Fútbol Club Juárez, also known as Bravos de Juárez or simply Juárez, is a Mexican professional

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club based in

Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( , ; "Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez (Lipan language, Lipan: ''Tsé Táhú'ayá''), is the most populous city in the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. It was k ...

, Chihuahua, that currently competes in

Liga MX Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divis ...

, the top division of Mexican football.

History

Fútbol Club Juárez was founded in 2015 by a bi-national group of six families, two from the border city of El Paso, Texas, USA and four from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 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 Di ...

, 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

Ascenso MX Ascenso MX, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Primera División A de México (1994–2009 ...

, 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 Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...

. 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

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, 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 professional Association football, football club based in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, that plays in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. T ...

, 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

El Paso Locomotive El Paso Locomotive FC is an American professional soccer team based in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019. History First season In February 2018, the United Soccer League announced that El P ...

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 stadium was opened October 1980, with an inaugural match between the Mexico national team and Atlético 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 Ascenso MX, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Me ...

(2015–2016) *

Miguel de Jesús Fuentes Miguel de Jesús Fuentes Razo (born 29 September 1971) is a Mexican professional football coach and a former goalkeeper. He is the manager of Atlante. Club career He played for Tigres UANL during the 1995-96 season. International career He ...

(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 played for the Mexico national team. Club career Caballero started playing in his native Argentina's Centra ...

(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 in ...

(2021) *

Alfonso Sosa Luis Alfonso Sosa Cisneros (born 5 October 1967) is a Mexican professional football coach and a former player who is the manager of Leones Negros UdeG. Managerial Statistics Honours Individual *CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2002 Manager ;Uni ...

(2021) *

Ricardo Ferretti Ricardo Ferretti de Oliveira (born 22 February 1954), also known as Tuca, is a Brazilian-Mexican professional football manager and former player who currently works for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico as an analyst. As a player, Ferretti was ...

(2021–2022) * Hernan Cristante (2022–2023) * Diego Mejía (2023–2024) * Mauricio Barbieri (2024) * Martín Varini (2024–Present)

Players

First-team squad

Other players under contract

''(injured)''

Out on loan

Reserve teams

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

Liga TDP Liga TDP is a professional association football league in Mexico and the fourth level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Tercera División de México (1967–2017). It has 223 participating clubs, divided into 17 regional gro ...

, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Honours

National

References

External links

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