Club de Fútbol Monterrey
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| Full name | Club de Futbol Monterrey. A.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Rayados (The Striped Gang) |
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| Founded | 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
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| Capacity | 42,485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Jorge Urdiales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Miguel "El Piojo" Herrera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Primera División de México | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apertura 2006 | 8th (playoffs) 6th (league) 1st (group) |
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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.
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[edit] Honours
- League Championships: 2
- México 86, Clausura 2003
- League Runner-Up: 3
- 1992-1993, Apertura 2004, Apertura 2005
- 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. Currently, Rayados lags behind Tigres with 30 defeats against 29 victories, while both teams have tied 24 times.
[edit] Current roster
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[edit] Squad Changes for Clausura 2007 season
In:
Hugo Rodallega return from Atlas
Rolando Zárate on loan from UANL Tigres
Out:
- Gastón Fernández return to River Plate
Hugo Meléndez on loan to Indios de Ciudad Juarez- José Joel González on loan to Atlante
Sebastián Abreu transferred to San Luis
[edit] Noted players
- Claudio Lostanau
- Eusébio da Silva Ferreira "La Pantera Negra"
- Horacio Casarín
- Jesus Arellano
- Guillermo Franco
- Luis Pérez
- Walter Erviti
- Alex Fernandes
- Missael Espinoza
- Francisco Javier Cruz
- Mario Souza da Mota
- Guillermo Muñoz
- Carlos Hermosillo
- Antonio Mohamed
- Sergio Verdirame
- Luis Hernandez
- Ruben Ruiz Diaz
- Ricardo Moriconi
- German Ricardo Martellotto
- Richard Tavarez
- Francisco Avilan
- Magdaleno Cano
- Raul Chavez
- Nilo Acuña
- Ruben Romeo Corbo
- Milton Carlos
- Francisco Bertochi
- Francisco Solis
- Jose Gomez
- José Ledezma
- Everardo Rodriguez Plata
- Ramon Morales
- Pablo Rotchen
- Gustavo Peña
- Guarací Barbosa
- Juan González
- Luis Montoya
- Ubirajara Chagas
- Ignacio Jáuregui
- Reinaldo Gueldini
- Rafael Ortega
- Hector Becerra
- Vilson Tadei
- Ricardo Martinez
[edit] Managers
- Miguel Herrera ( Apertura 2004 - present)
- Hugo de León
- Daniel Passarella (2002-2004)
- Benito Floro
- José Treviño
- Carlos Jara Saguier
- Magdaleno Cano
- Eduardo Solari
- Arturo Salah
- Hugo Hernández
- Miguel Mejía Baron
- Pedro García
- Francisco Avilán
- José Ledezma
- Vicente Pereda
- Roberto Matosas
- Claudio Lostanau
- Ignacio Jáuregui
[edit] External links
| Primera División de México, Apertura 2006 & Clausura 2007 | ||
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Group 1 |
Group 2 |
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Primera División de México | Primera División A | Segunda División | Tercera División |
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List of champions | El Clásico (Regiomontano) | InterLiga | SuperLiga |
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