Club de Futbol Monterrey

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Monterrey

Full name

Club de Futbol Monterrey. A.C.

Nickname(s)

Rayados (Striped)
La Pandilla(The Gang)

Founded

06.27.1945

Ground

Tecnológico,
Monterrey, Nuevo León
(Capacity 38,000)

Owner

FEMSA

Chairman

Jorge Urdiales

Manager

Ricardo Lavolpe

League

La Primera División

Clausura 2008

Semifinalist





Home colours





Away colours

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

1 Honours
2 Alonso Cisneros
3 Current squad
- 3.1 Confirmed transfers
4 Top Club scorers of all times
5 Top Goalscorers
6 Noted players
7 Managers
8 External links

[edit] Honours

Domestic League: 2
- México 86, Clausura 2003
Domestic League Runner-Up: 3
- 1993, Apertura 2004, Apertura 2005
Mexican Cup: 1
- 1992
Mexican Cup Runner-Up: 2
- 1964, 1969
Mexican Super Cup Runner-Up: 1
- 2003
CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup: 1
- 1993
Second Division: 2
- 1956, 1960
Second Division Super Cup: 1
- 1956

[edit] Alonso Cisneros

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.

The team's nickname was popularly accepted, after the team's uniform, which is traditionally white with navy blue vertical stripes. Although the original uniform was white with a diagonal blue upper shoulder, the stripes were inspired in 1965, when the Tampico Madero football team wore them, and the Monterrey team adopted them. Since, the home uniform consists of vertical blue and white striped jerseys with blue shorts.

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 first title 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 Uruguayan Reinaldo Güeldini, and Mexican Francisco Javier "El Abuelo" Cruz, who finished the season as the league leader in goals. For many years the team's logo didn't show the star for this title.

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.

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, California. 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 derby in Mexico, just behind the Superclásico between Guadalajara and América. Many people in Mexico believe that this could be the biggest derby in México if their stadiums were not so limited to attendance. Monterrey and Tigres sell out most of their home games regardless of weather conditions and the teams' status. On every Clásico the stadium is sold out as soon as tickets go on sale. Monterrey and Tigres played their first Clásico on 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 29 defeats against 30 victories, tied games are 24.

[edit] Fan Base

Estadio Tecnológico

Monterrey is known throughout Mexico for having the most loyal and strongest supporting crowds for their teams (regardless of which one), The largest supporting group is called "Libres Y Lokos ", Monterrey's rival. There is a rivalry between La Adicción and Libres y Lokos, UANL Tigres crowd, each time a Clásico takes place.

[edit] Stadium

Currently Monterrey plays at Estadio Tecnológico, it is the second oldest football stadium in Mexico, after Estadio Azul. Monterrey may move to a new stadium, construction of which will be announced briefly, it is planned to be in the Pastora Sector in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon. The new stadium will have 50,000 seats and it is supposed to be the most modern in Latinamerica.

[edit] Current squad

Players in bold have international caps.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jonathan Orozco
2	DF	Severo Meza
3	DF	Pierre Ibarra
4	DF	Diego Ramírez
5	MF	Egidio Arévalo
6	MF	Arturo Alvarado
7	MF	Manuel Pérez
8	MF	Luis Pérez (Vice-Captain)
9	FW	Carlos Ochoa
11	MF	José Joel González
14	DF	Joel Morales
15	DF	Edgar Solano
16	GK	Christian Martínez
17	DF	Eduardo Zavala
18	MF	Walter Erviti (Vice-Captain)

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Diego Ordaz
22	MF	William Paredes
23	DF	Felipe Baloy
25	FW	Tomas Banda
26	FW	Humberto Suazo
28	MF	Jesús Arellano (Captain)
31	GK	Carlos Zamora
34	MF	Héctor Morales
42	FW	Luis Rodríguez
47	DF	Elliot Huitrón
55	DF	Fernando Ibarra
56	GK	Ernesto Rodríguez
58	FW	Jared Borgetti
--	MF	José Hiber Ruiz

[edit] Confirmed transfers

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[edit] Top Club scorers of all times

1. Mario "Bahia" Souza da Mota 150 Goals 1984-1992
2. Milton Carlos 90 Goals 1973-1978
3. Ruben Romeo Corbo 72 Goals 1974-1980
4. Guille Franco 71 Goals 2002-2005 (active with Villarreal CF)
5. Ubirajara Chagas 67 Goals 1968-1973
6. Francisco Javier Cruz 54 Goals 1983-1992
7. Alfredo Jimenez 53 Goals 1970-1975
8. Sergio Verdirame 45 Goals 1992-1996
9. Rafael Ortega 45 Goals 1982-1989
10. Miguel Angel Torres 44 Goals 1980-1984