Back ክሩዝ አዙል AM كروز آزول Arabic كروز آزول ARZ Cruz Azul Fútbol Club AST کروز ازول فوتبال کولوبو AZB Крус Асуль Мэхіка BE-X-OLD Club Deportivo Cruz Azul Catalan Cruz Azul Czech Cruz Azul Danish CD Cruz Azul German
 | |||
| Full name | Club de Futbol Cruz Azul | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | La Máquina (The Machine) Los Celestes (The Sky-Blues) Los Cementeros (The Cement Makers) Las Liebres (The Hares) Los de La Noria (The Men from La Noria) | ||
| Short name | CAZ | ||
| Founded | 22 May 1927 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes | ||
| Capacity | 34,253[1] | ||
| Owner | Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L. | ||
| President | Víctor Velázquez | ||
| Manager | Martín Anselmi | ||
| League | Liga MX | ||
| Apertura 2024 | Regular phase: 1st Final phase: Semi-finals | ||
| Website | cfcruzazul.com | ||
|
| |||
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul, commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. Founded in 1927 in Jasso, Hidalgo, the club officially moved to Mexico City in 1971, where it had already registered a great presence and activity since its beginnings. Estadio Azteca, the nation's largest sports venue, served as their home venue until 1996, when they moved to the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, which was renamed Estadio Azul. After 22 years, the team returned to the Azteca following the conclusion of the 2017–18 Liga MX season. Its headquarters are in La Noria, a suburb within Xochimilco in the southern part of Mexico City.[2]
Domestically, the club has won nine league titles, four Copa MX, three Campeón de Campeones, and holds a joint-record with one Supercopa de la Liga MX and one Supercopa MX. In international competitions, the club's six titles makes it the second-most successful club in the history of the CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League, the most prestigious international club competition in North American football. Cruz Azul also holds numerous distinctions, including being the club with the most league runner-up finishes (12),[3] the first CONCACAF team to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores—the most prestigious club competition in South American football—losing on penalties to Boca Juniors in 2001,[4] achieving a rare continental treble in the 1968–69 season by winning the Primera División, Copa México and CONCACAF Champions' Cup, becoming the first CONCACAF club and third worldwide to accomplish this feat,[5] and becoming the first club worldwide, and one of only five, to have won the continental treble twice.[6]
In its 2014 Club World Ranking, the International Federation of Football History & Statistics placed Cruz Azul as the 99th-best club in the world and the third-best club in CONCACAF.[7] According to several polls published, Cruz Azul is the third-most popular team in Mexico, behind only C.D. Guadalajara and Club América.[8] It is also the second most supported team in its hometown, Mexico City, behind América and ahead of Pumas UNAM.
- ^ "Estadio Ciudad De Los Deportes". ligamx.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Mexico City: Cruz Azul to relocate to Azteca – StadiumDB.com". stadiumdb.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
- ^ "¿Cuáles son los equipos con más finales disputadas de Liga MX y cómo les fue?" (in Spanish). goal.com. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "¿Recuerdas la final de Copa Libertadores entre Cruz Azul y Boca Juniors?". TUDN (in Spanish). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "En el futbol mexicano, ¿cuántos equipos han conseguido el triplete?". goal.com (in Spanish). 2020-11-05. Archived from the original on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ "What is the treble? Explaining the trophy haul that makes it up as Man City crowned European champions". sportingnews.com. 2023-06-10. Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ "World Club Ranking 2014". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 2015-01-13. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ^ "Esmas.com". Esmas.com. 2008-02-12. Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2012-01-10.