Cruz Azul (women)

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Cruz Azul Femenil
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul.svg
Full nameClub de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. 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]
Owner Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L.
PresidentVíctor Velázquez
Head coach Diego Testas
League Liga MX Femenil
Clausura 2025 Regular phase:10th
Final phase: Did not qualify
Website cfcruzazul.com
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. 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.

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Personnel

Management

PositionStaff
President Flag of Mexico.svg Víctor Velázquez
Coordinator of football Flag of Mexico.svg Fernanda Pons

Source: Cruz Azul

Coaching staff

PositionStaff
Manager Flag of Uruguay.svg Diego Testas
Assistant manager Flag of Mexico.svg Yael Cortez
Fitness coach Flag of Uruguay.svg Javier Noble
Physiotherapists Flag of Mexico.svg Xitlali Bravo
Flag of Mexico.svg Irma Chávez
Team doctor Flag of Mexico.svg Monica Torres

Source: Liga MX Femenil

Players

Cruz Azul women team at Pumas UNAM in March 2020. Equipo femenil Cruz Azul Futbol Club.jpg
Cruz Azul women team at Pumas UNAM in March 2020.

First-team squad

As of 12 July 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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Melany Villeda
2 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Valeria Miranda
3 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Leighanne Robe
4 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Yaneisy Rodriguez
5 MF Flag of El Salvador.svg  SLV Danya Gutiérrez
6 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Liliana Rodríguez
7 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Lizbeth Ángeles
8 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Alejandra Lomelí
9 FW Flag of Guatemala.svg  GUA Ana Lucía Martínez
10 MF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Solange Lemos
11 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Desiree Mendoza
12 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Alejandría Godínez
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13 FW Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Daniela Calderón
14 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Deneisha Blackwood
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Niomi Grimaldo
16 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Lia Martínez
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Clarissa Kirsch-Downs
19 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Valeria Valdez
20 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Diana Salmoran
21 DF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Rocío Martínez
23 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Ivonne Gutiérrez
27 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX María Esquivel
28 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Ana García
33 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aerial Chavarin

Former players

For details of current and former 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. ↑ "Primer Equipo Femenil". Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S. A. de C. V. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Cruz Azul Plantilla". Liga MX. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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