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The team was founded in 1906 by a [[Belgium|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<ref>[http://www.webfrancia.com/es/rubricas/huellas-francia/2001/200107/16.htm 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</ref><ref>[http://members.tripod.com/o_oxchivasxo_o/historia.htm History of Chivas]</ref>. |
The team was founded in 1906 by a [[Belgium|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<ref>[http://www.webfrancia.com/es/rubricas/huellas-francia/2001/200107/16.htm 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</ref><ref>[http://members.tripod.com/o_oxchivasxo_o/historia.htm History of Chivas]</ref>. |
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[[Image:Chivas1910-11.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Club Union]] |
[[Image:Chivas1910-11.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Club Union]] |
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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 language|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, [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|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, but the one exception to foreign born players are those who are Mexicans born abroad. |
The club was successful in the amateur era of football in Mexico, despite this they were punished in their first ever match against city rivals [[Atlas]] by an amazing score of 18-0. This game it's very well know among football mexican followers but Chivas has always denied this even knowing that there's written historic chronicles about it. Up to date Atlas is held as the City's dominant team. 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 language|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, [[Club Deportivo El Nacional|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, but the one exception to foreign born players are those who are Mexicans born abroad. |
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===The Campeonisimo Era (1956-1970) === |
===The Campeonisimo Era (1956-1970) === |
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Revision as of 17:49, 1 February 2008
| Full name | Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A. de C.V. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Chivas (Goats) Rebaño Sagrado(Sacred Herd) | ||
| Founded | May 8, 1906 (as Club Unión) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco | ||
| Capacity | 62,384 | ||
| Owner |  Jorge Vergara | ||
| Manager | Efraín Flores | ||
| League | Primera División de México | ||
| Apertura 2007 | Semifinals 4th (league) | ||
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Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara, is usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (Goats). It is also known as the All Best 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. Chivas are number one in out of all Mexican soccer league's.
History & Foundation
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].
The club was successful in the amateur era of football in Mexico, despite this they were punished in their first ever match against city rivals Atlas by an amazing score of 18-0. This game it's very well know among football mexican followers but Chivas has always denied this even knowing that there's written historic chronicles about it. Up to date Atlas is held as the City's dominant team. 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, but the one exception to foreign born players are those who are Mexicans born abroad.
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).
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.
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 shareholders and restructured the organiation starting with the reserves that were rebuilt under Han's Westerhof's term.
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 important 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.
Stadium
Guadalajara shares it's 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 45,500 people to maximum of 54,500. 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.
Current squad
Clausura 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Domestic
Amateur Era
- Liga Occidental: 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.
- Champion of Champions: 1
- 1932-1933
Profesional Era
- File:FMF.gif Primera División de México: 11
- 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1969-70, 1986-87, Verano 1997, Apertura 2006
- Mexican Cup: 2
- 1963, 1970
- Champion of Champions: 7
- 1956-1957, 1958-1959, 1959-1960, 1960-1961, 1963-1964, 1964-1965, 1969-1970
- Challenger Cup
- 1961
- Oro de Occidente Cup: 4
- 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960
International
Gothia Cup World Champions U-16 in 2006 http://proteamity.tripnet.se/default.asp?Id=362
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1
- 1962
- CONCACAF Centralamerican Champions :2
- North Central American and Caribbean 1962, Centralamerican 1969
Other Tournaments
- 3 International Pentagonals:
- I International Pentagonal of Mexico City 1958
- V International Pentagonal of Mexico City 1961
- III International Pentagonal of Jalisco 1962 [1]</ref>
- 4 International Hexagonals:
- 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
- Don Adolfo Lopez Mateos Trophy: (4) 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963
- Campeonisimo Trophy: 1962
- Copa Presidencial: 1953
- Copa California: 1977
- Copa Europa: 1985
Club Facts
- Has the most championships in the Mexican Primera División history.
- Reached semi-finals in the Copa Libertadores 2 consecutive years (2005 & 2006).
- It is the only team in Mexico to carry the tradition of only having Mexican players on the squad.
- Only team to have won a championship in every decade of the professional era except in the 1940's.
- Signed a 10 year contract with Reebok for approximately 80 million USD for the sponsorship of their uniform. [2]
- Ended Sao Paulos record of 19 years without losing a Copa Libertadores game in their home stadium El Morumbi in 2006 when defeated by Chivas 2-1.
- On January 19, 2008, Chivas included in their line-up the oldest footballer to participate in a game in the Mexican football league history. As a tribute to the Campeonisimo era of Guadalajara, at the age of 71, Salvador Reyes took part in the initial kick of Chivas' first game of the 2008 tournament against UNAM, a game which resulted in 3-0 victory for Guadalajara. [3]
- Has the best paid television rights for a football soccer team in latin america with the sum of 12.5 million USD a year.
Filial Teams
Reserve team that plays in the Primera A division. Their home games are held in Estadio Jalisco.
Chivas San Rafael
Reserve team that plays in the Second division Occidental Zone. It was born after Chivas purchased Club Jalisco and changed the name at the same time renovated the clubs training facilities which reopended in January 2008.
CD Guadalajara B
Reserve team that plays in the Second division Occidental Zone. Their home games are held in the Verde Valle training facilities.
This team was founded in 2004 as an expansion team in the Major League Soccer, with it's base in Los Angeles. It's home games are hosted in the Home Depot Center in Carson California.
Costarican Club that was bought by Chivas owner Jorge Vergara in 2003, this team has a tradition similar to Chivas of only playing with costarican players. This team is the most popular club in Costa Rica and it's home is Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in San Jose.
Chivas Hefei
In 2007 Jorge Vergara announced the purchase of a team in China in the city of Hefei. Currently the only information that has come is that the team may start playing in the Chinese Football Association Yi League which is equivalent to the Second Division. The home games of this team will be held in the Hefei Olympic Stadium.
Notable coaches
Efraín Flores (current coach)- José Manuel de la Torre
- Javier de la Torre
- Benjamín Galindo
- Daniel Guzmán
- Jesus Bracamontes
- Alberto Guerra
- Demetrio Madero
Ricardo Ferretti
Ricardo Lavolpe- Osvaldo Ardiles
Hans Westerhof- Leo Beenhakker
Donald Ross
Arpad Fekete
Champion Coaches
- 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
Top Goalscorers
Players in bold are still present in club.
Salvador Reyes (122)- Omar Bravo (91)
- Eduardo de la Torre (90)
- Benjamin Galindo (78)
- Max Prieto (72)
- Crescencio Gutiérrez (72)
- Javier de la Torre (70)
- Javier Valdivia (69)
- Francisco Jara (68)
- Ramón Morales (61)
- Isidoro Diaz (58)
- Jaime Pajarito (56)
- Tomás Balcázar (54)
- Héctor Hernández (54)
- Ignacio Vázquez (51)
- Adolfo Bautista (42)
Notable Players
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Sponsorship
International Competitions
Chivas at the Copa Libertadores
1998: Group Stage
2005: Semifinals
2006: Semifinals
2008: Coming soon
Chivas at the Copa Sudamericana
2007 Round of 16
2008 Coming soon
Footnotes
- ^ 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
External links
- CD Guadalajara Official Website
- Red Social Chivas
- Soy de Chivas
- Carnaval Irreverente
- Chivas Rayadas
- Legion 1908 DF
- Legion 1908 (News)
- Photo Gallery of every Chivas Game
- La Estirpe
- La Irreverente
- La Banda de Chivas
- Soy Chiva Website
- Chivas Myspace
- Mundo Rojiblanco
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