The 2010–11 Monterrey season was the 64th professional season of 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. Monterrey began their season on July 24, 2010, against San Luis, Monterrey will play their homes games on Saturdays at 5:00pm. Monterrey won their fourth title by defeating Santos Laguna 6–2 in aggregate score on December 5, 2010.
Torneo Apertura
Squad
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Apertura 2010 results
Regular season
| July 24, 2010 Round 1 | San Luis | 1 – 1 | Monterrey | Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí | 
| 8:45pm | Aguirre  68' | Report | Suazo  63' | Referee: Paul Delgadillo | 
| July 31, 2010 Round 2 | Monterrey | 3 – 2 | Estudiantes Tecos | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 7:00pm | Suazo  47' Ayoví  59' Santana  66' | Bareiro  36' Zamogilny  90' | Referee: Erim Ramírez | 
| August 7, 2010 Round 3 | Atlante | 1 – 2 | Monterrey | Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún | 
| 9:00pm | Fano  3' | Report | Basanta  13' Cardozo  52' | Referee: Román Rafael Medina | 
| August 14, 2010 Round 4 | Monterrey | 5 – 2 | UNAM | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 7:00pm | Suazo  8', 50' (pen.) Santana  45' Martínez  76' de Nigris  90' | Report | Leandro  17' López  23' | Referee: Fernando Guerrero | 
| August 21, 2010 Round 5 | Pachuca | 2 – 2 | Monterrey | Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca | 
| 7:00pm | Cvitanich  7' Arreola  90+1' | Report | Suazo  68' de Nigris  78' | Referee: Ricardo Arellano | 
| August 28, 2010 Round 6 | Monterrey | 1 – 1 | Chiapas | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 7:00pm | Suazo  28' | Danilinho  23' | Referee: Roberto García | 
| September 11, 2010 Round 7 | UANL | 0 – 1 | Monterrey | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás | 
| 7:00pm | Report | Suazo  46' | Referee: Armando Archundia | 
| September 18, 2010 Round 8 | Monterrey | 2 – 0 | Atlas | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 7:00pm | de Nigris  52' Suazo  58' | Report | Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
| September 25, 2010 Round 9 | Querétaro | 0 – 0 | Monterrey | Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro | 
| 5:00pm | Report | Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
| October 2, 2010 Round 10 | Monterrey | 2 – 1 | Necaxa | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 7:00pm | Suazo  12' de Nigris  26' | Report | Quatrocchi  12' | Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| October 10, 2010 Round 11 | América | 0 – 0 | Monterrey | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 4:30pm | Report | Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
| October 16, 2010 Round 12 | Monterrey | 2 – 0 | Toluca | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 9:00pm | Zavala  16' Gamboa  81' (o.g.) | Report | Referee: Paul Delgadillo | 
| October 23, 2010 Round 13 | Santos Laguna | 1 – 2 | Monterrey | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 7:00pm | Benítez  33' | Report | Suazo  4' Martínez  48' | Referee: Jorge Gasso | 
| October 27, 2010 Round 14 | Monterrey | 2 – 4 | Cruz Azul | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 9:00pm | Castro  31' Villaluz  33', 56' Villa  44' | Report | de Nigris  40' Pineda  53' (o.g.) | Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala | 
| October 31, 2010 Round 15 | Morelia | 0 – 2 | Monterrey | Estadio Morelos, Morelia | 
| 12:00pm | Report | Carreño  32' Cardozo  89' | Referee: Ricardo Arellano | 
| November 6, 2010 Round 16 | Puebla | 2 – 0 | Monterrey | Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla | 
| 12:00pm | Ayala  28' Corona  90+1' | Report | Referee: Roberto García | 
| November 13, 2010 Round 17 | Monterrey | 2 – 3 | Guadalajara | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 5:00pm | de Nigris  11' Ayoví  33' | Reporty | Arellano  55' Fabián  66', 90+1' | Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores | 
Final phase
| November 18, 2010 Quarterfinals | Pachuca | 1 – 1 | Monterrey | Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca | 
| 6:00pm | Azrizala  77' | Report | Basanta  56' | Referee: Paul Delgadillo | 
| November 21, 2010 Quarterfinals | Monterrey | 3 – 3 | Pachuca | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 4:00pm | Suazo  19' de Nigris  36' Cardozo  56' | Report | Azrizala  25', 84', 89' | Referee: Armando Archundia | 
Monterrey advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification phase
| November 25, 2010 Semifinals | UNAM | 0 – 0 | Monterrey | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City | 
| 9:00pm | Report | Referee: Roberto García | 
| November 28, 2010 Semifinals | Monterrey | 2 – 0 | UNAM | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 8:00pm | Suazo  88' Cardozo  90' | Report | Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
Monterrey won 2–0 on aggregate
| December 2, 2010 Finals | Santos Laguna | 3 – 2 | Monterrey | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 8:00pm | Estrada  23' Quintero  41' Davino  85' (o.g.) | Report | Suazo  32' Cardozo  54' | Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
| December 5, 2010 Finals | Monterrey | 3 – 0 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 8:00pm | Suazo  28', 85' Basanta  72' | Report | Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
Monterrey won 5–3 on aggregate
Goalscorers
| Position | Nation | Name | Goals scored | 
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| 1. |  | Humberto Suazo | 15 | 
| 2. |  | Aldo de Nigris | 6 | 
| 3. |  | Neri Cardozo | 5 | 
| 4. |  | José María Basanta | 3 | 
| 5. |  | Walter Ayoví | 2 | 
| 5. |  | Osvaldo Martínez | 2 | 
| 5. |  | Sergio Santana | 2 | 
| 5. | Own Goal | 2 | |
| 9. |  | Darío Carreño | 1 | 
| 9. |  | Jesús Zavala | 1 | 
| TOTAL | 35 | 
Transfers
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Regular season statistics
Results summary
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 
Last updated: 15 January 2011.
Source: Apertura 2010 results
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Torneo Clausura
Squad
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican Football Transfers Summer 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Clausura 2011 results
Regular season
| January 8, 2011 Round 1 | Monterrey | 0 – 2 | San Luis | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 5:00pm | Report | Mares  73' Medina  90+3' | Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas | 
| January 14, 2011 Round 2 | Estudiantes Tecos | 3 – 2 | Monterrey | Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan | 
| 8:10pm | Cejas  24', 45' (pen.) Cabral  28' | Report | Santana  22', 58' | Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón | 
| January 22, 2011 Round 3 | Monterrey | 1 – 0 | Atlante | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 5:00pm | Suazo  2' | Report | Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores | 
| January 30, 2011 Round 4 | UNAM | 3 – 2 | Monterrey | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City | 
| 5:00pm | Cacho  26' Bravo  40' Cortés  54' | Report | Suazo  28' (pen.) Martínez  87' | Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| February 5, 2011 Round 5 | Monterrey | 2 – 0 | Pachuca | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 5:00pm | de Nigris  26' Cardozo  49' | Report | Referee: Erim Ramírez | 
| February 12, 2011 Round 6 | Chiapas | 1 – 4 | Monterrey | Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutierrez | 
| 7:00pm | Valdés  36' | Report | Suazo  9', 31' (pen.), 78' de Nigris  81' | Referee: Roberto García | 
| February 19, 2011 Round 7 | Monterrey | 0 – 0 | UANL | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 5:00pm | Report | Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega | 
| February 26, 2011 Round 8 | Atlas | 1 – 0 | Monterrey | Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara | 
| 8:45pm | Espinoza  45+2' | Report | Referee: Paul Delgadillo | 
| March 5, 2011 Round 9 | Monterrey | 2 – 0 | Querétaro | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 5:00pm | Carreño  48' Pérez  74' | Report | Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| March 11, 2011 Round 10 | Necaxa | 0 – 1 | Monterrey | Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes | 
| 8:10pm | Report | de Nigris  46' | Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
| March 19, 2011 Round 11 | Monterrey | 2 – 1 | América | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 5:00pm | Ayoví  47' Carreño  69' | Report | Reyna  89' (pen.) | Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
| April 3, 2011 Round 12 | Toluca | 1 − 1 | Monterrey | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca | 
| 12:00pm | Ayoví  73' | Report | de Nigris  4' | Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón | 
| April 9, 2011 Round 13 | Monterrey | 1 − 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 5:00pm | Arellano  23' | Report | Peralta  9' | Referee: Mauricio Rafael Morales | 
| April 13, 2011 Round 14 | Cruz Azul | 3 − 0 | Monterrey | Estadio Azul, Mexico City | 
| 8:30pm | Giménez  27', 68' Villa  71' | Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso | 
| April 16, 2011 Round 15 | Monterrey | 1 − 1 | Morelia | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 7:00pm | Cardozo  28' | Report | Rey  90+3' (pen.) | Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
| April 23, 2011 Round 16 | Monterrey | 1 − 1 | Puebla | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 7:00pm | Zavala  23' | Report | Borja  7' | Referee: Erim Ramírez | 
| April 30, 2011 Round 17 | Guadalajara | 2 – 3 | Monterrey | Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan | 
| 7:00pm | Fabián  3', 82' | Report | Osorio  45' Zavala  72' Ayoví  89' | Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega | 
Final phase
| May 5, 2011 Quarterfinals | Monterrey | 3 − 1 | UNAM | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 7:00pm | Martínez  11' Ayoví  21' Suazo  47' | Report | Bravo  69' | Referee: Juan Genaro Medrano | 
| May 8, 2011 Quarterfinals | UNAM | 2 – 0 | Monterrey | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City | 
| 12:00pm | Velarde  6' Fuentes  73' | Report | Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
UNAM advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification phase
CONCACAF Champions League
Group stage
| August 17, 2010 1 | Monterrey   | 1 – 0 |  Saprissa | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 22:00 | de Nigris  25' | Report | Attendance: 12,042 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States) | 
| August 25, 2010 2 | Seattle Sounders FC   | 0 – 2 |  Monterrey | Qwest Field, Seattle | 
| 22:00 | Report | Cardozo  41' de Nigris  58' | Attendance: 22,513 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | 
| September 14, 2010 3 | Monterrey   | 2 – 0 |  Marathón | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 20:00 | de Nigris  23' Paredes  55' | Report | Attendance: 9,628 Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica) | 
| September 22, 2010 4 | Monterrey   | 3 – 2 |  Seattle Sounders FC | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 20:00 | de Nigris  74' Suazo  75' Pérez  78' (pen.) | Report | Pérez  28' (o.g.) Fucito  44' | Attendance: 19,697 Referee: Marlon Mejia (Honduras) | 
| September 28, 2010 5 | Saprissa   | 2 – 2 |  Monterrey | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José | 
| 22:00 | Meza  16' (o.g.) Mena  65' | Report | Rodríguez  5' Carreño  31' | Attendance: 1,635 Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States) | 
| October 20, 2010 6 | Marathón   | 0 – 1 |  Monterrey | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula | 
| 22:00 | Report | Santana  69' | Attendance: 500 Referee: Walter Lopez (Guatemala) | 
Table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
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|  Monterrey | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 16 | 
|  Saprissa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | 
|  Marathón | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 6 | 
|  Seattle Sounders FC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 | 
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Knockout stage
| February 23, 2011 QF | Toluca   | 0 – 1 |  Monterrey | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca | 
| 20:00 | Report | Martínez  82' | Attendance: 11,236 Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
| March 2, 2011 QF | Monterrey   | 1 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.) |  Toluca | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 20:00 | Cardozo  88' | Report | Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
| March 16, 2011 SF | Monterrey   | 2 − 1 |  Cruz Azul | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 22:00 | Cardozo  9' Santana  55' | Report | Cortés  48' | Referee: Paul Delgadillo | 
| April 6, 2011 SF | Cruz Azul   | 1 − 1 (3 – 2 agg.) |  Monterrey | Estadio Azul, Mexico City | 
| 20:00 | Villaluz  23' | Report | Suazo  81' (pen.) | Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
| April 20, 2011 F | Monterrey   | 2 – 2 |  Real Salt Lake | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 21:00 | de Negris  18' Suazo  63' (pen.) | Report | Borchers  35' Morales  89' | Attendance: 30,327 Referee:  Joel Aguilar | 
| April 27, 2011 F | Real Salt Lake   | 0 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.) |  Monterrey | Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy | 
| 20:00 | Report | Suazo  44' | Attendance: 20,378 Referee:  Roberto Moreno | 
Goalscorers
Clausura 2011 and Champions League Knockout Stage[1]
| Position | Nation | Name | Goals scored | 
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| 1. |  | Humberto Suazo | 8 | 
| 2. |  | Aldo de Nigris | 5 | 
| 3. |  | Neri Cardozo | 4 | 
| 4. |  | Sergio Santana | 3 | 
| 4. |  | Walter Ayoví | 3 | 
| 4. |  | Osvaldo Martínez | 3 | 
| 7. |  | Darío Carreño | 2 | 
| 7. |  | Jesús Zavala | 2 | 
| 9. |  | Jesús Arellano | 1 | 
| 9. |  | Ricardo Osorio | 1 | 
| 9. |  | Luis Ernesto Pérez | 1 | 
| TOTAL | 33 | 
Regular season statistics
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 
Last updated: 6 May 2011.
Source: Clausura 2011 results
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
References
- 1 2 3 "Monterrey stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ↑ "League Table". Medio Tiempo. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.