Club Deportivo Guadalajara

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Guadalajara

Official Name

Club Deportivo Guadalajara
S.A. de C.V.

Nickname(s)

Chivas (Goats)
Rebaño Sagrado(Sacred Flock)
Chivas Rayadas (Striped Goats)

Founded

May 8, 1906 (as Club Unión)

Stadium

Jalisco
Guadalajara, Jalisco

Capacity

62,384

Owner(s)

Jorge Vergara

Manager

Efrain Flores

Federation

FEMEXFUT

League

Primera División de México

Season

3rd(playoffs)
2nd (league)
1st (groups)





Home colours





Away colours

Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara and usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (Goats), also referred to 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.

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].

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.

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).

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.

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.

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 roud 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.

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 September of 2008. This stadium will be in the shape of a volcano. It will also have 18 main entrance doors. The new soccer 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.

Most championships in the Mexican Primera División
Beat Boca Jrs 4-0 and went 180 minutes without receiving a goal from them in an international cup.
Reached semi-finals in the Copa Libertadores 2 consecutive years (2005 & 2006).
Played their biggest friendly match against FC Barcelona in Los Angeles, a game which resulted in a 1-1 tie.
Played a match against Chivas USA on November 17, 2007 to help with the devastion in Tabasco and Chiapas, Chivas de Guadalajara won 2-1. [1]
It is the only team in Mexico to carry the tradition of only having Mexican players on the squad.
Along side América, Guadalajara has never been relegated to 2nd Division.
In the late 1950's Chivas went to Europe and had a successful campaign against European teams like Liverpool, Real Madrid, and AC Milan. (Info. from the Chivas History DVD)

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Luis Ernesto Michel
2	DF	Arturo Ledesma
3	DF	Francisco Javier Rodríguez
4	DF	Héctor Reynoso
5	MF	Patricio Araujo
6	MF	Omar Esparza
7	MF	Gonzalo Pineda
8	DF	Jose Antonio Olvera
9	FW	Omar Bravo (Vice Captain)
10	MF	Alberto Medina
11	MF	Ramón Morales (Captain)
13	MF	Sergio Ávila

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	José Antonio Patlán
15	FW	Jesús Padilla
16	MF	Edgar Solís
17	GK	Alfredo Talavera
18	DF	Xavier Báez
19	DF	Jonny Magallón
20	DF	Edgar Mejía
21	FW	Sergio Santana
25	FW	Javier Hernández
27	FW	Omar Arellano
28	MF	Julio Nava
50	MF	Paulo César Chávez

Main article: Chivas USA

Is a football team that gets its name from its affiliation with Chivas de Guadalajara. They play in the city of Carson, at the Home Depot Center which they share with fellow MLS side the Los Angeles Galaxy.

It is the sister club of Chivas de Guadalajara in the Mexican Second Division that was brought by buying the franchise of the Gallos of Aguascalientes which played in Guadalajara. Due to obscurity, Vergara decided to change the team's name in order to make it more representative of Guadalajara or the mother institution. This team is a "youth given talented" of Chivas, where some past players include Carlos Salcido, Omar Bravo, Alberto Medina, Johnny García, and also U-17 World Cup Champions: Sergio Arias, Carlos Vela, Patricio "El Pato" Araujo, Omar Esparza.

Main article: Club Deportivo Saprissa

Club Deportivo Saprissa, also owned by Jorge Vergara, is the most famous sport club in Costa Rica, which copied Chivas' philosophy in 2003 and plays only with Costa Rican players.

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.

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
'Champion of the Challenger Cup: 1hi

CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1
- 1962

- The CONCACAF Champion's Cup of 1964 and 1965 were abandoned. The edition of 1966 was not held.^[3]

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

1956-1957 - Donald Ross
1958-1959 - Arpad Fekete
1959-1960 - Arpad Fekete
1960-1961 - Javier de la Torre
1961-1962 - Javier de la Torre
1963-1964 - Javier de la Torre
1964-1965 - Javier de la Torre
1969-1970 - Javier de la Torre
1986-1987 - Alberto Guerra
Verano 1997- Ricardo Ferretti
Apertura 2006 - José Manuel de la Torre

Players in bold are still present in club.

Victories:
Club America: 63
Club Deportivo Guadalajara: 66

Draws: 65

TOTAL: 199

Official shirt sponsors - Bimbo, Toyota
Official shirt manufacturer - Reebok
Official Beer - Sol

^ 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
^ History of Chivas
^ CONCACAF Champion's Cup - RSSSF