Cruz Azul (women)

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Cruz Azul Femenil
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul.svg
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)
FoundedDecember 5, 2016;8 years ago (2016-12-05)
GroundCancha 1 [3]
Capacity2,000 [4]
Owner Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L.
PresidentVíctor Velázquez
Manager Diego Testas
League Liga MX Femenil
Apertura 2024 12th
Website cfcruzazul.com
Soccerball current event.svg Current season
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.

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.

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Personnel

Coaching staff

PositionStaff
Manager Flag of Uruguay.svg Diego Testas
Assistant managerVacant
Fitness coachVacant
Goalkeeper coach Flag of Mexico.svg Nery Bourget
Team doctor Flag of Mexico.svg Monica Torres
Team doctor assistant Flag of Mexico.svg Xitlali Bravo

Source: Liga MX Femenil

Players

Current squad

As of 18 May 2024 [5]

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

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