Cruz Azul

Cruz Azul

Full name	Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V.
Nickname(s)	La Máquina (The Machine) Los Celestes (The Sky-Blues) Los Cementeros (The Cement Makers) Las Liebres (The Hares) Los de La Noria (Those from La Noria)
Founded	22 May 1927; 99 years ago (1927-05-22)
Stadium	Estadio Azteca
Capacity	87,523
Owner	Cooperativa La Cruz Azul
President	Víctor Velázquez
Manager	Joel Huiqui
League	Liga MX
Clausura 2026	Regular phase: 3rd Final phase: Champions
Website	https://cfcruzazul.com/
Current season

Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., known simply as Cruz Azul (pronounced [kɾus aˈsul], "Blue Cross"), is an association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It was originally from Jasso, Hidalgo. The team plays in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. They have won ten League Championship titles (fourth-highest total, after América, Guadalajara and Toluca), seven CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League titles (a shared record with América), and four Copa México/Copa MX titles. They have also won four Campeón de Campeones trophies, a Supercopa MX, and a Supercopa de la Liga MX. They are also the third most popular team in Mexico (after América and Guadalajara).

History

Cruz Azul was founded on 22 May 1927 by workers of the Cooperativa La Cruz Azul factory in Jasso, Hidalgo. The club first played in the amateur leagues before joining the professional second division. They won their first promotion to the top flight in 1964. The team's first major success came in 1969 when they won their first Primera División title. This victory marked the beginning of their "Golden Era" in the 1970s. During this decade, they won six more league championships, including a historic three-in-a-row from 1971 to 1974. With a total of ten championships, Cruz Azul is tied for fourth on the all-time list of most successful teams in the professional era. Their most recent league title was in the Clausura 2026 tournament, ending a five year drought. In other competitions, Cruz Azul has also won four Copa México/Copa MX titles, four Campeón de Campeones, one Supercopa MX and a Supercopa de la Liga MX.

In international competitions, Cruz Azul is one of the most successful Mexican clubs. They have won the CONCACAF Champions Cup seven times, a record they share with América, the most recent success being in 2025 when they beat Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5–0 in Mexico City. They also participated in the Copa Interamericana, playing the 1971 edition, losing 2–3 to Nacional on aggregate, and also reached the final of the Copa Libertadores in 2001, where they lost to Boca Juniors in a penalty shootout.

Honours

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 September 2026

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  Mexico Andrés Gudiño 2 DF  Mexico Alan Mozo (on loan from Guadalajara) 3 DF  Mexico Omar Campos 4 DF  Colombia Willer Ditta 5 DF  Mexico Jesús Orozco 6 MF  Mexico Érik Lira (captain) 7 FW  Argentina Nicolás Ibáñez 8 MF  Argentina Agustín Palavecino 10 MF  Mexico Andrés Montaño 11 FW  Nigeria Christian Ebere 12 DF  Mexico Alán Montes 13 GK  Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez 14 FW  Colombia Juan José Calero 15 DF  United States Ralph Orquin 16 MF  Mexico Jeremy Márquez

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  Mexico Amaury García 18 MF  Argentina Luka Romero 19 MF  Mexico Carlos Rodríguez (vice-captain) 20 MF  Argentina José Paradela 21 FW  Uruguay Gabriel Fernández 22 DF  Mexico Jorge Rodarte 23 GK  Colombia Kevin Mier 25 MF  Mexico Fernando Sámano 27 FW  Mexico Bryan Gamboa 28 DF  Mexico Raymundo Rubio 29 MF  Argentina Carlos Rotondi 30 GK  Mexico Emmanuel Ochoa 32 MF  Mexico Cristian Jiménez 33 DF  Argentina Gonzalo Piovi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  Mexico Mauro Zaleta (at Necaxa)

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