Atletico Morelia
The Club Atlético Morelia is a professional Mexican soccer team based in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, which participates in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second division of Mexican soccer. It was founded on June 4, 1950, being one of the seven original members and creators of the Second Division of Mexico.
Within his sporting record he has a First Division title, a Mexico Cup and a Mexico Super Cup, as well as two runners-up in the Concacaf Champions League. In April 2002, it was one of only three Mexican teams to have been named "World Club of the Month" by the IFFHS.
After the acquisition of the team by Grupo Salinas, in 1999 it changed its name to "Monarcas Morelia" in honor of the city's coat of arms. On June 2, 2020, in a press release from the Liga MX it was announced that the club would move to the city of Mazatlán and would be renamed Mazatlán Fútbol Club; however, on June 26, 2020, at the Ordinary Assembly of League Clubs, the move of Atlético Zacatepec to Morelia was announced, thus reborning Club Atlético Morelia under the command of new owners and now in the Liga de Expansión MX.
History
Foundation and early years
In February 1950, the Oro-Morelia, owned by businessman Eucario Gómez, participated for the first time in a professional competition when the Second Division of Mexico was founded, but it was on June 4, 1950 when the Pro Equipo de Segunda División board of trustees was created in Morelia and, after registering with the Mexican Football Federation and achieving unanimity in the name vote, Club Deportivo Morelia officially became in a professional team.
Once having registered the team, the next step was to define the uniform that the first members of the squad would wear. For this, the colors of the city's coat of arms were used, royal blue, yellow and red, in addition to adding a crossed red stripe at chest height as a sign of nobility, giving way to the uniform that up to now retains its essence. with some changes and variants. The red and yellow colors of the uniform are the same as those of the Spanish flag, given that the city of Morelia was a New Spain city founded by Spaniards and that would change its name to Morelia in honor of the hero of the Independence of Mexico, the priest Jose maria morelos and pavon. The nickname Canarios comes from the yellow color of their uniform, since at first the players couldn't talk on the field, to which the Morelia players whistled to ask their teammates for the ball of team.
On February 25, 1951, Morelia played its first official game in the Second Division, beating Pachuca 5-1. In the 1955-56 season they achieved their first title by defeating Torreón-based Laguna, in the Second Division Cup tournament, where the match ended tied 0-0 and on penalties, Morelia won 2-1.
First promotion to the First Division
On January 20, 1957, they achieved their first promotion to the First Division of Mexico by finishing runner-up in the category. On March 3, they played their first Copa México match, beating Atlante 2-0. Thanks to the runner-up position and the resignation of the Puebla Fútbol Club from the Mexican First Division for economic reasons, Club Deportivo Morelia reaches the highest category of national football for the first time.
It was with the Uruguayan José María Rodríguez as coach, that Morelia debuted in the First Division on July 14, 1957 against the Cremas del América, a duel that was held at the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium in Mexico City. The final result was 1-1 and the score for the Michoacan team was the work of Costa Rican striker Carlos 'Chino' Láscarez. The first alignment in the First Division of Morelia was: Tello; Ferreira, Luna, Reyes, Altamirano, Arizmendi, Zacarías, Américo, Flores, Láscarez, Airin. The first match in the First Division that was played in Morelia was held on the second day of the 1957-58 season, on July 21 at Campo Morelia. It ended with a 1-2 defeat for the Michoacáns against León, but allowed the debut of a Uruguayan striker who would eventually become a figure not only in Morelia, but also in national football: Carlos Miloc Pelachi. Then followed 4 losses in a row; Tampico 3-Morelia 2; Morelia 0-Zacatepec 2; Zamora 2-Morelia 0; Morelia 0-Guadalajara 4 and a single tie, Necaxa 1-Morelia 1, for which the first coach dismissal in the team took place, José María Rodríguez left and the Spanish Fernando "Gavilán" García, two defeats later, Morelia would obtain its first victory in the first division by winning Morelia 4-Cuautla 1 on matchday 10, on September 15, 1957.
In this 1957-1958 season, the team ranked 12th out of 14 participating teams, played 26 games, won 7, drew 7 and lost 12, scored 35 goals and conceded 54, for a total of 21 points, when they were still wins were worth 2 points, not 3 like now. On February 20, 1958, he played his first international match, drawing 1-1 with Independiente de Argentina at Campo Morelia. On February 3, 1961, he played his first game abroad, it was against Juventud Olímpica, a Salvadoran team with which he lost 1-0.
Financial problems threatened the team's existence. To avoid his disappearance, Félix Cerda Loza took over the administration and reduced the payroll by removing foreign players. In the end, the Mexicanized Morelia was saved by a relegation point in the 1962-63 season. Another of the measures adopted by Félix Cerda Loza was the move of the Morelia parties to the Campo Independiente, which he owned in a space where a gas station is currently located in front of the Géminis building on the corner of García de León boulevard and La Ventura Bridge Avenue.
In 1965, the management of Jorge Díez as the new owner of the team coincided with the opening of the Venustiano Carranza Olympic Stadium, a modern sports building that became the new home of Morelia with a capacity of 20,000 fans, a stadium in which they played until well into the decade of the 80s both in the First and Second Division. The opening match was held on February 21 and ended 2-1 in favor of Botafogo from Brazil over the Michoacan team. That same year, Morelia played its first final in the history of official tournaments by disputing the crown for the then-known Copa México (MX Cup). In said final, the Purépecha team faced those known as 'Cremas' from América who won the Cup by beating them 4-0. The last game played by Morelia at the Venustiano Carranza Stadium was on matchday 28 of the 1988-1989 season on Sunday, April 2, 1989, against U. de G. With a favorable result of 2-1 for the Lions Blacks.
Relegation to Second Division
In the 1967-1968 season the team had a significant decline, with just 17 points in 30 games, 6 wins, 5 draws and 19 losses, 23 goals for and 58 against, the relegation would be defined on the penultimate round, on Thursday, January 18, 1968 when the Pandilla del Monterrey tied against Atlas to zero goals, in Guadalajara, thus, the Monterrey team reached 20 points, leaving Morelia with 15 units with only 4 more points in dispute. With which the team finished last in the First Division and was automatically relegated to the Second Division, on January 28, 1968 Morelia consumed its relegation by falling 2-0 against the Cementeros del Cruz Azul.
In the 1970-71 season, after serious incidents that occurred in the games against Zamora and Tampico, and the refusal of the board of directors to comply with the sanctions imposed, the team was disaffiliated. The club managed to be registered for the 1971-72 season on the condition of having a new board of directors.
In July 1974 the team faced financial problems, so a group of 32 businessmen from Morelia, led by Don Alfonso Álvarez Barreiro, Jorge Abuchard and Nacho Gómez Monzón, thoroughly restructured the entire physiognomy of the team. They changed the name of the team, and the "Club Atlético Morelia S.A. was born. de C.V.", being president of the team at that time Engineer Ignacio Gómez Monzón and vice president of the club Engineer Guillermo Villicaña.
1980s: Return to the First Division
Don Nicandro Ortiz made his appearance in the Morelia team, as a shareholder in the 80-81 season, being the president of the club, Engineer Guillermo Villicaña. On July 26, 1981, under the direction of Diego Malta, Morelia was crowned champion of the Second Division by defeating Tapatío de Uruapan 1-0, ascending for the second time to the highest circuit of Mexican soccer. In the 1982-1983 season, when Engineer Edmundo Sistos Murillo was president of the club, Nicandro Ortiz was appointed vice president of the team, to later begin to buy the club's shares, in addition, the team's shield was changed. At the end of that season, Don Nicandro Ortiz was now the sole owner of Club Atlético Morelia. This season, being their second season in the Primera División, Morelia had to play their permanence against the Zacatepec cañeros. Morelia won the first leg at home 2-0, Zacatepec won 4-2 at home; so in a third game, played at the Azteca Stadium, Morelia defeated the sugar cane players by a minimum and thus remained in the First Division.
In 1988 they experienced one of the most embarrassing periods in the history of Mexican soccer, in the semifinals against América in both games they had achieved a global draw of 4-4, so the return game at the Azteca Stadium went to extra times where two more goals fell per team, and at the end of these, Morelia believed they were in the final, but the coach of the Coapa team Jorge Vieira found an error in the game, he looked for the referee Miguel Ángel Salas to review the rule #14, when reviewing it, he found that the away goals rule was only valid in regular time and not in extra time, so if the overall tie was followed there would be penalty shootouts, in addition to the fact that the coach of the Michoacan team Antonio "Tota" Carbajal tried to quickly take his players to the locker room, but a few minutes later they were told that penalties would be taken and some players even came out with sandals, the shots were taken and América won by a score of 2-1 going to the final in which was champion. On March 30, 1988, he played his first game in an international tournament, defeating Coke Milpros 9-0, with 5 goals from Marco Antonio Figueroa.
The team played at the Venustiano Carranza Stadium until on April 9, 1989, after almost 8 years of playing in the First Division, the Morelos Stadium, also known as the "Colossus of the Quinceo", since this is located on the slopes of the hill of said name.
1990s: Change of ownership and restructuring
In 1996, the Mexican television company, TV Azteca, acquired the team, and in the winter of 1996 they experienced one of their most bitter passages, occupying place #18 in the general table. In the summer of 1997 they eliminated the super leader América in the quarterfinals, but later they would lose the semifinal against Guadalajara, who would be the champion of said tournament. In the winter of 1999, the team was renamed Club Monarcas Morelia or simply Monarcas Morelia, debuting with this nickname on August 15, 1999 with a loss against Guadalajara by a score of 0-2.
2000s: The first league title
In the Winter 2000 campaign of the Mexican tournament, Morelia hired Luis Fernando Tena as coach, with whom they would get the only First Division title they have so far. They won the Championship by reaching the final against Deportivo Toluca; before they had eliminated Pachuca and Santos Laguna. The first leg of the final was on December 13, 2000 at the Morelos Stadium before a full house. The match ended 3-1 in favor of the locals with goals from Mario Ruiz, Alex Fernandes and Omar Trujillo; José Saturnino Cardozo scored for the choriceros. The second leg was played at the Nemesio Díez Stadium in the city of Toluca on December 16. At 14 minutes into the game, Erick Espinosa scored for Deportivo Toluca, shortly after, at 24'; Paraguayan José Saturnino Cardozo would score the second goal of the afternoon. The game ended in regulation time and the overall score was 3-3. The match extended to overtime with a golden goal, where the goal never fell, and finally to penalty kicks, where they won 5-4, crowning themselves champions of the Invierno 2000 tournament, where goalkeeper Ángel David Comizzo saved three penalties, two of them to Nelson Sinha and Cardozo, who were considered the best scarlet players.
| 13 December 2000, 15:00 | Morelia  | 3:1 (2:0) |  Toluca
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M. Ruiz  23' Alex 38' Trujillo 56' | Cardozo 69' | Arbitrator: Armando Archundia | ||||
| 16 December 2000, 15:00 | Toluca | 2:0 (2:0, 2:0, 2:0) (t. s.) (4:5 p.) | Morelia
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| Espinosa 15' Cardozo 26' | Arbitrator: Felipe Ramos Rizo | |||||
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| Morelia Champion of the Winter Tournament 2000 (3-3, 4:5 Criminals). | ||||||
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Good seasons but no titles
On February 5, 2002 Monarcas played their first Copa Libertadores match, drawing 0-0 against Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. In April, the IFFHS named Monarcas "the best team in the world" during that month.
In the 2002 Apertura tournament, he reached the Mexican soccer final again against Deportivo Toluca; but this time they lose it with a global score of 4-2. In the 2003 Clausura tournament, he reached the final for the second time in a row; this time against Club de Fútbol Monterrey, but lost with an aggregate score of 3-1. Months later, also for the second time in a row, he reached the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup, against Deportivo Toluca; also losing it with a global score of 5-4.
In the 2005 Clausura tournament, they took the lead in the regular phase, but could not win the championship, since they were eliminated in the semifinals by Tecos de la UAG with a global score of 1-2. After a tournament without qualifying, in the Clausura 2006 he qualified for the league for the title, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 4-3 by Pachuca Club de Fútbol, a squad that would ultimately be the champion of the tournament..
The 2006 Apertura tournament began under the direction of Hugo Hernández, who was replaced on date 10 by Marco Antonio "Fantasma" Figueroa. The team was ranked 12th in the general table, which is why it was excluded from the league. For the 2007 Clausura tournament, still under the direction of "Fantasma" Figueroa, the team acquired players like Nicolás Pavlovich, Jesús Mendoza and Hugo Sánchez (homonymous), who did not perform as expected. At the end of the tournament, he was in tenth place with 22 points, the product of 7 games won, 1 tied and 9 lost, which gave him the right to play the play-off against Atlas. The global score was 1-1, but Atlas advanced to the next stage, by virtue of having had a better position in the general table than the Michoacan team.
In the 2007 Apertura tournament, the design of their uniforms changed significantly, even presenting an alternate uniform of lemon green color. For this tournament he signed up the Brazilians Vanderson de Souza and Marcinho, the Uruguayan Gabriel Choy González, the Argentine Mauricio Martín & # 34; Pampa & # 34; Romero, as well as the Mexicans Alejandro Leyva Luis Ángel Landín and Ricardo Martínez. Most of the reinforcements had a poor performance during the tournament, finishing the team with 22 points in tenth place in the competition, but despite this it reached the play-off against Club América. Monarcas won 3-1 on aggregate (won 3-0 at the Morelos Stadium and lost 1-0 at the Azteca Stadium), with which they had to face the overall leader of the tournament, Santos Laguna, in the quarterfinals. In the first leg, Monarcas lost 0 - 2, while in the second leg, in Torreón, they lost again, but now by 3 - 2, leaving 5 - 2 on aggregate, thus once again ending their aspirations to continue advancing in said league.
In the 2009 Apertura tournament, he had one of his best campaigns as he arrived undefeated to date 5, drawing 1-1 in his first game against Santos at the Morelos Stadium with goals from Aldo Leão Ramírez for Morelia and for those of the Laguna scored Juan Carlos Mosqueda in his second game, beating Club América 2-1 at the Azteca Stadium with goals from Miguel Sabah and Wilson Tiago Mathias while later Salvador Cabañas discounted for the other team. His third game was against San Luis with which he won 2-1 by Fernando Salazar from a penalty and tied San Luis with a penalty that Alfredo & # 34; Chango & # 34; Moreno and at the last minute Hugo Droguett scored for Monarcas. On the fourth date, they beat Indios de Ciudad Juárez by scandal with a score of 5-0, scoring Miguel Sabah and Hugo Droguett 2 goals and Elías Hernández 1, then at the Jalisco Stadium they beat Atlas 2-0 with a goal from Sabah by error of a defender of the foxes and then he scored the second by means of a penalty. This victory meant for Morelia to beat Atlas as a visitor after 11 years.
Then they lost to Cruz Azul 3-0, being the only game they lost in Morelos with a goal from Emmanuel Villa, then Gerardo Lugo and Alejandro Vela followed him in that tournament, they reached the league as third overall and thus obtained their direct pass to the Santander Libertadores Cup 2010. In the quarterfinal stay they had to play against Santos Laguna who in the first game in Torreón fell by the score of 2-1 scoring first Carlos Ochoa thus giving him the 1-0 victory Santos then Monarcas would tie through Hugo Droguett so that in the end they would be 2-1 through Carlos Ochoa. While in the Morelos Stadium everything changed when they were thrashed 3-0 with goals from Wilson Tiago, Miguel Sabah and finally the captain Mauricio Martín Romero thus reaching the semifinals in which they tied first in Morelia 0-0, then at the Estadio Azul Cruz Azul won 2-1 with Miguel Sabah scoring the first, then tying the "Chuleta" Javier Orozco and finally Tito Villa scored, a game that had a great controversy due to a hand put into the air by Joel Huiqui when Tiago scored a goal, thus he could not reach the final that would be won by Rayados de Monterrey.
2010s: Seasons of Contrasts
In January 2010, an IFFHS list was released in which the Michoacan team appears in 124th place in the world club ranking of the last 20 years, sharing place with Audax Italiano from Chile, KRC Genk from Belgium, Rosenborg Ballklub from Norway and Udinese Calcio from Italy.
And it ranked 3.er place in terms of Mexican clubs, just below Club América and the Guadalajara Sports Club.
In the Clausura 2011 it would make history by being the first club that managed to score 6 goals against Deportivo Toluca at the Nemesio Díez Stadium, by thrashing them 6 goals against 1. In that same tournament he managed to enter the league by eliminating América in the quarterfinals and Cruz Azul in the semifinals, more in the return game at the Morelos Stadium a pitched battle broke out mainly due to the entry of a fan onto the field trying to greet Gerardo Torrado from the sky blue team, Chaco Giménez appeared, beating him in addition to Enrique Meza and Tomás Boy's unauthorized entry onto the pitch, and Jesús Corona being suspended for headbutting an assistant from the Michoacan club. The Michoacáns reached the final against the Pumas, which was very controversial, since the Mexican Federation did not veto the stadium due to the excesses caused by the Cruz Azul fan who invaded the field and allowed it to take place in the Michoacán stadium. The first game ended 1-1, Francisco Palencia scored for the university students and Joao Rojas for the Michoacáns, but the second game in CU changed history completely, just 14 minutes after the match the referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez scored the penalty. maximum in favor of the Pumas, and with a masterful shot from Palencia the auriazules almost had the title in their hands, but after 25 minutes Jaime Lozano matched the cards in the same way, making it 2-2 overall, the second would come time and at 77 minutes Javier Cortés took advantage of a key play and scored the goal that gave the cats their seventh title by an aggregate score of 3-2, being the fourth final played by Morelia and the third as runner-up.
Monarcas reached the 2013 Copa MX Apertura after two previous cups in which they did not go beyond the group stage and in which the teams from Atlas, Estudiantes and Celaya were measured in their group and in which they won 4, drew 1 and lost one more, adding 15 points, qualifying as first place in their group (equaling with Atlas but due to goal differences). In the quarterfinals they would face Club León and win by a score of 2-0 at the Morelos stadium. Already in the semifinals they would face off against Monterrey, the game was held at the Tecnológico stadium and where Morelia would defeat them by a great score of 3-0 to settle in the grand final. His rival in the final would be Atlas, with whom he had played in his same group and who left Alebrijes de Oaxaca on the road. The final was played at the Morelos Stadium on November 5, 2013 in front of a full stadium, the final result would be an exciting 3-3 score in regular time in which Jefferson Montero scored at 6', and Edgar Andrade at 12', later Omar Bravo would arrive by penalty kick at 39' with the expulsion of Carlos Morales and Matías Vuoso at 51' to tie the game; however Héctor Mancilla at 53' would arrive with a header to advance the score, in the same way Lucas Ayala would shoot the ball at 57' and send the game to penalties. Mancilla, Federico Vilar and Armando Zamorano would score on penalties, Vuoso, Leandro Cufré and Lucas Ayala failed for Atlas, Flavio Santos being the only one to score, the player of the game was undoubtedly Federico Vilar who saved 3 penalties and raised the first Mx Cup for Monarchs Morelia.
As an award for the Copa MX championship, the Mexican league brought together the last cup champions (Monarcas and Tigres UANL) to play a two-game nascent Supercopa MX, to define the champion of Copa Mx champions and award the winner the opportunity to be Mexico 3 in the Copa Libertadores. For this, they would face each other in the Morelos stadium in the first match where the locals would thrash the UANL Tigres by a score of 4-1 and in the second leg losing 3-1, however due to goal difference Morelia would be crowned champion of the Super Cup MX and with a ticket for the Copa Libertadores 2015.
From the 2015 Apertura, the team got into serious problems due to relegation, since in the last two tournaments Monarcas only got 10 and 13 points respectively, for this reason an old acquaintance arrived, who had already saved the team the monarchy, Enrique Meza as Technical Director, in the 2015 Apertura Monarcas fell to 4 points, although if they had won on the last day, they would have finished 8th. In the Clausura 2016 the first part of the tournament, it was very similar to the previous one with ups and downs, but for the second everything changed, out of 21 possible points he got 18, in 5 consecutive victories, he qualified for the league with 28 points, something that the team, Not since the Opening 2013. In the 2016/17 season Monarchs started in penultimate place in the percentage only above the recently promoted Necaxa, as the team matches went by the advantage they had over him decreased, but on matchday 8 after a victory for Necaxa, the team falls to the last place in the percentage table and this continued until on matchday 15 Monarcas beat Necaxa 2-1 in the Morelos stadium, after 7 dates Monarcas left the last position of the percentage, the taste It did not last long since by the end of the 2016 Apertura, the team finished last only 2 points behind Veracruz, this condition did not change until day 9 of the 2017 Clausura, when Veracruz was defeated by a minimum with a goal by Raúl Ruidíaz via penalty, it was thought that this would be the turning point but it was not like that, since after a streak of not winning with 2 dates to go, the Michoacán team fell in the last position of the percentage, just one point behind Chiapas and two from Veracruz, but with two victories in the last few days, Monarcas managed to stay in the first division when on matchday 16, Pumas visited the Morelos field, to be thrashed 4-0 with a hat-trick from the Peruvian and idol Raúl Ruidíaz, and one more goal from Andy Polo, also a Peruvian, so Monarcas reached the last day with permanence in their hands, the game started very difficult for the Morelia team because at minute 22' a goal was disallowed against Monterrey for being offside, and at 28' a second goal was annulled, both being scored by Jonatan Cristaldo, which envisioned a difficult game, but at minute 30' after a run of 80 meters by Rodolfo Vilchis crosses for Gastón Lezcano, to score 1- 0, throughout the game Monterrey was insisting until in the 83rd minute Emanuel Loeschbor committed a penalty that Dorlan Pabón would convert at the 85th minute, which seemed like the team's relegation since Chiapas was winning 0-1 against Atlas, but at the minute 91' a goal from the Peruvian Raúl Ruidíaz kept the team in the first division.
After this, they reached the league for three consecutive seasons, but the team fell into trouble again after the departure of important players like Raúl Ruidíaz and Diego Valdez. During the Clausura 2019, Roberto Hernández leaves the leadership of the club, which is having a bad time. But in the Apertura 2019 the Argentine Pablo Guede arrives, who together with players like Shaggy Martínez, Sebastián Vegas, Aldo Rocha, Sebastián Sosa and other references, manage to reach the Liguilla with a striking style of play that managed to make many unite to support to the team. In this tournament (which was the last one that Monarcas finished, due to the suspension of Clausura 2020) they are eliminated in the semifinals against América in a match with a 2-2 aggregate, defined by the position in the table. The last game in the history of Monarcas Morelia is against Querétaro at the Morelos Stadium, a match in which they win 4-0. The last goal of the team being called Monarcas was scored by Shaggy Martínez.
2020s: Franchise Change
On June 2, 2020, through a statement, the club made its move to Mazatlán, Sinaloa official, thus creating the Mazatlán Fútbol Club, thus Monarcas Morelia ceased to participate in the First Division of Mexico. In June, it was announced at the Ordinary Assembly of Mexican Soccer Clubs that Club Atlético Zacatepec would transfer its franchise to the city of Morelia, changing its name to Club Atlético Morelia and playing at the Morelos Stadium. In June, the team was officially presented, in addition, the institution's historical name and shield, used before the name change to Monarcas, was recovered.
MX Expansion League News
In their first tournament in the Liga de Expansión MX they managed to reach the semifinals, losing against Atlante Fútbol Club. In the second tournament of the season, the team achieved the leadership of the competition in the regular season, however, in the final of the tournament, Atlético Morelia was defeated by 3-2 on aggregate against Tepatitlán Fútbol Club, in this way, the team was left with the runner-up in the silver category of Mexican soccer.
The following tournament, the 2021 Opening Tournament, Expansion League, Club Atlético Morelia would qualify in third place in the competition, qualifying directly to the quarterfinals, losing in said instance against Tampico Madero Fútbol Club for the next 2022 Closing Tournament In the Expansion League, the club would dramatically qualify in fourth place in the competition, entering the quarterfinals again where it would eliminate Mineros de Zacatecas, later in the semifinals it would eliminate the colts of Atlante Fútbol Club, thus reaching the final against Cimarrones de Sonora. where in the first leg at the Héroe de Nacozari Stadium they would tie 0-0, however in the return leg at the Morelos Stadium they would win by a score of 2-0 thus crowning themselves champions of the silver division of Mexican soccer.
The club's last participation at the time was in the 2022 Expansion League Opening Tournament where the canaries, after a string of poor results, finished in sixth place in the competition, qualifying for the playoffs, eliminating Alebrijes from Oaxaca but falling in the quarterfinals against the Cimarrones de Sonora at the Héroe de Nacozari Stadium
Performance in glasses
Copa Libertadores de América
Monarcas Morelia has participated 3 times in the Copa Libertadores in its group stage. The first was in 2002. The Morelians managed to access the quarterfinals in that edition. In the 2002 edition of the Copa Libertadores, under the command of coach Rubén Omar Romano, they reached the quarterfinal phase, where they were eliminated by Club América. His performance in the first phase and the round of 16 earned him the title of "Best Team in the World for April 2002" awarded by the IFFHS. In that same Copa Libertadores, it achieved the second best score of Mexican teams in this cup with 14 points, only 2 points below the best, which is 16, and was achieved by América in that same Libertadores 2002.
The Equipo de la Fuerza began its journey in the 2001 Pre-Libertadores tournament, in which 5 Mexican teams competed for 2 tickets to access the tie against Venezuelan teams.
The red-and-yellows faced Cruz Azul in Dallas, Texas on August 1, 2001, Toluca in Chicago, Illinois on August 22 of the same year, and América in Houston, Texas on September 19, and they were to face against Atlas but it was no longer played because Atlas no longer had a chance and Morelia was second place.
Already in Pre-Libertadores they faced Caracas and Trujillanos both from Venezuela and Club América from Mexico. He managed to qualify as second place and together with América they entered the next round of the 2002 Copa Libertadores.
Morelia was placed in group 5 together with Vélez Sarsfield from Argentina, Nacional from Uruguay and Sporting Cristal from Peru. Managing to access the round of 16 as first place in their group and beating Club Deportivo Olmedo from Ecuador, entering the quarterfinals where América defeated them and left them out of the possibility of continuing to compete for the continental title.
In 2002, it also achieved the runner-up position in the Concacaf Champions Cup, losing the final against Pachuca Club de Fútbol with a score of 1-0 in a match played at the Estadio Azul.
In 2010 they managed to directly enter the group stage by scoring in the league table, leaving group 6 next to Banfield from Argentina, Deportivo Cuenca from Ecuador and once again next to Nacional from Uruguay, but staying in the group stage instance.
He participated again in Libertadores in 2014 to enter the group stage against Independiente Santa Fe de Colombia, the first leg at Estadio Morelos was 2-1 with goals from Héctor Mancilla and Armando Zamorano for the locals. The return was at the El Campin stadium, which concluded 1-0 in favor of Santa Fe, who was left out of Libertadores due to a visitor's goal.
Morelia in the Copa MX under the new format
As of the 2012 Apertura, the Mx Cup returned between teams from the Bancomer Mx League and teams from the Ascenso Mx and Morelia was placed in group 1 together with Club León from the Mx League and Tecos and Dorados from the Ascenso League. Despite having a good participation in the group stage, they were relegated from the quarterfinals by finishing second in the group behind Dorados de Sinaloa by 1 point and despite having taken the 3 points that were awarded to the overall winner of each confrontation.
For the following edition, it was placed in group 2 together with Querétaro of the Mx League and once again together with Tecos and the Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz of the Promotion League. This tournament was bad for the team and once again they failed to qualify for the quarterfinals by obtaining 4 draws, 2 losses and no wins but still taking the extra point from the match against Querétaro for an away goal.
The revenge would come in the 2013 Apertura edition in which they emerged Champions by defeating Atlas de Guadalajara 3-1 on penalties after a spectacular 3-3 draw in the 90 regulation minutes. In that edition, Morelia was placed in group 7 together with Atlas de Guadalajara (whom they would ultimately face in the final) of the Mx League and for the 3rd consecutive time together with Tecos and Celaya. He would sweep the group stage to later face León in the quarterfinals by a score of 2-0 and advance to the semifinals where he thrashed Rayados de Monterrey 3-0 and advance to the final in which he would be crowned champion for the first time. in its history after the draw at 3 in regulation time and having the goalkeeper Federico Vilar as a figure by stopping 3 penalties and scoring 1 and thus giving Morelia its first Cup championship.
It was not until the Apertura 2014 edition that the team participated again. It was placed in group 5 together with Puebla of the MX League and the Ascenso MX teams were Necaxa and Celaya. This edition was regular for the team since it was not possible to qualify for the next round after having had 2 wins, 3 draws and one loss, thus remaining in second place in the group with 11 points.
The team saw activity again in the cup in the 2015 Apertura edition. This time, Morelia was placed in group 4 along with Guadalajara from Liga MX, Mineros and Tepic from Ascenso MX, this time the club let go the opportunity to go to the next round against Guadalajara, in the last game of the group stage when they lost the game 1-2 at the Morelos Stadium.
The details of the match and the architects of the first Copa Mx Championship in the Apertura 2013 are the following:
| 5 November 2013, 21:00 | Morelia
| 3:3 (2:1) (3:1 p.) |  Atlas
| Stage Morelos, Morelia | ||
| Jefferson Montero 7' Edgar Andrade 12' Mando 54' | [https://web.archive.org/web/20140305001939/http://www.ligamx.net/home/noticia.html?id=5831 Archived on 5 March 2014 at Wayback Machine. Report] | Omar Bravo 39' You. 50' Lucas Ayala 57' | Assistance: 31,830 spectators Arbitro: Fernando Guerrero | |||
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North American Super League
Monarcas Morelia participated by invitation in the first North American SuperLiga in its 2007 edition and was placed in group B along with América from Mexico and Houston Dynamo and DC United from the United States.[1]
They began by drawing 1-1 with DC United in Washington after trailing from minute 6, Diego Martínez scored for Morelia at 79.[2] (broken link available at Internet Archive; see history, first and last version).
He returned to a 1-1 tie but against the Dynamo in Houston after trailing from the 30th second and the tie was rescued by the Brazilian Marcinho.[3] (broken link available at Internet Archive; see history, first and last version).
To advance to the semifinals, they needed to win against América in Chicago, who no longer aspired to anything, but everything got complicated when they already lost 1-0 and Mauricio Romero was sent off and they charged him with a penalty that Salvador Cabañas would specify, despite this in 5 minutes they achieved 2 goals through Gonzalo Choy González and Luis Ángel Landín but Federico Insúa would kill the dream with 5 minutes from the end leaving the score 3-2 in favor of the capital.[ 4] (broken link available at Internet Archive; see history, first and last version). It would end with 2 points, a balance of 2 draws and a loss, 4 goals for and against.
He would return for revenge in the 2010 Super League and this time he would qualify thanks to his score in the 2009-2010 season and would be placed in group A together with the National University of Mexico and the Chicago Fire and New England Revolution of the United States, advancing to the semifinals where they defeated the Houston Dynamo 1-0 with a goal from Miguel Sabah and later in the final the New England Revolution 2-1 again with two goals from Miguel Sabah who would be sent off at the end of the game. In this way Monarcas Morelia became champion of the 2010 Super League.
| 1 September 2010 19:00 |  New England Revolution
| 1-2 | Morelia
| Gillette Stadium, | ||
| Kevin Alston 79' | Report | Miguel Sabah 65' 75' | Assistance: 10,414 spectators Arbitrator: Carlos Batres (Guatemala) | |||
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Symbols
Colors and nicknames
The official colors of the club are red and yellow. They come from the colors of the flag of the city of Morelia (illustrated in the image), which in turn took its colors from the flag of Spain.
The nickname of "Los Canarios" It arose in the 1950s, when players were forbidden to talk to each other on the pitch, so they opted to whistle to pass the ball. This, coupled with the yellow color of the uniform, led them to begin to nickname them after this bird, a nickname that was affectionately used for several decades, falling into disuse as of 1999, when the team changed ownership and name. With the resurgence of Atlético Morelia in 2020, this nickname was officially recovered by the new board of directors, and this is how they are currently identified. Thanks to this nickname of "Los Canarios", the restaurant that was located on the outskirts of its old stadium, the "Campo Morelia" in the 50s, it was baptized like that, and the fans affectionately nicknamed the stadium as "Los Canarios".
In 1999 the name of the team was changed to "Monarcas Morelia", alluding to the city coat of arms, in which the figures of three kings appear. This coat of arms dates back to the end of the 16th century, product of the Royal Decree issued by King Carlos I of Spain, where he granted the Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza a favor to provide the city of Valladolid with a coat of arms. In this way, the assumption that the nickname comes from the monarch butterfly that hibernates and breeds in the eastern part of the state of Michoacán is wrong.
Uniform
     First equipment |  (See evolution) |      Current balance |
Current uniforms
- Local uniform: Yellow-colored player with a red strip tilted from right to left, with shorts and blue stockings.
- Uniform visitor: White, short and white stockings.
- Alternative uniform: To be determined.
 First Uniform |      Second Uniform |
Goalkeeper uniform
     Porter Uniform |
Current Sponsors
Below is the list of current sponsors of the club (Closing 2022):
| Supplier | Principal Sponsor | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|
 Keuka  | Akron | Michoacán |
Facilities
Stadium
The Morelos Stadium is a soccer stadium located on the peripheral Paseo de la República, in the Independencia sector, northwest of the city of Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. It is home to the professional soccer team Club Atlético Morelia. Likewise, various events have been held in this property, such as concerts, religious meetings and masses. Its official name, "Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón" It was placed to honor the memory of this hero of the Independence of Mexico, a native of the city of Valladolid, today Morelia.
The shape of the stadium is irregular, because while in the headers (locations behind the goals) it has a single level and 32 stands, along the wings it has 4 levels (one with stands, one with stalls and two of boxes) and 49 stands.
The Morelos Stadium, as it is commonly called, is the home of Club Atlético Morelia, a building in constant improvement, it has managed to rank among the best, not only in Mexico, but on a continental level.[citation needed] Its spectators have clear visibility from any seat, since the floor of the stands is built according to the outline of a curve called vertical isoptic.
Its capacity places it as the eighth largest stadium in Mexico, below other venues such as the Azteca Stadium, the University Olympic Stadium, the Jalisco Stadium, the BBVA Bancomer Stadium, the Cuauhtémoc Stadium, the Omnilife Stadium and the Estadio Academic.
Among some international events speaking in the sporting aspect, he has participated in the Copa Libertadores de América in the quarterfinals, the final in the Concacaf Champions Cup, the Concacaf Champions League and four First Division finals from Mexico. In addition to having been the inaugural venue for the 2011 U-17 Soccer World Cup with Mexico's match against North Korea, it also hosted several group and round of 16 matches, as well as a quarterfinal match.
Club details
- First contested party:
- In national tournaments: America 1 - 1 Morelia (14 July 1957, League 1957-58).
- In international tournaments: Morelia 9 - 0 Coke Milpross (Copa de Campeones de la Concacaf 1988, 30 March 1988).
- Seasons in Mexico's First Division: 64
- Seasons in Mexico's Second Division: 20
- Seasons in Expansion League: 2
- Liguillas by the title: 29.
- Historical post First Division: Twelve.
- Historical post in Liguillas First Division: Seven.
- Disputed endings:
- De Liga MX: 4 (Winter 2000, Opening 2002, Closure 2003, and Closure 2011).
- From Cup MX: 3 (Copa Mexico 1965, Opening 2013 and Closure 2017).
- International tournaments: 2 (Copa de Campeones de la Concacaf 2002, and 2003).
- Expansion League: 1 (Guardians 2021).
- Best in league:
- In long tournaments: 4th (Temporada 1986-87).
- In short tournaments: 1o (Clausura 2003, Closure 2005).
- Worse in league:
- In long tournaments: Last place (Temporadas 1967-1968 and 1982-1983).
- In short tournaments: 18° (Winter 1996, Opening 2014, Closure 2015). [5]
- More points in a season:
- In long tournaments: 47 (Temporada 1986-87).
- In short tournaments: 35 (Clausura 2003, Closure 2005).
- Increased number of goals scored in one season:
- In long tournaments: 63 goals (Temporada 1983-1984).
- In short tournaments: 35 (opening 2002). [6]
- Lower number of goals marked in one season:
- In long tournaments: 23 goals (Temporada 1967-1968).
- In short tournaments: 11 (Clausura 2008).[7]
- Increased number of goals received in one season:
- In long tournaments: 75 goals (Temporada 1994-1995).
- In short tournaments: 35 (Clausura 2004). [8]
- Less number of goals received in one season:
- In long tournaments: 31 goals. (Temporada 1960-1961).
- In short tournaments: 13 (Bicentennial 2010). [9]
- More victories in a season:
- In long tournaments: 18 in 40 days (Temporada 1986-1987).
- In short tournaments: 11 in 17 days (Clausura 2005).
- More draws in a season: 17 in 38 days (Temporada 1988-1989).
- Less victories in a season:
- In long tournaments: 5 (Temporada 1962-1963).
- In short tournaments: 1 in 17 days (Winter 1996).
- Greatest score in national tournaments:
- Morelia 6 - Necaxa 0; 2 November 2002 [10]
- Morelia 6 - Querétaro 0; 8 August 2010 [11]
- Morelia 7 - Irapuato 2; 26 November 2000 [12]
- Morelia 6 - FC Juárez 1; 31 October 2019
- Morelia 6 - Toluca 1; 6 March 2011 [13]
- Morelia 6 - Atlantean 1; 21 November 2004 [14] (breakable link available on the Internet Archive; see history, first version and last).
- Morelia 6 - Puebla 1; 16 February 2003 [15] (breakable link available on the Internet Archive; see history, first version and last).
- Morelia 6 - Pumas 2; 10 October 1999
[16] (broken link available on the Internet Archive, see history, first and last version).
- Greatest score in international tournaments: Morelia 9-0 Coke Milpross (Copa de campeones de la Concacaf 1988).
- Greatest score fits into national tournaments:
- Guadalajara 7-0 Morelia December 15, 1957
- Santos 7-1 Morelia; Bicentennial 2010 27 May 2010
- Atlas 6-0 Morelia. 1966-67.
- Santos 6-0 Morelia; Clausura 2004, 25 April 2004
- Morelia 3-6 Club America; April 2004
- Maximum scorer: Marco Antonio Figueroa, 140 goals.
Players
Squad and coaching staff
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Captain
MissionUps and downs: Closing 2023
| Altas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Proceedings | Type |
| Rúben Castellanos
| Porter | Club Necaxa
| Loan |
| Daniel Parra
| Defence | Club de Fútbol Monterrey
| Loan |
| Diego García
| Defence | Atlante Football Club
| Transfer |
| Ulysses Cardona
| Mediocampista | Club Necaxa
| Free |
| Neder Hernández
| Mediocampista | Raya2 Expansion
| Loan |
| Omar Islands
| Mediocampista | Pumas Tabasco
| Free |
| Javier Ibarra
| Mediocampista | Club León
| ? |
| Ronaldo González
| Mediocampista | Querétaro Football Club
| Loan |
| Hugo Barajas
| Mediocampista | Club America
| ? |
| José Flores
| Delantero | Avocados CDU
| ? |
| Low | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Destination | Type |
| Sebastián Huerta
| Porter | C. D. S. Tampico Madero
| ? |
| Miguel Velázquez
| Defence | Atlante Football Club
| ? |
| Kenneth Jaime
| Defence | UANL Tigers
| End of loan |
| Irving Zurita
| Defence |  | Low |
 Rodrigo Melgarejo
| Defence | Celaya Football Club
| End of contract |
| Jesse Zamudio
| Mediocampista | Club León
| End of loan |
| Juan Gamboa
| Mediocampista | Sports Toluca
| End of loan |
| Jassiel Ruiz
| Mediocampista | | Low |
| Alejandro Andrade
| Mediocampista | Club Necaxa
| End of loan |
| Angel Robles
| Delantero | Club Puebla
| End of loan |
| Diego Pineda
| Delantero | UAT corridors
| Transfer |
| Omar Rosas
| Delantero |  Club Deportivo Platense
| End of contract |
 Sergio Vergara
| Delantero | Curicó Unida
| Loan |
| Diego Abella
| Delantero | | Low |
| Alvaro Verda
| Delantero | Querétaro FC
| End of loan |
More presences
| Post | Player | Period | Parties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Juárez | 1983-1999 | 395 |
| 2 | Omar Trujillo | 1998-2009 | 338 |
| 3 | Carlos Morales | 1998-2001 2002-2004 2012-2017 2019 | 322 |
| 4 | Moses Muñoz | 1999-2010 | 282 |
| 5 | Jorge Guerrero | 1984-1995 | 268 |
| 6 | Marco Antonio Figueroa | 1986-1990 1993-1997 | 267 |
| 7 | Ricardo Campos | 1984-1992 | 256 |
| 8 | Francisco Javier Gómez | 1986-1995 | 255 |
| 9 |  Darío Franco | 1998-2004 | 241 |
| 10 | Heriberto Morales | 1997-2002 | 216 |
- Players in bold are currently active at the club.
- It does not include games in cup and international.
- Updated until 18 September 2016.
Top scorers
- Updated until April 7, 2018.
| # | Player | LIG | CPA | SPC | WITH | LIB | PRE | INL | SPL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Antonio Figueroa | 130 | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 140 |
| 2 |  Alexandro Fernandes
| 71 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 83 |
| 3 | Miguel Sabah
| 64 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | 71 |
| 4 | Rafael Márquez Lugo
| 58 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 65 |
| 5 |  Carlos Miloc | 59 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 65 |
| 6 | Mario Juárez
| 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 |
| 7 |  Luis Gabriel Rey
| 43 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| 8 | Claudio Da Silva
| 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 |
| 9 | Carlos Morales
| 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 43 |
| 10 |  Raúl Ruidíaz
| 40 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 |
SYMBOLS:
- 1: The number of goals is known in a season of cup, but not the total.
- LIG: League
- COP: Cup
- SPC: Supercopa
- WITH: Concacaf Champions League/Coup
- LIB: Copa Libertadores
- INL: InterLiga
- PRE: Copa Pre Libertadores
- SPL: SuperLiga
Goleo Champions
The current scoring champions by tournament are presented here.
| Player | Country | Tournament | Goles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raúl Ruidíaz | Peru Peru
| Opening 2016* | 11 |
| Raúl Ruidíaz | Peru Peru
| Clausura 2017 | 9 |
| Gustavo Ramírez | Paraguay Paraguay
| Guardian Expansion League 2020 | 7 |
- He shares it with Dayro Moreno the title of goleo 2016.
Coaches
| Name | Period |
|---|---|
 Alfredo Piedra
| 1959 |
 Cheché Martín
| 1959-1961 |
| Cheché Martín
| 1963-1965 |
| Diego
| 1980-1982 |
 Arpád Fekete
| 1982-1983 |
| Antonio Carbajal
| 1983-1995 |
| José Guadalupe Díaz
| 1995 |
| Carlos Miloc
| 1995 |
| Enrique Meza
| 1996 |
| Jesus Bracamontes
| 1996 |
| Thomas Boy
| 1996-1997 |
| Eduardo Solari
| 1997-1998 |
| Thomas Boy
| 1998-2000 |
| Luis Fernando Tena
| 2000-2001 |
| Miguel Angel Russo
| 2001-2002 |
| Ruben Omar Romano
| 2002-2004 |
| Antonio Mohamed
| 2004 |
| Eduardo Acevedo
| 2004-2005 |
| Ricardo Ferretti
| 2005 |
| Sergio.
| 2006 |
| Darío Franco
| 2006 |
| Hugo Hernández
| 2006 |
| Marco Antonio Figueroa
| 2006-2007 |
| José Luis Trejo
| 2007 |
| David Patiño
| 2007-2008 |
| Luis Fernando Tena
| 2008-2009 |
| Thomas Boy
| 2009-2012 |
| Ruben Omar Romano
| 2012-2013 |
| Carlos Bustos
| 2013-2014 |
| Eduardo de la Torre
| 2014 |
| Roberto Hernández
| 2014 |
| Angel Comizzo
| 2014 |
| José Guadalupe Cruz
| 2014 |
| Alfredo Tena
| 2014-2015 |
| Roberto Hernández
| 2015 |
| Enrique Meza
| 2015-2016 |
| Roberto Hernández
| 2016 |
| Pablo Marini
| 2017 |
| Roberto Hernández
| 2017-2019 |
| Javier Torrente
| 2019 |
| Pablo Guede
| 2019-2020 |
| Ricardo Valiño
| 2020-2022 |
| Gabriel Pereyra
| 2022-2023 |
| Carlos Adrián Morales
| 2023- |
Honours of Prizes
Official tournaments
| National competition
| Titles | Subcamponatos |
|---|---|---|
| First Division of Mexico (1/3) | Winter 2000. | Opening 2002, Clausura 2003, Clausura 2011. |
| Mexico Cup (1/2) | Opening 2013. | 1964-65, Clausura 2017. |
| Supercopa de México (1/1) | 2013-14. | 2014-15. |
| MX Expansion League (1/1) | Closure 2022 | Clausura 2021 |
| Champions League of Expansion MX (0/1) | 2021-22 | |
| Second Division of Mexico (1/1) | 1980-81. | 1956-57. |
| Mexico Second Division Cup (1/0) | 1955-56. | |
| Champion of Champions Second Division of Mexico (1/0) | 1955-56. |
.svg){kind=small} International competition
| Titles | Subcamponatos |
|---|---|---|
| Concacaf Champions League (0/2) | 2002, 2003. |
International friendly tournaments
- SuperLiga Norteamericana (1): 2010
- Subcampion of the Colosseum Cup (1): 1999
Friendly tournaments
- Cup of the Americas: 1989.
- Jalisco Cup (1): 2012
- Copa El Mexicano (1): 2011
- Hot Cup Tijuana (1): 2009
- Pachuca Cup (1)2001
- Copa Azteca-Sol (1)2001
- Trophy of the 75th Anniversary of the National Polytechnic Institute: 2011
- Trofeo Conmemorativo del 100 Aniversario del Real Club España: 2012
- National Flag Trophy (2): 2011, 2012
- IMSS Cup (1): 2013
Americas Cup
Basic forces tournaments[citation needed]
- MX Cup Tournament Sub-13: (2) 2013, 2018
- MX Cup Tournament Sub-14: (1) 2013
- MX Cup Tournament Sub-15: (1) 2013
- MX Cup Tournament Sub-16: (1) 2013
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