2024–25 C.F. Monterrey season

C.F. Monterrey
2024–25 season
Chairman	José Antonio Noriega
Manager	Fernando Ortiz (until 6 August 2024); Martín Demichelis (from 12 August 2024)
Stadium	Estadio BBVA
Liga MX Apertura	4th
Leagues Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Germán Berterame; Sergio Canales; (5 goals)
Highest home attendance	Apertura: ; 51,983; (vs Tigres, 19 October 2024)
Lowest home attendance	Apertura: ; 36,441; (vs Juárez, 18 September 2024)
Biggest win	Apertura: ; Santos Laguna 0–2 Monterrey; (14 September 2024) ; Monterrey 4–2 Tigres; (19 October 2024)
Biggest defeat	Apertura: ; Monterrey 0–4 Cruz Azul; (13 July 2024)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 C.F. Monterrey season is the 80th season in existence and the 29th consecutive season in Liga MX. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Leagues Cup.

Squad

As of 14 September 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Esteban Andrada
3	DF	MEX	Gerardo Arteaga
4	DF	MEX	Víctor Guzmán
5	MF	MEX	Fidel Ambríz
6	DF	MEX	Edson Gutiérrez
7	FW	MEX	Germán Berterame
8	MF	ESP	Óliver Torres
9	FW	USA	Brandon Vázquez
10	MF	ESP	Sergio Canales
14	DF	MEX	Érick Aguirre
15	DF	MEX	Héctor Moreno (Captain)
16	MF	COL	Johan Rojas
17	MF	MEX	Jesús Corona


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	MEX	Axel Grijalva
19	MF	MEX	Jordi Cortizo
20	DF	CHI	Sebastián Vegas
22	GK	MEX	Luis Cárdenas
24	GK	MEX	César Ramos
29	FW	ARG	Lucas Ocampos
30	MF	ARG	Jorge Rodríguez
31	FW	MEX	Roberto de la Rosa (on loan from Pachuca)
32	DF	MEX	Tony Leone
33	DF	COL	Stefan Medina
34	DF	MEX	César Bustos
35	MF	MEX	Pedro Ramírez

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	MEX	Orlando Botello (at York United)
—	DF	MEX	Javier Casillas (at Venados)
—	DF	MEX	Christian Franco (at Juárez)
—	DF	MEX	Daniel Parra (at Forge)
—	DF	MEX	Gustavo Sánchez (at Mazatlán)
—	MF	MEX	Alfonso González (at Pachuca)
—	MF	MEX	Víctor López (at Querétaro)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MEX	Jaziel Martínez (at Atlético Morelia)
—	MF	MEX	Josué Martínez (at York United)
—	MF	USA	Jacobo Reyes (at New Mexico United)
—	MF	MEX	Michell Rodríguez (at UNAM)
—	MF	MEX	Ángel Zapata (at Sinaloa)
—	FW	MEX	Alí Ávila (at UNAM)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
7 June 2024	MF	Johan Rojas	La Equidad	$2,500,000	^[1]
8 June 2024	MF	Óliver Torres	Sevilla FC	Free transfer	^[2]
11 June 2024	FW	Roberto de la Rosa	Pachuca	One-year loan	^[3]
28 August 2024	MF	Fidel Ambríz	León	$6,000,000	^[4]
3 September 2024	FW	Lucas Ocampos	Sevilla FC	$8,000,000	^[5]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
9 June 2024	MF	Omar Govea	Guadalajara	$2,400,000	^[6]
10 June 2024	DF	Jesús Gallardo	Toluca	$5,000,000	^[7]
30 June 2024	MF	Jonathan González	Juárez	Free transfer	^[8]
8 July 2024	MF	Luis Romo	Cruz Azul	$7,000,000	^[9]
1 July 2024	MF	Alfonso González	Pachuca	One-year loan	^[10]
8 July 2024	FW	Duván Vergara	América de Cali	Free transfer	^[11]
14 July 2024	FW	Rodrigo Aguirre	América	$3,000,000	^[12]
19 July 2024	MF	Jaziel Martínez	Atlético Morelia	One-year loan	^[13]
15 August 2024	FW	Maximiliano Meza	River Plate	$2,300,000	^[14]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga MX	7 July 2024	10 November 2024	Matchday 1	13	7	3	3	19	16	+3	053.85
Leagues Cup	30 July 2024	3 August 2024		2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total				15	7	4	4	20	19	+1	046.67

Last updated: 20 July 2024
Source: Competitions

Liga MX

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul (Q)	13	11	1	1	32	9	+23	34	Qualification for the quarter–finals^[a]
2	Toluca (X)	13	8	4	1	28	11	+17	28
3	Monterrey	14	7	4	3	19	16	+3	25
4	UNAM	13	7	3	3	18	11	+7	24
5	UANL	13	7	3	3	17	12	+5	24

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2024. Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least the Play-in round, but may still qualify directly for the Quarter-finals
Notes:

^ The first six places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg.

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
13	7	3	3	19	16	+3	24	3	1	2	10	11	−1	4	2	1	9	5	+4

Last updated: 20 October 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 6 June 2024.^[15]^[16]

7 July 2024 1	Pachuca	0–1	Monterrey	Pachuca
19:00 UTC−6		Report	Canales 14'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 18,262 Referee: Ismael Rosario López

13 July 2024 2	Monterrey	0–4	Cruz Azul	Guadalupe
21:10 UTC−6		Report	Rivero 14' Rotondi 28' (pen.), 50' Sepúlveda 76'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 45,957 Referee: Maximiliano Quintero Hernández

17 July 2024 3	Necaxa	0–1	Monterrey	Aguascalientes
19:00 UTC−6	Arce Jr. 62' Garnica 79' 80' Oliveros 80'	Report	Cortizo 57' Canales 79'	Stadium: Estadio Victoria Referee: Jesús Rafael López

20 July 2024 4	Monterrey	2–1	Querétaro	Guadalupe
19:00 UTC−6	Berterame 29' Guzmán 34' Rojas 66'	Report	Lértora 33' Manzanarez 37' Río 78' López 88'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 39,932 Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres

16 August 2024 16	Puebla	1–2	Monterrey	Puebla
19:00 UTC−6	Orona 38' Ferrareis 59' Ormeño 81'	Report	Cortizo 26' Berterame 36' Canales 55' Andrada 83' Medina 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Salvador Pérez Villalobos

23 August 2024 5	Tijuana	2–2	Monterrey	Tijuana
20:05 UTC−7	Rivera 35' (pen.) Zúñiga 90+8', 90+10'	Report	Berterame 28' Vázquez 43' Rodríguez 76' Andrada 83'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 23,333 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

31 August 2024 6	Monterrey	1–2	Toluca	Guadalupe
19:00 UTC−6	Vázquez 54' (pen.) Medina 90+8'	Report	Gallardo 6' Ruiz 59' Baeza 80' Violante 87'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 43,150 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

14 September 2024 7	Santos Laguna	0–2	Monterrey	Torreón
21:00 UTC−6	H. Rodríguez 34'	Report	Vázquez 4' J. Rodríguez 30' Ambríz 81' Berterame 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 11,241 Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

18 September 2024 8	Monterrey	3–2	Juárez	Guadalupe
21:00 UTC−6	Vegas 3' Berterame 11', 90+3' Canales 36', 79', 85' (pen.)	Report	Valoyes 22', 59' Estupiñan 47', 77' Díaz 65' Villalpando 77' Ortega 81'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 36,441 Referee: Salvador Pérez Villalobos

21 September 2024 9	Monterrey	0–0	Mazatlán	Guadalupe
19:00 UTC−6	Vegas 6' Andrada 69' Rojas 90+7'	Report	Torres 22' Franco 38' Meraz 57'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 43,721 Referee: Ismael Rosario López

28 September 2024 10	Guadalajara	1–1	Monterrey	Zapopan
21:05 UTC−6	Briseño 10' Marín 28' Rangel 88'	Report	Arteaga 48' Moreno 75' Corona 79', 88' Rojas 89' Rodríguez 90+2' Andrada 90+8'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Attendance: 36,043 Referee: Jesús Rafael López

5 October 2024 11	Atlético San Luis	1–0	Monterrey	San Luis Potosí
17:00 UTC−6	Chávez 41', 52' Dourado 73' Guillén 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Attendance: 11,214 Referee: Victor Alfonso Cáceres

19 October 2024 12	Monterrey	4–2	Tigres	Guadalupe
21:10 UTC−6	Fimbres 5', 66', 37' Canales 26' Ocampos 36' (pen.)	Report	Pizarro 44' Gignac 45+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 51,983 Referee: Oscar García

23 October 2024 13	Monterrey	v	UNAM	Guadalupe
19:00 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA

27 October 2024 14	América	v	Monterrey	Mexico City
20:00 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes

2 November 2024 15	Monterrey	v	Atlas	Guadalupe
19:05 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA

10 November 2024 17	Monterrey	v	León	Guadalupe
19:00 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA

Leagues Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AUS	UNM	MTY
1	Austin FC	2	2	0	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
2	UNAM	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	−1	2	Advance to knockout stage	2–3	—	—
3	Monterrey	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1		0–2	1–1	—

Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

30 July 2024 1	Monterrey	0–2	Austin FC	Austin, United States
20:00 UTC−5		Report	Obrian 61' Pereira 79'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Referee: Daniel Quintero (Mexico)

3 August 2024 2	Monterrey	1–1 (0–3 p)	UNAM	Austin, United States
21:00 UTC−5	Corona 53'	Report	Funes Mori 80'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
	Penalties
	Vázquez Medina Rojas		Quispe Huerta Nathan Ergas

References

^ Razo, Eduardo (1 June 2024). "Report: Ex-Sevilla's Oliver Torres, Johan Rojas to Join Monterrey".
^ "WELCOME TO RAYADOS, ÓLIVER TORRES! - Sitio Oficial del Club de Futbol Monterrey". www.rayados.com.
^ "¡Bienvenido a Rayados, Roberto de la Rosa!". www.rayados.com.
^ "¡Fidel Ambriz es nuevo refuerzo de los Rayados del Monterrey!". www.rayados.com.
^ "¡Bienvenido a Rayados, Lucas Ocampos!". www.rayados.com.
^ "Omar Govea to defend the Chivas jersey". Club Deportivo Guadalajara. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "¡Nuevo Diablo! Toluca hace oficial el fichaje de Jesús Gallardo". Récord. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Liga MX: FC Juárez hace oficial el fichaje de Jonathan González, ex Rayados, como refuerzo". Soy Fútbol. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "¿Cuánto pagó Cruz Azul por el fichaje de Luis Romo?". AS México. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Pachuca le da la bienvenida a Alfonso González previo al arranque del Apertura 2024". Récord. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Duván Vergara regresa a América de Cali". ESPN México. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "América hizo oficial la contratación del delantero Rodrigo Aguirre". ESPN México. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "¡Mucho éxito, Jaziel Martínez!". www.rayados.com. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Ya es oficial, River anunció a Maxi Meza como refuerzo". ESPN México. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Calendario de Liga MX para el Torneo Apertura 2024 | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN".
^ "Se libera el calendario del Apertura 2024: Estas son las fechas de los juegos más destacados". 6 June 2024.

[table_note_res_LIG0.20069162510368-15] The first six places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg.

[1] Razo, Eduardo (1 June 2024). "Report: Ex-Sevilla's Oliver Torres, Johan Rojas to Join Monterrey".

[2] "WELCOME TO RAYADOS, ÓLIVER TORRES! - Sitio Oficial del Club de Futbol Monterrey". www.rayados.com.

[3] "¡Bienvenido a Rayados, Roberto de la Rosa!". www.rayados.com.

[4] "¡Fidel Ambriz es nuevo refuerzo de los Rayados del Monterrey!". www.rayados.com.

[5] "¡Bienvenido a Rayados, Lucas Ocampos!". www.rayados.com.

[6] "Omar Govea to defend the Chivas jersey". Club Deportivo Guadalajara. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[7] "¡Nuevo Diablo! Toluca hace oficial el fichaje de Jesús Gallardo". Récord. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[8] "Liga MX: FC Juárez hace oficial el fichaje de Jonathan González, ex Rayados, como refuerzo". Soy Fútbol. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[9] "¿Cuánto pagó Cruz Azul por el fichaje de Luis Romo?". AS México. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[10] "Pachuca le da la bienvenida a Alfonso González previo al arranque del Apertura 2024". Récord. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[11] "Duván Vergara regresa a América de Cali". ESPN México. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[12] "América hizo oficial la contratación del delantero Rodrigo Aguirre". ESPN México. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[13] "¡Mucho éxito, Jaziel Martínez!". www.rayados.com. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[14] "Ya es oficial, River anunció a Maxi Meza como refuerzo". ESPN México. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[16] "Calendario de Liga MX para el Torneo Apertura 2024 | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN".

[17] "Se libera el calendario del Apertura 2024: Estas son las fechas de los juegos más destacados". 6 June 2024.

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