Indios de Ciudad Juárez

Indios de Ciudad Juárez

Full name	Club de Futbol Indios de Ciudad Juárez
Nickname(s)	Tribu,Aborigenes,Equipo Benjamin
Founded	2005
Ground	Estadio Olimpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez (Capacity: 22,300)
Chairman	Francisco Ibarra Molina
Manager	Sergio Orduña
League	Liga de Ascenso
2010 Bicentenario	(Relegated) 17th (league)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club de Futbol Indios de Ciudad Juárez commonly known as Indios or Los Indios de Juárez is a Mexican football (soccer) team. It emerged after the Pachuca Juniors team (part of the low forces of Pachuca FC) moved to Ciudad Juarez. Most of the players belonged to Pachuca as reserves from the first team or are younger talent. It was promoted after three seasons to the Primera División de México (First Division) after the 2007-2008 season . After the promotion, Pachuca sold their shares from the team, because they considered it unethical to have two teams competing at the same in the Primera Division. However, the team was regulated now relegated back to the Liga de Ascenso—Mexico's second division league. The team was founded in 2005 and they are the second team in the city to be named Indios.

Overview

Indios when they were champions of Apertura 2007

Indios when they promoted to First Division

During its time in Mexico's second tier football league, the Primera División A Indios enjoyed much success.

In Clausura 2006, Indios played in the league final and lost to Querétaro FC in penalty shots; thus losing the chance to play for a berth in the Mexican top flight.

In Apertura 2006, Indios led a part of the competition with Jair García as the second best scorer in the league. However, Indios lost in the quarterfinals. Puebla would go on to beat Petroleros de Salamanca for the title, and eventually, promotion to the first division, over Dorados.

On December 12, 2007, the first leg of the Apertura 2007 final took place in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, where Indios defeated Dorados with an almost decisive 3-0 score. The second leg took place December 15, 2007 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, where Indios defeated Dorados 4-0. This game made Indios league champions for the first time and granted them a possibility to be promoted to the first division. Leon took the Clausura 2008 title, qualifying them along with the Apertura 2007 champions (Indios), to the 2008 "Final de Ascenso", which decides who is promoted to the first division. The first leg (ida) took place in Cd. Juarez on May 22, 2008, giving Indios a 1-0 lead. The second leg (vuelta), took place in Leon's home stadium on May 25, 2008. The match ended in a 2-2 draw, giving Indios a 3-2 aggregate score, and the promotion to the first division.

The Club's first season on the first division began with the Apertura 2008 tournament. ..

Indios de Ciudad Juárez started the Apertura 2008 badly, losing the first 4 games in a consecutive manner. After manager, Sergio Orduna, was fired, Hector Eugui took over as manager and tied his first game with Toluca.

Clausura 2009

Due to Mexico's unique system of relegation, Indios were on the brink of being relegated during the Clausura 2009 tournament, while at the same time having a winning season and in the hunt for the playoffs, ultimately qualifying as 7th place overall. In the playoffs, Indios were this year's "Cinderella story". They were able to defeat defending champions Toluca (who got 2nd place in the tournament), winning the series with a 1-0 aggregate score. They made a valiant stand in the semifinals where they were outmatched by 1st place seeded Pachuca; they lost the series with a 3-4 aggregate score.

Apertura 2009 and Bicentenario 2010

In the apertura 2009 tournament Indios did not win a single match neither at home nor did they gain wins away, however in the Bicentenario 2010 (The recently ended Mexican tournament) Indios has made a season for it is to be left forgotten. With a little more than 28 defeats and 1 victory Indios is now sentenced to be relegated by the end of the Bicentenario despite having 4 matches left to dispute. The reason as to why Indios was relegated so early was that with their record obtained it is enough for a club with a not so well record to pushed back down into the ascending division league. The Mexican football association has now made it official to sentence the club with such rule. On April 25, 2010, Indios said goodbye to the Mexican 1st division with a 2-0 victory win at home over Pumas UNAM.

Stadium

Main article: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez

CF Indios plays their home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. The stadium capacity is 22,300 people. Its owned by Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez and its surface is covered by natural grass. The stadium was opened in October 1980 with a match between Mexico national football team and Atlético Español.

Current roster

• As of September 30, 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 Humberto Hernández 3 DF René Ruvalcaba 5 DF Braulio Godínez (Vice-Captain) 6 MF Alberto Ramírez 7 FW Blas Pérez 8 MF Tomás Campos (Captain) 9 FW Víctor Mañon 10 MF Juan Augusto Gómez 11 MF Arturo Alvarado 12 GK Alejandro Vela 13 MF Pablo Metlich 14 DF Joaquín Andrade 15 DF Óscar Recio 16 DF Daniel Galván 17 MF Jorge Echavarría

No. Position Player 18 FW Alberto Jorge Orozco 20 DF Paulo Serafín 21 FW Edwin Borboa 22 MF Gabriel Gómez 23 MF Hiber Ruíz 24 GK Alonso Jiménez 26 MF Efraín Dimayuga 27 MF José Luis Acosta 28 MF Joaquín Alonso 29 FW Julio Daniel Frías (Vice-Captain) 30 MF Rubén Martínez 32 MF Sergio Armando Villaseñor 33 MF Ángel David Aponte 35 DF Víctor Bernárdez

Managers

Name	From	To
Luis Alfonso Sosa	2004	2006
Sergio Orduña	2006	2008
Héctor Hugo Eugui	2008	2009
José Treviño	2009	2010

Overall statistics

General statistics

• All–time top scorer: Julio Daniel Frías 30 goals (23 in Primera "A" / 7 in Primera División)
• Most Appearances: Edwin Santibáñez with 150 matches (114 in Primera "A" / 36 in Primera División)
• Most Minutes Played: Edwin Santibáñez with 12,416 minutes (9, 385 in Primera "A" / 3031 in Primera División)
• Most number of yellow cards: Edwin Santibáñez 39 (32 in Primera "A" / 7 in Primera División)
• Most number of red cards: Ricardo Esqueda 4 (3 in Primera "A" / 1 in Primera División), Julio Brian Gutierrez (4)
• Most Games Played as a Captain: Edwin Santibáñez with 89 matches (55 in Primera "A" / 34 in Primera División)

• Primera "A": 2005-08 (Regular season / Repechaje / Liguilla / Juego de Ascenso)
• Primera División: 2008-09 (Regular season / Liguilla)

Milestone goals

Goal number	Date	Player	Opponent	Score	Final result
1	6 August 2005	Edwin Santibáñez	Deportivo Irapuato	0–1	2–1
100	26 November 2006	Darío Gigena	Monarcas Morelia B	0–2	0–2
200	27 August 2008	Mauricio Romero (OG)	Monarcas Morelia	0–1	0–1

Club Honors

• Primera Division A: 1

Apertura 2007

See also

• Indios de Ciudad Juárez Reserves

External links

• Official Site