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

Juárez
Full nameFútbol Club Juárez
Nickname(s)Los Bravos (The Braves)
FoundedMay 29, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-29)
GroundEstadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Capacity19,703
OwnerMountainStar Sports Group
ChairmanAndrés Fassi
ManagerMartín Varini
LeagueLiga MX
Clausura 2023Regular phase: 16th
Final phase: Did not qualify
Websitehttps://www.fcjuarez.com/
Current season

History

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Fútbol 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

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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

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Management

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Position Staff
Sporting Chairman   Andrés Fassi
Corporate Chairman   Luis Rodríguez
Director of football   Humberto Valdés
Director of academy   Ángel González

Source: Liga MX

Current technical staff

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Position Staff
Manager   Martín Varini
Assistant manager   Tomás Campos
Goalkeeper coach   Juan Stampone
Fitness coach   Cosme Barba
Physiotherapists   Kevin Ponce
  Ramiro Cerruti
Team doctor   Álvaro Martínez

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Managers

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Players

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First-team squad

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As of 29 August 2024[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 Sebastián Jurado (on loan from Cruz Azul)
3 DF   COL Moisés Mosquera
5 MF   MEX Denzell García
6 MF   MEX Javier Salas
7 MF   COL Diego Valoyes
9 FW   COL Óscar Estupiñán
10 MF   MEX Dieter Villalpando
11 MF   BRA Guilherme Castilho
12 GK   MEX Arturo Delgado
13 MF   PAN José Luis Rodríguez (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)
14 MF   BRA Edson (on loan from Rukh Lviv)
18 MF   COL Avilés Hurtado
20 MF   MEX Jairo Torres
21 FW   MEX César López (on loan from Necaxa)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   USA Alex Mendez
23 MF   USA Sebastian Saucedo
24 DF   MEX Haret Ortega
25 MF   MEX Jonathan González
26 DF   MEX José Juan García
27 DF   MEX Diego Campillo
28 DF   MEX Christian Franco (on loan from Monterrey)
29 FW   MEX Ángel Zaldívar
30 MF   MEX Jesús Venegas
31 GK   USA Benny Díaz (on loan from Tijuana)
32 DF   MEX Bryan Romer
33 MF   ESP Aitor García
34 DF   USA Ralph Orquin (on loan from América)
72 DF   MEX Carlos Salcedo

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   URU Manuel Castro (injured)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   MEX Ramón Pasquel (at El Paso Locomotive)
DF   URU Gonzalo Pelúa (at El Paso Locomotive)
DF   MNE Andrija Vukčević (at Cartagena)
MF   MEX Martín Barra (at Tepatitlán)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   MEX Francisco Nevárez (at El Paso Locomotive)
MF   ARG Agustín Urzi (at Racing de Avellaneda)
FW   MEX Amaury Escoto (at El Paso Locomotive)

Reserve teams

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Ciudad Juárez tendría equipo en la División de Ascenso". Azteca Deportes. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ^ "Cambios en el ASCENSO MX" [Changes in ASCENSO MX] (in Spanish). June 7, 2017. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "ASCENSO Bancomer MX Informa" (in Spanish). July 20, 2017. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Alebrijes se Coronó en el Apertura 2017" [Alebrijes crowned in the Apertura 2017] (in Spanish). December 4, 2017. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "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). Archived from the original on June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "Bravos de FC Juarez Joins Liga MX". KROD. June 11, 2019. Archived from the original on June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  7. ^ Staff, El Paso Locomotive. "Friendly Rival On The Border". www.eplocomotivefc.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "FC Juárez". ligamx.net. Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "FC Juárez". Ascenso MX. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  10. ^ "Pierden Bravos ante Xolos". El Mexicano. July 15, 2017. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
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