2019–20 C.F. Monterrey season

Monterrey
2019–20 season
Chairman	Duilio Davino
Manager	Antonio Mohamed
Stadium	Estadio BBVA Bancomer
Apertura	8th; Playoffs: Champions
Clausura	18th
Copa MX	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rogelio Funes Mori (15); All: ; Rogelio Funes Mori (20)
Highest home attendance	44,972; (vs Tigres, 28 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance	10,158; (vs Chiapas, 5 November 2019)
Average home league attendance	36,884
Biggest win	Monterrey 6–0 Chiapas; (5 November 2019)
Biggest defeat	América 4–2 Monterrey; (20 July 2019)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 4 August 2019.

The 2019–20 C.F. Monterrey season was the 84th season in the football club's history and the 69th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Name
Head coach	Antonio Mohamed
Assistant coach	Aldo de Nigris
Goalkeepers coach	Fabián Donelli
Fitness coaches	Javier Flores
Fitness coaches	Mauricio Marchetti
Doctors	Francisco García
Doctors	Raúl Luna

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Marcelo Barovero	(1984-02-18)18 February 1984 (aged 35)	2018	Necaxa
22	GK	Luis Cárdenas	(1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 25)	2019 (Winter)	Querétaro
24	GK	Édson Reséndez	(1996-01-12)12 January 1996 (aged 23)	2015	Youth System
Defenders
3	DF	César Montes	(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 22)	2015	Youth System
4	DF	Nicolás Sánchez	(1986-02-04)4 February 1986 (aged 33)	2017 (Winter)	Racing
6	DF	Edson Gutiérrez	(1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 23)	2018	Celaya
11	DF	Leonel Vangioni	(1987-05-05)5 May 1987 (aged 32)	2017	Milan
15	DF	José María Basanta	(1984-04-03)3 April 1984 (aged 35)	2015	Fiorentina
19	DF	Miguel Layún	(1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 31)	2019 (Winter)	Villarreal
23	DF	Johan Vásquez	(1998-10-22)22 October 1998 (aged 20)	2018	Sonora
33	DF	Stefan Medina	(1992-06-14)14 June 1992 (aged 27)	2017	Pachuca
Midfielders
16	MF	Celso Ortiz	(1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 30)	2016	AZ
17	MF	Jesús Gallardo	(1994-08-15)15 August 1994 (aged 24)	2018	UNAM
20	MF	Rodolfo Pizarro	(1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 25)	2018	Guadalajara
21	MF	Alfonso González	(1994-09-05)5 September 1994 (aged 24)	2016	Atlas
25	MF	Jonathan González	(1999-04-13)13 April 1999 (aged 20)	2017	Youth System
29	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	(1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 22)	2017 (Winter)	Youth System
32	MF	Maximiliano Meza	(1992-12-15)15 December 1992 (aged 26)	2019 (Winter)	Independiente
Forwards
7	FW	Rogelio Funes Mori	(1991-03-05)5 March 1991 (aged 28)	2015	Eskişehirspor
8	FW	Dorlan Pabón	(1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 31)	2014	São Paulo
9	FW	Vincent Janssen	(1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 25)	2019	Tottenham Hotspur
10	FW	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	(1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 29)	2018	Pachuca
14	FW	Ángel Zaldívar	(1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 25)	2019 (Winter)	Guadalajara
18	FW	Avilés Hurtado	(1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 32)	2017	Tijuana

Players and squad numbers last updated on 22 July 2019.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
9	FW		Vincent Janssen	(1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 25)	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Summer	^[2]

Out[edit]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
20	MF		Rodolfo Pizarro	(1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 26)	Inter Miami	Transfer	Winter

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	20 July 2019	29 December 2019	Matchday 1	Winners	24	12	4	8	39	29	+10	050.00
Copa MX	31 July 2019	4 November 2020	Group stage	Winners	10	8	1	1	22	8	+14	080.00
Torneo Clausura	18 January 2020		Matchday 1		10	0	5	5	10	17	−7	000.00
FIFA Club World Cup	14 December 2019	21 December 2019	Second round	Third place	3	1	1	1	6	6	+0	033.33
Total					47	21	11	15	77	60	+17	044.68

Last updated: 24 April 2020
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	América	18	8	7	3	32	22	+10	31	Advance to Liguilla^[a]
7	Morelia	18	8	3	7	31	26	+5	27
8	Monterrey (C)	18	8	3	7	27	23	+4	27
9	Pachuca	18	7	4	7	32	26	+6	25
10	Guadalajara	18	7	4	7	28	28	0	25

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) Champions
Notes:

^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	11	4	7	36	27	+9	37	7	2	2	21	13	+8	4	2	5	15	14	+1

Last updated: 14 december 2019.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	-	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	-	W	D	W	W
Position	13	17	12	9	6	9	5	8	11	7	7	12	14	12	13†	12	11	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 14 december 2019. Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

20 July 2019 1	América	4–2	Monterrey	Mexico City
19:05	Castillo 16', 48' Uribe 18' Martínez 76'	Report	Funes Mori 7' Hurtado 30'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 31,129 Referee: César Ramos

28 July 2019 2	Atlético San Luis	1–0	Monterrey	San Luis Potosi City
17:00	Catalán 17'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 25,187 Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

3 August 2019 3	Monterrey	3–2	León	Guadalupe
21:00	Funes Mori 45', 90' Montes 67'	Report	Sosa 18' Mena 42'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 37,058 Referee: Diego Montaño

9 August 2019 4	Monarcas	0–1	Monterrey	Morelia
19:00		Report	Layún 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Attendance: 30,550 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

17 August 2019 5	Monterrey	2–0	Toluca	Guadalupe
21:00	Layún 21' Sánchez 54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 39,783 Referee: Oscar Mejia

23 August 2019 6	Santos	2–1	Monterrey	Torreón
21:00	Furch 1' Castillo 5'	Report	Janssen 83'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 24,012 Referee: Fernando Hernández

29 August 2019 7	Monterrey	2–0	UNAM	Guadalupe
21:00	Meza 25' Funes Mori 61'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 35,662 Referee: Diego Montaño

1 September 2019 8	Juárez	1–0	Monterrey	Ciudad Juárez
19:00	Lezcano 41'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 19,678 Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

14 September 2019 9	Monterrey	0–2	Necaxa	Guadalupe
17:00		Report	Angulo 35', 80'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 35,686 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

21 September 2019 10	Monterrey	3–2	Puebla	Guadalupe
17:00	Sánchez 18' (pen.), 76' Funes Mori 38'	Report	Cavallini 53' Angulo 63'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 33,060 Referee: Fernando Hernández

25 September 2019 11	Cruz Azul	1–1	Monterrey	Mexico City
21:05	Aguilar 66'	Report	Janssen 73'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 12,412 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

28 September 2019 12	Monterrey	0–2	Tigres	Guadalupe
19:06		Report	Zelarayán 68' Gignac 83'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 44,972 Referee: César Ramos

6 October 2019 13	Querétaro	2–1	Monterrey	Querétaro City
20:00	del Valle 20' Sierra 29' (pen.)	Report	Rodríguez 11'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 17,517 Referee: Roberto García Orozco

20 October 2019 14	Monterrey	1–1	Guadalajara	Guadalupe
19:00	Gallardo 12'	Report	Ponce 41'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 38,217 Referee: Oscar Macías

30 October 2019 16	Pachuca	2–3	Monterrey	Pachuca
19:00	López 27' Guzmán 84'	Report	Sánchez 10', 53' Pizarro 41'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 17,552 Referee: Roberto García Orozco

2 November 2019 17	Monterrey	1–1	Veracruz	Guadalupe
19:06	Funes Mori 94'	Report	Kazim-Richards 65'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 30,635 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

8 November 2019 18	Tijuana	0–4	Monterrey	Tijuana
21:10		Report	Sánchez 25' (pen.) Pizarro 58' Funes Mori 68', 69'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 26,933 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

23 November 2019 19	Monterrey	2–0	Atlas	Guadalupe
19:00	Funes Mori 7', 11'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 40,242 Referee: Diego Montaño

Liguilla[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

28 November 2019 First leg	Monterrey	5–2	Santos Laguna	Guadalupe
19:06	Pabón 2', 85' Sánchez 8' Arteaga 54' (o.g.) Janssen 70' (pen.)	Report	Furch 23' Castillo 45'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 33,635 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

1 December 2019 Second leg	Santos	1–1 (3–6 agg.)	Monterrey	Torreon
19:00	Lozano 20'	Report	Janssen 57'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 25,642 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

Semi-finals[edit]

4 December 2019 First leg	Monterrey	2–1	Necaxa	Guadalupe
21:00	Gallardo 10' Janssen 73'	Report	Quiroga 64'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 42,651 Referee: Fernando Hernández

7 December 2019 Second leg	Necaxa	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Monterrey	Aguascalientes
20:30		Report	Funes Mori 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 23,851 Referee: César Ramos

Finals[edit]

26 December 2019 First leg	Monterrey	2–1	América	Guadalupe
20:45	Medina 45+1' Funes Mori 90+3'	Report	C. Rodríguez 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 52,929 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

29 December 2019 Second leg	América	2–1 (3–3 agg.) (2–4 p)	Monterrey	Mexico City
20:00	Viñas 6' R. Sánchez 41'	Report	Funes Mori 75'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 72,719 Referee: César Ramos
	Penalties
	Castillo Aguilera G. Rodríguez Dos Santos		Janssen Medina Funes Mori N. Sánchez Vangioni

Copa MX[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chiapas	2	2	0	2	0	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Monterrey	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Possible knockout stage
3	UdeG (Y)	3	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2019. Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot qualify as a group winner but may still qualify as one of the best second-placed teams

Matches[edit]

31 July 2019 1	Monterrey	2–1	UdeG	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
21:00	Sánchez 60' Funes Mori 65'	Report	Amador 71'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 22,546 Referee: Guillermo Pacheco

11 October 2019 2	Chiapas	1–2	Monterrey	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
20:00	Vélez 10'	Report	Vangioni 18' Montes 86'	Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Adrián Vielmas

23 October 2019 3	UdeG	1–2	Monterrey	Guadalajara, Jalisco
19:00	Ceballos 79'	Report	Janssen 7', 17'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 4,875 Referee: Luis Daniel Chávez

5 November 2019 4	Monterrey	6–0	Chiapas	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
21:00	Janssen 33' (pen.), 85', 88' Rodríguez 38' Zaldívar 41', 63'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 10,158 Referee: Victor Caceres

FIFA Club World Cup[edit]

14 December 2019 Second round	Monterrey	3–2	Al-Sadd	Doha, Qatar
20:30 (UTC+3)	Vangioni 23' Funes Mori 45+1' Rodríguez 77'	Report	Bounedjah 66' Hassan 89'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 4,878 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

18 December 2019 Semi-finals	Monterrey	1–2	Liverpool	Doha, Qatar
20:30 (UTC+3)	Funes Mori 14'	Report	Keïta 12' Firmino 90+1'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 45,416^[3] Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

21 December 2019 Match for third place	Monterrey	2–2 (4–3 p)	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
17:30 (UTC+3)	A. González 55' Meza 60'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 35' Gomis 66'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 19,318^[4] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
	Penalties
	J. González Medina Funes Mori Vásquez Cárdenas		Gomis Giovinco Carlos Eduardo Jang Hyun-soo Kanno

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura		Copa MX		Clausura		Club World Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Marcelo Barovero	36	0	24	0	0	0	10	0	2	0
3	DF		César Montes	34	2	16	1	8	1	8	0	2	0
4	DF		Nicolás Sánchez	42	11	24	7	7	2	9	2	2	0
5	MF		Matías Kranevitter	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
6	DF		Edson Gutiérrez	14	0	3	0	8	0	2	0	1	0
7	FW		Rogelio Funes Mori	37	20	21	13	4	3	9	2	3	2
8	FW		Dorlan Pabón	39	2	23	2	5	0	9	0	2	0
9	FW		Vincent Janssen	32	11	19	5	7	6	6	0	0	0
10	FW		Jonathan Urretaviscaya	7	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW		Aké Loba	7	1	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	0
11	DF		Leonel Vangioni	22	2	15	0	1	1	4	0	2	1
14	FW		Ángel Zaldívar	8	2	3	0	4	2	0	0	1	0
15	DF		José María Basanta	11	0	3	0	2	0	4	0	2	0
16	MF		Celso Ortiz	35	0	23	0	2	0	9	0	1	0
17	MF		Jesús Gallardo	41	6	24	2	7	1	8	3	2	0
18	FW		Avilés Hurtado	11	1	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Miguel Layún	36	5	20	2	3	2	10	1	3	0
20	MF		Rodolfo Pizarro	24	2	18	2	0	0	3	0	3	0
21	MF		Alfonso González	17	1	5	0	5	0	6	0	1	1
22	GK		Luis Cárdenas	11	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF		Johan Vásquez	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF		Jonathan González	24	0	8	0	9	0	4	0	3	0
29	MF		Carlos Rodríguez	40	3	23	1	6	1	9	0	2	1
32	MF		Maximiliano Meza	37	4	22	1	5	2	7	0	3	1
33	DF		Stefan Medina	39	1	22	1	4	0	10	0	3	0
35	DF		Eric Cantú	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
186	DF		Sergio Villarreal Lozano	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
187	DF		Axel Grijalva	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
193	DF		Daniel Parra	13	0	2	0	9	0	2	0	0	0
194	MF		William Mejía	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
197	DF		Jaziel Martínez	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
199	FW		José Alvarado	9	1	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	0
202	MF		Michell Rodríguez	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
203	FW		Juan Machado	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
204	FW		Eduardo Banda	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 April 2020
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Goals[edit]

As of 6 January 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Copa MX	FIFA Club World Club	Total^[5]^[6]
1	Rogelio Funes Mori	FW	13	1	2	16
2	Vincent Janssen	FW	5	5	0	10
3	Nicolás Sánchez	DF	7	1	0	8
4	Carlos Rodríguez	MF	1	1	1	3
5	Miguel Layún	DF	2	0	0	2
	César Montes	DF	1	1	0
	Ángel Zaldívar	FW	0	2	0
	Rodolfo Pizarro	MF	2	0	0
	Leonel Vangioni	DF	0	1	1
	Maximiliano Meza	MF	1	0	1
	Jesús Gallardo	DF	2	0	0
	Dorlan Pabón	DF	2	0	0
13	Avilés Hurtado	FW	1	0	0	1
	Stefan Medina	DF	1	0	0
	Alfonso González	MF	0	0	1

Hat Tricks[edit]

As of 7 November 2019

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Vincent Janssen	Chiapas	6–0 (H)	5 November 2019	Copa MX

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 8 November 2019

Rank	Name	Apertura	Copa MX	Clausura	Total
1	Marcelo Barovero	4	0	0	4
2	Luis Cárdenas	0	1	0	1

Disciplinary record[edit]

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apertura			Copa MX	Total			Notes
3	DF		César Montes				2	2
4	DF		Nicolás Sánchez	4			2	6
7	FW		Rogelio Funes Mori	2			1	3
8	FW		Dorlan Pabón	1				1
9	FW		Vincent Janssen	2				2
11	DF		Leonel Vangioni	4				4
16	MF		Celso Ortiz	5				5
17	DF		Jesús Gallardo	2				2
19	DF		Miguel Layún	4		1		4		1
20	MF		Rodolfo Pizarro	3		1		3		1
21	FW		Alfonso González	1				1
23	DF		Johan Vásquez	1			1	2
25	MF		Jonathan González	1				1
29	MF		Carlos Rodríguez	3			1	4
32	MF		Maximiliano Meza	2				2
33	DF		Stefan Medina	7	1			7	1
194	MF		Wiliam Mejía				1	1

Last updated: 8 November 2019
Source: LigaMX
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References[edit]

^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Rayados de Monterrey". LigaMX.net.
^ "Done Deal: Vincent Janssen completes transfer to C.F. Monterrey". 23 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^ "Match report – Semi-finals – CF Monterrey v Liverpool FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ "Match report – Match for third place – CF Monterrey v Al Hilal SFC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^ "Monterrey - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_note_res_LIG0.096552311953414-3] The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

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[2] "Done Deal: Vincent Janssen completes transfer to C.F. Monterrey". 23 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[4] "Match report – Semi-finals – CF Monterrey v Liverpool FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[5] "Match report – Match for third place – CF Monterrey v Al Hilal SFC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

[6] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

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