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
Tournament Cancelled
Campeón de CampeonesWinners
Campeones CupRunners-up
CONCACAF Champions LeagueSemi-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 América 1–2 Monterrey Houston, Texas, United States
17:30 MST Emanuel Aguilera '6 Danien Parra '17, Vincent Janssen '21 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Transfers

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]

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 4th 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 20 December 2020 Round of 16 Semi-finals 5 1 2 2 6 6 +0 020.00
Total 41 17 12 12 61 51 +10 041.46

Last updated: 20 December 2020

Source: Competitions

Campeón de Campeones

2020 CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

11 March 2020 First leg América 3–0 Atlanta United FC Mexico City, Mexico
20:30 CST Suárez  11'
Martín  13'
Valdez  36'
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 20,731
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
16 December 2020 Second leg Atlanta United FC 1–0
(1–3 agg.)
América Orlando, United States
20:00 EDT Conway  82' Report Stadium: Exploria Stadium [note 1]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Note: The match was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

Semi-finals

19 December 2020 Semi-finals Los Angeles FC 3–1 América Orlando, United States
22:30 EDT Vela  46', 47'
Blessing  90+5'
Report Cáceres  12' Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Campeones Cup

Apertura 2019

Matches

20 July 2019 1 América 4–2 Monterrey Mexico City
15:05 CT Castillo  16', 48'
Uribe  18'
Martínez 76'
Report Funes Mori 7'
Hurtado  30'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 31,129[19]
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
27 July 2019 2 León 0–0 América León
17:00 CT Report Stadium: Estadio León
Attendance: 26,632[19]
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
3 August 2019 3 América 3–1 Tijuana Mexico City
17:00 CT Rodríguez  74'
Ibarra  87'
Dos Santos  90+4'
Report Sanvezzo  81' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 26,348[20]
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
11 August 2019 4 Toluca 0–1 América Toluca
10:00 CT Report Ibarra  62' Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
Attendance: 25,744[21]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
17 August 2019 5 América 1–0 Morelia Mexico City
19:55 CT Benedetti  80' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 28,117[21]
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
24 August 2019 6 UANL 1–1 América San Nicolás
20:05 CT Quiñones  26' Report Córdova  60' Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 41,589[22]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
27 August 2019 7 América 1–1 Pachuca Mexico City
19:00 CT López  46' Report Ibarra  89' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 19,771[23]
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo
30 August 2019 8 Atlas 3–0 América Guadalajara
19:00 CT Isijara  44'
Govea  64'
Trejo  90+6'
Report Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
Attendance: 40,700[24]
Referee: Roberto García Orozco
14 September 2019 9 América 1–1 UNAM Mexico City
19:00 CT Viñas  77' Report Mendoza  80' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 38,317[25]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
21 September 2019 10 América 2–2 Querétaro Mexico City
19:00 CT Martín  31', 78' Report Castillo  29'
Escoboza  80'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 28,032[26]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre
25 September 2019 11 Juárez 1–1 América Ciudad Juárez
17:00 MT Rolan  10' Report Viñas  86' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Attendance: 19,704[27]
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia
28 September 2019 12 América 4–1 Guadalajara Mexico City
19:00 CT Córdova 17', 44'
Aguilera  73'
Martín  88'
Report Pulido  49' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 63,908[28]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
5 October 2019 13 Cruz Azul 5–2 América Mexico City
17:00 CT Dominguez  15'
Aguilar  53'
Alvarado  58'
Pineda  62'
J. Rodríguez  75'
Report G. Rodríguez  36'
Martín  40'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 30,568[29]
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
19 October 2019 14 Necaxa 2–2 América Aguascalientes
19:00 CT Quiroga  71'
Aguilera  80' (o.g.)
Report Ibarra  67'
Martín  87'
Stadium: Estadio Victoria
Attendance: 23,851[30]
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
26 October 2019 15 América 2–0 Puebla Mexico City
17:00 CT Castillo  64'
Ibargüen  81'
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 20,057[31]
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
29 October 2019 16 Atlético San Luis 0–1 América San Luis Potosí
18:00 CT Report Martínez  50' Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras
Attendance: 0[32]
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo
2 November 2019 17 América 1–2 Santos Mexico City
18:00 CT Ibargüen  39' Report Valdés  66'
Lozano  70'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 21,855[33]
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
8 November 2019 18 Veracruz 0–5 América Boca del Río
20:00 CT Report Valdez  18'
Castillo  22'
Martín  27', 53', 79'
Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Attendance: 17,856[34]
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 qualified for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table could qualify for the Liguilla in the Apertura tournament.

Liguilla

Quarter-finals
28 November 2019 América 1–2 UANL Mexico City
19:00 MST Sánchez  39' Report Pizarro  50'
Gignac  67' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 45,005[35]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
1 December 2019 UANL 2–4
(4–5 agg.)
América San Nicolás de los Garza
19:00 MST Aquino  56'
Gignac  70'
Report Viñas  20'
Rodríguez  30'
Dos Santos  45'
Aguilera  80'
Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 41,615[36]
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
Semi-finals
5 December 2019 Morelia 2–0 América Morelia
19:30 MST Aristeguieta  15'
Rocha  51'
Report Stadium: Estadio Morelos
Attendance: 33,200[37]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
8 December 2019 América 2–0 Morelia Mexico City
17:30 MST Ibarra  36'
Viñas  43'
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 63,263[38]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre
Final
26 December 2019 Monterrey 2–1 América Guadalupe
19:30 CT Medina  44'
Funes Mori  90+2'
Report C. Rodríguez  43' (o.g.) Stadium: Estadio BBVA
Attendance: 52,929[39]
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

Clausura 2020

Matches

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18 January 2020 2 América 1–0 UANL Mexico City
21:00 CT Martín  69' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 25,915[41]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
24 January 2020 3 Tijuana 0–0 América Tijuana
19:10 PT Report Stadium: Estadio Caliente
Attendance: 28,933[42]
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia
1 February 2020 4 América 1–3 Juárez Mexico City
17:00 CT Fuentes  74' Report Rolán  10'
Lezcano  20'
Romo  89'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 20,816[43]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo González
4 February 2020 1[44] Puebla 0–1 América Puebla
20:30 CT Report Valdez  79' Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 31,203[45]
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
9 February 2020 5 Querétaro 1–2 América Santiago de Querétaro
18:00 CT Nahuelpán  44' Report Ibargüen  27', 73' Stadium: Estadio La Corregidora
Attendance: 34,050[46]
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
15 February 2020 6 América 2–0 Atlas Mexico City
19:00 CT Viñas  29', 79' Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 26,612[47]
Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez
22 February 2020 7 Monterrey 0–1 América Guadalupe
21:00 CT Report Fuentes  32' Stadium: Estadio BBVA
Attendance: 43,636[48]
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo
29 February 2020 8 América 0–3 Necaxa Mexico City
19:00 CT Report Quiroga  21', 26'
Delgado  85'
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 29,477[49]
Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia
6 March 2020 9 UNAM 3–3 América Mexico City
20:00 CT Freire  8'
Malcorra  81'
Dinenno  84'
Report Suárez  31'
Viñas  71'
Martín  90+3'
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Attendance: 43,560[50]
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gomez
15 March 2020 10 América 0–1 Cruz Azul Mexico City
20:17 CT Report Rodríguez  64' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 0[51]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramirez

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 2021 CONCACAF Champions League
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
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. This match was originally scheduled to take place at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia

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