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| Full name | Fútbol Club Juárez | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Bravos (The Braves) | ||
| Founded | May 29, 2015 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez | ||
| Capacity | 19,703 | ||
| Owner | MountainStar Sports Group | ||
| Chairman | Andrés Fassi | ||
| Manager | Diego Mejía | ||
| League | Liga MX | ||
| Clausura 2023 | Regular phase: 16th Final phase: Did not qualify | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Sporting Chairman |  Andrés Fassi |
| Corporate Chairman |  Luis Rodríguez |
| Director of football |  Humberto Valdés |
| Coordinator of football | David Frech |
| Director of academy | Ángel González |
Source: Liga MX
Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager | Diego Mejía |
| Assistant managers | Edgar Solano |
| Luis Orozco | |
| Goalkeeper coach | Juan Stampone |
| Fitness coaches | Cosme Barba |
| Federico Zurbriggen | |
| Physiotherapists | Kevin Ponce |
| Ramiro Cerruti | |
| Team doctor | Álvaro Martínez |
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 (2022–2023)
- Diego Mejía (2023–present)
Players
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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
- Winners: Apertura 2015
References
- ↑ "Ciudad Juárez tendría equipo en la División de Ascenso". Azteca Deportes. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Cambios en el ASCENSO MX" [Changes in ASCENSO MX] (in Spanish). June 7, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ↑ "ASCENSO Bancomer MX Informa" (in Spanish). July 20, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Alebrijes se Coronó en el Apertura 2017" [Alebrijes crowned in the Apertura 2017] (in Spanish). December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Liga MX Clausura 2019 Bravos de Juárez es nuevo equipo de la Liga MX tras la compra de Lobos BUAP" [Liga MX Clausura 2019 Bravos de Juárez is new Liga MX team after the purchase of Lobos BUAP]. Marca Claro (in Spanish). Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Bravos de FC Juarez Joins Liga MX". KROD. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ↑ Staff, El Paso Locomotive. "Friendly Rival On The Border". www.eplocomotivefc.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ↑ "FC Juárez". ligamx.net. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ↑ "FC Juárez". Ascenso MX. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ↑ "Pierden Bravos ante Xolos". El Mexicano. July 15, 2017. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2017.