2022–23 Club Universidad Nacional season

UNAM
2022–23 season
President	Leopoldo Silva Gutiérrez
Manager	Rafael Puente Jr.
Stadium	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Apertura 2022	12th
Top goalscorer	; Apertura:; Juan Dinenno(6 goals)
Highest home attendance	15,092 vs Tijuana; 3 July 2022
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 July 2022.

The 2022–23 Club Universidad Nacional season, commonly referred to as UNAM, is the club's 69th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team will participate in the Liga MX.

Squad

No.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Julio González	(1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 31)	2020	Praviano
13	Gil Alcalá	(1991-07-29)29 July 1991 (aged 30)	2022	Tijuana
Defenders
3	Ricardo Galindo	(1998-01-13)13 January 1998 (aged 24)	2018	Youth system
5	Jerónimo Rodríguez	(1999-03-24)24 March 1999 (aged 23)	2018	Youth system
16	Adrián Aldrete	(1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 34)	2022	Cruz Azul
18	Efraín Velarde	(1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 36)	2021	Mazatlán
23	Nicolás Freire (captain)	(1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 28)	2019	L.D.U. Quito
25	Arturo Ortiz	(1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 29)	2021	UDG
33	Dani Alves	(1983-05-06)6 May 1983 (aged 39)	2022	Barcelona
Midfielders
6	Marco García	(2000-01-17)17 January 2000 (aged 22)	2020	UNAM Academy
8	Higor Meritão	(1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 28)	2021	Paraná
10	Eduardo Salvio	(1990-07-13)13 July 1990 (aged 31)	2022	Boca Juniors
11	Carlos Gutiérrez	(1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 23)	2018	Youth system
14	Amaury García	(2001-12-19)19 December 2001 (aged 20)	2020	Youth system
17	Leonel López	(1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 28)	2020	América
35	Jorge Ruvalcaba	(2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 20)	2022	Cal State San Bernardino
Forwards
7	Diogo	(1996-12-04)4 December 1996 (aged 25)	2021	Plaza Colonia
9	Juan Dinenno	(1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (aged 27)	2020	Deportivo Cali
12	César Huerta	(2000-12-03)3 December 2000 (aged 21)	2022	Guadalajara
21	Gustavo Del Prete	(1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 26)	2022	Estudiantes
27	Emanuel Montejano	(2001-07-12)12 July 2001 (aged 20)	2020	Youth system

Players and squad numbers last updated on 4 July 2022.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Club officials

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Andrés Lillini
Assistant managers	Hermes Desio
	Gustavo Vargas
	Gabriel Aguilar
Goalkeeper coach	Iván Gaytán
Fitness coach	Milton Mora
Physiotherapist	Miguel Márquez
Team doctors	Joaquín Ledesma
Team doctors	Antonio Acevedo

Source: Liga MX

Transfers and loans

In

Players transferred

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Source
June 2022	FW	César Huerta	Guadalajara
June 2022	DF	Adrián Aldrete	Cruz Azul
13 June 2022	FW	Gustavo Del Prete	Estudiantes	^[2]
4 July 2022	MF	Eduardo Salvio	Boca Juniors	^[3]
21 July 2022	DF	Dani Alves	Barcelona	^[4]

Players loaned

Date	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Source
24 May 2022	GK	Gil Alcalá	Tijuana	End of season	^[5]

Out

Players transferred

Players loaned

Date	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Source
June 24, 2022	FW	Favio Álvarez	Talleres	December 2023	^[6]

Kits

Supplier: Nike

Home

Away

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 June 2022 Friendly	América	1–3	UNAM	Bridgeview
		Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

22 June 2022 Friendly	Monterrey	3–0	UNAM	Edinburg
		Report		Stadium: H-E-B Park

13 July 2022 Friendly	UNAM	1–1	Celta Vigo	Mexico City
19:15 (UTC−5)	Diogo 22'	Report	Aspas 45'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

7 August 2022 Joan Gamper Trophy	Barcelona	6–0	UNAM	Barcelona
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lewandowski 3' Pedri 5', 19' Dembélé 10' Gavi 21' Aubameyang 49' F. de Jong 84'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 83,021 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Apertura 2022	3 July 2022	30 September 2022	Matchday 1	17	2	8	7	21	31	−10	011.76
Clausura 2023	January 2023	TBD	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				17	2	8	7	21	31	−10	011.76

Last updated: 12 August 2022
Source: Mediotiempo.com

Liga MX

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Mazatlán	17	3	8	6	17	24	−7	17
15	Tijuana	17	4	5	8	18	30	−12	17
16	UNAM	17	2	8	7	21	31	−10	14
17	Atlas	17	3	4	10	16	27	−11	13
18	Querétaro	17	1	6	10	18	35	−17	9

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

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
6	1	5	0	7	6	+1	8	1	3	0	4	3	+1	0	2	0	3	3	0

Last updated: 12 August 2022.
Source: Soccerway

Results round by round

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

Source: Mediotiempo.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 29 May 2022.^[7]

3 July 2022 1	UNAM	1–1	Tijuana	Mexico City
12:00	Diogo 50' López 67' Del Prete 67' Meritão 77' Aldrete 86' Navarro 90+4'	Report	Rodríguez 11' (pen.) J. Díaz 81' Montecinos 89'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 15,092 Referee: Adonai Escobedo González

9 July 2022 2	León	3–3	UNAM	León
19:00	Dinenno 4' (pen.) Galindo 37' Bennevendo 45+3' Del Prete 45+5' 62' Ruvalcaba 48' Salvio 51'	Report	O. Rodríguez 20' Cota 45+3' Di Yorio 52', 78' Campbell 58' Castillo 66'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 16,924 Referee: Jesus Lopez Valle

Leagues Cup

East 2

Pos	Team v t e	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 (2023-07-22) group	CF Montréal	v	UNAM	Montreal
19:30		Report		Stadium: Saputo Stadium

30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) group	UNAM	v	D.C. United	Washington, D.C.
19:00		Report		Stadium: Audi Field

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played 31 July 2022

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted numerically by squad number when total goals are equal.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Liga MX		Total
Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Total
1	FW	9		Juan Dinenno	6		6
2	MF	10		Eduardo Salvio	5		5
3	FW	7		Diogo	4		4
4	DF	5		Jerónimo Rodríguez	1		1
	DF	16		Adrián Aldrete	1		1
	FW	21		Gustavo Del Prete	1		1
	DF	23		Nicolás Freire	1		1
	MF	35		Jorge Ruvalcaba	1		1
	GK	1		Julio González	1		1
	Own Goals				1		1
Total					22		22

Sources: Soccerway, Liga MX

Assists

As of match played 31 July 2022

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted numerically by squad number when total assists are equal.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Liga MX		Total
Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Total
1	MF	17		Leonel López	4		4
1	DF	33		Dani Alves	4		4
2
	FW	9		Juan Dinenno	1		1
	DF	16		Adrián Aldrete	1		1
	MF	35		Jorge Ruvalcaba	1		1
	Total					6		6

Source: Soccerway

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref.

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Nat.	Player	Liga MX		Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Player	Apertura	Clausura	Total
1	1		Julio González	2		2
Total	2		2

Source: FBref.com

Disciplinary record

Notes

References

^ "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Universidad Nacional". LigaMX.net.
^ "Pumas anuncia a su cuarto refuerzo para el Apertura 2022: Gustavo del Prete" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ "Pumas anuncia a 'Toto' Salvio como refuerzo" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ "Dani Alves llegó a la Ciudad de México para firmar con Pumas" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Gil Alcalá, nuevo portero de Pumas" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "PUMAS: FAVIO ÁLVAREZ DEJÓ UNIVERSIDAD Y LLEGÓ AL CLUB ATLÉTICO TALLERES DE CÓRDOBA" (in Spanish). Record. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Calendario Apertura 2022". www.ligabbva.mx (in Spanish). 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022.

External links

Official website

[1] "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional - Universidad Nacional". LigaMX.net.

[2] "Pumas anuncia a su cuarto refuerzo para el Apertura 2022: Gustavo del Prete" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

[3] "Pumas anuncia a 'Toto' Salvio como refuerzo" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[4] "Dani Alves llegó a la Ciudad de México para firmar con Pumas" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[5] "Gil Alcalá, nuevo portero de Pumas" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[6] "PUMAS: FAVIO ÁLVAREZ DEJÓ UNIVERSIDAD Y LLEGÓ AL CLUB ATLÉTICO TALLERES DE CÓRDOBA" (in Spanish). Record. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[7] "Calendario Apertura 2022". www.ligabbva.mx (in Spanish). 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022.

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