C.F. Pachuca
| Pachuca | |||
| Full name | Club de Futbol Pachuca | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Tuzos (Gophers) | ||
| Founded | 1901 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Hidalgo Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 33,000 | ||
| Chairman | José de Jesús Martínez | ||
| Manager | Enrique Meza | ||
| League | La Primera Division | ||
| Clausura 2007 | 1st (playoffs) 1st (league) 1st (group) | ||
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Club de Futbol Pachuca, also known as Pachuca, is a popular Mexican football club which competes in the Primera División de México. It is the oldest team in the league. In the last ten years this has been one of the most successful teams in Mexico, winning 5 national championships, two CONCACAF Champions Cups (2002 and 2007) and one Copa Sudamericana in 2006 organized by the CONMEBOL. Pachuca is the the first Mexican team that won this tournament. Pachuca has only played 8 years in Primera División de México (First Division) since 1999.
Location
Pachuca plays in the Mexican city of the same name, the capital of Hidalgo in central Mexico. They play in the Estadio Hidalgo. This sport facility is one of Mexico's mid-sized soccer stadiums having capacity for 33,000 seats and was built in 1993 but recently was completely refurbished and modernized.
Championships
- File:Copa sudamericana.pngCopa Nissan Sudamericana: 1
- 2006
- File:Minilogoprimera.jpg La Primera División: 5
- Invierno 1999, Invierno 2001, Apertura 2003, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007.
- File:Concacafchampionlogo.jpgCONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2
- 2002, 2007
- 'La Primera División A
- 1996, Invierno 1998
Rivalries
- Pachuca vs. Tigres
- Pachuca gained promotion by elimintating Tigres' affiliate Tigrillos in the promotion final. In First Division, Pachuca has defeated Tigres in the League Final twice at the Estadio Universitario. Because of this, Tigres fans have a sense of rivalry against Pachuca. This rivalry has been recently fueled by the signing of Jose Luis Trejo as Tigres coach only a day after Pachuca won the Clausura 2006 final, an action that Pachuca considered a "lack of ethics" by Tigres. In the following season, when Pachuca hosted Tigres in the Estadio Hidalgo, the home side took down Tigres with a score of 5-0 which led to the dismissal of Trejo from the helm of Tigres, further inflaming the rivalry.
History
Cornish miners from the Compañia Real del Monte de Pachuca founded the team in 1901. It is the oldest soccer team in Mexico.
Originally, they practiced soccer only as a pastime during the free time they had while working at the mines. On July 19, 1907 the Primera División de México was founded with the teams that were founded immediately after Pachuca.
In the 1908 season, a Mexican born player, David Islas, appears for the first time in the ranks of the team.
From 1910 to 1912, the Revolución Mexicana decimates professional soccer in Mexico and only three teams remained. Pachuca was one of them.
By 1915, most of the players on the team were Mexicans.
From 1917 to 1920, Pachuca is champion of the league under British coach Alfred Crowle.
Pachuca disappears during the 1920-1921 Season when most of its players move to Mexico City.
Many years passed by until a second division Segunda División the team was reassembled.
In 1967 the team is crowned champion of the Segunda División and is able to move up to the Primera División. The team fares poorly and returns to the Segunda División in the early 1970s. The Tuzos would have to wait 19 years before being able to return to the Primera División in the 1992-1993 season, where they would struggle to remain and fall back that same season.
The loss of prestige of the Segunda División causes a new division of play to be created. The Primera División A is created in 1994 and the team is a sensation. However, they are unable to crown their efforts and fall to Atletico Celaya in an overtime final.
In the 1995-1996 season, the team becomes champion of the Primera "A" tournament and is enabled to return to the Primera División.
The team struggles yet again, and returns to the Primera División "A" once more.
After the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación splits the calendar into two half-length tournaments, Pachuca becomes champion of the Winter tournament. After defeating Tigrillos in the promotion final, once again, Pachuca returns to the Primera División.
In the 1998-1999 season, the team breaks its own bad streak by defeating Atlante in the Estadio Azteca in front of 30,000 people and avoid returning to the Primera División "A" and for the first time in 30 years remaining in the top league for two consecutive years under coach Javier Aguirre.
In the winter tournament of 1999, Pachuca makes history by crowning itself for the first time since the league become professional. They defeat Cruz Azul in the second leg of the final playoff. Javier Aguirre leads an unexpected team to victory, which culminated with a golden goal scored by Argentinian striker Alejandro Glaria who used his inner thigh to push the ball into the net.
Repeatedly interviewed during quarterfinals and semifinals, Aguirre declared that he never expected to get so far, and originally expected to be on vacation by that point.
As a result of their conquest, the team is invited to participate in the now defunct Copa Merconorte.
With a strong effort from the organization, they manage to keep 85% of the original championship team and by 2001, the Tuzos, again under Javier Aguirre, are finalists in the summer tournament. They fall to Santos Laguna in the Estadio Corona in Torreon,Coahuila.
During that season, the team lost one of its biggest figures when Pablo Hernán Gómez was killed in a car accident on January 29, 2001.
By the end of 2001, Javier Aguirre is chosen by Femexfut to coach the Seleccion Nacional Mexicana (Mexican National Team) which found itself at risk of not qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan. The team selects Alfredo Tena to be the new coach. Tena leads the team to the 2001 Winter Tournament Finals where they face UANL Tigres in the Estadio Universitario and conquer their second title.
2001 was also a celebration year for the team. It became the first team to reach 100 years of existence. The team organized a large number of special events, among them the inauguration of a university with a curriculum that revolves entirely around soccer related fields Universidad del Futbol.
In 2003, the team captured yet another championship, again against Tigres, and again in their stadium. This time, the coach was Victor Manuel Vucetich.
In its recent history, Pachuca has become a team to be respected in Mexican soccer.
Between 2003 and 2006 the team devoted more attention to social and marketing issues and failed to make the playoffs liguilla during two consecutive seasons. President Jesus Martinez however, vowed that the team would return to be among the headliners of the Primera División.
As a result, Pachuca won the Clausura 2006 championship in a final against Club San Luis after having an exceptional season which saw it finish in 1st place of the general standings. It was the first time that Pachuca won the championship by playing the return match in its home stadium. Consequently, Pachuca is the first qualifier to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007, and defeated the Chivas de Guadalajara in the final.
Pachuca on May 27, 2007 won their 5th domestic title, in a final that was disputed against Club America, in winning this championship Pachuca has won 4 trophies in the past 17 months, 2 domestic exactly one year apart, and two international championships The Copa Sudamericana and the CONCACAF Chamipions' Cup. In winning Pachuca will have the honor of defending their Champions' Cup title during the 2008 Champions' Cup Tournament.
Pachuca also has a kids team called Cludeem Pachuca Gunners in Pachuca, California, Chicago, and Florida,
Copa Sudamericana
In December, 2006, Pachuca played its first continental championship game ever, facing Colo Colo from Chile. The first leg ended in a 1-1 draw, and in the return game, played in Chile, Pachuca won the Copa Sudamericana championship by a score of 2-1. Pachuca's goals for the title were made at first, by their symbol Gabriel Caballero and in an excellent play Chitiva gave the ball to Christian "El Chaco" Giménez who scored the second goal to get the championship.
In doing so, Pachuca became the first Mexican team to win a CONMEBOL championship and after years of hard work in the domestic league, finally earned a spot as one of the best teams in Mexico.
Copa Sudamericana 2006 winners (players)
Leobardo López- Fausto Pinto
- Marvin Cabrera
- Fernando Salazar
- Jaime Correa
- Gabriel Caballero
- Juan Carlos Cacho
- Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez
- Juan Pablo Alfaro
- Paul Nicolás Aguilar
- Omar Arellano
Miguel Ángel Calero (Captain)- Andrés Chitiva
- Aquivaldo Mosquera
Christian Gimenez- Damian Ariel Álvarez
- Roberto Saucedo
Upcoming games
Group A Fixtures
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Los Angeles Galaxy
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 |
| CF Pachuca
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| CD Guadalajara
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| FC Dallas
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 – 1 | CF Pachuca |
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Gordon  50' Donovan 81' |
Report | Márquez Lugo 78' |
Semi-finals
| Houston Dynamo | – | CF Pachuca |
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Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad changes for Apertura 2007 season
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- Omar Arellano on loan to Chivas de Guadalajara
- Aquivaldo Mosquera transferred to Sevilla FC
Notable players
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Famous fans
- Margarita Zavala - Mexican First Lady
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