Club Deportivo Guadalajara

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Guadalajara
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Full name Club Deportivo Guadalajara
S.A. de C.V.
Nickname(s)Chivas (Goats)
Rebaño Sagrado(Sacred Flock)
Founded Unknown
Ground Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Jalisco
(Capacity 62,384)
Manager Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Efrain Flores
League Primera División de México
Apertura 2007 Semifinals
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Home colours
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Away colours

Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara, is usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (Goats). It is also known as the All Mexican Team is a Mexican football club.

Guadalajara is the only football club in Mexico's history to exclusively field Mexican born players. It plays in the Primera División de México, and is one of the only two teams in Mexico that have never been relegated to the 2nd Division. Its biggest rival is América (see el Superclásico), along with Chivas, the two most popular and supported clubs in Mexico, and their meetings signal the national derby. The team's popularity in the U.S. has led to the creation of a Major League Soccer expansion club in the United States, Chivas USA, which was initially to be comprised of Mexican and Mexican-American players (but now features a roster similar to other MLS clubs). On December 10, 2006 Guadalajara won its 11th professional championship, the most in Mexican football history.

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[edit] History & Foundation

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Edgar Everaert, Founder of Club Deportivo Guadalajara.

The team was founded in 1906 by a Belgian shopkeeper, Edgar Everaert, as Club Unión, but became Club Deportivo Guadalajara A.C. in 1908. The kit was modelled on that of the founder's favourite team, the Belgian Club Brugge K.V., which has since changed its kit, and it was named Unión because the team played at the intersection of Unión and Bosque Avenue. The first team was formed with Mexican and French players, mostly employees of the store Fábricas de Francia and with Everaert, a Belgian as coach[1][2].

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Club Union

The club was successful in the amateur era of football in Mexico, but it was at the beginning of the professional era that it would get its famous nickname. On Thursday the 30th of September of 1948 during a match against Tampico at Parque Oro de Guadalajara, the newspaper column derisively said that the goats (chivas in Spanish) had won; this name, which started as an insult, was embraced by the fans and is held with pride to this day. The insult was meant to say that the team did not play very well, and they just ran around like crazy goats. After winning their first title, the Cardinal of Guadalajara held a mass in their honor the next day and gave the team his blessing. Some considered changing the nickname from Chivas to Cardenales (Cardinals). But this was a short lived attempt. A compromise was reached. Given the team was blessed and many fans were of a religious nature, the team was seen as a holy relic. As a result, the team was given the nickname "El Rebaño Sagrado" (The Sacred Flock). The team is perhaps best known for the fact that they have only ever fielded Mexican players (Only three other clubs in the world follow a similar policy: Athletic Bilbao in Spain, El Nacional of Ecuador, and Saprissa of Costa Rica whose policy was adapted after Jorge Vergara (owner of Chivas) bought the club in 2003, and their fans even think the team itself is almost a synonym of what it means to be Mexican. Since they only let Mexican players on the team, they can't buy or trade players who weren't born in Mexico, however this policy does not apply to the team's coach.

[edit] The Campeonisimo Era (1956-1970)

In 1956, the "Campeonísimo" run started. In a league full of crucial teams with financial woes, an affluent Guadalajara was able to capture seven national league titles and, combined with national and international cups, a total of 28 trophies in eight years, and became the backbone of the Mexico national football team that would go to the World Cup. Although Chivas projected an image of greatness, the reality of Mexican football became evident at that World Cup as the "Campeonisimo" players were outmatched in Sweden. Allowing 8 goals, and scoring only 1. Many of those players became legendary symbols for the club. Some of the many players include goalkeeper Jaime "Tubo" Gomez, Guillermo "Tigre" Sepúlveda, José "Jamaicón" Villegas, Pancho Flores, Juan "Bigotón" Jasso, Isidoro "Chololo" Díaz, Sabás Ponce, Francisco Jara, and striker Salvador Reyes, all time topscorer of Guadalajara with 122 goals. Reyes was the last person to win top scorer (21 goals in a season) in the Mexican league until (although he won the award in the 60s he was only given the trophy just recently), Omar Bravo won it in the Mexican Clasura 2007 (with 11 goals).

[edit] The 1970's-1980's

In the decade of the '70s, as the league became more competitive, a Dark Age of sorts came to the club, and fans had to wait until the '82-'83 season to return to a Final, in which they were defeated. In 1983-84 the Final was lost again, this time, to archrival America. Finally in 1986-87 came the ninth title.

[edit] Origins to the 1990s

In the beginning of the 1990s the club was plagued by financial problems and a group known as "Promotora Guadalajara" took charge, improving the finances and bringing fresh air to the organization. The league calendar was changed to two tournaments per year. During that decade, the team lost another three Finals but won the Torneo de Verano (summer championship) in 1997 against Toros Neza 6-1. Chivas brought its league championships to 10, the most of any team in Mexico. After many fans were unhappy with the management style of Promotora Deportiva Guadalajara, a businessman by the name of Jorge Vergara stepped in. He offered over $100 million to purchase all of the shares from the club's primary Han's Westerhof's term.

[edit] Recent Championship (Apertura 2006)

Under José Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre's guide, Chivas won its 11th championship.De la Torre is also the youngest coach to win the championship in the last decade, and it's importamt to mention that was his first experience as a head coach. For Apertura 2006 tournament, Chivas qualified in 8th place to knock-out round called "liguilla" by defeating Veracruz 2-1 in Veracruz, and 4-0 in the Estadio Jalisco in the wild card series. The Chivas defeated 1st place Cruz Azul 2-0 in the first game, and tied 2-2 in the second game (4-2 aggregate), moving on to the semi-finals against rivals Club América. Chivas won 2-0 in the Estadio Jalisco, and was enough because the 2nd game in the Estadio Azteca where they tied 0-0, making Chivas a finalist.

These wins allowed Chivas to move on to the final of the Primera Division against Toluca. The first match was played at the Estadio Jalisco, in which Toluca and Chivas tied 1-1 with goals of Omar Bravo for Chivas and Bruno Marioni for Toluca. On December 10, 2006, Chivas played at Toluca's home stadium Estadio Nemesio Diez and won 2 goals to 1 (3-2 aggregate), thus becoming the current champions in Mexican League holding 11 titles, and the most titles of any other team in the league. The first goal was by Francisco Javier Rodríguez, and the second was by Adolfo Bautista, Bautista dedicated his goal and his team's victory to his mother, who died shortly before. This championship was Oswaldo Sánchez's first victory in the league.

[edit] Stadium

Guadalajara shares its home stadium, Estadio Jalisco, with Atlas. Estadio Jalisco was constructed on January 31, 1960. It was host for 8 games in the 1970 FIFA World Cup which from 6 were from group stage matches, and two were quarter and semi-finals. The stadium was host for 9 games in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, which 6 were group stage matches, 1 was round of sixteen and the last 2 were quarter and semi finals. The construction of a new stadium in Zapopan, which will be named Estadio Chivas is going to be finished by November of 2008. This stadium will be in the shape of a volcano. It will also have 18 main entrance doors. The new football stadium will have a capacity for 45,000 people. The parking lot will be capable of holding up to 8,000 cars. The new stadium will also have a restaurant with a capacity of 200 people and also has a view of the field while the game is being held.

[edit] Current squad

Apertura 2007

No. Position Player
1 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg GK Luis Ernesto Michel
2 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg DF Arturo Ledesma
3 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg DF Francisco Javier Rodríguez
4 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg DF Héctor Reynoso (Vice Captain)
5 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg MF Patricio Araujo
6 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg MF Omar Esparza
7 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg MF Gonzalo Pineda
8 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg DF José Antonio Olvera
9 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg FW Omar Bravo (Vice Captain)
10 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg MF Alberto Medina
11 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg MF Ramón Morales (Captain)
13 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg MF Sergio Ávila
No. Position Player
14 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg DF José Antonio Patlán
15 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg FW Jesús Padilla
16 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg MF Edgar Solís
17 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg GK Alfredo Talavera
18 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg DF Xavier Báez
19 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg DF Jonny Magallón
20 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg DF Edgar Mejía
21 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg FW Sergio Santana
25 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg FW Javier Hernández
27 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg FW Omar Arellano
28 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg MF Julio Nava
50 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg MF Paulo César Chávez

[edit] Honours

[edit] Domestic

[edit] Amateur Era

  • Amateur League Championships 13: 1908-1909, 1909-1910, 1911-1912, 1921-1922, 1922-1923, 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1927-1928, 1928-1929, 1929-1930, 1932-1933, 1934-1935, 1937-1938.

[edit] Profesional Era

  • Image:FMF.gif League Championships: 11
    • 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1969-70, 1986-87, Verano 1997, Apertura 2006
  • Champion of Champions: 7
    • 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1970
  • Mexican Cup: 2
    • 1963, 1970
  • Challenger Cup Champion: 1
    • 1961
  • Oro de Occidente Cup: 4
    • 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960

[edit] International

(Only CONCACAF team to achieve this prestigious feat in South American Continental Championship)

  • CONCACAF Central American Champion (2): North Central American and Caribbean 1962, Centralamerican 1969
  • 3 International Pentagonals:
    • II International Pentagonal of Mexico City 1958
    • V International Pentagonal of Mexico City 1961
    • III International Pentagonal of Jalisco 1962 [1]</ref>

[edit] Friendly Tournaments

  • Champion of the Copa Pachuca : 2000
  • Champion of the Copa Estrella del Milenio: 1999
  • Champion of the Copa Coliseo: 1998
  • Champion of Copa Leon: 2003

[edit] Club Facts

[edit] Notable coaches

[edit] Champion Coaches

[edit] Top Goalscorers

Players in bold are still present in club.

[edit] Notable Players

   

[edit] Sponsorship

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ WebFrancia (In 1908 Everaert changed the name of the club to Guadalajara and in the future it would only have Mexican players. Rafael Orozco became the first president of the club, position he left four years later
  2. ^ History of Chivas

[edit] External links

Group 1
Pachuca
UNAM
Toluca
Jaguares
UAG
Puebla

Group 2
América
Atlas
Monterrey
Atlante
Veracruz
Santos

Group 3
Cruz Azul
Guadalajara
Morelia
San Luis
UANL
Necaxa

League Levels

Primera División | Primera División A | Segunda División | Tercera División | Super Liga

Miscellaneous

List of champions | El Clásico | Clásico Regiomontano | InterLiga | SuperLiga | Campeón de Campeones | Champions' Cup

La Primera División short tournaments

Invierno 1996 • Verano 1997 • Invierno 1997 • Verano 1998 • Invierno 1998 •
Verano 1999 • Invierno 1999 • Verano 2000 • Invierno 2000 • Verano 2001 •
Invierno 2001 • Verano 2002 • Apertura 2002 • Clausura 2003 • Apertura 2003 •
Clausura 2004 • Apertura 2004 • Clausura 2005 • Apertura 2005 • Clausura 2006 •
Apertura 2006 • Clausura 2007 • Apertura 2007 •

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