MST Ibarra 36'
Viñas 43'
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 63,263[38]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre
Final
Monterrey v América
26 December 2019 Monterrey 2–1 América Guadalupe
19:30 CT Medina 44'
Funes Mori 90+2'
Report
C. Rodríguez 43' (o.g.
)
Stadium: Estadio BBVA
Attendance: 52,929[39]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

Clausura 2020

Matches

[40]

18 January 2020 2 América 1–0 UANL Mexico City
21:00 CT Martín 69' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 25,915[41]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
América v Juárez
1 February 2020 4 América 1–3 Juárez Mexico City
17:00 CT
Fuentes
74'
Report Rolán 10'
Lezcano 20'
Romo 89'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 20,816[43]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo González
15 February 2020 6
Atlas
Mexico City
19:00 CT Viñas 29', 79' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 26,612[47]
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
Monterrey v América
22 February 2020 7 Monterrey 0–1 América Guadalupe
21:00 CT Report
Fuentes
32'
Stadium: Estadio BBVA
Attendance: 43,636[48]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
29 February 2020 8 América 0–3 Necaxa Mexico City
19:00 CT Report Quiroga 21', 26'
Delgado 85'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 29,477[49]
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia
6 March 2020 9 UNAM 3–3 América Mexico City
20:00 CT
Dinenno
84'
Report Suárez 31'
Viñas 71'
Martín 90+3'
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Attendance: 43,560[50]
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gomez
15 March 2020 10 América 0–1 Cruz Azul Mexico City
20:17 CT Report Rodríguez 64' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 0[51]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramirez
12 Santos Cancelled América Torreón
Stadium:
Estadio TSM Corona
13
Toluca
Mexico City
Stadium: Estadio Azteca

League table

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 León 10 7 0 3 23 14 +9 21 Qualification to 2021 CONCACAF Champions League
3 Santos Laguna 10 5 2 3 14 14 0 17
4 América 10 5 2 3 11 11 0 17
5 Guadalajara 10 4 4 2 13 11 +2 16
6 UNAM 10 4 3 3 20 19 +1 15
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

  1. Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia

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