Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional
football
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club based in
Zapopan
Zapopan () is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, the population of Zapopan city proper makes it the second largest city in the state, very close behind the population of ...
,
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
. Guadalajara is one of the
ten founding members of the Mexican First Division and along with
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...
is one of only two teams that have
never been relegated to the
second-tier division.
Guadalajara is the only football club in Mexico that does not allow foreign players to play for their club. The team has constantly emphasized home-grown (''
cantera
Cantera, literally meaning "quarry" in Spanish, is a term used in Spain to refer to youth academies and farm teams organized by sports clubs. It is also used to refer to the geographical area that clubs recruit players from. The term is widely u ...
'') players and has been the launching pad of many internationally successful players, including,
Javier Hernández
Javier Hernández Balcázar (; born 1 June 1988), commonly known by the nickname Chicharito (, Mexican Spanish: ''little pea''), is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. He is known ...
,
Carlos Vela
Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido (born 1 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who captains and plays for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. Described as a versatile player who can play as a forward, winger, and attacking midfield ...
and
Carlos Salcido
Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores (; born 2 April 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer. He started his career as a centre-back and played most of it as left-back, then converted to defensive midfielder and ended it as centre-back. He ...
. The team's three colors (red, white, and blue) symbolize "Fraternity, Union, and Sports". The founders of the team adopted the colors that linked them back to their home country, France. Chivas supporters use a flag identical to the French flag to support their team. The team mascot, as well as their nickname, is the goat or ''chiva''. Chivas is one of Mexico's most successful teams
and holds the Mexican league record for the longest winning streak at the beginning of a season, with 8 consecutive wins. Internationally, Guadalajara is the best Mexican side to compete in
Copa Libertadores
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having reached the semifinals twice (2005 and 2006) and being runner-ups in the 2010 edition.
According to a 2016 study of preferred football clubs Guadalajara is the most popular team in Mexico, with 44.2% of supporters in the country. In 2020, ''
Forbes
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'' estimated that the club was the most valuable of the league, ranking sixth overall in the Americas, worth approximately
$311.5 million.
History
Early history
![Edgar Everaert](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Edgar_Everaert.png)
The team was founded by
Edgar Everaert
Edgar Everaert (born in Bruges, Belgium) was the founder of Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
Everaert arrived in Mexico in 1904 and obtained a job at the store Casa Comercial L. Gas y Cía. where he met Calixto Gas, a Mexican of French origin and with ...
, who arrived in Mexico in 1906. Their kit was modeled on that of the founder's favourite team, the Belgian
Club Brugge K.V.
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. , borrowing the vertical stripes and colour scheme of the Brugge strip in that era (Brugge has since changed their team colours). Some historians assert that the colours came from the French Tricolour because some of the club's first players were French. The first team comprised Mexican, Belgian, and French players. First named "Union" because of the camaraderie between the players of different nationalities, most of whom were employees of the Fábricas de Francia store, with founder Everaert as coach. A few Spanish and English also became members of the Unión Football Club.
On a tour of Europe, Everaert noticed that European teams named after their respective town or city seemed to generate more support from fans in their communities. So, in 1908, with the approval of Everaert and the players, Club de Futbol Union was renamed as Club Deportivo Guadalajara to engender a sense of loyalty within the city's population. In 1908, it was also decided that the team would only field Mexican-born players because of the growing sense of oppression Mexican nationals felt towards non-Mexican nationals. Following the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution, amateur football tournaments throughout the country flourished and Guadalajara was always involved. Between 1906 and 1943 (the amateur era of Mexican football and the
Primera Fuerza
The Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Amateur Association, known as the Primera Fuerza, was an amateur football league founded in Mexico in 1902 with five clubs: " Orizaba A.C.", " Pachuca A.C.", " Reforma A.C.", "Mexico Cricket Club" and " British Club". ...
), Guadalajara won 13 amateur titles, the first in 1908. Also during this period, the oldest rivalry in Mexican football began to form, between Guadalajara and
America
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.
Professional Era, El Ya Merito (1943–1953)
In 1943 the
Liga Mayor was founded after the merging of several regional leagues and the era of professional football began. Guadalajara struggled during the early years, with the exception of the 1948–49 season when they finished third. This same year Guadalajara was given the name "''Chivas Locas''" (Crazy Goats) during a game against
Atlas
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Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geographic ...
. The name was initially considered an insult, but later adopted as the team's nickname due to the overwhelming popularity of the club. During the 1951–52 and 1954–55 seasons, the team finished as runner-up in the league, leading to the nickname "''Ya Merito''" ("Almost There!").
El Campeonísimo (1955–1970)
During the 1956 season, players such as
Salvador "Chava" Reyes,
Jaime "El Tubo" Gomez, Isidoro Lopez, and
José Villegas
José Gerardo "Jamaicón" Villegas Tavares (20 June 1934 – 24 December 2021) was a Mexican Association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender for the Mexico national football team, Mexico national t ...
were part of what is considered one of the finest teams in Mexican football history, El Campeonísimo. Guadalajara won its first championship during this season due to a last minute goal scored by Salvador Reyes. Led by coaches such as Donald Russ and Javier de la Torre in subsequent years, the team won seven league championships, two cups, three CONCACAF titles and seven Champion of Champions titles. It was the only team in Mexico's football history to win four league championships in a row, during the 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, and 1961–62 seasons.
El Campeonísimo became internationally recognized and, in 1964 played several matches in Europe against such teams as
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
,
Werder Bremen
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, and
Lille Olympique, resulting in two victories, four draws and four losses for the team.
The Dark Era (1971–1983)
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Guadalajara struggled. In the 1970–71 season, the team finished very close to the relegation zone. The best they could manage to reach was the play-offs twice, with a fifth-place finish in 1971–72 and a sixth-place finish in 1976–77. They began to be nicknamed "Las Chivas Flacas" (The Lean Goats), due to their lean athletic performances. During the 1980–81 season, on 14 February 1981, the bus transporting the team to a match in
Puebla
Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
was hit by a trailer, taking the life of midfielder
Jose "Pepe" Martínez. During 1980–81 season, the team reached a third-place ranking. Eleven years after their near-relegation in 1971, Guadalajara managed to escape it yet again in the 1981–82 season by just one point.
Recovery (1983–1991)
Improvement came soon after the hiring of coach
Alberto Guerra
Alberto Guerra López (born 8 May 1944) is a Mexican former football manager and Defensive midfildier. He played for C.D. Guadalajara throughout his career.
Playing career
When Guerra was five, his parents decided to move to the city of Guad ...
, who had been a player for Guadalajara during the mid '60s. During the 1982–83 season, Guadalajara finished seventh in the league and qualified for the playoffs, going on to eliminate
Atlante F.C.
Atlante Fútbol Club, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. Founded in 1916, Atlante were original members of the Mexican Primera División when it began in 1943.
Atlante has won three national league championships, two ...
in quarter-finals and
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...
in Semifinals. The team reached the finals for the first time since the playoff format was introduced in the '70s, where they would go on to lose to
Puebla F.C.
Club Puebla, formerly Puebla F.C. is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Puebla, competing in the Liga MX. Known as ''La Franja'' ("The Striped Ones"), the team shirt features a diagonal stripe (traditionally blue on white ...
in a penalty shootout. Guadalajara would once again reach the Finals in 1983–84, only to lose to America by an aggregate score of 5–4. The club would continue being competitive the rest of the '80s and early '90s., with their very best performance in the 1986–87 season, where they would finish 1st in the regular season and win the Championship against
Cruz Azul
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...
in the final. Their best players during this time were
Benjamín Galindo
Benjamín Galindo Marentes (born 11 December 1960), nicknamed ''El Maestro'' (The Master), is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He participated with the national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Playing care ...
,
Eduardo de la Torre
Eduardo "Yayo" de la Torre Menchaca (born 4 December 1962) is a Mexican former professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ass ...
,
José Manuel de la Torre
José Manuel de la Torre Menchaca (born 13 November 1965), popularly nicknamed ''Chepo'', is a Mexican former professional footballer and a manager. As a player, de la Torre played as an attacking midfielder.
Playing career
"Chepo" came up ...
,
Fernando Quirarte
Fernando Quirarte Gutiérrez (born 17 May 1956) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager.
He played as a centre-back for the club Guadalajara from 1973 to 1987 and the Mexico national team, earning 45 caps and scoring 5 goals, ...
, and
Javier Aguirre
Javier Aguirre Onaindía (; born 1 December 1958), nicknamed ''El Vasco'' (The Basque), is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager who is currently in charge of Spanish team RCD Mallorca.
Aguirre played for Mexico at the 1986 Wo ...
among others.
"La Promotora" Era (1992–2002)
By the end of the 1980s, Guadalajara began to experience financial troubles. Team directors decided to create a special financial sector that would be known as La Promotora Deportiva. The team would be "sold" for 10 years starting in 1992 to a petroleum executive named Salvador Martinez Garza, who would be in charge of the ''Promotora'' and of team operations. Before Guadalajara began its new era under the ''Promotora'', the team began the 1990s in average form, reaching the Semifinals in 90–91, reaching the Quarterfinals in 91–92, and finishing in thirteenth place in 92–93.
The new directors decided to bring back Guadalajara's champion coach of the 1986–87 season Alberto Guerra and purchase many players that would become icons for Guadalajara in the early '90s: ''
Missael Espinoza
Eduardo Missael Espinoza Padilla (born 12 April 1965) is a Mexican former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
A versatile player capable of lining up in the attack or on the right side of midfie ...
'', ''Alberto "Guamerú" Garcia'', and ''
Alberto Coyote
Héctor Alberto Coyote Tapia (born 26 March 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager of Liga de Expansión MX club Tapatío.
As a player, he obtained 54 caps for the Mexico national team between 1992 and 2001, and w ...
''. The team also relied on young talent from the youth academy. Such talent included ''
Paulo Cesar "Tilon" Chavez'' and ''
Joel "Tiburon" Sanchez''. At the beginning of the 93–94 season, the press and fans dubbed the new and improved team ''Las Superchivas''. However, despite expectations, the team was eliminated early on in the playoffs. The 94–95 season would bring about more change for the team. The club directors sold all television rights of the team to Mexican giant
Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
, a move that was heavily criticized by fans because of Televisa's ownership of
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...
. Guadalajara would end the 1993–1994 regular season as the leader in the league table, but was narrowly defeated by
Club Necaxa
Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Necaxa, is a Mexican professional football club in Liga MX based in the city of Aguascalientes. It plays in the Estadio Victoria.
History
Foundation (Light and Power Company ...
in the Semifinals. The 96–97 season saw the exit of coach Alberto Guerra, being replaced by the Dutchman
Leo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker CM (; born 2 August 1942) is a Dutch international football coach. He has had an extensive and successful career both at club and international level. He led both Ajax and Feyenoord to Dutch championships and also had domestic s ...
. The team failed to make the playoffs that season.
By 1996, the
Primera División de México
The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year.
The league is considered the strongest in North America, and amo ...
season format would be changed to two short seasons per year. The first of the seasons,
Invierno 1996, saw Guadalajara bring in another coach, Brazilian
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 ...
. During Ferretti's first season, the team managed to reach third place in the league table, but would be eliminated by
Club Necaxa
Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Necaxa, is a Mexican professional football club in Liga MX based in the city of Aguascalientes. It plays in the Estadio Victoria.
History
Foundation (Light and Power Company ...
in the Quarterfinals. Guadalajara won its 10th championship under Ferretti in the
Verano 1997 season against
Toros Neza
Neza Fútbol Club, also known as ''Toros Neza'' is a Mexican football team based in the city of Nezahualcóyotl. They play in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano.
The club returned for the Clausura 2011 Liga de Ascenso tournament, taking the place o ...
with the aggregate score of 7–2. Guadalajara would once again reach the Finals in the
Invierno 1998 season, only to once again lose to Necaxa.
New Ownership Era (2002–2011)
After its tenth year in charge of Guadalajara, ''La Promotora'' was still in debt and finally put up for sale. On 31 October 2002, the team was acquired by a Guadalajara native and self-made entrepreneur,
Jorge Vergara
Jorge Carlos Vergara Madrigal (; 3 March 1955 – 15 November 2019) was a Mexican businessman and film producer. He was the founder of the multi-level marketing company Grupo Omnilife. In addition to its health products business, Grupo Omnilif ...
. Vergara was the founder of a multi level marketing named Grupo Omnilife. Vergara hired directors that would be in charge of handling business affairs. He also removed all sponsorship from Guadalajara's jersey; the jersey has since had limited sponsorship.
In order to establish funding for the team, Vergara sought to market the ''Las Chivas'' name and capitalize on it, placing the name on anything from its own magazine to toothbrushes and its own brand of
cola
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.
For the
Clausura 2003 season, Guadalajara hired
Eduardo de la Torre
Eduardo "Yayo" de la Torre Menchaca (born 4 December 1962) is a Mexican former professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ass ...
, who had played for the team in the 1980s. The
Apertura 2003 season would see poor results in the first half of the tournament, putting an end to de la Torre's tenure as coach. Coaching responsibilities would be temporarily assumed by Dutchman
Hans Westerhof
Hans Westerhof (born 24 November 1948) is a Dutch football coach and currently supervisory board member at SC Heerenveen. Besides the Netherlands, he has coached in the United States and Mexico.
As a player, Westerhof played for BV Veendam and B ...
and the team would qualify for a wild card showdown against
Club Deportivo Toluca
Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Club Deportivo Toluca, is a Mexican football club, playing in the Primera División de México, the top-flight of Mexican football. Toluca's stadium, Estadio Nemesio Díez Riega is ...
, only to be subsequently eliminated.
In February 2004, it was announced that the club would construct a
new stadium.
In the
Apertura 2004, Guadalajara would display an offensive style of football and managed to place third in the league standings, qualifying for the playoffs. Players such as goalkeeper
Oswaldo Sánchez
Oswaldo Javier Sánchez Ibarra (; born 21 September 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and a sports analyst for Televisa Deportes. He is highly regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Mexican footbal ...
,
Ramon Morales,
Omar Bravo
Omar Bravo Tordecillas (born 4 March 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is Guadalajara's all-time leading scorer in all matches.
Club career Club Deportivo Guadalajara
Omar Bravo has scored 132 goals ...
, and newly acquired
Adolfo Bautista
Adolfo Bautista Herrera (born 15 May 1979), also known as "Bofo", is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Bautista is remembered for his powerful shot, creative ball control, and acrobatic moves, as ...
, became instant fan favorites. They defeated
Atlante F.C.
Atlante Fútbol Club, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. Founded in 1916, Atlante were original members of the Mexican Primera División when it began in 1943.
Atlante has won three national league championships, two ...
in the quarterfinals and Toluca in the semifinals, but would lose in the Finals against
UNAM
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in a penalty shootout. Nevertheless, the team had shown, since Vergara's arrival, that it was highly competitive, including in the
2005 Copa Libertadores
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It was the first time ever that two teams from the same country reached the final. This year's tourn ...
, where it defeated favorites
Boca Juniors
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4–0 aggregate to reach the semifinals.
Under coach
José Manuel de la Torre
José Manuel de la Torre Menchaca (born 13 November 1965), popularly nicknamed ''Chepo'', is a Mexican former professional footballer and a manager. As a player, de la Torre played as an attacking midfielder.
Playing career
"Chepo" came up ...
, whom was a player for Guadalajara in the 1980s, the team won its 11th championship.
In the
Apertura 2006 season, Las Chivas placed eighth in the league table and qualified for the playoffs by defeating
Veracruz
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2–1 in
Veracruz
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and 4–0 in the
Estadio Jalisco
The Jalisco Stadium is a football stadium located in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is the third largest Mexican football stadium behind Estadio Azteca and Estadio Olímpico Universitario. The facility is located in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, 4 ...
in a wild card series. Guadalajara advanced to the quarterfinals where they defeated
Cruz Azul
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...
2–0 in the first leg and tied 2–2 in the second leg (4–2 aggregate), moving on to the
semi-finals
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against rivals
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...
.
The club advanced to the final of the Primera División against
Toluca
Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...
. The first match was played at Estadio Jalisco, in which Toluca and Las Chivas tied 1–1 with goals from
Omar Bravo
Omar Bravo Tordecillas (born 4 March 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is Guadalajara's all-time leading scorer in all matches.
Club career Club Deportivo Guadalajara
Omar Bravo has scored 132 goals ...
for Las Chivas and
Bruno Marioni
Bruno Marioni Giménez (born 15 June 1975, in Paraná) is a retired Argentine striker who preferred to attack from the sides. He is currently the manager of Liga de Expansión MX team Venados.
Career
Marioni made his debut under the last n ...
for Toluca. On 10 December 2006, Las Chivas played at Toluca's home stadium
Estadio Nemesio Díez
The Estadio Nemesio Díez (Nemesio Diez Stadium), nicknamed "La Bombonera" (The Chocolate Box) due to its shape, is one of the oldest football stadiums in Mexico. Opened on August 8, 1954, with a capacity of 27,273, it is located in the city of T ...
and won 2–1 (3–2 aggregate), thus becoming the Mexican League champions by holding 11 titles, the most titles of any team in the league at the time.
The first goal was scored by
Francisco Javier Rodriguez
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Nicknames
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, and the second was by
Adolfo Bautista
Adolfo Bautista Herrera (born 15 May 1979), also known as "Bofo", is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Bautista is remembered for his powerful shot, creative ball control, and acrobatic moves, as ...
.
Bautista dedicated his goal and his team's victory to his mother, who had died shortly before. This championship was goalkeeper Oswaldo Sánchez's first in his career. After the Apertura 2006 championship the team had gone through a series of changes with the departures of Oswaldo Sánchez, Adolfo Bautista, and Omar Bravo who left to play in Spain. José Manuel de la Torre was fired in the Apertura 2007 tournament and replaced by
Efrain Flores. After Flores's stint at the club
Omar Arellano Nuño
Omar Arellano Nuño (born 29 May 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and current manager. He played for Tigres UANL during the 1995-96 season.
As of April 2009 he was the manager at Chivas Guadalajara ...
was appointed, but he only coached one league game and two Copa Libertadores matches. Arellano was replaced by Francisco Ramirez who had an unsuccessful period as coach by having the lowest percentage of effectiveness of all the coaches hired in the last seven years. Ramirez was fired and replaced by Raul Arias, who also had a terrible run at the club. On 4 November 2009, Raul Arias was fired and replaced by
José Luis Real
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Career
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Real played club football for C.D. Guadalajar ...
. Real lead the team to an explosive start of the
2010 Bicentenario tournament, winning the first 8 games in a row. Nevertheless, their winning streak was broken against the low table team,
Chiapas F.C.
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, losing by a score of 4–0. Under José Luis Real, ''Chivas'' saw many young and promising players blossoming even more rapidly than expected, including
Javier Hernández
Javier Hernández Balcázar (; born 1 June 1988), commonly known by the nickname Chicharito (, Mexican Spanish: ''little pea''), is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. He is known ...
, who was signed by English club
Manchester United
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on 8 April; Hernandez additionally finished the tournament as joint-top scorer with 10 goals and named best forward. ''Chivas'' qualified to the
championship stage
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
after a second place general table finish but lost to
Monarcas Morelia in the first round with an aggregate score of 5–2.
On 30 July, ''Chivas'' played their inaugural match in their newly constructed
stadium
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against Manchester United, as part of a deal where Javier Hernández was headed to the English club. Hernández played for Guadalajara in the first half, scoring within the first 8 minutes and switched sides in the second, unable to prevent a 3–2 defeat for Manchester United.
In August, ''Chivas'' played
that year's Copa Libertadores
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finals
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against Brazilian club
Sport Club Internacional
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but lost following an aggregate score of 5–3, becoming the second Mexican club to reach the tournament's final.
The New Dark Era (2011–2015)
Starting with the release of Jose Luis Real as coach in October 2011, Chivas struggled to maintain form finding themselves with 9 coaches being hired and released in the past 3 years. The club was in danger of being relegated to the second division for the first time in their history. In February 2012,
Johan Cruyff
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was hired as the team's advisor. Nine months later the club sacked him, mainly due to the fact that the team was not improving. On 22 November 2013 Guadalajara placed multiple important players on the transfer list:
Marco Fabián
Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la Mora (; born 21 July 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Mazatlán. He is an Olympic gold medalist.
Fabián is a graduate of C.D. Guadalajara's youth aca ...
,
Miguel Ponce
Miguel Andrés Ponce Torres (born 19 August 1971) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Deportes Iquique.
Honours Club
;Universidad Católica
* Primera División de Chile
Prime ...
, and veterans
Luis Michel
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and
Héctor Reynoso
Héctor Reynoso López (born 3 October 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Career
Guadalajara
Reynoso has played his whole professional career with Guadalajara, but went through a short loan spell at ...
. On 25 November 2013, it was confirmed that
Jose Luis Real
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*Jose ben Abin
*Jose ben Akabya
*Jose the Galilean ...
would return to C.D. Guadalajara as head coach. Real showed improvement in the squad but was soon released after the team lost 4–0 at home to rivals
Club América
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. On 2 April 2014, veteran manager
Ricardo La Volpe
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As a coach, La Volpe was in ...
was appointed as head coach. He was immediately released on 30 April 2014 supposedly due to having inappropriate conduct with a female staff member who later took legal action against him. On 12 May 2014,
Carlos Bustos
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Bustos played as a central defender for the Argentinian t ...
was appointed as head coach. On 2 October 2014, Bustos resigned after a 3–1 loss to
Club Toluca
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. He left the team with two wins, four draws, and four losses. On 7 October 2014, former Mexico national team manager
José Manuel de la Torre
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Playing career
"Chepo" came up ...
was appointed as head coach. The club started the 2015 season with a 2–1 loss against
Chiapas
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, and this result caused them to become tied in the last position of the Liga MX relegation table with
Puebla
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. The very next week the club showed better character after a 2–1 win at home against
Pumas UNAM
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in front of a very supportive, and completely sold-out crowd of fans. By game 12 of the
2015 Clausura season, Guadalajara managed to earn 21 points after winning crucial matches against teams such as
Monterrey
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and relegation rivals
Puebla
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.
José Manuel de la Torre's strategic 4–2–3–1 formation proved effect during matches despite the fans' constant requests to use two strikers in the starting line-up. In game 13 of the season, Guadalajara defeated
Club León
Club León Fútbol Club, also known as León, is a Mexican professional football club based in León, Guanajuato, that competes in the Liga MX, the top flight of Mexican football.
León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX title ...
in the
Estadio Omnilife's 100th official match and went up to 1st place with 24 points.
José Manuel de la Torre's effectiveness rose to 62.1%, the highest rate in the Clausura 2015 season. The club finished the 2015 Clausura in fifth place with the third best defense of the season, thus, qualifying to the playoffs for the first time since 2012. The team started the 2015 Apertura season with 4 points in 6 games and a squad plagued with injuries. On 14 September 2015, the club announced they had released De la Torre.
The Second Resurrection (2015–present)
On 18 September 2015, the club officially presented
Matías Almeyda
Matías Jesús Almeyda (; born 21 December 1973) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Greek Super League club AEK Athens.
Nicknamed ''El Pelado'' ("bald one") despite his traditionally l ...
as new manager, proclaiming he wanted to "awaken the giant." Almeyda immediately made his style of attacking football known by consecutively winning his first four matches, including the match against rivals
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...
on 26 September 2015 by a score of 2–1 at the
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Mexico City. It is the official home of football clubs Club América and Cruz Azul as well as the Mexico national football team. The stadium sits at an altitude of above sea level. Wit ...
. On 4 November, Guadalajara won its third
Copa MX
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after defeating
Club León
Club León Fútbol Club, also known as León, is a Mexican professional football club based in León, Guanajuato, that competes in the Liga MX, the top flight of Mexican football.
León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX title ...
by a score of 1–0 via a 75th-minute header scored by defender
Oswaldo Alanís
Oswaldo Alanís Pantoja (born 18 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
Club career
Estudiantes Tecos
Since 2007, Alanís had been playing with Estudiantes Tecos in the Mexican Second division and after ...
. On 8 May, the club qualified for the Clausura 2016 Liguilla, earning 28 points and finishing 5th. After seasons of struggles and disappointing results, the club earned ninth place in the official relegation table for the 2016–2017 season due to their good performances throughout the 2015–2016 season, thus, starting their end of relegation troubles and surpassing clubs such as
Cruz Azul
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and
Club Tijuana
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Founded ...
.
On 21 May 2016, club owner Jorge Vergara announced in an official press conference that the club was not renewing contract with Mexican television giants
Televisa
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In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
, thus, ending a 22-year run with the broadcasting company. Vergara then announced the establishment of
Chivas TV, the club's own channel for live games, interviews, and more. Chivas TV would have a rough start with many complaints from customers about a difficulty watching the live games, but the service would get better as the season progressed and allies such as Cinepolis Klic, Claro Video, and
TDN joined the project and also broadcast the live games.
On 10 July 2016, ''Chivas'' played their first ever
Supercopa MX
The Supercopa MX ( en, Supercup MX) was a Mexican football championship contested by the winners of the Apertura and Clausura Copa MX.
History
In June 2013 Liga MX president Decio De María announced the winners of Apertura and Clausura Copa MX w ...
and won the title by defeating
Veracruz
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2–0, with goals from
Orbelin Pineda and
Omar Bravo
Omar Bravo Tordecillas (born 4 March 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is Guadalajara's all-time leading scorer in all matches.
Club career Club Deportivo Guadalajara
Omar Bravo has scored 132 goals ...
, and qualifying to the
Copa Libertadores
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for the first time since 2012, however, they would ultimately not participate due to the Copa Libertadores had a new format which Mexican teams couldn't adapt to, thus withdrawing from the competition.
On 19 April 2017, ''Chivas'' won their
fourth Copa MX title, defeating
Monarcas Morelia in a penalty shoot-out by a score of 3–1 after a goalless draw, with Guadalajara goalkeeper
Miguel Jiménez stopping three consecutive penalties during the series. The following month, they played Atlas, Toluca and in the
Clausura championship final was played against
Tigres UANL
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, with Guadalajara winning their twelfth league title following an aggregate victory of 4–3 after two legs. With the capture of the Liga MX title, ''Chivas'' became the first team in Mexican history to win a
Double
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in a single season on two different occasions and their first since the since the
1969–70 season.
On 25 April 2018, Guadalajara won the
CONCACAF Champions League final against
Major League Soccer
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side
Toronto FC
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, defeating them 4–2 via penalty shoot-out, with all four players scoring, after a 3–3 aggregate draw. As a result of winning the title, Guadalajara qualified for the
2018 FIFA Club World Cup
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. On 11 June 2018, however, he left, citing differences with an executive. The following day,
José Cardozo
José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former professional footballer. He played as a striker and spent 10 years of his career playing for Toluca and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. He ...
was appointed manager.
In December, at the FIFA Club World Cup, they concluded their first participation in the tournament with a sixth place finish after losing in a penalty shoot-out against Tunisian club
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. In March 2019, Cardozo was let go following a losing streak of 4 matches and on 10 April,
Tomás Boy
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Known for his technical skills and field vision, Boy is considered as one of the greatest Mexica ...
was named as his successor.
On 15 November 2019,
Grupo Omnilife
Grupo Omnilife is a Guadalajara-based multi-level marketing company that distributed dietary supplements. The corporation is owned by Amaury Vergara, who also owns the football club Las Chivas, CD Guadalajara.
History
Vergara a two American co ...
and club owner Jorge Vergara died at the age of 64 of cardiac arrest. His son, Amaury Vergara, inherited the presidency of the club.
On 26 November, Amaury Vergara officially presented
Ricardo Peláez
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As a player, Peláez made his debut with Club América in 1985, before moving to Necaxa in 198 ...
as the club's new sporting director and
Luis Fernando Tena
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Coaching career
After retiring as a player, Tena began his coaching career in ...
as the new manager.
Tena was let go on 9 August after going the first three matches of the
Guardianes 2020 tournament scoreless, losing twice. Four days later,
Victor Manuel Vucetich
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was appointed as the new manager. Following a seventh place general table finish, they made it to the
Guardianes 2020 semi-finals, losing 2–1 to eventual league winners
Club León
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León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX title ...
.
Colors and badge
Once the team was renamed in 1908 as ''Club Guadalajara'', they used initials, ''C.G.'', in the centre of the jersey. After a few years of the team's existence, the first proper crest was designed, still using the team's initials. They were eventually placed around a circle. This design would be used in the team's limited edition Centennial jerseys in 2006.
![2252986650 f90b614da6](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/2252986650_f90b614da6.jpg)
Guadalajara's current crest was designed in 1923 and uses as its base, the crest of the city of
Guadalajara, Jalisco
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. The crest was then complemented with a blue circle and the words ''Club Deportivo Guadalajara'', five red stripes and six white stripes, eventual colours that were adopted by the team, and twelve stars representing each championship the team has won. The actual crest design is credited to brothers ''Everardo and Jose Espinosa'', ''Angel Bolumar'', and ''Antonio Villalvazo'', all of whom were players or directors of the team during that time.
*Kit provider:
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(Apertura 2016– )
*Sponsors: Caliente,
Tecate
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, Granvita,
Telcel
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, Akron,
Coca-Cola
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, Sello Rojo
Source:
Past kits
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*JVC is a brand of property of the team's president, Jorge Vergara (JVC are the initials of his father's name, Jorge Vergara Cabrera), although these are manufactured by Grendene de México S.A. de C.V.
Stadium
![Omnilife Stadium](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Omnilife_Stadium.png)
From the 1930s to 1960, Guadalajara played in a small stadium known as "Parque Oblatos". Guadalajara next shared the
Estadio Jalisco
The Jalisco Stadium is a football stadium located in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is the third largest Mexican football stadium behind Estadio Azteca and Estadio Olímpico Universitario. The facility is located in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, 4 ...
with their town rivals
Atlas
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. Estadio Jalisco was inaugurated on 31 January 1960. It was host for eight games in the
1970 FIFA World Cup
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, six group-stage matches, and one each in the quarterfinals and
semifinals
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. The stadium was host for nine games in the
1986 FIFA World Cup
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, six group-stage matches, one round-of-16 match, one quarterfinal, and one semifinal. Chivas played in the Jalisco Stadium from 1960 to 2010. Due to the aging structure of the stadium and the desire of Chivas to have their own stadium to call home, owner Jorge Vergara decided to construct a stadium (Jalisco Stadium was always shared with various teams from the city such as Atlas, Club Universidad de Guadalajara, and Club Oro, among others). Chivas administration used an investment of 130 million dollars to build a new home.
In 2010, Las Chivas's new home field was completed.
Estadio Omnilife
The Estadio Akron, formerly known as the Estadio Omnilife and Estadio Chivas (''Estadio Chivas'', ), is a multipurpose stadium that is used mostly for football matches. It is the home of Liga MX side C.D. Guadalajara. It is part of the JVC comp ...
(then named after the nutrition company owned by Vergara) was designed to look like a volcano with a cloud on top. The idea of the design is to integrate the stadium with nature because of its proximity to a forest area. It is also used for conventions and as a Business JVC Center. Construction of the stadium began in May 2007 and concluded in July 2010. The stadium seats are red, except for the loge seats that are white. It has a large main entrance and 18 exits. Total
seating capacity
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is 49,850, which includes 330 suites with capacities of nine to 13 guests. An underground parking lot is available for suite renters, which holds up to 850 cars, and parking outside the stadium has capacity for 8,000 cars. The new stadium also has a store, a museum, and various food and beverage concessions. The stadium's opening date was 30 July 2010. The inaugural match was a friendly between Chivas and
Manchester United
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that Chivas won 3–2, with the first goal scored by
Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez. In March 2016, the stadium was renamed Estadio Chivas.
Rivalries
''El Súper Clásico ''
Chivas has developed two important rivalries over the years. Perhaps its most intense rivalry is with Mexico City-based
Club América
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. Their meetings, which have become known as ''
El Súper Clásico'', are played at least twice a year and signal a national derby. Both are the most successful and most popular teams in Mexico. The first confrontation between them ended with a victory for Guadalajara with a score of 3–0.The rivalry began to flourish after the second match when Club América defeated Guadalajara with a score of 7–2. Although the huge defeat sparked embarrassment within Chivas, it was almost two decades before the rivalry became ''The Clásico''. One of the very reasons why these two teams are archrivals is because in 1983 and 1986 they brawled with each other, raising excitement among the fans. Thus, every time they play it is considered a match that everyone will remember. To this day, ''El Clásico de Clásicos'' continues to raise huge excitement in the whole country as well as in other parts of the world where there are fans of either team. The intensity of the game is lived so passionately that every time these two teams play a game, regardless of what position they are in on the charts or what level they show throughout the league, it is always considered the most important game of the season. El Súper Clásico was ranked 12th on
FourFourTwo
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In 2008, it was announced that ''FourFourTwo'' had e ...
's 50 biggest derbies list.
''El Clásico Tapatío''
The ''
Clásico Tapatío
El Clásico Tapatío is a Guadalajara, Jalisco-based sporting rivalry between C.D. Guadalajara and Atlas. It is considered the oldest clásico of Mexican football since it dates back to the year 1916.
History
The rivalry was born shortly after th ...
'', as it is known, is the oldest derby in Mexican football since its inception in 1916, being a game that is lived with great passion on the part of supporters of both Chivas and
Club Atlas
Atlas Fútbol Club () is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco that currently plays in Liga MX. It plays home matches at the Estadio Jalisco.
Founded in 1916, Atlas has won three league titles and four domestic cups ...
. In the early stages of the rivalry Guadalajara supporters started to dub players of Atlas by calling them "Margaritas". In reaction to the name, a group of Atlas supporters reacted by claiming that their rivals ran like "Chivas Locas" (Crazy Goats) and to the Chivas players it was considered an insult. Over time the meaning of "Chivas" changed due to the popularity of the club and it became a term of endearment upon the Chivas fans. They used to share
Estadio Jalisco
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, which caused controversies with the fans until, in 2010 Chivas moved to the
Estadio Chivas
The Estadio Akron, formerly known as the Estadio Omnilife and Estadio Chivas (''Estadio Chivas'', ), is a multipurpose stadium that is used mostly for football matches. It is the home of Liga MX side C.D. Guadalajara. It is part of the JVC comple ...
.
Coaching staff
Players
First-team squad
Out on loan
Other players under contract
Reserve teams
;
Tapatío
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:Reserve team that plays in the
Liga de Expansión MX
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in the second level of the Mexican league system.
;
Álamos
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Historically an important center of silver mining, the town's economy is now dominated by the tourist sector. Designated a ''pueblo mágico ...
:Reserve team that plays in the
Liga TDP
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in the third level of the Mexican league system.
Player records
''All players are Mexican unless otherwise noted.''
Top scorers
;Primera División
All-time records
''Players in bold are still active with the team.''
Retired numbers
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forward
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* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
, 1953–1967, 2008)
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José Martínez González
José Martínez González (29 May 1953 – 14 February 1981) was a Mexican footballer.
Club career
"Pepe" Martínez played club football for Chivas de Guadalajara.
Death
He died in a traffic accident involving the Chivas team bus in Puebl ...
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midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, 1970–81) (posthumous)
Club officials
Grupo Omnilife
Grupo Omnilife is a Guadalajara-based multi-level marketing company that distributed dietary supplements. The corporation is owned by Amaury Vergara, who also owns the football club Las Chivas, CD Guadalajara.
History
Vergara a two American co ...
: Chivas
* President: Amaury Vergara
* Chief Financial Officer: Gustavo Jiménez
Club Deportivo Guadalajara
* Sporting Director:
Fernando Hierro
Fernando Ruiz Hierro (; born 23 March 1968) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a centre-back, sweeper or defensive midfielder. He is the current sporting director of Liga MX club C.D. Guadalajara.
He won five La Liga ...
* Director of Institutional Football: Mariano Varela
* Deputy Director: Javier Mier
* Women's team Director: Nelly Simón
* Women's academy Director: José Luis Zavala
* Club Secretary: Jesús Hernández
;Senior club staff
* Director of Medical Services: Dr. Luis Gallardo
* Commercial Director: Olimpia Cabral
* Sports Science Manager: Jaime Figueroa
* Director of Sponsorship: Francisco Murillo
* Director of Legal and Business Affairs: Arturo Gálvez
* Head of Sporting Human Development: Cecilia Ramírez
* Stadium Subdirectorate: Refugio Solorzáno
* Nutrition Manager: Margarita Posada
* Administrative Manager: José Luis Sierra
* Social Media Coordinator: Aldo Guerrero
* Presidency Assistant: Sonia Gálvez
* SIPA Coordinator: Luis Alberto Hernández
* Management Assistant: Alejandra Evangelista
* Verde Valle Administration: Pedro Malagón
* Commercial Sub-Directorate: Rogelio Roa
* Social work: Johana Bautista
;Coaching staff
* Manager: ''Vacant''
* Assistant manager: ''Vacant''
* Assistant manager: ''Vacant''
* Goalkeeping coach:
Víctor Hugo Hernández
Víctor Hugo Hernández (born 19 May 1986 in Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico) is a Mexican former professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Atlético Zacatepec
Club Atlético Zacatepec was a Mexican football team based in Zac ...
* Fitness coach: ''Vacant''
;Women's team coaching staff
* Manager:
Juan Pablo Alfaro
Juan Pablo Alfaro Guzmán (born 2 March 1979) is a Mexican former footballer and current manager of Liga MX Femenil club Guadalajara (women).
Career
Alfaro is known as "El Pato" (The Duck) to many fans. He started his career with Chivas de Gua ...
* Assistant manager: Héctor Noriega
* Assistant manager: Gregorio Sánchez
* Fitness coach: Mario Domínguez
;Academy coaching staff
* Sports Coordinator (C.D. Tapatío, U-20 & U-18): Erich Hernández
* Basic Forces Coordinator:
Luis Manuel Díaz
Luis Manuel Díaz (born 17 May 1965) is a Mexican football assistant manager and former player who is the assistant for Guadalajara Juvenil since 2021.
Youth career
In 1975, Díaz debuted with Guadalajara Pequeños.
In 1977, Díaz debuted ...
* Children's Football Coordinator: Carlos Nápoles
* C.D. Tapatío coach:
Gerardo Espinoza
Gerardo Espinoza Ahumada (born 3 October 1981) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager.
Playing career Club
Gerardo played for Atlante for a year and went back to Santos Laguna, but was transferred to Club Atlas before ...
* Under-20s head coach:
Alberto Coyote
Héctor Alberto Coyote Tapia (born 26 March 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager of Liga de Expansión MX club Tapatío.
As a player, he obtained 54 caps for the Mexico national team between 1992 and 2001, and w ...
* Under-18s head coach: Luis Felipe Peña
* Under-16s head coach: Marco Antonio Fabián
* Under-14s head coach: Rodolfo Jáuregui
* Academy assistant coaches:
Paulo Chávez
Paulo Cesar "Tilon" Chavez Quirarte (born 7 January 1976) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a midfielder.
He played midfielder and is known for his precise passing and his speed.
Chivas
Chavez debuted with Chivas on December 12, ...
,
Mario Ortiz, Alberto Ascensio, Rafael Reyes, Wilber Gómez, Faustino Torres & Oscar Delgadillo
* Academy fitness coaches: Eduardo Gorgonio, Gerard Piniés, Salvador Ureña, Edgar Capetillo, José Rincón, Oscar Morelos, Edgar Figueroa, Luis Mercado & Pedro Ventura
* Under-18s (women) head coach: Andrea Medrano
* Under-16s (women) head coach: Joan Ginebra
* Academy assistant coaches (women): Jair Chávez
* Academy fitness coach (women): José Roberto Díaz
;Medical staff
* First team doctors: Luis Gallardo & Felipe Peña
* First team physiotherapists: Alejandro Ramírez
* Women's team doctor: Daniel Vega
* Women's team physiotherapist: Saraí Reséndiz
* Academy doctors: José Trejo, Arturo Alcalde, Mario Robles, Edgar Figueroa, Oscar Rubio, Ariel de la Rosa & Horacio Mejía
* Women's academy doctor: Karina Martínez & Narciso López
* Academy physiotherapist: Víctor Quezada
* Academy kit managers: Juan Morán, José López & Sergio García
Sources:
Managerial history
Honours
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; Doubles
*Liga MX and Concacaf (1): 1961-62
*Liga MX and Copa MX (2): 1969-70, 2017
References
External links
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