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4 unusual facts about Cruz Azul


Alfredo Moreno

In the years he has been with Necaxa, they have reached the Liguilla (or postseason) four times, being eliminated by Cruz Azul (Invierno 2001), Pachuca(Apertura 2003 and Apertura 2005) and Tecos UAG (Clausura 2005) and Moreno still cannot find the net in those eight games played.

Cruz Azul Hidalgo

Their stadium is the Estadio 10 de Diciembre located in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul (before Jasso) in Hidalgo and is the affiliate team of Cruz Azul.

Nicolás Bertolo

On December 29, 2012 he moved to the Mexican club Cruz Azul.

Nuevo Estadio Azul

The Nuevo Estadio Azul is a planned stadium in Mexico City, intended to replace the Estadio Azul, the home of football club Cruz Azul, in 2017.


Carlos Jara Saguier

Born in Asunción, Jara Saguier played as a midfielder and spent the best years of his career at Cerro Porteño of Paraguay and Cruz Azul of Mexico.

Gonzalo Belloso

Belloso also played for a number of clubs outside Argentina, Cobreloa in Chile, RC Strasbourg in France, Cruz Azul in Mexico, Olimpia in Paraguay and Zamora CF in Spain.

Javier Aquino

He waited years for an opportunity, until the Apertura 2010 season where he was taken into consideration, together with other youth players to join the first team.

Tula de Allende

The most important of these are the Francisco Pérez Ríos Thermoelectric plant and the PEMEX refinery as well as the Cruz Azul and Tolteca cement locations.


see also

C.D. Cruz Azul

Cruz Azul is a Honduran football club based in San José de Colinas, Honduras.

César Delgado

Delgado joined Cruz Azul for the 2003 Apertura, where he finished with 16 appearances and eight goals.

Francisco Palencia

After finishing second place to Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores, Palencia departed from Cruz Azul at the end of the 2000-2001 season and went to Spain (on loan) to play for RCD Espanyol in La Liga, where he played 35 matches and scored six goals.

Javier Aquino

On 23 July 2010 during the Apertura 2010, Aquino debuted for Cruz Azul under coach Enrique Meza in a 0–3 win over Estudiantes Tecos, coming in as a 57th minute substitute for Alejandro Vela.

Born in San Francisco Ixhuatán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, Javier had shown great technical qualities as a teenager so he began playing in Cruz Azul's lower division squads.