2011–12 Club América season

América

2011–12 season
Chairman	Michel Bauer Ricardo Peláez
Manager	Carlos Reinoso (Feb., 2011–Sep., 2011) Alfredo Tena (Sep., 2011–Nov., 2011) Miguel Herrera (from Nov., 2011)
Stadium	Estadio Azteca
Apertura 2011	17th
Clausura 2012	3rd Final Phase Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Apertura: Christian Benítez (8) Clausura: Christian Benítez (14) All: Christian Benítez (22)
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The 2011–12 América season was the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. América began their season on July 25, 2011 against Querétaro, América play their homes games on Sundays at 4:00pm local time.

Torneo Apertura

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Armando Navarrete 3 DF Aquivaldo Mosquera 4 DF Óscar Rojas (vice-captain) 5 MF Jesús Molina 6 DF Juan Carlos Valenzuela 7 MF Rosinei 8 FW Vicente Sánchez (captain) 10 MF Daniel Montenegro 11 FW Christian Benítez 12 GK Hugo González 13 MF Diego Reyes 15 DF Edgar Castillo 16 FW Isaác Acuña 18 MF Ángel Reyna 19 DF Miguel Layún

No. Position Player 20 GK Leonín Pineda 21 MF Lugiani Gallardo 22 DF Paul Aguilar 23 MF José Joaquín Martínez 24 FW Daniel Márquez 25 MF Renato González 26 MF Juan Carlos Medina 29 DF Ademar Rodríguez 30 FW Vicente Matías Vuoso 32 DF Erik Pimentel 33 DF Patricio Treviño 34 DF George Corral 47 DF Raúl Jiménez 55 DF Jorge Reyes

Out on loan

No. Position Player - DF Guillermo Cerda (at San Luis) - DF Diego Cervantes (at Puebla) - MF Lampros Kontogiannis (at Tigres UANL) - FW Antonio López (at Puebla)

No. Position Player - MF Israel Martínez (at Querétaro) - MF Luis Saritama (at Deportivo Quito) - MF Tabaré Viudez (at Nacional)

Regular season

      Win       Draw       Loss

Apertura 2011 results

América v Querétaro

July 24, 2011 Round 1	América	2 – 1	Querétaro	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Cortés  28' (o.g.) Benítez  43' Pimantel  69'	Report	Vásquez  21' Pineda  49' Mondragón  63' Bueno  71' García Arias  79' Niell  90+3'	Referee: Antony Zanjuampa

Toluca v América

July 31, 2011 Round 2	Toluca	1 – 1	América	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
12:00	Alonso  2' Sinha  4' Dueñas  26', 28' de la Torre  30'	Report	Molina  3' Vuoso  22' Rosinei  55' Medina  86'	Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

América v Estudiantes Tecos

August 3, 2011 Round 3	América	1 – 2	Estudiantes Tecos	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00	Peréz  34' (o.g.) Vusoso  40' Pimentel  68', 85' Valenzuela  77' Aguilar  89'	Report	Pinto  11' Bovaglio  13' Zamogilny  60' Sambuez  70'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores

América v San Luis

September 14, 2011[1] Round 4	América	2 – 2	San Luis	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
20:30	Rosinei  5',  47' Márquez  68',  80' Reyna  75'	Report	Alcántar  1' Torres  23' Aguirre  31', 90' González  47' Matellán  78' Sánchez  84'	Referee: Roberto García Orozco

UANL v América

August 13, 2011 Round 5	UANL	2 – 2	América	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás
18:00	Molina  56' Treviño  66' (o.g.) Navarrete  81' Mancilla  84' Morán  90+2'	Report	Benítez  17',  90+2' R. González  89'	Referee: César Arturo Ramos

América v Atlas

August 21, 2011 Round 6	América	5 – 2	Atlas	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Reyna  44' Sánchez  53' Molina  55' Benítez  69', 77', 90+2' Mosquera  82'	Report	Vidrio  7' Welcome  10' Lacerda  33' Zamora  71' Santos  81'	Referee: Erim Ramírez

Pachuca v América

August 27, 2011 Round 7	Pachuca	2 – 0	América	Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
19:00	Borja  15', 64',  15' Cejas  38' Torres  43' Brambila  43'	Report	Molina  58' Valenzuela  83' Vuoso  86'	Referee: Paul Delgadillo

América v Atlante

September 11, 2011 Round 8	América	0 – 1	Atlante	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Rosieni  5' Oregón  20' Molina  44', 45+1'	Report	Rojas  9' Diego  14' Luna  23' Martínez  48'	Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Chiapas v América

September 17, 2011 Round 9	Chiapas	5 – 3	América	Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutierrez
17:00	Andrade  8', 57' Valdéz  29' Arizala  42' M. Martínez  45' Fuentes  84' J. Martínez  87'	Report	Benítez  25' Montenegro  46', 67' Rojas  54' R. González  86'	Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

América v Tijuana

September 25, 2011 Round 10	América	1 – 1	Tijuana	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Reyes  4' Márquez  23' Benítez  86' Reyna  90+1'	Report	Yacuzzi  1',  58' Sand  8' Gandolfi  29' Almazán  64' Leandro  89'	Referee: Roberto García Orozco

UNAM v América

October 1, 2011 Round 11	UNAM	1 – 0	América	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
16:00	Cabrera  31' Fuentes  55' Izazola  70' M. Palacios  90+2'	Report	Aguilar  18'	Referee: Ricardo Arellano

América v Morelia

October 9, 2011 Round 12	América	1 – 1	Morelia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00	Valenzuela  84'	Report	Sabah  11' Gastélum  18' Cabrera  50', 90+1' Noriega  80', 83'	Referee: Francisco Chacón

Monterrey v América

October 15, 2011 Round 13	Monterrey	0 – 3	América	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
17:00	Mier  38' Osorio  62' Santana  90+5'	Report	Martínez  8',  41' Treviño  55' Montenegro  60' Rojas  68' Mosquera  75'	Referee: Fabricio Morales

América v Guadalajara

October 23, 2011 Round 14	América	1 – 3	Guadalajara	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Benítez  13' Rosinei  59' Molina  64' Mosquera  86'	Report	Gallardo  5' Fabian  18' Torres  19'	Referee: Fernando Guerrero

Santos Laguna v América

October 26, 2011 Round 15	Santos Laguna	1 – 1	América	Estadio Corona, Torreón
21:00	Quintero  3' Hoyos  38' Estrada  52'	Report	Montenegro  7' Jiménez  25' Rodróguez  36' Molina  48' Mosquera  65' Sánchez  85' Rojas  90' Valenzuela  90+4'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala

América v Puebla

October 30, 2011 Round 16	América	2 – 3	Puebla	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Jiménez  2' Benítez  34' Reyes  80' Molina  84' Vuoso  87'	Report	Luis García  4',  41', 81' Riascos  45'	Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso

Cruz Azul v América

November 5, 2011 Round 17	Cruz Azul	3 – 1	América	Estadio Azul, Mexico City
17:00	Villa  1', 75' Torrado  36' Pinto  58' Orozco  62' Ponce  79'	[www.mediotiempo.com/ficha.php?id_partido=35740 Report]	Rojas  38' Valenzuela  43' Montenegro  63',  80' Pimentel  70'	Referee: Roberto García Orozco

América did not qualify to the Final Phase

Goalscorers

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Position	Nation	Name	Goals scored
1.		Christian Benítez	8
2.		Daniel Montenegro	4
3.		Vicente Matías Vuoso	2
3.		Own Goals	2
5.		Rosinei	1
5.		Raúl Jiménez	1
5.		Renato González	1
5.		Daniel Márquez	1
5.		José Joaquín Martínez	1
5.		Aquivaldo Mosquera	1
5.		Ángel Reyna	1
5.		Óscar Rojas	1
5.		Vicente Sánchez	1
5.		Juan Carlos Valenzuela	1
TOTAL			26

Results

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	3	6	8	26	31	−5	15	2	3	4	15	16	−1	1	3	4	11	15	−4

Last updated: 5 November 2011.
Source: Apertura 2011 results

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L
Position	7	8	6	9	12	8	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17

Last updated: 5 November 2011.
Source: Apertura 2011 results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Nat	Player	Age	From	Date	Notes
	GK		Moisés Muñoz	31	Atlante	November 18, 2011	[4]
	MF		Christian Bermúdez	24	Atlante	November 26, 2011	[5]
	MF		José María Cárdenas	26	Santos Laguna	December 16, 2011	[6]
	DF		Oswaldo Vizcarrondo	27	Olimpo	December 19, 2011	[7]

Out

#	Pos	Nat	Player	Age	To	Date	Notes
1	GK		Armando Navarrete	31	Atlante	November 26, 2011	[8]
15	DF		Edgar Castillo	25	Tijuana	November 27, 2011	[9]
23	MF		José Joaquín Martínez	24	Necaxa	December 17, 2011	[10]
18	MF		Ángel Reyna	27	Monterrey	December 21, 2011	Sacked[11]

Torneo Clausura

Squad

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Oswaldo Vizcarrondo 3 DF Aquivaldo Mosquera (vice-captain) 4 DF Óscar Rojas 5 MF Jesús Molina 6 DF Juan Carlos Valenzuela 7 MF Rosinei 10 MF Daniel Montenegro (captain) 11 FW Christian Benítez 12 GK Hugo González 13 MF Diego Reyes 16 MF José María Cárdenas 18 MF Christian Bermúdez 19 DF Miguel Layún

No. Position Player 21 MF Lugiani Gallardo 22 DF Paul Aguilar 23 GK Moisés Muñoz 24 FW Daniel Márquez 25 MF Renato González 26 MF Juan Carlos Medina 29 DF Ademar Rodríguez 30 FW Vicente Matías Vuoso 32 DF Erik Pimentel 33 DF Patricio Treviño 34 MF Michel García 47 DF Raúl Jiménez 55 DF Jorge Reyes

Regular season

Clausura 2012 results

Querétaro v América

January 7, 2012 Round 1	Querétaro	0 – 2	América	Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro
17:00		Report	Valenzuela  6' Benítez  70' Reyes  82' Medina  90+2'	Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

América v Toluca

January 15, 2012 Round 2	América	1 – 1	Toluca	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Reyes  77' Vuoso  85' (pen.)	Report	Gamboa  23' Alonsp  55',  83' Romagnoli  76' Talavera  90'	Referee: Erim Ramírez

Estudiantes Tecos v América

January 20, 2012 Round 3	Estudiantes Tecos	1 – 1	América	Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan
20:10	Sambueza  15' Bareiro  39' Luna  60' Castro  75' Colace  89'	Report	Benítez  47' Adolfo  49' Mosquera  71' Vizcarrondo  72'	Referee: Mauricio Morales

San Luis v América

January 28, 2012 Round 4	San Luis	1 – 3	América	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí
20:45	Aguirre  4' Chiapas  19' Chávez  33' Paredes  38' Orozco  55' Alcántar  70'	Report	Benítez  9', 35' (pen.) Mosquera  22' Rosinei  28' Rojas  60'	Referee: Óscar Macias

América v UANL

February 5, 2012 Round 5	América	0 – 1	UANL	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Vuoso  90' Rosinei  90+3'	Report	Jiménez  30' Mancilla  34' Juninho  63' Dueñas  86'	Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Atlas v América

February 11, 2012 Round 6	Atlas	1 – 1	América	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
20:45	Erpen  29' Rodríguez  34',  59' Maldonado  41' Barraza  80'	Report	Aguilar  39' Mosquera  41' Cárdenas  61' Viscarrondo  90+2'	Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

América v Pachuca

February 19, 2012 Round 7	América	1 – 0	Pachuca	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Vizcarrondo  2' Benítez  57' García  80'	Report	López  9' Torres  68' Muñoz Mustafá  81' Vidrio  89' Arreola  90+1' Briambila  90+4'	Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega

Atlante v América

February 25, 2012 Round 8	Atlante	0 – 4	América	Estadio Quintana Roo, Cancún
21:00	Castillo  19', 78' Arroyo  49'	Report	Molina  3',  38' Benítez  27' (pen.), 57' Mosquera  31' Vizcarrondo  81'	Referee: Mauricio Morales

América v Chiapas

March 4, 2012 Round 9	América	2 – 0	Chiapas	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Montenegro  27' Herrera  88' (manager) Gallardo  90+3'	Report	E. Hernández  83'	Referee: Ricardo Arellano

Tijuana v América

March 9, 2012 Round 10	Tijuana	1 – 1	América	Estadio Caliente, Tijuana
18:10	Sand  6' Riascos  59',  63' Arévalo Ríos  73'	Report	Medina  15' Molina  39' Vizcarrondo  60' Jiménez  62'	Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza

América v UNAM

March 18, 2012 Round 11	América	2 – 1	UNAM	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Benítez  9' Mosquera  28' Herrera (manager)  82' Vuoso  86' Aguilar  90+2'	Report	García  7', 80' Pimentel  55' Cacho  57' Bravo  90+2'	Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez

Morelia v América

March 23, 2012 Round 12	Morelia	3 – 1	América	Estadio Morelos, Morelia
19:10	Valdez  8',  82' Sabah  20' Ramírez  27' Lugo  55' Lozano  70' (pen.)		Mosquera  30' Benítez  31',  33' Montenegro  70' Cárdenas  90+1'	Referee: Antony Zanjuampa

América v Monterrey

April 1, 2012 Round 13	América	2 – 3	Monterrey	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Montenegro  7' Molina  11' Benítez  20', 59' Cárdenas  41' García  90+7'	Report	Zavala  18' L. Pérez  30' Suazo  47' Carreño  85' Reyna  90+5'	Referee: Francisco Chacón

Guadalajara v América

April 8, 2012 Round 14	Guadalajara	0 – 1	América	Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan
18:00	Fabián  23' Álvarez  36' Araujo  45+' Báez  49' Reynoso  90+2'	Report	Pimentel  10' Cárdenas  48' Aguilar  85'	Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

América v Santos Laguna

April 14, 2012 Round 15	América	3 – 1	Santos Laguna	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17:00	Medina  9' Bermúdez  38' Benítez  70' Vuoso  77'	Report	Hoyos  12' Ochoa  44' Crosas  83'	Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Puebla v América

April 22, 2012 Round 16	Puebla	2 – 3	América	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
16:00	Luis García  24' Durán  27' Beasley  48' Salinas  90+3'	Report	Montenegro  6' Vizcarrondo  28' Benítez  42',  86' (pen.) Pinedo  48' (o.g.)	Referee: Ricardo Arellano

América v Cruz Azul

April 29, 2012 Round 17	América	2 – 2	Cruz Azul	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00	Aguilar  7' Benítez  8', 13',  14' Medina  35' Reyes  45+' Layún  85'	Report	Pereira  23',  39', 87' Villa  73'	Referee: Mauricio Morales

Final phase

Pachuca v América

May 2, 2012 Quarter-finals	Pachuca	1 – 3	América	Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
20:30	Rodríguez  14' Muñoz Mustafá  54' Vidrio  65' López  77'	Report	Molina  21',  38' Bermúdez  42', 58' Reyes  76' Muñoz  83'	Referee: Erim Ramírez

América v Pachuca

May 5, 2012 Quarter-finals	América	0 – 1	Pachuca	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
18:00	Mosquera  75'	Report	López  13' Vidrio  37',  44'	Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez

América advanced 3–2 on aggregate

América v Monterrey

May 9, 2012 Semi-finals	América	0 – 0	Monterrey	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
21:00	Vuoso  33' Aguilar  42', 83' Molina  71' Mosquera  77'	Report	Chávez  36' Basanta  45+' Mier  86'	Referee: Mauricio Morales

Monterrey v América

May 12, 2012 Semi-finals	Monterrey	2 – 0	América	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
21:00	Basanta  9',  55' de Nigris  52'	Report	Molina  29' Vuoso  67' Mosquera  75'	Referee: Roberto García Orozco

Monterrey advanced 2–0 on aggregate

Goalscorers

Regular season Position Nation Name Goals scored 1. Christian Benítez 14 2. Vicente Matías Vuoso 3 3. Paul Aguilar 2 3. Daniel Montenegro 2 5. Christian Bermúdez 1 5. Lugiani Gallardo 1 5. Raúl Jiménez 1 5. Juan Carlos Medina 1 5. Jesús Molina 1 5. Rosinei 1 5. Oswaldo Vizcarrondo 1 5. Own Goals 1 TOTAL 31 Source:[12]

Final Phase Position Nation Name Goals scored 1. Christian Bermúdez 2 2. Jesús Molina 1 TOTAL 3

Results

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	9	5	3	31	18	+13	32	4	2	2	13	9	+4	5	3	1	18	9	+9

Last updated: 29 April 2012.
Source: Clausura 2012 results

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D
Position	2	3	6	2	6	9	7	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	5	2	3

Last updated: 29 April 2012.
Source: Clausura 2012 results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

References

1. Postponed from August 6 due to other commitments from América
2. "América stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
3. "League Table". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
4. Moisés Muñoz es nuevo refuerzo del América. MedioTiempo.
5. América hace oficial el fichaje del Hobbit Bermúdez. Récord.
6. José María Cárdenas llega al Nido de Coapa. MedioTiempo.
7. Olimpo dice que Vizcarrondo ya es del América. MedioTiempo.
8. Confirman a Navarrete en el Atlante. MedioTiempo.
9. Édgar Castillo se integra a los Xoloitzcuintles. Official Club Tijuana Site.
10. "Shaggy" Martínez fuera. Nido Azulcrema.
11. Echan a Reyna del América por sus declaraciones. El Universal.
12. "América stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 7 January 2012.