2021–22 Club América season
# 2021–22 Club América season

The 2021–22 Club América season is the club's 77th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team will participate in the Liga MX.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Manager | Fernando Ortiz (interim) |
| Assistant managers | Raúl Lara |
| Assistant managers | Peter Thelemaque |
| Goalkeeper coach | Luis Gurrola |
| Fitness coaches | Francisco Martínez |
| Fitness coaches | Paolo Pacione |
| Physiotherapists | Fernando Gilardi |
| Physiotherapists | Octavio Luna |
| Physiotherapists | Francisco Faustino |
| Team doctors | Alfonso Díaz |
| Team doctors | José Guadalupe Vázquez |
| Team doctors | Christian Motta |

Source: Club América

## 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 36) | 2019 | Standard Liège |
| 27 | GK | Óscar Jiménez | (1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 33) | 2017 | Chiapas |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Luis Fuentes | (1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 35) | 2020 | Free agent |
| 3 | DF | Jorge Sánchez | (1997-12-10)10 December 1997 (aged 24) | 2018 | Santos Laguna |
| 4 | DF | Sebastián Cáceres | (1999-08-18)18 August 1999 (aged 22) | 2020 | Liverpool |
| 18 | DF | Bruno Valdez | (1992-10-06)6 October 1992 (aged 29) | 2016 | Cerro Porteño |
| 22 | DF | Jorge Mere | (1997-04-17)17 April 1997 (aged 24) | 2022 | 1. FC Köln |
| 25 | DF | Jordan Silva | (1994-07-30)30 July 1994 (aged 27) | 2021 | Tijuana (on loan) |
| 26 | DF | Salvador Reyes | (1998-05-04)4 May 1998 (aged 23) | 2021 | Puebla |
| 29 | DF | Miguel Layún | (1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 33) | 2021 | Monterrey |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | MF | Pedro Aquino | (1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 26) | 2021 | León |
| 7 | MF | Jonathan dos Santos | (1990-04-26)26 April 1990 (aged 31) | 2022 | Free agent |
| 8 | MF | Álvaro Fidalgo | (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 24) | 2021 | Castellón |
| 10 | MF | Diego Valdés | (1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 27) | 2021 | Santos Laguna |
| 17 | MF | Alejandro Zendejas | (1998-02-07)7 February 1998 (aged 23) | 2022 | Necaxa |
| 20 | MF | Richard Sánchez | (1998-03-29)29 March 1998 (aged 23) | 2019 | Olimpia |
| 28 | MF | Mauro Lainez | (1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 25) | 2020 | Tijuana |
| 30 | MF | Juan Ferney Otero | (1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 26) | 2022 | Santos Laguna |
| 34 | MF | Santiago Naveda | (2001-04-16)16 April 2001 (aged 20) | 2021 | Academy |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | FW | Roger Martínez | (1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 27) | 2018 | Jiangsu Suning |
| 21 | FW | Henry Martín | (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 29) | 2018 | Tijuana |
| 24 | FW | Federico Viñas | (1998-06-30)30 June 1998 (aged 23) | 2019 | Juventud |

Players and squad numbers last updated on 26 January 2022. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

## Transfers

### Summer

**In**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 June 2021 | MF | Álvaro Fidalgo | 24 | Castellón | US$1 million |
| 3 June 2021 | DF | Miguel Layún | 32 | Monterrey | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2021 | MF | Fernando Madrigal | 29 | Querétaro | Undisclosed |
| 16 June 2021 | DF | Salvador Reyes | 23 | Puebla | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2021 | MF | Mario Osuna | 32 | Free agent | Free agent |
| 18 August 2021 | MF | Renato Ibarra | 30 | Atlas | Loan return |

**Out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 June 2021 | FW | Giovani dos Santos | 32 | Released | Released |
| 15 June 2021 | FW | Sergio Díaz | 23 | Real Madrid Castilla | End of loan |
| 22 June 2021 | MF | Alan Medina | 23 | Toluca | End of loan |
| 23 June 2021 | DF | Ramón Juárez | 20 | Puebla | Loan |
| 23 June 2021 | MF | Emilio Sánchez | 26 | Mazatlán | Loan |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Bryan Colula | 25 | Mazatlán | Loan |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Alonso Escoboza | 28 | Necaxa | Loan |
| 26 August 2021 | FW | Nicolás Castillo | 28 | Juventude | Loan |
| 2 September 2021 | DF | Adrián Goransch | 22 | Sportfreunde Lotte | Undisclosed |

### Winter

**In**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 December 2021 | MF | Diego Valdés | 27 | Santos Laguna | Undisclosed |
| 23 December 2021 | MF | Jonathan dos Santos | 31 | Free agent | Free agent |
| 17 January 2022 | MF | Alejandro Zendejas | 23 | Necaxa | US$3 million |
| 18 January 2022 | DF | Jorge Meré | 24 | 1. FC Köln | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2022 | MF | Juan Ferney Otero | 26 | Santos Laguna | Undisclosed |

**Out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 December 2021 | FW | Nicolás Castillo | 28 | Contract terminated | Contract terminated |
| 16 December 2021 | MF | Nicolás Benedetti | 24 | Mazatlán | Loan |
| 21 December 2021 | MF | Sebastián Córdova | 24 | Tigres UANL | Undisclosed |
| 21 December 2021 | DF | Ramón Juárez | 20 | Atlético San Luis | Loan |
| 22 December 2021 | MF | Renato Ibarra | 30 | Tijuana | Loan |
| 28 December 2021 | MF | Mario Osuna | 33 | Released | Released |
| 8 January 2022 | MF | Leonardo Suárez | 25 | Santos Laguna | On loan |
| 11 January 2022 | DF | Emanuel Aguilera | 32 | Atlas | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2022 | MF | Fernando Madrigal | 29 | Necaxa | On loan |
| 17 January 2022 | MF | Antonio López | 24 | Necaxa | On loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Club América preceded their 2021–22 campaign by taking part in the "Tour Águila" in the United States, and mid-season friendlies against Guadalajara and Pumas UNAM.

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 July 2021 | Santos Laguna | N | 1–0 | Martínez 10' |
| 7 July 2021 | Atlas | N | 1–0 | Madrigal 46' |
| 10 July 2021 | UANL | N | 1–0 | Reyes 76' |
| 5 September 2021 | Guadalajara | N | 2–0 | Viñas 1' Reyes 90 +5' |
| 8 October 2021 | UNAM | N | 0–1 | |

## 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 % |
| Apertura 2021 | 22 July 2021 | 27 November 2021 | Matchday 1 | Quarter-finals | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 052.63 |
| Clausura 2022 | 7 January 2022 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | Semi-finals | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 038.10 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 045.00 |

Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Liga MX

**Apertura 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

**Clausura 2022**

| 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 |

## 2021 CONCACAF Champions League

The 2021 CONCACAF Champions League began during the 2020–21 Liga MX season.

### Round of 16

The round of 16 was played during the 2020–21 season.

### Quarter-finals

The quarter-final was played during the 2020–21 season.

