Chiapas Fútbol Club, commonly known as Jaguares de Chiapas, was a
football
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club based in
Tuxtla Gutiérrez,
Mexico, that played in the
Mexican football league system
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Liga MX
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. The team played their home matches at the
Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna.
History
Jaguares de Chiapas
The club in its Chiapas reincarnation was "founded" on 27 June 2002. They played their first game on 3 August against
Tigres de la UANL, losing 3–1, with
Lucio Filomeno
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scoring the club's first ever goal. The club's first win came on 25 August, a 1–0 win over
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.
[
] They finished the Apertura 2002, with a record of three wins, seven draws, and nine defeats. In the Clausura 2005 they finished with six wins, four draws, and seven defeats, and the head coach
José Luis Trejo
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Career
Trejo played club football for Atlético Español and Tecos.
Trejo has coached Toros de Neza, Cruz Azul, Ch ...
was sacked in the middle of the season. The club then named
Antonio Mohamed as manager, but poor results meant another change with
Fernando Quirarte taking over for the remainder of the season, bringing stability to the team and results improved.
[
] They won the Chiapas Cup in 2004 and on 16 July 2005, they won the Chiapas Cup for a second time, by defeating
Necaxa
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History
Foundation (Light and Power Comp ...
at the Victor Manuel Reyna Stadium. In February 2008 Sergio Almaguer was named manager of Chiapas.
In the Clausura 2006, under new coach
Eduardo de la Torre
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, the club finished with the second best record over the regular season, and with it a place in the Play-offs, where they lost in the Quarter-finals to
Guadalajara
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.
On May 20, 2013, the club was sold to Grupo Delfines whose majority stake holder Amado Yañez is also owner of
Querétaro FC Stating low attendance and lack of sponsorship, the new owner announced he would be moving the team to
Querétaro
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to replace
Querétaro FC recently relegated to the second division. The owner added the fans of Querétaro deserved a top division club in their city.
Club logo, 2002-2011
Chiapas F.C.
On May 20, 2013, it was announced Chiapas Liga MX team Jaguares de Chiapas was sold and relocated to
Querétaro
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, Mexico. On May 28, 2013, it was announced the team
San Luis San Luis (Spanish for "Saint Louis") may refer to:
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* San Luis Province
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* San Luis, Belize, in Orange Walk District Colombia
* San Luis, Antioquia, a town and municipality ...
was relocating to the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez and was renamed Chiapas Fútbol Club, thus bringing back a first division team back to Chiapas. The new Chiapas franchise took over the San Luis television contract with
Televisa. At the conclusion of the Clausura 2017 tournament, Chiapas were relegated to
Ascenso MX
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after finishing last in the relegation table.
On June 8, 2017, the team dissolved after the owner of Chiapas Carlos Lopez Chargoy met with their coaching staff and players. But a week later, the president of Liga MX announced that the team is disaffiliated and made bail to pay what is due. The next day, a soccer team would return to Chiapas, but it would have to play in Liga Premier de Mexico. Jiquipilas Valle Verde F.C. announced on June 23 that it would change its franchise from Jiquipilas to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, naming the team 'Chiapas Jaguar' and playing their home games at VMR, but four days later this did not happen because the FMF prohibited it to use the name, which the family Lopez Chargoy owns.
Honours
* Chiapas Cup: (3)
::2003, 2005, 2007
*
Copa Mesoamericana
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Record players
Managers
Jaguares de Chiapas
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Salvador Capitano Valenti (July 1, 2002–Oct 13, 2002)
*
Sergio Bueno (March 13, 2003 – June 30, 2003)
*
José Luis Trejo
José Luis Trejo Montoya (born 4 August 1951) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager of Real Estelí.
Career
Trejo played club football for Atlético Español and Tecos.
Trejo has coached Toros de Neza, Cruz Azul, Ch ...
(July 1, 2003–Feb 14, 2005)
* Antonio Ascencio Meza (Feb 14, 2004–June 30, 2004)
*
Antonio Mohamed (Feb 16, 2005–April 3, 2005)
*
Fernando Quirarte (April 7, 2005–Sept 13, 2005)
*
Luis Tena
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(Sept 15, 2005–June 30, 2006)
*
Eduardo de la Torre
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(July 1, 2006–Feb 15, 2007)
*
Víctor Manuel Vucetich
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With a career spanning more than thirty years, Vucetich is one of the most d ...
(Feb 15, 2007–Sept 7, 2007)
*
Isidoro García (Sept 8, 2007–Feb 17, 2008)
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Sergio Almaguer (Feb 20, 2008–Sept 21, 2008)
*
Francisco Avilán Cruz
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(Sept 30, 2008–Dec 31, 2008)
*
Miguel Brindisi (Jan 1, 2009–May 4, 2009)
*
Luis Tena
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(May 5, 2009–Feb 8, 2010)
* Juan Manuel Álvarez ''(interim)'' (Feb 11, 2010–Feb 18, 2010)
*
Pablo Marini (Feb 16, 2010–June 30, 2010)
*
José Guadalupe Cruz (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2013)
Chiapas F.C.
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Sergio Bueno (July 1, 2013 – May 18, 2015)
*
Ricardo Lavolpe (May 25, 2015 – 2016)
Shirt sponsors and manufacturers
See also
*
Cultural significance of the jaguar in North America
*
Football in Mexico
*
Tuxtla F.C.
Tuxtla F.C. was a football club from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico that was active from July 2017 to June 2019.
History
After local team Chiapas F.C. dissolved in July 2017, Jiquipilas Valle Verde F.C. moved from Jiquipilas to Tuxtla Gutiérrez a ...
References
External links
Official site
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Football clubs in Chiapas
Liga MX teams
Association football clubs established in 2002
2002 establishments in Mexico
Association football clubs disestablished in 2017