Cemento Cruz Azul is a cement company in Mexico. It was founded in 1881 by a British businessman named Henry Gibbon.
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.
Zacatepec Fútbol Club is a Mexican football team based in Zacatepec, Morelos. They are nicknamed Cañeros. Their colors are white and green. Their uniform color is a white shirt with a big green line in the middle and white shorts and socks. Their greatest achievements were in the 1950s when Zacatepec won two titles in Primera División. They won their first league title in the 1954–1955 season and their second title in the 1957–1958 season. Zacatepec won the Copa Mexico championship in the 1958–1959 season.
Alberto Rodríguez Barrera is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender. His last game was a 2012 Copa Libertadores match against Paraguayan side Libertad after being called from Cruz Azul Hidalgo along with 2002 World Cup teammate Melvin Brown under petition of Cruz Azul's coach then, Enrique Meza, who also coached him at Pachuca. After not playing at Cruz Azul Hidalgo since then, he was cut from the squad, leading Rodríguez to announce his retirement.
Enrique Meza Enríquez is a Mexican professional football manager who most recently coached Veracruz. Prior to pursuing a career in coaching, he was a goalkeeper for Cruz Azul during their dynasty of the 1970s, albeit a backup to legendary goalkeeper Miguel Marín. He retired in 1981 and is one of the most successful managers of the professional era of the Liga MX.
Primera División de México(Mexican First Division)Clausura 2007 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year - to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Friday, January 19, 2007, and ran until April 29, when the regular season ended. UAG and UANL inaugurated the season with a match in which UAG won 2-1. Reigning champions Guadalajara were eliminated in semifinals by archrivals América and thus could not retain their title. Querétaro, who finished last in the percentage table, were relegated to Primera División A at the end of the season. On May 27, Pachuca defeated América 3-2 and became champions for the fifth time.
Primera División de México(Mexican First Division)Invierno 1999 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Saturday, August 14, 1999, and ran until November 21, when the regular season ended. In the final Pachuca defeated Cruz Azul and became champions for the first time.
Martín Luis Galván Romo is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Salamanca.
Adrián Cortés Valdovino is a former Mexican professional footballer, who last played as a defender for Puebla F.C. on loan from Guadalajara in the Liga MX.
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul Hidalgo, also known as Cruz Azul Hidalgo, was a professional football club in Mexico who last played in the Liga Premier league of Mexico. Their stadium was the Estadio 10 de Diciembre located in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in Hidalgo and was the affiliate team of Cruz Azul. The team dissolved in 2014 after Zacatepec 1948 bought their spot to remain in Ascenso MX. But has a team in the Liga Premier de Ascenso, replace Cruz Azul Jasso.
The 1996–97 Copa México was the 67th staging of the Copa México and the 40th staging in the professional era. The competition did not return until 2012.
Víctor Ruiz del Valle is a Mexican former football midfielder with Cruz Azul.
Club de Fútbol Loros de la Universidad de Colima was Mexican football club that lastly played in the Ascenso MX, the second tier division of Mexican football. The club was based in Colima, Mexico.
The 2011–12 Cruz Azul season is the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Cruz Azul will begin their season on July 23, 2011. Cruz Azul will play their homes games on Saturdays at 17:00 hours local time.
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. The club plays its home games on Cancha 1, situated within their training grounds, Instalaciones La Noria.
Guillermo Héctor Álvarez Cuevas, better known as Billy Álvarez, is the former general director of La Cooperativa La Cruz Azul S.C.L., former president of the Mexican football club Cruz Azul, former footballer, and wanted fugitive. Álvarez Cuevas is currently wanted by Interpol in 195 countries on various crimes including multiple accounts of racketeering, money laundering, and extortion. As of September 2021, his whereabouts remain unknown.
Deportivo Cruz Azul Lagunas is a football club that plays in the Liga TDP. It is based in the city of Lagunas, Mexico. It's an official reserve team of Cruz Azul.
The 1994–95 Segunda División was the 46th season of the Mexican Segunda División and the first season as the third level of the mexican football leagues system. The season started on 3 September 1994 and concluded on 24 June 1995. It was won by Cruz Azul Hidalgo.
Octavio Muciño Valdés was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a centre-forward and midfield for Cruz Azul and Guadalajara as well as the Mexico national football team.
Guillermo Álvarez Macías was a Mexican general manager of the co-operative cement company Cemento Cruz Azul from 1955 until his death in 1976. Álvarez Macías led the company's re-foundation into a cooperative company town. A prolific cooperative activist, Álvarez Macías is regarded as a prominent figure of modern cooperatives in Mexico.
