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, The club has won 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.
Honors
changeDomestic
change- 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
International
change- 1969, 1970, 1971, 1996, 1997, 2014
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 2010
- Runners-up (1): 2001
- Runners-up (1): 1972
Minor trophies
change- Copa Pachuca: 5
- 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007
- Runners-up (2): 2000, 2005
- 400 Monterrey Tournament Champion: 1
- 1996
Friendly
change- 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
References
change- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
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