2009–10 C.F. Monterrey season
# 2009–10 C.F. Monterrey season

The 2009–10 C.F. Monterrey season was the 75th season in the football club's history and the 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club participated in the Apertura and Bicentenario tournaments of the Mexican Primera División as well as in the Copa Libertadores.

Monterrey won the Apertura 2010 tournament.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Víctor Manuel Vucetich |
| Assistant coach | Carlos Barra |
| Fitness coach | Miguel Ramírez |
| Kinesiologist | Francisco García |
| Masseur | José Obregón |
| Doctor | Raúl Luna |

## Players

### Squad information

| No. | Pos. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | GK | Jonathan Orozco | (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 23) | 2005 | Youth system |
| 30 | GK | Daniel Aguirre | (1987-12-28)28 December 1987 (aged 22) | 2008 | Querétaro |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | DF | Severo Meza | (1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 23) | 2005 | Youth system |
| 3 | DF | Eduardo Guevara | (1989-09-17)17 September 1989 (aged 20) | 2010 (Winter) | Youth system |
| 4 | DF | Diego Cervantes | (1984-08-30)30 August 1984 (aged 25) | 2005 | Atlante |
| 5 | DF | Duilio Davino | (1976-03-21)21 March 1976 (aged 33) | 2009 | Puebla |
| 15 | DF | José María Basanta (VC) | (1984-04-03)3 April 1984 (aged 25) | 2008 | Estudiantes |
| 16 | DF | Luis Rodríguez | (1991-01-21)21 January 1991 (aged 18) | 2010 (Winter) | Youth system |
| 19 | DF | Héctor Morales | (1985-05-03)3 May 1985 (aged 24) | 2004 | Youth system |
| 21 | DF | Sergio Pérez | (1986-10-13)13 October 1986 (aged 23) | 2010 (Winter) | Puebla |
| 22 | DF | William Paredes | (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 (aged 24) | 2006 | Youth system |
| 24 | DF | Óscar Recio | (1989-06-23)23 June 1989 (aged 20) | 2008 | Youth system |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | MF | Gerardo Galindo | (1978-05-23)23 May 1978 (aged 31) | 2008 | Necaxa |
| 7 | MF | Juan Carlos Medina | (1983-08-22)22 August 1983 (aged 26) | 2009 | América |
| 8 | MF | Luis Pérez (Captain) | (1981-01-21)21 January 1981 (aged 28) | 2003 | Necaxa |
| 10 | MF | Osvaldo Martínez | (1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 23) | 2008 | Libertad |
| 18 | MF | Neri Cardozo | (1986-08-08)8 August 1986 (aged 23) | 2010 (Winter) | Chiapas |
| 20 | MF | Walter Ayoví | (1978-08-11)11 August 1978 (aged 31) | 2009 (Winter) | El Nacional |
| 28 | MF | Jesús Arellano | (1973-05-08)8 May 1973 (aged 36) | 2000 | Guadalajara |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | FW | Sergio Santana | (1979-08-10)10 August 1979 (aged 30) | 2009 | Toluca |
| 11 | FW | Aldo de Nigris | (1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 26) | 2009 | Necaxa |
| 13 | FW | Darío Carreño | (1988-01-13)13 January 1988 (aged 22) | 2008 | Youth system |
| 14 | FW | Brayan Martínez | (1990-01-22)22 January 1990 (aged 19) | 2010 (Winter) | Youth system |
| 17 | FW | Jesús Zavala | (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 22) | 2006 | Youth system |
| 23 | FW | Val Baiano | (1981-04-07)7 April 1981 (aged 28) | 2010 (Winter) | Grêmio Barueri |

## Transfers

### In

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 | FW | | Val Baiano | (1981-04-07)7 April 1981 (aged 28) | Grêmio Barueri | Transfer | Winter | |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | DF | Elliott Huitrón | (1983-04-07)7 April 1983 (aged 26) | Ciudad Juárez | Loan | Winter |
| 21 | DF | Diego Ordaz | (1984-05-07)7 May 1984 (aged 25) | Chiapas | Loan | Winter |
| 23 | DF | Felipe Baloy | (1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 28) | Santos Laguna | Transfer | Winter |
| 26 | FW | Humberto Suazo | (1981-05-10)10 May 1981 (aged 28) | Real Zaragoza | Loan | Winter |

## 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 % |
| Torneo Apertura | 26 July 2009 | 6 December 2009 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 056.52 |
| Torneo Bicentenario | 16 January 2010 | 23 May 2010 | Matchday 1 | 1st (Semifinals) | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 052.63 |
| Copa Libertadores | 10 February 2010 | 21 April 2010 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 74 | 48 | +26 | 050.00 |

Source: Mediotiempo.com

### Torneo Apertura

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Morelia | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 33 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 4 | América | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | Monterrey (C) | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 27 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 7 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 26 | Advance to Liguilla |

**Results summary**

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

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 | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |

### Torneo Bicentenario

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 36 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 32 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 3 | Toluca (C) | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 30 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 4 | UNAM | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 28 | Advance to Liguilla |

**Results summary**

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

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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |

### Copa Libertadores

**Group stage**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| São Paulo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 |
| Once Caldas | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 |
| Monterrey | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 |
| Nacional | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 |

## Statistics

### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | Apertura | Bicentenario | Libertadores | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aldo de Nigris | FW | 11 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Darío Carreño | FW | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Humberto Suazo | FW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Osvaldo Martínez | MF | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Neri Cardozo | MF | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Luis Pérez | MF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Sergio Santana | FW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Héctor Morales | DF | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Jesús Arellano | MF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Walter Ayoví | MF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Juan Carlos Medina | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Severo Meza | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Val Baiano | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Jesús Zavala | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 36 | 29 | 5 | 70 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | Apertura | Bicentenario | Libertadores | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jonathan Orozco | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 |

### Own goals

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Diego Ordaz | Chiapas | 1–2 (H) | 17 October 2009 | Primera División |
| Felipe Baloy | Santos Laguna | 2–1 (H) | 4 November 2009 | Primera División |
