CF Monterrey

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CF Monterrey
Club logo
Basic data
Surname Club de Futbol Monterrey. AC
Seat Monterrey , Mexico
founding June 28, 1945
Colours Blue White
president Duilio Davino
Website rayados.com
First soccer team
Head coach Antonio Mohamed
Venue Estadio BBVA Bancomer
Places 51,000
league League MX
Clausura 2019 Semifinals
home
Away
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The Estadio Tecnológico was the club's home stadium until 2015

The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club based in the north-eastern town Monterrey in the state of Nuevo Leon . It was founded on June 28, 1945.

The team is known as Rayados , because since 1965 they have been playing in a blue and white striped jersey with blue shorts. It was played until 2015 in the Estadio Tecnológico , which has space for 38,622 spectators. On August 2, 2015, the new Estadio BBVA Bancomer opened with 51,000 seats.

In Monterrey there is a great rivalry with the UANL Tigres , the local derby is called Clásico Regiomontano .

The association is owned by the beverage manufacturer FEMSA .

The traditional club in northern Mexico

The club is probably the most traditional football club in northern Mexico. Not too many clubs from this region have played in the Primera División so far, because top-class football in Mexico has always extended to the vast regions around Mexico City and in its western direction to Guadalajara . In the far north of the country, football does not play the same role; sports such as baseball and basketball are far more popular. So in the north of the country only three clubs have been able to establish themselves permanently in the football club. On the one hand, there is Club Santos Laguna from Torreón , which was founded 25 years ago and has only been in the first division since 1988. There is also the Club Tigres , located north of Monterrey , which was launched in 1967 and has played in the Primera División since 1974. And then there is the CF Monterrey, which was founded in 1945 and for the first time represented the north of the country in the soccer club that same year. After the immediate relegation in 1946 and once again limited participation in the 1956/57 season, Club Monterrey has been an integral part of the first division since 1960.

The explosion

The greatest tragedy struck the club at a time when it was not yet three months old. It was on September 16, 1945 when the team bus crossed the town of San Juan de los Lagos in the state of Jalisco on the way to Guadalajara for a guest performance at Club Deportivo Oro . There were many people gathered in the streets and celebrated the national holiday. Firecrackers were also thrown through the air during the celebrations. One of them landed in the bus tank and caused an explosion that killed two players and injured other players. After this accident, the team quickly went downhill. The following six games were all lost, with only 38 goals conceded in these few games alone. The season ended with 21 defeats and a total of 133 goals conceded (from 30 games). The same season also dated the highest defeat in the club's history, which was drawn on May 26, 1946 with 0:14 against CD Veracruz . The battered club disappeared on June 23, 1946.

The resuscitation

It was not until 1952 that the club was revitalized by the then president of the Nuevo León Football Association and celebrated its return to the second division . The team played there - with the exception of a first division season in 1956/57 - until the summer of 1960. Since then, the Rayados, the (blue and white) striped, have been an integral part of the first division.

1986 Mexican Football Championship

41 years after the club was founded, Monterrey won the championship in the first division for the first time with a young team under coach Francisco Avilán .

In the regular championship season, the Rayados completed 18 games, of which they won 13, three ended in a draw and only two were lost. They scored 43 goals and conceded 18. They ended the season with a goal difference of +25.

The dominance of the championship team continued in the subsequent league (called play-offs in English usage ): Monterrey dominated the quarter-finals against Atlante with 0-0 and 6-0, defeated Guadalajara twice in the semi-finals 1-0 and won the finals 1: 2 and 2: 0 against Tampico-Madero .

The last few years

With the championship won in their own country immediately before the 1986 World Cup , the club finally seems to have found its way to success. Previously there had only been two finals for the Copa México, both of which were lost in stoppage time (in 1964 4-5 on penalties against Club America and in 1969 2-1 after extra time against Cruz Azul ) since then at least five finals and two other titles. The cup victory in 1992 was followed by the championship final in the following year, which was clearly lost with 1-0 and 3-0 against Atlante .

The club had its best phase between the Clausura 2002/03 and the Apertura 2005/06 when it reached the finals three times in three years or six championship rounds. However, he was only victorious in the first case against the "permanent loser" from Morelia , while the two following finals were lost against the Pumas and Deportivo Toluca .

CF Monterrey defeated CD Cruz Azul in the finals of the Apertura 2009 and again won the championship title.

In the Apertura 2010 Monterrey was able to secure the championship despite a 2: 3 defeat in the final first leg with a 3: 0 success in the second leg against Santos and thus repeated the success from the previous year.

From 2011 to 2013, the CONCACAF Champions League was won three times in a row , as well as in 2019.

The championship teams

The CF Monterrey won its four championships with the following players:

The "best team of all time"

The Mexican sports newspaper Récord has identified the following “dream team” of CF Monterrey with the most important players in the history of the Rayados (the years in brackets describe the club membership):

Jesús Contreras (1979–1990) - Joel García (1980–1989), José María Basanta (since 2008), Pedro Campa (1978–1989), Guillermo Muñoz (1984–1993) - Jesús Arellano (1992–1997 and 2000–2010 ), Luis Pérez (2003–2012), Javier “El Abuelo” Cruz (1983–1992) - Guillermo Franco (2002–2005), Humberto Suazo (2007–2014), Mario de Souza Mota (1984–1992).

Trainer

successes

Historical logos

  • First logo (?)
  • Second logo
    (1960–1989)
  • Third logo
    (1989–1999)

Celebrity fans

Well-known fans of the club include:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Rayados' first championship title in Torneo México 86 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Récord: Te presentamos el 11 ideal histórico del Monterrey (Spanish; article from September 14, 2012)
  3. ↑ Aficionados famosos a Tigres y Monterrey (Spanish; ESPN video, accessed August 8, 2018)
  4. ↑ ¿A quién le van los famosos en el futbol? (Spanish; article from June 3, 2015)