2019–20 Club Universidad Nacional season

The 2019–20 Club Universidad Nacional season is the 65th season in the football club's history and the 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football.

UNAM

2019–20 season
Chairman	Rodrigo Ares de Parga
Manager	Míchel González
Stadium	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Apertura	13th
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos González (7 goals) All: Carlos González (7 goals)
Highest home attendance	30,458 (vs Cruz Azul, 22 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance	5,932 (vs UAEM, 13 August 2019)
Average home league attendance	20,509
Biggest win	UNAM 5–1 Atlas (29 October 2019)
Biggest defeat	Querétaro 3–0 UNAM (26 October 2019)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 2 December 2019.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Míchel González
Assistant coaches	Israel López
	Juan Carlos Mandiá
Fitness coach	Enrique Sanz
Doctors	Antonio Acevedo
	Radamés Gaxiola
Medical assistant	Octavio Manzano

Players

Torneo Apertura

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Since
1	GK		Alfredo Saldívar	(1990-02-09)9 February 1990 (aged 29)	2010
2	DF		Alan Mozo	(1997-04-05)5 April 1997 (aged 22)	2017
3	DF		Pablo Jáquez	(1995-09-29)29 September 1995 (aged 23)	2016
4	DF		Luis Quintana	(1992-02-03)3 February 1992 (aged 27)	2013 (Winter)
5	DF		Alan Mendoza	(1993-09-28)28 September 1993 (aged 25)	2017 (Winter)
6	MF		Kevin Escamilla	(1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 25)	2015 (Winter)
7	MF		David Cabrera (Captain)	(1989-09-07)7 September 1989 (aged 29)	2017
8	FW		Pablo Barrera	(1987-06-21)21 June 1987 (aged 32)	2016
9	FW		Felipe Mora	(1993-08-02)2 August 1993 (aged 25)	2018
10	MF		Andrés Iniestra	(1996-03-11)11 March 1996 (aged 23)	2018
11	FW		Juan Iturbe	(1993-06-04)4 June 1993 (aged 26)	2018
12	MF		Víctor Malcorra (Vice-captain)	(1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 31)	2018
14	MF		Brian Figueroa	(1999-05-28)28 May 1999 (aged 20)	2017
17	MF		Martín Rodríguez	(1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 24)	2018
18	DF		Nicolás Freire	(1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 25)	2019
20	DF		Idekel Domínguez	(2000-06-02)2 June 2000 (aged 19)	2018
21	FW		Martín Barragán	(1991-07-14)14 July 1991 (aged 28)	2019
22	MF		Juan Pablo Vigón	(1991-07-20)20 July 1991 (aged 27)	2019
23	DF		Jeison Angulo	(1996-06-27)27 June 1996 (aged 23)	2019 (Winter)
25	GK		Gustavo Alcalá	(1997-01-21)21 January 1997 (aged 22)	2019
28	DF		Diego Rosales	(1998-04-04)4 April 1998 (aged 21)	2018
29	GK		Miguel Ángel Fraga	(1987-09-03)3 September 1987 (aged 31)	2018
30	MF		Juan Miguel	(1997-05-22)22 May 1997 (aged 22)	2019
32	FW		Carlos González	(1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 26)	2018
33	DF		Braulio Ramírez	(1999-05-26)26 May 1999 (aged 20)	2019

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 December 2019.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
18	DF		Nicolás Freire	(1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 25)	Torque	Loan	Summer	[2]
21	FW		Martín Barragán	(1991-07-14)14 July 1991 (aged 28)	Necaxa	Transfer	Summer	[3]
22	MF		Juan Pablo Vigón	(1991-07-20)20 July 1991 (aged 27)	Atlas	Transfer	Summer	[4]

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
18	MF		Carlos Gutiérrez	(1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 20)	Atlético San Luis	Transfer	Summer	[5]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	20 July 2019	23 November 2019	Matchday 1	13th	18	6	5	7	21	20	+1	033.33
Copa MX	31 July 2019		Group stage		4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	050.00
Torneo Clausura			Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					22	8	7	7	27	21	+6	036.36

Last updated: 2 December 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

Main article: 2019–20 Liga MX season § Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Tijuana	18	7	3	8	26	36	−10	24
12	Cruz Azul	18	5	8	5	25	24	+1	23
13	UNAM	18	6	5	7	21	20	+1	23
14	Atlas	18	6	3	9	19	26	−7	21
15	Atlético San Luis	18	6	2	10	22	31	−9	20

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
18	6	5	7	21	20	+1	23	5	2	2	16	7	+9	1	3	5	5	13	−8

Last updated: 2 December 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	18	19
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	†	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	†	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	L
Position	6	2	4	8	5	7	11	9	9	9	10	8	8	10	11	8	9	10	13

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2019. Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: † indicates team had a bye week

Matches

Atlético San Luis v UNAM

20 July 2019 1	Atlético San Luis	0–2	UNAM	San Luis Potosí City
17:00		Report	González 78' Quintana 87'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 25,103 Referee: Diego Montaño

UNAM v Necaxa

28 July 2019 2	UNAM	2–0	Necaxa	Mexico City
12:00	Vigón 9' Barrera 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 24,708 Referee: Eduardo Galván

UNAM v UANL

4 August 2019 3	UNAM	0–1	UANL	Mexico City
12:00		Report	Gignac 88'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 27,152 Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

Tijuana v UNAM

9 August 2019 4	Tijuana	1–0	UNAM	Tijuana
19:06	Sanvezzo 9'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 26,158 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

UNAM v Veracruz

18 August 2019 5	UNAM	2–0	Veracruz	Mexico City
12:00	Malcorra 63' Angulo 68'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 17,522 Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Morelia v UNAM

23 August 2019 6	Morelia	2–0	UNAM	Morelia
21:00	Aristeguieta 34', 61'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Morelos Attendance: 20,477 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

Monterrey v UNAM

29 August 2019 7	Monterrey	2–0	UNAM	Guadalupe
21:00	Meza 25' Funes Mori 61'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 35,662 Referee: Diego Montaño

UNAM v Toluca

1 September 2019 8	UNAM	2–1	Toluca	Mexico City
12:00	González 55' Mendoza 90+3'	Report	Gigliotti 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 20,032 Referee: Fernando Hernández

América v UNAM

14 September 2019 9	América	1–1	UNAM	Mexico City
21:06	Viñas 77'	Report	Mendoza 80'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 38,317 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

UNAM v Cruz Azul

22 September 2019 10	UNAM	1–1	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
12:00	Iturbe 86'	Report	Rodríguez 48'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 30,458 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

UNAM v Santos Laguna

29 September 2019 12	UNAM	2–0	Santos Laguna	Mexico City
12:00	González 67' Cabrera 90+8' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 16,203 Referee: Fernando Hernández

Guadalajara v UNAM

5 October 2019 13	Guadalajara	1–1	UNAM	Zapopan
21:08	Pulido 36'	Report	González 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Attendance: 38,317 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

UNAM v León

20 October 2019 14	UNAM	1–2	León	Mexico City
12:00	González 32'	Report	Macías 38' Tesillo 58'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 20,040 Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Querétaro v UNAM

26 October 2019 15	Querétaro	3–0	UNAM	Querétaro City
17:00	Sierra 25' Loba 28' Triverio 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 26,553 Referee: Oscar Macías

UNAM v Atlas

29 October 2019 16	UNAM	5–1	Atlas	Mexico City
21:00	González 10' Mora 69' Freire 78' Iniestra 87' Vargas 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Isijara 26'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 10,423 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

Puebla v UNAM

1 November 2019 17	Puebla	1–1	UNAM	Puebla
19:00	Zárate 60'	Report	Iturbe 84'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 18,970 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

UNAM v Juárez

10 November 2019 18	UNAM	1–1	Juárez	Mexico City
12:00	González 33'	Report	Esquivel 64'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 18,045 Referee: Diego Montaño

Pachuca v UNAM

23 November 2019 19	Pachuca	2–0	UNAM	Pachuca
21:00	de la Rosa 34', 55'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 15,462 Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Copa MX

Main article: 2019–20 Copa MX

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Atlético de San Luis	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7
3	UAEM	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	1

Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

UNAM v Atlético San Luis

31 July 2019 1	UNAM	1–1	Atlético San Luis	Mexico City
21:00	García 79'	Report	Centurión 21'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 7,216 Referee: Alejandro Funk

UNAM v UAEM

13 August 2019 2	UNAM	1–0	UAEM	Mexico City
21:00	Mendoza 48'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 5,932 Referee: Édgar Espadas

Atlético San Luis v UNAM

2 October 2019 3	Atlético San Luis	0–4	UNAM	San Luis Potosí City
21:00		Report	Escamilla 12' Mora 19', 23' Freire 52'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 12,590 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

UAEM v UNAM

13 October 2019 4	UAEM	0–0	UNAM	Toluca
12:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba Attendance: 12,411 Referee: Ricardo Ulises Norman

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura		Copa MX		Clausura
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Alfredo Saldívar	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Alan Mozo	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Pablo Jáquez	13	0	9	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF		Luis Quintana	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Alan Mendoza	9	1	5	0	4	1	0	0
6	MF		Kevin Escamilla	15	1	11	0	4	1	0	0
7	MF		David Cabrera	13	1	11	1	2	0	0	0
8	FW		Pablo Barrera	16	1	14	1	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Felipe Mora	17	3	14	1	3	2	0	0
10	MF		Andrés Iniestra	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Juan Iturbe	20	2	18	2	2	0	0	0
12	MF		Víctor Malcorra	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Brian Figueroa	10	0	7	0	3	0	0	0
17	MF		Martín Rodríguez	7	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
18	DF		Nicolás Freire	16	2	15	1	1	1	0	0
20	DF		Idekel Domínguez	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
21	FW		Martín Barragán	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0
22	MF		Juan Pablo Vigón	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Jeison Angulo	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
29	GK		Miguel Ángel Fraga	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
30	MF		Juan Miguel	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
32	FW		Carlos González	18	7	18	7	0	0	0	0
84	DF		José Carlos Robles	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
85	GK		José Alberto Castillo	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
96	FW		Bryan Mendoza	11	2	9	2	2	0	0	0
182	DF		Julio Barragán	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
192	MF		Amaury García	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0
199	MF		Tonatiuh Mejía	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
200	FW		Emanuel Montejano	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
248	DF		Jesús Rivas	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 2 December 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Goals

As of 2 December 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Copa MX	Clausura	Total[6][7]
1	Carlos González	FW	7	0	0	7
2	Felipe Mora	FW	1	2	0	3
3	Nicolás Freire	DF	1	1	0	2
	Juan Iturbe	FW	2	0	0	2
	Bryan Mendoza	FW	2	0	0	2
6	Jeison Angulo	DF	1	0	0	1
	Pablo Barrera	FW	1	0	0	1
	David Cabrera	MF	1	0	0	1
	Kevin Escamilla	MF	0	1	0	1
	Amaury García	MF	0	1	0	1
	Andrés Iniestra	MF	1	0	0	1
	Víctor Malcorra	MF	1	0	0	1
	Alan Mendoza	DF	0	1	0	1
	Luis Quintana	DF	1	0	0	1
	Juan Pablo Vigón	MF	1	0	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	1
Total			21	6	0	27

Clean sheets

As of 2 December 2019

Rank	Name	Apertura	Copa MX	Clausura	Total[7]
1	Alfredo Saldívar	4	0	0	4
2	Miguel Ángel Fraga	0	3	0	3
Total		4	3	0	7

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Apertura			Copa MX			Total			Notes
23	DF		Jeison Angulo	2	1					2	1
22	MF		Juan Pablo Vigón	6						6
32	FW		Carlos González	5						5
18	DF		Nicolás Freire	5						5
4	DF		Luis Quintana	4						4
12	MF		Víctor Malcorra	3						3
1	GK		Alfredo Saldívar	3						3
3	DF		Pablo Jáquez	3			1			4
11	FW		Juan Iturbe	2						2
8	FW		Pablo Barrera	1						1
7	MF		David Cabrera	1						1
10	MF		Andrés Iniestra	1						1
9	FW		Felipe Mora	1						1
2	DF		Alan Mozo	1						1
21	FW		Martín Barragán	1						1
6	MF		Kevin Escamilla				1			1
5	DF		Alan Mendoza				1			1

Last updated: 2 December 2019
Source: LigaMX
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.