2017–18 Club Puebla season

The 2017–18 Puebla F.C. season was the club's 71st professional season in Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The club also played Copa MX. Rafael García Torres was named the club head coach on June 5, 2017,[1] taking over for sacked coach José Cardozo.

Puebla
2017–18 season
Chairman Carlos López Domínguez
Manager Enrique Meza
StadiumEstadio Cuauhtémoc
Apertura 201715th
Clausura 201810th
Apertura 2017 Copa MXGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Lucas Cavallini (13)
All: Lucas Cavallini (13)
Highest home attendance37,499 vs Club America
(20 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance13,020 vs Toluca
(14 February 2018)
Average home league attendance19,687

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 January 2017[2]

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  MEX Israel Villaseñor (on loan from Morelia)
2 DF  COL Brayan Angulo
3 DF  MEX Carlos Gutiérrez
4 DF  MEX Luis Venegas
5 DF  MEX Patricio Araujo
6 MF  URU Pablo Míguez
7 MF  MEX Alonso Escoboza (on loan from Tijuana)
8 MF  MEX Francisco Acuña
9 FW  MEX Jerónimo Amione
10 FW  COL Félix Micolta
12 DF  MEX Óscar Rojas
13 MF  COL Christian Marrugo
14 DF  MEX Erik Pimentel (on loan from América)
16 MF  MEX David Toledo (on loan from Guadalajara)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  MEX Alonso Zamora (on loan from UANL)
19 FW  PLE Carlos Salom
21 MF  MEX José Guerrero (on loan from América)
22 FW  CAN Lucas Cavallini (on loan from Peñarol)
23 GK  MEX Moisés Muñoz (on loan from América)
24 MF  ARG Jonás Aguirre (on loan from Rosario Central)
27 DF  MEX Hugo Rodríguez (on loan from Pachuca)
28 MF  MEX Francisco Torres (on loan from Santos Laguna)
30 GK  MEX Jesús Rodríguez
31 DF  COL Jhon Mondragón
32 GK  MEX Tirso Trueba
33 DF  URU Pablo Cáceres
34 MF  ARG Gabriel Esparza (on loan from San Lorenzo)

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2017

Statistics

Goalscorers
No. Pos. Nation Name Apertura Liga Clausura Liga Apertura Copa Clausura Copa Total
22 FW Lucas Cavallini 4 9 0 0 13
13 MF Christian Marrugo 2 1 0 0 2
10 MF Félix Micolta 2 0 0 0 2
28 MF Francisco Javier Torres 2 0 0 2 4
8 MF Francisco Acuña 1 2 0 0 3
2 DF Brayan Angulo 1 1 0 0 2
7 MF Alonso Escoboza 1 0 0 0 1
17 DF Alonso Zamora 1 0 0 0 1
6 MF Pablo Míguez 0 0 1 0 1
19 FW Carlos Salom 0 0 1 0 1
33 FW Alejandro Chumacero 0 2 0 1 3
27 FW Hugo Isaác Rodríguez 0 1 0 0 1
20 FW Omar Fernández 0 3 0 0 3
11 MF Christian Tabó 0 1 0 0 1
11 MF Luis Gerardo Venegas 0 1 0 0 1
11 MF José Daniel Guerrero 0 1 0 0 1
12 MF Pablo González Díaz 0 1 0 0 1

Attendance

Puebla's Home Attendance[3] by round, Estadio Cuahutemoc has a capacity of 51,726.

round Rival Attendance Percentage
2Morelia12,06725.71%
4Tijuana8,12417.32%
6Club Leon6,23313.28%
8Cruz Azul
10Monterrey
11Atlas
13Querétaro
15UNAM
17Lobos BUAP

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Liga MX
Main article: 2017–18 Liga MX season

Apertura 2017
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 4 7 7 14 20  −6 19 2 4 3 10 8  +2 2 3 4 4 12  −8

Last updated: 19 November 2017 (2017-11-19).
Source: Liga MX

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultLDLDWLLDDLDDWLWDL
Position1814161713161818181817171516151415
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2017 (2017-11-19). Source: Liga MX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matchday
July 22, 2017 1Tigres UANL5–0PueblaSan Nicolas, Nuevo León
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 41,269
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
July 28, 2017 2Puebla1–1MoreliaPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 12,067
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
August 6, 2017 3Veracruz2–0PueblaVeracruz City, Veracruz
18:30 Report Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Attendance: 14,364
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto
August 11, 2017 4Puebla1–1TijuanaPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
August 19, 2017 5Guadalajara0–1PueblaGuadalajara, Jalisco
21:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Chivas
23 August 2017 6Puebla0–1LeónPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
August 27, 2017 7Toluca2–1PueblaToluca, Mexico
12:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
Attendance: 12,584
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
September 8, 2017 8Puebla0–0Cruz AzulPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
September 16, 2017 9Necaxa1–1PueblaAguascalientes City, Aguascalientes
21:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Victoria
September 26, 2017 11Puebla1–2AtlasPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
October 1, 2017 12Santos Laguna0–0PueblaTorreón, Coahuila
18:30 Report Stadium: Estadio Corona
October 13, 2017 13Puebla1–1QuerétaroPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
September 22, 2017 10Puebla2–0MonterreyPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Note: Postponed due by the FMF and Liga MX following the 2017 Central Mexico earthquake.[4]
October 21, 2017 14Pachuca1–0PueblaPachuca, Hidalgo
19:06 Report Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo
October 27, 2017 15Puebla3–0UNAMPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
November 4, 2017 16América1–1PueblaMexico City Mexico
21:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
November 17, 2017 17Puebla0–1Lobos BUAPPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Copa MX

Apertura 2017
Main article: Apertura 2017 Copa MX
Matches
25 July 2017 Puebla1–0AtlantePuebla, Puebla
19:00 Salom  43' Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 5,156
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
1 August 2017 Tijuana1-0PueblaTijuana, Baja California
19:00 Arriola  7' Report Stadium: Estadio Caliente
Attendance: 27,333
Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe
August 15, 2016 Puebla1–1TijuanaPuebla, Puebla
21:00 Míguez  43' Report Núñez  44' Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 2,616
Referee: León Vicente Barajas
September 13, 2017 Atlante2–0PueblaCancún
19:30 F. Uscanga  35' (pen.)
Cardozo  37'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo
Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tijuana 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 Atlante 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
3 Puebla 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Clausura 2018

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 7 2 9 13 10  +3 23 5 1 3 8 2  +6 2 1 6 5 8  −3

Last updated: 27 December 2017 (2017-12-27).
Source: Liga MX

Matchday
January 05, 2018 1Puebla2–1Tigres UANLPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
January 12, 2018 2Morelia1–0PueblaMorelia, Michoacán
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Morelos
August 19, 2018 3Puebla2–0VeracruzPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
August 26, 2018 4Tijuana2–0PueblaTijuana, Baja California
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Caliente
February 2, 2018 5Puebla2–0GuadalajaraPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
10 Febrero, 2018 6León2–1PueblaLeón, Guanajuato
19:00 Stadium: Estadio León
February 14, 2018 7Puebla2–0TolucaPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
February 17, 2018 8Cruz Azul1–1PueblaBenito Juárez, Mexico City
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Azul
February 22, 2018 9Puebla1–1NecaxaPuebla City, Puebla
21:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
March 3, 2018 10Monterrey1–3PueblaMonterrey, Nuevo León
19:00 Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer
March 9, 2018 11Atlas1–0PueblaGuadalajara, Jalisco
21:00 Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
March 16, 2018 12Puebla0–1Santos LagunaPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
March 31, 2018 13Querétaro2–1PueblaQuerétaro City, Queretaro
17:00 Stadium: Estadio Corregidora
April 6, 2018 14Puebla2–6PachucaPuebla City, Puebla
19:06 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
April 15, 2018 15UNAM4–2PueblaCoyoacán, Mexico City
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario
April 20, 2018 16Puebla3–1AméricaPuebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
April 28, 2018 17Lobos BUAP0–1PueblaPuebla City, Puebla
17:00 Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP

Copa MX

Clausura 2018
Main article: Clausura 2018 Copa MX
Matches
January 16, 2018 Cruz Azul1–3PueblaBenito Juárez
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Azul
January 23, 2018 Puebla0-0Alebrijes de OaxacaPuebla, Puebla
21:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
February 02, 2018 Puebla0–2Cruz AzulPuebla, Puebla
21:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
February 28, 2018 Alebrijes de Oaxaca0–0PueblaOaxaca, Oaxaca
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oaxaca 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 Puebla 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Possible knockout stage
3 Cruz Azul 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2018. Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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References
  1. http://laaficion.milenio.com/puebla/rafael_garcia-director_tecnico-puebla-apertura_2017-liga_mx-milenio-la_aficion_0_967703404.html
  2. http://ligamx.net/cancha/club/12/puebla
  3. Apertura 2017 Home Asistence; Puebla FC, LigaMx.com, 1 August 2017
  4. "Se Pospone la Jornada 10 de la LIGA Bancomer MX" [Matchday 10 of the LIGA Bancomer MX is postponed] (in Spanish). ligabancomer.mx. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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