2024–25 Club León season

Club León
2024–25 season
Manager	Jorge Bava
Stadium	Estadio León
Liga MX Torneo Apertura	11th
Clausura	1st
Leagues Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jhonder Cádiz (3); All: ; Jhonder Cádiz (3)
Biggest defeat	Pumas UNAM 4–1 León
Home colours	Away colours

The 2024–25 season is Club León's 82nd season in existence and their 13th consecutive appearance in the top flight.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MEX	Alfonso Blanco
2	DF	MEX	Mauricio Isais
3	DF	MEX	Pedro Hernández
5	MF	MEX	Fidel Ambríz
7	DF	MEX	Iván Moreno
8	MF	CHI	Luciano Cabral
10	MF	COL	James Rodríguez
12	GK	MEX	Óscar Jiménez (on loan from América)
14	FW	MEX	Ettson Ayón
15	MF	COL	Edgar Guerra
16	MF	URU	Alan Medina
17	MF	MEX	Jesús Hernández (on loan from Pachuca)
18	MF	MEX	Andrés Guardado
20	FW	MEX	Alfonso Alvarado
21	DF	COL	Jaine Barreiro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	ARG	Adonis Frías
23	GK	MEX	Oscar García
24	DF	MEX	Osvaldo Rodríguez
25	DF	MEX	Paul Bellón
26	DF	MEX	Salvador Reyes
27	MF	MEX	Ángel Estrada
28	DF	MEX	David Ramírez
31	MF	MEX	Sebastián Santos
32	DF	MEX	Luis Cervantes
33	MF	MEX	Héctor Uribe
34	DF	MEX	Víctor Barajas
35	DF	MEX	Diego Luna
—	FW	VEN	Jhonder Cádiz
—	FW	COL	Stiven Mendoza

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	MEX	Óscar Villa
—	MF	URU	Gonzalo Nápoli
—	FW	URU	Nicolás López
—	FW	URU	Federico Viñas

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	MEX	Rodolfo Cota (at América)
—	DF	ECU	Byron Castillo (at Peñarol)
—	MF	COL	Omar Fernández (at Everton)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	URU	Federico Martínez (at Everton)
—	MF	MEX	José Iván Rodríguez (at América)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Luciano Cabral	Coquimbo Unido	€1,000,000	2 July 2024
FW	Jhonder Cádiz	F.C. Famalicão	Undisclosed	9 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Stiven Mendoza	Adana Demirspor	Free	10 July 2024
MF	Diego Hernández	Botafogo	Loan	29 July 2024	^[2]
MF	James Rodriguez	Rayo Vallecano	Free	13 January 2025

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Luciano Cabral	Independiente	€961,000	1 January 2025	^[3]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga MX Apertura	7 July 2024	8 November 2024	Matchday 1	17	3	9	5	21	23	−2	017.65
Liga MX Clausura	10 January 2025		Matchday 1	9	7	2	0	16	9	+7	077.78
Leagues Cup	28 July 2024	5 August 2024	Group stage	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total				28	10	12	6	39	35	+4	035.71

Last updated: 26 February 2025
Source: Soccerway

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Guadalajara	17	7	4	6	24	15	+9	25	Qualification for the play-in round^[a]
10	Atlas	17	5	7	5	17	23	−6	22	Qualification for the play-in round^[a]
11	León	17	3	9	5	21	23	−2	18
12	Juárez	17	5	2	10	22	36	−14	17
13	Necaxa	17	3	6	8	20	26	−6	15

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:

^ Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.

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
17	3	9	5	21	23	−2	18	2	6	1	9	5	+4	1	3	4	12	18	−6

Last updated: 26 February 2025.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 6 June 2024.^[4]^[5]

7 July 2024 1	UNAM	4–1	León	Mexico City
12:00 UTC−6	Ruvalcaba 11', 88' Cervantes 26' (o.g.) Martínez 80' López 90+3'		Alvarado 31' Guerra 61' Frías 74' Bellón 87'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Referee: Maximiliano Quintero Hernández

13 July 2024 2	León	0–0	Pachuca	León
17:00 UTC−6	Medina 13' Alvarado 47' Cabral 77' Barajas 90+7'		Cabral 69' Barreto 69' Idrissi 27' Moreno 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Salvador Pérez Villalobos

16 July 2024 3	Puebla	2–2	León	Puebla
21:00 UTC−6	Cavallini 13', 90+1' (pen.) Ferrareis 60' De Buen 72'		Cádiz 26', 87', 88'	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

21 July 2024 4	León	1–1	Necaxa	León
19:05 UTC−6	Barreiro 31' Cádiz 63' (pen.) Reyes 69'		Arce 57' Montes 69'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Luis Alfredo García Rodríguez

Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	UANL	17	10	3	4	24	14	+10	33	Qualification for the quarter–finals^[a]
5	Necaxa	17	10	1	6	36	29	+7	31
6	León	17	9	3	5	24	21	+3	30
7	Monterrey	17	8	4	5	32	23	+9	28	Qualification for the play-in round^[b]
8	Pachuca	17	8	4	5	29	23	+6	28	Qualification for the play-in round^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2025. 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 six places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals.
^ Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.

Leagues Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	COL	LEO
1	Portland Timbers	2	2	0	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	—
2	Colorado Rapids	2	0	1	0	1	1	5	−4	2	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	León	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1		1–2	1–1	—

Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

28 July Group stage	León	1–2	Portland Timbers	Portland, United States
19:30 PDT	Medina 12', 33'	Report	Williamson 20' McGraw 41', 90', 59' Miller 45+2'	Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Walter Lopez

5 August Group stage	León	1–1 (3–4 p)	Colorado Rapids	Commerce City, United States
19:00 MDT	Bellón 58' Ambríz 64' Guerra 77'	Report	Ronan 40' Bassett 45' Rafael Navarro 90+5', 90+7'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Referee: Julio Luna
	Penalties
	Cádiz Barreiro Guardado Mendoza Reyes		Mihailovic Bassett Rafael Navarro Bombito Maxsø

References

^ "Mercado de fichajes: El venezolano Jhonder Cádiz firma por el Club León tras dejar el Famalicão | Flashscore.es". www.flashscore.es.
^ "Diego Hernández deja Botafogo para jugar en el León de Jorge Bava". ESPN.com.mx. 29 July 2024.
^ Jara Marchant, Max (1 January 2025). "¡Se viste de rojo! Luciano Cabral es el nuevo refuerzo de Independiente". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
^ "Calendario de Liga MX para el Torneo Apertura 2024 | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN".
^ "Se libera el calendario del Apertura 2024: Estas son las fechas de los juegos más destacados". 6 June 2024.

[table_note_res_REP0.11333752475369-4] Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.

[table_note_res_LIG0.51673510648158-7] The first six places in the table will qualify for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

[table_note_res_REP0.51673510648158-8] Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for the play-in round.

[1] "Mercado de fichajes: El venezolano Jhonder Cádiz firma por el Club León tras dejar el Famalicão | Flashscore.es". www.flashscore.es.

[2] "Diego Hernández deja Botafogo para jugar en el León de Jorge Bava". ESPN.com.mx. 29 July 2024.

[3] Jara Marchant, Max (1 January 2025). "¡Se viste de rojo! Luciano Cabral es el nuevo refuerzo de Independiente". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2025.

[5] "Calendario de Liga MX para el Torneo Apertura 2024 | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN".

[6] "Se libera el calendario del Apertura 2024: Estas son las fechas de los juegos más destacados". 6 June 2024.

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