Monarcas Morelia

Not to be confused with Monarcas Morelia (Women).

Morelia

Full name	Club Atlético Monarcas Morelia
Nickname(s)	La Monarquía (The Monarchy) Los Canarios (The Canaries) Los Purépechas (The Purépechas)
Founded	21 November 1924; 93 years ago (1924-11-21)
Ground	Estadio Morelos Morelia, Michoacán
Ground Capacity	35,000
Owner	Grupo Salinas
Chairman	Álvaro Dávila[1]
Manager	Roberto Hernández
League	Liga MX
Apertura 2017	4th (Liguilla Semifinals)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Club Atlético Monarcas Morelia is a Mexican professional football club based in Morelia, Michoacán, playing in Liga MX.^[2] The team is owned by Grupo Salinas and plays its home games in Estadio Morelos.

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  1 History
  
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    1.1 Beginnings
    
  
  
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    1.2 Relegation Struggles
    
  
  


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  2 Badges
  


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  3 Kit
  
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    3.1 2000–present
    
  
  


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  4 Stadium
  


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  5 Players
  
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    5.1 First-team squad
    
  
  
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    5.2 Retired numbers
    
  
  
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    5.3 Out on loan
    
  
  
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    5.4 Reserve teams
    
  
  


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  6 Top Goalscorers
  


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  7 Honours
  
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    7.1 Domestic
    
  
  
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    7.2 International
    
  
  


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  8 Managers
  


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  9 References
  


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  10 External links
  

History

Beginnings

Club Atlético Morelia was founded November 21, 1924, as "Oro Morelia" in Morelia, Michoacán. In 1950, Club Deportivo Morelia was among the teams that founded the Segunda División. After the 1956–1957 season, in which they ended up in second place, they were officially promoted into the Primera División to replace Puebla. After an unsuccessful season, in 1968 Monarcas Morelia was relegated back to the Segunda División. During mixed 1968–1971 seasons, C.A. Morelia appointed Nicandro Ortiz as chairman. Ortiz acquired the team and strengthened its position in the league.

The 1978–1979 season thrust Morelia into contention for promotion; in 1980, Monarcas Morelia played under manager Diego Malta who helped his team towards the Mexico Championship and finally promotion to the Primera División in 1981.

In 1996 the major broadcast company TV Azteca bought the team. By the year 2000 the club were playing under the Monarcas moniker. In recent years Monarcas Morelia has been one of the main protagonists in the Primera División.

Although the team had played Mexican professional football for 70 years, it had never won a first division tournament until winter 2000, when the club raised the cup after beating Toluca on penalties. The team was crowned champions away in the Bombonera Stadium. The Morelos Stadium has never been the site of its team winning a final. On the day after the victory, a crowd that some^[who?] estimate at 100 thousand people welcomed the team as it paraded along Morelia's main avenue, Avenida Madero on their way to the stadium where the crowd congregated as the team raised the cup and the fans congratulated the team for its first ever first division trophy.

After missing the playoffs for three consecutive tournaments, Morelia finished in third place in the general table in the Apertura 2009. Morelia defeated Santos Laguna in the first round, 4–2 on aggregate. Morelia was then defeated by Cruz Azul in a semi-final that was filled with controversy due to Cruz Azul player Joel Huiqui intentionally using his hand to hit the ball away and prevent Morelia midfielder Wilson Tíago from scoring. (Huiqui later played for Morelia.) With a 2–1 aggregate score, Morelia was eliminated. Morelia qualified for the 2010 Copa Libertadores by ending in third place in the classification phase. It was the second time that Morelia participated in the Copa Libertadores, the first being in 2002. Morelia was the Runner-up of the Clausura 2011, after a hard fought final against Pumas. Pumas won the tie 3–2 on aggregate, taking the trophy home.

In 2010, Morelia became the SuperLiga champion, with a 2–1 victory in the finals over the New England Revolution in which Miguel Sabah scored both Morelia goals.

On November 5, 2013 Monarcas Morelia won their first Copa MX title in a 3–3 match that went to penalties, where they would take the victory. This title also allowed them to participate in the inaugural edition Supercopa MX, which they won against Tigres UANL with a global score of 5–4.

Relegation Struggles

After 15 years, a dismal 2014–15 campaign left Monarcas as one of the last teams in the relegation table, an aggregate of a clubs most recent points totals that decides which teams will be relegated. As a result Enrique Meza was chosen to be the coach for the Apertura 2015 season. Meza had already saved Morelia before, in the 1995–96 season. After no notable improvement in team performance, Meza was let go from the position of head coach in 2016, with Roberto Hernandez taking over as interim manager. Hernandez's tenure would coincide with the signing of Peruvian forward Raul Ruidiaz on loan from Univesitario. The signing of Ruidiaz would prove to be crucial to the club's fortunes, as he would go on to score 20 goals throughout the 2016-2017 Liga MX season, finishing as top scorer with 11 goals in the Apertura and 9 goals in the Clausura. In the following season, Morelia was in danger of being relegated on the final match day of the Apertura, residing in last place in the relegation table and needing a victory over Monterrey to avoid the drop. Tied 1-1 in extra time, Raul Rudiaz scored a crucial winner that moved them out of the relegation zone, with Veracruz being relegated in their stead. Ruidiaz's goal additionally qualified them for that season's liguilla, its first since the 2016 Clausura.

Badges

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  First badge 1924–1972
  

  
  

  
  


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  Second badge 1973–1982
  

  
  

  
  


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  Third badge 1983–1999
  

  
  

  
  

Kit

The club's colors are generated from the city's flag which are yellow and red, which are the same colors in the Spanish flag, because the city is a novohispana city.

In the club's beginnings the club went under the name of Oro and were known as the canarios (canary) until 1999 when the club changed its name to Monarcas, due to the 3 monarchs found in the city's flag, which has been used from its foundation.

First kit evolution 1924–1999^[3]

1924

1951

1964

1979

1981

1986

1988

1992

1993

1995

1997

1998

2000–present

2000–present

2000

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2011

Stadium

Monarcas Morelia Stadium Estadio Morelos

Towards the end of the 1980s it was decided that their stadium (Estadio Venustiano Carranza) was lacking capacity and that a new stadium with a greater number of seats needed to be constructed. On April 9, 1989, after several construction delays, Stadium Jose Maria Morelos and Pavón (located on the outskirts of the Quinceo mountain) was opened, and the inaugural game was between Atlético Morelia and Club América (who are Morelia's main rivals). The stadium has an official capacity of 45,000, although on inauguration in 1989 it is estimated that more than 50,000 were in attendance. Morelia won the match with the score 2–1. In 2011, the stadium was given a new look, seeing as the FIFA U-17 World Cup was taking place in Mexico.

Players

Squad for season 2012.

Morelia has had some notable players in their history. Marco Antonio Figueroa is the club's all-time leading scorer with 130 goals. Adolfo Bautista, Rafael Márquez Lugo, Moisés Muñoz, Miguel Sabah, Joel Huiqui, Adrián Aldrete, Enrique Pérez, Édgar Lugo and Elias Hernandez, are some of the players that were called up to the Mexico national team while playing with the team. Raul Ruidiaz was the first Morelia player to achieve a Liga MX top socring title.

First-team squad

As of 20 July 2018^[4][5]

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Efraín Velarde 4 DF Jorge Valadéz 5 DF Carlos Guzmán 6 DF Sebastián Vegas 7 MF Carlos Fierro 8 MF Mario Osuna (on loan from Querétaro) 10 MF Diego Valdés 11 FW Irven Ávila 12 MF Rodolfo Vilchis (on loan from Atlas) 13 GK Sebastián Sosa 16 DF Eduardo Chávez 17 DF Emanuel Loeschbor (on loan from Cruz Azul) 19 MF Ray Sandoval 20 MF Rodrigo Millar

No. Position Player 21 FW Sebastián Ferreira 23 MF Salvador Reyes 24 DF Gabriel Achilier (captain) 25 MF Roberto Meraz 26 MF Aldo Rocha 27 FW Miguel Sansores 29 FW Claudio Zamudio 30 MF José Luis Chávez 31 MF Gastón Lezcano 32 DF Ignacio González 33 GK Ricardo Gutiérrez 34 DF Mario Trejo 35 GK Luis Malagón

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2018.

Retired numbers

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  9 – Raúl Ruidíaz, Forward (Retired for 2018–19 season)

Out on loan

No. Position Player — GK Guillermo Pozos (loan to Murciélagos) — GK Carlos Felipe Rodríguez (loan to León) — DF Daniel Arreola (loan to Atlas) — DF Rodrigo Godínez (loan to BUAP) — DF Antonio Olvera (loan to Tampico Madero) — MF Julio Atilano (loan to UAT) — MF Jefferson Cuero (loan to América de Cali)

No. Position Player — MF Alejandro Gagliardi (loan to Chacarita Juniors) — MF Luis Morales (loan to UAT) — MF Andy Polo (loan to Portland Timbers) — MF Hibert Ruíz (loan to UdeG) — MF Christian Valdez (loan to UdeG) — MF Jorge Zárate (loan to BUAP) — FW Fernando Ortíz (at Sonora)

Reserve teams

Main article: Morelia Reserves and Academy

Morelia Premier

Reserve team that plays in the Segunda División in the third level of the Mexican league system.

Top Goalscorers

Monarcas Morelia
Rank	Player	Goals
1	Marco Antonio Figueroa	130 Goals
2	Alex Fernandes	71 Goals
3	Miguel Sabah	64 Goals
4	Carlos Miloc	59 Goals
5	Rafael Márquez Lugo	58 Goals

• Players in bold are currently active with Monarcas Morelia.


• Players in italic are still active but are not currently with Monarcas Morelia.


• Does not include international competition goals.

Honours

Domestic

• Liga MX: 1

Invierno 2000

Runner-up (3): Apertura 2002, Clausura 2003, Clausura 2011

• Segunda Division: 1

1981

• Copa MX: 1

Apertura 2013

Runner-up (1): 1964–65

• Supercopa MX: 1

2014

Runner-up (1): 2015

International

• Superliga: 1

2010

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 0

Runner-up (2): 2002, 2003

Managers

Carlos Miloc (1979–80) Antonio "Tota" Carbajal (1984–94) Jesus Bracamontes (1989–90), (1991–93) Carlos Miloc (1995–96) Enrique Meza (Feb 24, 1996 – June 30, 1996) Tomás Boy (Sept 6, 1996 – June 30, 1997) Eduardo Solari (1997–98) Tomás Boy (July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2000) Luis Tena (July 1, 2000 – Oct 22, 2001) Miguel Ángel Russo (Oct 27, 2001 – Feb 16, 2002) Rubén Omar Romano (Feb 24, 2002 – Feb 22, 2004)

Antonio Mohamed (Feb 24, 2004 – June 30, 2004) Eduardo Acevedo (2004–05) Ricardo Ferretti (Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2005) Sergio Bueno (Jan 1, 2006 – Feb 6, 2006) Darío Franco (Feb 10, 2006 – June 30, 2006) Hugo Hernández (July 1, 2006 – Sept 18, 2006) Marco Antonio Figueroa (Sept 22, 2006 – June 30, 2007) José Luis Trejo (July 1, 2007 – Oct 22, 2007) David Patiño (Oct 22, 2007 – March 16, 2008) Luis Tena (March 17, 2008 – Feb 19, 2009) Tomás Boy (Feb 20, 2009 – June 30, 2012)

Rubén Omar Romano (July 1, 2012 – Feb 18, 2013) Carlos Bustos (Feb 18, 2013 – Jan 26, 2014) Eduardo de la Torre (Jan 27, 2014 – March 1, 2014) R. Hernández (interim) (March 2, 2014 – March 10, 2014) Ángel David Comizzo (March 10, 2014 – Sept 3, 2014) José Guadalupe Cruz (Sept 3, 2014 – Dec 1, 2014) Alfredo Tena (Dec 4, 2014 – Feb 15, 2015) R. Hernández (interim) (feb 15, 2015 – May 8, 2015) Enrique Meza (May 17, 2015– October 23, 2016)

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  Pablo Marini (Dec 2, 2016- Feb 6, 2017)


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  R. Hernández (Feb 07 17, 2017– Now)

References

1. 
   ^ http://www.fuerzamonarca.com/directiva
   


2. 
   ^ http://www.soccerbox.com/blog/monarcas-morelia-an-overview/
   


3. 
   ^ "Monarcas Morelia Football Jerseys". oldfootballshirts.com. Retrieved 27 July 2012. 
   


4. 
   ^ http://ligamx.net/cancha/club/10/m-morelia
   


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   ^ http://www.fuerzamonarca.com/plantel
   

External links

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  Association football portal
  


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  Mexico portal
  

• Official site

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Subsidiaries	Advance America Cash Advance Azteca América Banco Azteca Club Atlas Grupo Elektra Monarcas Morelia Seguros Azteca todito.com Telecosmo TV Azteca Fundación Azteca

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