Club Necaxa

For the baseball team, see Necaxa Electricians.

Deportivo Necaxa S.A. promoter. de C.V., or simply Club Necaxa, is a Mexican football club from the city of Aguascalientes, founded on August 21, 1923 in Mexico City by Scottish-born engineer William H. Frasser. In 2003, it changed its headquarters to the city of Aguascalientes. It has played in the BBVA MX League since the 2016 Apertura, after winning promotion, beating Fútbol Club Juárez by an aggregate score of 3-0 in favor in the 2015-16 Promotion Final.

He has 12 titles in his record (3 in the League, 4 in the Mexico Cup, 2 in the Champion of Champions, 1 in the Mexican Super Cup, 1 in the Concacaf Champions Cup and 1 in the Concacaf Winners' Cup), It also holds four Major League and 2 Cup championships in the amateur season, as well as four titles in the promotion circuit. It was the first team to win the double, winning the League and the Cup, in the same season, this in 1932-33, thus taking the nickname Campeonísimo, becoming the first team in Mexican soccer to bear that nickname.

Obtained 3rd place in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship held in Brazil.

It occupies the 7th place in the list of the International Federation of Soccer History and Statistics of the Club of the Century of North and Central America (1901-2000) being the best placed Mexican club.

History

Foundation and early years

In 1922, the manager of the Luz y Fuerza del Centro company was the Scottish engineer William H. Frasser, who in his student days had been a devoted soccer player. He was convinced that sports could benefit the workers and that is why he sponsored two soccer teams, Tranvías and Luz y Fuerza, which both played in the fields of Colonia Condesa in Mexico City. From the merger of both teams, a club in a rojiblanco uniform was born on August 21, 1923, which would take its name from the river whose waters generated the electricity that illuminated Mexico City: Necaxa.

Attracted by the possibility of obtaining a good job as office workers or electricians, which would also leave them free time to play football, the Uruguayan Luis Mardones and the Austrian goalkeeper Ernesto Pauler arrived in 1926. In 1929, the Peruvian Julio Lores disembarked and Luis "Pichojos" Perez and Ignacio "Clavera" Avila.

Necaxa's fame as a team with great technique arose in 1926. Many claimed that its system of short, fast passes, close to the grass, revealed the true school of Mexican soccer. The coach, the Englishman Alfred Crowle (former player of Pachuca and one of the promoters of soccer in Mexico), thought that this technique, derived from the Scottish school, was the best suited to the style of the local soccer player.

In the 1924-25 season, they won their first title, winning the Eliminatory Cup by beating América. For the following 1925-26 season, they were proclaimed two-time champions of the Eliminatory Cup by beating Spain.

In February 1927, Mexico received a South American team for the first time, the Chilean Colo-Colo, and Necaxa was in charge of receiving it, thus becoming the first Mexican team to open an international series against a South American team. The match took place on February 12, 1927 and the Chilean team won 3 goals to 0.

Despite presenting their first successes, it took a few formative years for the group of electricians to begin to succeed in the recently founded Primera Fuerza Championship, then dominated by América and the clubs Hispanics Spain and Asturias.

The 1931-32 championship was a close fight between Necaxa, Asturias and Atlante. The first round ended with electricians and the Asturians tied with 11 points, to 10 for the Atlantic team. With the boost of having beaten foreign teams during the half-season break, the Barça team overcame the deficit at the start of the second round and reached the final day with 22 points, the same as Necaxa. The last day they faced each other on August 14 with a final result of 3-3, which forced a series of three tiebreakers on August 21 and 28, as well as on September 4, with the particularity of all taking place in Necaxa Park. Despite this, Atlante won the first duel 3-2, tied the second by a goal and finally on September 4, 1932 with a goal by Juan Carreño, they were proclaimed Mexican soccer champions with a score of 1-0. From that moment on, one of the strongest rivalries in Mexican soccer would be built with Necaxa, and perhaps the first between two teams made up mostly of Mexicans.

The Champion of the Eleven Brothers

They received the nickname of the “Eleven Brothers” since, on the field of play, they understood each other perfectly, they were: Raúl "Pipiolo" Estrada, Lorenzo "Grandfather" Camarena, Antonio Azpiri, Guillermo "Perro" Ortega, Ignacio "Skull" Avila, Marcial "Ranchero" Ortiz, Vicente "Chamaco" Garcia, Tomas "Poet" Lozano, Hilario "Moco" López, Julio "Chino" Lords and Luis "Pichojos" Perez.

A group characterized by the camaraderie among its members, Necaxa earned the nickname of the 11 brothers. Its closeness to the popular sectors, football deployed and the category of idols, which several of its members reached (especially Horacio Casarín), allowed it to become a team with a lot of support in the stands and consequent popularity. He obtained the league titles in 1932-33, 1934-35, 1936-37 and 1937-38. As well as the Mexico Cup of 1932-33 and 1935-36. Becoming the first team to achieve the double League and Cup of Mexican soccer.

Double 1932-33

After the close championship that ended with the Atlantic coronation, Necaxa remained together with the azulgranas as a direct contender for the title, maintaining the close fight in the 1932-33 season. Again the game of the last day saw them both tied for first place with nine points, so a tie would put them back in a final series. However, the electrician team that began to exert hegemony in Mexican soccer and over Atlante himself, beating him with the biggest win in favor of the club in history, with a score of 9-0; result that made the tiebreaker series unnecessary. Necaxa was crowned and her dynasty emerged on June 4, 1933.

The team led by Alfred Crowle, endorsed its status as champion in the 1932-33 Copa México, the first official version of a cup tournament organized by the Federation and with the support of President Lázaro Cárdenas. They beat Club México 6-0 in the quarterfinals, Asturias 5-1 in the semifinals and were crowned in the final with a 3-1 victory over Germania FV. It was the first time in history that a team had won the League and the Cup in the same campaign.

1935 Championships

After being relegated from the 1933-34 title race (he was not among the three leaders to meet in a triangle tie-breaker); Necaxa of the 1934-35 campaign had one of the best statistical performances in history, accumulating 27 of 30 points in dispute, the product of 13 wins, one draw and one defeat, having a scorer balance of 69 goals scored and 25 conceded.. The tournament began on November 25, 1934 with a 2-2 draw with Asturias, to later string together 12 consecutive wins, an all-time record, still valid in Mexican soccer. Necaxa would only lose on the penultimate matchday 3-1 with Spain, already with the league title secured. This was within the framework of a sui generis campaign in which three rounds of matches were played, given the low number of participants (6 teams).

They obtained the first international title for Mexican soccer in the soccer tournament of the third edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games, which were held in El Salvador in 1935, where the electrician team due to the great moment it was going through in the league, the federation decided to disguise him as the National Team and sent him to participate. After defeating the host Salvadoran team 8-1 in their debut on March 27 by a wide score, the Mexican team would beat the Guatemalan representatives 5:1, the Cuban team 6:1 and the Honduran team 8:2. On April 2, after beating the Costa Rican team 2-0, Mexico became champion and won the gold medal. Except for three reinforcements from America, Spain and Atlante, the entire squad was made up of players from the electrician team.

In addition to this, Necaxa was also invested as the representative team of the Federal District to play the National Amateur Championship, which he won. By then, coach Alfred Crowle had already resigned from his post due to personal problems, being replaced by former team goalkeeper Ernesto Pauler, who, after winning the National Championship, would win the 1935-36 Copa México title, still played in 1935, beating América 9-0 in the semifinal and Asturias 2-1 in the final; Due to all of the above, at the end of the same year, the necaxistas received from the columnist Francisco Martínez de la Vega in the newspaper La Afición and for the first time in the history of Mexican soccer, the nickname "Super Champion".

The two-time championship 1936-38

After the successes obtained, the team began to renew itself little by little. Coach Ernesto Pauler promoted the creation of youth sections from which new players emerged, among them a 17-year-old, son of a military man and figure in the 1937 National Championships: Horacio Casarín.

Hand in hand with the youthful figure and the consecrated of the club, Necaxa obtained a new league title, in a somewhat comfortable way, concluding the contest with four points of advantage, against its most constant rival of the time, the Atlantean.

If the previous leagues had been strongly disputed with Atlante, America and Spain; the championship of the 1937-38 campaign, found Asturias as the main opponent; with whom since the previous season they had played matches essentially characterized by the excess of physical force and violence with which they were carried out. Despite beating them 1-0 in the first round, it ended with both clubs tied, later for most of the second round, the Asturians held first place. Again as in other outcomes, the two teams that occupied the first positions arrived tied at the last date and turned their duel into a kind of final. Thus, on July 3, 1938, in Parque Asturias, Necaxa and the La Casona group faced each other to settle the title; the electricians passed over the rival with a score of 5-1 and achieved with a league title, closing their transcendent stage.

Still in a loophole from its winning stage, Necaxa played in a great way for the 1938-39 title, in a campaign marked by the incident of the burning of Parque Asturias, after the unfortunate injury that sidelined a year from the courts to the figure Horacio Casarín.

Disappearances and Returns

In 1943, Necaxa disappeared from national soccer; with the pretext that from the professionalization of Mexican Soccer "The sporting spirit of Necaxa does not agree with the commercialization of Mexican soccer."

The sale of “Parque Necaxa” was a good deal and the team's disappearance was almost imminent. The team said goodbye on April 18, 1943 in the game against Spain; the score was 4-3 in favor of Necaxa. The people in the stands still couldn't believe that their team, the most important in Mexico, was going to disappear, and they cried bitterly during the match; the Mexican Union of Electricians with great effort tried to keep the team in the Minor League.

The team no longer belonged to the owners, now to the employees. They remained in that league for 7 years and the Electricistas asked the Mexican Football Federation for one of the 2 places that were going to be free.

Without having lost its grip with its fans and with a goalless draw against Guadalajara in the "Parque Oblatos", the return of Necaxa to national football was marked in September 1950, after the disappearance of Spain and Asturias, and now being owned by the Electricians Union.

The following seasons Necaxa is managed by the Spanish José Antonio López Herranz, achieving terrible results. In 1954, López Herranz was fired and Fernando Marcos González was hired as a coach for the rojiblancos.

Around 1955 the club's debts forced Necaxa to sell its stars; but that was not the solution to the economic problems and so the team was sold to Miguel Ramírez Vázquez who hired the Uruguayan Donaldo Ross, who had been champion with Guadalajara.

The Electricistas won the Cup Title in the 1959-1960 Season after defeating Tampico 4-1 and the following year on February 2, 1961 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, they defeated Santos from Brazil with everything and King Pelé in the ranks of the Brazilian squad. In that historic match, the "Morocho" Dante Juárez scored two goals and set up 2 goal passes with two shots from the first stupendous shot by Chato Ortiz and the second great header from Agustín Peniche for Necaxa to win the match that is remembered as the best game of a mexican team.

After another 6 years of regular results in mid-table, the 1965-66 season unbeaten Necaxa reaches the Cup Final in which they beat León 4-3, after which Necaxa was able to face America for the Champion of Champions of the same year 1965-66, defeating by a score of 2-0, with that the rojiblanca fans were excited thinking that the team was returning to its old days winning titles now only the League was missing.

But everything was a tragedy after 4 years of mediocre results and being in the lower part of the general table the worst would happen for the necaxista fans on October 22, 1971; Julio Orvañanos decides to sell the club to some Spanish businessmen who immediately change the name of Necaxa to Toros del Atlético Español, a team that also had moments of glory when they played in the Title Final in the 1973-74 season and won the Copa de 1975 Concacaf Champions. Despite this, the fans felt betrayed and withdrew their support for the rojiblanco team, preferring mostly to support other clubs that were at the time.

After 11 years of being Atlético Español, the board of directors of the Bulls decided to resume the colors and the name of Necaxa, and on July 21, 1982 the team returned to the maximum circuit of Mexican football, under the command of Televisa. The new era was difficult and their previously huge fans had completely forgotten about them. Necaxa was saved from relegation in 1985 against Zacatepec, within the league due to non-relegation.

The team of the 1990s

In the 1989-1990 season, led by coach Aníbal Ruiz, renovation began with the arrival of Ecuadorian Álex Aguinaga, one of the greatest symbols of the rojiblanca squad in its history and who has been named among the best foreign players who have come to Mexico.

Necaxa had a great tournament and qualified for the league, where they were eliminated by the Pumas de la UNAM in the quarterfinals. With this result, Aníbal Ruiz is replaced by Eduardo Luján Manera.

The board tried to attract more fans when they decided to change the classic uniform, a white shirt with 5 red lines, for a uniform with a lightning bolt drawn on it and changing the nickname to "rays". In that same tournament the Chilean Ivo Basay arrived, who turned out to be a great player in subsequent seasons. After a not very good tournament, Necaxa did not qualify for the league either.

For the following season, the Argentine coach Roberto Marcos Saporiti would arrive, who began another good period of Necaxista.

In 1992, Enrique Borja joined the board of directors and made the decision to leave Saporiti as coach of the Rayos.

In the 1992-93 season the squad finished as Super Leader and 5 players were called to the National Team for the 1994 United States qualifiers. Necaxa became a strong, solid and extremely offensive team, remaining undefeated playing at home. Ivo Basay was the top scorer of the season, but the Rayos were eliminated by Atlante with an aggregate score of 5-2.

The following season Necaxa was eliminated by América. With this result, Saporiti is dismissed and in his place the squad is commanded by Manuel Lapuente, who upon his arrival declares that he has arrived to make Necaxa champion; he hired Sergio “El Ratón” Zárate, Octavio “Picas” Becerril, Chilean Eduardo Vilches, and José María “El Chema” Higareda.

It took 56 years for the Rayos to win a title, defeating Cruz Azul at the Azteca on June 4, 1995 with an aggregate score of 3-1. Once again, Necaxa became "Campeonísimo" after being Cup Champion, League Champion, CONCACAF Champion and Champion of Champions.

Lineup of the Necaxa Championship 1994-1995

Nicolás Navarro, José María Higareda, Eduardo Vilches, Octavio Becerril, Gerardo Esquivel, Ignacio Ambriz, Álex Aguinaga (Luis Hernández), Alberto García-Aspe, Efraín Herrera, Ricardo Peláez (Sergio Zárate) and Ivo Basay. D.T. Manuel Lapuente.

For the following season, Basay leaves the team. In the same period, Necaxa reached the league as Sub-leader and faced the Toros del Atlético Celaya with the Spanish star Emilio Butragueño, with a 1-1 draw in the first leg at the Miguel Alemán Valdez stadium and the return score was 0. -0; the rule that awards the victory to the team with the most away goals gave them the title, thus the Rayos were crowned two-time champions. It was already the “Team of the Decade”.

Lineup of the Necaxa Championship 1995-1996

Nicolás Navarro, José María Higareda (Efraín Herrera), Eduardo Vilches, Octavio Becerril, Gerardo Esquivel, Uwe Wolf, Álex Aguinaga, Alberto García Aspe, Ricardo Peláez, Luis Hernández and Sergio Zárate. D.T. Manuel Lapuente.

Later, he reached the final against the Santos Laguna team in the winter of 1996 (first short tournament) and lost, being close to being a three-time champion. At the end of the Winter 1997 tournament, Lapuente left Necaxa because he was called the new D.T. of the National Team of Mexico, in his place Raúl Arias remains, making his debut in the following tournament in the Summer of 1998, reaching the final against Deportivo Toluca, who defeated Árias' squad, ending the illusions of raising the Cup again.

For Winter 1998, Necaxa reached yet another final and was champion against all odds, defeating Chivas in the same Jalisco Stadium.

Necaxa Lineup, 1998 Winter Championship

Adolfo Ríos, José María Higareda, Sergio Almaguer, Markus López, José Luis Montes de Oca, Salvador Cabrera, José Manuel de la Torre (Marco Antonio Sánchez), Álex Aguinaga, Sergio Vázquez, Sergio Zárate (Raúl Gordillo) and Carlos Hermosillo (David Oliva) Sergio Olvera. D.T. Raúl Arias.

In 1999, Necaxa played a worthy role by playing in the Concacaf Cup, which took place in the United States, defeating its 3 rivals, 3-2 against Saprissa, 3-1 against DC United and 2- 1 against Alajuelense, thus Necaxa conquers the championship which gives them the right to participate in the first Club World Cup.

Necaxa was the dominant team in the 90s, of the 14 Liguillas of the 90s Necaxa participated in 12 of them, achieving 3 championships and 2 runners-up.

2000s: Internationalization

In January 2000, the Rayos del Necaxa traveled to Rio de Janeiro, where they visited marginalized areas of the town, giving away shirts and tickets to underprivileged children so that they could support them in their games, which speaks well of humility and simplicity from Necaxa and the Brazilians decide to adopt it, and this is how the Rayos get third place in the Club World Cup after drawing 1 - 1 with Manchester United, defeating South Melbourne 3 - 1 and losing 2 - 1 with Vasco da Gama. Which gave the opportunity to go to the game for third place with Real Madrid, whom they defeated on penalties, after drawing 1 - 1 in regular time and is the first Mexican team to win a third place in the tournament, after Club de Fútbol Monterrey would get it.

After the successes achieved, Necaxa was invited to participate in the 2001 Merconorte Cup where they overwhelmed their South American rivals by qualifying for the second phase with a satisfactory number of 5 wins against a single loss, totaling 15 points in group A which included América de Cali, Alianza Lima and Aucas, falling only with the latter team as a local. But the Rayos trusted themselves and were eliminated in the Semifinals by Millonarios de Colombia, because, after drawing on aggregate score 5 - 5, they lost on penalties 3 - 1.

Necaxa managed to place for the sixth time in a final Summer Tournament 2002 (Mexico) positioning itself in 7th place in the general table, defeating Toluca in the quarterfinals, in the semifinals defeating Santos Laguna and losing in the final against America winning its 9th league title after 13 years without winning.

In the 2003 Opening Tournament (Mexico), the Victoria Stadium in the city of Aguascalientes becomes the new home of Rayos del Necaxa, this was due to the attempt of the board of directors to give the team a new identity and to be able to have their own fans, something that was not achieved in Mexico City, where other teams (América, U.N.A.M., Cruz Azul, Atlante) enjoyed the support of the fans. As of 2001, the board of directors began the change of venue, but it was not until the 2003 Opening, when the final change was made. Thus, Necaxa would be a club that would militate in Aguascalientes and create identity in the region.

In 2007, Necaxa achieved their pass to the 2007 Copa Libertadores, being champion of the 2007 InterLiga Tournament. Already in the Copa Libertadores de América that year (being their only participation in the tournament so far), in the group stage, Necaxa did not lose a home game, achieving their place as first place in Group 2, followed by Sao Paulo from Brazil and Audax Italiano from Chile; Necaxa was eliminated in the round of 16 by Nacional from Uruguay, it must be remembered that the second leg, where Necaxa had the home team, a concert by the Colombian singer Shakira, prevented the game from taking place in Aguascalientes (Shakira sang in Victoria Stadium) and Necaxa had to play their return game at their old venue, the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, where they only needed one goal, to qualify (they lost 2-3 in Uruguay), but despite that, the Uruguayans managed to score their 4th goal and with it, qualify for the next round.

Since 2006, the Necaxa Club board of directors began to make bad and costly decisions. The trigger for this decline was when the Necaxista Board of Directors at the end of the 2005 Clausura Tournament (Mexico) dismissed Raúl Arias for allegedly not meeting expectations of the Club, ending with 8 years of percentage stability, from 2005 to 2009, 8 coaches passed through the position of Technical Director who could not straighten out Necaxa.

Rise League

Finally, in the 2009 Clausura Tournament (Mexico) and after bad seasons, they reached the last date competing with Tigres de la UANL in the fight not to be relegated; They only needed to win and for Tigres de la UANL to lose or tie to save themselves, but they lost to Club América, while Tigres de la UANL tied with Monarcas Morelia, being relegated for the first time in their history.

Now in the Promotion League a new challenge would begin for the team from Aguascalientes, the first game in the Silver Division of Mexican Soccer for Necaxa was against Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in an almost empty Victoria Stadium due to the relegation experienced months ago, winning by one goal to zero, giving an acceptable start that over time began to excite by finishing the 2009 Apertura Tournament Liga de Ascenso in third place in the general table with 8 wins, 4 draws & 4 defeats, already in the Liguilla the rival of the Quarterfinals for Necaxa was Cruz Azul Hidalgo who won 3-1 on aggregate, and in the Semifinals Necaxa faced Lobos from BUAP defeating them 2-0 on aggregate going to the Grand finale.

In a night of goals and spectacle, Necaxa enters the Sergio León Chávez Stadium in Irapuato on December 12, 2009 and they took the title of champions of the 2009 Apertura Tournament Promotion League, drawing 3-3, and winning on aggregate 4-3, with the Freseros de Irapuato, who gave everything on the field.

Necaxa took the first step to return to the First Division, it only remained to see who wins the next tournament. In case of repeating the trophy, he would return to the maximum circuit.

The game soon became emotional, because in the 12th minute, Paulo César Chávez caused a penalty against the Rayos. Ariel González took the ball and at 14' scored the goal that tied the overall score. 1-0. The pandemonium broke out at minute 19, Gonzalo Pizzichillo overflowed from the left and crossed accurately upon the arrival of Ariel González, the striker rose and masterfully connected the ball to the goalkeeper's opposite post to score La Trinca's second goal of the night, Irapuato caressed the title of the Promotion League. 2-0. Necaxa was down, but he did not shrink and pushed himself so that at 34' a center found Mauricio Romero's head and the scorer did not miss his shot, the ball went cornered and Blanco's set won. 2-1 and tie on aggregate at two goals. As the end of the game approached, the plays became less risky and the encounter lessened the emotions.

The referee counted the 90 minutes and the game would go on to overtime, the wait for the Promotion League to meet its first champion was lengthening, as was the fans' nerves. Just when the second minute of the first extra time was running, an excellent overflow from Carlos Hurtado appeared that led to a serve at the head of Alejandro Castillo, the Rayos player emulated what was done at the Victoria Stadium and ordered the ball to be saved to give him the second goal for his team at night and the third overall. 3-2 in favor of Necaxa on global. The luck of the Rays did not last very long. At the ninth minute, Jorge Manrique hit the ball with a free kick from the corner of the Necaxista area and put the ball in the angle to even the score. 3-3

The formula worked again for the Rays at the beginning of the second extra time, Carlos Hurtado led a long counterattack, entered the territory of the Blanco goalkeeper and served a perfect cross upon the arrival of Alejandro Castillo, the young man hammered and scored the third rojiblanco goal of the night and fourth overall; 3-3 please Necaxa. Irapuato went to the front and tried from any side, but Iván Vázquez was standing well behind to avoid any attempt to tie by the Freseros. The game was consummated making it clear that Necaxa is close to returning, now he will have to defeat the winner of the Bicentennial tournament, or be the winner of it.

After the Past Tournament now Necaxa would start the Bicentennial Tournament 2010 Promotion League with a Half Ticket to return to the First Division of Mexico following the Perfect Step Finished the Regular Tournament Undefeated with 8 wins, 8 draws & 0 defeats finished in 2nd place, only behind León, and after having beaten Lobos de la BUAP 2-0 on aggregate in the quarterfinals and Tijuana 5-2 on aggregate in the semifinals, he showed up for his appointment in the final against León, who had entered the league in first place and therefore went directly to the semifinals where they defeated 2-0 in the first leg and 5-0 in the return to La Piedad for a 7-0 aggregate. As a result of these results, on May 5, they met at the Victoria Stadium to face each other in the first leg of the final, which was won by Necaxa 3-0, which put them one step away from the maximum circuit, and thus On May 8, 2010, Necaxa completed its return to the Mexican First Division, losing the return match 2-1 at the Nou Camp stadium in León and thus going through an aggregate score of 4-2 and proclaiming itself two-time champions.

Return to First and Second Descent

After a year in the Silver Division of Mexican Soccer, Necaxa returned to the First Division of Mexico in the 2010 Apertura Tournament (Mexico) having a Very Complicated Tournament after 6 Matchdays with a regular balance of 1 win, 3 draws & 2 defeats Omar Arellano is dismissed as Technical Director and Daniel Brailovsky arrives in his place to complete the tournament, but that was a disastrous move since he had an irregular record with 3 wins, 1 draw & amp; 7 losses, the team finished 15th place in the general table with only 16 points complicating its permanence.

The Closing Tournament 2011 (Mexico), Necaxa began with 4 straight losses, so before matchday 5, his then coach Daniel Brailovsky, was dismissed, and replaced by Sergio Bueno, with him he achieved 5 games without knowing defeat with 3 wins & 2 draws that were points of life for Necaxa, but on date 10, Monterrey ended this streak, after winning 1-0 at the Victoria Stadium, which would be followed by another 2 defeats against Puebla and Guadalajara.

On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, the Rayos received the Estudiantes Tecos, having a very good first half since the rays had a clear 2-0 lead, but the second half would come, and the Guadalajara managed to equalize the marker for which the Aguascalientes team was already on a tightrope closer and closer, in addition to the fact that there was a disagreement between Sergio Bueno and José Antonio Castro.

On Saturday April 16, 2011, the rays traveled to Cancun, to face the Atlante colts, in the first half the rays dominated the game thanks to a goal by Arturo Javier Ledesma from a pass by Sergio Blanco that still left them behind. He was still alive, but a penalty correctly taken by Christian Bermúdez from Atlante, was the one that sent the rays back to the Promotion League, even with two games left against UNAM and Pachuca, the team finished 17th place in the table overall with 15 points.

After Necaxa had been relegated, its stability began in the Mexican Promotion League since it would take time to ascend. In the 2011 Apertura Tournament, the Promotion League was able to access the Liguilla finishing in sixth place in the general table with 6 wins, 5 draws & 4 defeats with 23 points, in the quarterfinals he faced Toros Neza, losing 3-2 on aggregate, thus ending his participation.

The following tournament in the Closing Tournament 2012 Liga de Ascenso qualified again for the Liguilla finishing in 3rd place in the general table with 8 wins, 3 draws & 3 losses with 27 points, in the Quarterfinals they would face U. de G., in the first leg they tied 1-1 at the Jalisco Stadium, in the second leg in Aguascalientes they tied 0-0, and thus leaving many doubts among his fans about his actions in the league, later he would face Lobos BUAP in the Semifinals, in Puebla in the first leg Lobos killed the hopes of the rojiblancos losing 3-0, in the second leg at Victoria Necaxa alone he was able to win 1-0 and with that he was eliminated again and he had to wait another year to aspire to return to the top circuit, and with this the highly criticized coach Tita was dismissed from the technical direction.

For the 2012 Apertura Tournament, Liga de Ascenso Necaxa had a dream tournament, ending as Superlíder with 9 victories, 4 draws and only one defeat, and that assured him his direct ticket to the Semifinals. Analysts and fans already put him in the In the end, Necaxa had shown that it had the ability and the means to do so. In the semifinals, they faced Dorados de Sinaloa in the first leg, tied 1-1, with every hope of qualifying for the final, and thus faced the second leg in Aguascalientes where they tied 2-2 goals, and with the The reform that Femexfut made that the away goal counted, classified Dorados for having scored more away goals, and thus once again Necaxa was left on the edge. Coach Jaime Ordiales was ratified

In the Clausura 2013 Liga de Ascenso Tournament, the team ranked 5th in the league with 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. In the Quarterfinals, they eliminated the Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz by a global score of 6-3; In this way, they reached the Semifinals, where they faced the Correcaminos UAT team by a score of 6-4, in one of the most vibrant semifinals by the two teams; In the end, Necaxa managed to advance to the Grand Final against the Toros Neza team, where during the first leg, big defensive errors, including a missed penalty by Víctor Lojero, gave the team of Neza a 3-0 lead in the first leg. neza. For the second leg and before a full Victoria stadium, Necaxa came out to try to turn the game around, it was a game where they had possession of the ball at all times, however, it was not enough to make the comeback, a counterattack in the Neza's last moments gave this team a 1-0 victory, to end up 4-0 on aggregate in favor of Toros Neza. In this way Necaxa once again lost the opportunity to promote, being sentenced to one more year in the promotion league.

For the 2013 Opening Tournament Liga de Ascenso, the board of directors makes a very strong decision, Jaime Ordiales is dismissed as Technical Director of Club Necaxa to take his new position as Sports President, his place was taken by Armando González who continued with the rest of the Tournament, where Necaxa finished as sub-leader having 25 points like Oaxaca, only that it had a better goal difference, already in the league Necaxa faced Atlético San Luis debuting in the Promotion League in the Quarterfinals that managed to be in the league but Necaxa thrashed with a resounding 4-0 thus going to the semifinals, where they faced Delfines where they attacked with a 7-0 win reaching the Grand Final for the second time in a row, in the final they would face the U. de G. The Black Lions won the first leg 1-0, leaving a minimal complication for those from Aguascalientes, but in the second leg the Rayos got things complicated and the game ended 1-1, to be 2-1 in favor of the U. of G.. In this way Necaxa lost a final for the second time.

In the Clausura 2014 Promotion League Tournament, the team qualified after finishing the Regular Tournament in third place with 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. Necaxa faced Delfines in the Quarterfinals, winning on aggregate by 6 -3, in the semifinals they faced Estudiantes Tecos where the 2 games, the first leg and the second leg, remained 0-0, Estudiantes Tecos passing for the best position in the general table and finished with the Rojiblancas illusions.

Sale of the club and Promotion

On March 21, 2014, the then club president Yon de Luisa announced at a press conference that an agreement had been reached with a group of investors headed by Ernesto Tinajero and Guillermo Cantú for the sale of the club, he also commented that the name and headquarters of the team would be maintained and that promotion would be sought as soon as possible. Grupo Televisa, current owner of the team, would continue with the team's operations until May 2014.

In the 2014 Liga de Ascenso Opening Tournament, with the change of the presidency of Necaxa, the team started with a change of Miguel de Jesús Fuentes as the new Technical Director where he had a good tournament finishing in 4th place to play the league, with 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses with 21 points, already in the league Necaxa faced Atlante in the Quarterfinals where in the first leg in the Hidrocálido box they lost 2-1 but had an advantage due to the away goal, since In the second leg Necaxa recovered and won 2-0, with a 3-2 aggregate going to the semifinals, in this instance they faced Zacatecas where they won the first leg 1-0, but in the second leg it was difficult for them Necaxa losing 2-1 but thanks to the away goals they went to the final, with a 2-2 aggregate. Already in the Grand Final Necaxa faced Coras Tepic where the first leg in Aguascalientes ended 0-0 in a closed match, but in the second leg things turned on because the match ended 4-4 in regular time and in extra time taking him to penalties where Necaxa won and obtained his 3rd Promotion League Title and half a ticket to return to the maximum circuit.

Closing Tournament 2015 Promotion League everything would be defined in this tournament, if Necaxa promoted or stayed another year in the promotion, Necaxa finished in 5th place to fight the Liguilla and obtain the two-time championship with 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats the same number as last tournament, in the Liguilla Necaxa faced Mérida where the first leg in Aguascalientes ended in a 1-1 draw but in the second leg the Rays recovered by winning 3-1, with a 4-aggregate 2 Necaxa went to the Semifinals, in these instances he faced a tough rival who would antagonize the Necaxista Dorados Ascent in the first leg together with Sinaloa defeated the Aguascalientes team 2-1 leaving Necaxa in complications that were not resolved in the second leg since Necaxa fell again 2-1, with a 4-2 aggregate in favor of Dorados. Necaxa had to face the 2015 Clausura Champion to win the other half ticket in the 2014-15 Promotion Final, but his rival would be Dorados in the first leg. Both teams left Sinaloa with a 1-1 tie where it was shown that They were even in the game but in the second leg everything changed, Necaxa let his promotion slip by losing 2-0, a 3-1 aggregate where Dorados was promoted to the First Division of Mexico and Necaxa stayed another year in the promotion.

In this 2015 Opening Tournament Liga de Ascenso something happened that had never happened to Necaxa, not qualifying for the league, the magic of Miguel de Jesús Fuentes had ended, on matchday 14 of the regular tournament he was dismissed for his performance and the risk of not being in the big party, but even so, Necaxa did not qualify after finishing in tenth place in the general table with 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses with 20 points, fans and analysts expressed "Club Necaxa was in a football stagnation and if they don't get out of that Necaxa would not rise in the next 5 years", words that worried many but that were resolved the following tournament.

Vibrant Closing Tournament 2016 Liga de Ascenso where the Aguascalientes team started with a change Alfonso Sosa took over as Technical Director, having an excellent regular tournament with 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses being second only to U. de G., already in the Liguilla Necaxa had to face Correcaminos UAT where Necaxa won the first leg 1-0 on a visit, and in the second leg it ended with a 1-1 tie ending with a slight scare but going to the Semifinals, and in the next instance the Hidrocálido team would have to face an old rival Atlante in the best confrontation of the semifinals since in the second leg those from Aguascalientes arrived with the 2-1 advantage of the first leg in Cancun. With the visiting goals and the local team, it was time for them to get a little closer to their return to the top flight. Atlante came out with the intention of scoring quickly, but despite having the clearest ones in the first half, he went into the break with the score still scoreless. Shortly after the start of the second half, it seemed that hope was painted as a blaugrana. A penalty that Garcés converted at 48' gave the global tie. He just needed one more Los Potros. But Necaxa came back and did it with goals against his people. First it was Rodrigo Prieto at 57 who took advantage of a pass from Isijara that overflowed to the final line. Five minutes later Barraza appeared to finish off with a header to turn the score around. At 68 Isijara put the third after removing a couple of defenses and unleashed the party on the rise. Uscanga still brought the Catalans closer, but there were only 10 minutes left on the clock. Time that was not enough for the comeback of the Potro. In the expected final he would face Zacatecas, in search of the ticket that would lead him to face Juárez. Which would win in the first leg 2-0, and in the second leg the match ended with a 0-0 draw, winning its four promotion titles in Necaxa as well as half a ticket to return to the highest circuit.

On May 21, 2016, in an emotional promotion game between the "Braves" from Juarez. Necaxa is promoted to the Bancomer MX League after spending 5 years in the Silver Category. Necaxa won by an aggregate score of 3-0, winning the first leg 1-0 at the Victoria Stadium to win the following week 2-0 at the Benito Juárez Olympic Stadium in the second leg.

First Division and MX Cup Championships

Already in the First Division of Mexico after promoting the team Necaxista focused on staying in the First Division for which the Squad remained intact with some new players such as forward player Edson Puch born in Chile, already for the 2016 Opening Tournament (Mexico) Necaxa surprised adults and children because under the command of Alfonso Sosa it had a good regular tournament with 6 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses with 26 points in 7th position reaching the league, in the Quarterfinals they faced Pachuca where the first leg in Aguascalientes was won 2-1, taking a minimal advantage, in the second leg everything ended in a 0-0 tie, for which Necaxa went to the semifinals, and in those instances the rival was América in the match of The first leg in Aguascalientes ended in a 1-1 draw with an advantage for América, and in the second leg Necaxa could not and was defeated 2-0, 3-1 on aggregate, for which his spectacular participation ended.

For the 2017 Clausura Tournament (Mexico) and 2017 Apertura Tournament (Mexico) Necaxa He had a regular performance with 21 points and 24 points respectively, saving himself from the "No Relegation" and remaining in the First Division, in the 2017 Opening the Necaxa Board decides to dismiss Alfonso Sosa as technical director and they bring in Ignacio Ambriz for a year.

Necaxa was drawn in group 6 of the 2018 Clausura Cup MX where Zacatepec and Murciélagos were also located, where he was able to qualify for the next phase of the tournament as one of the best second places after winning 2 games, drawing one and lose one. In the round of 16 they defeated Atlas at the Estadio Victoria by the score of 2-1 with goals from Martín Barragán and Luis Pérez, in the quarter-finals they defeated UNAM 2-1 at home with a goal from a free kick from Matías Fernández and a goal from Luis Pérez, in the semifinals he managed to defeat Santos Laguna 2 - 1 thanks to a goal in the 90th minute by Víctor Dávila, and went to the final of the tournament against Toluca. Necaxa reached its first final after its last promotion, and a cup final after 2 years when it lost the final against Veracruz, after a close and fought match at the Victoria Stadium against Toluca, the Rayos came out champions of the Copa MX with an own goal by Santiago García in the final minutes of the match and breaking a 23-year drought without winning a Copa MX title.

Before starting the 2018 Apertura Tournament (Mexico) Necaxa had to face Monterrey for the 2017-18 Supercopa Mx on July 15, 2018 at the StubHub Center in Los Angeles, Necaxa defeated Monterrey by the minimum 1- 0 to win his second cup of the year, also a curious fact a week before the Rojiblanca board changed its Technical Director, dismissing Ignacio Ambriz to put Marcelo Michel Leaño the worst DT. of Necaxa since his promotion since the Aguascalientes team had its worst tournament, finishing 16th place in the general table with 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses with 14 points, an irregular tournament for which at the end of the Tournament he was dismissed and Guillermo Vázquez arrived at the post.

After 2 successful tournaments, being in the 6th position of the Clausura 2019 Tournament (Mexico) with 29 points, reaching the Quarterfinals, eliminated by Monterrey, remaining on aggregate 1 - 1 and going through the best position in the table and in the 5th position of the 2019 Apertura Tournament (Mexico) with 31 points, and where Mauro Quiroga was the scoring champion, Necaxa faced Querétaro Fútbol Club in the quarterfinals, which they ended up defeating with an aggregate score of 5-2. However, in the semifinals they would fall by an aggregate score of 1-3 against Monterrey, which would ultimately become the champion of the contest. At the end of the tournament, the Necaxa board would not reach an economic or sports agreement with Guillermo Vázquez and would part with several of its best players, including Alexis Francisco Peña, Cristian Calderón Del Real, Jesús Ricardo Angulo, and finally, its emblem and insignia since the team's last promotion, Luis Felipe Gallegos. The latter brought as a consequence a general discontent of the Necaxist fans with the board headed by Santiago Tijanero, derived from a successful business model, but a weak sports project; leaving the relationship between a hobby that is stripped of their idols every semester, and a board that is not interested in consolidating a team in the sporting field, much less in generating greater roots of the club in hydro-warm soil.

COVID-19 Pandemic and Soccer Stagnation 2020´s

Despite having sold out to important figures, the blow was not felt quickly. The Clausura 2020 Tournament (Mexico) was going to have a strong repercussion not only in the country but also in the soccer world to begin with, an old acquaintance was brought in for the institution in its 2nd stage with the hydrocálido team this Alfonso Sosa but who could not finish the regular tournament due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic, only 10 days were played with a very regular balance, looking bad due to the blow to sell To the figures, there were 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, the only thing that could be saved was that Mauro Quiroga continued with a goal-scoring instinct and the victory over América 3-0 on Matchday 8, the tournament was suspended from on March 15 temporarily until the global problem was controlled, after more than 4 months of pause the Guard1anes 2020 Tournament began but with a more than significant loss, Commander Mauro Quiroga was sold to Club Atlético de San Luis losing more football power, that took a bigger toll on the weakening of Necaxa, after 8 days Alfonso Sosa is dismissed and José Guadalupe Cruz is brought in, who has a more stable balance and achieves 6 games without losing and joins the newly created "Reclassification" where from 5th to 12th place they have the opportunity to enter the "Liguilla" a way to try to recover the money that was lost in the previous tournament, this Necaxa faced Guadalajara losing 1 - 0 and staying out of the league.

For 2021, the team would not improve, Guard1anes Closing Tournament 2021 after 11 days José Guadalupe Cruz is dismissed for a terrible tournament and in his place another old acquaintance is brought in Guillermo Vázquez who would try to raise the team, but not everyone has a good second stage, this Necaxa had its worst Tournament with 11 Pts. with a balance of 2 Wins, 5 Draws and 10 Losses, beating Marcelo Michel Leaño in the 2018 Apertura Tournament (Mexico) who got 14 Pts. For the Apertura Tournament 2021 (Mexico) would improve but very little this Guillermo Vázquez would be dismissed after 10 Days, Necaxa would play a day with an Interim DT for the arrival of Pablo Guede to finish the Tournament, for the second time Necaxa would not reach positions of " Reclassification" having a balance of 6 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses, the most important player this year was Alejandro Zendejas, after seeing that more offensive power was needed, this Necaxa began again the search for cheap strikers but with an acceptable goal average.

By 2022, the team would improve at times, in the Clausura 2022 Tournament (Mexico) Necaxa would bring a new scorer who would be very fleeting, this Rodrigo Aguirre Soto scoring 8 goals in this tournament, but it took him a long time to adapt to soccer Mexican 6 months, this Pablo Guede would start very badly with One Victory and 3 Defeats, in addition to the fact that the dressing room was very bad, then he would be dismissed and they would bring the Olympic bronze winner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games played in 2021 due to the Pandemic, We are talking about Jaime Lozano who turned the team around by putting it with a contender to be in the "Reclassification", after the 17 Days of the Tournament, Necaxa finished in 9th position with 7 Wins, 2 Draws and 8 Defeats, a sum of 23 Pts. that helped not to be in positions of "Descent or Pay", already in the Reclassification the opponent was Cruz Azul, where for the 2nd time since the Reclassification was established, Necaxa lost 1 (3)-(1) 1 in a Penalty Shootout, again forgetting about the Liguilla.

Stadiums

Necaxa Park

It was located on Calzada de los Cuartos (today Obrero Mundial) and Río de la Piedad, next to the Parque Delta in Mexico City, which has also disappeared. Built for 15,000 seated people, it could accommodate up to 23,000 standing fans at important matches. Its field had a drainage system from the United States that prevented waterlogging and grass, it was of English quality installed by technicians from that country. His first match was a friendly against the Mexican soccer team, which ended with a 5-4 victory, as part of the inauguration of the property on September 14, 1930. The first official match would have been on November 2 of the same year. years in the opening day of the 1930-31 season, the game was a tie to one against Atlante; however, the cancellation of said season and the cancellation of its games, caused the debut in official competition to occur in effect until week nine of the 1931-32 Major League, even when other teams had already played games of that season there. The match was on March 20, 1932 with a 2-1 victory against Sporting de Veracruz. The last game was on March 28, 1943 corresponding to week 23 of the 1942-43 Major League, between the electrician team and América, which ended with a 5-3 victory for the locals. At the end of said season, with the retirement and disappearance of the team, the stadium was demolished, after the sale of the land on which it was located, this by the heirs of the late William Frasser, founder and benefactor of the team and the stadium.

The first great stage of the institution lived on this pitch in the midst of the so-called dynasty of the Eleven brothers, winning four league titles, two in the Copa México and one National Amateur Championship, invested as a national team From Mexico City. The stadium was dismantled shortly after the team's first disappearance.

City of Sports Stadium

Located in Mexico City, it was inaugurated on October 6, 1946 with an American football match between the Pumas de la UNAM and Los Aguiluchos del Heroico Colegio Militar, under the name "Estadio Olympic City of Sports". In this scenario, the rojiblanco team reappeared in the 1950-51 campaign, without any title being presented for the institution.

Their first match was on September 28, 1950, during matchday 2 of the 1950-51 campaign, losing 1-4 with Atlante. Although formally, the last time it acted as a permanent local on that stage was in the second leg of the round of 16 of the 1956-57 Copa México (a tie with Zacatepec), over the years it became a recurring alternate headquarters in extraordinary situations; Some home games stand out during the 1970 Mexico Tournament, while the Azteca stadium was conditioned for the 1970 Soccer World Cup; in 1993 when he had to use it due to the use of the Colossus of Santa Úrsula for Michael Jackson concerts and some occasional games for similar events, the last being on September 6, 2002 on day 6 of the Opening 2002 (3-1 victory against Jaguares de Chiapas).

University Olympic Stadium

Multipurpose stadium belonging to the National Autonomous University of Mexico, it is the second largest stadium in Mexico after the Azteca Stadium, also in Mexico City, it has a capacity of 68,954 spectators. It was the main venue for the 1968 Olympic Games. In this setting, the team returned to the path of championships by winning the 1959-60 and 1965-66 Copa México, and the 1965-66 Champion of Champions.

Their first game on this stage was on July 13, 1955 in matchday two of the 1955-56 season, beating León 4-1. Despite the distances and some other inconveniences caused the team to return to Ciudad de los Deportes for a year in the 1956-57 season, after which it settled permanently here. His last game as a permanent local was a tie against Toluca, corresponding to matchday 29 of the 1965-66 season on December 12, 1965. However, he would eventually use it again in an emergent way, the last time being on April 2002 during day 19 of Summer 2002 (2-0 win against León).

Aztec Stadium

Located south of Mexico City, in the Coyoacán mayor's office; With a capacity for 87,000 spectators, it is the second largest stadium in the Americas and the seventh largest in the world. It is also known by the nickname The Colossus of Santa Úrsula. It was designed by the architects Pedro Ramírez Vázquez and Rafael Mijares Alcérreca and construction began in 1962 as part of the project to host the 1970 Soccer World Cup.

He was a founding member of the corporation that built and managed the stadium (Fútbol del Distrito Federal S.A de C.V). He participated in the international series that inaugurated the property, having his first game on June 2, 1966, losing 2-0 against Torino. In official competition, his first match was on June 7 in the 1966-67 Mexico Cup, drawing zero with Cruz Azul; In the league tournament, their first home game (they had played as a visitor against América on matchday one) was on date two, on July 31, 1966, beating Oro 4-0. In this place the team staged the second great Historical stage of the club in the decade of the 1990s. Considering only the final matches staged here, the club won two league titles, these were the two-time championship in 1994-95 and 1995-96; although one of them as an administrative visitor against Cruz Azul. In addition to losing the 2002 Summer League final against América.

A singular characteristic of his stay in this stadium was the constant absence of large numbers of fans and therefore the low average tickets registered each season, to the point of receiving only a few hundred attendees in league and cup matches. It was even surpassed in number of fans by a team from outside Mexico City, Atlético Celaya, in the final of the 1995-96 season.

The last game they played at home in league tournaments was on May 11, 2003 in the penultimate day of the Clausura 2003 with a 0-0 draw against Veracruz. However, he played at home in the official tournament again, on May 10, 2007 in the second leg of the 2007 Copa Libertadores round of 16 against Nacional, losing 0-1 to the Uruguayan team.

Victory Stadium

Inside Victoria Stadium.

The Estadio Victoria, located in the city of Aguascalientes, has been the home of Rayos del Necaxa since the 2003 Apertura tournament. Although since 2000 when it began planning its move, the team sporadically held official games in the Aguascalientes Municipal Stadium.

It has a capacity for 25,500 spectators. The name of the stadium was sold in a 25-year concession to Grupo Modelo, which assigned it the name of 'Victoria' for the brand of one of their beers.

This stadium was built in the central Héroes neighborhood (in front of the "Alberto Romo Chávez" baseball park), in what used to be the Municipal Stadium; of state land and municipal construction became the property of an individual (from public to private property), of the former governor of Aguascalientes, Eng. Luis Armando Reynoso Femat.

The property is currently located in the so-called sports area of Aguascalientes, since in its surroundings are located: The Baseball Park, gym, basketball court, velodrome, semi-Olympic pool, among others.

Rivalries

The first capital classic

At the end of the 1920s, the hegemony of América in the Major League ended and then the first clásico in Mexico City began to take shape. At that time, the dominance of soccer was also held by the 2 clubs of Spanish origin (Spain and Asturias), however there were 2 other purely Mexican teams that presented a real opposition to that Hispanic force.

On one side were the "Prietitos" from Atlante FC, which by then were already the most popular team in the city, and on the other hand there was a team that was famous for its good treatment of the ball, the "Electricistas" from Necaxa, both teams began to wrest titles and prominence from the proud Spaniards, in addition to being part of authentic battles between them in the fields of the then amateur soccer in Mexico. From those times the first classic took root in the history of the capital.

Nicknames

Club Necaxa has distinguished itself by having a great variety of nicknames that have identified it throughout history:

• Electricians: This nickname is because the Necaxa Club players worked at the Mexican Light and Power Company Limited and on Sundays they were dedicated to playing football, so they were well known to the Company of Light.
• The Rojiblancos: The motif of this nickname is due to the red and white colors that wear the Necaxa uniform.
• The Eleven Brothers: Eleven players who played perfectly understood themselves with wonder, so in the 1930s they won countless championships and became the most popular team in the country
• The Champion: This nickname was won in the year of 1935 as in that year Necaxa took over with 5 Championships and the journalist Francisco Martínez de la Vega was the one who for the first time in the history of the Mexican Football put the nickname "Campeonísimo"
• The Team of the Decade It is due to the great success that Necaxa had in the 1990s, conquered several titles and their great idols marked a whole time in Mexican football.
• The Rays: The directive decides to renew the team's image by putting them the new nickname of "Los Rayos", when arriving at Aguascalientes the team was renamed the "Hidrorayos" since the term 'Hidro' comes from Hidrocálidos which is the gentile of Aguascalientes.

Club details

• Seasons in First Division: 98 (1923-43, 1950-71, 1982-2009, 2010-11, 2016-Presente)
• Seasons in Ascense League: 12 (2009-2010, 2011-2016)
• Liguillas for the title: 26
• Finals for the title: 6 (1994-95, 1995-96, Inv. 1996, Ver. 1998, Inv. 1998 and Ver. 2002.)
• Superliderate: 1 1992-1993
• Big deal.:
  • In national championships: 9-0 in front of Atlante FC (1933), 9-0 in front of America in the Mexico Cup (1936)
  • In short (national) tournaments: 7-0 vs Veracruz (opening 2019)
• Major goleada fit:
  • In long tournaments (up to 1996): 8-3 against Monterrey (1961-62)
  • In short (national) tournaments: 6-0 against Monarcas Morelia (opening 2002)
  • In international tournaments: 6-0 against Monarcas Morelia (Semifinal Vuelta de la Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 2003)
• Best place in the league: 1st in 1992-1993
  • In short tournaments: 2nd in Summer 1998
• Worse placed in the league: 20th in 1984-1985
  • In short tournaments: 18th at the Closing Tournament 2006.
• Maximum scorer: Ricardo Peláez Linares (158).
• More contested parties: Nicolás Navarro (543).

International participations

FIFA Club World Cup

Libertadores Cup

Merconorte Cup

Concacaf Champions Cup

Concacaf Cup Winners' Cup

Uniform

Current uniforms

• Local uniform: Red and white striped t-shirt, trousers and white stockings with red details.
• Uniform visitor: T-shirt, trousers and blue stockings.
• Alternative uniform: Green t-shirt, white pants and red stockings

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Second Uniform

Goalkeeper uniforms

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

Previous Uniforms

• 2021-2022

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

• 2020-2021

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

• 2019-2020

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

• 2018-2019

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

• 2017-2018

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

• 2016-2017

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

• 2015-2016

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

• 2014-2015

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

• 2013-2014

First Uniform

Second Uniform

• 2012-2013

First Uniform

Second Uniform

Third uniform

Clothing and sponsors

Indumentary

Period Supplier Logo 1987 - 1995 Adidas 1995 - 1999 Umbro 1999 - 2001 Eescord 2001 - 2007 Atletíca 2007 - 2010 Voit 2010 - 2012 Atletíca 2012 - 2014 Pirma 2014 - 2017 Umbro 2017 - 2020 Charly 2020 - Present Pirma

Sponsors

Period Sponsorship 1987-1990 Choco Milk 1991-2001 Coca Cola 1995-1997 Elf Aquitaine 1999-2001 Cerveza Sol 2001-2006 Bimbo 2001-2006 Victoria beer 2006-2007 Visa 2008-2009 Tastes 2009 Diversity Capital of Mexico 2009-2014 Caja Popular Mexicana 2014-2016 Buffalo 2016-2017 Cavall Sport 2017-Presente Rolcar 2021-Presente J.M. Romo

Players

Squad and coaching staff

Players			Technical equipment
N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Ult team. Eq. training 2 Mexico! 1DEF Josecarlos van Rankin 30 years Portland Timbers F. C. C. National University 3 Uruguay! 1DEF Agustín Oliveros 24 years C. National Racing of Montevideo 4 Mexico! 1DEF Alexis Peña 27 years C. F. Blue Cross C. F. Pachuca 5 Mexico! 1DEF Edson Partida 21 years Atlantis F.C. D. Toluca 6 Argentina! 1DEF Juan Pablo Segovia 34 years C. Puebla C. A. Lanús 7 Spain! 3OF THE Edgar Méndez 33 years D. Alavés Real Madrid C. F. 8 Mexico! 2MED Fernando Madrigal 31 years C. America C. León 10 Argentina! 2MED Damián Batallini 26 years C. A. Independent C. Argentinos Juniors 11 Uruguay! 3OF THE Facundo Batista 24 years D. Maldonado Defender S. C. 13 Mexico! 2MED Alejandro Andrade 21 years Monarchs Morelia C. Necaxa 14 Uruguay! 1DEF Fabricio Formiliano 30 years C. A. Peñarol Danubio F. C. 15 Mexico! 2MED Arturo Palma 21 years Queretaro F. C. Pato Baeza F. C. 16 Mexico! 2MED Joaquín Esquivel 25 years F. C. Júarez C. F. Pachuca 17 Mexico! 2MED Pablo Domínguez 24 years Atlantis F.C. C. D. Guadalajara 18 Mexico! 2MED Brayan Garnica 26 years Atlas F.C. Atlas F.C 19 Mexico! 0BY Raúl Gudiño 27 years Atlanta United F. C. C. D. Guadalajara 21 Uruguay! 3OF THE Maximilian Silvera 25 years F. C. Juárez C. S. Cerrito 22 Mexico! 0BY Hugo González 32 years C. F. Monterrey C. America 23 Mexico! 1DEF Alán Montes 22 years Real Avilés Sonora Cimarrones 25 Uruguay! 2MED Vicente Poggi 20 years Monarchs Morelia Defender S. C. 27 Mexico! 2MED Heriberto Jurado 18 years Basic Forces C. Necaxa 28 Mexico! 0BY Rafael Ramírez 30 years Venados F. C. Tecos F. C. 30 Mexico! 3OF THE Ricardo Monreal 22 years Pumas Tabasco C. Necaxa 196 Mexico! 1DEF Diego Gómez 19 years Basic Forces C. Necaxa			Coach(s) Rafael Dudamel Assistant coach(s) Álex Diego Carlos Honey Angel Maldonado Physical Preparer(s) Martin Lozano Coach(s) of porters Angel Maldonado Physical therapist(s) Manuel Castillo Doctor(s) Franco Vázquez Legend Pos.: Position Nac.: Nationality of sport Captain Mission BY / ARQ: Guardameta DEF: Defense MED / VOL: Camper OF THE: Delantero Updated on January 16, 2023 Official web template

• According to the regulations, competition of the MX League and participation by training of the FMF, the teams of the maximum circuit are limited to having registered in their templates a maximum of 10 untrained players in Mexico, of which only eight can be called by match. This category of registration, not only includes foreigners, but also Mexicans by naturalization and Mexicans by birth, whose training period (contemplated between 12 and 21 years) had not been carried out in the country.
• According to the above, the nationality shown here corresponds to that of the formal registration before the league, indistinctly of other criteria as dual nationality, the aforementioned naturalization or the representation of a national selected different from that of the registered origin.

Ups and Downs: Closing 2023

Altas
Player	Position	Proceedings	Type
Rafael Ramírez	Porter	Venados Football Club Yucatan	Transfer
Raúl Gudiño	Porter	Atlanta United Football Club	Free
Alán Montes	Defence	Real Avilés	End of loan
Josecarlos Van Rankin	Defence	Portland Timbers	Transfer
Edson Partida	Defence	Atlante Football Club	Loan
Damián Batallini	Mediocampista	Independent Atletic Club	Loan
Pablo Domínguez	Mediocampista	Atlante Football Club	Loan
Maximilian Silvera	Delantero	Football Club Juárez	Loan

Low
Player	Position	Destination	Type
Luis Malagón	Porter	Club America	Transfer
Edgar Hernandez	Porter		Retirement
Fernando Meza	Defence	Palestinian Sports Club	End of contract
Brian García	Defence	Sports Toluca	Transfer
Luis Quintana	Defence	Mazatlan Football Club	End of contract
Dieter Villalpando	Mediocampista	Club Atlético de San Luis	End of contract
Ulysses Cardona	Mediocampista	Club Atlético Morelia	End of contract
Angelo Araos	Mediocampista	Atletico Clube Goianiense	Loan
Jesus Godínez	Delantero	Club Sport Herediano	End of loan
Milton Giménez	Delantero	Club Atlético Banfield	Loan

International players

Note: in bold players part of the last call in the corresponding category.

Selection	Category	#	Player(s)
MexicoMexico	Absolute	3	Hugo González, Josecarlos van Rankin, Raúl Gudiño
	Sub-20	3	Heriberto Jurado, Emiliano Pérez, Diego Gómez
UruguayUruguay	Absolute	1	Agustín Oliveros
	Sub-20	1	Vicente Poggi
ChileChile	Absolute	1	Angelo Araos

Historical players

• Alex Aguinaga
• Ignacio Ambriz
• Ivo Basay
• Octavio Becerril
• Horacio Casarín
• Hilario López
• Luis "Pichojos" Pérez
• Alberto García Aspe
• Luis Hernández
• Efraín Herrera
• José María Higareda
• Guillermo Ortiz
• Julio Lores
• Javán Marinho
• Nicolas Navarro
• Julio Palleiro
• Ricardo Peláez
• Carlos Pavón
• Pablo Quatrocchi
• Tulio Quiñones
• Eduardo Vilches
• Sergio Zárate
• Alfredo Moreno
• Adolfo Ríos

Goleo champions in the First Division

Player	Season	Goles	Nationality
Miguel Ruiz	1926-27	13
Julio Lores	1931-32	20
Julio Lores	1932-33	8
Hilario López	1934-35	17
Julio Lores	1936-37	7
Horacio Casarin	1950-51	17
Tulio Quiñones	1952-53	14
Julio María Palleiro	1953-54	21
Julio María Palleiro	1954-55	19
Norberto Outes	1983-84	28
Ivo Basay	1992-93	27
Agustín Delgado	Summer 2000	14
Mauro Quiroga	Opening 2019	12

Goleo champions in Copa México

Player	Season	Goles	Nationality
Antonio Munguía	1963-64	7
Dante Juárez	1965-66	9
Javan Marinho	1968-69	5

Goleo champions in promotion division

Player	Season	Goles	Nationality
Victor Lojero	Opening 2012	11
Victor Lojero	Closure 2013	12

Top scorers

#	Player	Period	LIG	CPA	CDC	WITH	REC	LIB	MER	PRE	MDC	INL	Total
1	Ricardo Peláez	1987-97	138	16	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	158
2	Ivo Basay	1990-95	101	6	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	109
3	Alex Aguinaga	1989-03	85	4	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	93
4	Horacio Casarín	1936-42 / 1950-51	70	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	88
5	Víctor Hugo Lojero	2011-15	82	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	86
6	Alberto García Aspe	1991-97	71	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	75
7	Alfredo Moreno	2001 / 2003-07 / 2009	58	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	4	69
8	Julio Palleiro	1951-59	64	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64
9	Guillermo Ortiz	1960-66	63	?	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64
10	Javán Marinho	1966-70	55	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60
11	Sergio Vázquez	1997-00	40	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	2	45
12	Agustín Delgado	1999-01	35	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	2	-	45
13	Sergio Zárate	1995-97 / 1998-99	39	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	43
14	Luis Hernández	1994-98	37	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	40
15	Norberto Outes	1983-85	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39

Most matches played

N.o	Player	Period	Parties
1	Nicolas Navarro	1984-97 / 2001-03	489
2	Alex Aguinaga	1989-2003	476
3	Ricardo Peláez	1987-1997	352
4	Ignacio Ambríz	1983-86 /1989-96 / 1999-01	283

Honours of Prizes

Amateur Era

National competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
FMF/Liga Mayor First Force Championship (4/3)	1932-33, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1938-39.	1924-25, 1931-32, 1939-40.
Copa Mexico (2/2)	1932-33, 1935-36.	1939-40, 1940-41.
Copa Eliminatoria (2)	1924-25, 1925-26.

Professional Period

National competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
First Division of Mexico (3/3)	1994-95, 1995-96, Winter 1998.	Winter 1996, Summer 1998, Summer 2002.
Mexico Cup (4/1)	1959-60, 1965-66, 1994-95, Closure 2018.	Closure 2016.
Champion of Champions (2/1)	1965-66, 1994-95.	1959-60.
Supercopa de México (1/1)	2017-18.	2018-19.
Mexican Ascenso League (4/2)	Opening 2009, Bicentennial 2010, Opening 2014, Closure 2016.	Closure 2013, Opening 2013.
Ascenso Champion (2/1)	2009-10, 2015-16.	2014-15.

International competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
Concacaf Champions League (1/1)	1999.	1996.
Concacaf Recoup (1)	1994.

Ranking Tournaments

• Interliga: 2007

Friendly National Tournaments

• Cuadrangular Mexico City: 1956
• Gold Jarrito Tournament (2): 1961, 1963
• Cup 100 Years of UNAM: 2010
• IMSS Trophy 70th anniversary: 2013
• Trophy "Feria León 2018" at the 442th anniversary of the City of León: 2018
• Conmemorative Trophy for the 50th Anniversary of Cuauhtémoc Stadium: 2018
• Aras Cup: 2021

International friendly tournaments

• Cavall Friendship Cup: 2016

Coaches

Name	Tournament	PD	G	E	P
Enrique Díaz	1982	16	2	7	7
Walter Ormeño	1982-1984	60	14	27	19
José Antonio Roca García	1984-1985	38	5	15	18
Mario Pérez Guadarrama	1986-1987	40	7	24	9
Cayetano Ré	1987-1988	46	15	15	16
Aníbal Ruiz	1988-1990	70	24	28	18
Eduardo Luján Manera	1990-1991	38	12	11	15
Roberto Saporiti	1991-1994	121	52	39	30
Manuel Lapuente	1994-1995 - Winter 1997	61	26	15	20
Raúl Arias	Summer 1998 - Clausura 2005	297	120	76	101
Enrique López Zarza	Opening 2005 - Opening 2006	45	16	10	19
Paul	Opening 2006	1	0	1	0
Hugo Sánchez	Opening 2006	7	2	1	4
José Luis Trejo	Closure 2007	17	4	6	7
Hans Westerhof	Opening 2007	17	5	5	7
Salvador Reyes de la Peña	Closure 2008 - Opening 2008	33	6	18	9
Octavio Becerril	Opening 2008	5	2	2	1
Raúl Arias	Closure 2009	17	3	5	9
Omar Arellano	Opening 2009 - Opening 2010	44	22	17	5
Daniel Brailovsky	Opening 2010 - Closure 2011	15	3	1	11
Sergio.	Closure 2011	13	3	6	4
Francisco Ramírez	Opening 2011	12	5	4	3
Luis Francisco García Llamas	Opening 2011	3	1	1	1
Milton Queiroz da Paixão	Closure 2012	14	8	3	3
Jaime Ordiales (*)	Opening 2012 - Opening 2013	31	17	10	4
Armando González	Opening 2013-Clausura 2014	38	18	12	8
Michael of Jesus Sources	Opening 2014-opening 2015	36	15	9	12
Alfonso Sosa	Clausura 2016- Clausura 2017	38	12	16	10
Ignacio Ambriz	Opening 2017 and Closure 2018	34	10	16	8
Marcelo Michel Leaño	Opening 2018	13	3	3	7
Guillermo Vázquez	Closure 2019 and Opening 2019	50	21	11	18
Alfonso Sosa	Closure 2020 and Opening 2020	16	4	4	8

(*) Jaime Ordiales left his position due to health problems after the first 3 rounds of the 2013 Apertura had elapsed. On an interim basis, Ricardo Cadena and Nicolás Morales led on rounds 5 and 6 (both games tied). As of matchday 7, the person in charge of the technical direction of the team is Armando González (registered with the FMF as a technical assistant, since it was commented that Jaime Ordiales would lead the team again).

Notes