2023–24 Club Universidad Nacional season

UNAM
2023–24 season
President	Leopoldo Silva Gutiérrez
Manager	Antonio Mohamed
Stadium	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Apertura 2023	Preseaon
Leagues Cup	Round of 32
Home colours	Away colours

The 2023–24 season will be Club Universidad Nacional's 70th season in the top flight of Mexican football. In addition to the domestic league, UNAM will be participating in this season's editions of the Leagues Cup.

Players

As of 14 July 2023^[1]

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	MEX	Julio González
2	DF	MEX	Pablo Bennevendo
3	DF	MEX	Ricardo Galindo
4	DF	ARG	Lisandro Magallán
5	MF	MEX	Jesús Molina
6	DF	BRA	Nathan Silva
7	MF	MEX	Rodrigo López
8	MF	URU	Christian Tabó (on loan from Cruz Azul)
9	FW	MEX	Guillermo Martínez
10	MF	ARG	Eduardo Salvio
11	MF	MEX	Carlos Gutiérrez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	MEX	César Huerta
13	DF	MEX	Pablo Monroy
15	MF	MEX	Ulises Rivas
16	DF	MEX	Adrián Aldrete (captain)
18	MF	COL	José Caicedo
20	MF	MEX	Santiago Trigos
21	FW	ARG	Gustavo Del Prete
22	DF	URU	Robert Ergas
27	MF	PER	Piero Quispe
29	FW	MEX	Rogelio Funes Mori
33	GK	MEX	Gil Alcalá

Transfers

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Type	Ref.
May 2023	FW	Diogo	Plaza Colonia	End of loan	^[2]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Apertura	21	9	5	7	31	21	+10	042.86
Clausura	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Leagues Cup	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	033.33
Total	24	10	6	8	36	24	+12	041.67

Last updated: 10 December 2023
Source: Competitions

Apertura 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Monterrey	17	10	3	4	27	15	+12	33	Qualification for the quarter-finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	UANL	17	8	6	3	32	18	+14	30
4	UNAM	17	8	4	5	27	18	+9	28
5	Guadalajara	17	8	3	6	22	22	0	27
6	Puebla	17	7	4	6	24	25	−1	25^{[lower-alpha 2]}

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
Notes:

↑ The first four places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg.
↑ Puebla was penalized for having unregistered assistant coach Luis Miguel Noriega on the bench in their Week 7 match against Tijuana. Puebla originally won the match 3–0 and was awarded to Tijuana as a 1–0 victory.^[3] The Court of Arbitration for Sport later reversed the ruling.

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
12	6	3	3	22	15	+7	21	3	2	0	10	4	+6	3	1	3	12	11	+1

Source: Liga MX

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 30 September 2023. Source: Liga MX
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 7 June 2023.^[4]

30 June 2023 1	Tijuana	2−3	UNAM	Tijuana
21:10 UTC−6	Madrigal 45+3' González 47' Fernández 87'	Report	Rivas 25' Nathan 26' Ortiz 39' Mohamed (DT) 45+5' Dinenno 69' (pen.) Caicedo 81' Salvio 89'	Stadium: Estadio Caliente Attendance: 26,333 Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón

9 July 2023 2	UNAM	0–0	Mazatlán	Mexico City
12:00 UTC−6	Del Prete 40' Huerta 88'	Report	Díaz 54' 85' Colula 88' González 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 20,844 Referee: Oscar Macías Romo

16 July 2023 3	Pachuca	1−1	UNAM	Pachuca
20:15 UTC−6	Barreto 13' Almada (DT) 31' Nathan 44' (o.g.) de la Fuente 85' Terans 89'	Report	Caicedo 5' Huerta 33' Del Prete 20' Bennevendo 54' Nathan 65' Ergas 87' Aldrete 88' Trigos 90'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 9,396 Referee: Oscar Mejía García

18 August 2023 4	UNAM	1−1	Toluca	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

22 August 2023 5	Juárez	4−1	UNAM	Ciudad Juárez
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez

27 August 2023 6	UNAM	2−1	UANL	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

2 September 2023 7	Santos Laguna	2−1	UNAM	Torreón
				Stadium: Estadio Corona

17 September 2023 8	UNAM	3−2	Atlético San Luis	Mexico City
				Attendance: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

22 September 2023 9	Puebla	2−0	UNAM	Puebla
				Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

30 September 2023 10	América	1−0	UNAM	Mexico City
				Attendance: Estadio Azteca

4 October 2023 11	UNAM	4−0	Querétaro	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

7 October 2023 12	Cruz Azul	1−4	UNAM	Mexico City
				Attendance: Estadio Azteca

22 October 2023 13	UNAM	v	Monterrey	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

27 October 2023 14	Necaxa	v	UNAM	Aguascalientes
				Stadium: Estadio Victoria

31 October 2023 15	León	v	UNAM	León
				Stadium: Estadio León

4 November 2023 16	UNAM	v	Atlas	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

11 November 2023 17	UNAM	v	Guadalajara	Mexico City
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

Leagues Cup

Group stage

The group stage was announced on 20 January 2023.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	UNM	DCU	MTL
1	UNAM	2	1	0	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	—
2	D.C. United	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	CF Montréal	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2		2–2	0–1	—

Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

22 July 2023 1	CF Montréal	2–2 (4–2 p)	UNAM	Montreal, Canada
17:30 UTC−6	Duke 23' Choinière 43', 59' Saliba 51' Sirois 76'	Report	Huerta 76' Fernández 88' Montejano 90+1' Ruvalcaba 90+2'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Keylor Herrera Villalobos
	Penalties
	Camacho Choinière Corbo Lappalainen		Aldrete Fernández Huerta Ruvalcaba

29 July 2023 2	UNAM	3–0	D.C. United	Washington, D.C., United States
18:30 UTC−6	Huerta 6' Silva 42' Fernández 52'	Report	Dájome 56' Asad 83'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 14,599 Referee: Oshane Nation

Knockout stage

3 August 2023 Round of 32	UNAM	0–1	Querétaro	Washington D.C., United States
18:00 UTC−6	Aldrete 73' Huerta 86' Caicedo 90+4'	Report	Perlaza 45+1' Sepúlveda 74' Lértora 77' Montecinos 90+1'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 948 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Clausura 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Pachuca	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the quarter-finals^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Atlético San Luis	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the quarter-finals^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	UNAM	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the play-in round^{[lower-alpha 3]}
8	Toluca	1	0	1	2	2	0	1^{[lower-alpha 4]}
9	Querétaro	1	0	1	2	2	0	1^{[lower-alpha 4]}

Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 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
Notes:

1 2 3 Pachuca is ahead of Atlético San Luis on relegation coefficient. Pachuca and Atlético San Luis are ahead of UNAM on away goals scored: Pachuca 1, Atlético San Luis 1, UNAM 0.
↑ The first four places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg.
↑ Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.
1 2 Toluca is ahead of Querétaro on head-to-head results

Statistics

Squad statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	Apertura	Leagues Cup	Total
1	César Huerta	9	1	10
2	Gabriel Fernández	7	2	9
3	Juan Dinenno	6	0	6
4	Nathan	2	1	3
5	Ulises Rivas	2	0	2
5	Gustavo Del Prete	2	0	2
6	Eduardo Salvio	1	0	1
6	Emanuel Montejano	0	1	1
Own goals		0	0	0
Total		21	5	26

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Apertura 2023	Leagues Cup	Total
1	Julio González	3	0	3
2	Gil Alcalá	0	1	1
Total		3	1	4

Disciplinary record

References

↑ "Plantilla Universidad Nacional". Liga MX. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
↑ "DIOGO DE OLIVEIRA SE DESPIDE DE LOS PUMAS" [DIOGO DE OLIVEIRA SAYS BIDS TO THE PUMAS] (in Spanish). Record. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
↑ "Puebla pierde partido contra Xolos por alineación indebida". as.com (in Spanish). 14 September 2023.
↑ "Calendario Torneo Apertura 2023" (in Spanish). Liga MX. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
↑ "Fifteen groups revealed for MLS, Liga MX Leagues Cup". ESPN. 20 January 2023.

External links

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[table_note_res_LIG0.80227634161817-3] The first four places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg.

[table_hth_PUE0.80227634161817-5] Puebla was penalized for having unregistered assistant coach Luis Miguel Noriega on the bench in their Week 7 match against Tijuana. Puebla originally won the match 3–0 and was awarded to Tijuana as a 1–0 victory.^[3] The Court of Arbitration for Sport later reversed the ruling.

[table_hth_PAC0.31769053047415-8] 1 2 3 Pachuca is ahead of Atlético San Luis on relegation coefficient. Pachuca and Atlético San Luis are ahead of UNAM on away goals scored: Pachuca 1, Atlético San Luis 1, UNAM 0.

[table_note_res_LIG0.31769053047415-9] The first four places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals and host the second leg.

[table_note_res_REP0.31769053047415-10] Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.

[table_hth_TOL0.31769053047415-11] 1 2 Toluca is ahead of Querétaro on head-to-head results

[Squad-1] "Plantilla Universidad Nacional". Liga MX. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

[2] "DIOGO DE OLIVEIRA SE DESPIDE DE LOS PUMAS" [DIOGO DE OLIVEIRA SAYS BIDS TO THE PUMAS] (in Spanish). Record. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[PUEvTIJ-4] "Puebla pierde partido contra Xolos por alineación indebida". as.com (in Spanish). 14 September 2023.

[6] "Calendario Torneo Apertura 2023" (in Spanish). Liga MX. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[7] "Fifteen groups revealed for MLS, Liga MX Leagues Cup". ESPN. 20 January 2023.

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