2018–19 Club Necaxa season

Necaxa
2018–19 season
Manager	Michel Leaño; (until 21 October); Guillermo Vázquez; (from 3 December)
Stadium	Estadio Victoria
Apertura	16th
Clausura	5th
Apertura Copa MX	Round of 16
Clausura Copa MX	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Víctor Dávila; (6 goals); All: ; Víctor Dávila; (6 goals)
Biggest win	UNAM 1–3 Necaxa; (7 August 2018)
Biggest defeat	Pachuca 6–2 Necaxa; (3 November 2018)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Club Necaxa season is the 94th season in the football club's history and the 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football since the team most recent promotion to Liga MX.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Guillermo Vázquez
Assistant coaches	Alberto Clark
	Carlos Gutiérrez
	José Salgado
Fitness coaches	Adrián Cruz
Fitness coaches	Juan Lozano
Doctors	Francisco López
Doctors	Franco Vázquez
Kinesiologist	Bruno Brown

Players

Squad information

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hugo González	(1990-08-01) 1 August 1990 (age 34)	2018	Monterrey
25	GK	Yosgart Gutiérrez	(1981-03-15) 15 March 1981 (age 43)	2016	UNAM
Defenders
2	DF	Brayan Beckeles	(1985-11-28) 28 November 1985 (age 38)	2015	Boavista
3	DF	Luis Hernández	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 26)	2018	Tapachula
4	DF	Alexis Peña	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)	2019 (Winter)	Pachuca
12	DF	Carlos Guzmán	(1994-05-19) 19 May 1994 (age 30)	2019 (Winter)	Morelia
20	DF	Osmar Mares	(1987-06-17) 17 June 1987 (age 37)	2019 (Winter)	Veracruz
26	DF	Cristian Calderón	(1997-05-24) 24 May 1997 (age 27)	2019 (Winter)	Atlas
31	DF	Ventura Alvarado	(1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32)	2018	Santos Laguna
Midfielders
6	MF	Luis Pérez	(1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 35)	2017	BUAP
14	MF	Matías Fernández	(1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 (age 38)	2014	Milan
16	MF	Hibert Ruíz	(1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 (age 37)	2019 (Winter)	Veracruz
18	MF	Felipe Gallegos	(1991-12-03) 3 December 1991 (age 32)	2017	Recreativo
24	MF	Fernando González	(1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 30)	2018	Zacatepec
29	MF	Marcelo Allende	(1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 25)	2017	Deportes Santa Cruz
33	MF	Bryan Carvallo	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28)	2018	Deportes Antofagasta
Forwards
7	FW	Daniel Álvarez	(1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 (age 30)	2017	Atlas
8	FW	Facundo Castro	(1995-01-22) 22 January 1995 (age 29)	2018	Defensor Sporting
9	FW	Martín Barragán	(1991-07-14) 14 July 1991 (age 33)	2017	Atlas
11	FW	Brian Fernández	(1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 30)	2018	Unión La Calera
11	FW	Pedro Campos	(2000-06-02) 2 June 2000 (age 24)	2018	Universidad Católica
17	FW	Ricardo Marín	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26)	2018	América
19	FW	Claudio Riaño	(1988-08-04) 4 August 1988 (age 36)	2016	Unión de Santa Fe
23	FW	Ángel Sepúlveda	(1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33)	2019 (Winter)	Guadalajara

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 January 2019.^[3]^[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Competitions

Overview

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	22 July 2018	24 November 2018	Matchday 1	16th	17	3	5	9	19	29	−10	017.65
Apertura Copa MX	1 August 2018	25 September 2018	Group stage	Round of 16	5	3	0	2	6	6	+0	060.00
Torneo Clausura	4 January 2019		Matchday 1		3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	066.67
Clausura Copa MX	9 January 2019		Group stage		2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					27	9	6	12	33	40	−7	033.33

Last updated: 29 January 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	León	17	5	3	9	18	23	−5	18
15	Tijuana	17	4	5	8	13	24	−11	17
16	Necaxa	17	3	5	9	19	29	−10	14
17	Atlas	17	2	5	10	11	27	−16	11
18	Veracruz	17	2	4	11	17	40	−23	10	Team is last in Relegation table

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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	3	5	9	19	29	−10	14	3	4	2	11	10	+1	0	1	7	8	19	−11

Last updated: 29 January 2019.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2018. Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 July 2018 1	Necaxa	2–1	América	Aguascalientes City
20:00	Dávila 34' Fernández 74'	Report	Martínez 71'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 16,450 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

29 July 2018 2	UNAM	5–3	Necaxa	Mexico City
12:00 CST	Mendoza 23' González 54', 80' Rodríguez 67' Mozo 75'	Report	Dávila 13', 77' Fernández 52'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 30,800 Referee: Oscar Macías

4 August 2018 3	Necaxa	1–0	BUAP	Aguascalientes City
17:00	Villalpando 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 16,450 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

10 August 2018 4	Morelia	2–1	Necaxa	Morelia
21:00	Valdés 17' González 55'	Report	Fernández 50'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: Francisco Chacón

18 August 2018 5	Necaxa	2–2	Puebla	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Dávila 57' Villalpando 68'	Report	Cavallini 5' Chumacero 46'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

21 August 2018 6	Guadalajara	1–0	Necaxa	Zapopan
21:00	Zaldívar 24'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Akron Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

25 August 2018 7	Necaxa	1–1	UANL	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Dávila 84'	Report	Vargas 52'	Stadium: Victoria Attendance: 18,539 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

31 August 2018 8	Tijuana	1–0	Necaxa	Tijuana
19:06	Bolaños 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

15 September 2018 9	Necaxa	2–0	Cruz Azul	Aguascalientes City
21:00	M. Fernández 17' Dávila 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 22,578 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

22 September 2018 10	Toluca	3–2	Necaxa	Toluca
17:00	Salinas 50' Quiñones 59' Vega 79'	Report	Córdova 40' Fernández 87'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 15,705 Referee: Francisco Chacón

29 September 2018 11	Necaxa	0–1	Santos Laguna	Aguascalientes City
21:00		Report	Furch 23'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Roberto García Orozco

5 October 2018 12	Veracruz	0–0	Necaxa	Veracruz
21:10		Report		Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Attendance: 7,589 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

20 October 2018 13	Necaxa	0–2	León	Aguascalientes City
21:00		Report	Boselli 7' Montes 68'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 10,049 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

27 October 2018 14	Necaxa	2–2	Atlas	Aguascalientes City
17:00	Pérez 60' Fernández 69'	Report	Duque 24', 86'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

3 November 2018 15	Pachuca	6–2	Necaxa	Pachuca
17:00	Jara 2', 60' Guzmán 25', 44', 80', 90'	Report	Riaño 55' Fernández 83'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Referee: César Arturo Ramos

10 November 2018 16	Necaxa	1–1	Monterrey	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Gallegos 70'	Report	Pabón 10'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 11,534 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

24 November 2018 17	Querétaro	1–0	Necaxa	Querétaro City
17:00	Samudio 40'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Apertura Copa MX

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Necaxa	4	3	1	6	4	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	UNAM	4	2	2	6	6	0	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Tampico Madero	4	1	3	5	7	−2	3

Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

1 August 2018 1	Necaxa	1–0	Tampico Madero	Aguascalientes City
19:00	Barragán 59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 5,350 Referee: Juan Andrés Esquivel

7 August 2018 2	UNAM	1–3	Necaxa	Mexico City
19:00	Alustiza 10'	Report	Riaño 34' Álvarez 38' Barragán 89'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 9,021 Referee: Jonathan Hernández

14 August 2018 3	Tampico Madero	3–1	Necaxa	Tampico / Ciudad Madero
21:00	Orozco 21', 58' Aguirre 41'	Report	Barragán 32'	Stadium: Estadio Tamaulipas Attendance: 6,732 Referee: Oscar Mejía

28 August 2018 4	Necaxa	1–0	UNAM	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Álvarez 12'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 16,917 Referee: Eduardo Galván

Round of 16

25 September 2018	Necaxa	0–2	León	Aguascalientes City
19:00		Report	Moreno 44' López 82'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 6,398 Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Cruz Azul	17	8	6	3	26	15	+11	30	Advance to Liguilla^[a]
5	América	17	9	2	6	28	19	+9	29
6	Necaxa	17	8	5	4	32	24	+8	29
7	Pachuca	17	8	4	5	32	26	+6	28
8	Tijuana	17	9	1	7	25	20	+5	28

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:

^ The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	1	1	0	2	1	+1	1	0	0	3	2	+1

Last updated: 29 January 2019.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2019. Source: LigaMX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

7 January 2019 1	América	P–P	Necaxa	Mexico City
21:45		Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Note: Match postponed at the request of Club América.^[5]

12 January 2019 2	Necaxa	2–1	UNAM	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Calderón 15' Fernández 81'	Report	Mora 77'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 15,567 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

20 January 2019 3	BUAP	2–3	Necaxa	Puebla City
16:00	Ramos 1', 9'	Report	Barragán 34' Herrera 53' Sepúlveda 62'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP Attendance: 8,316 Referee: Oscar Mejía

26 January 2019 4	Necaxa	0–0	Morelia	Aguascalientes City
21:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 14,471 Referee: Alejandro Funk

1 February 2019 5	Puebla	1–4	Necaxa	Puebla City
21:00	Loroña 7' Arreola 50' Cavallini 66' 90' Tabó 90'	Report	Sepúlveda 12' Fernández 37', 48' Guzmán 42' Contreras 58' Alvarado 85' Castro 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Roberto Rios Jácome

9 February 2019 6	Necaxa	3–3	Guadalajara	Aguascalientes
21:00	V. Alvarado 27' (o.g.) Pulido 81' (pen.) R. Cisneros 89'	Report	Brian Fernández 51', 61' Guzmán 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 24,296 Referee: César Ramos Palazuelos

16 February 2019 7	UANL	3–2	Necaxa	San Nicolás
19:00 CST	Gignac 39', 57' Valencia 78'	Report	Fernández 54' Contreras 86'	Stadium: Universitario Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez

23 February 2019 8	Necaxa	1–2	Tijuana	Aguascalientes
21:00	Sepúlveda 29' Fernández 61' Cortés 89' Meza 90'	Report	Beckeles 82' (o.g.) Bou 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

2 March 2019 9	Cruz Azul	2–1	Necaxa	Mexico City
17:00 CST	Aguilar 13' Caraglio 22', 60' Aldrete 34' Méndez 65'	Report	Fernández 3' Calderón 32'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

5 March 2019 1	América	1–3	Necaxa	Mexico City
20:50	Martín 4' Rodríguez 31' Aguilar 54' Ménez 74' Castillo 87'	Report	González 12' Calderón 53', 90+5' Fernández 64', 64' Ruíz 87' González 88'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 14,241 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
Note: Match originally scheduled for 21:45 on 7 January 2019^[6]

9 March 2019 10	Necaxa	1–1	Toluca	Aguascalientes City
19:00	Alvarado 42' Gallegos 54' Contreras 66' Marín 89'	Report	Mora 11' Mendoza 25' Gigliotti 47' Ríos 83'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto

17 March 2019 11	Santos Laguna	1–2	Necaxa	Torreón
18:06	Furch 54' Abella 68' Valdés 87'	Report	Castro 16' Peña 70' Contreras 90', 90'	Stadium: Corona Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

30 March 2019 12	Necaxa	2–0	Veracruz	Aguascalientes City
21:00	González 28' Alvarado 37' Contreras 75' Fernández 90+1'	Report	Salcido 31' García 78' Kazim-Richards 83'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

6 April 2019 13	León	2–1	Necaxa	León
19:00 CST	Meneses 27' Navarro 34' Montes 86'	Report	Calderón 41' Gallegos 64' Fernández 70'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

12 April 2019 14	Atlas	1–2	Necaxa	Guadalajara
21:00 CST	Santamaría 44', 90+4' Cufré 65' Govea 77' Andrés Andrade 85'	Report	F. González 25', 82' Álvarez 69' Meza 79'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

20 April 2019 15	Necaxa	2–2	Pachuca	Aguascalientes City
21:00	Herrera 45', 46' Alvarado 55' Beckeles 68'	Report	Ulloa 35' Barreiro 71'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

Clausura Copa MX

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Necaxa	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3	Possible knockout stage
3	Atlético San Luis	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 2019. Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

9 January 2019 1	Atlético San Luis	0–2	Necaxa	San Luis Potosí City
21:00		Report	Herrera 3' Alvarado 15'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 13,863 Referee: Jesus Roberto Ruiz

15 January 2019 2	Necaxa	1–2	América	Aguascalientes City
19:00	Herrera 14'	Report	Domínguez 83' (pen.) Martín 86'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 17,799 Referee: Eduardo Galván

Statistics

Goals

As of 29 January 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Ap. Copa MX	Clausura	Cl. Copa MX	Total^[7]
1	Víctor Dávila	MF	6	0	0	0	6
2	Brian Fernández	FW	4	0	1	0	5
3	Martín Barragán	FW	0	3	1	0	4
4	Matías Fernández	MF	3	0	0	0	3
4	Eduardo Herrera	FW	0	0	1	2	3
6	Daniel Álvarez	FW	0	2	0	0	2
	Claudio Riaño	FW	1	1	0	0	2
	Dieter Villalpando	MF	2	0	0	0	2
9	Ventura Alvarado	DF	0	0	0	1	1
	Cristian Calderón	DF	0	0	1	0	1
	Francisco Córdova	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	Felipe Gallegos	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	Luis Pérez	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	Ángel Sepúlveda	FW	0	0	1	0	1
Total			19	6	5	3	33

Clean sheets

As of 29 January 2019

Rank	Name	Apertura	Ap. Copa MX	Clausura	Cl. Copa MX	Total^[8]
1	Hugo González	3	0	1	0	4
2	Yosgart Gutiérrez	0	2	0	0	2
3	Ángel Alonzo	0	0	0	1	1
Total		3	2	1	1	7

References

^ "Michel Leaño destituido como técnico del Necaxa". Excélsior (in Spanish). October 21, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
^ "Guillermo Vázquez es el nuevo DT del Necaxa". El Universal (in Spanish). November 29, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
^ "Club Necaxa – Primer equipo". ClubNecaxa.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Necaxa – Plantilla". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Cruz Azul starts title defense; América pays visit to Necaxa". Retrieved 12 April 2019.
^ "Liga BBVA Bancomer Calendario de Partidos" (PDF). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ "Necaxa | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
^ LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net. Retrieved 2018-12-02.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_LIG0.92377726171342-5] The first 8 places in the table qualified for the Liguilla.

[1] "Michel Leaño destituido como técnico del Necaxa". Excélsior (in Spanish). October 21, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2019.

[2] "Guillermo Vázquez es el nuevo DT del Necaxa". El Universal (in Spanish). November 29, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2019.

[3] "Club Necaxa – Primer equipo". ClubNecaxa.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[4] "Necaxa – Plantilla". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[6] "Cruz Azul starts title defense; América pays visit to Necaxa". Retrieved 12 April 2019.

[7] "Liga BBVA Bancomer Calendario de Partidos" (PDF). Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[MT-8] "Necaxa | Calendario". MedioTiempo. Retrieved 2018-12-02.

[LMX-9] LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net. Retrieved 2018-12-02.

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