Clásico Joven
Clásico Joven ( German Young Classic ) is the name of the city derby between the Mexico City- based football clubs Club América and Cruz Azul . While the Club América owned by the media giant Televisa is decried as a “bonzenklub” and is more associated with the upper class, the origins of the Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul as a company sports community lie in the cement factory of the same name. Accordingly, the cementeros are traditionally associated with the working class and enjoy the highest levels of sympathy among the poorer sections of the population.
history
In contrast to Club América, founded in 1916, and all other clubs that have so far brought top division football to the capital of Mexico , the origins of Cruz Azul are not in the capital, but in the small town of Jasso (now Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul ) in the state of Hidalgo which is located about 50 km north of Mexico City.
Although the CD Cruz Azul was founded in 1927, it was completely meaningless until the early 1960s. His professional history did not begin until 1961 when he entered the Segunda División , which at that time still held the rank of a second division . Just three years later, Cruz Azul won the championship and the associated promotion to the first division , to which the club has belonged ever since. Five years later, Cruz Azul won the Mexican football championship for the first time in the 1968/69 season , followed by a second place in 1969/70 and another championship title in Torneo México 70. Because the poorly populated town of Jasso with its relatively small Estadio 10 de diciembre did not allow the up-and-coming club to have a high audience potential, the club moved to the capital before the 1971/72 season, thereby entering into direct competition with the local Club America. As if that wasn't enough, Cruz Azul immediately won three more titles in a row at his new place of work (1971/72, 1972/73 and 1973/74). By the 1979/80 season, Cruz Azul had won the championship seven times and was just as successful as the team from Chivas Guadalajara in the period between 1956/57 and 1964/65. Because the game between America and Chivas has been known as Súper Clásico for some time , the duel between the two neighboring clubs has now been called Clásico Joven.
Derby balance sheet
Including the last derby in the 2018 Clausura on March 31, 2018, which America won 2-1, there have been a total of 172 matches between the two teams so far. Club America won 63 of them, while Cruz Azul won 51 derbies in its favor. 58 games ended in a draw.
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Coach of both clubs
The most important coach who was under contract with both clubs is Raúl Cárdenas . First he was in charge of the Cruz Azul CD from 1967 to 1975 and won five championship titles with it. He was then from 1975 to 1979 under contract with Club America and won another championship with him.
| Name of the trainer | nationality | Time at America | Championship title with America | Time at Cruz Azul | Championship title with Cruz Azul |
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| Raúl Cárdenas |
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1975-1979 | 1 (1975/76) | 1967-1975 |
5 (19968/69, México 70, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74) |
| Mario Carrillo |
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2002, 2004-2005 | 1 (Clausura 2005) | 2003 | 0 |
| Manuel Lapuente |
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2001-2002 | 1 (Verano 2002) | 1988 | 0 |
| Rubén Omar Romano |
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2008 | 0 | 2005 | 0 |
| Luis Fernando Tena |
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2006-2007 | 0 | 1995–1996, 1997–2000, 2004, 2014–2015 |
1 (Invierno 1997) |
Players who became champions with both clubs
Due to the large number of players who wore the jerseys of both clubs, only those players are listed in the table below who managed to win the championship title with both clubs. The most successful with a total of six titles were Carlos Hermosillo (five times with América and once with Cruz Azul) and Horacio López (five times with Cruz Azul and once with America). The only player to win two league titles with both clubs is Adrián Camacho .
| Name of the player | nationality | Time at America | Championship title with America | Time at Cruz Azul | Championship title with Cruz Azul |
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| Adrian Camacho |
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1986-1989 | 2 (1987/88, 1988/89) | 1977-1986 | 2 (1978/79, 1979/80) |
| Miguel Ángel Cornero |
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1974-1977 | 1 (1975/76) | 1977-1982 | 2 (1978/79, 1979/80) |
| Carlos Hermosillo |
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1983-1989 | 5 (1983/84, 1984/85, Prode 85, 1987/88, 1988/89) |
1992-1998 | 1 (Invierno 1997) |
| Horacio López |
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1967-1971 | 1 (1970/71) | 1971-1982 |
5 (1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1978/79, 1979/80) |
| Héctor Tapia |
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1981-1984 | 1 (1983/84) | 1976-1979 | 1 (1978/79) |
| Cesareo Victorino |
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1975-1980 | 1 (1975/76) | 1965-1973 |
4 (1968/69, México 70, 1971/72, 1972/73) |
Web links
- 15 Datos América vs Cruz Azul - Conoce más del Clásico Joven (Spanish; article from February 16, 2016)
- Zaritzi Sosa / Mario Hernández (Récord): América-Cruz Azul, el Clásico con mejor promedio goleador (Spanish; article from February 17, 2016)
- René Umanzor (Récord): Final de 1971-72, el inicio de la rivalidad del Clásico Joven (Spanish; article from August 26, 2015)