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Atlas Full name Club Social y Deportivo Atlas de Guadalajara Nickname(s) Zorros (Foxes)
Los Rojinegros (The Red-blacks)
La Academia (The Academy)Founded August 15, 1916 Ground Jalisco,
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
(Capacity: 56,700)Chairman Carlos Martin Del Campo
Manager Juan Carlos Chávez
League Primera División de México Clausura 2011 10th (league) Home coloursAway coloursThird coloursCurrent season
Club Social y Deportivo Atlas de Guadalajara is a Mexican football club. Atlas is one of three teams that play in Guadalajara, Mexico, along with Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Estudiantes Tecos in the Primera División de México. The club's home stadium is Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara.
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History
Club cardinals atlas was founded in a bar of Guadalajara, Mexico, where a few friends recalled their football experience at English college squads where they had spent the last few years. Alfonso and Juan José "Lico" Cortina, Pedro "Perico" and Carlos Fernández del Valle, the three Orendain brothers and Federico Collignon (who had studied in Berlin) finally decided in the summer of 1910 to set up a football team called "Club Atlas"[citation needed] and founded it in Tlaquepaque, outside the city of Guadalajara.
The technical ability that the "Atlistas" employed - triangular passing and skillful dribbling to avoid opponents' tackles - was impressive and they quickly joined the elite in Mexican football. As a result, Atlas and Chivas, a fellow Guadalajara team, have a long history in the first division and the game between them is called the 'Clásico Tapatío'.
Youth Academy
Atlas has one the best youth academies in Mexico. In the last decade Atlas has developed and let many young players play more than any other team in Mexico. Many young players go in Atlas youth academy knowing that they'll have a strong possibility to play with the first team. Although Atlas has only won the league championship once, their academy has been famous for developing national idols who have played with the Mexico national football team in the past decade like Jared Borgetti, Daniel Osorno, José de Jesús Corona, Pável Pardo, Oswaldo Sánchez, Rafael Márquez, Juan Carlos Medina, Jorge Hernández, Mario Méndez, Miguel Zepeda, Jose Vaquero Lopez, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Juan Pablo Garcia, Hugo Ayala, Jorge Torres Nilo, Edgar Ivan Pacheco, Andrés Guardado and many more. As of 2007, most teams in Mexico's Primera División have at least one player who started their career in Club Atlas.
Club Atlas had a golden age in the year 1998 with promising players such as Rafael Márquez, Daniel Osorno, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Mario Méndez, Omar Briceño, and Miguel Zepeda. They lost the final to Toluca and next season became dominant 1st place overall but never claimed a title. Today many of the once young jewels of the team are on elite squads and play important roles.
International Competitions
Atlas has participated twice in Copa Libertadores. The first appearance been in the year 2000 when the team made it to the quarterfinals and lost to former cup champions Palmeiras. In 2008, Atlas had another chance participation in Copa Libertadores making it to the quarterfinals and losing to cup champions Boca Juniors. In June 2009 Atlas was chosen with other 3 teams from FMF to participate in the Superliga. The Superliga is a tournament that 4 teams from FMF and MLS participate. The winner receives the prize of $1 million.
Estadio Jalisco
Atlas currently plays in the stadium. Estadio Jalisco is the third largest stadium in Mexico and was constructed on January 31, 1960. It is a venue that has played host to historic matches and teams including Pelé's Brazil in 1970. In total, It was host for 8 games in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, 6 of which were from group stage matches, and two were quarter and semi-finals. Subsequently, the stadium was again host for 9 games in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, 6 of which were group stage matches, 1 was round of sixteen and the last 2 were quarter and semi-finals.
Fans
Atlas fans are collectively called La Fiel (the faithful) by themselves, but better known to the rest of the population as "Barra 51" ; La Barra 51 is the main organized supporter group. La Barra 51's name recalls Atlas' last and only championship in the Primera División de México in 1951. Through the team's struggling performance La Fiel has earned its name, supporting the team for 60 years without any major silverware.
Current squad
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.
No. Position Player 1 GK Miguel Pinto 2 DF Ricardo Jiménez 3 DF Néstor Vidrio 4 MF Luis Robles 5 DF Jonathan Lacerda (on loan from Santos Laguna)
6 MF Francisco Torres (on loan from Santos Laguna)
7 FW Flavio Santos 8 MF Lucas Ayala (on loan from Tigres UANL)
10 MF Jesús Meza 11 MF Gastón Puerari 12 DF Daniel Arreola 14 FW Mauricio Romero Alvizu 15 DF Alfredo González Tahuilán (on loan from Tigres UANL)
No. Position Player 16 MF Alonso Zamora 17 FW Georgie Welcome (on loan from CD Motagua)
18 DF Jesús Arturo Paganoni 19 MF Saúl Villalobos 20 DF Hugo Isaác Rodríguez 21 GK Alejandro Gallardo 22 MF Guillermo Rojas (on loan from Jaguares de Chiapas)
23 MF Ricardo Bocanegra 24 GK José Francisco Canales 28 FW Jahir Barraza 31 MF Jonathan Piña 36 MF Efrén Mendoza Out on loan: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player - MF Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez (on loan to HNK Rijeka) - FW Hebert Alférez (on loan to HNK Rijeka) No. Position Player - FW Luis Delgadillo (on loan to HNK Rijeka) Current Technical Staff
Position Staff Manager Juan Carlos Chávez
Assistant Manager Ernesto De La Rosa
Physical fitness coach Diego Rousse
Team Doctor Rubén Cruz
Massage Therapist Guillermo López
Utilityman Rubén Herrera
Goalkeepers coach Raúl Morales
Last updated: 18 April 2010
Source: F.C. Atlas Official WebsiteHonors
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- 1950-51
- Copa México: 4
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- 1945-46, 1949-50, 1961-62, 1967-68
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- 1945-46, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1961-62
- Segunda División de México: 3
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- 1954-55, 1971-72, 1978-79
- Amateur Era Occidental League Championships: 5
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- 1917-21, 1935-36
Friendly International Tournaments
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- 1990
- Copa Cuadrangular: 1
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- 2010
Notable players
José Rafael Albrecht
Jorge Almirón
Eduardo Berizzo
Eduardo Bustos Montoya
José Luis Calderón
Luis Carniglia
Hugo Norberto Castillo (El Misionero)
Diego Cocca
Diego Colotto
Darío Franco
Fabricio Fuentes
Ricardo Lunari
Bruno Marioni
Diego Rivarola
Emanuel Villa
Coutinho
Robert
Pedro Araya Toro
Andrés Guardado
Jorge Hernández
Pedro Hernández
Manuel Lapuente
Adalberto "Dumbo" López
Rafael Márquez
Juan Carlos Medina
Mario Méndez
Daniel Osorno
Edgar Iván Pacheco
Pável Pardo
Manuel Pérez
José Manuel Rivera
Juan Pablo Rodríguez
Oswaldo Sánchez
Jorge Torres Nilo
Juan Carlos Valenzuela
Martín Vásquez
Néstor Vidrio
Miguel Ángel Zepeda
Jorge Achucarro
Lucas Barrios
Ariel Bogado
Denis Caniza
Hugo Kiesse
Héctor Chumpitaz
Juan Pajuelo
Miroslav Cermelj
Jorge Bava
Carlos María Morales
Robert Siboldi
Gonzalo Vargas
Notable coaches
Ricardo Lavolpe
Eduardo Valdatii
Marcelo Bielsa
Ruben Omar Romano
Pedro García
Carlos Reinoso
External links
- (Spanish) Official site
- (Spanish) Primera División
- (Spanish) Atlas Dicussion Forum
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