2019–20 Club América season

The 2019–20 Club América season is the club's 75th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team will participate in the Liga MX, Campeón de Campeones, the Campeones Cup, and the CONCACAF Champions League.

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

All:
Henry Martín (11)

Coaching staff

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

Players

Squad information

No. Pos. Nat. Name Date of birth (Age) Signed in Previous club
Goalkeepers
6 GK Guillermo Ochoa (1985-07-13)13 July 1985 (aged 34) 2019 Standard Liège
27 GK Óscar Jiménez (1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 30) 2017 Chiapas
Defenders
2 DF Luis Fuentes (1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 33) 2020 (Winter) Tijuana
3 DF Jorge Sánchez (1997-12-10)10 December 1997 (aged 21) 2018 Santos Laguna
4 DF Sebastián Cáceres (1999-08-18)18 August 1999 (aged 20) 2020 Liverpool
18 DF Bruno Valdez (1992-10-06)6 October 1992 (aged 26) 2016 Cerro Porteño
19 DF Emanuel Aguilera (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 30) 2018 Tijuana
22 DF Paul Aguilar (1986-03-06)6 March 1986 (aged 33) 2011 Pachuca
34 DF Haret Ortega (2000-05-19)19 May 2000 (aged 19) 2020 Youth system
Midfielders
5 MF Santiago Cáseres (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 22) 2020 Villarreal (on loan)
7 MF Leonardo Suárez (1996-03-30)30 March 1996 (aged 23) 2020 Villarreal
8 MF Alonso Escoboza (1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 26) 2020 (Winter) Querétaro
11 MF Andrés Ibargüen (1992-05-07)7 May 1992 (aged 27) 2018 (Winter) Racing Club
14 MF Nicolás Benedetti (1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 22) 2019 Deportivo Cali
17 MF Sebastián Córdova (1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 22) 2016 Youth system
20 MF Richard Sánchez (1998-03-29)29 March 1998 (aged 21) 2019 Olimpia
25 MF Fernando González (1994-01-27)27 January 1994 (aged 25) 2019 Necaxa
Forwards
9 FW Roger Martínez (1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 25) 2018 (Winter) Jiangsu Suning
10 FW Giovani dos Santos (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 30) 2019 LA Galaxy
15 FW Nicolás Castillo (1993-02-14)14 February 1993 (aged 26) 2019 Benfica
21 FW Henry Martín (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 26) 2018 Tijuana
24 FW Federico Viñas (1998-06-30)30 June 1998 (aged 21) 2019 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 América1–2MonterreyHouston, 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 Rubén González 25 Necaxa US$2 million[3] [4]
6 July 2019 FW Giovani dos Santos 30 Unattached [5]
17 July 2019 MF Leonel López 25 Toluca Undisclosed [6]
6 August 2019 GK Guillermo Ochoa 34 Standard Liège Undisclosed [7]
25 August 2019 MF Richard Sánchez 23 Olimpia Undisclosed [8]
29 August 2019 FW Federico Viñas 21 Juventud de Las Piedras On loan [9]

Out

Date

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

Winter

In

Date

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

Out

Date

Pos. Player Age To Fee Notes Source
8 January 2020 MF Leonel López 25 UNAM Undisclosed
8 January 2020 DF Carlos Vargas 20 Morelia Loan
13 January 2020 MF Guido Rodríguez 25 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 Matchday 10 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 TBD Round of 16 TBD 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 033.33
Total 39 17 12 10 60 47 +13 043.59

Last updated: 22 May 2020

Source: Competitions

Campeón de Campeones

2020 CONCACAF Champions League

19 February 2020 Comunicaciones 1–1 AméricaGuatemala City, Guatemala
21:00 CST Gerardo Gordillo  81' Report Sebastián Córdova  90' Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
Referee: Jair Marrufo
26 February 2020 América 1–1
(5–3 p)
ComunicacionesMexico City, Mexico
21:30 CST Emanuel Aguilera  80' Report Agustín Herrera  62' pen Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Henry Bejarano
Penalties
  • Thompson
  • Maximiliano Lombardi
  • Andrés Lezcano
  • Herrera
11 March 2020 América 3–0 AtlantaMexico City, Mexico
20:30 CST Leo Suarez  11', Henry Martín  13', Bruno Valdez  36' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: John Pitti
18 March 2020 Atlanta Suspended AméricaKennesaw, Georgia, United States
21:15 EDT Report Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Note: The match was suspended due to the 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.[18]

Campeones Cup

Apertura 2019

Matches

20 July 2019 1América4–2MonterreyMexico City
15:05 CT Castillo  16' 48'
Uribe 18'
Martinez 76'
Report Funes Mori 7'
Avilés Hurtado 30'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 31,129 [19]
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
27 July 2019 2León0–0AméricaLeón
17:00 CT Report Stadium: Estadio León
Attendance: 26,632 [20]
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
3 August 2019 3América3–1TijuanaMexico City
17:00 CT Rodriguez 74'
Ibarra 87'
dos Santos 94'
Report Sanvezzo 81' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 26,348 [21]
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
11 August 2019 4Toluca0–1AméricaToluca
10:00 CT Report Ibarra 62' Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
Attendance: 25,744 [22]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
17 August 2019 5América1–0MoreliaMexico City
19:55 CT Benedetti 80' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 28,117 [23]
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
24 August 2019 6Tigres1–1AméricaSan Nicolás
20:05 CT Quiñones 26' Report Cordova 60' Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 41,589 [24]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
27 August 2019 7América1–1PachucaMexico City
19:00 CT Ibarra  89' Report José López  46' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 19,771 [25]
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo
30 August 2019 8Atlas3–0AméricaGuadalajara
19:00 CT Isijara 44'
Govea 64'
Christopher Trejo 96'
Report Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
Attendance: 40,700 [26]
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
14 September 2019 9América1–1PumasMexico City
19:00 CT Viñas 77' Report Bryan Mendoza 80' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 38,317 [27]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
21 September 2019 10América2–2QuerétaroMexico City
19:00 CT Martin 31' 78' Report Castillo 29'
Escoboza 80'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 28,032 [28]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre
25 September 2019 11Juárez1–1AméricaCiudad Juárez
17:00 MT Rolan 10' Report Viñas 86' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Attendance: 19,704 [29]
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia
28 September 2019 12América4–1GuadalajaraMexico City
19:00 CT Córdova 17' 44'
Aguilera 73'
Martin 88'
Report Pulido 49' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 63,908 [30]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
5 October 2019 13Cruz Azul5–2AméricaMexico City
17:00 CT Dominguez 15'
Aguilar 53'
Alvarado 58'
Pineda 62'
Rodríguez 75'
Report Rodriguez 36'
Martin 40'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 30,568 [31]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
19 October 2019 14Necaxa2–2AméricaAguascalientes
19:00 CT Quiroga 71'
Aguilera 80' (o.g.)
Report Ibarra 67'
Martin 87'
Stadium: Estadio Victoria
Attendance: 23,851 [32]
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
26 October 2019 15América2–0PueblaMexico City
17:00 CT Castillo 64'
Ibargüen 81'
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 20,057 [33]
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
29 October 2019 16Atlético San Luis0–1AméricaSan Luis Potosí
18:00 CT Report Martinez 50' Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras
Attendance: 0 [34]
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo
2 November 2019 17América1–2SantosMexico City
18:00 CT Ibargüen 39' Report Valdés 66'
Lozano 70'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 21,855 [35]
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
8 November 2019 18Veracruz0–5AméricaBoca del Río
20:00 CT Report Valdez 18'
Castillo 22'
Martin 27' 53' 79'
Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Attendance: 17,856 [36]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

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[lower-alpha 1]
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) 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.

Liguilla

Quarterfinals
28 November 2019 América1–2TigresMexico City
19:00 MST Richard Sánchez 39' Report Pizarro 50'
Gignac 67' (pen)
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 45,005 [37]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
1 December 2019 Tigres2–4
(4–5 agg.)
AméricaSan Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 MST Aquino 56'
Gignac 70'
Report Viñas 20'
Rodriguez 30'
dos Santos 45'
Aguilera 80'
Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 41,615 [38]
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
Semifinals
5 December 2019 Morelia2–0AméricaMorelia
19:30 MST Aristeguieta 15'
Rocha 51'
Report Stadium: Estadio Morelos
Attendance: 33,200 [39]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
8 December 2019 América2–0MoreliaMexico City
17:30 MST Ibarra 36'
Viñas 43'
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 63,263 [40]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre
Final
26 December 2019 Monterrey2–1AméricaGuadalupe
19:30 CT Medina 44'
Funes Mori 92'
Report Rodríguez 43' (o.g.) Stadium: Estadio BBVA
Attendance: 52,929 [41]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

Clausura 2020

Matches

[42]

18 January 2020 2América1–0TigresMexico City
21:00 CT Henry Martín  69' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 25,915 [43]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
24 January 2020 3Tijuana0–0AméricaTijuana
19:10 PT Report Stadium: Estadio Caliente
Attendance: 28,933 [44]
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia
1 February 2020 4América1–3JuárezMexico City
17:00 CT Luis Fuentes  74' Report  10'Diego Rolan
 20'Darío Lezcano
 89'Bruno Romo
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 20,816 [45]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo González
4 February 2020 1[46]Puebla0–1AméricaPuebla
20:30 CT Report  79'Bruno Valdez Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 31,203 [47]
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
9 February 2020 5Querétaro1–2AméricaSantiago de Querétaro
18:00 CT Ariel Nahuelpán  44' Report Andrés Ibargüen  27',  73' Stadium: Estadio La Corregidora
Attendance: 34,050 [48]
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
15 February 2020 6América2–0AtlasMexico City
19:00 CT Federico Viñas  29',  79' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 26,612 [49]
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
22 February 2020 7Monterrey0-1AméricaGuadalupe
21:00 CT Report Luis Fuentes  32' Stadium: Estadio BBVA
Attendance: 43,636 [50]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
29 February 2020 8América0-3NecaxaMexico City
19:00 CT Report Mauro Quiroga  21', 26',Juan Delgado  85' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 29,477 [51]
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia
6 March 2020 9Pumas3-3AméricaMexico City
20:00 CT Nicolás Freire  8', Víctor Malcorra 81', Juan Ignacio Dinenno  84' Report Leonardo Suárez  31', Federico Viñas  71', Henry Martín  93' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Attendance: 43,560 [52]
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gomez
15 March 2020 10América0-1Cruz AzulMexico City
20:17 CT Report Jonathan Rodriguez  64' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 0 [53]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramirez
TBA 12SantosvAméricaTorreón
Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona
TBA 13AméricavTolucaMexico City
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
TBA 14GuadalajaravAméricaZapopan
Stadium: Estadio Akron

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 Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
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
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. 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.

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