Querétaro FC

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Querétaro FC
Full name	Querétaro Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Gallos Blancos (white roosters)
Founded	1950
Ground	Corregidora, Queretaro, Queretaro
Capacity	58,000
Chairman	Ulises Zurita
Manager	Salvador Reyes de la Peña
League	Primera División de México
Apertura 2006	Did not qualify for playoffs 14th (league) 5th (group)
Home colours 　 Away colours

Querétaro Fútbol Club is a football club based in Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico.

Contents 1 History 2 Playing squad 2.1 Squad Changes for Clausura 2007 season 3 Notable former and current players 4 Notable former managers 5 Honours 6 External links

[edit] History

Founded in the Segunda División (second tier) in 1950 by Alfonso Pachín Niembro and Raúl Ayala to represent the city of Santiago de Queretaro. In its first years the team was given the nickname of "Gallos Blancos" (white roosters). In 1976, they arrived for the first time to a Second Division final, which they lost.

In 1977 they changed their name to Atletas Industriales and in the early 80's to UAQ Gallos Blancos. In 1988 another team was created in the city, named Queretaro FC. These two teams then became rivals as they were playing on the Second Division.

UAQ Gallos Blancos arrived to another Second Division final in 1987, now against the Correcaminos , but after playing the first game of the series in the Correcaminos stadium(with a result of 0 - 0), the team suffered an accident while returning to Santiago de Queretaro, where three very important players lost their lives. Even though the final match was moved a month, the team lost the series on a third match in the Estadio Azteca.

Querétaro FC played in the Mexican First Division from 1990 to 1994 and finally disappeared.

In 1998 Querétaro FC and Gallos Blancos merged into one club and formed a team that played for three years, with the original name of Gallos Blancos de Queretaro (the White Roosters of Queretaro).

In 2002, a First Division team, CF La Piedad, moved from the city of La Piedad to play in Santiago de Queretaro, where the team stayed for two years (four seasons), when the F.M.F decided to reduce the number of teams in the First Division from twenty to eighteen, and decided to eliminate the two teams with the worst economic situation: Querétaro FC and Irapuato.

In May 28, 2006, Querétaro FC ascended to the Primera División de México, after beating CF Puebla in the Clausura 2006 tournament and the 2005/2006 Primera A promotion play-off.

[edit] Playing squad

As of February 13, 2007:

No. Position Player 1 GK Miguel Becerra 2 DF Joel Sánchez 3 DF Margarito González 4 DF Juan Carlos Franco 5 MF Jorge Almirón 6 DF Armando Begines 7 MF Johan Rodriguez 8 FW Emilio Mora 9 FW Mauro Gerk 10 MF Jorge Collazo 11 MF Angel Díaz 12 FW Juan Samudio 13 FW José Manuel Abundis 14 DF Raúl Rico 15 MF Alejandro Villalobos 16 DF Carlos Gonzalez 19 DF Fernando López

No. Position Player 20 FW Roberto Nurse 21 MF Marco Antonio Jimenez 22 MF Humberto Gutierrez 23 MF Fabian Mares 25 MF Mateo Figoli 30 GK Jorge Ivan Flores 31 MF Marcos 33 MF Miguel Layun 36 FW Juan de la Cruz 37 DF Alvaro Najera 50 MF Omar Avilán 51 DF Alberto Rizo 99 GK Erubey Cabuto 116 MF Edgar Solís 119 MF José Piña

[edit] Squad Changes for Clausura 2007 season

In:

• José Manuel Abundis transferred from New England Revolution
• Juan Samudio transferred from Libertad

Out:

[edit] Notable former and current players

• Silvano Tellez
• Pedro Cortez
• Salvador "Zurdo" Ochoa
• JJ Torruco
• Luis Hernández
• Ruben Omar Romano
• Gustavo Moriconi
• Erubey Cabuto
• Margarito González
• Carlos Ochoa
• Carlos Casartelli
• Jorge Collazo
• Roberto Nurse
• Mauro Gerk
• Miguel Becerra

• Agustín Jimenez
• Gerardo "Pillo" Orona
• René Montalvo

[edit] Notable former managers

• Salvador Reyes de la Peña
• Carlos Jara Saguier
• Carlos de los Cobos
• Ricardo Antonio Lavolpe
• Antonio Ascencio
• Luis Alvarado
• Miguel Marín
• Salvador Reyes

[edit] Honours

• Primera División A (Second Division until 1994)
  • Champions Clausura 2005, Clausura 2006
  • Runners-up 1976/1977, 1986/1987
  • Promotion play-off winners 2005/2006

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Unofficial website

Primera División de México, Apertura 2006 & Clausura 2007 v • d • e
Group 1 Necaxa | Cruz Azul Guadalajara | Querétaro Atlas | Chiapas	Group 2 UAG | Monterrey Veracruz | Pachuca Atlante | San Luis	Group 3 América | Morelia Toluca | UNAM UANL | Santos
League Levels
Primera División de México | Primera División A  | Segunda División | Tercera División
Miscellaneous
List of champions | El Clásico (Regiomontano) | InterLiga | SuperLiga