FC Juárez

Fútbol Club Juárez, commonly referred to as Bravos de Juárez, or simply as Juárez, is a Mexican football club based in the city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua that currently competes in Liga MX.

Juárez
Full nameFútbol Club Juárez
Nickname(s)Los Bravos (The Braves, The Wild ones)
FoundedMay 29, 2015 (2015-05-29)
GroundEstadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Capacity19,703
OwnerAlejandra de la Vega
ChairmanGuillermo Cantú
ManagerGabriel Caballero
LeagueLiga MX
Apertura 201916th
WebsiteClub website

History

Futbol Club Juárez was founded in 2015 by a bi-national group of six families, two from the border city of El Paso, Texas and four from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, making it one of the few clubs with foreign investors in Mexican football and marking the return of professional sports to Ciudad Juárez for the first time since 2012 after the previous franchise, Indios de Ciudad Juárez, was relegated from Liga MX, suffered from poor management, and was ultimately disbanded.[1]

On June 7, 2015, it was officially announced by Ascenso MX officials that FC Juárez would compete in Ascenso MX, starting in the Apertura 2015 season.

On December 5, 2015, after a very successful beginning to the season, the team ended the 2015 campaign in second place, and FC Juárez captured its first Ascenso MX title after beating Atlante 3-1 on aggregate, thus gaining the right to play in the promotional final in the Ascenso MX.[2] The failed to qualify for the Clausura 2016 liguilla and lost the promotional final against Necaxa.

The following season, Juárez failed to qualify for the liguilla. In the Clausura 2017 season, Juárez lost the final against Lobos BUAP with an aggregate score of 4–2.

For the 2017–18 Ascenso MX season, the league announced that Juárez was one of six Ascenso MX teams eligible for promotion to Liga MX the following season.[3] In the Apertura 2017 season, Juárez lost their second consecutive final, against Alebrijes de Oaxaca, on penalties.[4]

On June 11, 2019, Juárez replaced Lobos BUAP in Liga MX after the founding bi-national group purchased the struggling franchise, thus returning top-level football to Ciudad Juárez.[5][6]

Stadium
Main article: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez

FC Juárez play their home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Stadium attendance is capped at 19,765, and it is owned by Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. The stadium was opened October 1980, with an inaugural match between the Mexico national team and Atlético Español.

On April 17, 2017, Chihuahua governor Javier Corral Jurado announced a new stadium for FC Juarez. The construction is set to start that same year.[7]

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position Staff
Head coach Gabriel Caballero
Auxiliary coaches Gerardo Mascareño
Jorge Pautasso
Fitness coach Néstor Ibarra
Goalkeeper coach Rogelio Rodríguez
Physiotherapist Pedro Ávila
José González
Medic Luis González

Last updated: 20 February 2020
Source: [8]

Managers

Players

First-team squad
As of 5 February 2020[9][10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Enrique Palos
3 DF Luis López
4 DF Elio Castro
5 DF Éder Borelli
6 MF Gael Sandoval (on loan from Guadalajara)
7 DF Maximiliano Olivera (on loan from Fiorentina)
8 FW Darío Lezcano (on loan from Ingolstadt 04)
9 FW Leandro Carrijó
11 MF Mauro Fernández (on loan from UANL)
12 GK Marco Canales
14 MF William Mendieta (on loan from Olimpia)
15 MF Jefferson Intriago (on loan from UANL)
16 MF Joaquín Esquivel (on loan from Pachuca)
No. Position Player
17 MF Flavio Santos
19 DF Bruno Romo (on loan from Deportes Antofagasta)
20 MF Manuel Viniegra (on loan from UANL)
21 MF Francisco Nevarez
22 MF Martín Rabuñal (on loan from Defensor Sporting)
23 FW Brian Rubio (on loan from UANL)
24 DF José Abraham Rodríguez
25 DF Víctor Velázquez
26 DF Alberto Acosta (on loan from UANL)
27 FW Diego Rolán (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña)
28 MF Omar Pánuco
31 GK Iván Vázquez Mellado (Captain)
33 DF César Gándara
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2019.

Out on loan
No. Position Player
— MF Elson Dias (at Celaya)
— MF Lucas Xavier (at Zacatecas)
No. Position Player
— FW Eduardo Pérez (at Zacatepec)

Club honors
Winners: Apertura 2015

References
  1. "Ciudad Juárez tendría equipo en la División de Ascenso". Azteca Deportes. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. "Cambios en el ASCENSO MX" [Changes in ASCENSO MX] (in Spanish). June 7, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  3. "ASCENSO Bancomer MX Informa" (in Spanish). July 20, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  4. "Alebrijes se Coronó en el Apertura 2017" [Alebrijes crowned in the Apertura 2017] (in Spanish). December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  5. "Liga MX Clausura 2019 Bravos de Juárez es nuevo equipo de la Liga MX tras la compra de Lobos BUAP" [Liga MX Clausura 2019 Bravos de Juárez is new Liga MX team after the purchase of Lobos BUAP]. Marca Claro (in Spanish). Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  6. "Bravos de FC Juarez Joins Liga MX". KROD. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  7. http://diario.mx/Local/2017-04-17_beee29ff/anuncian-nuevo-estadio-de-futbol-para-juarez/
  8. "FC Juárez". ligamx.net. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  9. "FC Juárez". Ascenso MX. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  10. "Pierden Bravos ante Xolos". El Mexicano. July 15, 2017.
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