2020–21 Club América season
# 2020–21 Club América season

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 |
| Assistant managers | Lucas Nardi |
| Assistant managers | Gilberto Adame |
| Goalkeeper coach | Luis Gurrola |
| Fitness coaches | Bruno Militano |
| Fitness coaches | Paolo Pacione |
| Physiotherapists | Octavio Luna |
| Physiotherapists | Francisco Faustino |
| Team doctors | Alfonso Díaz |
| Team doctors | José Guadalupe Vázquez |
| Team doctors | 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 |
| 32 | DF | Bryan Colula | (1996-04-06)6 April 1996 (aged 24) | 2020 | Tijuana |
| 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 |
| 22 | MF | Álvaro Fidalgo | (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 23) | 2021 | Castellón (on loan) |
| 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. 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 preceded their 2020–21 campaign by taking part in the Copa por México, being placed in Group A alongside Toluca, UNAM, and Cruz Azul. The matches were announced in June 2020.

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 June 2020 | DF | Adrián Goransch | 21 | Zacatepec | Loan return |
| 24 June 2020 | MF | Emilio Sánchez | 26 | Tijuana | Loan return |
| 29 July 2020 | FW | Sergio Díaz | 22 | Real Madrid Castilla | On loan |

**Out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | To | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 June 2020 | DF | Haret Ortega | 20 | Toluca | Loan | | |
| 3 July 2020 | MF | Renato Ibarra | 29 | Atlas | Loan | | |

### Winter

**In**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 December 2020 | MF | Mauro Lainez | 24 | Tijuana | On loan |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Bryan Colula | 24 | Tijuana | End of loan |
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Alan Medina | 23 | Toluca | Transfer |
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Pedro Aquino | 25 | León | Transfer |
| 12 January 2021 | DF | Jordan Silva | 26 | Tijuana | On loan |
| 1 February 2021 | MF | Álvaro Fidalgo | 23 | Castellón | On loan |

**Out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | To | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 December 2020 | MF | Santiago Cáseres | 23 | Villarreal | End of loan | |
| 23 December 2020 | DF | Luis Reyes | 29 | Atlas | Free | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Paul Aguilar | 34 | Free Agent | Free Agent | Free Agent |
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Rubén González | 26 | León | Undisclosed | |
| 31 January 2021 | MF | Andrés Ibargüen | 28 | Santos Laguna | Released | |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Quarter-finals | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 047.37 |
| Guardianes 2021 | 9 January 2021 | 16 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Quarter-finals | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 068.42 |
| 2021 CONCACAF Champions League | 7 April 2021 | 28 October 2021 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 057.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 057.78 |

Last updated: 29 October 2021 Source: Competitions

### Liga MX

**Guardianes 2020**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

**Guardianes 2021**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## 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.

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

### Round of 16

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

