Club de Fútbol Monterrey

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Monterrey

Full name

Club de Futbol Monterrey. A.C.

Nickname(s)

Rayados
(The Striped Gang)

Founded

1945

Ground

Estadio Tecnológico,
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Capacity

42,485

Chairman

Jorge Urdiales

Manager

Miguel "El Piojo" Herrera

League

Primera División de México

Apertura 2006

8th (playoffs)
6th (league)
1st (group)





Home colours





Away colours

Club de Fútbol Monterrey, also known as Monterrey, is a Mexican professional football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, in the northeast of the country. They are owned by FEMSA, Mexico's largest beverage company. The team is popularly known as the Rayados and was founded in 1945. Their chief rival is UANL Tigres, with whom they play a derby called the Clásico Regiomontano.

1 Honours
2 History
- 2.1 Rivalry
3 Current roster
- 3.1 Squad Changes for Apertura 2006 season
4 Noted players
5 Managers
6 External links

[edit] Honours

League Championships: 2
- México 86, Clausura 2003
México Cup: 1
- 1992

[edit] History

At the end of World War II, a group of industrial businessmen headed by Ramón Cárdenas Coronado, Enrique Ayala Medina, Paul C. Probert, Rogelio Cantú Gómez and Miguel Margáín Zozaya, decided to create the Club de Futbol Monterrey, S. A. de C.V., which would play its first seasons in the Parque de Béisbol Cuauhtémoc.

In its first professional game, played August 19, 1945 against San Sebastián de León, Monterrey won by a score of 1-0, with José "Che" Gómez scoring the winner.

On March 1, 1986, the Rayados won their title (though not of a complete league tournament) in the return leg of a series against Tampico-Madero in the Estadio Tecnológico, to win by an aggregrate 3-2. The goals were scored by Brazilian Reinaldo Güeldini, and Mexican Francisco Javier "El Abuelo" Cruz, who finished the season as the league leader in goals.

Monterrey won their Second title in the Clausura 2003 tournament, when on June 14, 2003 they defeated Monarcas Morelia by an aggregate of 3-1.

Since 1965, the home uniform consists of vertical blue and white striped jerseys with blue shorts.

Their main rivals are the UANL Tigres and they have played in 82 derbies, or Clásico Regiomontano as they are called, one of them were played in Carson City, CA. It has been a close rivalry, Rayados have played the derby in semi-finals twice in a home and away format, having won two games and lost two games, both times (2003 and 2005) qualifying to the finals.

[edit] Rivalry

Rayados' biggest rival is Tigres. This rivalry is called Clásico Regiomontano, the second most important game in Mexico, just behind Guadalajara and América. Many people in Mexico believe that this could be the biggest Clásico in México if their stadiums were not so limited to attendance. The Estadio Azteca is the second largest stadium in Latin America giving fans more opportunity to assist to important games. Monterrey and Tigres sell out most of their home games depending on the weather and the teams status. On every Clásico the stadium is sold out before tickets even go on sell to the public in booths. Monterrey and Tigres played their first Clásico in July 13, 1974 in the Estadio Universitario, with a draw 3-3. Monterrey would be the first team to win the Clásico in their second confrontation 2-1. In the first Clásicos, almost all were played in the Estadio Universitario. Estimating almost 70,000 fans attending these games before stadium renovation.

[edit] Current roster

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jonathan Emmanuel Orozco
2	DF	Severo Meza
4	DF	Diego Ramírez
5	DF	José Joel 'Chícharo' González
7	DF	Santiago Baños
8	MF	Luis Pérez
9	FW	Carlos Ochoa
10	MF	Gastón Fernández
13	FW	Sebastián Abreu
14	DF	Joel Morales
15	MF	Guillermo Rojas
16	GK	Christian Martínez
17	FW	Jesús Zavala Castañeda

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Walter Erviti
19	MF	Leandro Gracián
20	DF	Paulo Serafín
21	DF	Diego Ordaz
23	DF	Felipe Baloy
26	MF	Clemente Ovalle
27	DF	Eusebio Salcedo
28	MF	Jesús Arellano
30	DF	Ernesto Serrato
31	MF	Carlos Zamora
35	DF	Carlos Alanís