Cruz Azul
Mexican football club
Cruz Azul Fútbol Club, A.C., known simply as Cruz Azul (pronounced [kɾus aˈsul], "Blue Cross"), is a football club from Mexico City, Mexico. It was originally from Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul, Hidalgo.
Full name | Cruz Azul Fútbol Club, A.C. | |||
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Nickname(s) | La Máquina (The Machine) Los Cementeros (The Cementers) El Azul (The Blues) Las Liebres (The Hares) | |||
Founded | May 22, 1927 | |||
Ground | Estadio Azul Benito Juárez, Mexico City | |||
Capacity | 32,904[1] | |||
Owner | Cooperativa Cemento Cruz Azul | |||
Chairman | Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas | |||
Manager | Luis Fernando Tena | |||
League | Liga MX | |||
Clausura 2014 | 1st | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Cruz Azul is the most successful club in CONCACAF Champions League, with six titles. They are also the third most popular team in Mexico (after Guadalajara and Club América).[2]
Currently this team plays in Estadio Azul in Mexico City.
HonorsEdit
DomesticEdit
- 1968-69, México 1970, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1978-79, 1979-80, Invierno 1997
- Runners-up (10): 1969-70, 1980-81, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1994-95, Invierno 1999.
- 1963-64
- 1968-69, 1996-97, Clausura 2013
- Runners-up (2): 1973-74, 1987-88
- 1968-69, 1973-74
- Runners-up (1): 1972
InternationalEdit
- 1969, 1970, 1971, 1996, 1997, 2014
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 2010
- Runners-up (1): 2001
- Runners-up (1): 1972
Minor trophiesEdit
- Copa Pachuca: 5
- 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007
- Runners-up (2): 2000, 2005
- 400 Monterrey Tournament Champion: 1
- 1996
FriendlyEdit
- Teresa Herrera Trophy: 0
- Fourth place (1): 2000
- Runners-up (1): 2002
- Third place (1):2008
- Copa 5 De Mayo: 1
- 2004
- Copa Panamericana 2007 (friendly tournament)
- Copa Cuauhtemoc: 1
- 2008
- Copa Aztex: 1
- 2009
- Foursquare Champion Azteca: 81
- 1981
- Burgos Tournament Champion: 1
- 1980
- Almeria Tournament Champion: 1
- 1979
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Esmas.com". Esmas.com. 2008-02-12. Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2012-01-10.