Full name | Club de Futbol Cruz Azul Femenil | ||
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Nickname(s) | La Máquina (The Machine) [1] Las Celestes (The Sky-Blues) [2] Las Cementeras (The Cement Makers) | ||
Founded | 5 December 2016 | ||
Ground | Cancha 1 [3] | ||
Capacity | 2,000 [4] | ||
Owner | Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L. | ||
President | Víctor Velázquez | ||
Manager | Diego Testas | ||
League | Liga MX Femenil | ||
Apertura 2024 | 12th | ||
Website | cfcruzazul.com | ||
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.
Position | Staff |
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President | Víctor Velázquez |
Administrative Director | Antonio Reynoso |
Director of football | Iván Alonso |
Coordinator of football | Mathías Cardaccio |
Director of sports science | Andrés Payssé |
Director of academy | Joaquín Moreno |
Source: Cruz Azul
Position | Staff |
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Manager | Diego Testas |
Assistant manager | Yael Cortez |
Fitness coach | Javier Noble |
Goalkeeper coach | Nery Bourget |
Physiotherapists | Xitlali Bravo |
Irma Chávez | |
Team doctor | Monica Torres |
Source: Liga MX Femenil
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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