When was C.D. Guadalajara founded and what was its original name?
C.D. Guadalajara was founded in 1906 by Edgar Everaert under the name Unión Football Club. The club was renamed Club Deportivo Guadalajara in 1908 at a meeting hosted at the home of Nicolasa Sáinz, attended by Mexican members of the club without any European founders present.
Why does C.D. Guadalajara only sign Mexican players?
The all-Mexican transfer policy was made official in 1943 before the founding of the Liga Mayor. Club president Ignacio López declared the club would win or die based solely on Mexican talent. Guadalajara had already been fielding Mexican-only squads for several years before the formal policy, with the last foreign player, Frenchman Enrique Pellat, appearing in the 1926-27 season.
How many Liga MX titles has C.D. Guadalajara won?
C.D. Guadalajara has won twelve Liga MX titles. The first came in the 1956-57 season and the most recent in the Clausura 2017. The club also holds the league record for the longest winning streak at the start of a season, with eight consecutive wins in the Bicentenario 2010 tournament.
Where does C.D. Guadalajara play its home matches?
C.D. Guadalajara plays at Estadio Akron, which has a seating capacity of 49,850. Construction began in May 2007 and the stadium opened on the 30th of July 2010. It was originally named Estadio Omnilife, then renamed Estadio Chivas in 2016, before becoming Estadio Akron on the 15th of December 2017 after Grupo Akron purchased naming rights.
Where does the Chivas nickname come from?
The nickname Chivas originates from a column published in the newspaper El Informador on the 1st of October 1948, written by editor Martín del Campo, who described Guadalajara's winning performance as looking like a race of goats. Atlas fans adopted the term as an insult, but the club's supporters reclaimed it as a badge of identity. The team officially introduced its goat mascot, Chiva Rayada, at a match against Atlas in 1949.
What was El Campeonísimo and when did it dominate Mexican football?
El Campeonísimo was the name given to Guadalajara's squad during its golden era, which ran from the mid-1950s through 1970. The team won four consecutive Liga MX titles between the 1958-59 and 1961-62 seasons, a record that has never been matched in Mexican football history. In 1964, the squad toured Europe and played matches against FC Barcelona, Werder Bremen, and Lille Olympique.