Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico.
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17 Facts About Cruz Azul
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Cruz Azul was the first CONCACAF team to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores, the most prestigious club competition in South American football, losing on penalties to Argentine football giants Boca Juniors in 2001.
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In 1925, Cemento Cruz Azul had voted to establish a company baseball team as the sport was popular in the town of Jasso.
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Cemento Cruz Azul replaced the company baseball diamond with a football pitch.
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From 1932 to 1943, Cemento Cruz Azul won 15 consecutive league titles in an amateur league in the state of Hidalgo.
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Cruz Azul had been employed at the cooperative since 1931 at the age of 12 when his father died.
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Sanchez vouched in favor of Cruz Azul, citing their continual success in the amateur and reserve tournaments.
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Between 1970 and 1980, Cruz Azul led the Primera Division with six league tournament championships; four under Cardenas and the last two under Ignacio Trelles.
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In 2001, Cruz Azul was invited to a tournament between select Mexican and Venezuelan teams that would then compete in the Copa Libertadores, a tournament of the best South American teams.
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Cruz Azul was one of the seeded teams and reached the 2001 Copa Libertadores final match.
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Cruz Azul started the tournament in Group 7 along with Sao Caetano, Defensor Sporting, and Olmedo.
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Cruz Azul was having a great run and faced Rosario Central at the semifinals.
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The term cruzazulear, defined as "the act of losing a game after victory is practically assured", is used to describe Cruz Azul losing a match in the aforementioned manner beginning sometime in 2013.
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Cruz Azul was replaced for the remainder of the season by Robert Siboldi who was then coaching Cruz Azul's affiliate in Hidalgo.
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On 27 November 2017, Cruz Azul announced that Paco Jemez would not renew his contract for the following season.
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Cruz Azul faced America in a rematch of the Clausura 2013 final for the Apertura 2018 final.
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Cruz Azul has a rich variety of nicknames over its history, listed chronologically:.
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