Fútbol Club Juárez, commonly referred to as Bravos de Juárez, or simply as Juárez, is a Mexican football club based in the city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua that currently competes in Liga MX.

Juárez

Full name	Fútbol Club Juárez
Nickname(s)	Los Bravos (The Braves)
Founded	May 29, 2015; 7 years ago (2015-05-29)
Ground	Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Capacity	19,703
Owner	MountainStar Sports Group
Chairman	Miguel Ángel Garza
Manager	Hernán Cristante
League	Liga MX
Apertura 2021	Regular phase: 11th Final phase: Reclassification
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Futbol Club Juárez was founded in 2015 by a bi-national group of six families, two from the border city of El Paso, Texas and four from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, making it one of the few clubs with foreign investors in Mexican football and marking the return of professional sports to Ciudad Juárez for the first time since 2012 after the previous franchise, Indios de Ciudad Juárez, was relegated from Liga MX, suffered from poor management, and was ultimately disbanded.[1]

On June 7, 2015, it was officially announced by Ascenso MX officials that FC Juárez would compete in Ascenso MX, starting in the Apertura 2015 season.

On December 5, 2015, after a very successful beginning to the season, the team ended the 2015 campaign in second place, and FC Juárez captured its first Ascenso MX title after beating Atlante 3-1 on aggregate, thus gaining the right to play in the promotional final in the Ascenso MX.[2] The failed to qualify for the Clausura 2016 liguilla and lost the promotional final against Necaxa.

The following season, Juárez failed to qualify for the liguilla. In the Clausura 2017 season, Juárez lost the final against Lobos BUAP with an aggregate score of 4–2.

For the 2017–18 Ascenso MX season, the league announced that Juárez was one of six Ascenso MX teams eligible for promotion to Liga MX the following season.[3] In the Apertura 2017 season, Juárez lost their second consecutive final, against Alebrijes de Oaxaca, on penalties.[4]

On June 11, 2019, Juárez replaced Lobos BUAP in Liga MX after the founding bi-national group purchased the struggling franchise, thus returning top-level football to Ciudad Juárez.[5][6]

They have developed a friendly, cross-border rivalry with El Paso Locomotive of the USL Championship since that side began play in 2019.[7]

Stadium

FC Juárez play their home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Stadium attendance is capped at 19,765, and it is owned by Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. The stadium was opened October 1980, with an inaugural match between the Mexico national team and Atlético de Madrid.

Personnel

Management

Position	Staff
Chairman	Miguel Ángel Garza
Director of football	Joaquín del Olmo

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Hernán Cristante
Assistant managers	Pablo Morant
	Diego Mejía
Goalkeeper coach	José López
Fitness coaches	Mariano Filippi
	Osvaldo Scansetti
Physiotherapist	Jesús Soto
Team doctor	Luis González

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Managers

• Sergio Orduña (2015–2016)
•  Miguel de Jesús Fuentes (2016–2018)
• Tomás Campos (Interim) (2018)
•  Gabriel Caballero (2018–2020)
•  Luis Fernando Tena (2021)
• Alfonso Sosa (2021)
• Ricardo Ferretti (2021–2022)
• Hernan Cristante (2022–present)

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 July 2022[9][10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MEX Alfredo Talavera (captain) 2 DF  MEX Adrián Mora (on loan from Toluca) 3 DF  ESP Alejandro Arribas 4 DF  ARG Marcos Mauro 5 DF  MEX Jaime Gómez (on loan from Tijuana) 6 MF  USA Fernando Arce 7 FW  URU Maximiliano Silvera (on loan from Cerrito) 8 FW  PAR Darío Lezcano 9 FW  URU Diego Rolán 11 MF  VEN Darwin Machís 12 MF  MEX Cándido Ramírez 13 DF  MEX Carlos Salcedo 14 DF  URU Emiliano Velázquez 15 DF  URU Maximiliano Olivera 16 MF  MEX Javier Salas

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  MEX Alan Medina 18 MF  MEX Alonso García 19 FW  URU Gabriel Fernández (on loan from Celta Vigo) 21 MF  MEX Francisco Nevárez 22 GK  MEX Ramón Pasquel 23 MF  MEX Mauro Lainez 24 DF  MEX José Juan García 26 DF  MEX Alberto Acosta 27 MF  MEX Iván Ochoa 28 MF  MEX Carlos Fierro 29 MF  MEX Jesús Dueñas 31 DF  USA Ventura Alvarado 32 MF  ARG Matías García 33 GK  MEX Carlos Felipe Rodríguez

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  MEX Alberto López (at Atlante) — DF  PAR Víctor Velázquez (at Newell's Old Boys)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MEX Juan Velásquez (at Atlante)

Reserve teams

FC Juárez (Liga TDP)

Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Academia Cuextlán

Reserve team that plays in the Liga TDP, the fourth level of the Mexican league system.

Honours

• Ascenso MX

Winners: Apertura 2015

References

External links

• Official website

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