Club Deportivo Guadalajara
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A. de C.V. |
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| Nickname(s) | Chivas (Goats) Rebaño Sagrado(Sacred Herd) |
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| Founded | May 8, 1906 (as Club Unión) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco (Capacity 62,384) |
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| Manager |  Efraín Flores |
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| League | Primera División de México | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apertura 2007 | Semifinals 4th (league) |
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Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara, usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (Goats), is a Mexican association football team. The team is based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and currently competes in the Primera División de México.
Guadalajara is the only football club in Mexico's history to exclusively field Mexican born players. It plays in the Primera División de México, and is one of the only two teams in Mexico that have never been relegated to the 2nd Division the other being América. Along with América, they are the two most popular and supported clubs in Mexico, and their meetings signal the national derby (see el Superclásico). The team's popularity in the U.S. has led to the creation of a Major League Soccer expansion club in the United States, Chivas USA, which was initially to be comprised of Mexican and Mexican-American players (but now features a roster similar to other MLS clubs). On December 10, 2006 Guadalajara won its 11th professional championship, the most in Mexican football history.
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[edit] History & Foundation
The team was founded in 1906 by a Belgian shopkeeper, Edgar Everaert, as Club Unión, but became Club Deportivo Guadalajara A.C. in 1908. The kit was modelled on that of the founder's favourite team, the Belgian Club Brugge K.V., which has since changed its kit, and it was named Unión because the team played at the intersection of Unión and Bosque Avenue. The first team was formed with Mexican and French players, mostly employees of the store Fábricas de Francia and with Everaert, a Belgian as coach[1][2].
The club was successful in the amateur era of football in Mexico. It was at the beginning of the professional era that it would get its famous nickname. On Thursday the 30th of September of 1948 during a match against Tampico at Parque Oro de Guadalajara, the newspaper column derisively said that the goats (chivas in Spanish) had won; this name, which started as an insult, was embraced by the fans and is held with pride to this day. The insult was meant to say that the team did not play very well, and they just ran around like crazy goats. After winning their first title, the Cardinal of Guadalajara held a mass in their honor the next day and gave the team his blessing. Some considered changing the nickname from Chivas to Cardenales (Cardinals). But this was a short lived attempt. A compromise was reached. Given the team was blessed and many fans were of a religious nature, the team was seen as a holy relic. As a result, the team was given the nickname "El Rebaño Sagrado" (The Sacred Flock). The team is perhaps best known for the fact that they have only ever fielded Mexican players. Only three other clubs in the world follow a similar policy: Athletic Bilbao in Spain, El Nacional of Ecuador, and Saprissa of Costa Rica whose policy was adapted after Jorge Vergara (owner of Chivas) bought the club in 2003, and their fans even think the team itself is almost a synonym of what it means to be Mexican. Since they only let Mexican players on the team, they can't buy or trade players who weren't born in Mexico, however this policy does not apply to the team's coach. But ironically, Chivas holds 100% Mexican heritage when the club was created by a Belgian, had French players before 1908, and has had six Mexican-American players.
[edit] The Campeonisimo Era (1956-1970)
In 1956, the "Campeonísimo" run started. In a league full of crucial teams with financial woes, an affluent Guadalajara was able to capture seven national league titles and, combined with national and international cups, a total of 28 trophies in eight years, and became the backbone of the Mexico national football team that would go to the World Cup. Although Chivas projected an image of greatness, the reality of Mexican football became evident at that World Cup as the "Campeonisimo" players were outmatched in Sweden. Allowing 8 goals, and scoring only 1. Many of those players became legendary symbols for the club. Some of the many players include goalkeeper Jaime "Tubo" Gomez, Guillermo "Tigre" Sepúlveda, José "Jamaicón" Villegas, Pancho Flores, Juan "Bigotón" Jasso, Isidoro "Chololo" Díaz, Sabás Ponce, Francisco Jara, and striker Salvador Reyes, all time topscorer of Guadalajara with 122 goals. Reyes was the last person to win top scorer (21 goals in a season) in the Mexican league until (although he won the award in the 60s he was only given the trophy just recently), Omar Bravo won it in the Mexican Clasura 2007 (with 11 goals).
[edit] The 1970's-1980's
In the decade of the '70s, as the league became more competitive, a Dark Age of sorts came to the club, and fans had to wait until the '82-'83 season to return to a Final, in which they were defeated. In 1983-84 the Final was lost again, this time, to archrival America. Finally in 1986-87 came the ninth title.
[edit] Origins from the 1990's to Present
In the beginning of the 1990s the club was plagued by financial problems and a group known as "Promotora Guadalajara" took charge, improving the finances and bringing fresh air to the organization. The league calendar was changed to two tournaments per year. During that decade, the team lost another three Finals but won the summer championship in 1997 against Toros Neza 6-1. Chivas brought its league championships to 10, the most of any team in Mexico. After the 10th title bad management came and the team lost players such as Ramon Ramirez who was sold to rival team Club America and others which unarmed the team and started to struggle in the tournaments making Invierno 2000 one of the worst in history for the team. After many fans were unhappy with the management style of Promotora Deportiva Guadalajara the team was put on sale in order to save it from another financial and sports crisis, a businessman by the name of Jorge Vergara owner of Grupo Omnilife stepped in. He offered over $130 million to purchase all of the shares from the club's primary shareholders and restructured the organiation starting with the reserve teams that were rebuilt under Han's Westerhof's term. The team's finances returned to normal and today it's one of the few teams in the league that has earnings while the majority operate with yearly losses. Also the team returned to become more competitive and the results have been mostly favorable.
[edit] Recent Championship (Apertura 2006)
Under José Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre's guide, Chivas won its 11th championship.De la Torre is also the youngest coach to win the championship in the last decade, and it's important to mention that was his first experience as a head coach. For Apertura 2006 tournament, Chivas qualified in 8th place to knock-out round called "liguilla" by defeating Veracruz 2-1 in Veracruz, and 4-0 in the Estadio Jalisco in the wild card series. The Chivas defeated 1st place Cruz Azul 2-0 in the first game, and tied 2-2 in the second game (4-2 aggregate), moving on to the semi-finals against rivals Club América. Chivas won 2-0 in the Estadio Jalisco, and was enough because the 2nd game in the Estadio Azteca where they tied 0-0, making Chivas a finalist.
These wins allowed Chivas to move on to the final of the Primera Division against Toluca. The first match was played at the Estadio Jalisco, in which Toluca and Chivas tied 1-1 with goals of Omar Bravo for Chivas and Bruno Marioni for Toluca. On December 10, 2006, Chivas played at Toluca's home stadium Estadio Nemesio Diez and won 2 goals to 1 (3-2 aggregate), thus becoming the current champions in Mexican League holding 11 titles, and the most titles of any other team in the league. The first goal was by Francisco Javier Rodríguez, and the second was by Adolfo Bautista, Bautista dedicated his goal and his team's victory to his mother, who died shortly before. This championship was Oswaldo Sánchez's first victory in the league.
[edit] Americans at Chivas
Despite the adherence of Chivas to an all Mexican roster 6 Americans have worn the famed red white and blue of Chivas. The most recent controversy has to do with US born Jesús Padilla, ironically nick named "Gringo" by his Chivas teammates. It was believed he was Mexican born, but recently it came to light that Padilla was born and spent a good ammount of time in California. Since the question of his "Mexicanness" has come to light Padilla has not played a match for Chivas. He recently turned down a call up to the US under 20 squad when Chivas told him to accept would effectively end his career at Chivas. There have been others such as Eduardo Fernández de la Garza, a goalkeeper who played 77 games for Chivas between '93 and '97 and was born on July 30, 1962, in El Paso County, Texas. Gerardo Mascareño was another one. He played in ten games for the club in 1998 and scored a goal. However, club directors were apparently under tremendous pressure from fan groups not to play Mascareño because of his U.S. birth. He was traded to Pachuca.
[edit] Stadium
Guadalajara shares it's home stadium, Estadio Jalisco, with Atlas. Estadio Jalisco was constructed on January 31, 1960. It was host for 8 games in the 1970 FIFA World Cup which from 6 were from group stage matches, and two were quarter and semi-finals. The stadium was host for 9 games in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, which 6 were group stage matches, 1 was round of sixteen and the last 2 were quarter and semi finals. The construction of a new stadium in Zapopan, which will be named Estadio Chivas is going to be finished by November of 2008. This stadium will be in the shape of a volcano. It will also have 18 main entrance doors. The new football stadium will have a capacity for 45,500 people to maximum of 54,500. The parking lot will be capable of holding up to 8,000 cars. The new stadium will also have a restaurant with a capacity of 200 people and also has a view of the field while the game is being held. The construction of the stadium is in charge of Ingenieros Civiles y Associados who won an 81 million USD construction contract for the edification of the stadium after finishing the cimentation in January 2008.
[edit] Current squad
Clausura 2008
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[edit] Honours
[edit] National Tournaments
[edit] Amateur Era
- Liga Occidental: 13
- 1908-1909, 1909-1910, 1911-1912, 1921-1922, 1922-1923, 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1927-1928, 1928-1929, 1929-1930, 1932-1933, 1934-1935, 1937-1938.
- Champion of Champions: 1
- 1932-1933
[edit] Profesional Era
Mexican Primera División: 11
- 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1969-70, 1986-87, Verano 1997, Apertura 2006
- Mexican Cup: 2
- 1963, 1970
- Champion of Champions: 7
- 1956-1957, 1958-1959, 1959-1960, 1960-1961, 1963-1964, 1964-1965, 1969-1970
- Challenger Cup
- 1961
- Oro de Occidente Cup: 4
- 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960
[edit] International Tournaments
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1
- 1962
- CONCACAF Central American Champion: 2
- International Pentagonals: 3
[edit] Other Tournaments
- International Hexagonals: 4
- Champion of the Copa Pachuca : 2000
- Champion of the Copa Estrella del Milenio: 1999
- Champion of the Copa Coliseo: 1998
- Champion of Copa Leon: 2003
- Don Adolfo Lopez Mateos Trophy: (4) 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963
- Campeonisimo Trophy: 1962
- Copa Presidencial: 1953
- Copa California: 1977
- Copa Europa: 1985
- Ciudad de Guadalajara Champion: 1962
[edit] Filial Teams
- CD Tapatio
- Reserve team that plays in the Primera A division without right to ascend to Primera Division. Their home games are held in Estadio Jalisco.
- Chivas San Rafael
- Reserve team that plays in the Second division Occidental Zone with right to ascend to the next upper division. It was born after Chivas purchased Club Jalisco and changed the name.
- Chivas USA
- This team was founded in 2004 as an expansion team in the Major League Soccer with it's base in Los Angeles. It's home games are hosted in the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
- Saprissa
- Costa Rican club that was bought by Chivas owner Jorge Vergara in 2003, this team has a tradition similar to Chivas of only playing with Costa Rican players. This team is the most popular club in Costa Rica and it's home is Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in San Jose.
- Chivas Hefei
- In 2007 Jorge Vergara announced the purchase of a team in China in the city of Hefei. Currently the only information that has come is that the team may start playing in the Chinese Football Association Yi League which is equivalent to the Second Division. The home games of this team will be held in the Hefei Olympic Stadium. It is currently rumored that Bora Milutinovic could become the coach of the new team due to his experience in the Chinese football league.
[edit] Champion Coaches
- 1956-1957 -
Donald Ross - 1958-1959 -
Arpad Fekete - 1959-1960 - Arpad Fekete
- 1960-1961 -
Javier de la Torre - 1961-1962 - Javier de la Torre
- 1963-1964 - Javier de la Torre
- 1964-1965 - Javier de la Torre
- 1969-1970 - Javier de la Torre
- 1986-1987 - Alberto Guerra
- Verano 1997-
Ricardo Ferretti - Apertura 2006 - José Manuel de la Torre
[edit] Top Goalscorers in Domestic League
Players in bold are still present in club.
Salvador Reyes (122)- Omar Bravo (99)
- Eduardo de la Torre (90)
- Benjamin Galindo (78)
- Max Prieto (72)
- Crescencio Gutiérrez (72)
- Javier de la Torre (70)
- Javier Valdivia (69)
- Francisco Jara (68)
- Ramón Morales (61)
- Isidoro Diaz (58)
- Jaime Pajarito (56)
- Alberto Medina (56)
- Tomás Balcázar (54)
- Héctor Hernández (54)
- José Antonio Marcos Zetter (53)
- Ignacio Vázquez (51)
- Adolfo Bautista (42)
[edit] Notable Players
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[edit] Sponsorship
[edit] International Competitions
[edit] Guadalajara at the Copa Libertadores
1998: Group Stage
2005: Semifinals
2006: Semifinals
2008: Qualified
[edit] Guadalajara at the Copa Sudamericana
2007 Round of 16
2008 Qualified
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ WebFrancia (In 1908 Everaert changed the name of the club to Guadalajara and in the future it would only have Mexican players. Rafael Orozco became the first president of the club, position he left four years later
- ^ History of Chivas
- ^ Jose Mota next Rolado
[edit] External links
- CD Guadalajara Official Website
- Red Social Chivas
- Soy de Chivas
- Legion 1908 Kalifas
- Carnaval Irreverente
- Chivas Rayadas
- Legion 1908 DF
- Legion 1908 (News)
- Photo Gallery of every Chivas Game
- La Estirpe
- La Irreverente
- La Banda de Chivas
- Soy Chiva Website
- Chivas Myspace
- Mundo Rojiblanco
