2021–22 Club América season

América
2021–22 season
President	Santiago Baños
Manager	Santiago Solari
Stadium	Estadio Azteca
Apertura 2021	1st; Quarter-finals
Clausura 2022	Pre-season
2021 CONCACAF Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Apertura:; Álvaro Fidalgo (4); All: ; Álvaro Fidalgo (4)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 13 December 2021.

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	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 32)	2017	Chiapas
Defenders
2	DF	Luis Fuentes	(1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 34)	2020	Free agent
3	DF	Jorge Sánchez	(1997-12-10)10 December 1997 (aged 23)	2018	Santos Laguna
4	DF	Sebastián Cáceres	(1999-08-18)18 August 1999 (aged 21)	2020	Liverpool
18	DF	Bruno Valdez	(1992-10-06)6 October 1992 (aged 28)	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)
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
6	MF	Fernando Madrigal	(1991-11-12)12 November 1991 (aged 29)	2021	Querétaro
7	MF	Leonardo Suárez	(1996-03-30)30 March 1996 (aged 25)	2020	Villarreal
8	MF	Álvaro Fidalgo	(1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 24)	2021	Castellón
10	MF	Sebastián Córdova	(1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 23)	2016	Youth system
12	MF	Mario Osuna	(1988-08-20)20 August 1988 (aged 32)	2021	Free agent
14	MF	Nicolás Benedetti	(1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 24)	2019	Deportivo Cali
20	MF	Richard Sánchez	(1998-03-29)29 March 1998 (aged 23)	2019	Olimpia
23	MF	Antonio López	(1997-04-10)10 April 1997 (aged 24)	2019	Youth system
28	MF	Mauro Lainez	(1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 25)	2020	Tijuana (on loan)
30	MF	Renato Ibarra	(1991-01-20)20 January 1991 (aged 30)	2016	Vitesse
34	MF	Santiago Naveda	(2001-04-16)16 April 2001 (aged 20)	2021	Youth system
Forwards
9	FW	Roger Martínez	(1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 26)	2018	Jiangsu Suning
21	FW	Henry Martín	(1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 28)	2018	Tijuana
24	FW	Federico Viñas	(1998-06-30)30 June 1998 (aged 22)	2019	Juventud

Players and squad numbers last updated on 16 August 2021.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	From	Fee	Source
1 June 2021	MF	Álvaro Fidalgo	24	Castellón	US$1 million	[2]
3 June 2021	DF	Miguel Layún	32	Monterrey	Undisclosed	[3]
11 June 2021	MF	Fernando Madrigal	29	Querétaro	Undisclosed
16 June 2021	DF	Salvador Reyes	23	Puebla	Undisclosed	[4]
16 August 2021	MF	Mario Osuna	32	Free agent		[5]
18 August 2021	MF	Renato Ibarra	30	Atlas	Loan return	[6]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	To	Fee	Source
15 June 2021	FW	Giovani dos Santos	32	Released		[7]
15 June 2021	FW	Sergio Díaz	23	Real Madrid Castilla	End of loan	[8]
22 June 2021	MF	Alan Medina	23	Toluca	End of loan	[9]
23 June 2021	DF	Ramón Juárez	20	Puebla	Loan	[10]
23 June 2021	MF	Emilio Sánchez	26	Mazatlán	Loan	[11]
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	[12]
2 September 2021	DF	Adrián Goransch	22	Sportfreunde Lotte	Undisclosed	[13]

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	From	Fee	Source
15 December 2021	MF	Diego Valdés	27	Santos Laguna	Undisclosed	[14]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	To	Fee	Source
1 December 2021	FW	Nicolás Castillo	28	Contract terminated		[15]

Pre-season and friendlies

Club América preceded their 2021–22 campaign by taking part in the "Tour Águila" in the United States,[16] and mid-season friendlies against Guadalajara[17] and Pumas UNAM.[18]

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
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	TBD	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					19	10	6	3	22	13	+9	052.63

Last updated: 13 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Liga MX

Apertura 2021

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	10	6	3	22	13	+9	36	7	2	1	14	5	+9	3	4	2	8	8	0

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

Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Apertura 2021

Regular phase

22 July 2021 1	Querétaro	0–0	América	Querétaro
21:00 CT	Perg 26' Torres 65'	Report	Martínez 32' Chávez 88'	Stadium: Estadio Corregidora Attendance: 10,221 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava

31 July 2021 2	América	2–1	Necaxa	Mexico City
19:00 CT	Reyes 40' Fidalgo 76'	Report	Zendejas 68'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 9,590 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

7 August 2021 3	América	2–0	Puebla	Mexico City
19:00 CT	Martínez 43' (pen.) Reyes 54' Layún 64' Aquino 76'	Report	Salas 64' Escoto 74'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 8,567 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

15 August 2021 4	Atlas	0–1	América	Guadalajara
17:00 CT	Rocha 71'	Report	Aguilera 57' Córdova 77' Martínez 81'	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 13,637 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

18 August 2021 5	Juárez	1–2	América	Juárez
21:00 CT	Galván 31' Esquivel 33' Esquivel 90+2'	Report	Aquino 30' Martínez 32' Fidalgo 52'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez Attendance: 13,992 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

22 August 2021 6	América	2–0	Tijuana	Mexico City
17:00 CT	Córdova 90+1' (pen.) Ibarra 90+4'	Report	Rivera 16' Angulo 18' Loroña 79' Gamíz 90'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 11,655 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

28 August 2021 7	León	1–1	América	León
21:00 CT	Dávila 26' Tesillo 31' Barreiro 52' Ramírez 86'	Report	Aguilera 10' (pen.) Fidalgo 12' Aquino 29' Córdova 47' R. Sánchez 65'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 12,719 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava

11 September 2021 8	América	2–0	Mazatlán	Mexico City
21:00 CT	Fidalgo 29' Fuentes 39' Madrigal 72'	Report	Colula 12' Díaz 45+2' Vikonis 67'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 14,637 Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

18 September 2021 9	Toluca	3–1	América	Toluca
19:00 CT	Ortega 2', 61' Baeza 22' 56' Samudio 38' Diego 49' González 80' Sambueza 90'	Report	Martín 6' Viñas 11' Valdez 45+1' Layún 64' Cáceres 79' 84' Madrigal 83' Ochoa 83'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Diez Attendance: 10,297 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo

25 September 2021 10	América	0–0	Guadalajara	Mexico City
21:00 CT	Martín 45+1'	Report	Ponce 45+1' Vega 68'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 42,862 Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

28 September 2021 11	Pachuca	1–1	América	Pachuca
21:00 CT	Cabral 32' Ibáñez 84'	Report	Reyes 45' Aguilera 69'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 7,454 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

3 October 2021 12	América	2–0	UNAM	Mexico City
17:00 CT	R. Sánchez 35' Aquino 44' Layún 55' Lainez 90+8'	Report	Ortiz 44' Meritão 52' Dinenno 59'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 27,571 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

16 October 2021 13	Atlético San Luis	0–1	América	San Luis Potosí
19:00 CT	Chávez 17' Piñuelas 60' Díaz 63'	Report	Benedetti 43' Martínez 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 16,373 Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

19 October 2021 14	América	2–1	Santos Laguna	Mexico City
19:00 CT	Valdez 31' Fidalgo 67' Layún 76' Martínez 86' Córdova 86' Osuna 90'	Report	Campos 38' Dória 47' Gorriarán 72' (pen.) Valdés 76' Ojeco 90'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 16,918 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava

23 October 2021 15	América	1–0	UANL	Mexico City
19:00 CT	Martín 53' Benedetti 65'	Report	Carioca 28'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 32,675 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

31 October 2021 16	Cruz Azul	2–1	América	Mexico City
17:00 CT	Baca 15' Alvarado 45' Rodríguez 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Aguilera 37' 90+6' Viñas 52' Benedetti 70'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 31,257 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre

6 November 2021 17	América	0–0	Monterrey	Mexico City
19:00 CT	Martínez 59'	Report	A. Montes 67' Rodríguez 78'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 25,654 Referee: Diego Montaño Robles

Liguilla

Quarter-finals

24 November 2021 First leg	UNAM	0–0	América	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CT	Dinenno 29'	Report	Cáceres 39'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 42,684 Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán

27 November 2021 Second leg	América	1–3 (1–3 agg.)	UNAM	Mexico City, Mexico
19:00 CT	Aguilera 10' Martínez 83'	Report	Corozo 28', 41' 57' Velarde 52' Meritão 81' Moreno 87'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 51,302 Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

Clausura 2022

Regular phase

7 January 2022 1	Puebla	v	América	Puebla
21:00 CT				Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

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.

Semi-finals

12 August 2021 Semi-finals	América	2–0	Philadelphia Union	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CDT	R. Sánchez 17' Aguilera 80' (pen.)	Report	Martínez 34'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

15 September 2021 Semi-finals	Philadelphia Union	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	América	Chester, United States
21:00 EDT	Glesnes 19' Bedoya 27' Wagner 27' Martínez 27' Monteiro 45+2', 50'	Report	Córdova 31' Bruno Valdez 49' J. Sánchez 72' Benedetti 79' Martín 90+3'	Stadium: Subaru Park Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

Final

28 October 2021 Final	Monterrey	1–0	América	Guadalupe, Mexico
21:00 CDT	Funes Mori 9' Ortiz 39' Medina 90+10'	Report	Cáceres 21' Reyes 59' Martínez 68' J. Sánchez 90+10'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

References

"LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - América". LigaMX.net.
"América hizo efectiva la compra de Álvaro Fidalgo" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
"¡Bienvenido Miguel Layún!" (in Spanish). Club América (via Twitter). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
"América: Salvador Reyes fue anunciado cómo nuevo refuerzo de las águilas" (in Spanish). Récord. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
"Bienvenido Mario Osuna" (in Spanish). Club América. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
Orvañanos, Alejandro (18 August 2021). "América anuncia el registro de Renato Ibarra y sale a la banca contra Bravos". MARCA.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
"América: Giovani dos Santos dejó de ser jugador del las águilas". Récord (in Spanish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
"América: Anunció la salida de Sergio Díaz después de un año y nueve partidos". Récord (in Spanish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
"Gracias Alan Medina" (in Spanish). Club América (via Twitter). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
"Emilio Sánchez y Ramón Juárez se van de América". BolaVip (in Spanish). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
"Emilio Sánchez y Ramón Juárez se van de América". BolaVip (in Spanish). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
"Nicolás Castillo, nuevo jugador del Juventude de Brasil". Récord (in Spanish). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
"Adrián Goransch se despide del América y regresa a Alemania". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 2 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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"Dallas to Host El Súper Clásico Soccer Rivalry at Cotton Bowl". KXAS-TV. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
"América celebra 105 años, en casa del Galaxy, ante Pumas" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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[2] "América hizo efectiva la compra de Álvaro Fidalgo" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[3] "¡Bienvenido Miguel Layún!" (in Spanish). Club América (via Twitter). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[4] "América: Salvador Reyes fue anunciado cómo nuevo refuerzo de las águilas" (in Spanish). Récord. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[5] "Bienvenido Mario Osuna" (in Spanish). Club América. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

[6] Orvañanos, Alejandro (18 August 2021). "América anuncia el registro de Renato Ibarra y sale a la banca contra Bravos". MARCA.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[7] "América: Giovani dos Santos dejó de ser jugador del las águilas". Récord (in Spanish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[8] "América: Anunció la salida de Sergio Díaz después de un año y nueve partidos". Récord (in Spanish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[9] "Gracias Alan Medina" (in Spanish). Club América (via Twitter). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[10] "Emilio Sánchez y Ramón Juárez se van de América". BolaVip (in Spanish). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[11] "Emilio Sánchez y Ramón Juárez se van de América". BolaVip (in Spanish). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[12] "Nicolás Castillo, nuevo jugador del Juventude de Brasil". Récord (in Spanish). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[13] "Adrián Goransch se despide del América y regresa a Alemania". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 2 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

[14] "América: Diego Valdés, nuevo refuerzo de las Águilas para el Clausura 2022". Récord (in Spanish). 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

[15] "Comunicado Oficial: Nicolás Castillo" (in Spanish). Club América (via Twitter). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

[16] "América tendrá partidos de pretemporada en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). TUDN. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[17] "Dallas to Host El Súper Clásico Soccer Rivalry at Cotton Bowl". KXAS-TV. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

[18] "América celebra 105 años, en casa del Galaxy, ante Pumas" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 9 September 2021.