Cruz Azul (women)

This article is about the women's association football team. For the men's association football club, see Cruz Azul.

Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. 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.

Cruz Azul Femenil

Full name	Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. Femenil
Nickname(s)	La Máquina (The Machine)[1] Las Celestes (The Sky-Blues)[2] Las Cementeras (The Cement Makers)
Founded	5 December 2016; 8 years ago (2016-12-05)
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
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Cruz Azul women team at Pumas UNAM in March 2020.

Personnel

Management

Position	Staff
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

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
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

Players

Current squad

As of 3 January 2025^[6][7]

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 2 DF  MEX Valeria Miranda 3 DF  MEX Edith Carmona 4 DF  MEX Yaneisy Rodriguez 5 MF  SLV Danya Gutiérrez 7 MF  MEX Lizbeth Ángeles 8 MF  MEX Dalia Molina 10 MF  URU Solange Lemos 11 MF  SLV Danielle Fuentes 12 GK  MEX Alejandría Godínez (on loan from Monterrey) 13 DF  MEX Akemi Yokoyama 14 DF  JAM Deneisha Blackwood

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  MEX Lia Martínez 19 MF  MEX Valeria Valdez 20 FW  MEX Ximena D'Acosta 21 DF  URU Rocío Martínez 22 MF  SLV Juana Plata 23 DF  MEX Ivonne Gutiérrez 25 GK  MEX Natsidieli Nieto 26 DF  USA Opal Curless 28 MF  MEX Ana García 33 MF  USA Aerial Chavarin 35 FW  MEX Renata Huerta

Other players under contract

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 — MF  FRA Sarah Huchet (injured)

Former players

For a list of all former and current Cruz Azul Femenil players, see Category: Cruz Azul (women) footballers.

References

1. "Inició el camino de La Máquina femenil en Copa ⋆ Cruz Azul Futbol Club". 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
2. MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". www.ligafemenil.mx.
3. Hernández, Néstor (18 December 2020). "Cruz Azul Femenil dejará Ciudad Cooperativa por la Noria". debate.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
4. "Instalaciones La Noria Cancha 1 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
5. MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". www.ligafemenil.mx.
6. "Cruz Azul Primer Equipo Femenil". C.F. Cruz Azul. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
7. "Cruz Azul Plantilla". Liga MX. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

External links

• Media related to Cruz Azul (women) at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website