| Full name | Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Tiburones Rojos (Red Sharks) |
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| Founded | April 1943 | ||
| Ground | Luis de la Fuente, Veracruz, Veracruz (Capacity: 30,000) |
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| Chairman | Rolando Reyes Kuri | ||
| Manager | Daniel Guzmán | ||
| League | Liga de Ascenso | ||
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Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, known as Veracruz, is a Mexican professional football club. Veracruz plays in the Liga de Ascenso de México. Their nickname "Tiburones Rojos" means red sharks. The club was founded in 1943 after two clubs from the city state of Veracruz, Iberia de Córdoba and Veracruz Sporting Club, merged in order to join the Primera División de México. At the time, both clubs played in Liga Veracruzana an amateur league in Veracruz. The club had the honor of having been one of the first clubs to play in the professional league as well as having been the first club not from Mexico City to win the tournament. Among other records the club holds is the record for most relegations (four times) including being relegated in 2008 by its hated rival Puebla FC who had just been promoted the year before. The club has played in the Liga de Ascenso ever since, coming close to promotion a couple of times but falling short each time.
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The club was founded around April 1943 under the name of Club Deportivo Veracruz after two clubs from the city state of Veracruz, Iberia de Córdoba and Veracruz Sporting Club, merged in order to join the Primera División de México. At the time, both clubs played in Liga Veracruzana an amateur league in Veracruz. These two clubs had dominated the Liga Amateur de Veracruz winning 21 Titles combined. Each of these clubs had a short stay in the Primera Fuerza - an now defunct amateur football league in Mexico City - in the early 1920s but due to the distance, the clubs generally played in the local league which was less competitive. The clubs kept the Veracruz Sporting Club colors which were Red and black which they used in the early part of its existence which a few years later they would switch the black to white keeping the color red as the club's main shirt color. In their first year the club played in Parque Deportivo Veracruzano sharing the field with baseball club Rojos del Águila de Veracruz. The club's nickname was given by Manuel Seyde who had also help merge the two clubs.
The club played its first game in the 1943-44 Copa Mexico tournament against Atlante F.C. who beat them 5-1. The clubs first goal was score by Manuel Rodríguez Angues nicknamed Manolín.
In their 1945-46 league Veracruz played 18 games with a streak of 14 wins and 4 draws. Also that season Veracruz won their first title. In the season of 1947-48 won their first Mexican Cup by beating Chivas 3-1. Soon Veracruz would win their second title in the season of 1949-50, winning with the most overwhelming victory in the history of Mexican soccer leaving Monterrey 14-0. Years later Veracruz would get famous players such as René Higuita, Braulio Luna, Adolfo Rios, Luis Hernández, Fernando Arce, Alfredo Tena and others. After being relegated to the Primera Division A Veracruz came back in 2002 after being declared Primera Division A champions and finished 11th place in the Summer of 2002. The Apertura 2004 season had been one of the best for Veracruz as they finished 1st place thanks to new signings such as Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Christian Giménez, Kléber Boas and others. Veracruz has had 59 managers so far as of 2008. On the night of Friday April 25, 2008 at Luis "Pirata" Fuente stadium (Home of Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz), Pumas UNAM defeated Veracruz with a final score of 4-2, sending Veracruz to the Primera A division league. Veracruz was officially relegated from the Mexican Primera Division league on the night of Friday May 2, 2008 in the final match of the regular season against Tecos UAG ending in a 0-0 draw.
In the club's third year of existence the 1945-46 tournament, the club went on beating in 18 games with a record of 14 wins, 4 draws in that streak also managing to win 8 straight. The club scored 105 goals that year, leading the club in scoring was the Argentine Jorge Enrico followed by Raimundo Gonzalez with 24. Luis de la Fuente was considered the club's best player because of his unique style of play.
It was on 2 June 1946 in the second to last round of the tournament in the Parque Asturias in Mexico City, home of Real Club España where the club won 2-3 and so proclaiming themselves champions first the first time. With goals scored by José Valdivia, Luis de la Fuente and Raimundo Gonzalez and ending a 26-year streak of the tournament being won by a club from Mexico City. That same year the club went on to lose the Campeón de Campeones title against Club Atlas.
In the 1947-48: Copa Mexico tournament an with the departure of the club's best players the Argentine Jorge Enrico along with other good players Lazcano and Pachuco Durán and maybe the most important the club's trainer Palomini the club managed to win its first Copa Mexico Cup. The final was played against C.D. Guadalajara with an overall score of 3-1 under the management of the Spaniard Joaquin Urquiaga. That is the only cup to date the club has won finishing runner up 3 times in 1949–50, 1967–68 and 1994-95.
In the 1949-50 tournament the club managed to win its last Primera División de México title till date. The club started off that year with a rejuvenated squad led by Juan Luque de Serrallonga who had just come from a stay with the Mexico national football team the year before. This year is also remembered because the club had its first goal scoring champion by the Peruvian Julio Ayllon also known as El Negro(black one) being that at that time black promotional football players in Mexico were uncommon, Julio went out to score 30 goals that year.
The club welcome in the new decade with the start to the end an golden age. In the 1950-51 tournament became the first losing year due to economical problems the club face under the ownership of the presentiment of the republic Miguel Alemán Valdez and governor of the state Marco Antonio Muñoz.
The worst came in the 1951-52 tournament after a long relegation fight that came down to the end against Club America which they lost and were relegated for the first time in history to the newly created Segunda División de México. That year the club finished with a record of 3 wins, 6 draws, 13 losses allowing 54 goals and only scoring 22 for a total of 12 points just 3 behind Club America who kept the category and is one of two clubs that has never been relegated since the professionalization of the sport in Mexico.
In the 1952-53 tournament playing in the Segunda División de México the club finished that year just one point away from been promoted behind Deportivo Toluca F.C. who has played in the first division ever since. After that disappointing year and almost all players left the club after the 1953 cup tournament. Also with economical problems being that the league own the club the leagues decided to disband the club.
1961 thanks to a group of supporters they established a patronage in which José Lajud Kuri was named president and so revived the club in order to take part of the 1961-62 Segunda División de México tournament. The first couple of years were mediocre and went without any success.
In 1964 the club was presented with an opportunity to be promoted after the league decided to increase the number of clubs from 14 to 16. That year first division worst club Nacional de Guadalajara played a promotional playoff tournament against Segunda División de México Petroleros de Ciudad Madero, Poza Rica and Veracruz who had finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th not counting Cruz Azul who had earn an automatic promotion after winning the tournament. That tournament ended with Nacional de Guadalajara and Veracruz earning promotions after Finnish first and second with Petroleros de Ciudad Madero third and Poza Rica fourth. The club had return to the first division after 12 years.
In the 1964-65 first division tournament the club played their first game on June 7, 1964 against Atletico Morelia in the city of Morelia in a 3-3 draw. The clubs first goal since coming back was scored by Jesus Mercado. That year the club had a record of 1o wins, 8 draws, 12 defeats scoring 41 allowing 44 for a total of 28 points fishing 10 overall in the league. Their best game was played in the 8th round were they defeated Zacatepec 5-1. In the 1978-79 the club was relegated for the second time after losing 22 games allowing 83 goals and finish last in the competition. One thing to mention is that the club had 5 different trainers that year. One week before their last game in the first division the club secure their relegation after losing 5-2 against Club Universidad de Guadalajara in the city of Guadalajara. The last game the club played in that tournament was against Tigres de la UANL one June 3, 1979 at home were they drew a 1-1 draw and so ended their second stay in the first division while ending another decade.
The club started of the 1980s in the Segunda División de México were after 4 terrible years once again the club lost interest in the club and so it came down in the after the 1983-84 tournament the club was sold to the city of Yucatán were it became Venados de Yucatán. That such clubs would last a couple years before folding in 1998.
After several years of not having a football club representing the state of Veracruz various attempts were made in order revive the club. One such was to buy the Ángeles de Puebla franchise which at the time was on sale due to the lack of supports the club had been that the club played in the same city as Puebla FC who had won 2 league title and 2 Copa Mexico titles in the 1980s. But finally it was in 1989 when a group of local businessmen along with funding by the governor of the city of Veracruz bought the newly promoted club Potros Neza who at the time was affiliated with first division club Atlante F.C.. The club played their first tournament game that same year which they lost to Puebla FC under the management of Héctor Sanabria. That year the club finished 5 in group 4 with a total of 34 - nonetheless the club managed to win over the supporters by been a club that played with a lot of heart were players such as Davidovich, Marroquín, Castañon, Salcedo, Ramírez, Jardon Rergis, Moses, Palma, and Jorge Comas stood out. That year is remembered as La Tiburomania because no matter where the club played it always counted with a great deal of supporter no matter the distance. The club return started a euphoria in the city were in the 1989-90 tournament the club had 19 straight sell outs. It all came to a climax when the club played top club Club America in the Estadio Azteca where 50,000 Veracruz supporters poured in a stadium with a capacity of 114,000 and they set a record for most supports attending an away game. That game ended in a 3-5 win for the home team in a controvertible match referred by Javier Castellanos.
That same year a 4 way special tournament inviting Brazilian club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Spanish club Real Madrid and local club Club Universidad Nacional. Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas ended taking home the cup but the fans remember this tournament because the club beat Real Madrid 4-2 wit a memorable goal by the Argentine Omar Palma.
The 1990s began with a great group of player and a great fans base which became known as La Tiburomania who cheer own fan favorite players Jorge Comas Ríos, Del Olmo, Becerril, Medina, Ramírez, González China under management of the Brazilian Edu. The club failed to qualify to the playoffs after a long battle for 2nd place in group 3 against Cruz Azul.
In the 1991-92 tournament the club give its supporters something to cheer for after a bad start of the tournament which would cause the existed of them club taker Angel Lopez who would be replace by Roberto Matosas. After the change of trainer the club would go on to have a much better tournament which would qualify the club to a knockout playoff series against Correcaminos UAT which they would go on to win 4-3, which they handed done since the club was reform in 1970. The club would face Necaxa in quarterfinals where they went on to loss 6-2.
In the 1993-94 the club celebrated its 50 anniversary with a special ceremony prior to the tournament where former club greats reunited to play a special match. That preseason the club signed former greats Carlos Poblete and Rubén Omar Romano. That year is also remembered for that great friendly match the club had against Atlético Madrid.
In the 94-95 tournament under the management of Anibal Ruiz who with a peculiar defensive style of coaching made the fans loss interest in the club nonetheless the club would qualify to play a knock out match against its hated rival Puebla FC who would advance to the quarterfinals after a 1-1 draw moving on due to a better position in the league. The club came close that year to winning the 1994–95 Copa Mexico title after beating Irapuato FC, Estudiantes Tecos and Club Santos Laguna in that order facing Necaxa in the final match that took place in neutral ground in the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in the city of Puebla where the club fell 2-0. In 1995 the club was sold to local TV network Televisa who brought in better playgoers to the club reviving once again the hopes of the supporters.
In the 1996-97 the new owners signed great players such as the internally known José Mari Bakero who had just finished a long career with Spanish giant FC Barcelona along with key players from the Colombian national team Leonel Álvarez, Iván Valenciano, Alexis Mendoza mating important players and fan favorite goalkeeper Adolfo Rios .With the hype of the club's new players many gave the club a chance of taking the league title but after a tournament field with injuries and with a divided locker-room the club managed to gain only 9 points and finished last leaving the club in relegation problems for the nest campaign.
In the 1997-98 tournament the club let go most of the players bringing in the international know goalkeeper René Higuita along with players that were unknown in the league in order to avoid their 3rd relegation. With lack of experience the players had the club ended that tournament with a record of 3 wins, 5 draws losing 9 games for a total of 14 points and so once selling their 3rd relegation in club history.
In the invierno del 98 playing now in the Primera A the club started their journey to return once again to the top division hiring Juan Manuel Alvarez who had achieve this task before with Club Celaya a few year back. With the supports still hurt by the relegation at mid tournament Juan Manuel Alvarez was replaced by el Turco Aude coach who had lots of experience in the league and managed to rally the players reaching the semifinals that year losing the series to Venados de Yucatán.
In 1999 the club was sold to city of Veracruz along with local business owners. The club won of its worst tournaments in its history that inverno 99 with a club mostly formed by veteran players along with young experienced players. In that tournament the club failed to qualify for the playoffs and the promotion seemed impossible each day - and that's how the club ended that decade with some strong clubs in the early part of the decade and with the club's third relation at the end of it.
In the 2000-01 tournament the club finally liv d up to its expectation becoming a competitive club in the Primera A the first have under the management of Carlos Trucco and Roberto Saporiti in other half, these 2 mangers when on to win several games that would qualify them to the playoff where they were eliminated but had revive interest in the locals. At the end of that tournament the first division expanded from 18 to 20 which wold promoted 2 clubs that year. C.F. La Piedad would be promoted after winning the Verano 2001 Primera A tournament and going on to win the Promotion match against Toros Neza. A promotion series was played between Atlante F.C. who had the worst relegation % against the club that had gain the most points in the Primera A that been Veracruz. A second promotion match was played between this 2 clubs the first match was played in jam pack Estadio Luis de la Fuente in Veracruz in match that ended in a 0-0 draw. The second match was played in the Estadio Azteca where Atlante F.C. defeated the Veracruz 4 - 1 and reaming in the top division.
In the Verano 2001 the club was sold once agang this time to A local Company Pegaso who also owned Atlante F.C., Irapuato FC and various other clubs in the inferior divisions.The new owners did the same as the former owners signing unknown foreign players and veteran players that did not find a club in the first division.This club was led by Pablo Centrone who had a great start to the tournament showing pride and a offensive style of play but not generating the same fan support as past teams due to the rumors about the purchase of a 1st division franchise that would promoted the club. That year the club managed to qualify for the playoffs beating Gallos de Aguascalientes in quarterfinals, Cruz Azul Hidalgo in semifinals. The club played that Vernao 2001 against San Luis F.C. who they would go on to beat 4-1 matched played in the Estadio Luis de la Fuente who would witness its first coronation since being built in 1967. Some important and fan favorite players were Vincent Lopez, Gords, Delgado, Glez China, Medel, Manuel López Mondragón, Avila, Gordillo, Melillo, Casartelli y Pablo Centrone. A few days after the championship rumors once started claiming the owners were close to buy at the time Primera División de México club Irapuato FC and move it to the city Of Veracruz to play under the name Tiburones(sharks). This rumor stirred up divided feelings in the locals. The club the following year with this rumor lingering in their mind the club failed to qualify for the playoffs and just waited to play that year's champion in the promotion match. The Promotion series was played against San Luis F.C. who took the Invierno 2001, the club lost that promotion match 4-2 after coming off a bad tournament in the Invierno 2001. The club had a second chance to be promoted after finishing with the most points that year and so played last place Primera División de México Club León. The first match was played in the Estadio Luis de la Fuente where the clbn took a 3 - 1 series advantage. The decisive match was played in the Estadio Nou Camp on June 2, 2002 where the club managed to pull out a 0-0 draw and so earning its promotion to the delay of the supports who opposed the purchase of Irapuato FC. With the club's promotion and the Purchase of Irapuato FC the governor had a voting poll to decide which club they would like to represent the city in the Primera División de México and with a overwhelming outcome wanting the original Tiburonrs Rojos to represent the city and so the Irapuato FC franchise was sold to the State of Chiapas where it became Jaguares de Chiapas.
In the 2007 Aperture the club finished second to last in the percentage table just above Puebla FC and below Tigres de la UANL with a percentage of 1.0706
In the Primera División de México Clausura 2008 the club once again had a bad year with a record of 4 wins, 5 draws and losing 8 for a total of 17 points finishing 16 in the league. The club shed its relegation after losing at home against their direct rivals in the relegation fight Puebla FC with a score of 2-0. The club's relegation was made official in the following match against Club Universidad Nacional at home losing 4-1 and setting a new league record for a relegation with 4.
The club has been playing in the liga de Ascenso since the Aperture 2008 coming close several times but always coming short.
On June 3, 2011 The FMF has disafiliated the Tiburones Rojos because of a failure of payments to the FMF.
The Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Asociacion, AC informs that the Ordinary General Assembly at its meeting today, once it analyzed the situation of Representaciones Soha , Inc., SA de CV, (Club Veracruz and / or Club Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz), a member of the Liga de Ascenso, The Mexican Football Federation, AC unanimously decided, with its power under Articles 17, 25 and other related and applicable Statute of the FMF, revoke the Certificate of Membership and consequently disaffiliate such an entity, for failing to meet its financial obligations to FMF and its affiliates. [1]
After that announcement, it was accorded beetween Veracruz and Albinegros de Orizaba to unify their teams after the debts the team had.
The club has had a long standing rivalry with Puebla FC. This rivalry dates back to the amateur era from the early 1930s, before both clubs had been admitted into the professional division in 1944.
In all Puebla and Veracruz have played 68 official matches including league and Copa Mexico. Puebla has the best record with 30 wins 15 draws.
| Year | Manufacturer | Main Sponsor | Other Sponsors |
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| 1989–1994 | Pony | ||
| 1994–1995 | Adidas | Coca Cola | |
| 1995–1997 | Umbro | Coca Cola | Superior |
| 1998–2008 | Atletica | Banco Azteca | Sol Gigante Pegaso Bimbo |
| 2009–2010 | Joma | The phone house | Sol Tele-Ver |
| 2010–2011 | Karosso | The phone house | Sol Tele-Ver |
| 2011–present | Nike | Chedrahui | Sol Tele-Ver |
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| Season | Pyramid Level | Regular Season 1 | Playoffs 1 | Regular Season 2 | Playoffs 2 | Copa México | CONCACAF |
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| 2001-02 | 2 and 1 | 4th | Champions | 11th | Did not qualify | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
| 2002-03 | 1 | 18th | Did not qualify | 7th | Quarterfinals | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
| 2003-04 | 1 | 12th | Did not qualify | 20th | Did not qualify | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
| 2004-05 | 1 | 1st | Quarterfinals | 17th | Did not qualify | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
| 2005-06 | 1 | 18th | Did not qualify | 16th | Did not qualify | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
| 2006-07 | 1 | 9th | Repechaje | 18th | Did not qualify | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
| 2007-08 | 1 | 13th | Did not qualify | 16th | Did not qualify | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
| 2008-09 | 2 | No Longer played | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2009-10 | 2 | 4th | SemiFinal | 15th | Did not qualify | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
| 2010-11 | 2 | 5th | Second Place | 5th | Disqualified | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
| 2011-12 | 2 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | No Longer played | Did not qualify |
These are the top 10 all time goal scorers in the club history.[1]
| Position | Player | Goals | Years |
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| *1 | Mariano Ubiracy | 98 | ? |
| *2 | Luis de la Fuente | 83 | 1943-52 |
| *3 | Raymundo González | 77 | 1986–1996 |
| *4 | Jorge Comas | 77 | 1989-94 |
| *5 | José Luis Aussín | 65 | ? |
| *6 | Jorge Enrico | 54 | 1943–1949 |
| *7 | Ricardo Brandón | 45 | 1976–1978 |
| *8 | Gustavo Biscayzacú | 43 | 2004-06 |
| *9 | Jesús Hernández | 39 | ? |
| *10 | Pedro Damián | 36 | ? |
As of July 17, 2011.
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican Football Transfers Summer 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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