Club de Futbol Monterrey
| Full name | Club de Futbol Monterrey. A.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Rayados (The Striped Gang) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 32,262 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Jorge Urdiales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Miguel "El Piojo" Herrera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Mexican First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apertura 2004 | Runner-Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club de Fútbol Monterrey, also known as Monterrey, is a Mexican professional football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, in the northeast of the country. The team is popularly known as the Rayados and was founded in 1945. Their chief rivals are the UANL Tigres.
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Honours
Professional Era
- League Championships: 2
- México 1986, Clausura 2003
- League Runner-Up: 2
- 1992–93, Apertura 2004
- Mexican Segunda División Championships: 2
- 1955–56, 1959–60
- Mexico Cup Championship: 1
- 1991
- Mexican Champion of Champions: 1
- 1992
- CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1
- 1993
History
At the end of World War II, a group of industrial businessmen headed by Enrique Ayala Medina, Paul C. Probert, Rogelio Cantú Gómez and Miguel Margáín Zozaya, decided to create the Club de Futbol Monterrey, S. A. de C.V., which would play its first seasons in the Parque de Béisbol Cuauhtémoc.
In its first professional game, played August 19, 1945 against San Sebastián de León, Monterrey won by a score of 1–0, with José "Che" Gómez scoring the winner.
On March 1, 1986, the Rayados won their first league title in the return leg of a series against Tampico-Madero in the Estadio Tecnológico, to win by an aggregrate 3–2. The goals were scored by Brazilian Reinaldo Güeldini, and Mexican Francisco Javier "El Abuelo" Cruz, who finished the season as the league leader in goals.
Monterrey won its most recent title in the Clausura 2003 tournament, when on June 14, 2003 they defeated Monarcas Morelia by an aggregate of 3–1.
Since 1965, the home uniform consists of vertical blue and white striped jerseys with blue shorts. Their main rivals are the UANL Tigres.
Current stars
Noted players
- Mario Mota Souza
- Francisco Javier Cruz
- Guillermo Muñoz
- Missael Espinoza
- Claudio Lostanou
- Ignacio Jaúregui
- Carlos Bianchezi
- Luis Hernández
- Carlos Hermosillo
- Sergio Verdirame
- German Ricardo Martelloto
- Milton Carlos
- Francisco Bertochi
- Ruben Romeo Corbo
Managers
- Daniel Passarella (2002–2003)
- Francisco Avilán
- Miguel Herrera ( Apertura 2004 – present)
See also
- La Adicción – fans organization
External links
| Primera División de México |
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Categories: Mexican football clubs