Cruz Azul (women)

This article is about the women's association football team. For the men's association football club, see Cruz Azul.
Cruz Azul Femenil
Full nameClub de Futbol Cruz Azul Femenil
Nickname(s)La Máquina (The Machine)[1]
Las Celestes (The Sky-Blues)[2]
Las Cementeras (The Cement Makers)
Founded5 December 2016; 8 years ago (2016-12-05)
GroundCancha 1[3]
Capacity2,000[4]
OwnerCooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L.
PresidentVíctor Velázquez
ManagerDiego Testas
LeagueLiga MX Femenil
Apertura 202412th
Websitecfcruzazul.com
Current season
Cruz Azul women team at Pumas UNAM in March 2020.

Club de Futbol Cruz Azul Femenil, commonly referred to as Cruz Azul Femenil or simply Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional women's football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX Femenil and has been the women's section of Cruz Azul since 2016.[5] The club plays its home games on Cancha 1, situated within their training grounds, Instalaciones La Noria.

Personnel

Management

Position Staff
President Mexico Víctor Velázquez
Administrative Director Mexico Antonio Reynoso
Director of football Uruguay Iván Alonso
Coordinator of football Uruguay Mathías Cardaccio
Director of sports science Uruguay Andrés Payssé
Director of academy Mexico Joaquín Moreno

Source: Cruz Azul

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Uruguay Diego Testas
Assistant manager Mexico Yael Cortez
Fitness coach Uruguay Javier Noble
Goalkeeper coach Mexico Nery Bourget
Physiotherapists Mexico Xitlali Bravo
Mexico Irma Chávez
Team doctor Mexico Monica Torres

Source: Liga MX Femenil

Players

Current squad

As of 3 January 2025[6][7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Mexico MEX Valeria Miranda
3 DF Mexico MEX Edith Carmona
4 DF Mexico MEX Yaneisy Rodriguez
5 MF El Salvador SLV Danya Gutiérrez
7 MF Mexico MEX Lizbeth Ángeles
8 MF Mexico MEX Dalia Molina
10 MF Uruguay URU Solange Lemos
11 MF El Salvador SLV Danielle Fuentes
12 GK Mexico MEX Alejandría Godínez (on loan from Monterrey)
13 DF Mexico MEX Akemi Yokoyama
14 DF Jamaica JAM Deneisha Blackwood
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Mexico MEX Lia Martínez
19 MF Mexico MEX Valeria Valdez
20 FW Mexico MEX Ximena D'Acosta
21 DF Uruguay URU Rocío Martínez
22 MF El Salvador SLV Juana Plata
23 DF Mexico MEX Ivonne Gutiérrez
25 GK Mexico MEX Natsidieli Nieto
26 DF United States USA Opal Curless
28 MF Mexico MEX Ana García
33 MF United States USA Aerial Chavarin
35 FW Mexico MEX Renata Huerta

Former players

For a list of all former and current Cruz Azul Femenil players, see Category: Cruz Azul (women) footballers.

References

  1. ^ "Inició el camino de La Máquina femenil en Copa ⋆ Cruz Azul Futbol Club". 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". www.ligafemenil.mx.
  3. ^ Hernández, Néstor (18 December 2020). "Cruz Azul Femenil dejará Ciudad Cooperativa por la Noria". debate.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Instalaciones La Noria Cancha 1 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". www.ligafemenil.mx.
  6. ^ "Cruz Azul Primer Equipo Femenil". C.F. Cruz Azul. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Cruz Azul Plantilla". Liga MX. Retrieved 3 January 2025.


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