2018–19 Club Puebla season

The 2018–19 Club Puebla season is the club's 72nd 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 will also play Copa MX.

Puebla
2018–19 season
Chairman Carlos López Domínguez
Manager Enrique Meza
(until 3 February)[1]
Ignacio Sánchez
(from 3 February)[1]
StadiumEstadio Cuauhtémoc
Apertura12th
Clausura14th
Apertura Copa MXRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lucas Cavallini
(7 goals)
All:
Lucas Cavallini
(7 goals)
Biggest winLeón 0–4 Puebla
(28 October 2018)
Biggest defeatUANL 6–1 Puebla
(10 November 2018)
All statistics correct as of 13 January 2019.

Coaching staff
Position Name
Head coach Enrique Meza
Assistant coaches Juan Reynoso
Marco Trejo
Octavio Becerril
Fitness coach Mario Mendaña
Doctor Gerardo Toledo
Medical assistant Hugo García

Players

Squad information
No. Pos. Nat. Name Date of birth (Age) Signed in Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 GK Jesús Rodríguez (1993-05-21) 21 May 1993 2018 Youth System
13 GK Tirso Trueba (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 2018 Youth System
28 GK Santiago Ramírez (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 2018 Youth System
34 GK Nicolás Vikonis (1984-04-06) 6 April 1984 2017 Millonarios
Defenders
2 DF Brayan Angulo (1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 2017 Chiapas
5 DF Daniel Arreola (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 2018 Atlas
14 DF Erik Pimentel (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 2017 Atlante
16 DF Gerardo Rodríguez (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 2019 (Winter) Toluca
17 DF Alonso Zamora (1991-11-07) 7 November 1991 2017 (Winter) Juárez
26 DF José Pallas (1983-01-05) 5 January 1983 2018 Cerro Porteño
300 DF Vladimir Loroña (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 2018 Youth System
Midfielders
3 MF Alejandro Chumacero (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 2018 The Strongest
7 MF Pablo González (1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 2018 Tapachula
8 MF Francisco Acuña (1988-01-19) 19 January 1988 2017 BUAP
10 MF Jonathan Espericueta (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 2018 Atlético San Luis
18 MF Luis Robles (1986-09-22) 22 September 1986 2018 Atlas
21 MF José Guerrero (Captain) (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 2017 América
23 MF José Francisco Torres (1987-10-29) 29 October 1987 2018 UANL
24 MF José María Rodríguez (1997-11-20) 20 November 1997 2018 Youth System
27 MF Alan Acosta (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 2019 (Winter) UNAM
29 MF David Aymerich (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 2018 Youth System
30 MF Jesús Zavala (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 2019 (Winter) Zacatecas
Forwards
9 FW Lucas Cavallini (1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 2017 Peñarol
11 FW Christian Tabó (1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 2017 Nacional
12 FW Félix Micolta (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 2018 América de Cali
19 FW Pedro Goulart (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 2018 Youth System
20 FW Pablo Gómez (1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 2018 Youth System
22 FW Omar Fernández (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 2017 Melgar
25 FW Santiago Ormeño (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 2018 BUAP
31 FW Cristian Palacios (1990-09-02) 2 September 1990 2018 Peñarol
32 FW Matías Alustiza (1984-05-31) 31 May 1984 2019 (Winter) UNAM

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 January 2019.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Torneo Apertura 21 July 2018 23 November 2018 Matchday 1 12th 17 5 5 7 23 30 −7 029.41
Apertura Copa MX 25 July 2018 5 September 2018 Group stage Round of 16 5 2 1 2 4 7 −3 040.00
Torneo Clausura 4 January 2019 4 May 2019 Matchday 1 10th 17 6 6 5 18 21 −3 035.29
Clausura Copa MX 9 January 2019 26 February 2019 Group stage Round of 16 5 1 2 2 8 9 −1 020.00
Total 44 14 14 16 53 67 −14 031.82

Last updated: 26 May 2019

Source: Mediotiempo.com

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Pachuca 17 6 6 5 26 18 +8 24
11 Guadalajara 17 5 5 7 21 22 −1 20
12 Puebla 17 5 5 7 23 30 −7 20
13 BUAP 17 5 4 8 21 25 −4 19
14 León 17 5 3 9 18 23 −5 18
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

Matches
20 July 2018 1Cruz Azul3–0PueblaMexico City
17:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome
27 July 2018 2Puebla2–1TolucaPuebla City
21:00
Report
Stadium: Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 14,326
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
6 August 2018 3Santos Laguna2–0PueblaTorreón
18:30
Report Stadium: Estadio Corona
Referee: Francisco Chacón
10 August 2018 4Puebla1–2VeracruzPuebla City
21:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 10,998
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda
18 August 2018 5Necaxa2–2PueblaAguascalientes City
21:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Victoria
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez
21 August 2018 6Puebla2–0AtlasPuebla City
21:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 10,580
Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto
25 August 2018 7Pachuca2–0PueblaPachuca
17:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
31 August 2018 8Puebla2–1MonterreyPuebla City
21:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 9,550
Referee: Fernando Guerrero
15 September 2018 9Querétaro0–1PueblaQuerétaro City
17:00 Report
Stadium: Estadio Corregidora
Referee: Diego Montaño
21 September 2018 10Puebla2–3AméricaPuebla City
21:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 22,234
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander
30 September 2018 11UNAM2–2PueblaMexico City
12:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Attendance: 18,630
Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto
7 October 2018 12Puebla2–2BUAPPuebla City
21:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 22,109
Referee: César Arturo Ramos
21 October 2018 13Morelia2–0PueblaMorelia
18:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Morelos
Referee: Oscar Macías
28 October 2018 14León0–4PueblaLeón
19:00 Report
Stadium: Estadio León
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas
2 November 2018 15Puebla2–2GuadalajaraPuebla City
21:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 14,276
Referee: Diego Montaño
10 November 2018 16UANL6–1PueblaSan Nicolás de los Garza
19:00
Report
Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 38,141
Referee: Oscar Mejía
23 November 2018 17Puebla0–0TijuanaPuebla City
21:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 6,628
Referee: Oscar Macías

Apertura Copa MX
Main article: Apertura 2018 Copa MX

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Monterrey 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Puebla 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
3 Venados 4 0 0 4 2 8 −6 0
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
25 July 2018 1Puebla1–0VenadosPuebla City
19:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 3,451
Referee: Jonathan Hernández
1 August 2018 2Monterrey2–1PueblaGuadalupe
21:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer
Attendance: 26,040
Referee: Alejandro Funk
14 August 2018 3Puebla1–1MonterreyPuebla City
21:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 4,538
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas
4 September 2018 4Venados0–1PueblaMérida
21:00 Report
Stadium: Estadio Carlos Iturralde
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: Luis Daniel Chávez

Knockout phase
Round of 16
26 September 2018 UANL4–0PueblaSan Nicolás de los Garza
19:00
Report Stadium: Universitario
Attendance: 24,648
Referee: Edgar Ulises Rangel

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
8 Tijuana 17 9 1 7 25 20 +5 28 Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
9 Toluca 17 7 4 6 28 23 +5 25
10 Puebla 17 6 6 5 18 21 −3 24
11 Santos Laguna 17 6 4 7 21 23 −2 22
12 BUAP 17 6 2 9 17 34 −17 20
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.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2 0 1 1 1 3  −2 1 0 1 0 1 1  0 0 0 1 0 2  −2

Last updated: 13 January 2019.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round
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ResultDL
Position814
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2019. Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
4 January 2018 1Puebla1–1Cruz AzulPuebla City
21:05
Report
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 22,777
Referee: Édgar Ulises Rangel
13 January 2019 2Toluca2–0PueblaToluca
12:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
Attendance: 12,242
Referee: Diego Montaño
18 January 2019 3Puebla1–1Santos LagunaPuebla City
21:05 González  20'
Cavallini  45+6'
González  90+5'		 Report Correa  26'
Furch 45+7'		 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 14,050
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez
25 January 2019 4Veracruz0–1PueblaVeracruz
19:00 CST López
Paganoni  78'		 Report Loroña  27'
Cavallini  37'
Tabó  44'		 Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
1 February 2019 5Puebla1–4NecaxaPuebla City
21:00 Loroña  7'
Arreola  50'
Cavallini  66'  90'
Tabó  90'		 Report Sepúlveda  12'
Fernández  37',  48'
Guzmán  42'
Contreras  58'
Alvarado  85'
Castro  90+6'		 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Referee: Roberto Rios Jácome
8 February 2019 6Atlas1–2PueblaGuadalajara
21:00 Isijara  15'
Barceló  30'
Burbano  64'		 Report Zavala  2'
Tabó  37'
Vikonis  66'
Alustiza  88',  89'
Arreola  90'		 Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo
15 February 2019 7Puebla1–1PachucaPuebla City
21:00 Arreola  37'
Alustiza  49',  90+2'		 Report Barreiro  9'
Jara  31'		 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia
23 February 2019 8Monterrey0–0PueblaGuadalupe
19:00 Gallardo  82'
Meza  90'		 Report Arreola  27'
Acuña  90'		 Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer
Attendance: 43,219
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
4 March 2019 9Puebla1–0QuerétaroPuebla City
20:00 Orozco  14'
Cavallini  26'
Angulo  28'
Arreola  75'
Tabó  90'		 Report Da Silva  90' Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
9 March 2019 10América1–0PueblaMexico City
19:00 Castillo  31'
Córdova  86'		 Report Chumacero  12'
Acosta  44'  47'
Loroña  69'
Guerrero  90'		 Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Adonai Escobedo Gonzalez
15 March 2019 11Puebla1–0UNAMPuebla City
21:00 Cavallini  49'
Vidrio  52'
González  72'
Zavala  82'		 Report Iturbe  32' Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
31 March 2019 12BUAP0–4PueblaPuebla City
16:00 Report Orozco  6' (o.g.)
Cavallini  17',  72'
Arreola  25'
Esquivel  36' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
5 April 2019 13Puebla1–1MoreliaPuebla City
21:00 Goulart  14'
Orozco  21'
Arreola  51'		 Report Osuna  45',  90' Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
12 April 2019 14Puebla0–3LeónPuebla City
21:00 Arreola  44' Report Mena  4',  44'
Meneses  24'
Campbell  52'		 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles
20 April 2019 15Guadalajara1–3PueblaZapopan
21:00 Angulo  19' (o.g.)
van Rankin  54'		 Report Angulo  33',  38'
Alustiza  49'
Zavala  54'		 Stadium: Estadio Akron
Referee: Adonai Escobedo Gonzalez

Clausura Copa MX
Main article: Clausura 2019 Copa MX

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampico Madero 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3 Advance to knockout stage
2 Juárez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
3 Puebla 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2019. Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
9 January 2019 1Tampico Madero3–2PueblaTampico/Ciudad Madero
19:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Tamaulipas
Attendance: 5,667
Referee: Antonio de Jesús Olalde

Statistics

Goals
As of 13 January 2019
Rank Player Position Apertura Ap. Copa MX Clausura Cl. Copa MX Total[3]
1 Lucas Cavallini FW 6 0 1 0 7
2 Daniel Arreola DF 4 0 0 0 4
Christian Tabó FW 3 0 0 1 4
4 Francisco Acuña MF 1 1 0 0 2
Alejandro Chumacero MF 2 0 0 0 2
Cristian Palacios FW 0 2 0 0 2
7 Jonathan Espericueta MF 1 0 0 0 1
Pedro Goulart FW 0 1 0 0 1
Vladimir Loroña DF 0 1 0 0 1
Félix Micolta FW 1 0 0 0 1
Luis Robles MF 1 0 0 0 1
José Francisco Torres MF 1 0 0 0 1
Jesús Zavala MF 0 0 0 1 1
Total 19 5 1 2 27

Clean sheets
As of 13 January 2019
Rank Name Apertura Ap. Copa MX Clausura Cl.Copa MX Total[4]
1 Nicolás Vikonis 4 1 0 0 5
2 Jesús Rodríguez 0 1 0 0 1
Total42006

Attendance

Puebla's Home Attendance[5] by round, Estadio Cuauhtémoc has a capacity of 51,726.

round Rival Attendance Percentage
2Toluca FC14,326
4Veracruz10,998
6Atlas10,580
8C.F. Monterrey9,550
10Club America22,234
12Lobos BUAP22,109
15C.D. Guadalajara14,276
17Club Tijuana6,628
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References
  1. "Oficial: Enrique Meza, fuera del Puebla; Ignacio Sánchez es interino" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. http://www.clubpuebla.com/team/players ClubPuebla.com
  3. "Puebla | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  4. LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  5. Apertura 2017 Home Asistence; Puebla FC, LigaMx.com, 1 August 2017
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