2017–18 Club Puebla season

Puebla

2017–18 season
Chairman	Carlos López Domínguez
Manager	Enrique Meza
Stadium	Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Apertura 2017	15th
Clausura 2018	10th
Apertura 2017 Copa MX	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Lucas Cavallini (13) All: Lucas Cavallini (13)
Highest home attendance	37,499 vs Club America (20 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance	13,020 vs Toluca (14 February 2018)
Average home league attendance	19,687
Home colours Away colours
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The 2017–18 Puebla F.C. season was the club's 71st professional season in 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. The club also played Copa MX. Rafael García Torres was named the club head coach on June 5, 2017,^[1] taking over for sacked coach José Cardozo.

As of 7 January 2017^[2]

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 Israel Villaseñor (on loan from Morelia) 2 DF  COL Brayan Angulo 3 DF  MEX Carlos Gutiérrez 4 DF  MEX Luis Venegas 5 DF  MEX Patricio Araujo 6 MF  URU Pablo Míguez 7 MF  MEX Alonso Escoboza (on loan from Tijuana) 8 MF  MEX Francisco Acuña 9 FW  MEX Jerónimo Amione 10 FW  COL Félix Micolta 12 DF  MEX Óscar Rojas 13 MF  COL Christian Marrugo 14 DF  MEX Erik Pimentel (on loan from América) 16 MF  MEX David Toledo (on loan from Guadalajara)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  MEX Alonso Zamora (on loan from UANL) 19 FW  PLE Carlos Salom 21 MF  MEX José Guerrero (on loan from América) 22 FW  CAN Lucas Cavallini (on loan from Peñarol) 23 GK  MEX Moisés Muñoz (on loan from América) 24 MF  ARG Jonás Aguirre (on loan from Rosario Central) 27 DF  MEX Hugo Rodríguez (on loan from Pachuca) 28 MF  MEX Francisco Torres (on loan from Santos Laguna) 30 GK  MEX Jesús Rodríguez 31 DF  COL Jhon Mondragón 32 GK  MEX Tirso Trueba 33 DF  URU Pablo Cáceres 34 MF  ARG Gabriel Esparza (on loan from San Lorenzo)

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2017

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Apertura Liga	Clausura Liga	Apertura Copa	Clausura Copa	Total
22	FW		Lucas Cavallini	4	9	0	0	13
13	MF		Christian Marrugo	2	1	0	0	2
10	MF		Félix Micolta	2	0	0	0	2
28	MF		Francisco Javier Torres	2	0	0	2	4
8	MF		Francisco Acuña	1	2	0	0	3
2	DF		Brayan Angulo	1	1	0	0	2
7	MF		Alonso Escoboza	1	0	0	0	1
17	DF		Alonso Zamora	1	0	0	0	1
6	MF		Pablo Míguez	0	0	1	0	1
19	FW		Carlos Salom	0	0	1	0	1
33	FW		Alejandro Chumacero	0	2	0	1	3
27	FW		Hugo Isaác Rodríguez	0	1	0	0	1
20	FW		Omar Fernández	0	3	0	0	3
11	MF		Christian Tabó	0	1	0	0	1
11	MF		Luis Gerardo Venegas	0	1	0	0	1
11	MF		José Daniel Guerrero	0	1	0	0	1
12	MF		Pablo González Díaz	0	1	0	0	1

Puebla's Home Attendance^[3] by round, Estadio Cuahutemoc has a capacity of 51,726.

round	Rival	Attendance	Percentage
2	Morelia	12,067	25.71%
4	Tijuana	8,124	17.32%
6	Club Leon	6,233	13.28%
8	Cruz Azul
10	Monterrey
11	Atlas
13	Querétaro
15	UNAM
17	Lobos BUAP

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	4	7	7	14	20	−6	19	2	4	3	10	8	+2	2	3	4	4	12	−8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tijuana	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Atlante	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	5
3	Puebla	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	7	2	9	13	10	+3	23	5	1	3	8	2	+6	2	1	6	5	8	−3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oaxaca	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Puebla	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Possible knockout stage
3	Cruz Azul	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3

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