2018–19 Club América season

The 2018–19 season was Club América's 6th consecutive season in the Liga MX, and 74th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The club will participate in the Liga MX and the Copa MX.

Club América

2018–19 season
President	Santiago Baños
Manager	Miguel Herrera
Stadium	Estadio Azteca
Apertura 2018	2nd Winners
Clausura 2019	5th Semi-finals
Copa MX (Apertura)	Round of 16
Copa MX (Clausura)	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Apertura: Bruno Valdez (7 goals) Clausura: Roger Martínez (10 goals) All: Henry Martín Roger Martínez (14 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Pre-season and friendlies

Club América will precede their 2018–19 campaign with a series of friendlies to be contested in the United States. The matches were announced in May 2018.[1][2]

Date	Opponents	Stadium	Result F–A	Scorers
30 June 2018	Santos Laguna	Cotton Bowl Stadium	3–0	Jérémy Ménez, Henry Martín, Cecilio Domínguez
4 July 2018	Pachuca	HEB Park	3–2	Cecilio Domínguez (2), Fernando González
8 July 2018	Morelia	Avaya Stadium	2–1	Roger Martínez (2)
11 July 2018	Atlas	Chukchansi Park	0–0
19 July 2018	Manchester United	University of Phoenix Stadium	1–1	Henry Martín

Squad

2018 Apertura squad

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  ARG Agustín Marchesín 2 DF  MEX Carlos Vargas 3 DF  MEX Jorge Sánchez 4 DF  MEX Edson Álvarez 5 MF  ARG Guido Rodríguez 7 FW  FRA Jérémy Ménez 8 MF  COL Mateus Uribe 9 FW  COL Roger Martínez 10 MF  PAR Cecilio Domínguez 11 FW  COL Andrés Ibargüen 12 DF  MEX Luis Reyes 14 MF  USA Joe Corona (on loan from Tijuana) 15 MF  MEX Pedro Arce 17 FW  ARG Cristian Insaurralde (on loan from O'Higgins) 18 DF  PAR Bruno Valdez 19 DF  ARG Emanuel Aguilera

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  MEX Diego Lainez 21 FW  MEX Henry Martín 22 DF  MEX Paul Aguilar (vice-captain) 23 MF  MEX Antonio López 24 FW  MEX Oribe Peralta (captain) [3] 25 MF  MEX Iván Moreno 26 DF  MEX Ulises Torres 27 GK  MEX Óscar Jiménez 28 DF  MEX Oswaldo León 29 MF  MEX Brandon García 30 MF  ECU Renato Ibarra 31 FW  MEX Francisco González 32 MF  MEX Víctor Rodríguez 33 MF  MEX Isaác Aguilar 34 DF  MEX Daniel Zamora 35 GK  MEX César Estrada

2019 Clausura squad

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  ARG Agustín Marchesín 2 DF  MEX Carlos Vargas 3 DF  MEX Jorge Sánchez 4 DF  MEX Edson Álvarez 5 MF  ARG Guido Rodríguez 7 FW  FRA Jérémy Ménez 8 MF  COL Mateus Uribe 9 FW  COL Roger Martínez 11 FW  COL Andrés Ibargüen 12 DF  MEX Luis Reyes 14 MF  COL Nicolás Benedetti 15 FW  CHI Nicolás Castillo 18 DF  PAR Bruno Valdez 19 DF  ARG Emanuel Aguilera 21 FW  MEX Henry Martín

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  MEX Paul Aguilar (vice-captain) 23 MF  MEX Antonio López 24 FW  MEX Oribe Peralta (captain) [3] 25 MF  MEX Iván Moreno 26 MF  MEX Sebastián Córdova 27 GK  MEX Óscar Jiménez 28 DF  MEX Oswaldo León 29 MF  MEX Brandon García 30 MF  ECU Renato Ibarra 31 FW  MEX Fernando González 32 MF  MEX Víctor Rodríguez 33 MF  MEX Isaác Aguilar 34 DF  MEX Daniel Zamora 35 GK  MEX César Estrada

Sources: Club América

Transfers

Summer

In

Pos.	Player	Age	From	Fee	Notes	Source
DF	Luis Reyes	27	Atlas	Undisclosed
DF	Jorge Sánchez	20	Santos Laguna	Undisclosed
FW	Roger Martínez	24	Villarreal	€9,000,000
MF	Cristian Insaurralde	27	O'Higgins	loan

Winter

In

Pos.	Player	Age	From	Fee	Notes	Source
MF	Sebastián Córdova	21	Necaxa	Loan return
MF	Nicolás Benedetti	21	Deportivo Cali	Undisclosed
FW	Nicolás Castillo	25	Benfica	€9,000,000

Out

Pos.	Player	Age	To	Fee	Notes	Source
MF	Joe Corona	28	Tijuana	Loan terminated
FW	Diego Lainez	18	Real Betis	€14,600,000
FW	Cecilio Domínguez	24	Independiente	€5,400,000
MF	Cristian Insaurralde	27	O'Higgins	Loan terminated

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Apertura 2018	22 July 2018	16 December 2018	Matchday 1	Winners	23	12	9	2	47	23	+24	052.17
Clausura 2019	11 January 2019	19 May 2019	Matchday 1	Semi-finals	21	11	2	8	32	22	+10	052.38
Copa MX (Apertura)	31 July 2018	25 September	Group 7	Round of 16	5	3	2	0	11	3	+8	060.00
Copa MX (Clausura)	15 January 2019	TBD	Group 4	Winners	8	7	0	1	18	6	+12	087.50
Total					57	33	13	11	108	54	+54	057.89

Last updated: 19 May 2019

Source: Competitions

Torneo Apertura

Main article: 2018–19 Liga MX season § Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruz Azul	17	11	3	3	26	13	+13	36	Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
2	América (C)	17	9	6	2	33	17	+16	33
3	UNAM	17	8	6	3	29	19	+10	30
4	Santos Laguna	17	8	6	3	27	18	+9	30
5	Monterrey	17	9	3	5	25	19	+6	30

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) Champion.
Notes:

1. The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table can qualify for the liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

Apertura Matches

Necaxa v América

22 July 2018 1	Necaxa	2–1	América	Aguascalientes
20:00	Dávila  34' Fernández  74'	Report	Martínez  71'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 16,450 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

América v Atlas

28 July 2018 2	América	3–0	Atlas	Mexico City
19:00	Rodríguez  33', 53' Uribe  39'	Report		Stadium: Azteca Attendance: 25,578 Referee: Adonai Escobedo

Pachuca v América

4 August 2018 3	Pachuca	1–3	América	Pachuca
19:00	Murillo  35' Martínez  56' Jara  89'	Report	Lainez  15',  61' Corona  41' Peralta  79' Marchesín  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez

América v Monterrey

11 August 2018 4	América	3–0	Monterrey	Mexico City
21:00	Martínez  23' Valdez  49' Ibargüen  84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 24,346 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

Querétaro v América

18 August 2018 5	Querétaro	1–1	América	Querétaro
21:00 CDT	Puch  37' da Silva  74'	Report	Peralta  36' Uribe  37'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

León v América

22 August 2018 6	León	2–0	América	León
19:00 CST	Boselli  10',  64' Cerato  22' Meneses  77' Navarro  90'	Report	Álvarez  31' Rodríguez  55' Marchesín  63' Sánchez  72'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

América v Pumas

25 August 2018 7	América	2–2	Pumas	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Peralta  32' Martín  90+2'	Report	Mora  1' González  72'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 38,342 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Lobos BUAP v América

2 September 2018 8	Lobos BUAP	0–2	América	Puebla
16:00 CDT	Tejeda  40' Rodríguez  90+3'	Report	Peralta  29' Álvarez  56' Aguilera  73' Uribe  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

América v Morelia

15 September 2018 9	América	2–1	Morelia	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Peralta  5' Sánchez  28' Uribe  53' Lainez  71'	Report	Loeschbor  15' Guzmán  30' Vegas  82',  90+1' Valdés  90' Sosa  90+1' Millar  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto

Puebla v América

21 September 2018 10	Puebla	2–3	América	Puebla City
21:00	Cavallini  42' Arreola  59'	Report	Domínguez  8' Peralta  44' Valdez  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 22,234 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

América v Guadalajara

30 September 2018 11	América	1–1	Guadalajara	Mexico City
18:00	Ibargüen  80' Rodríguez  90+5'	Report	Pulido  58' Hernández  90+3' Gudiño  90+4'	Stadium: Azteca Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

Tigres v América

6 October 2018 12	Tigres	2–3	América	San Nicolás
19:00	Rodríguez  32' Gignac  57'	Report	Valdez  8' Aguilera  46' Rodríguez  56'	Stadium: Universitario Attendance: 41,596 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

América v Tijuana

20 October 2018 13	América	3–0	Tijuana	Mexico City
19:00	Aguilera  6' Ibargüen  45' Lainez  58'	Report	Canto  20' González  68'	Stadium: Azteca Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Cruz Azul v América

27 October 2018 14	Cruz Azul	0–0	América	Mexico City
21:00 CDT	Marcone  24' Salas  76'	Referee Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 62,003 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

América v Toluca

3 November 2018 15	América	1–1	Toluca	Mexico City
19:00	Martín  34'	Report	Vega  1'	Stadium: Azteca Attendance: 29,635 Referee: Oscar Macías Romero

Santos v América

11 November 2018 16	Santos	1–1	América	Torreón
19:00	José Abella  14'  90' Furch  16'	Report	Luis Reyes  39' Bruno Valdez  61'	Stadium: Corona Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

América v Veracruz

24 November 2018 17	América	4–1	Veracruz	Mexico City
19:00	Martínez  1' Rodríguez  7' Aguilera  26' Ibarra  68'	Report	Carrasco  15',  89' Caicedo  24' Paganoni  45' Noya  49'	Stadium: Azteca Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Liguilla

Quarter-finals

Toluca v América

29 November 2018 First leg	Toluca	2–2	América	Toluca
19:00	Tobio  23' Vega  90+5'	Report	Aguilera  6' Valdez  25'	Stadium: Nemesio Díez Attendance: 26,031 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

América v Toluca

2 December 2018 Second leg	América	3–2 (5–4 agg.)	Toluca	Mexico City
18:30	Martínez  3' Valdez  23' Aguilar  55'	Report	Sambueza  67' da Silva  86'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 44,118 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

Semi-finals

Pumas v América

6 December 2018 First leg	Pumas	1–1	América	Mexico City
20:45 CST	Rodríguez  50' Cabrera  60' Quintana  73'	Report	Lainez  21' Peralta  57'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 49,345 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

América v Pumas

9 December 2018 Second leg	América	6–1 (7–2 agg.)	Pumas	Mexico City
18:45 CST	Ibarra  7' Valdez  28' Martínez  35' Rodríguez  46' Lainez  50' Aguilera  71'	Report	González  23'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 64,039 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Final

América v Cruz Azul

13 December 2018 First leg	América	0–0	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
20:30 CST	Ibarra  41' Aguilar  90+2' Aguilera  90+6'	Report Referee Report	Caraglio  17' Méndez  87' Marcone  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 79,244 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

Cruz Azul v América

16 December 2018 Second leg	Cruz Azul	0–2 (0–2 agg.)	América	Mexico City
18:30 CST	Cauteruccio  15' Alvarado  81' Flores  86'	Report	Aguilera  39' Sánchez  45+1' Peralta  63' Álvarez  50', 89' Ibargüen  85'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 71,240 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

Torneo Clausura

Main article: 2018–19 Liga MX season § Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Monterrey	17	8	6	3	33	21	+12	30	Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
4	Cruz Azul	17	8	6	3	26	15	+11	30
5	América	17	9	2	6	28	19	+9	29
6	Necaxa	17	8	5	4	32	24	+8	29
7	Pachuca	17	8	4	5	32	26	+6	28

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. The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla.

Clausura Matches

Atlas v América

11 January 2019 2	Atlas	1–2	América	Guadalajara
21:00	Martín  56' Domínguez  68'	Report	Martínez  89'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 46,056 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

América v Pachuca

19 January 2019 3	América	3–0	Pachuca	Mexico City
20:50	Rodríguez  15' Valdez  28' Martín  46' Insaurralde  50',  56'	Report	López  13' Cardona  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

Monterrey v América

26 January 2019 4	Monterrey	3–2	América	Guadalupe
17:00	Sánchez  13' Funes Mori  66', 69'	Report	Álvarez  24' Valdez  80'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 46,292 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

América v Querétaro

2 February 2019 5	América	2–0	Querétaro	Mexico City
17:00	Ibarra  12' Martínez  87' Valdez  90'	Report	del Valle  86'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

América v León

9 February 2019 6	América	0–3	León	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Aguilar  68'	Report	Macías  11' Navarro  48' Mena  72',  79'	Stadium: Olímpico Universitario Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

Pumas v América

17 February 2019 7	Pumas	1–0	América	Mexico City
12:00	Mozo  23' González  47' Malcorra  70' Saldívar  83' Domínguez  88'	Report	Aguilar  2' Marchesín  69'	Stadium: Olímpico Universitario Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

América v Lobos BUAP

23 February 2019 8	América	3–0	Lobos BUAP	Mexico City
19:00 CST	Martín  32' Aguilar  38' Aguilera  62' Castillo  82',  88'	Report		Stadium: Olímpico Universitario Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Morelia v América

1 Mar 2019 9	Morelia	2–2	América	Morelia
19:00	Flores  6' Osuna  34' Sansores  45' Millar  50' Lezcano  69' Vilchis  72',  89'	Report	Valdez  21'  59' Castillo  50',  75' Marchesin  63' P. Aguilar  87' Córdova  90+1'	Stadium: Morelos Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez

América v Necaxa

5 March 2019 1	América	1–3	Necaxa	Mexico City
20:50	Martín  4' Rodríguez  31' Aguilar  54' Ménez  74' Castillo  87'	Report	González  12' Calderón  53',  90+5' Fernández  64',  64' Ruíz  87' González  88'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 14,241 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
Note: Match originally scheduled for 21:45 on 7 January 2019[4]

América v Puebla

9 March 2019 10	América	1–0	Puebla	Mexico City
19:00	Castillo  31' Córdova  86'	Report	Chumacero  12' Acosta  44'  47' Loroña  69' Guerrero  90'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Adonai Escobedo Gonzalez

Guadalajara v América

16 March 2019 11	Guadalajara	0–2	América	Zapopan
19:00	Vega  11' Molina  36' Ponce  75'	Report	Castillo  2' P. Aguilar  27' Aguilera  29' Ibargüen  49'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

América v Tigres

30 March 2019 12	América	3–0	Tigres	Mexico City
19:00	Valdez  5' Aguilera  68' Benedetti  88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

Tijuana v América

6 April 2019 13	Tijuana	3–2	América	Tijuana
20:06	Castillo  14' Bolaños  32',  90' Bou  71' Nahuelpán  76' Mendoza  90+9'	Report	G. Rodríguez  14',  40' P. Aguilar  20' Álvarez  34' Vargas  69' A. Lopez  86' Rodríguez  90+7'	Stadium: Caliente Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez

América v Cruz Azul

14 April 2019 14	América	0–0	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
18:30 CDT	Marchesin  13'	Report	Caraglio  12'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

Toluca v América

21 April 2019 15	Toluca	3–2	América	Toluca
12:00	Mancuello  4' Maidana  46' Pardo  53' Canelo  71',  82' Gigliotti  77' Salinas  90+8'	Report	Martínez  35',  79' Maidana  66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

América v Santos

27 April 2019 16	América	1–0	Santos	Mexico City
19:00 CDT	Aguilera  14' P. Aguilar  78'  78' Álvarez  88'	Report	Abella  71' Dória  90'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

Veracruz v América

3 May 2019 17	Veracruz	0–2	América	Veracruz
19:00 CST	Bonilha  13' Paganoni  75' Prieto  87'	Report	Martínez  2',  67' Vargas  16' Castillo  74' Ibarra  87'	Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto

Liguilla

Quarter-finals

América v Cruz Azul

9 May 2019 First leg	América	3–1	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
21:05 CDT	Sánchez  13' Lichnovsky  21' (o.g.) Martínez  44',  73'	Report	Caraglio  14',  90+3' Lichnovsky  56' Méndez  68' Aguilar  85'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

Cruz Azul v América

12 May 2019 Second leg	Cruz Azul	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	América	Mexico City
18:10 CDT	Lichnovsky  10' J. Rodríguez  48' Cauteruccio  90' Caraglio  90+2'	Report	Sánchez  60' Ibarra  90+2' Peralta  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

Semi-finals

América v León

16 May 2019 First leg	América	0–1	León	Mexico City
20:30 CDT			Macías  69'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca

León v América

19 May 2019 Second leg	León	0–1 (1–1 agg.)	América	León
20:00 CDT			Valdéz  5'	Stadium: Estadio León

Copa MX Clausura 2019

Necaxa v América

15 January 2019 Group Stage	Necaxa	1–2	América	Aguascalientes
19:00 CDT				Stadium: Estadio Victoria

América v San Luis

23 January 2019 Group Stage	América	1–0	San Luis	México City
21:00 CDT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

San Luis v América

30 January 2019 Group Stage	San Luis	2–0	América	San Luis Potosí
21:00 CDT				Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras

América v Necaxa

5 February 2019 Group Stage	América	3–1	Necaxa	México City
21:00 CDT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Round of 16

América v Pachuca

26 February 2019	América	5–2	Pachuca	México City
21:00 CDT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Quarter-finals

América v Guadalajara

13 March 2019	América	2–0	Guadalajara	México City
21:00 CDT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Semi-finals

América v Tijuana

2 April 2019	América	4–0	Tijuana	México City
20:00 CDT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Final

Juárez v América

10 April 2019	Juárez	0–1	América	Ciudad Juárez
21:00 CDT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

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4. "Liga BBVA Bancomer Calendario de Partidos" (PDF). Retrieved 11 April 2019.