Cruz Azul (women)

This article is about the women's association football team. For the men's association football club, see Cruz Azul.
Cruz Azul Femenil
Full nameClub de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. Femenil
Nickname(s)La Máquina (The Machine)[1]
Las Celestes (The Sky-Blues)[2]
Las Cementeras (The Cement Makers)
Founded5 December 2016 (2016-12-05)
GroundCancha 1[3]
Capacity2,000[4]
OwnerCooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L.
PresidentVíctor Velázquez
Head coachDiego Testas
LeagueLiga MX Femenil
Clausura 2025Regular phase:10th
Final phase: Did not qualify
Websitecfcruzazul.com

Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V. Femenil, commonly referred to as Cruz Azul Femenil or simply Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional women's football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX Femenil and has been the women's section of Cruz Azul since 2016.[5] The club plays its home games on Cancha 1, situated within their training grounds, Instalaciones La Noria.

Personnel

Management

Position Staff
President Víctor Velázquez
Coordinator of football Fernanda Pons

Source: Cruz Azul

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Diego Testas
Assistant manager Yael Cortez
Fitness coach Javier Noble
Physiotherapists Xitlali Bravo
Irma Chávez
Team doctor Monica Torres

Source: Liga MX Femenil

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 July 2025[6][7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MEX Melany Villeda
2 DF  MEX Valeria Miranda
3 DF  ENG Leighanne Robe
4 DF  MEX Yaneisy Rodriguez
5 MF  SLV Danya Gutiérrez
6 MF  MEX Liliana Rodríguez
7 MF  MEX Lizbeth Ángeles
8 MF  MEX Alejandra Lomelí
9 FW  GUA Ana Lucía Martínez
10 MF  URU Solange Lemos
11 DF  USA Desiree Mendoza
12 GK  MEX Alejandría Godínez
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW  MEX Daniela Calderón
14 DF  JAM Deneisha Blackwood
15 FW  USA Niomi Grimaldo
16 DF  MEX Lia Martínez
17 MF  USA Clarissa Kirsch-Downs
19 MF  MEX Valeria Valdez
20 MF  MEX Diana Salmoran
21 DF  URU Rocío Martínez
23 DF  MEX Ivonne Gutiérrez
27 MF  MEX María Esquivel
28 MF  MEX Ana García
33 MF  USA Aerial Chavarin

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:Cruz Azul (women) footballers.

References

  1. ^ "Inició el camino de La Máquina femenil en Copa ⋆ Cruz Azul Futbol Club". 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". www.ligafemenil.mx.
  3. ^ Hernández, Néstor (18 December 2020). "Cruz Azul Femenil dejará Ciudad Cooperativa por la Noria". debate.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Instalaciones La Noria Cancha 1 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". www.ligafemenil.mx.
  6. ^ "Primer Equipo Femenil". Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S. A. de C. V. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Cruz Azul Plantilla". Liga MX. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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