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 Mexico Víctor Velázquez
Coordinator of football Mexico Fernanda Pons

Source: Cruz Azul

Coaching staff

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

Source: Liga MX Femenil

Players

Cruz Azul women team at Pumas UNAM in March 2020.

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