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Atlas
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Full name	; Atlas Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	; Los Zorros (The Foxes); Los Rojinegros (The Red-and-Blacks); La Academia (The Academy)
Founded	; 15 August 1916; 101 years ago (1916-08-15);
Ground	; Estadio Jalisco,; Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
; Ground Capacity	; 55,110
Owner	; Grupo Salinas;
Chairman	; Gustavo Guzmán;
Manager	; Gerardo Espinoza;
League	; Liga MX;
Apertura 2017	; 8th (Liguilla Quarterfinals)
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; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Home colours;	; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Away colours;
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Atlas Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation: [kluβ ˈatɬas]) is a Mexican football club. Atlas plays in Guadalajara, Mexico, in the Liga MX. The club's home stadium is Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara.

History

Club Atlas was founded in a bar of Guadalajara, Mexico, where a few friends recalled their football experience at the Ampleforth College where they had spent the last few years. Alfonso and Juan José "Lico" Cortina, Pedro "Perico" and Carlos Fernández del Valle, the three Orendain brothers and Federico Collignon (who had studied in Berlin) finally decided in 1916 to set up a football team called "Club Atlas" and founded it in Guadalajara.

The technical ability that the "Atlistas" employed – triangular passing and skillful dribbling to avoid opponents' tackles – was impressive and they quickly joined the elite in Mexican football. As a result, Atlas and Chivas, a fellow Guadalajara team, have a long history in the first division and the game between them is called the 'Clásico Tapatío'.

Club Atlas had a golden age in the late 1990s under the management of Ricardo La Volpe, with promising players such as Rafael Márquez, Daniel Osorno, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Pavel Pardo, Mario Méndez, Omar Briceño, Miguel Zepeda, and Cesar Andrade.

Youth Academy

Atlas are renowned for having a successful youth academy setup. In the last few decades, Atlas have developed many players who have gone on to have professional careers domestically and internationally. Many young players enter the Atlas youth academy knowing that they'll have a strong possibility to play with the first team due to the club philosophy of allowing youth players the opportunity to be promoted to the first team. Although Atlas has only won the league championship once, their academy has been famous for developing players for the Mexico national football team in the past few decades like Jared Borgetti, Daniel Osorno, José de Jesús Corona, Pável Pardo, Oswaldo Sánchez, Rafael Márquez, Juan Carlos Medina, Jorge Hernández, Mario Méndez, Miguel Zepeda, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Juan Pablo Garcia, Hugo Ayala, Jorge Torres Nilo, Edgar Ivan Pacheco, Andrés Guardado and many more. The club's lower youth divisions have achieved many titles domestically as well as internationally.

International competitions

Atlas has participated twice in Copa Libertadores. The first appearance was in 2000 after qualifying through a preliminary round-robin stage where they faced Club America, Deportivo Tachira and Deportivo Italchacao. They got off to a bad start losing 2–0 to America then drawing with Deportivo Tachira 2–2 and 3–3 with Deportivo Italchacao. However they would recover and finish first of the group after defeating Club America 6–3, Deportivo Tachira 2–0 and drawing 2–2 with Deportivo Italchacao on the second legs.

Atlas would then be drawn into Group 4 alongside River Plate, Universidad de Chile and Atletico Nacional. At home they would draw 1–1 with River Plate, draw 0–0 with Universidad de Chile and defeat Atletico Nacional 5–1. In the second legs they would defeat Atletico Nacional by a score of 3–2 but lose to both River Plate and Universidad de Chile by the same score. Atlas would go on to finish 2nd in the group with just a point behind River Plate and leveled in points with Universidad de Chile but a better goal difference would see them go through. After having impressed in the group stage they would eliminate Junior of Barranquilla in the Round of 16 with scores of 2–0 and 3–1. However, in the quarterfinals their run would come to an end after losing twice to Palmeiras with scores of 2–0 and 3–2.

Their second appearance was in the year 2008 after first having to earn a ticket by participating in the qualifying tournament known as the Interliga where they faced Toluca, Morelia and Club America. After a goalless draw to Toluca, a 2–0 victory over Morelia and a 3–2 defeat to Club America, they would find themselves second of the group and statistically leveled with Toluca in every possible way. Given the circumstances, a coin toss was issued in which Atlas ended up winning. Having finished second they lost their opportunity to automatically qualify for the Copa Libertadores and had to play San Luis for a ticket to the Copa Libertadores First Stage. They would defeat San Luis easily by a score of 3–0.

In the preliminary First Stage Atlas faced the Bolivian team La Paz and defeated them 2–0 at the Jalisco then they lost 1–0 in La Paz and so with a 2–1 aggregate they would finally earn their ticket and be drawn in group 3 with Boca Juniors, Colo-Colo and Maracaibo. Atlas were impressive and finished first in the group with 11 points. At home they defeated Boca Juniors 3–1 and defeated both Colo-Colo as well as Maracaibo with a score of 3–0. Away from home they drew 1–1 with Maracaibo and Colo-Colo but lost 3–0 to Boca Juniors. In the Round of 16 they would eliminate Lanus with scores of 1–0 and 2–2 at home. In the quarterfinals they would face Boca Juniors once again. The first match was played at the Jose Amalfitani stadium due to the sanction that was imposed on Boca Juniors. The game was spectacular, undoubtedly one of the best of the tournament. Atlas went ahead early on by a headed goal from Omar Flores then Boca Juniors would tie after an own goal from Hugo Ayala. Both teams would have several goal scoring chances throughout the game and 15 minutes before the end of the match, Caceres would put Boca up 2–1. However, in the 88th minute Atlas would equalize from a set piece from a sensational header from Jorge Torres. So with much optimism the team would head home to receive the Argentines at the Jalisco. In the second game Atlas were not so fortunate. They suffered early injuries but the worst was yet to come for them as Palermo would have a memorable hat-trick before half time. The game ultimately ended 3–0 and Atlas once again find themselves knocked out in the quarterfinals.

In their third appearance they lost at Home against Santa Fe 1–0. They were obligated to get a win in their next visit against Atletico Mineiro which they defeated with a goal scored by Christian Suarez in the 86th minute which gave them the Victory 1–0 and ended a 37-year undefeated streak at Home in Copa Libertadores for Atletico Mineiro.

Estadio Jalisco

Atlas currently plays in the Estadio Jalisco, which is the third largest stadium in Mexico and was constructed on 31 January 1960. It is a venue that has played host to historic matches and teams including Pelé's Brazil in 1970. In total, It was host for 8 games in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, 6 of which were from group stage matches, and two were quarter and semi-finals. Subsequently, the stadium was again host for 9 games in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, 6 of which were group stage matches, 1 was round of sixteen and the last 2 were quarter and semi-finals.

Fans

Atlas fans are as a whole collectively known as La Fiel (The Faithful), while La Barra 51 is the main organized supporter group. La Barra 51's name recalls Atlas' last and only championship in the Primera División de México in 1951. Through the team's struggling performance La Fiel has earned its name, supporting the team for 60 years without any major accomplishments.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Gerardo Espinoza
Assistant managers	Ángel Maldonado
Assistant managers	J. Guadalupe Ramos
Goalkeeper coach	Fabián Villaseñor
Fitness coaches	Eric Secada
Physiotherapists	Guillermo López
	Salvador Magalla
	Eder Fiol
Team doctor	José Ángel Gutiérrez

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 July 2018

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	José Santiago Hernández
3	DF	Leiton Jiménez
5	DF	Gaddi Aguirre
6	MF	Edgar Zaldívar
7	MF	Juan Pablo Vigón
8	MF	Andrés Andrade
10	MF	Clifford Aboagye
11	MF	Ricky Álvarez
12	GK	Jonathan Estrada
13	MF	Ulises Cardona
14	DF	Omar Gonzalez (on loan from Pachuca)
15	MF	Bryan Garnica
16	DF	Heriberto Olvera (on loan from Pachuca)
17	FW	Jefferson Duque

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Alejandro Díaz (on loan from América)
19	FW	Octavio Rivero
20	MF	Jairo Torres
21	MF	Lorenzo Reyes
22	FW	Ángelo Henríquez
23	GK	Édgar Hernández (on loan from Querétaro)
24	DF	Cristian González
25	MF	José Ávila
26	DF	Cristian Calderón
27	MF	Edyairth Ortega
28	MF	Patrick Soko
29	DF	Ismael Govea
30	DF	Edson García
—	DF	José Monroy

Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
—	GK	José Alujas (at Tuxtla)
—	GK	Iván Calderón de la Barca (at Tecos)
—	GK	Alejandro Estrada (at Durango)
—	GK	Miguel Fraga (at UNAM)
—	GK	Héctor Lomelí (at La Piedad)
—	DF	Carlos Arreola (loan to UdeC)
—	DF	Daniel Arreola (loan to Puebla)
—	DF	Diego Barbosa (at Sinaloa)
—	DF	Christopher Chavoya (at Tuxtla)
—	DF	Fabián Guzmán (at Matamoros)
—	DF	Juan de Dios Hernández (at Zacatepec)
—	DF	Giovanni León (at Atl. San Luis)
—	DF	Amado Pérez (at Matamoros)
—	DF	Enrique Pérez (at Veracruz)
—	DF	Carlos Plascencia (at Durango)
—	DF	Roberto Villamarín (at Alianza Lima)
—	MF	Fabrizio Díaz (at Tepatitlán)
—	MF	Ángel Gaspar (at Zacatepec)
—	MF	Héctor Gómez (at Cancún)
—	MF	Diego González (at Durango)
—	MF	Daniel Hernández (at Atlante)

No.	Position	Player
—	MF	Huber López (at Inter Playa)
—	MF	Carlos Nava (at Tuxtla)
—	MF	Aldo Leão Ramírez (at Atlético Nacional)
—	MF	Juan de Dios Ramírez (at La Piedad)
—	MF	Luis Robles (at Puebla)
—	MF	Luis Rodríguez (at La Piedad)
—	MF	Rodolfo Salinas (at Celaya)
—	MF	Luis Télles (at UdeG)
—	MF	Fernando Vázquez (at Oaxaca)
—	MF	Rodolfo Vilchis (at Morelia)
—	FW	Matías Alustiza (at UNAM)
—	FW	Juan Celada (at Tuxtla)
—	FW	Daniel Delgadillo (at Tuxtla)
—	FW	Fidel Martínez (at Peñarol)
—	FW	Gerardo Martínez (at Irapuato)
—	FW	Dagoberto Mejía (at Durango)
—	FW	Édson Rivera (at Sinaloa)
—	FW	Sergio Rodríguez (at Oaxaca)
—	FW	Flavio Santos (at Oaxaca)
—	FW	Brayan Villalobos (at Tapachula)

Reserve teams

Atlas Premier: Reserve team that plays in the Liga Premier in the third level of the Mexican league system.

Former players

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
1989–90	Pajarito Sport	Bing
1990–91	Vicmar	Peñafiel
1991–92	Pajarito Sport	Peñafiel
1992–93	Vicmar	Peñafiel
1993–94	Umbro	Tecate
1994–95	ABA Sport	Tecate
1995–96	ABA Sport	No Sponsors
1996–99	Atletica	Corona/Estrella
1999–00	Atletica	Corona/Coca-Cola/Estrella
2000–01	Atletica	Coca-Cola/Omnilife/Corona
2001–02	Nike	Coca-Cola/Omnilife/Corona
2002–03	Nike	Coca-Cola/Corona
2003–04	Nike	Coca-Cola/Corona/Telcel
2004–05	Kappa	Coca-Cola/Bedoyecta/
2005–06	Kappa	Coca-Cola/Sky/Corona
2006–07	Kappa	Bedoyecta/Coca-Cola/Corona
2007–08	Atletica	Bedoyecta/Coca-Cola/Corona/Sky/Megacable
2008–09	Atletica	DiversityCapital/Coca-Cola/Corona/Sky/Megacable
2009–10	Atletica	Jalisco/Coca-Cola/Corona
2010–11	Atletica	Coca-Cola/Lubricantes Akron/Corona
2011–12	Atletica	Coca-Cola/Guadalajara 2011/Lubricantes Akron/Corona
Apertura 2012	Atletica	Coca-Cola/Lubricantes Akron/Corona
2013–14	Nike	Coca-Cola/Casas Javer/Corona/Volaris/Sky
2014–17	Puma	Bridgestone/Coca-Cola/Sky Sports/Azteca (multimedia conglomerate)/Corona/Banco Azteca/Volaris
2017-	Adidas	Corona/Coca-Cola/Sky Sports/Azteca (multimedia conglomerate)/Banco Azteca/Volaris

Former managers

Bauer (1960)

Alfredo Torres (1971–72)

Miloš Milutinović (1975–76)

Alfredo Torres (1976–77), (1978–80)

Alfonso Portugal (1980)

José Antonio Roca (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1982)

Alfredo Torres (1984–85), (1986)

Carlos Reinoso (1987–88)

José Luis Real (1988–89)

Pedro García Barros (1992)

Mario Zanabria (1 July 1992 – 30 June 1993)

Marcelo Bielsa (1 July 1993 – 29 January 1995)

Javier Torrente (29 January 1995–9?)

Efraín Flores (interim) (3 February 1995 – 30 June 1995)

Efraín Flores (1 July 1996 – 9 March 1997)

Ricardo La Volpe (1 July 1997 – 30 June 2001)

Efraín Flores (22 September 2001 – 31 December 2001)

Enrique Meza (1 January 2002 – 29 September 2002)

Fernando Quirarte (3 October 2002 – 16 September 2003)

Sergio Bueno (19 September 2003 – 17 April 2005)

Daniel Guzmán (1 July 2005 – 30 April 2006)

Rubén Romano (1 July 2006 – 18 September 2007)

Jorge Castañeda (interim) (21 September 2007 – 23 September 2007)

Tomás Boy (28 September 2007 – 31 December 2007)

Miguel Ángel Brindisi (6 January 2008 – 4 September 2008)

Darío Franco (5 September 2008 – 26 January 2009)

Ricardo La Volpe (28 January 2009 – 1 January 2010)

Carlos Ischia (1 January 2010 – 23 August 2010)

José Luis Mata (interim) (24 August 2010 – 17 October 2010)

Benjamín Galindo (24 August 2010 – 30 June 2011)

Rubén Romano (1 July 2011 – 22 September 2011)

Juan Carlos Chávez (22 September 2011 – 27 August 2012)

Tomás Boy (29 August 2012 – 30 June 2013)

Omar Asad (1 July 2013 – 16 October 2013)

José Luis Mata (17 October 13 – 10 November 2013)

Tomás Boy (6 December 2013 – 17 May 2015)

Gustavo Matosas (30 May 2015 – 3 December 2015)

Gustavo Costas (10 December 2015 – 21 May 2016)

Jose Guadalupe Cruz (17 June 2016 – 15 January 2018)

Gerardo Espinoza (15 January 2018 - 25 January 2018)

Rubén Romano (25 January 2018 - 19 March 2018)

Gerardo Espinoza (19 March 2018 - present)

Honours

Liga MX: 1

1950-51

Runner-up (3): 1948–49, 1965–66, Verano 1999

Copa MX: 4

1945–46, 1949–50, 1961–62, 1967–68

Runner-up (1): Apertura 2013

Campeón de Campeones: 4

1946, 1950, 1951, 1962

Runner-up (1): 1967–68

Segunda División de México: 3

1954–55, 1971–72, 1978–79

References

^ "Mexico – CSyD Atlas de Guadalajara – Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

External links

(in Spanish) Official site

(in Spanish) Primera División

(in Spanish) Atlas Discussion Forum

[1] "Mexico – CSyD Atlas de Guadalajara – Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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