2020–21 Club América season

América
2020–21 season
President	Santiago Baños
Manager	Miguel Herrera; (until 21 December); Santiago Solari; (from 29 December)
Stadium	Estadio Azteca; Estadio Olímpico Universitario (from 1–13 August)
Guardianes 2020	3rd; (Quarterfinals);
Guardianes 2021	4th
2020 CONCACAF Champions League	Semifinals
2021 CONCACAF Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Guardianes 2020:; Henry Martín (8) ; Guardianes 2021:; Emanuel Aguilera; Sebastián Córdova; Mauro Lainez; Henry Martín; Roger Martínez (1); All: ; Henry Martín (9)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Club América season is the club's 76th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team will participate in the Liga MX and the CONCACAF Champions League.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Santiago Solari
Assistant managers	Santiago Sánchez
	Lucas Nardi
	Gilberto Adame
Goalkeeper coach	Luis Gurrola
Fitness coaches	Bruno Militano
Fitness coaches	Paolo Pacione
Physiotherapists	Octavio Luna
Physiotherapists	Francisco Faustino
Team doctors	Alfonso Díaz
	José Guadalupe Vázquez
	Christian Motta

Players

Squad information

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
13	GK	Guillermo Ochoa	(1985-07-13)13 July 1985 (aged 35)	2019	Standard Liège
27	GK	Óscar Jiménez	(1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 31)	2017	Chiapas
Defenders
2	DF	Luis Fuentes	(1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 33)	2020	Free Agent
3	DF	Jorge Sánchez	(1997-12-10)10 December 1997 (aged 22)	2018	Santos Laguna
4	DF	Sebastián Cáceres	(1999-08-18)18 August 1999 (aged 20)	2020	Liverpool
18	DF	Bruno Valdez	(1992-10-06)6 October 1992 (aged 27)	2016	Cerro Porteño
19	DF	Emanuel Aguilera	(1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 31)	2018	Tijuana
25	DF	Jordan Silva	(1994-07-30)30 July 1994 (aged 26)	2021	Tijuana (on loan)
29	DF	Adrián Goransch	(1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 21)	2020	VfL Wolfsburg
Midfielders
5	MF	Pedro Aquino	(1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 25)	2021	León
7	MF	Leonardo Suárez	(1996-03-30)30 March 1996 (aged 23)	2020	Villarreal
8	MF	Alonso Escoboza	(1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 27)	2020	Querétaro
14	MF	Nicolás Benedetti	(1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 23)	2019	Deportivo Cali
16	MF	Alan Medina	(1997-08-19)19 August 1997 (aged 23)	2021	Toluca (on loan)
17	MF	Sebastián Córdova	(1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 23)	2016	Youth system
20	MF	Richard Sánchez	(1998-03-29)29 March 1998 (aged 22)	2019	Olimpia
23	MF	Antonio López	(1997-04-10)10 April 1997 (aged 23)	2019	Youth system
28	MF	Mauro Lainez	(1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 24)	2020	Tijuana (on loan)
31	MF	Emilio Sánchez	(1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 26)	2014	Youth system
Forwards
6	FW	Sergio Díaz	(1998-03-05)5 March 1998 (aged 22)	2020	Real Madrid Castilla (on loan)
9	FW	Roger Martínez	(1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 26)	2018	Jiangsu Suning
10	FW	Giovani dos Santos	(1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 31)	2019	LA Galaxy
21	FW	Henry Martín	(1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 27)	2018	Tijuana
24	FW	Federico Viñas	(1998-06-30)30 June 1998 (aged 22)	2019	Juventud
30	FW	Nicolás Castillo	(1993-02-14)14 February 1993 (aged 27)	2019	Benfica

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 February 2021.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Pre-season

Club América will precede their 2020–21 campaign by taking part in the Copa Por Mexico, being placed in Group A alongside Toluca, UNAM, and Cruz Azul. The matches were announced in June 2020.^[2]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
3 July 2020	Toluca	N	2–0	Martín 14', Sauro (o.g.) 44'
7 July 2020	UNAM	N	0–0
11 July 2020	Cruz Azul	N	1–4	Córdova 14'
16 July 2020	Guadalajara	N	3–4	Viñas 34', Córdova 69', Ibargüen 80'

Transfers

Summer

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	From	Fee	Source
15 June 2020	DF	Luis Reyes	29	Atlético San Luis	Loan return	^[3]
23 June 2020	DF	Adrián Goransch	21	Zacatepec	Loan return	^[4]
24 June 2020	MF	Emilio Sánchez	26	Tijuana	Loan return	^[5]
29 July 2020	FW	Sergio Díaz	22	Real Madrid Castilla	On loan	^[6]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	To	Fee	Notes	Source
17 June 2020	DF	Haret Ortega	20	Toluca	Loan		^[7]
3 July 2020	MF	Renato Ibarra	29	Atlas	Loan		^[8]

Winter

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	To	Fee	Source
4 December 2020	MF	Mauro Lainez	24	Tijuana	On loan	^[9]
1 January 2021	MF	Pedro Aquino	25	León	Undisclosed	^[10]
1 January 2021	MF	Alan Medina	23	Toluca	On loan	^[11]
12 January 2021	DF	Jordan Silva	26	Tijuana	On loan	^[12]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	To	Fee	Source
22 December 2020	MF	Santiago Cáseres	23	Villarreal	End of loan	^[13]
23 December 2020	DF	Luis Reyes	29	Atlas	Loan	^[14]
1 January 2021	MF	Rubén González	26	León	Undisclosed
31 January 2021	MF	Andrés Ibargüen	28	Released		^[15]

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 %
Guardianes 2020	27 July 2020	28 November 2020	Matchday 1	Quarterfinals	19	9	5	5	32	25	+7	047.37
Guardianes 2021	9 January 2021	TBD	Matchday 1	TBD	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	050.00
2021 CONCACAF Champions League	February 2021	TBD	Round of 16	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					23	11	6	6	37	28	+9	047.83

Last updated: 31 January 2021
Source: Competitions

Liga MX

Guardianes 2020


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	9	5	5	32	25	+7	32	6	3	2	20	11	+9	3	2	3	12	14	−2

Source: Match reports

Results 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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	D
Position	7	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2020. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Guardianes 2021


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	2	0	0	4	1	+3	0	1	1	1	2	−1

Source: Match reports

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Guardianes 2020

Matches

27 July 2020 (2020-07-27) 1	Pachuca	1–2	América	Pachuca
20:00 CT	Richards 96'(p)	Report	Viñas 62', Córdova 89'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Mario Humberto Vargas Mata

1 August 2020 2	América	4–0	Tijuana	Mexico City
21:00 CT	Sánchez 36', Valdez 56', Martín 78', 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Adonai Escobedo González

7 August 2020 3	Necaxa	1–1	América	Aguascalientes
19:30 CT	Passerini 50'(p)	Report	Viñas 5'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

13 August 2020 4	América	3–1	Santos Laguna	Mexico City
21:00 CT	Martínez 16', Suárez 28', Viñas 30'	Report	Gorriarán 66'(p)	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez

16 August 2020 5	Querétaro	4–1	América	Querétaro
21:00 CT	Silveira 33', 46', Cervantes 60', Islas 66'	Report	Córdova 56'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

22 August 2020 6	América	1–3	Monterrey	Mexico City
21:00 CT	Aguilera 74'(p)	Report	Sánchez 26'(p), Janssen 33', Meza 78'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

29 August 2020 7	Atlético San Luis	1–2	América	San Luis Potosí
17:00 CT	González 5'	Report	Aguilera 29'(p), Martín 49'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

6 September 2020 8	América	3–1	Mazatlán	Mexico City
17:30 CT	Martín 46', Rocha 53'(o.g.), Sánchez 56'	Report	Sanvezzo 71'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Eduardo Galvan Basulto

8 September 2020 9	Puebla	2–3	América	Puebla
19:00 CT	Escoto 16', Cuesta 29'	Report	Aguilera 51', Martín 55', Viñas 65'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

12 September 2020 10	América	1–1	Toluca	Mexico City
19:00 CT	Viñas 19'	Report	Sartiaguin 28'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

19 September 2020 11	América	1–0	Guadalajara	Mexico City
21:00 CT	Dos Santos 26'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Fernando Hernandez Gomez

27 September 2020 12	Cruz Azul	0–0	América	Mexico City
20:45 CT		Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

3 October 2020 13	América	2–2	UNAM	Mexico City
21:00 CT	Benedetti 38', Viñas 79'	Report	Vigón 27', Iturbe 55'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

19 October 2020 14	León	3–2	América	León
21:00 CT	Navarro 23', Meneses 45+2', Montes 51'	Report	Córdova 36', Martín 41'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

24 October 2020 15	América	1–0	Atlas	Mexico City
22:00 CT	Sánchez 89'			Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

1 November 2020 16	América	3–1	UANL	Mexico City
17:30 CT	Córdova 42', 90+5', Aguilera 85'	Report	Gignac 88'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

6 November 2020 17	Juárez	1–1	América	Juárez
21:30 CT	Lezcano 8'	Report	Martín 85'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Referee: Oscar Mejia Garcia

Liguilla

Quarterfinals

25 November 2020	Guadalajara	1–0	América	Zapopan, Mexico
21:06 CT	Calderón 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Akron Attendance: 3,727 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

28 November 2020	América	1–2	Guadalajara	Mexico City, Mexico
21:06 CT	Martín 75'	Report	Calderón 31', 72'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Jorge Pérez Durán

Guardianes 2021

Matches

9 January 2021 1	América	2–1	Atlético San Luis	Mexico City
21:00 CT	Laínez 26' Córdova 89'		Ibáñez 79'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Alejandro Funk Villafañe

16 January 2021 2	Monterrey	1–0	América	Guadalupe
21:00 CT	Mori 35'			Stadium: Estadio BBVA Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

26 January 2021 3	América	2–0	Juárez	Mexico City
20:30 CT	Aguilera 29' Martínez 74'			Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava

31 January 2021 4	Santos Laguna	1–1	América	Torreón
19:06 CT	Muñóz 82'		Martín 44'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

6 February 2021 5	América	v	Puebla	Mexico City
19:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

13 February 2021 6	América	v	Querétaro	Mexico City
19:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

20 February 2021 7	Atlas	v	América	Guadalajara
21:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Jalisco

27 February 2021 8	América	v	Pachuca	Mexico City
19:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

3 March 2021 9	Tijuana	v	América	Tijuana
21:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Caliente

6 March 2021 10	América	v	León	Mexico City
19:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

14 March 2021 11	Guadalajara	v	América	Guadalajara
21:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Akron

19 March 2021 12	Mazatlán	v	América	Mazatlán
21:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio de Mazatlán

3 April 2021 13	América	v	Necaxa	Mexico City
19:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

10 April 2021 14	UANL	v	América	San Nicolás
21:05 CT				Stadium: Estadio Universitario

17 April 2021 15	América	v	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
21:05 CT				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

25 April 2021 16	Toluca	v	América	Toluca
17:30 CT				Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez

2 May 2021 17	UNAM	v	América	Mexico City
21:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

2020 CONCACAF Champions League

The 2020 CONCACAF Champions League began during the 2019–20 Liga MX season, but was postponed indefinitely in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In November, CONCACAF announced that the remaining fixtures of the Champions League would be held the following month, and would be played at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida.^[17]

América, up 3–0 on aggregate, faced Atlanta United in the second-leg of the quarterfinals.

Round of 16

The Round of 16 was played during the 2019–20 Club América season.

Quarter-finals

11 March 2020 First leg	América	3–0	Atlanta United FC	Mexico City, Mexico
20:30 CST	Suárez 11' Martín 13' Valdez 36'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 20,731 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

16 December 2020 Second leg	Atlanta United FC	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	América	Orlando, United States
20:00 EDT	Conway 82'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium ^{[note 2]} Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Note: The match was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[18]

Semi-finals

19 December 2020 Semi-finals	Los Angeles FC	3–1	América	Orlando, United States
22:30 EDT	Vela 46', 47' Blessing 90+5'	Report	Cáceres 12'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

2021 CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

16–18 February 2021 First leg	TBD	v	América
TBD

23–25 February 2021 Second leg	América	v	TBD	Mexico City, Mexico
TBD				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Notes

^ The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, is being played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.^[16]
^ This match was originally scheduled to take place at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia

References

^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - América". LigaMX.net.
^ https://www.gnp.com.mx/copa-gnp-por-mexico
^ "América contempla a Luis Reyes en regreso al trabajo" (in Spanish). Milenio. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Club América ya tiene al "reemplazo" de Renato Ibarra; Miguel Herrera lo adelanta" (in Spanish). Milenio. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ "Oficial, Emilio Sanchez es el primer refuerzo de America para el Apertura 2020". bolavip.com (in Spanish). BolaVIP. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "NUEVO REFUERZO DEL CLUB AMÉRICA: SERGIO DÍAZ" (in Spanish). Club América. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ "Oficial Haret Ortega es nuevo juegador del Toluca" (in Spanish). Pasión Águila. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "RENATO IBARRA: DURANTE COPA POR MÉXICO, AMÉRICA LO DESPIDIÓ Y ATLAS LE DIO BIENVENIDA". Record (in Spanish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "Mauro Lainez, primer refuerzo del América para Clausura 2021" (in Spanish). AS.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ "Comunicado Oficial" (in Spanish). Club América. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Comunicado Oficial" (in Spanish). Club América. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Oficial: Jordan Silva, nuevo jugador del América" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ "América anuncia la salida de Santiago Cáseres" (in Spanish). Milenio. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
^ "América oficializa otra baja, Luis Reyes pasa al Atlas" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^ "América: Andrés Ibargüen es anunciado como jugador de Santos" (in Spanish). Récord. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Guard1anes 2020, un certamen con grandes cambios y medidas ante la nueva normalidad". ESPNDeportes.com.mx (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ Marshall, Tom (November 10, 2020). "CONCACAF Champions League set to play out at Orlando in December bubble". ESPN. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
^ "Concacaf suspends Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League with immediate effect". CONCACAF Champions League. 12 March 2020.

[Behind_closed_doors-17] The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, is being played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.^[16]

[Bubble1-19] This match was originally scheduled to take place at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia

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

[2] ttps://www.gnp.com.mx/copa-gnp-por-mexico

[3] "América contempla a Luis Reyes en regreso al trabajo" (in Spanish). Milenio. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[4] "Club América ya tiene al "reemplazo" de Renato Ibarra; Miguel Herrera lo adelanta" (in Spanish). Milenio. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[5] "Oficial, Emilio Sanchez es el primer refuerzo de America para el Apertura 2020". bolavip.com (in Spanish). BolaVIP. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[6] "NUEVO REFUERZO DEL CLUB AMÉRICA: SERGIO DÍAZ" (in Spanish). Club América. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[7] "Oficial Haret Ortega es nuevo juegador del Toluca" (in Spanish). Pasión Águila. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[8] "RENATO IBARRA: DURANTE COPA POR MÉXICO, AMÉRICA LO DESPIDIÓ Y ATLAS LE DIO BIENVENIDA". Record (in Spanish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[9] "Mauro Lainez, primer refuerzo del América para Clausura 2021" (in Spanish). AS.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[10] "Comunicado Oficial" (in Spanish). Club América. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[11] "Comunicado Oficial" (in Spanish). Club América. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[12] "Oficial: Jordan Silva, nuevo jugador del América" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[13] "América anuncia la salida de Santiago Cáseres" (in Spanish). Milenio. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

[14] "América oficializa otra baja, Luis Reyes pasa al Atlas" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

[15] "América: Andrés Ibargüen es anunciado como jugador de Santos" (in Spanish). Récord. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[behind_closed_doors-16] "Guard1anes 2020, un certamen con grandes cambios y medidas ante la nueva normalidad". ESPNDeportes.com.mx (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[18] Marshall, Tom (November 10, 2020). "CONCACAF Champions League set to play out at Orlando in December bubble". ESPN. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

[20] "Concacaf suspends Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League with immediate effect". CONCACAF Champions League. 12 March 2020.

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