2019–20 Club Tijuana season

Tijuana
2019–20 season
Manager	Óscar Pareja
Stadium	Estadio Caliente
Apertura	14th
Copa MX	Runners-up
Leagues Cup	Quarter-finals
Highest home attendance	26,158; (vs Querétaro, 27 July 2019)
Lowest home attendance	24,333; (vs Querétaro, 30 July 2019)
Average home league attendance	26,044
Biggest win	Puebla 1–3 Tijuana; (19 July 2019)
Biggest defeat	América 3–1 Tijuana; (3 August 2019)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 September 2019.

The 2019–20 Club Tijuana season is the 13th season in the football club's history and the 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club this season will compete in the Apertura and Clausura tournaments as well as in the Copa MX and Leagues Cup.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Óscar Pareja
Assistant coaches	Diego Torres Ortiz
Assistant coaches	José María Bazán
Fitness coach	Fabián Bazán
Doctors	Héctor Enciso
Kinesiologist	Gustavo González
Masseur	José Robledo

Players

Squad information

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
13	GK	Carlos Higuera	(2000-11-18)18 November 2000 (aged 18)	2009	Youth system
21	GK	Luis Ernesto Michel	(1979-07-21)21 July 1979 (aged 39)	2017	Sinaloa
25	GK	Gibrán Lajud	(1993-12-25)25 December 1993 (aged 25)	2014	Cruz Azul
Defenders
2	DF	Julián Velázquez	(1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 28)	2018	Cruz Azul
3	DF	Luis Fuentes	(1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 32)	2018	UNAM
6	DF	Diego Braghieri (Captain)	(1987-02-23)23 February 1987 (aged 32)	2019 (Winter)	Atlético Nacional
28	DF	Omar Mendoza	(1988-10-28)28 October 1988 (aged 30)	2018	Cruz Azul
35	DF	Luis Martínez	(1999-04-03)3 April 1999 (aged 20)	2019 (Winter)	Youth system
Midfielders
5	MF	Kevin Balanta	(1997-04-28)28 April 1997 (aged 22)	2019 (Winter)	Deportivo Cali
8	MF	Ignacio Rivero	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 27)	2018	Defensa y Justicia
11	MF	Washington Camacho	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 33)	2019	Rosario Central
15	MF	Diego Rodríguez	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 29)	2018	Independiente
16	MF	Fernando Arce Jr.	(1996-11-27)27 November 1996 (aged 22)	2019	Sinaloa
31	MF	Antonio Nava	(1999-09-09)9 September 1999 (aged 19)	2018	Youth system
33	MF	Leonel Miranda	(1994-01-07)7 January 1994 (aged 25)	2019	Defensa y Justicia
Forwards
7	FW	Camilo Sanvezzo	(1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 30)	2019	Querétaro
9	FW	Ángel Sepúlveda	(1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 28)	2019	Necaxa
10	FW	Miler Bolaños	(1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 29)	2017	Grêmio
19	FW	Erick Torres	(1993-06-19)19 June 1993 (aged 26)	2018	UNAM
27	FW	Daniel López	(2000-03-14)14 March 2000 (aged 19)	2017	Youth system
32	FW	Ariel Nahuelpán	(1987-10-15)15 October 1987 (aged 31)	2019 (Winter)	Barcelona

Players and squad numbers last updated on 23 July 2019.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

In

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
7	FW	Camilo Sanvezzo	(1988-06-21)21 June 1988 (aged 31)	Querétaro	Transfer	Summer	^[2]
9	FW	Ángel Sepúlveda	(1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 28)	Necaxa	Transfer	Summer	^[3]
11	MF	Washington Camacho	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 33)	Rosario Central	Transfer	Summer	^[4]
17	MF	Jorge Rojas	(1993-01-07)7 January 1993 (aged 26)	Querétaro	Loan	Summer	^[5]
18	MF	Aldo Cruz	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 33)	América	Transfer	Summer	^[6]
20	MF	Mauro Lainez	(1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 23)	Pachuca	Loan	Summer	^[7]
22	DF	Vladimir Loroña	(1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 20)	Puebla	Transfer	Summer	^[8]
33	MF	Leonel Miranda	(1994-01-07)7 January 1994 (aged 25)	Defensa y Justicia	Transfer	Summer	^[9]

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
7	FW	Gustavo Bou	(1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 29)	New England Revolution	Transfer	Summer	^[10]
10	FW	Fabián Castillo	(1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 29)	Querétaro	Transfer	Summer	^[11]
20	MF	Jesús Angulo	(1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 24)	Necaxa	Transfer	Summer	^[12]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Torneo Apertura	19 July 2019		Matchday 1		8	3	2	3	12	13	−1	037.50
Leagues Cup	23 July 2019	23 July 2019	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Copa MX	30 July 2019		Group stage		3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67
Torneo Clausura			Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					12	5	3	4	21	20	+1	041.67

Last updated: 17 September 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Pachuca	18	7	4	7	32	26	+6	25
10	Guadalajara	18	7	4	7	28	28	0	25
11	Tijuana	18	7	3	8	26	36	−10	24
12	Cruz Azul	18	5	8	5	25	24	+1	23
13	UNAM	18	6	5	7	21	20	+1	23

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points

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
8	3	2	3	12	13	−1	11	2	2	0	6	4	+2	1	0	3	6	9	−3

Last updated: 17 September 2019.
Source: LigaMX

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	H	†	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	†	L	W	L	D
Position	5	4	9	7	12	13	8	12	14

Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2019. Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: † indicates team rested that round

Matches

19 July 2019 1	Puebla	1–3	Tijuana	Puebla
19:00	Tabó 14'	Report	Camacho 24' Nahuelpan 77' Sepúlveda 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

27 July 2019 2	Tijuana	1–1	Querétaro	Tijuana
21:06	Sierra 53'	Report	Camacho 37'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 26,158 Referee: Adonai Escobedo

3 August 2019 3	América	3–1	Tijuana	Mexico City
19:00	Rodríguez 74' Ibarra 87' dos Santos 90+4'	Report	Sanvezzo 81'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 26,348 Referee: Eduardo Galván

9 August 2019 4	Tijuana	1–0	UNAM	Tijuana
21:06	Sanvezzo 9'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 26,158 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

25 August 2019 6	Toluca	2–0	Tijuana	Toluca
12:00	Braghieri 7' (o.g.) Canelo 77'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 15,084 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

28 August 2019 7	Tijuana	3–2	Cruz Azul	Tijuana
21:06	Velázquez 17' Balanta 62' Torres 90+2'	Report	Aguilar 5' Yotún 26'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 26,158 Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

31 August 2019 8	Necaxa	3–2	Tijuana	Aguascalientes City
17:00	Alvarado 6' Salas 52' Quiroga 77'	Report	Loroña 8' Rivero 28'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Attendance: 11,861 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

13 August 2019 9	Tijuana	1–1	UANL	Tijuana
19:06	Bolaños 90+3'	Report	Zelarayán 31'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 26,158 Referee: Diego Montaño

Leagues Cup

23 July 2019 Quarter-finals	LA Galaxy	2–2 (3–1 p)	Tijuana	Carson, California, United States
22:00	Boateng 27' Romney 54'	Report	Nahuelpán 33' Camacho 45'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
	Penalties
	Carrasco Álvarez Cuello Boateng González		Torres Nahuelpán Braghieri Sepúlveda

Copa MX

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tijuana	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Querétaro (Y)	4	2	2	5	7	−2	6	Possible knockout stage
3	Zacatecas	3	1	2	5	5	0	3

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2019. Source: Copa MX
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot qualify as a group winner but may still qualify as one of the best second-placed teams

30 July 2019 1	Tijuana	2–0	Querétaro	Tijuana
19:00	Bolaños 82' Sanvezzo 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 24,333 Referee: Mario Humberto Vargas

13 August 2019 2	Querétaro	3–2	Tijuana	Querétaro City
19:00	Cortizo 23' Corral 53' Vázquez 62'	Report	Miranda 32' (pen.) Camilo 70'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 11,432 Referee: Alejandro Funk

4 September 2019 3	Zacatecas	2–3	Tijuana	Zacatecas City
19:00	Nurse 6' Monreal 10'	Report	Silva 24' Nahuelpán 60' E. Torres 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba Attendance: 3,532 Referee: Guillermo Pacheco

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura		Leagues Cup		Copa MX		Clausura
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Julián Velázquez	9	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Luis Fuentes	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
4	DF		Jordan Silva	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
5	MF		Kevin Balanta	9	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Diego Braghieri	10	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Camilo Sanvezzo	10	4	7	2	1	0	2	2	0	0
8	MF		Ignacio Rivero	11	1	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Ángel Sepúlveda	11	1	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
10	FW		Miler Bolaños	12	2	8	1	1	0	3	1	0	0
11	MF		Washington Camacho	8	3	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
13	GK		Carlos Higuera	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	MF		Fernando Arce Jr.	6	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
17	MF		Jorge Rojas	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	MF		Aldo Cruz	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW		Erick Torres	5	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0
20	MF		Mauro Lainez	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	GK		Luis Ernesto Michel	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
22	DF		Vladimir Loroña	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Luis Gamíz	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	FW		César Falletti	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK		Gibrán Lajud	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Omar Mendoza	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Édgar López	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF		Víctor Torres	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
31	FW		Antonio Nava	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
32	FW		Ariel Nahuelpán	10	3	8	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
33	MF		Leonel Miranda	9	1	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
35	DF		Luis Armando Martínez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 17 September 2019
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Goals

As of 17 September 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Apertura	Leagues Cup	Copa MX	Total^[13]^[14]
1	Camilo Sanvezzo	FW	2	0	2	4
2	Washington Camacho	MF	2	1	0	3
2	Ariel Nahuelpán	FW	1	1	1	3
4	Miler Bolaños	FW	1	0	1	2
4	Erick Torres	FW	1	0	1	2
6	Kevin Balanta	MF	1	0	0	1
	Vladimir Loroña	DF	1	0	0	1
	Leonel Miranda	MF	0	0	1	1
	Ignacio Rivero	MF	1	0	0	1
	Ángel Sepúlveda	FW	1	0	0	1
	Jordan Silva	DF	0	0	1	1
	Julián Velázquez	DF	1	0	0	1

Clean sheets

As of 17 September 2019

Rank	Name	Apertura	Leagues Cup	Copa MX	Clausura	Total^[14]
1	Gibrán Lajud	1	0	0	0	1

Own goals

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Diego Braghieri	Toluca	2–0 (A)	25 August 2019	Liga MX

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name										Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apertura		Leagues Cup	Copa MX		Clausura	Total			Notes
7	MF		Camilo Sanvezzo	2	1	1				3		1
18	MF		Aldo Cruz		1							1
8	MF		Ignacio Rivero	2			1	1		3	1
10	MF		Miler Bolaños	2			2			4
32	FW		Ariel Nahuelpán	4						4
6	DF		Diego Braghieri	3			1			4
28	DF		Omar Mendoza	3						3
22	DF		Vladimir Loroña	2						2
33	MF		Leonel Miranda	1						1
25	GK		Gibrán Lajud	1						1
17	MF		Jorge Rojas				1			1
4	DF		Jordan Silva				1			1
5	MF		Kevin Balanta	1						1
3	DF		Luis Fuentes	1						1
9	FW		Ángel Sepúlveda	1						1
20	MF		Mauro Lainez	1						1
2	DF		Julián Velázquez	1						1
19	FW		Erick Torres	1						1

Last updated: 17 September 2019
Source: LigaMX
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References

^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Club Tijuana". LigaMX.net.
^ "Xolos presenta a Camilo Sanvezzo". Excélsior (in Spanish). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Ángel Sepúlveda se une al Club Tijuana". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Washington Camacho, refuerzo del Club Tijuana para el Apertura 2019". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "El paraguayo Jorge Rojas deja al Querétaro y refuerza a Xolos de Tijuana". am.com.mx (in Spanish). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "Aldo Cruz se incorpora a la Jauría de Tijuana". Excélsior (in Spanish). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "Lainez llega a los Xolos de Tijuana". El Universal (in Spanish). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "El Club Tijuana incorpora a Vladimir Loroña". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "Leonel Miranda, Fichaje Xoloitzcuintle para el Apertura 2019". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Official: New England Revolution sign forward Gustavo Bou". MLSSoccer. MLS. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ "Fabián Castillo será refuerzo de Querétaro para el Apertura 2019". Récord.com.mx. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "¡Uno más a la Fuerza Rayos! Necaxa anuncia llegada de Angulo". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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External links

Official website

[1] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Club Tijuana". LigaMX.net.

[2] "Xolos presenta a Camilo Sanvezzo". Excélsior (in Spanish). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[3] "Ángel Sepúlveda se une al Club Tijuana". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[4] "Washington Camacho, refuerzo del Club Tijuana para el Apertura 2019". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[5] "El paraguayo Jorge Rojas deja al Querétaro y refuerza a Xolos de Tijuana". am.com.mx (in Spanish). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[6] "Aldo Cruz se incorpora a la Jauría de Tijuana". Excélsior (in Spanish). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[7] "Lainez llega a los Xolos de Tijuana". El Universal (in Spanish). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[8] "El Club Tijuana incorpora a Vladimir Loroña". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[9] "Leonel Miranda, Fichaje Xoloitzcuintle para el Apertura 2019". Xolos.com.mx (in Spanish). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[BouMLS-10] "Official: New England Revolution sign forward Gustavo Bou". MLSSoccer. MLS. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[11] "Fabián Castillo será refuerzo de Querétaro para el Apertura 2019". Récord.com.mx. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[12] "¡Uno más a la Fuerza Rayos! Necaxa anuncia llegada de Angulo". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[13] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Tabla de goleo". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[MT-14] "Club Tijuana - Mediotiempo". Mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

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