2017–18 Club Puebla season

Puebla
2017–18 season
ChairmanMexico Carlos López Domínguez
ManagerMexico Enrique Meza
StadiumEstadio Cuauhtémoc
Apertura 201715th
Clausura 201810th
Apertura 2017 Copa MXGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Lucas Cavallini (13)
All: Lucas Cavallini (13)
Highest home attendance37,499 vs Club America
(20 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance13,020 vs Toluca
(14 February 2018)
Average home league attendance19,687

The 2017–18 Puebla F.C. season was the club's 71st professional season in 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. The club also played Copa MX. Rafael García Torres was named the club head coach on June 5, 2017,[1] taking over for sacked coach José Cardozo.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 January 2017[2]

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. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Israel Villaseñor (on loan from Morelia)
2 DF Colombia COL Brayan Angulo
3 DF Mexico MEX Carlos Gutiérrez
4 DF Mexico MEX Luis Venegas
5 DF Mexico MEX Patricio Araujo
6 MF Uruguay URU Pablo Míguez
7 MF Mexico MEX Alonso Escoboza (on loan from Tijuana)
8 MF Mexico MEX Francisco Acuña
9 FW Mexico MEX Jerónimo Amione
10 FW Colombia COL Félix Micolta
12 DF Mexico MEX Óscar Rojas
13 MF Colombia COL Christian Marrugo
14 DF Mexico MEX Erik Pimentel (on loan from América)
16 MF Mexico MEX David Toledo (on loan from Guadalajara)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Mexico MEX Alonso Zamora (on loan from UANL)
19 FW Palestine PLE Carlos Salom
21 MF Mexico MEX José Guerrero (on loan from América)
22 FW Canada CAN Lucas Cavallini (on loan from Peñarol)
23 GK Mexico MEX Moisés Muñoz (on loan from América)
24 MF Argentina ARG Jonás Aguirre (on loan from Rosario Central)
27 DF Mexico MEX Hugo Rodríguez (on loan from Pachuca)
28 MF Mexico MEX Francisco Torres (on loan from Santos Laguna)
30 GK Mexico MEX Jesús Rodríguez
31 DF Colombia COL Jhon Mondragón
32 GK Mexico MEX Tirso Trueba
33 DF Uruguay URU Pablo Cáceres
34 MF Argentina ARG Gabriel Esparza (on loan from San Lorenzo)

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2017

Statistics

Goalscorers

No. Pos. Nation Name Apertura Liga Clausura Liga Apertura Copa Clausura Copa Total
22 FW Canada Lucas Cavallini 4 9 0 0 13
13 MF Colombia Christian Marrugo 2 1 0 0 2
10 MF Colombia Félix Micolta 2 0 0 0 2
28 MF Mexico Francisco Javier Torres 2 0 0 2 4
8 MF Mexico Francisco Acuña 1 2 0 0 3
2 DF Colombia Brayan Angulo 1 1 0 0 2
7 MF Mexico Alonso Escoboza 1 0 0 0 1
17 DF Mexico Alonso Zamora 1 0 0 0 1
6 MF Uruguay Pablo Míguez 0 0 1 0 1
19 FW Argentina Carlos Salom 0 0 1 0 1
33 FW Bolivia Alejandro Chumacero 0 2 0 1 3
27 FW Mexico Hugo Isaác Rodríguez 0 1 0 0 1
20 FW Colombia Omar Fernández 0 3 0 0 3
11 MF Uruguay Christian Tabó 0 1 0 0 1
11 MF Mexico Luis Gerardo Venegas 0 1 0 0 1
11 MF Mexico José Daniel Guerrero 0 1 0 0 1
12 MF Mexico Pablo González Díaz 0 1 0 0 1

Attendance

Puebla's Home Attendance[3] by round, Estadio Cuahutemoc has a capacity of 51,726.

round Rival Attendance Percentage
2 Morelia 12,067 25.71%
4 Tijuana 8,124 17.32%
6 Club Leon 6,233 13.28%
8 Cruz Azul
10 Monterrey
11 Atlas
13 Querétaro
15 UNAM
17 Lobos BUAP

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Liga MX

Main article: 2017–18 Liga MX season

Apertura 2017

Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 4 7 7 14 20  −6 19 2 4 3 10 8  +2 2 3 4 4 12  −8

Last updated: 19 November 2017 (2017-11-19).
Source: Liga MX

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultLDLDWLLDDLDDWLWDL
Position1814161713161818181817171516151415
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2017 (2017-11-19). Source: Liga MX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matchday
July 22, 2017 1 Tigres UANL 5–0 Puebla San Nicolas, Nuevo León
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 41,269
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán
July 28, 2017 2 Puebla 1–1 Morelia Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 12,067
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
August 6, 2017 3 Veracruz 2–0 Puebla Veracruz City, Veracruz
18:30 Report Stadium: Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Attendance: 14,364
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto
August 11, 2017 4 Puebla 1–1 Tijuana Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
August 19, 2017 5 Guadalajara 0–1 Puebla Guadalajara, Jalisco
21:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Chivas
23 August 2017 6 Puebla 0–1 León Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
August 27, 2017 7 Toluca 2–1 Puebla Toluca, Mexico
12:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
Attendance: 12,584
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
September 8, 2017 8 Puebla 0–0 Cruz Azul Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
September 16, 2017 9 Necaxa 1–1 Puebla Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes
21:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Victoria
September 26, 2017 11 Puebla 1–2 Atlas Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
October 1, 2017 12 Santos Laguna 0–0 Puebla Torreón, Coahuila
18:30 Report Stadium: Estadio Corona
October 13, 2017 13 Puebla 1–1 Querétaro Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
September 22, 2017 10 Puebla 2–0 Monterrey Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Note: Postponed due by the FMF and Liga MX following the 2017 Central Mexico earthquake.[4]
October 21, 2017 14 Pachuca 1–0 Puebla Pachuca, Hidalgo
19:06 Report Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo
October 27, 2017 15 Puebla 3–0 UNAM Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
November 4, 2017 16 América 1–1 Puebla Mexico City Mexico
21:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
November 17, 2017 17 Puebla 0–1 Lobos BUAP Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Copa MX

Apertura 2017

Main article: Apertura 2017 Copa MX
Matches
25 July 2017 Puebla 1–0 Atlante Puebla, Puebla
19:00 Salom 43' Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 5,156
Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto
1 August 2017 Tijuana 1-0 Puebla Tijuana, Baja California
19:00 Arriola 7' Report Stadium: Estadio Caliente
Attendance: 27,333
Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe
August 15, 2016 Puebla 1–1 Tijuana Puebla, Puebla
21:00 Míguez 43' Report Núñez 44' Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 2,616
Referee: León Vicente Barajas
September 13, 2017 Atlante 2–0 Puebla Cancún
19:30 F. Uscanga 35' (pen.)
Cardozo 37'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo
Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Jesús Bisguerra Mendiola

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tijuana 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 Atlante 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
3 Puebla 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4
Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Clausura 2018

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 7 2 9 13 10  +3 23 5 1 3 8 2  +6 2 1 6 5 8  −3

Last updated: 27 December 2017 (2017-12-27).
Source: Liga MX

Matchday

January 05, 2018 1 Puebla 2–1 Tigres UANL Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
January 12, 2018 2 Morelia 1–0 Puebla Morelia, Michoacán
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Morelos
August 19, 2018 3 Puebla 2–0 Veracruz Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
August 26, 2018 4 Tijuana 2–0 Puebla Tijuana, Baja California
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Caliente
February 2, 2018 5 Puebla 2–0 Guadalajara Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
10 February 2018 6 León 2–1 Puebla León, Guanajuato
19:00 Stadium: Estadio León
February 14, 2018 7 Puebla 2–0 Toluca Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
February 17, 2018 8 Cruz Azul 1–1 Puebla Benito Juárez, Mexico City
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Azul
February 22, 2018 9 Puebla 1–1 Necaxa Puebla City, Puebla
21:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
March 3, 2018 10 Monterrey 1–3 Puebla Monterrey, Nuevo León
19:00 Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer
March 9, 2018 11 Atlas 1–0 Puebla Guadalajara, Jalisco
21:00 Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
March 16, 2018 12 Puebla 0–1 Santos Laguna Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
March 31, 2018 13 Querétaro 2–1 Puebla Querétaro City, Queretaro
17:00 Stadium: Estadio Corregidora
April 6, 2018 14 Puebla 2–6 Pachuca Puebla City, Puebla
19:06 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
April 15, 2018 15 UNAM 4–2 Puebla Coyoacán, Mexico City
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario
April 20, 2018 16 Puebla 3–1 América Puebla City, Puebla
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
April 28, 2018 17 Lobos BUAP 0–1 Puebla Puebla City, Puebla
17:00 Stadium: Estadio Universitario BUAP

Copa MX

Clausura 2018

Main article: Clausura 2018 Copa MX
Matches
January 16, 2018 Cruz Azul 1–3 Puebla Benito Juárez
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Azul
January 23, 2018 Puebla 0-0 Alebrijes de Oaxaca Puebla, Puebla
21:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
February 02, 2018 Puebla 0–2 Cruz Azul Puebla, Puebla
21:00 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
February 28, 2018 Alebrijes de Oaxaca 0–0 Puebla Oaxaca, Oaxaca
19:00 Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oaxaca 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 Puebla 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Possible knockout stage
3 Cruz Azul 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2018. Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

References

  1. ^ "'Chiquis' García, nuevo director técnico de Puebla".
  2. ^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
  3. ^ Apertura 2017 Home Asistencia; Puebla FC, LigaMx.com, 1 August 2017
  4. ^ "Se Pospone la Jornada 10 de la LIGA Bancomer MX" [Matchday 10 of the LIGA Bancomer MX is postponed] (in Spanish). ligabancomer.mx. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.