| Club: | América |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Manager: | Miguel Herrera (until 21 December) Santiago Solari (from 29 December) |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Santiago Baños |
| Stadium: | Estadio Azteca Estadio Olímpico Universitario (from 1–13 August) |
| League: | Guardianes 2020 |
| League Result: | 3rd Quarter-finals |
| League2: | Guardianes 2021 |
| League2 Result: | 2nd Quarter-finals |
| Cup1: | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup2: | 2021 CONCACAF Champions League |
| Cup2 Result: | Runners-up |
| League Topscorer: | Guardianes 2020: Henry Martín (8) Guardianes 2021: Henry Martín (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Henry Martín (16) |
| Average Attendance: | 0 |
| Largest Win: | (1 August 2020) |
| Largest Loss: | (16 August 2020) (20 February 2021) |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
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The 2020–21 Club América season is the club's 76th consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The team will participate in the Liga MX and the CONCACAF Champions League.
| style=background-color:#FFFF91;color:Blue | Position | style=background-color:#FFFF91;color:Blue | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager |  Santiago Solari | ||
| Assistant managers | Santiago Sánchez | ||
| Lucas Nardi | |||
 Gilberto Adame | |||
| Goalkeeper coach | Luis Gurrola | ||
| Fitness coaches | Bruno Militano | ||
 Paolo Pacione | |||
| Physiotherapists | Octavio Luna | ||
| Francisco Faustino | |||
| Team doctors | Alfonso Díaz | ||
| José Guadalupe Vázquez | |||
| Christian Motta |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Previous club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 13 | | Guillermo Ochoa | 2020 8, df=yes | 2019 |  Standard Liège | ||
| 27 | | Óscar Jiménez | 2020 7, df=yes | 2017 | Chiapas | ||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 2 | | Luis Fuentes | 2020 8, df=yes | 2020 | Free Agent | ||
| 3 | | Jorge Sánchez | 2020 7, df=yes | 2018 | Santos Laguna | ||
| 4 | Sebastián Cáceres | 2020 1, df=yes | 2020 | Liverpool | |||
| 18 | Bruno Valdez | 2020 7, df=yes | 2016 | Cerro Porteño | |||
| 19 | | Emanuel Aguilera | 2020 7, df=yes | 2018 | Tijuana | ||
| 25 | | Jordan Silva | 2021 1, df=yes | 2021 | Tijuana (on loan) | ||
| 29 | | Adrián Goransch | 2020 8, df=yes | 2020 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| 32 | | Bryan Colula | 2021 2, df=yes | 2020 | Tijuana | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 5 |  | Pedro Aquino | 2021 1, df=yes | 2021 | León | ||
| 7 | | Leonardo Suárez | 2020 1, df=yes | 2020 |  Villarreal | ||
| 8 | MF | | Alonso Escoboza | 2020 12, df=yes | 2020 | Querétaro | |
| 14 |  | Nicolás Benedetti | 2020 7, df=yes | 2019 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| 16 | | Alan Medina | 2021 1, df=yes | 2021 | Toluca (on loan) | ||
| 17 | | Sebastián Córdova | 2020 7, df=yes | 2016 | Youth system | ||
| 20 | Richard Sánchez | 2020 3, df=yes | 2019 | Olimpia | |||
| 22 | | Álvaro Fidalgo | 2021 2, df=yes | 2021 | Castellón (on loan) | ||
| 23 | | Antonio López | 2020 7, df=yes | 2019 | Youth system | ||
| 28 | | Mauro Lainez | 2020 12, df=yes | 2020 | Tijuana (on loan) | ||
| 31 | | Emilio Sánchez | 2020 7, df=yes | 2014 | Youth system | ||
| Forwards | |||||||
| 6 | Sergio Díaz | 2020 7, df=yes | 2020 | Real Madrid Castilla (on loan) | |||
| 9 | | Roger Martínez | 2020 7, df=yes | 2018 |  Jiangsu Suning | ||
| 10 | | Giovani dos Santos | 2020 7, df=yes | 2019 |  LA Galaxy | ||
| 21 | | Henry Martín | 2020 7, df=yes | 2018 | Tijuana | ||
| 24 | Federico Viñas | 2020 7, df=yes | 2019 | Juventud | |||
| 30 | Nicolás Castillo | 2020 7, df=yes | 2019 | Benfica | |||
Club América preceded their 2020–21 campaign by taking part in the Copa por México, being placed in Group A alongside Toluca, UNAM, and Cruz Azul. The matches were announced in June 2020.[2]
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2020 | Toluca | N | 2–0 | Martín 14', Sauro (o.g.) 44' | |
| 7 July 2020 | UNAM | N | 0–0 | ||
| 11 July 2020 | Cruz Azul | N | 1–4 | Córdova 14' | |
| 16 July 2020 | Guadalajara | N | 3–4 | Viñas 34', Córdova 69', Ibargüen 80' |
| style=width:40px;" | Player | From | Fee | Notes | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June 2020 | DF | Adrián Goransch | 21 | Zacatepec | Loan return | [3] | ||
| 24 June 2020 | MF | Emilio Sánchez | 26 | Loan return | [4] | |||
| 29 July 2020 | FW | Sergio Díaz | 22 | On loan | [5] |
| style=width:40px;" | Player | To | Fee | Notes | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2020 | DF | Haret Ortega | 20 | Toluca | Loan | [6] | ||
| 3 July 2020 | MF |  Renato Ibarra | 29 | Atlas | Loan | [7] | ||
| style=width:40px;" | Player | From | Fee | Notes | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 December 2020 | MF | Mauro Lainez | 24 | Tijuana | On loan | [8] | ||
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Bryan Colula | 24 | Tijuana | End of loan | |||
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Alan Medina | 23 | Toluca | Transfer | [9] | ||
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Pedro Aquino | 25 | León | Transfer | |||
| 12 January 2021 | DF | Jordan Silva | 26 | Tijuana | On loan | [10] | ||
| 1 February 2021 | MF | Álvaro Fidalgo | 23 | Castellón | On loan | [11] | ||
| style=width:40px;" | Player | To | Fee | Notes | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 December 2020 | MF | Santiago Cáseres | 23 | Villarreal | End of loan | [12] | ||
| 23 December 2020 | DF | Luis Reyes | 29 | Atlas | Free | [13] | ||
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Paul Aguilar | 34 | Free Agent | ||||
| 1 January 2021 | MF | Rubén González | 26 | León | Undisclosed | |||
| 31 January 2021 | MF | Andrés Ibargüen | 28 | Santos Laguna | Released | [14] | ||
See main article: 2020–21 Liga MX season.
See main article: 2020–21 Liga MX season.
See main article: Guardianes 2021 Liga MX final phase.
See main article: 2020 CONCACAF Champions League. The 2020 CONCACAF Champions League began during the 2019–20 Liga MX season, but was postponed indefinitely in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In November, CONCACAF announced that the remaining fixtures of the Champions League would be held the following month, and would be played at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida.[15]
América, up 3–0 on aggregate, faced Atlanta United in the second-leg of the quarter-finals.
The Round of 16 was played during the 2019–20 Club América season.
See main article: 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.