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Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1927 in Jasso, Hidalgo, by workers of the Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, as Club Deportivo, Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, A.C., the club relocated to Mexico City in 1971. It was renamed Cruz Azul Fútbol Club, A.C. in 2012, before adopting its current name in 2022. The team plays its home matches at Estadio Azteca, one of the largest stadiums in the world. Domestically, the club has won ten league titles, four Copa MX, four Campeón de Campeones, and holds the joint-record with one Supercopa de la Liga MX and one Supercopa MX. In international competitions, with seven titles, the club holds the joint-record for the most successful club in the history of the CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League. Cruz Azul also holds numerous distinctions, including being the club with the most league runner-up finishes (12), and the first team from CONCACAF to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores. In addition, the club achieved a continental treble in the 1968–69 season by winning the Primera División, Copa México and CONCACAF Champions' Cup, becoming the first CONCACAF club and third worldwide to accomplish this feat, and later the first club worldwide—and one of only five—to have won the continental treble twice. Cruz Azul's golden era came under manager Raúl Cárdenas, who led a three-peat in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup between 1969 and 1971 as the club established itself as a dominant force in Mexican football and earned its La Máquina (The Machine) nickname for its relentless scoring output during this period; Ignacio Trelles added back-to-back league titles at the turn of the 1980s, and between them the two managers delivered a combined seven league titles through the 1960s and 1970s. Juan Reynoso—a defender in the team's 1997 league title-winning squad—later managed the club to a ninth league title in 2021, its first during the Liga MX era, ending a 23-year wait for the domestic title. Joel Huiqui then guided Cruz Azul to a tenth league title in 2026. In 2026, Cruz Azul was named by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the 71st-best club in the world and the highest-ranked club in CONCACAF for the 2025 calendar year. Cruz Azul maintains a long-standing rivalry with América, a fixture commonly known as the Clásico Joven. According to several polls, it is the third-most popular team in Mexico, behind only América and Guadalajara. Within the Mexico City metropolitan area, it is generally regarded as the second-most supported club, behind América and ahead of Pumas UNAM. Cruz Azul is also one of seven Mexican clubs that have never been relegated. Together, these clubs are considered the Big Four of Mexican football.
Winning years: 1968–69 · 1970 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1997 · 2021 · 2026
Cruz Azul's first major title came in the 1968–69 season, when the club won the Mexican Primera División just five years after being promoted. After two opening defeats in the Guardianes 2021 regular season, Cruz Azul won 12 consecutive matches, equalling a Liga MX record; the club finished the regular phase as league leaders with 41 points from 17 matches.
Winning years: 1968–69 · 1996–97 · 2013 · 2018
The following year, Cruz Azul won the Clausura 2013 Copa MX, defeating Atlante in the final. That season, Cruz Azul also won the 1996–97 Copa México, defeating Toros Neza 2–0 at Estadio 10 de Diciembre. In addition, the club achieved a continental treble in the 1968–69 season by winning the Primera División, Copa México and CONCACAF Champions' Cup, becoming the first CONCACAF club and third worldwide to accomplish this feat, and later the first club worldwide—and one of only five—to have won the continental treble twice.
Winning years: 1969 · 1974 · 2021 · 2026
In the 1971–72 final, Cruz Azul beat América 4–1 at Estadio Azteca; in 1972–73 it defeated León over a three-match final; and in 1973–74 it beat Atlético Español to complete the run, a result that also secured that season's Campeón de Campeones title. Between 1969 and 1980, Cruz Azul won seven league titles, one Copa México and two Campeón de Campeones titles, establishing the club as the most successful in Mexican football during the decade. On 25 July, Cruz Azul won the 2026 Campeón de Campeones, defeating Toluca 3–1 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Winning years: 2019
The club also won the Supercopa MX in 2019 and the Supercopa de la Liga MX in 2022.
Winning years: 2022
Diego Aguirre was appointed on 30 May 2022 and won the 2022 Supercopa de la Liga MX on penalties against Atlas, but was dismissed on 21 August after a 7–0 defeat to América. The club also won the Supercopa MX in 2019 and the Supercopa de la Liga MX in 2022.
Winning years: 1963–64
Under Marik, Cruz Azul won the 1963–64 Segunda División title, finishing with 19 wins, seven draws and four losses from 30 matches for 45 points, and secured direct promotion to the Primera División with a 7–1 win over Zamora on 19 January 1964.
Winning years: 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1996 · 1997 · 2013–14 · 2025
Under Sánchez, Cruz Azul won a seventh CONCACAF Champions Cup, equalling the record held by América, defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5–0 in the final on 1 June 2025 and qualifying for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup. On 23 April 2014, Cruz Azul won the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League, beating Toluca on away goals after a 1–1 draw at Nemesio Diez Stadium. On 20 July 1996, Cruz Azul ended its 16-year wait for a major title by winning the 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup in Guatemala City.
Winning years: 2019
Under Siboldi, Cruz Azul won the final of the inaugural 2019 Leagues Cup, a new tournament between Liga MX and Major League Soccer clubs, defeating Tigres UANL 2–1 on 18 September in Las Vegas.
Winning years: 2001