| Full name | Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente | ||
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Xoloitzcuintles |
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| Founded | January 10, 2007 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Caliente Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (Capacity: 33,333) |
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| Chairman | Jorge Alberto Hank | ||
| Manager | Antonio Mohamed | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| Apertura 2011 | 15th place | ||
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Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente is a Mexican football team from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Tijuana plays in the Primera División de México It was founded in January 2007. The colors that identify the club are red and black.
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The club is the latest in a long line of league teams in the city of Tijuana. Gallos Caliente was instituted in the summer of 2006, not long after the city's last club, Dorados, were relegated to the Segunda División de México.
The team's name was later changed to Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles De Caliente. Team owner Jorge Hank Rhon announced the construction of the Estadio Caliente, a new stadium with a capacity for 33,333 people near Grupo Caliente's Agua Caliente Racetrack.
Jorge Alberto Hank, the 24-year old eldest son of Jorge Hank Rhon, is the President of the team. He announced several times that his short term goal and commitment was to get promoted to the Primera.
They became the Apertura 2010 champions after defeating Veracruz 3-0 in a two-legged series.
The team advanced to the Primera División de México with a win at home over Irapuato, 2-1 on May 21, 2011. [1]
Jorge Alberto Hank and Alberto Murguia Orozco, the vice president, became the youngest executives in the history of Mexican professional football to be at the head of a club in the Primera División de México.
The team obtained its first title in the Apertura 2010 tournament, after having finished as general leader during the regular tournament, which gave them the direct pass to semi-finals. In semi-finals the Xolos faced Albinegros de Orizaba. In both semifinal legs, the Xolos and Albinegros finished 0-0, with the global marker 0-0 too. The position that the Xolos had during the regular tournament permitted them to pass to the final against the Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz. In the first leg the "Xolos" surprised and won 0-2 in the Estadio Luis de la Fuente in Veracruz, while in their field they won again 1-0 and this way Tijuana obtained half a ticket towards the mexican football maximum circuit, the Primera División Mexicana.
The final of the Clausura 2011 of the Liga de Ascenso was between Tijuana and Irapuato. The first leg was played on Wednesday May 11 in Tijuana's stadium. The game finished 1-1. The second leg played was in Irapuato, in the Estadio Sergio León Chavez. Irapuato won the game 1-0, being crowned champion of the Clausura 2011 afterwards. With the Tijuana having won the Apertura 2010 title, the Promotion Final was going to be, yet again, Tijuana vs Irapuato. The first leg was played in Irapuato on Wednesday May 18th and it remained 0-0, with the second leg deciding what team was going to be promoted to the Primera División Mexicana. Played in Tijuana's Estadio Caliente, the second leg saw the Club Tijuana being crowned champion of the Promotion Final with a result of 2-1. Thus Tijuana replaced the Necaxa as the new Primera Division Team in Mexico.
Controversy surrounded the lease, because the team would have ties to a company whose major business is that of betting on sports events, including football. The case was presented to high authorities in the Mexican Football Federation, where it was ruled that no action would be taken against Xoloitzcuintles De Caliente or its parent company. This is because Grupo Caliente does not provide bets for the First Division A, the division the Club Tijuana is currently in.
What first seemed to be a hobby to the football aficionado Jorge Hank, has now been projected as a business and institution with many ambitions by his son Jorgealberto Hank Inzunza, President of Club Tijuana. The president has announced several times in press conferences that the project is far bigger than a stadium and a First Division team.
The institutional plan involves football schools and clinics throughout the region, including San Diego and Los Angeles, professional football training, talent recruitment squads; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd division affiliates; foundations and green campaigns, and a heavily invested commercial complex.
The Estadio Caliente, a multi-use stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, was officially inaugurated on November 11, 2007, in a game between Club Tijuana vs Pumas Morelos. The attendance was 13,333, the stadium capacity at the time. In July 2009, the capacity was increased to 16,000. Stadium owner Jorge Hank Rhon's main reason for constructing the stadium was his wish to have a professional football club in the city. Because the Mexican Football Federation says that teams participating in the First Division must have a stadium with a capacity over 15,000, Club Tijuana officially became qualified for promotion to the Primera División de México when the capacity was increased. The construction of the stadium was planned in two parts. The first part finished the ground and lower sections of the stadium. In the second phase, the stadiums capacity was increased.
As of July 19, 2011.
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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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| Position | Staff |
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| Head Coach | Antonio Mohamed |
| Assistant first team coach | Gustavo A. Lerma |
| Assistant first team coach | Fabián Donelli |
| First team fitness coach | Claudio Kenny |
| Goalkeeper coach | Oscar Resano |
| Physiotherapist | Raúl Alberto López |
| Medical director | Dr. Héctor Manuel Enciso |
| Reserve team manager | Ignacio Ruvalcaba |
| Youth team manager | Diego Alejandro Torres |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Goals |
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| 1 | Raúl Enríquez | 73 | |
| 2 | Valtencir Gomes | 22 | |
| 3 | Mauro Gerk | 20 |
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