Back نادي غوادالاخارا Arabic نادى جوادالاخارا ARZ Club Deportivo Guadalajara AST قوادالاخارا فوتبال کولوبو AZB Гвадаляхара (футбольны клюб) BE-X-OLD ক্লাব দেপোর্তিভো গুয়াদালাহারা Bengali/Bangla Club Deportivo Guadalajara Catalan CD Guadalajara Czech C.D. Guadalajara Danish Deportivo Guadalajara German
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A. de C.V. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Chivas (Goats) Chivas Rayadas (Striped Goats) Rebaño Sagrado (Sacred Herd) Rojiblancos (Red and Whites) Campeonísimo (Great Champion) | ||
| Short name | GDL | ||
| Founded | May 8, 1906, as Unión Football Club 1923, as Club Deportivo Guadalajara | ||
| Ground | Estadio Akron | ||
| Capacity | 48,071[1] | ||
| Owner | Grupo Omnilife | ||
| President | Amaury Vergara | ||
| Manager | Óscar García[2] | ||
| League | Liga MX | ||
| Apertura 2024 | Regular phase: 9th Final phase: Play-in round | ||
| Website | chivasdecorazon.com.mx | ||
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Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A de C.V. (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ ðepoɾˈtiβo ɣwaðalaˈxaɾa];[a]), nicknamed "Chivas" (English: Goats) and simply known as Guadalajara or internationally as Chivas de Guadalajara, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, Jalisco. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. The club was founded in 1906 as Unión Football Club, then changed its name to Guadalajara Football Club in 1908, and then changed to its current name in 1923. Guadalajara was one of the founding members of the Liga Mayor in 1943 (currently Liga MX), which was the first professional football league created in Mexico, and is one of seven teams that have never been relegated.[3]
Guadalajara have played their home matches at Estadio Akron in Zapopan since 2010, having previously played at Estadio Jalisco. Guadalajara is the only football club in Mexico that does not sign foreign players unless they are of Mexican descent.[4][5][6][7] The team has historically relied on home-grown (cantera) players and has been the launching pad of many internationally successful players, including Javier Hernández, Carlos Vela and Carlos Salcido, among others.[8] The team's three colors (red, white, and blue) symbolize "Fraternity, Union, and Sports". The team adopted the colors that linked them back to their founder's hometown, Bruges. Chivas supporters use a flag identical to the French flag to support their team.
Chivas is one of Mexico's most successful teams[3] with 12 league titles, and holds the league record for the longest winning streak at the beginning of a season, with 8 consecutive wins in the 2010 Torneo Bicentenario.[9] Internationally, Guadalajara has won two CONCACAF Champions Cup/League titles, and is the best Mexican side to compete in Copa Libertadores having reached the semifinals twice (2005 and 2006) and being runner-ups in the 2010 edition.[10]
According to a 2016 study of preferred football clubs[11] Guadalajara is the most popular team in Mexico, with 44.1% of supporters in the country. In 2020, Forbes estimated that the club was the most valuable of the league, ranking sixth overall in the Americas, worth approximately $311.5 million.[12]
- ^ "2026 FIFA World Cup Bid Book" (PDF). p. 178. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Óscar García, new coach of Guadalajara". Club Deportivo Guadalajara. 2 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Classic club: Mexico beats to Chivas' drum – FIFA.com". 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Chivas Guadalajara". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "The case for permitting foreign internationals at Chivas" (in Spanish). ESPN FC. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Matias Almeyda enjoying the challenge of managing Chivas' all-Mexican squad" (in Spanish). ESPN FC. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Chivas, un equipo de mexicanos en una liga que prefiere a extranjeros" [Chivas, a team of Mexicans in a league that prefers foreigners] (in Spanish). Vanguaria MX. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ Gonzalez, Raymundo. "Cantera de Chivas evita pérdida millonaria". mediotiempo.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Chivas 2–0 San Luis... Sin mucho brillo, Chivas consolidó el octavo triunfo". mediotiempo.es. 27 February 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Final Libertadores: Chivas cayó en la ida ante Inter en Guadalajara". copalibertadores.com. 11 August 2010. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Chivas the most popular team in Mexico". milenio.com. 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Chivas, el club más rico de México". El Universal (in Spanish). 12 November 2020.
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