Fútbol Club Juárez, commonly referred to as ''Bravos de Juárez'', or simply as ''Juárez'', is a Mexican

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club based in the city of

Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju� ...

, Chihuahua that currently competes in

Liga MX The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...

History

Futbol Club Juárez was founded in 2015 by a bi-national group of six families, two from the border city of El Paso, Texas and four from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, making it one of the few clubs with foreign investors in Mexican football and marking the return of professional sports to Ciudad Juárez for the first time since 2012 after the previous franchise,

Indios de Ciudad Juárez Club de Fútbol Indios de Ciudad Juárez, commonly referred as Indios de Ciudad Juárez or simply Indios, was a Mexican football club. Founded in 2005 when CF Pachuca moved its Pachuca Juniors to Ciudad Juárez, it was promoted to the Primera ...

, was relegated from

, suffered from poor management, and was ultimately disbanded. On June 7, 2015, it was officially announced by Ascenso MX officials that FC Juárez would compete in

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, starting in the Apertura 2015 season. On December 5, 2015, after a very successful beginning to the season, the team ended the 2015 campaign in second place, and FC Juárez captured its first Ascenso MX title after beating Atlante 3-1 on aggregate, thus gaining the right to play in the promotional final in the Ascenso MX. The failed to qualify for the Clausura 2016 liguilla and lost the promotional final against Necaxa. The following season, Juárez failed to qualify for the liguilla. In the Clausura 2017 season, Juárez lost the final against

Lobos BUAP Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla were a Mexican football club based in Puebla, Mexico. The club represented the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. The club's history goes back to the early 1930s ...

with an aggregate score of 4–2. For the 2017–18 Ascenso MX season, the league announced that Juárez was one of six

teams eligible for promotion to

the following season. In the Apertura 2017 season, Juárez lost their second consecutive final, against

Alebrijes de Oaxaca Alebrijes de Oaxaca Fútbol Club is a Mexican football team based in the city of Oaxaca, state of Oaxaca. They play in the second tier of Mexican football league, Liga de Expansión MX. The team was created when the Tecamachalco franchise won ...

, on penalties. On June 11, 2019, Juárez replaced

after the founding bi-national group purchased the struggling franchise, thus returning top-level football to Ciudad Juárez. They have developed a friendly, cross-border rivalry with

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of the

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since that side began play in 2019.

Stadium

FC Juárez play their home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Stadium attendance is capped at 19,765, and it is owned by

Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez The Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), is the largest university in the city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, founded in October 1973. History The UACJ was founded in 1973 by the inte ...

. The stadium was opened October 1980, with an inaugural match between the

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and

Atlético Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

de Madrid.

Personnel

Management

Current technical staff

Managers

Sergio Orduña Sergio Orduña Carrillo (born 4 April 1954) is a Mexican football manager and was a former manager Altamira of Ascenso MX. Career Orduña was a star football player for Tigres before becoming a manager. See also *List of people from Morelos ...

(2015–2016) *

Miguel de Jesús Fuentes Miguel de Jesús Fuentes Razo (born 29 September 1971) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Tigres UANL during the 1995-96 season. International career He was a member of the Mexico national f ...

(2016–2018) *

Tomás Campos Tomás Alberto Campos Alejandre (born 14 September 1975) is a Mexican former professional footballer, who was captain for Indios de Ciudad Juárez in the Liga de Ascenso, and interim manager for Juárez. Campos was part of the Cruz Azul side t ...

''(Interim)'' (2018) *

Gabriel Caballero Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker (born 5 February 1971) is a professional football manager and former player. Born in Argentina, he represented the Mexico national team. Club career Caballero started playing in his native Argentina's Central ...

(2018–2020) *

Luis Fernando Tena Luis Fernando Tena Garduño (born 20 January 1958) is a Mexican professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Guatemala national team. Coaching career After retiring as a player, Tena began his coaching career i ...

(2021) *

Alfonso Sosa Luis Alfonso Sosa Cisneros (born 5 October 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer and currently manager of Leones Negros UdeG Club Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara, also known as Leones Negros, Leones Negros UdeG, ...

(2021) *

Ricardo Ferretti Ricardo Ferretti de Oliveira (born 22 February 1954), also known as Tuca Ferretti, is a Brazilian-Mexican professional football manager and former player. As a player, Ferretti was an attacking midfielder known for his mobility, powerful rig ...

(2021–2022) * Hernan Cristante (2022–present)

Players

First-team squad

On loan

Reserve teams

;FC Juárez (Liga TDP) :Reserve team that plays in the

Liga TDP The Liga TDP is Mexico's fourth tier in the Mexican League System. The Liga TDP is divided into 17 groups. For the 2009/2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their ...

, the fourth level of the Mexican league system. ;Academia Cuextlán :Reserve team that plays in the

, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Honours

:Winners: Apertura 2015

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juarez Football clubs in Chihuahua (state) Liga MX teams Association football clubs established in 2015 2015 establishments in Mexico Sports teams in Ciudad Juárez