2019–20 Club América season

The 2019–20 Club América season was the club's 75th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team participated in the Liga MX, Campeón de Campeones, the Campeones Cup, and the CONCACAF Champions League.

América

2019–20 season
President	Santiago Baños
Manager	Miguel Herrera
Stadium	Estadio Azteca
Apertura 2019	6th Runners-up
Clausura 2020	4th Tournament Cancelled
Campeón de Campeones	Winners
Campeones Cup	Runners-up
CONCACAF Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Apertura: Henry Martín (8) Clausura: Federico Viñas (3) All: Henry Martín (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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

América v Monterrey

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: ?

América v U de G

20 December 2019	América	5–1	U de G	Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico
MST	Federico Viñas '?,'?, Henry Martín '?, Sebastián Córdova '?, Paul Aguilar '?	Report	Joãozinho '?	Stadium: Instalaciones Club América en Coapa

Transfers

Summer

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]

Winter

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

Main article: 2019 Campeón de Campeones

América v UANL

14 July 2019	América	0–0 (6–5 p)	UANL	Carson, United States
		Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 27,800[17] Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
	Penalties
	Castillo Aguilera Valdez Ménez Martínez Aguilar Córdova Uribe Marchesín		Gignac Carioca Rodríguez Vargas Dueñas Ayala Pizarro Damm Aquino

2020 CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

Comunicaciones v América

19 February 2020 First leg	Comunicaciones	1–1	América	Guatemala City, Guatemala
21:00 CST	Gordillo 81'	Report	Córdova 90'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

América v Comunicaciones

26 February 2020 Second leg	América	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (5–3 p)	Comunicaciones	Mexico City, Mexico
21:30 CST	Aguilera 80' (pen.)	Report	Herrera 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
	Penalties
	Aguilera Escoboza Valdez Ibargüen Córdova		Thompson Lombardi Lezcano Herrera

Quarter-finals

América v Atlanta United FC

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)

Atlanta United FC v América

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

Los Angeles FC v América

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

Main article: 2019 Campeones Cup

Atlanta United FC v América

14 August 2019	Atlanta United FC	3–2	América	Atlanta, United States
17:00 MST	Hyndman 5' Larentowicz 59' J. Martínez 65' (pen.)	Report	Ibarra 13' R. Martínez 57'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 40,128 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Apertura 2019

Main article: 2019–20 Liga MX season

Matches

América v Monterrey

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 Ramos

León v América

27 July 2019 2	León	0–0	América	León
17:00 CT		Report		Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 26,632[19] Referee: Roberto García Orozco

América v Tijuana

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

Toluca v América

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

América v Morelia

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

UANL v América

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

América v Pachuca

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

Atlas v América

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

América v UNAM

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

América v Querétaro

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

Juárez v América

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

América v Guadalajara

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

Cruz Azul v América

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

Necaxa v América

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

América v Puebla

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

Atlético San Luis v América

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

América v Santos

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 Ramos

Veracruz v América

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Querétaro	18	9	4	5	31	19	+12	31	Advance to Liguilla[a]
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) Champions
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

Main article: Apertura 2019 Liga MX championship stage

Quarter-finals

América v UANL

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

UANL v América

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 Ramos

Semi-finals

Morelia v América

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

América v Morelia

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

Main article: Apertura 2019 Liga MX championship stage § Finals

Monterrey v América

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

América v Monterrey

29 December 2019	América	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (2–4 p)	Monterrey	Mexico City
20:15 CT	Viñas 6' R. Sánchez 41'	Report	Funes Mori 75'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 72,719 Referee: César Ramos (Sinaloa)
	Penalties
	Castillo Aguilera G. Rodríguez Dos Santos		Janssen Medina Funes Mori N. Sánchez Vangioni

Clausura 2020

Main article: 2019–20 Liga MX season

Matches

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América v UANL

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

Tijuana v América

24 January 2020 3	Tijuana	0–0	América	Tijuana
19:10 PT		Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 28,933[42] Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

América v Juárez

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

Puebla v América

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

Querétaro v América

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

América v Atlas

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

Monterrey v América

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

América v Necaxa

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

UNAM v América

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

América v Cruz Azul

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

América v León

11	América	Cancelled	León	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Santos v América

12	Santos	Cancelled	América	Torreón
				Stadium: Estadio TSM Corona

América v Toluca

13	América	Cancelled	Toluca	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Guadalajara v América

14	Guadalajara	Cancelled	América	Zapopan
				Stadium: Estadio Akron

América v Atlético San Luis

15	América	Cancelled	Atlético San Luis	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Pachuca v América

16	Pachuca	Cancelled	América	Pachuca
				Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo

Morelia v América

17	Morelia	Cancelled	América	Morelia
				Stadium: Estadio Morelos

League table

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	León	10	7	0	3	23	14	+9	21	Qualification to 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