Monterrey Soccer Club
The Club de Futbol Monterrey, also known as Rayados or simply Monterrey, is a professional soccer club based in Monterrey, Mexico. It was founded on June 28, 1945, plays at home in the BBVA Stadium and is located in Guadalupe, in the metropolitan area of Monterrey.
He wears a white and blue vertically striped T-shirt. It is the fourth Mexican team with the most consecutive tournaments in the first division with 85, and the sixth team with the most total tournaments with 87.
Monterrey has won five Mexican First Division titles and three Copa México titles. Internationally, the team won the Concacaf Champions League five times (three of them in a row) and also a Concacaf Cup Winners' Cup. It is the only team belonging to Concacaf that climbed to the club world podium twice, after obtaining third place in 2012 and 2019. Monterrey is also the third team globally with the most points in the World Cup table. Clubs with seventeen points.
The team that generates the greatest sports rivalry for the institution are the UANL Tigers, with whom it faces in the so-called Clásico Regiomontano.
History
Preamble
At a time when World War II was still latent, the then president of the Nuevo León State Soccer Association, Ángel F. Escobedo, managed to bring the National Soccer Championship to the city of Monterrey. Amateur Soccer. Despite economic problems and the fact that at that time baseball was the favorite sport in the city, the tournament was held successfully from March 25 to 31, 1945, in the now-defunct Cuauhtémoc y Famosa Baseball Stadium. The state team from Nuevo León, reaching the grand final undefeated, was crowned champion in the Primera Fuerza category, defeating Jalisco 2-1 on March 31, 1945. It was this sporting success that led us to think that the Monterrey city could host a team from the recently inaugurated Major League. Thus, on April 24, 1945, Ángel F. Escobedo announced the creation of the first organized football club from Monterrey, as well as its entry into the Major League for the 1945-46 season. The new team was formed at its base by players who were crowned with Nuevo León, such as Avilán, Bladé, Buanabad, Lizano, Maciel, Rivas, Rivera, and Robles, led by also state champion Manuel Galán, in addition to designating the same Cuauhtémoc y Famosa Stadium as their venue to play their home games.
Foundation
The formal foundation of the team took place on June 28, 1945 when the constitutive deed of the so-called Club de Fútbol Monterrey S.A. was formalized. de C.V., with address at number 433 Hidalgo Street, postal box 973 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, before the notary public Héctor González, as stated in deed number 283. On July 12 of that same year, it was officially registered in the Major League of the Mexican Football Federation, becoming the sixteenth team to be part of the league.
The first board of the Monterrey Football Club was made up of Enrique Ayala Medina as president, Paul C. Probert as vice president, Ángel F. Escobedo as secretary, Ramón Cárdenas Coronado as treasurer, José Fidalgo Carrera, Ing. Alberto Guevara, Dr. Daniel Mir, C.P. Miguel Talavera Acevedo in the vocals, as well as Rogelio Cantú Gómez and Miguel Margáin Zozaya in the role of curators, while Ernesto Ríos and Fernando Carrera served as delegates in Mexico.
On August 19, 1945, the same day as the team's professional debut, the board of directors published a statement that appeared in the local newspapers, as a greeting to the Monterrey fans:
The energy, sports decency, the nobility and goodness that are characteristic of all kinds of sports activities, and especially football, tend to form healthy habits and honest customs and forge a spirit of creative dynamism within the activities of the environment that surrounds us. Such has been the purpose of the organizers of the Club de Futbol Monterrey: To provide the Afición Regiomontana a show of relief and, at the same time, an objective school of healthy teachings that affirm its character and elevate its spirit to a common end: The progress and prestige of our city.
We salute, therefore, pleased and full of optimism, both the hobby and the public of Monterrey... and we offer to put on our part everything necessary to contribute to the prestige of national football. ” Monterrey, August 19, 1945.
The team was made up of Raymundo Palomino, Victoriano de la Mora, Atenor Medina, Octavio Rivera, Enrique Lizano, José Luis Rodríguez Peralta, José Norberto Toledo, Miguel Quezada, Santiago Bonilla, Gilberto Maciel, Atanasio Medellín, Leonardo Zamudio, Luciano Agnolín, Guillermo Vidal, Evaristo Amézcua, Noé Gómez Tovar, Juan Bladé, Gonzalo Buanabad, Arnulfo Avilán, Ignacio Trelles, Cirilo García Razo, José "Che" Gómez, Emilio Baldonedo, Francisco Zeledón, A. Escalada, Juan Moya, Jesús and Luis Ontiveros, Víctor Lizardi, Juan and Homero Carranza, Cristóbal Liñán and Cruz Banda.
The 40s: debut, tragedy, and farewell
The team's debut occurred with a 1-0 victory over the Saints of San Sebastián, from León, Guanajuato at the Cuauhtémoc baseball park. The winning goal and first in the history of Monterrey was scored by the Spanish-Argentine José "Che" Gomez.
Almost a month later, on the night of September 14, 1945, the team was traveling to the city of Guadalajara because on the fourth day they would play a game against Oro. It was in San Juan de los Lagos, when they stopped to stock up on fuel, that the truck caught fire while the players were sleeping inside. In the midst of the tragedy, the player José "Che" Gómez became a hero by saving several of his companions from certain death, ending up with burns on their bodies and their clothes in tatters. Although there were no deaths at the scene of the accident, many suffered serious burns and others with injuries caused by the glass from the windows when they jumped through them. However, three months later, Costa Rican player Enrique Lizano Benavides passed away at the age of 28. Some time later, the player Leonardo "Cuadros" Vidal and Eduardo Quezada could no longer play due to their injuries. Others who suffered injuries were Evaristo Amezcua, Buenabad, Olvera, Cardona, Medellín, Rodríguez Peralta, the coach Manuel Galán as well as the truck driver. As a result of the misfortune, all the Mexican soccer clubs expressed their solidarity with Monterrey and gave them players without charging for the transfer. This is how Manolo Pando, José Nogueira, Juan Moya, Ignacio Trelles, Escalada, Zeledón, Carlos Quiroz, Ricardo Benítez, Tello, Altamirano, Luna and Emilio Baldonedo joined the team.
Despite the good gesture, Monterrey was never able to recover emotionally from that misfortune, in addition to being overwhelmed by financial problems, they finished the tournament as the team with the most goals and in last overall place, for which they requested their voluntary retirement from the league on June 23, 1946, the same day that he played his last game of the season, losing at home to Atlas. It was then that Ramón Cárdenas Coronado, who replaced Enrique Ayala Medina as the team's presidency, announced his restructuring, however the team disappeared.
The 50s: the return
After that first tragic adventure in the Major League, his name reappeared in amateurism in a stage about which very little is known in charge of Jesús “La Morena” Garza Cantú, who served as president. However, in 1952 already under the command of the president of the Nuevo León State Soccer Association, Carlos Canseco, the same but reinforced team was officially accepted to enter the newly organized second division, but not before having to fight a couple of more obstacles.
On July 1, 1952, it was reported that the royal club would be registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the name of Asociación Deportiva Monterrey (ADM), having to change its name because the name with which it was organized “Club Deportivo Monterrey A.C. It was already registered in the aforementioned secretariat. Eventually, over the years, the name would return to being Club de Fútbol Monterrey, maintaining its identity as a civil association.
Almost all the other teams opposed the club's entry into the second division, citing the long distance they would have to travel to play in the northern city since historically the vast majority of soccer teams in Mexico have been based in the center and south of the country. They even asked that the Monterrey team cover at least half of the transfer costs, something that was completely rejected. As a consequence, on Sunday, July 6, 1952, it was reported that Monterrey was not accepted to play in the second division, but the managers declared themselves in permanent session and fought for the ruling to be modified. Thus, after exposing countless arguments, on July 14 the Second Division approved the entry of Monterrey, which registered as its headquarters at the Estadio Tecnológico.
In addition to president Carlos Canseco González, the board of directors included Jesús Garza Cantú, who was president of the team during his amateur stage, as well as Manuel Ortiz Jr., Ramón Pedroza Langarica, César M. Saldaña, Ramón Oviedo Martínez, Álvaro Zavala, Leopoldo Urdiales, and José Fidalgo as the only current manager of that first season of 1945-46. The representative in Mexico was José Ramón Ballina. With José Muguerza as coach, the team debuted in the 52-53 season visiting Toluca, lining up for Monterrey: Rodolfo Marrón, Carlos Martínez, Reyes Cortés, Luis Morales, Miguel Martínez, Jesús Parrilla, Mario García Peña, Ignacio Álvarez, Roberto Gálvez, Joaquín Parrilla and Guillermo Rodríguez. In addition, in that squad there were these other players: Federico Flores, Rogelio Moncada, José Mercado, Honorato Castañeda, Alfonso Villarreal, Francisco Aldrete, Luis Pando, Luis Álvarez, Miguel Contreras, Ángel Villalpando, Guadalupe Acosta, Guadalupe Mercado, José Gálvez, Salvador Ruvalcaba, Cristóbal Liñán, Homero Carranza, Ignacio "Cuervo" Alvarez and Ramiro Luna.
The first seasons of Monterrey in the second division were full of uncertainty and it was not until 1955-56 when it won the first championship in its history and was promoted to the first division. By then, Javier E. Madero, Alejandro Garza Lagüera, José Calderón Ayala, Jorge Morales Treviño, César G. Lozano, Enrique Serazzi, Carlos Jacks, Mario Castillejos, Xavier Toussaint, Rafael Gutiérrez, Francisco Barrenechea had already joined the team's board of directors., Plutarco Guzmán, and Andrés S. Fischer. The champion technical director was Manolo Pando, who led the Monterrey team to the title with 13 wins, 8 draws, 3 losses, 42 goals for, 31 against and a goal difference of +11, in 24 games. The champion squad was as follows: José Cruz "Potrillo" Martínez, Filemón "Bragaña" Torres, Salvador "Chino" Saucedo, Pablo Muniz; "Madrid" Sánchez, Miguel Contreras, Ángel Villalpando, Ignacio "Zorro" Vargas, Pablo Thompson, Carlos "Chato" Bautista, Roberto Sánchez Mejía, Miguel Burela, Cándido Flores, Jesús "Inconvenience" Núñez, Luis Álvarez, José Antonio "Moro" Juárez, Gualberto Vicente Laperuta, Pedro Anguiano "La Perica", Guillermo Rodríguez, Guillermo Álvarez and Jesús "Chuta" Medina.
Already in the maximum circuit, in the 56-57 season Monterrey was reinforced with the idol Horacio Casarín, the Argentines Alcide Zamaro "El Divino Calvo", Mario Imbelloni and Héctor "Cacho&# 3. 4; Uzal, as well as goalkeeper Humberto Gama, Pedro de Alba and Rubelio Esqueda. He reappeared in the maximum circuit on July 8, 1956, losing to Zacatepec 2-1. Despite reinforcements, they finished in the bottom overall and were relegated to the second division for the first and only time in their history. The following tournaments he dominated the promotion circuit, being close to winning the league in the following two seasons and achieving runner-up in the Cup in the 1957-58 campaign, but it was not until the 1959-60 season when he became champion again and returned to the maximum circuit.
The 1960s: The Ultimate Rise
On March 20, 1960, the Monterrey team, which already had Lorenzo Garza Sepúlveda as president, once again won the title and with it the promotion to the First Division, from which it has not been relegated again, by winning 3- 0 against Orizaba at Tecnológico with goals from Julián Briseño, a penalty from "Moro" Juárez and a goal from Eugenio Almirón. Even in the first division, the Rayados won the title of Second Division Champion of Champions, beating Texcoco 1-0 with a goal from Agustín "Chiras" Prieto. However, his first seasons in the maximum circuit after his second promotion were in constant danger of relegation, because in the 1960-61 campaigns, and 1961-62 he ended up fighting for the last place until the last dates of the championship, saving himself in agony. In 1962, with José Rivero Azcárraga already in the presidency, the legendary Uruguayan Roberto Scarone came to the technical management, after being a two-time champion in the Copa Libertadores with Peñarol, and with figures such as Ignacio "Gallo" Jáuregui, the Peruvian Claudio Lostanau and Raúl Chávez de la Rosa, among others, the Rayados improved their performance and began to fight for the first places. In the 1962-63 season they finished in fifth place, in 63-64 third, the same as in 64-65, the campaign in which they lost to América in the 1964 Mexico Cup Final. In the 1965-66 season, the Argentine Enrique Álvarez Vega arrived, under whose command the team finished in fourth place, and the next in eighth. In the 67-68 season, led by the Austrian Skender Perolli, who had just led in Italy, the team once again had to fight for non-relegation, and was saved on matchday 29. For the following season, 68-69, Scarone returned, but the "Gallo" Jáuregui, with Alejandro Rodríguez as president. The Cup Final was played again now against Cruz Azul in the capital of the country, losing 2-1 in the second overtime. For the 1969-70 season, the Argentine coach Alberto Echeverri arrived provisionally while Jáuregui returned, who had been sent to Europe to study some courses.
The 1970s: The Golden Age
In the 1970-71 season, Monterrey again found itself involved in the last places for not being relegated. Reinforcements such as Nilo Acuña and Castiglia arrived, with which the season was saved in the last games and they avoided relegation. Already with "El Gallo" Jáuregui back at the helm, what is considered the "golden age" albiazul, as it came to the forefront of Mexican soccer and became a leading team. A great squad was put together, with players like Guarací Barbosa, Gustavo "Halcón" Peña, Ubirajara Chagas, Juan González, Francisco Solís, Francisco Bertocchi, Milton Carlos, Nilo Acuña, Luis "Huesos" Montoya, Alfredo "Scorpion" Jiménez and Pedro Damián, among others, Monterrey was a spectacular team, which despite not being able to be champion, is considered one of the best teams that Mexican soccer has seen in its entire history. The great person responsible for this transformation was Alberto Santos de Hoyos, who as president forged the great history of the team, in addition to devising and building El Cerrito, the sports facilities and clubhouse, which was inaugurated on May 30, 1975 and which in its moment was compared to the sports complexes that the big clubs in the world have. Semifinal in a duel against América that was extended to a third tiebreaker game. They did not qualify in 72-73, and for the following year they assembled one of the teams that had the best performance in a long season and that they played regularly with: José Ledesma, Magdaleno Cano, Gustavo Peña, Guarací Barbosa and Basilio &# 34;Bach" Salazar; Francis "Viking" Bertocchi, Juan González and Francisco "Paco" Solis; Luis Montoya, Milton Carlos (who scored 22 goals) and Rubén Romeo Corbo; directed by the "Gallo" Jauregui. They won 22 games, tied 4, lost 8, scoring 48 points, with 65 goals for, 36 against and a difference of +29. They came second, since in the Semifinal they beat Atlético Español 4-3 at the Azteca Stadium, but at the Universitario they lost 3-1.
In the 74-75 season he finished seventh and the team had an excellent goalscoring explosiveness, scoring 72 goals (internal record for a long season), but they did not qualify and Jáuregui had to leave the helm, which was taken by the Chilean Fernando Riera, with whom in the 75-76 campaign Monterrey entered the Liguilla as fifth place. In the quarterfinals, they eliminated the considered team of the decade, Cruz Azul, with a 5-1 win at Universitario and 2-1 at Azteca; in the semifinals, in one of the biggest "robbies" that is remembered, the referee Jorge Alberto Narváez, by not marking a scandalous offside, left it out, favoring the U. de G. After this event, Héctor Villarreal came to the presidency followed by Ignacio Santos de Hoyos, who made a brand new contract for the striped helm, as he brought Filpo Núñez, who arrived with the label of being the only Argentine to direct the legendary Brazilian National Team, three-time world champion, however he could do little and the team ended the season 76-77 without penalty or glory. The Chilean Riera returned for 77-78 without anything happening; then, at 78-79, Monterrey finished ninth and qualified under the technical direction of the Brazilians Otto Gloria and in the end Ubirajara Chagas, but they were eliminated in the first phase of the Liguilla. The 79-80 season began with Gustavo "Halcón" Peña as manager, but was later replaced by Ubirajara Chagas, and the team was ranked 12th, unranked. Throughout the 1970s, the team was supported by seven of the main companies in Monterrey, brought together by Alberto Santos de Hoyos.
The 1980s: low budget/unthinkable title
However, that changed in the 1980s, as the decade began with the transfer of the team to Grupo Protexa, who would later become the owner of the club and El Cerrito, despite the moral commitment established by the Monterrey companies that had collaborated with the club and that they pointed out that Monterrey was the heritage of the Monterrey community. With Fernando Olvera as president, the Rayados returned to the Estadio Tecnológico, and a decade began that was characterized by the limited economic budget that Monterrey had. Under the command of Argentine Pedro Dellacha, they finished the 80-81 season in tenth place, without qualifying. During the 81-82 round, the Uruguayan Héctor Hugo Eugui came in, they were tenth again, but they miraculously qualified on the last date of the tournament. In the quarterfinals they beat América 1-0 at home, but in the Azteca they were thrashed 4-1 and eliminated. In 82-83, with the Mexican Vicente Pereda at the helm, Monterrey finished in 18th place in the general table and was saved from relegation on the penultimate date. In 83-84, with the Uruguayan Roberto Matosas as coach, Protexa invested in reinforcements for the team to regain prominence, however, the team was in eleventh place and in the Liguilla they were eliminated against América with a global score of 2 -1. After the failure, Protexa decided to get rid of most of those figures that he had brought. In exchange, they took advantage of the Fuerzas Básicas players, leaving Matosas as coach, who implanted the red stockings in the Monterrey uniform, which remained until the 88-89 campaign, this because he said that the players should have the warm feet and red was the color of fire. However, Matosas would not finish the season 84-85, because due to the bad results he was relieved by the young Monterrey coach Francisco Avilán, from the Basic Forces. The blue and whites finished in the painful 15th place, but the new striped generation had been pushing hard.
1st Championship (Mexico 1986)
Despite the fact that in the Prode 85 Tournament, the team finished in 18th place, the board of directors kept Avilán at the helm for the following tournament. The second short official tournament in which 20 teams participated, called Mexico 86 Tournament since the World Cup would be played in that tournament, the team was made up of players from the striped quarry with some quality foreign reinforcements. Monterrey had a dream season, finishing as the overall leader, with 13 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses, 43 goals for, 18 against, and a difference of +25, being the team that won the most., the one who lost the fewest games, the "Abuelo" Cruz was the tournament's goalscoring champion with 14 goals, in addition to the "Wama" Contreras scored a goal from goal to goal in Puebla against Ángeles and Reynaldo Güeldini scored an Olympic goal against Pumas, without forgetting the spectacular scissor goal, practically without an angle, by "Abuelo" Cross before Toluca. In the Liguilla, they eliminated Atlante in the Quarterfinals, with a 0-0 win in Mexico and a crushing 6-0 win at home; in the Semifinal they beat Guadalajara with a 1-0 win in Jalisco and 1-0 on royal soil. In the Final they faced Tampico-Madero, general sub-leader, losing 2-1 in Tamaulipas and on March 1, 1986, before a packed Tec stadium, Güeldini tied the overall score with a penalty against Mario Souza " Bahía", and in extra time "el Abuelo" Cruz scored the goal that gave them the victory and the crown.
Date: March 1, 1986.
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Rest of the Squad: Román Ramírez (goalkeeper); Antonio González, Álvaro Fuentes, Mario and José de la Fuente, Armando and Enrique Rivas, and Daniel Mora (defenses); Cuauhtémoc Vargas, Francisco Romero and Missael Espinoza (midfielders); Juan Antonio Flores Barrera (forward).
For the 86-87 season, some reinforcements were hired, but the Rayados were irregular and ended up in 12th place, qualifying with great difficulty, but in the Quarterfinals they tied 3-3 at home, and at Perla Tapatia they lost 1-0 to be eliminated. The harmony in the squad had been broken by Avilán and that cost him his departure. For 87-88, José Ledezma took the team despite the fact that some players who had won the title left and in exchange lower-ranking reinforcements were brought in, and the team finished in 16th place. Despite not having a budget to reinforce Due to the team, Ledezma continued at the helm in 88-89 and after a few dates he was fired, calling the veteran Chilean helmsman Fernando Riera, who agreed to lead Monterrey for the third time, saving the team from relegation, ending up in place 17.
When the striped fans were already crying out for a change of command, Protexa decided to sell the team, which would be acquired in 1989 by a group of businessmen from Monterrey, with the brothers Jaime and Manuel Rivero Santos as main figures, who would be president and vice president, respectively. They obtained sponsorship from Casa de Bolsa ABACO, a redesign of the uniform and shield and the implementation of the Monterrey Anthem, which is still in force and was performed by the Argentine composer Luis Aguilé. In the 89-90 season, the Chilean coach Pedro García was brought in, the base of the quarry players was left, with some foreign reinforcements, but despite achieving good numbers, he did not achieve anything outstanding.
The 1990s: from wealth to hardship
For the 90-91 game, more quality reinforcements such as Carlos Hermosillo and Manuel Negrete were added, and Monterrey qualified for the Liguilla as fourth place, but in the Quarterfinals they were eliminated by Puebla with controversial refereeing by Marco Antonio Miranda. In the 91-92 campaign, now with ABACO as owner and with Jorge Lankenau Rocha as president, Monterrey hired Miguel Mejía Barón as coach, who had just made the Pumas champion.
Mexico Cup Champion 1991-92
On September 8, 1991, the Rayados would win the Copa México by beating the Cobras of Ciudad Juárez at home by a score of 4:2 in a Tecnológico Stadium full to its maximum capacity. The scored goals were from Germán Martellotto and two from Guillermo Vázquez, while the Honduran Eduardo Bennett had opened the scoring for the border team, and near the end Víctor "El Caballo" Cosío achieved the second goal. Just a year earlier, the same team (but led by the Chilean Pedro García) had achieved their best season in history by finishing with 47 points in the league tournament.
Date: September 8, 1991.
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For the 1992-93 season, after a first round where he ended up as super leader, for business reasons, Lankenau let Mejía Barón go, to take the helm of the Mexican National Team, and left in his place who was his assistant Hugo Hernández, who could not deal with the squad of stars he had, ended up relegating up to five starters, and the team lost the final against an Atlante that he had at his mercy in the first leg, but who not only He forgave, but instead allowed him to win 1-0 at the Azteca Stadium, with 10 men, and that he finished it off 3-0 at the Tec.
1993 Concacaf Cup Winners' Cup Champion
The cup championship gave them the right to play in the Concacaf Cup Winners' Cup tournament, obtaining the championship after defeating the team Luis Ángel Firpo from El Salvador in the last game of the final home run held in Los Angeles by a score of four by three on August 1, 1993. The goals of the match were scored by Gerardo "El Shaggy" Jiménez, Luis Hernández and two of the Argentine Sergio "El Pibe" green me The striped coach was Hugo Hernández and with this title CF Monterrey was installed among the first 100 best teams in the world.
Date: August 3, 1993.
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But after the abundance they experienced, the Rayados suddenly experienced hardships due to the financial problems of the then president of the institution Jorge Lankenau, who even in November 1997 faced legal problems for fraud. In the year of 1999, Monterrey faced two very important challenges: the fight not to descend to the promotion division and the Copa Libertadores. During the summer 99 tournament, the club maintained an intense fight against Puebla for not falling to the last place in the percentage table. During the course of the Rayados tournament, it was necessary to dismiss its technical director, Mr. José Treviño, a man made in the institution but who did not produce good results. It was then that the Paraguayan Carlos Jara Saguier joined the team. The change suited the club well as they stayed out of bottom place. May 9, 1999 is remembered by fans of the Gang as a distressing day, since it was very close to losing the category. On matchday seventeen, Monterrey faced Puebla in a match that would decide which team would go to the lower category. Sergio "Alvin" Pérez, a player drawn from the club's basic forces, scored the goal that put Monterrey in front of them and saved them from being relegated to a pass by Francisco Javier Cruz, a history of the team that thirteen years ago had given the club its first league trophy and who was retiring that day, taking as a setting a packed Technological Stadium.
Monterrey had the honor of being the only Mexican representative in the 1999 Copa Libertadores, becoming the third Mexican team in history to play in the Copa Libertadores, only after América and Guadalajara. Rayados' path to this cup began a year earlier in a previous knockout tournament called Pre Pre Libertadores 1998, which took place in the form of play-offs where the defeated team was eliminated. Monterrey first eliminated Club Deportivo Cruz Azul and then Guadalajara, both via penalties. In the final held in Los Angeles, they defeated Santos Laguna by a score of four to three. The next step in the search for a ticket to the Libertadores was the Pre Libertadores Cup played against Necaxa and the Venezuelan teams Estudiantes de Mérida and Universidad de Los Andes Fútbol Club. The team surpassed these squads and, together with Estudiantes, earned the right to compete in the Copa Libertadores. There they would see the faces again with the Venezuelan team, in addition to the Uruguayans Bella Vista and Nacional. Various problems such as the intervention by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, debts with the salary of players and with the payment of players transferred to the team, a limited squad in quality and quantity, and the change of coach were the cause of the team will experience an economic and football crisis. Playing in the Copa Libertadores was a way of making the team, the city, and the fans internationally known, but it was still a motivation that consumed monetary and human resources, given the long trips to Uruguay and Venezuela and the overload of matches and flight hours. Despite this, Monterrey left behind all the problems that afflicted it in Mexico and went to South America to fulfill its commitment to compete in the continental tournament. On March 25, they beat Nacional at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo by a score of three to two in the last game of the group stage, with two goals from the Brazilian Sinha (one from a penalty), and another from Érick Hernández in stoppage time. compensation, becoming the first Mexican team to achieve an away victory in this competition. However, then Bella Vista thrashed Estudiantes by a score of five to one and left Rayados out by better goal difference. In the end, Monterrey finished the Cup with seven points out of eighteen played, a harvest that was valuable due to the various problems the club had.
The 2000s: FEMSA and stability arrives
After having overcome the fight for permanence in the First Division, the Ministry of Finance, which kept the club intervened due to the debts it had with that organization, decided to leave its administration in the hands of FEMSA, a company mainly dedicated to marketing of drinks such as Coca-Cola and Carta Blanca, as well as stores such as the Oxxo chain. It also continued to be sponsored by Bimbo, which continued to inject resources into the club to clean up its already badly damaged finances. It was necessary to change the face of the team, so eleven reinforcements arrived at the squad, including renowned players such as Pedro Pineda and Claudio da Silva "Claudinho", who joined the new coach Eduardo Solari and the emblem of the team, the Argentine Antonio Mohamed. Even so, the team's performance in the winter 99 tournament was gray, remembered for episodes such as the home defeat against Atlas by a score of zero by four where the fans in a protest against the results turned their backs on the team. Solari's resignation as coach was imminent, so his assistant at the helm, the well-remembered former striped player Magdaleno Cano Ferro, arrived. Cano temporarily led a few games before the board announced the hiring of former Real Madrid coach, the Spanish Benito Floro. In addition, the hiring of Jesús Arellano was announced, that World Cup player in France '98 and who was sold to Chivas to combat the economic crisis, returned to the team to put himself under Floro's orders and guide the team's offense. The Iberian coach realized that Monterrey was in a football crisis and that there was a lot of work to be done.
The next tournament, Verano 2000, came as an opportunity for Floro to demonstrate his quality as a strategist. On the other hand, the issue of relegation was still latent, since barely a year had passed since the decisive match against Puebla and they had not achieved enough points to save themselves. On this occasion the rival in the fight not to descend would be Toros Neza. The most critical point was reached on matchday nine, since the key match was coming in the fight not to be relegated against Toros Neza himself, this time it was not on the last matchday and it was the perfect opportunity to separate three points from that rival. The game was fought, at half time the score was still zero, and in the rest space in the game balls were given away by a sponsor. Returning from the dressing room, Monterrey gave a disastrous performance and lost the game by zero to three. The fans upset once again with the poverty in the results, threw the balls given away to the field, as a new protest. True to its custom, Monterrey overcame this and other defeats in the tournament. It was glory Saturday, and the Rayados faced the super leader and future champion of the tournament, Toluca. The first half ended with a one for two against, but Monterrey showed their fighting spirit and finished the game with a six-two victory, breaking a streak of nine games without winning and saving themselves from relegation.
2nd Championship (Closing 2003)
The second title of his record after seventeen years was the championship of the Clausura 2003 tournament, led by the Argentine Daniel Passarella as coach. The Rayados will never forget the semifinal, since in it they eliminated their staunch sports rivals, the Tigres, whom they beat in the Clásico Regio 71 with an overwhelming one by four, in the middle of a hostile University Stadium and an auriazul team thirsty for revenge. And although in the second leg they lost one to two at the Tec, the cats could not take away the flavor left by the victory they had achieved three days earlier. The second leg final took place on June 14, 2003, playing as a visitor against the Club Monarcas Morelia de Michoacán winning by a global score of 3-1. The goals for Monterrey were scored by Walter Erviti, Guillermo Franco and Héctor Castro from a penalty, discounting for the Michoacan team Adolfo Bautista towards the end of the first leg match.
Date: June 14, 2003.
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In the 2004 Apertura, Monterrey reached the league in Miguel Herrera's debut tournament as coach, beating Pachuca 3-2 on aggregate, then beating Atlante 7-3 on aggregate and losing the Final against the Pumas from UNAM by an aggregate score of 3 - 1 after losing 2-1 in Mexico and 0-1 at Tecnológico. In the Clausura 2005, they entered the Liguilla, being eliminated in the Quarterfinals, due to the best overall position of Cruz Azul, since they drew 0-0 at home and 3-3 at the Estadio Azul.
A year later, in the 2005 Apertura, Rayados del Monterrey achieved their best points harvest so far in the history of short tournaments with 35 points and managing to set a record in the history of short tournaments as the team with most consecutive games winning on the road (7); 6 in the League and 1 in the Liguilla, thus managing to finish in second place in the competition and, after easily beating the Tecos from UAG 7-0 on aggregate, they once again face the Tigres team, losing the first game in the university stadium 1-0 with a goal from Sixto Peralta but in the second leg they won 2-1 with the remembered goal from Guillermo Franco who, 5 minutes from the end, manages to hit a somewhat orthodox shot to give the pass to the final the Monterrey Football Club, tying 2 - 2 on aggregate, which earned them access to the Grand Final against Club Deportivo Toluca for better placement in the general table, where they lost by an aggregate score of 6 - 3 with a controversial arbitration in Marco Antonio Rodríguez's second leg
In the 2006 Apertura tournament they reached the league, in the first game they drew 0:0 at the Estadio Tecnológico against the Red Devils of Toluca, but in the second game they lost 2:1, with a penalty goal scored by Sebastián "The Fool" Abreu, but before they had canceled a goal from a free kick executed by Jesús "El Cabrito" Arellano. With a final global score of 2:1, the team led by Miguel "El Piojo" Herrera, was eliminated from the league.
After several low-level tournaments, Miguel Herrera was dismissed as coach from Monterrey, Issac Mizrahi took over from him, and after the Interliga came Ricardo La Volpe, with whom they qualified for the Clausura 2008 league, defeating the overall leader, Club Deportivo Guadalajara, in the Quarterfinals by an overall score of 8-5. Later they met in the Semifinal against Santos Laguna where they equaled 3-3 on aggregate, being eliminated due to the best position in the general table the Lagunero team.
3rd Championship (Opening 2009)
After having gone to the league and with Víctor Manuel Vucetich on the bench, Monterrey was in fifth place of the 8 teams already classified. His first rival would be the Club América eagles team, where on aggregate they would end up 2-1, with Monterrey going to the next round, and in the first leg they would win with a goal from Aldo de Nigris. that he would be the most inspired player since his brother Antonio de Nigris had died in Greece from a heart problem. The return match Rayados fell 1-0 against América but 10 minutes before the end of the game Humberto Suazo would score 1-1 and the pass to the semifinals leaving the eagles out of the tournament. Being in the semifinal, Monterrey would play against the Red Devils of Club Deportivo Toluca, who had won the final against Rayados in the 2005 Apertura Tournament; Monterrey would go out to beat them with two goals in the first leg, and a one-one draw in the return, leaving the aggregate at 3-1.
The first leg of the final, took place at the Estadio Tecnológico de Monterrey, winning the striped team 4-3 against Cruz Azul, everything was taken for granted on December 13, 2009 at the Estadio Azul, leaving a score of 2-1 in favor of Rayados, seeing their participation as the best possible, since during the entire league they did not lose to any team, being the fair winners.
Date: December 13, 2009.
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The 2010s: three-time Concacaf championship, Clásico Regiomontano in the Finals and Club World Cups
Inter League Champion 2010
Already in January 2010 and after only carrying out a 4-day pre-season; CF Monterrey beat Club América in the 2010 Interliga Tournament Final in a 3-1 penalty shootout after finishing tied 0-0 in regular time, it is worth noting the intervention of Monterrey goalkeeper Jonathan Orozco, who saved two penalty kicks to so you can get a title for your team again. Pavel Pardo, an American player, wasted his team's fourth shot, thus sealing the place in the continental tournament at the hands of Rayados. With this, Monterrey got a direct pass to the 2010 Copa Libertadores as Mexico 2, where they faced Group 2. Once Caldas from Colombia, Nacional from Paraguay and São Paulo from Brazil, making a discreet performance as they finished third in the group with 6 points.
In the local tournament, Club de Fútbol Monterrey classified the 2010 Bicentennial Tournament group as super leader after drawing 1-1 on the last day with Club Monarcas Morelia at the Morelos Stadium and thus achieving 36 units, which represents their best harvest points in short tournaments. In the quarterfinals, Rayados del Monterrey faced Club de Fútbol Pachuca, losing 1-0 in the first leg and in the second leg at the Estadio Tecnológico, Rayados lost by a score of 2-1 to finally finish with a score. 3-1 aggregate in favor of Pachuca and thus be eliminated from the 2010 Bicentennial.
4th Championship (Opening 2010)
After a good tournament, Monterrey entered the league with a total of 32 points; as second overall in the table, in which they would have to face Pachuca with a technical disadvantage since in the last game of the regular tournament against Club Deportivo Guadalajara, they suffered three expulsions from important elements such as Jonathan Orozco, Luis Ernesto Pérez and Severo rock.
Even so, with a 4-4 aggregate tie against Pachuca, the Rayados de Monterrey advanced to the semifinals due to better position, playing their turn against the Pumas de la UNAM. With a tight global score of 2-0, the Monterrey team reached the final again, as they had done a year before.
Then it would be their turn to face the Santos Laguna team who had classified the league as third in the general table. The result at the end of the 90 minutes of the first game of the final was in favor of the locals (Santos Laguna) by a score of 3 goals against 2 thanks to an error in the visitors' defense with an own goal by veteran defender Duilio Davino.
On December 5, 2010, in the final return match played at the Estadio Tecnológico, the match ended in its first half with a 1-0 advantage for the locals. In the last 45 minutes, the Monterrey team scored 2 goals that would leave the score 3-0 (5-3 aggregate, where Humberto Suazo was the author of 2 goals and José Basanta was the author of the third), with which the Monterrey team of Víctor Manuel Vucetich's hand would get his 4th Mexican soccer title.
Date: December 5, 2010.
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2010-11 Concacaf Champions League Champion
After obtaining their classification after the championship obtained in the 2009 Apertura Tournament, Monterrey was pre-classified directly in the group stage where they faced Deportivo Saprissa from Costa Rica, the Marathón from Honduras and the Seattle Sounders from the United States finishing the phase of groups as the leader of its sector after 5 victories and 1 draw. Already in the quarterfinals they beat Toluca with a global score of 2-0 (1-0 in both games) and in the semifinals they defeated Cruz Azul with a global score of 3-2 (2-1 and 1-1).
On April 20, 2011, the first leg final was played at the Technological Stadium, drawing 2-2 with Real Salt Lake of the United States, goals from Aldo de Nigris (18'), Nat Borchers (35';), Humberto Suazo (62') and Javier Morales (89'). This scoreline gave the United States a slight advantage by away goal rule and filled the albiazul media environment with uncertainty prior to a difficult second leg in a stadium where Real Salt Lake had an important record of undefeated matches.
The second leg final took place on April 27, 2011 at the Rio Tinto Stadium in the city of Sandy, Utah, which was won by CF Monterrey with a score of 1-0, the only goal of the match was the work of Chilean Humberto Suazo when the first half was dying; In the course of the match, the heroic performance of goalkeeper Jonathan Orozco stands out, who saved the scratched goal on multiple occasions due to the constant attack by the local team.
With this title, the albiazules got their second official international championship; highlighting the fact that CF Monterrey finished the tournament undefeated with a total of 9 wins and 3 draws.
Date: April 27, 2011.
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Meanwhile, in the 2011 Clausura the team qualified for the league as seventh overall in search of the two-time championship, however it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Pumas, who would ultimately be champion. Later in the Apertura 2011 Monterrey was left out of the league by being in eleventh position with 24 points.
FIFA Club World Cup 2011
In its role as Concacaf champion, the Rayados obtained their right to play in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup held in Japan, making their debut on December 11 at the Toyota Stadium in the city of the same name. After drawing a goal in regular time against Kashiwa Reysol of Japan, he is eliminated in the quarterfinal phase of the intercontinental tournament in a penalty shootout.
In their farewell match held on December 14, CF Monterrey managed to win by a score of 3-2 against Espérance de Tunisia, champion of Africa, thus saving fifth place in the world competition.
2011-12 Concacaf Champions League Champion
After earning their qualification after the championship obtained in the 2010 Apertura tournament, CF Monterrey, who defended the crown as the current Concacaf champion, was seeded directly in the group stage where they faced Club Sport Herediano of Costa Rica, Comunicaciones from Guatemala and the Seattle Sounders from the United States, ending the group stage as the leader of their sector after 4 wins and 2 losses. Already in the quarterfinals they beat Morelia with an aggregate score of 7-2 (1-3 and 4-1) and in the semifinals they gave an account of Pumas, whom they defeated with an aggregate score of 4-1 (3-0 and 1-1)..
On April 18, 2012, CF Monterrey reached the continental final for the second consecutive time. The first leg took place at the Estadio Tecnológico resulting in the triumph of the albiazul team with a score of 2-0 against Santos Laguna with a remarkable performance by the historic Chilean striker Humberto Suazo who scored the 2 goals of the match (mins 60' to 12 minutes). and 86'), being the second of great manufacturing, leaving behind 4 rivals to send the ball into the back of the net.
The second leg final took place on April 25, 2012 at the Santos Modelo Territory before a full house and a hostile atmosphere. Monterrey lost the match by a score of 2-0 with goals from Daniel Ludueña (45+2') and Oribe Peralta (50'), this partial result led to additional time, with the team from Laguna constantly attacking, putting the striped goal at risk. When the title seemed distant, the Argentine Neri Cardozo appeared who, with a goal at minute 82, gave CF Monterrey the title by an aggregate score of 3-2. The Monterrey team thus achieved the Bicampeonato of the Concacaf Champions League.
Date: April 25, 2012.
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At the same time, Monterrey finished the regular phase of the 2012 Clausura Tournament as second place overall and with the best goal difference with seventeen. Once in the league, they came out ahead against Club Tijuana by an overall score of four to three in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals he accounted for Club América by an overall score of two to zero. Subsequently, they faced Club Santos Laguna again, now in the grand final of the local tournament, falling by an aggregate of three by two, achieving only the runner-up. Months later, the 2012 Apertura Tournament ended, as seventh place overall, thus accessing the league, however, he was eliminated in the first phase by Club Tijuana by an overall score of two to one.
FIFA Club World Cup 2012
For the second consecutive time, Monterrey attended the FIFA Club World Cup in its 2012 edition, in its role as two-time continental champion of North America, Central America and the Caribbean. On December 9 in the city of Toyota, they defeated the Asian champion, Ulsan Hyundai of South Korea by a score of 3-1, thus surpassing the quarterfinal phase where they had been defeated in their debut.
Already in the Semifinal phase they would lose by a score of 1-3 against the European champion, Chelsea of England, on December 13 at the Yokohama Stadium located in the city of the same name.
In the match for third place played on December 16, he defeated the African champion, Al Ahly of Egypt with a score of 2-0, thus achieving one of the most outstanding performances in international competition by a Concacaf team.
2012-13 Concacaf Champions League Champion
After qualifying for the runner-up position obtained in the Clausura 2012 tournament, CF Monterrey defended the crown as the current two-time Concacaf champion, in the group stage they faced Municipal de Guatemala and Chorrillo de Panamá, ending the phase of groups as the leader of its sector after four victories. Already in the quarterfinals they beat Xelajú from Guatemala with a global score of 4-2 (1-3 and 1-1), later in the semifinal they defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy of the United States with a global score of 3-1 (1-2 and 1-0).
On April 24, 2013, CF Monterrey reached the continental final for the third time in a row, the first leg was at Territorio Santos Modelo de Torreón, which ended with a score of 0-0 against Santos Laguna in a duel full of tension and goal opportunities in both goals.
The second leg final took place on May 1, 2013 in a Technological Stadium packed with fans cheering on the local team. Santos Laguna took an advantage that seemed definitive by scoring twice through Darwin Quintero (38') and Felipe Baloy (51'), CF Monterrey required 3 goals to be able to proclaim themselves champion since the tie benefited to the Comarca team by visitor goal rule; It wasn't until minute 60, with a goal from Aldo de Nigris that hope returned to the Monterrey team, which with renewed spirit turned to attack. At minute 84' the Argentine Neri Cardozo got the equalizing goal after a series of rebounds from a corner kick, the team continued the siege on the Laguna team, achieving the winning goal at minute 87'; through Aldo de Nigris; already in the complement (91') Humberto Suazo buried all hope of the visiting team by scoring the fourth goal of the game after a speed drop from midfielder Jesús Zavala, thus sealing a historic comeback within the framework of a championship obtained undefeated for the second time.
With this title, CF Monterrey became three-time champion of the Concacaf Champions League (2010-2011/2011-2012/2012-2013), being the first to achieve it in this new format and equaling a feat that in championships continental games had been achieved for the last time by Bayern Munich by winning the Three-time European Championship (1973-1974/1974-1975/1975-1976).
Date: May 1, 2013.
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In the 2013 Clausura, the team entered the league in ninth overall position, this because Querétaro occupied the eighth position but was relegated in this same tournament, leaving Rayados its place in the league. In the quarterfinals, the rival was the super leader and staunch rival Tigres, whom they eliminated with a 1-2 aggregate score (1-0 in the first leg and 1-1 in the second leg) thanks to an own goal by Israel Jiménez in the game of back in 'El Volcán'. Already in the semifinals the team was eliminated with a global score of 4-3 by Club América, who later emerged champion.
For the 2013 Apertura there were outstanding departures and entrances of distinctive elements, such as the transfer to Club Deportivo Guadalajara of Aldo de Nigris and the arrival of Colombian Dorlan Pabón, as well as his early departure. These were factors that probably caused a bad start to the tournament with 2 losses, 3 draws and just 1 win, adding only 6 points out of 18 in play until matchday 6. The straw that broke the camel's back for coach Víctor Manuel Vucetich was the defeat with León 3-1 on matchday 7, causing Vucetich to leave with Rayados. 'The Vuce' he left as the technical director with the most titles in the club, with 2 Leagues, 1 InterLiga and 3 Concacaf Champions Leagues. The person in charge of taking the reins of the club almost halfway through the tournament was "El Profe" José Guadalupe Cruz, but Rayados was not enough to qualify for the league by staying with 20 points in eleventh position. The team's most notable achievement of the semester was their performance in their return to the Copa MX, where they eliminated bitter rival Tigres in the quarterfinals in a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw in regulation time. However, in the semifinals they were thrashed at home 0-3 by Monarcas Morelia.
FIFA Club World Cup 2013
Club de Fútbol Monterrey reached its third consecutive World Cup as the current three-time Concacaf Champion. In the club environment there was uncertainty due to a bad campaign in the previous semester that had led to the dismissal of the multi-champion Víctor Manuel Vucetich; now under the command of José Guadalupe Cruz they were heading back to the champions' event, this time in Morocco.
In their first game they would face Raja Casablanca, the Moroccan champion who beat the albiazul team 2-1 in Overtime in a duel that was characterized by constant definitional errors and punctual defensive errors by the team from Monterrey, who despite dominating the actions of the game could not take the victory of the Agadir court. In the match for fifth place in Marrakech, CFM would face African champions Al-Ahly of Egypt, whom they defeated by a lopsided score of 5-1.
With this result, Monterrey reached 16 goals and established itself as second place in the historic goalscoring of the FIFA Club World Cup, only surpassed by FC Barcelona with 17 goals. In the individual field, César Delgado, with 5 scores, would become the top scorer in the history of the club world cup; On the other hand, with 5 goal passes Neri Cardozo was awarded the highest number of assists in the historical ranking of the World Cup.
For the Clausura 2014 after 7 days, the team was in 16th place in the general table with only 6 points, for which the coach José Guadalupe Cruz was dismissed. Rayados was left in the hands of Carlos Barra and José Treviño, who led the club on an interim basis for the rest of the tournament, managing to reach 23 points but staying out of the league due to having a lower goal difference with Club León, who qualified in eighth. Already in the 2014 Apertura, Carlos Barra took the reins of the club definitively, managing to classify Rayados to the league after two tournaments with 27 points in sixth place. In the quarterfinals they eliminated Atlas de Guadalajara with a 2-1 aggregate, but they only reached the semifinals when they were defeated by Club América with a 3-0 aggregate.
In the 2015 Clausura after 6 dates, Monterrey had only achieved 4 points out of 18 possible, placing them in the penultimate overall position. This led to the dismissal of Carlos Barra and the arrival of Antonio Mohamed, who had previously made Club Tijuana and Club América champions. 'The Turk' managed to improve the level of play of Rayados and reached 24 points, however they were in 12th position outside the league zone, thus saying goodbye to the Estadio Tecnológico.
On August 2, 2015, the Monterrey Football Club inaugurated its new stadium, the BBVA Bancomer Stadium, in a friendly match against Benfica from Portugal, in which the eighth edition of the Eusebio Cup was played. The game ended with a score of 3-0 in favor of Rayados, the author of the first goal in the new home of Rayados was the youth player César Montes. Already in the Apertura 2015 the first official match was played, defeating CF Pachuca 4-3; the first goal in an official match was by Ariel Nahuelpán for the Tuzos, while for Monterrey it was by Rogelio Funes Mori. Monterrey would finish the tournament eliminated in ninth place with 23 points.
The Clausura 2016 tournament was one of the most outstanding in the decade for CF Monterrey, as renowned players such as Carlos Sánchez and Rogelio Funes Mori arrived, with the latter Mohamed put together a lethal trident up front along with Dorlan Pabón and Edwin Cardona, managing to add 38 goals in the tournament and place himself in the first position with 37 points. In the quarterfinals they faced their rival Tigres UANL, whom they defeated 1-3 in the first leg at Universitario, and in the second leg they would lose at home 1-2 with a controversial arbitration by Francisco Chacón. In the semifinals they beat Club América with a 4-3 aggregate, and in the final they faced CF Pachuca. In the first leg at the Hidalgo Stadium, the Tuzos took a 1-0 lead. In the return game in the first final played at the BBVA Bancomer Stadium, Monterrey was winning 1-0 with a goal by Dorlan Pabón at minute 39', and in the final stretch of the game everything indicated that the game would go to the overtime. However, Pachuca surprised with a goal in the last minute of added time and won 1-2 on aggregate, crowning the tournament.
During the 2016-17 Concacaf Champions League, it is placed in group D along with Árabe Unido from Panama and Don Bosco FC from Haiti, but ends up in 2nd place, being eliminated in the group stage.
After a tournament without qualifying, for the Clausura 2017 the albiazul team returned to the league as second place overall, where they once again faced the maximum rival Tigres in the quarterfinal instance. Monterrey had superiority in direct elimination duels against their greatest rival, since they had advanced on the 4 occasions they had met in the league in short tournaments, and one more in the MX Cup. However, this time it was not like that, because in the first leg they were thrashed by Universitario 4-1 with doubles by Frenchman André-Pierre Gignac and Jesús Dueñas, by Rayados discounted José Basanta. Meanwhile, in the second leg they lost 0-2 at the BBVA Bancomer Stadium with another brace from Gignac, leaving the Rayados eliminated with a 6-1 aggregate.
For the following tournament, Monterrey was reinforced with renowned players such as Avilés Hurtado, Jorge Benitez and goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo; in addition to the returns of Neri Cardozo and Stefan Medina. The team would finish the regular phase of the Apertura 2017 as a super leader with 37 points, being the team with the most games won (11) and the fewest games lost (2), with the most goals scored (29) and the fewest conceded (12), remaining undefeated. local and also counting on the top scorer of the tournament who was Avilés Hurtado with 11 goals. In the league they beat their rivals in the first two stages, beating Atlas 6-2 on aggregate in the quarterfinals and Morelia 5-0 in the semifinal. The final would be played for the first time against their staunch rival, the UANL Tigers. The first leg was played at the Estadio Universitario on December 7, 2017, a match that ended in a 1-1 draw with goals from Nicolás Sánchez from Rayados and from Enner Valencia with a Panenka-style penalty from Tigres. At minutes 88' and 91' the Rayados midfielder; Leonel Vangioni and the Tigres defender; Hugo Ayala were expelled.
The second leg was played on December 10, 2017 at the BBVA Bancomer Stadium. The first goal fell at minute 2 from the feet of Dorlan Pabón. 28 minutes later and 15 before the end of the first half, Eduardo Vargas scores the university team's first goal with a shot with his right foot from outside the box from below, near the left post with assistance from Jesús Dueñas. Only 5 minutes later, Francisco Meza scored the second goal with a header from very close to the center of the goal, thanks to the assistance of Rafael Carioca with a cross into the area after a corner kick. After the break, both teams were still trying to get close enough to score another goal. At minute 71', Tigres lost one of their best men, attack midfielder Enner Valencia. At 76' Ismael Sosa replaced his injured teammate. After that, the game resumed. At minute 81' a rather controversial penalty was decreed, based on a foul by André-Pierre Gignac on "El Conejo" Jorge Benitez. At minute 83' Avilés Hurtado takes the penalty and flies it over Nahuel Guzmán's goal, wasting the opportunity to tie the series and extend it to overtime. At minute 95' Neri Cardozo was sent off after kicking Javier Aquino. After 6 minutes of compensation, Tigres was declared champion of the Apertura 2017, making history by winning the first "Final Regiomontana" in Liga MX and give the Olympic return on the striped court. This was possibly the most painful defeat in the club's history, but the team had to recover quickly because they had the Copa MX final on the doorstep.
2017 Apertura MX Cup Champion
On the way to their second Copa México title, Monterrey came out of the group stage in first place in group 2 and third in the overall table thanks to their home win and away draw against the Pumas de la UNAM (1-1 and 3-1), as well as their home and away victories against Celaya (3-0 and 0-1). This allowed him to play all his matches in the final phase in a single game as a local.
Already in the direct elimination phase, they faced the Black Lions in the round of 16 with a result of 2-2 in the 90 minutes and 4-3 in penalty kicks; in the quarterfinal phase they eliminated Santos Laguna with a bulky score of 4-1; and in the semifinal round they faced América with a result of 0-0 during regulation time and 3-0 on penalties.
With a goal from Avilés Hurtado they were left with the 2017 Apertura crown of the MX Cup, beating Pachuca 1-0 at the BBVA Bancomer Stadium, this being the first title obtained in this stadium and the only championship won during the Antonio Mohamed's first spell at the helm of the Rayados de Monterrey.
Date: December 21, 2017.
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The following tournament, Rayados sought to obtain the two-time Copa MX championship, however they were eliminated at home in a penalty shootout by Querétaro in the round of 16. While in the 2018 Clausura League tournament the team qualified for the group in third place, but was quickly eliminated in the quarterfinals by Tijuana, drawing 1-1 in the first leg at the Caliente Stadium and losing at home in lap 1 -2. A couple of days after the elimination, the resignation of Antonio Mohamed from the technical direction of the team was made official. After three years, the era of the "Turk" ended, where he achieved a Cup title, two runner-ups in the League and the leadership of the quotient table at that time.
In July Monterrey loses the final of the Mexican Super Cup against Necaxa with a score of 0-1.
For the 2018 Apertura, the team was led by Diego Alonso, the coach who made Pachuca champion. In the first semester under his command, he managed to lead Monterrey to the Cup final, losing it to Cruz Azul 0-2. While in Liga MX, from the same Apertura 2018, they finished in 5th place, eliminating Santos Laguna in the quarterfinals with a score of 3-0 but being eliminated in the semifinals against Cruz Azul with a score of 1-1, due to the position in the general table.
2019 Concacaf Champions League Champion
Six years after their last international title, Rayados returned to a Concachampions final, and this time they had the opportunity to experience a sports revenge against their staunch rival -the Tigres- and, once again, facing each other in the Steel Giant.
For the second time, the Champions League format went to direct elimination starting in the round of 16 without a group stage. In this way, Rayados began their path to the title against Alianza, which they defeated with an aggregate score of 1-0 (0-0; 1-0). In the quarterfinals, they faced Atlanta, the previous season's MLS champion, and beat them 3-1 on aggregate (3-0, 1-0). In the semifinals he once again had to play against an MLS team, this time, Sporting Kansas City, a team against which he would have his loosest overall result of the competition, 10-2 (5-0; 2-5).
For the grand final of the tournament, an event never seen before in the competition was presented, a final between teams from the same city. The Clásico Regiomontano also experienced its first international final, for which many expectations had been generated. On April 23, the first leg was played at the Estadio Universitario, which ended with a score of 0-1, thanks to a goal scored with a header by Nicolás Sánchez at minute 43'. of the first half after taking a corner kick. In the second leg, with a BBVA Stadium at maximum capacity, Nico Sánchez once again scored a goal in the final, this time from a penalty, at minute 25'. To add drama to the final, at minute 85', André-Pierre Gignac scored a scissor goal with which the final minutes were agonizing, the grand final ended with a score of 1-1 (aggregate 2-1). With this result, the Technical Director, Diego Alonso was able to get his second championship title in an international tournament against the same rival and the Rayados got their fourth Concacaf Champions League title.
Date: May 1, 2019.
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FIFA Club World Cup 2019
The Monterrey Football Club would play the World Cup after having had a bad start to the tournament and even with the replacement of Diego Alonso as DT of the club. Antonio Mohamed arrived in Monterrey in this second stage on the bench for the month of October, where he led five regular season games, managing to get three wins and two draws, thus placing the team in eighth place in the general table. Later, in the league they became another team and they ended up eliminating Santos Laguna, Rayos del Necaxa. Before playing the final against América, he had to participate in Qatar for this event.
Monterrey was participating for the fourth time in the Club World Cup, and this time, their rivals were the team from the host country Al-Sadd in the quarterfinals. A team that seemed to win with a large advantage since at the end of the first half the result was 2-0, but those led by Xavi Hernández made the task difficult for Turco Mohamed's team. In the end, the match ended 3-2 with scores from Vangioni, Funes Mori and Charly Rodríguez.
In the semifinals the opponent was Liverpool at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha. Barely after 12 minutes, Naby Keïta put the English team ahead, however, it took 2 minutes for Funes Mori to tie the score and thus they went to rest. In the second half, Monterrey played a fairly balanced game against the best team in Europe and it was not until added time that Roberto Firmino scored the goal that took away the striped team's chance of reaching a world final.
For the third place game, most of the starting players had to return to Mexico to prepare for the final against America, therefore the game against Al-Hilal Saudi, defending Asian champions, would be with a completely alternative team, which is why the feat of becoming the first team to achieve Third World Place for the second time acquired greater proportions. The match ended in the 90th minute with a 2-2 tie, with the many stripes scored by Ponchito González and Maxi Meza. In the penalty shootout —since there was no extra time— the scorers were Jonathan González, Stefan Medina, Funes Mori and goalkeeper Luis Cárdenas, who became Qatar's hero by saving two penalties and scoring the winning penalty.
5th Championship (Opening 2019)
Coach Diego Alonso had won the 2019 Concachampions against his staunch rival Tigres at the BBVA Stadium, but, in the 2019 Clausura, he had been eliminated in the semifinals against this same team at the Universitario Stadium. For the 2019 Apertura, the irregular results, during the 12 dates he only won 5 games. On date 13, the temporary replacement by José Treviño and Héctor Becerra is given and by date 14 the Argentine Antonio Mohamed assumes command in his second stage until the end of the tournament. Even on date 17 the team was out of the league, however, a 4-0 win against Tijuana as a visitor, and another 2-0 win against Atlas at home, allowed them to close the tournament in 8.º place, reaping 27 points.
In the quarterfinals they faced the leader of the table, Santos Laguna, which had the best offense in the championship, the Rayados maintained the pace with which they had finished the tournament and thrashed the team with a score of 5-2 at the Gigante de Acero, thanks to a double by Pabón, Nico Sánchez, Janssen and an own goal by Gerardo Arteaga. For the second leg in Torreón, Toro Janssen was once again present on the scoreboard, the final score was 1-1 and Rayados advanced to the semifinals with an aggregate score of 6-3.
In the Semifinals the rival to beat was Necaxa. In the first leg, those led by Turco Mohamed achieved a 2-1 victory thanks to an early goal by Jesús Gallardo and another goal by Vincent Janssen, who was once again present on the scoreboard due to the absence of Rogelio Funes Mori due to injury. For the second leg, at the Estadio Victoria, Monterrey was forced to make a change in the first half of the Vuelta de la Semifinal against Necaxa due to Vincent Janssen's injury. The Dutchman was unable to finish the first 45 minutes, due to a right leg injury after taking a shot from distance. In his place, Rogelio Funes Mori entered the field, after several weeks injured. In this way, in compensation time, at minute 95, Funes Mori is present on the scoreboard and scores the only goal of the match and with which, Monterrey advances to the grand final of the tournament with a 3-1 aggregate.
After their dignified participation in the 2019 Club World Cup where they again obtained Third World Place, on December 26 Monterrey played the first leg of the Liga MX final against América. The first 90 minutes at BBVA were marked by last-minute goals (at 45' +1) by Stefan Medina (with a play that had to be decided by VAR due to a supposed offside by the Colombian and by a Funes Mori's agonizing goal from Chilena (90' +3).With the partial score of 2-1, the fans dreamed of reaching the club's fifth title because in the words of Antonio Mohamed, the team brought with it the luck of In the return match on December 29, and before more than 70,000 fans at the Azteca Stadium, the team played the return final which had a difficult start for the albiazules, since América came out to attack from the first minutes of the game. It was not until the second half that the team was able to compose itself and adjust the lines, they took the ball from the local team and regular time ended 2-1 (3-3 overall) with which the game went until the extra times that ended without annotations and everything was decided d from the penalty spot. In the penalty shootout, Vincent Janssen, Rogelio Funes Mori, Nico Sánchez and Leonel Vangioni managed to score, so the result of 4-2 gave La Pandilla the long-awaited title after a 9-year drought, the third title in their career. of Antonio Mohamed and his first league title with the club.
Date: December 29, 2019.
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The 2020s: Championships in times of pandemic
MX Cup Champion 2019-20
The year 2020 began irregularly for the institution, since in the league they failed to win a single game until date 10, being the last place in this instance since the fifth date, however, the team was saved of a major controversy when the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, in the cup tournament, the team obtained much better results, since they previously managed to complete the group stage perfectly, also being overall leaders, for the knockout rounds, Rayados defeated Celaya with an aggregate score from 7-3 in the round of 16, then they would defeat Santos Laguna 1-0 in the quarterfinals with a goal from José Alvarado, in the semifinals they would now face the Bravos de Juárez, the key ended tied at two goals when the two The teams won 2-0 serving as locals, so everything would be defined in a penalty shootout, where the Rayados managed to defeat them 6-5, qualifying for the final of the tournament against the Xolos de Tijuana, however, the final would initially be postponed until September 16 and 23 due to the pandemic, and then it was postponed again to October 21 and November 4.
The first leg, held in Tijuana, the Rayados team would prevail with a penalty by Nicolás Sánchez at minute 18, and would arrive with an advantage in the second leg, to be played at the BBVA Stadium, where the Rayados would win the series by taking another penalty at minute 86, this time by Vincent Janssen, the Xolos discounted two minutes later with a goal by David Barbona but it was insufficient to equalize the global score (which ended 2-1 in favor of Rayados), thus Monterrey won its third Copa MX and became the current champion of both the league and the cup, in addition to also being the defending champion of the Concacaf Champions League at that time.
Date: November 4, 2020.
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Fifth CONCACAF Champions League title
After a tournament without a league, in 2021, Javier Aguirre was hired as the new technical director of Monterrey, after the resignation of Antonio Mohamed. After a campaign with somewhat questionable performance, Rayados managed to enter the first four places, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals. While in the 2021 Concacaf Champions League, Rayados was matched with Club Atlético Pantoja from the Dominican Republic, in the first leg, the royal team won 3-0, for the second leg in Monterrey, the fans were able to return to the stadium to see In the match, with reduced capacity and different sanitary measures, the local team achieved a 3-1 victory and qualified for the next phase with a 6-1 aggregate.
In the quarterfinals, the Monterrey team faced the Columbus Crew of the United States, in the first leg the American team managed to play a good game, partially winning at 87, but José Alfonso Alvarado kept the tie at two goals. In the second leg, things were easy for Rayados and they defeated the Ohio team 3-0.
Monterrey reached the semifinals against Cruz Azul, on August 11 the Rayados came out unscathed against the cement growers with a goal by Maximiliano Meza. The return was celebrated on September 16 at the Azteca Stadium. Monterrey managed to start in better shape and at minute 7 they took a double advantage, through Maximiliano Meza, with the visitor's goal in their favor, the Rayados lowered their level of intensity, which allowed Cruz Azul to tie the game, although at minute 17, Duván Vergara put Rayados ahead again and at minute 24 Rogelio Funes Mori practically sentenced the celestial destiny, Funes Mori himself closed the score of the match at 52, with a resounding 4 to 1. Monterrey beat Cruz Azul for the first time time in the Azteca since the Machine returned in 2018. In this way, he avoided a Young Classic in the CONCACAF final, since Club América was waiting for him after eliminating the Philadelphia Union.
Los Rayados, however, dragged 4 straight league losses before their duel against the Americanistas; America for its part was general leader. In this way, Thursday, October 28, 2021, arrived, the Rayados reached their second Concachampions final in recent years and both the royals and the creams had not lost a final of the competition. With a BBVA stadium at 70% of its capacity, for reasons of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rayados started another final in their stadium. In the first 15 minutes Monterrey started in front, with an América somewhat baffled by the Rayado fans, after 2 wasted opportunities, at minute 9 Rogelio Funes Mori scored one more goal as Rayado after a great mistake by Sebastián Cáceres. Monterrey had more chances but could not extend their lead, while América failed to generate much. With just a few minutes left, Vincent Janssen squandered a wonderful opportunity to clinch the victory. The referee added 9 minutes to the game, and after a dramatic ending due to a VAR review, the Rayados won their fifth title in the CONCACAF Champions League.
Date: October 28, 2021.
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At the same time, in the league Rayados finished in 9th place in the table and eliminated Cruz Azul in a playoff with a bulky 4-1 at the Azteca Stadium, but they would be eliminated by Atlas with a 0-0 in the first leg and a 1-1 in the second leg (the red and black would go through the best position in the table).
FIFA Club World Cup 2021
In 2022 Rayados reached the Club World Cup where they would face Al-Ahly from Egypt for the third time, however Monterrey would lose by the minimum and would be eliminated in the first round, already in the match for fifth place they would win 3 -1 against Al-Jazira of the United Arab Emirates with goals from Rogelio Funes Mori, César Montes and an own goal, leaving him with fifth place.
Uniform
Monterrey's first uniform, in 1945, was white, divided diagonally from the left shoulder to the waist, blue on top and white on the bottom, with white shorts and blue socks. Then, in the 1955-56 season when he was champion of the Second Division, he wore a white uniform, with two thin blue stripes together crossing the chest horizontally and white shorts just like the socks. Already for the 1959-1960 season, the shorts were white and the socks were white with three horizontal blue stripes inspired by the uniform of the Tampico Madero Fútbol Club, of which Dr. Carlos Canseco had been a follower. Currently the home uniform consists of a white background with three blue lines that fade to white at the end of the shirt, with shorts and white socks. The away jersey is completely dark with gray and white details, forming part of a global campaign for the Puma brand
Current Sponsors
Other sponsorships
- Puma
- BBVA Mexico
- Heineken N.V. (Tecate)
- Coca-Cola
- Home Depot
- Gatorade
- ATTS
- Chilchota cheeses
- H-E-B
- Bokados
- Berel Paintings
- Senda Group
- Vidusa
- OXXO Gas
- Codere
Previous Sponsors
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Facilities
Club de Fútbol Monterrey has several facilities for its various training and administrative activities, all located within the metropolitan area of Monterrey. Offices, store, and official headquarters of the team are located at Av. Revolución #846 B, Colonia Jardín Español, C.P. 64820, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Both El Cerrito and El Barrial, training venues for their basic forces and the first team respectively, are located in the Municipality of Santiago. El Barrial has several sports fields, a gym, a swimming pool, and a sand circuit for the physical conditioning of the team, as well as medical and physical rehabilitation facilities.
Throughout its history, Club de Fútbol Monterrey has registered different venues to play its home games. During his debut season 1945-1946 he played his home games at the now-defunct Estadio de Béisbol Cuauhtémoc y Famosa. Upon his return in 1952, he registered the Estadio Tecnológico as his headquarters, where he remained until January 1973, the date on which he moved to the Estadio Universitario. In September 1980, he returned to the Tecnológico, which until May 2015 served as his headquarters, despite the fact that its capacity had been insufficient for many years.
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Stadium
The BBVA Stadium is the current home stadium of the Monterrey Football Club since 2015, it has an official capacity of 53,500 spectators and is located in the municipality of Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico, which is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area. In 2008, the project for this stadium, whose investment was 200 million dollars, was officially presented. After a delay in its permit approval phase due to urban, social, and environmental controversies, on August 5, 2011, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources approved the change in land use of the stadium property and the first phase Construction began days later. Its design was in charge of the multinational architecture firm Populous, and it was inaugurated on August 2, 2015 with the eighth edition of the Eusébio Cup in a match against Benfica from Portugal, with a score of 3-0 in favor of Monterrey.
Rivalries
During its history, Club de Fútbol Monterrey has generated great rivalries against various teams, most notably against those that were also based in the state of Nuevo León. During its time in the second division in the 1950s, Monterrey developed a rivalry against the now-defunct Club Deportivo Anáhuac, playing with it the old Monterrey soccer classic. Years later another great rivalry was born for the pride of the city when a team called the Nuevo León Soccer Club nicknamed under the nickname of Jabatos and which was based on the elements of Anahuac.
Likewise, regional rivalries also arose, such as the one against Tampico Madero, which for now plays in the second division, against which it even played a final, in addition to causing various episodes of violence among themselves. Another regional rivalry that has emerged recently is the one against Club Santos Laguna due to its geographical proximity and the fact that both teams experienced notable growth in the 2000s, winning titles and being leading teams, as well as playing important matches against each other, between two league finals and two of the Concacaf Champions League stand out.
Classic Monterrey
The greatest rival of the Monterrey Football Club is Tigres from the UANL, with whom they play the Clásico Regiomontano. The classic is the biggest game of the season in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area, due to its intensity and passion.
Hobby
The fans of Club de Fútbol Monterrey are recognized as one of the best fans nationwide by the Mexican press, players, and managers. Year after year it is one of the fans with the best percentage of attendance at its stadium since most of the tickets are sold prior to the start of the tournament. Likewise, the attendance of thousands of fans at door training sessions became common open at the Technological Stadium, reaching more than 20,000 people in practice.
Since the inauguration of the BBVA Stadium, the Club has been characterized by having the best attendance of fans in the entire continent, with an average of 48,300 attendees per game.
Players
Squad and coaching staff
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Mission- 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
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| Player | Position | Proceedings | Type |
| Jordi Cortizo
| Mediocampista | Club Puebla
| Transfer |
| Omar Govea
| Mediocampista |  FC Voluntari
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| Jonathan González
| Mediocampista |  Minnesota United F. C.
| Return of cession |
| Victor Guzmán
| Defence | Club Tijuana
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 Matías Kranevitter
| Mediocampista | River Plate
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| Rodolfo Pizarro
| Mediocampista | Inter de Miami
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| César Montes
| Defence |  R. C. D. Espanyol
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International players
| Selection | Category | # | Player(s) |
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| MexicoMexico
| Absolute | 6 | Jesus Gallardo , Héctor MorenoErick Aguirre, Luis Romo, Rogelio Funes Mori, Arturo González |
Colombia Colombia
| Absolute | 1 | Stefan Medina |
Paraguay Paraguay
| Absolute | 1 | Celso Ortiz |
Ecuador Ecuador
| Absolute | 1 | Joao Rojas |
| ArgentinaArgentina
| Absolute | 2 | Esteban Andrada, Maximiliano Meza |
Chile Chile
| Absolute | 1 | Sebastian Vegas |
Note: in bold players part of the last call in the corresponding category.
Top scorers
- Updated until July 21, 2022.
| # | Player | Period | LIG | LGL | COP | WITH | REC | LIB | MDC | INL | Total | Ref. |
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| 1 | Rogelio Funes Mori | 2015- | 104 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 147 | |
| 2 | Humberto Suazo | 2007-2009 / 2010-2014 | 85 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 121 | |
| 3 |  Mario de Souza Mota | 1984-1992 | 89 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |
| 4 | Dorlan Pabon | 2013 / 2014-2021 | 64 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | |
| 5 | Aldo de Nigris | 2009-2013 / 2015-2017 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83 | |
| 6 | Milton Carlos | 1973-1978 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | |
| 7 |  Rubén Romeo
| 1974-1980 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | |
| 8 | Guillermo Franco | 2002-2006 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | |
| 9 | Alfredo Jiménez | 1970-1975 | 51 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | |
| 10 | Francisco Javier Cruz | 1984-1988/1999 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |
| 11 | Luis Ernesto Pérez | 2003-2012 / 2015-2016 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | |
| 12 | Ubirajara Chagas | 1967-1973 | 48 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |
| 13 | Sergio Verdirame | 1992-1996 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |
| 14 | Jesus Arellano | 1992-1997 / 2000-2011 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | |
| 15 | Nicolás Sánchez | 2017-2021 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| 16 | Neri Cardozo | 2010-2016 / 2017 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | |
| 17 | Edwin Cardona | 2015-2017 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| 18 | Antonio de Nigris | 1999-2002 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| 19 | Abraham Darío Carreño | 2008-2013 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
| 20 | Carlos Bianchezi | 1992-1995/1997 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
- (In bold) Active players with the club.
Symbols:
LIG: League
LGL: League group
COP: Mexico Cup
WITH: Concacaf Champions League/Cup
REC: Concacaf Cup Winners' Cup
MDC: FIFA Club World Cup
INL: InterLeague
Goleo Champions
- Mexico 1986 Francisco Javier Cruz (14)
- Opening 2004
Guillermo Franco (15) - Closure 2008
Humberto Suazo (13) - Closure 2015
Dorlan Pabon (10) - Opening 2017 Aircraft Hurtado (11)
Retired numbers
- 12: Tribute to the Affection
- 26: Humberto Suazo
- 28: Jesus Arellano
Technical staff
Leaders
Current leaders
Updated as of November 2022.
- President of the Board of Directors: José González Ornelas
- Executive Vice President: Pedro Esquivel Ayanegui
- Sports President: José Antonio Noriega
- Operations Director: Alberto Salvador Molina Caballero
- Administrative Director: Luis Treviño Martínez
- Commercial Director: Xavier Sánchez Gómez
- Director of Communication: Luis Lara
- Director of Basic Forces: Nicolás Martellotto Rolfo
Club details
- First contested party:
- In national tournaments: Monterrey 1- San Sebastian 0 (Temporada 1945-46, August 19, 1945).
- In international tournaments: Monterrey 2- Serbian White Eagles (Can) 0 (Copa de Campeones de la Concacaf 1975, July 5, 1975).
- Tournaments in Mexico's First Division: 85.
- Tournaments in Mexico's Second Division: 7.
- Liguillas for the title: 32.
- Disputed endings:
- From league: 11 (Mexico 1986, 1992-1993, Clausura 2003, Opening 2004, Opening 2005, Opening 2009, Opening 2010, Closure 2012, Closure 2016, Opening 2017 and Opening 2019).
- Cup: 5 (1964, 1969, 1991, A-2017, A-2018, 2019-20)
- Champions champion: 1 (2003).
- Supercopa MX: 1 (2018)
- From international tournaments: 6 (Concaf Recoup 1993, Concacaf Champions League 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019 and 2021).
- Best place in the league:
- In long tournaments: Second place (Temporada 1973-74, Season 1990-91).
- In short tournaments: Superleader (Mexico 1986, Bicentenary 2010, Closure 2016 and Opening 2017)
- Worse in the league:
- In Long Tournaments: Last Place (Temporada 1945-46, Season 1956-57).
- In short tournaments: last place (class 2020).
- Historical post First Division: 8.o.
- Historical post in Liguillas First Division: 6.o.
- More points in a season:
- In long tournaments: 51 (Temporada 1995-96).
- In short tournaments: 37 (Clausura 2016 and Opening 2017).
- Increased number of goals scored in one season:
- In long tournaments: 72 (Temporada 1974-75).
- In short tournaments: 47 (Clausura 2016 and Opening 2004, including razor).
- Greatest streak of consecutive games won: 8 (Temporada 1963-64).
- Greatest streak of consecutive matches without losing: 16 (Temporada 1992-93).
- Greater streak of consecutive matches without losing as a local: 26 (Temporada 1991-92 day 16 until Temporada 1992-93 day 27).
- More wins in a tournament: 22 wins in 34 days (Temporada 1973-74).
- More draws in a tournament: 16 draws in 38 days (Temporada 1979-80).
- Less wins in a tournament: 2 wins in 19 days (Clausura 2004). Except Prode 85 with 1 win in 8 days.
- Less draws in a tournament: 1 draw (Clausura 2016).
- Less defeats in a tournament: 1 defeat (Bicentenary 2010).
- Greatest goal:
- In national tournaments: Monterrey 8 - Necaxa 3 (Temporada 1961-62) and Monterrey 8 - San José de Toluca 0 (Temporada 1958-59 of the Second Division).
- In international tournaments: Monterrey 6 - San Jose Oaks (EUA) 0 (Recopa de la Concacaf 1993), and Chorrillo FC (PAN) 0 - Monterrey 6 (Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf 2012-13).
- Major welcome:
- In national tournaments: Veracruz 14- Monterrey 0 (Temporada 1945-46).
- In international tournaments: Petrotela (Hon) 4- Monterrey 1 (Copa de Campeones de la Concacaf 1994).
- Most lumped in history:
- In national tournaments: Santos Laguna 5- Monterrey 5 (Apertura 2003).
- Rest: 1 (Temporada 1956-1957).
Historical goals
- The first goal of the whole history was scored by José “Che” Gómez on the 1st of the 1945-46 season on August 19, 1945, at the 1-0 win before the San Sebastián de León in the Cuauhtémoc baseball park.
- The goal 500 was scored by Ricardo Escamilla on February 16, 1969 in the victory over Guadalajara 5-2 that qualified the team at the end of the Mexico Cup.
- The goal 1,000 was the work of Basilio “Bacho” Salazar in match held on November 20, 1977 at the Aztec Stadium on the 14th of the tournament 1977-78 before the Club America and ended with a score of 2-2.
- The goal 1,500 was taken by Francisco Esparza in the goleada on the Neza for 4-0 at the Technological Stadium on December 19, 1987.
- The goal 2,000 was the work of Gabriel Ruiz in the last minute of regular time of Classic 52 to Tigres held on 27 July 1996 at the 2-2 tie in the University Stadium (UANL) in which Monterrey was subsequently eliminated from the Mexico Cup by means of the criminals.
- The goal 2,500 was the work of Aldo de Nigris on February 18, 2009 during the 2009 Clausura tournament on the 6th, noting the third goal of victory 3-0 to Club Necaxa.
- The goal 3,000 was the work of Neri Cardozo on 17 August 2013 during the tournament Opening 2013 on the 6th, opening the marker to the Club Tijuana, ending with a 2-1 in favor of the regiomontano set.
Additional data
History of Rankings
- Best Position in the World Club Ranking (per month): 10th (December 2019), and 11th (December 2019) and (October 2012).
- Best World Club Ranking (per year): 8° (2019), 40o (2011), 42o (2012), and 45o (2010).
Special Celebration Matches
- Representation of the Technological Stadium
Club de Football Monterrey 2:1 Vojvodina, 12 July 1966.
- Opening of the University Stadium
Club de Football Monterrey 1:1 Club Atlético de Madrid, May 30, 1967.
- Farewell of the player Ubirajara Chagas “Bira”
Club de Football Monterrey 3:2 Mexico, August 28, 1973.
- 30th Anniversary Party
Club de Football Monterrey 4:0 Tigres, August 23, 1975.
- Farewell of player Jesús Arellano
Monterrey Soccer Club 1:0 Independent, July 16, 2011.
- Opening of the BBVA Bancomer Stadium
Club de Football Monterrey 3:0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica, August 2, 2015.
- Player Tribute Humberto Suazo
Club de Football Monterrey 3:1 Club Sport Herediano, July 10, 2016.
- Tribute to the player Aldo de Nigris
Rayados Champions 5:2 Friends of Aldo, October 7, 2017.
Club statistics
The following are statistics from the last five Primera División League tournaments.
| Tournament | Phase | JJ | JG | JE | JP | GF | GC | DIF | PTS | Position | Productivity |
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| Opening 2019 | Regular | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 8 of 19 | 50% |
| Liguilla | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | N/A | Champion | 72.22% | |
| Guard1an 2020 | Regular | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 29 | 5 of 18 | 56.86% |
| Liguilla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | N/A | Reclassification | 33.34 per cent | |
| Guard1anes 2021 | Regular | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 4 of 18 | 54.90% |
| Liguilla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | N/A | Final rooms | 16.66% | |
| Opening 2021 | Regular | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 9 of 18 | 43.14% |
| Liguilla | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | N/A | Final rooms | 55.55% | |
| Closure 2022 | Regular | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 7 of 18 | 50.98% |
| Liguilla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | N/A | Reclassification | 33.33% |
Honours of Prizes
Official tournaments
| National competition (8)
| Titles | Subcamponatos |
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| First Division of Mexico (5/6) | Mexico 1986, Clausura 2003, Opening 2009, Opening 2010, Opening 2019. | 1992-93, Opening 2004, Opening 2005, Closure 2012, Closure 2016, Opening 2017. |
| Mexico Cup (3/3) | 1991-92, Opening 2017, 2019-20. | 1963-64, 1968-69, Opening 2018. |
| Champion of Champions (0/1) | 2002-03. | |
| Mexico Super Cup (0/1) | 2017-18. | |
| Second Division of Mexico (2/2) | 1955-56, 1959-60 | 1957-58, 1958-59. |
| Mexico Cup Second Division of Mexico (0/1) | 1957-58. | |
| Champion of Champions of the Second Division of Mexico (1/1) | 1959-60. | 1955-56. |
.svg){kind=small} International jurisdiction (6)
| Titles | Subcamponatos |
|---|---|---|
| Concacaf Champions League (5) | 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2019, 2021. | |
| Coup of Concacaf (1) | 1993. |