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Full nameClub Deportivo, Social y Cultural Cruz Azul A.C.
NicknameLa Maquina Celeste
Los Cementeros
La Máquina
La Máquina Azul
La Máquina Cementera
El Azul
FoundedMay 22, 1927
StadiumEstadio Azul
Benito Juarez, Mexico City (capacity : 35161)
OwnerMX Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L.
ChairmanMX Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas
ManagerMX Enrique Meza
LeaguePrimera División
Bicentenario 20109th place
All-time top scorerCarlos Hermosillo: 169 goals
Supporters groupsLa Sangre (Blue Blood), La Realeza 64 (64 Royalty)
HonoursPrimera División: 8
CONCACAF Champions League: 5(record)
Copa Libertadores: Runners-Up
Copa Interamericana: Runners-Up
Copa Pachuca: 5 (record)
Copa México 2
Campeón de Campeones 2
Current season2010 � 11 Cruz Azul season

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Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional football club. Cruz Azul plays in the Primera División de México and its home venue is the Estadio Azul, located in the southwestern part of Mexico City in the Colonia Nochebuena, next to the Napoles neighborhood. The team moved there in 1996, after playing for many seasons at the Estadio Azteca.

Los Cementeros are traditionally one of the biggest and most successful teams in Mexico; they have been the Primera División champions 8 times and trail only Toluca with 10, Club América with 10, and Guadalajara with 11. Cruz Azul was also the first Mexican or CONCACAF team to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores when they lost on penalties to Argentine football giants Boca Juniors. Currently the clubs jerseys and sportswear, are being provided by the traditional English trademark Umbro. Cruz Azul is ranked 36th in the IFFHS rankings of August 2010 and is the top ranked team among CONCACAF and Mexico.

It is the top winner of the CONCACAF Champions League, along with Club America, with five titles and is according to several polls published, the third most popular team in Mexico.

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No. Nationality Position Player Other
1MexicoGKJosé de Jesús Corona
2MexicoDFFausto Pinto
3MexicoDFJoel Huiqui
4MexicoDF[[Julio Domínguez
5MexicoDFAlejandro Castro
6MexicoMFGerardo Torrado
7MexicoMFJavier Aquino
8MexicoMFGonzalo Pineda
9ArgentinaFWMaximiliano Biancucchi
10ArgentinaMF[[Christian Giménez (1981)
11MexicoFWAlejandro Vela
12MexicoGKGuillermo Allison
13MexicoMFAllam Bello
14MexicoDFNestor Araújo
15MexicoDFHoracio Cervantes
16MexicoDFRogelio Chávez
17MexicoMFDiego De la Cruz
18MexicoMFCesar Villaluz
20MexicoMFGermán Rodríguez
21MexicoMFHéctor Gutiérrez
22MexicoMF[[Adrián Cortés (footballer)
23MexicoDFHiram Mondragón
24MexicoMFLuis Alanis
25MexicoGKYosgart Gutiérrez
27MexicoFWJavier Orozco
28MexicoDFGienir García
29MexicoFWMartín Galván
30ArgentinaFWEmanuel Villa
59MexicoGKChristian Barrientos

Eighth Championship ("Invierno 1997") :
Dates Name Notes
????-66 Hungary Jorge Marik First coach of Cruz Azul in First Division.
1966-67 Mexico Walter Ormeño
1967-75 Mexico Raul Cardenas Coach with more time and winner in Cruz Azul.
1975-76 Mexico Jose Moncebaez
1976 Hungary Jorge Marik
1976 Mexico Alfonso Portugual
1977-82 Mexico Ignacio Trelles Good coach of Cruz Azul.
1982 Argentina Miguel Marin
1982-83 Mexico Enrique Meza Cruz Azul more occasions coach.
1983-86 Chile Alberto Quintano
1986-88 Mexico Hector Pulido
1988 Mexico Manuel Lapuente
1988-90 Mexico Mario Velarde
1990-92 Chile Ignacio Prieto
1992 Uruguay Chile Nelson Acosta
1992-95 Mexico Enrique Meza
1995-96 Mexico Luis Fernando Tena
1996-97 Mexico Victor Manuel Vucetich
1997 Mexico Jesus del Muro
1997-00 Mexico Luis Fernando Tena
2000-03 Mexico José Luis Trejo The coach who led the final Cruz Azul in the Copa Libertadores 2001.
2003 Mexico Mario Carrillo
2003-04 Mexico Enrique Meza
2004 Mexico Luis Fernando Tena
2005 Argentina Rubén Omar Romano
2005-07 Mexico Isaac Mizrahi
2007-08 Uruguay Sergio Markarián
2008-09 Mexico Benjamin Galindo
2009- Mexico Enrique Meza

Rivalries :
Player Country Period Goals
Carlos Hermosillo México 1991-98 169
Horacio López Salgado México 1971-79 133
Francisco Palencia * México 1994-01 89
Fernando Bustos México 1964-76 87
Eladio Vera México 1971-77 77
Pedro Duana México 1986-95 66
Adrián Camacho México 1978-86 63
César Delgado * Argentina 2003-07 61
Rodolfo Montoya México 1976-81 54
Octavio Muciño México 1970-72 51
Agustín Manzo México 1984-88 50
Carlos Eloir Perucci Argentina 1981-85 45
Héctor Pulido México 1976-81 44
Miguel Sabah * México 2006-08 42
Carlos Jara Saguier Paraguay 1981-85 40
Sebastián Abreu * Uruguay 2002-03 37
Emanuel Villa ** Argentina 2009- 36
Javier Orozco ** Mexico 2008- 35
Francisco Fonseca * México 2005-06 25
Luciano Figueroa * Argentina 2004 21

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