Club Universidad Nacional
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| Full name | Club Universidad Nacional A.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Pumas (cougars) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | August 28, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Olímpico Universitario Mexico DF (Capacity 68,954) |
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| Owner | UNAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | La Primera División | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clausura 2008 | 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Universidad Nacional A.C., also referred to as Pumas de la UNAM, is a Mexican professional football club, one of the most popular and most important in Mexico.[citation needed] This team is closely related to UNAM, the largest university in Mexico; however this team has fans all over the country due to the fact that alumni of the university support the club and are spread out all around Mexico. Throughout the years Pumas has always been an important producer of young quality players that have been an integral part of Mexico's National team such as Enrique Borja, Hugo Sánchez, Claudio Suarez, Alberto Garcia Aspe, and Jorge Campos, to name a few.
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[edit] Los Pumas
Club Universidad Nacional transformed itself from a simple amateur representative of UNAM to one of the best and most followed Mexican teams and an internationally recognized club.
The team got its nickname and colors out of their brothers from American football; back in the days of the establishment the Pumas Dorados de la UNAM were more popular than their football brothers, and the football team followed the example set by the American football team. The Pumas Dorados originally got their color as a tribute to the University of Notre Dame, because coaches from Notre Dame helped to develop the program of the American football team. Years later, the team got its nickname because its coach Roberto “Tapatio” Mendez gave motivational speeches to their players often telling them that they were like pumas. The nickname got to the ears of the press, who widely spread it; the nickname stuck with the public, and ever since all the athletes representing the University have been called Pumas.
Their home ground is the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, which was the setting for the 1968 Summer Olympics. It has a capacity for 82,694 fans and is within the University allowing it to be very close to its main supporters, the students. The Pumas also have training facilities within the University but their main complex is the impressive Cantera, located pretty close to the University city.
[edit] History
[edit] The early days: 1930’s & 40’s
In the first decades of the 20th century the most popular sport among the UNAM student body was American Football[citation needed], still Football (soccer) was becoming a stronger presence in campus. The dean of the University in 1937, Luis Chico Goerne made the first attempt to affiliate a representative of UNAM to the top football Mexican championship of its days, when UNAM filed a petition to join the Liga Mayor de Fútbol Professional del Distrito Federal, but the petition was rejected in favor of Club Marte de Morelos.
By the 1940’s the dean Gustavo Baz Prada assigned the task to prepare the UNAM representative to Rodolfo "Butch" Muñoz, then player of Club España. The new manager formed its new team with members of the student body of the many schools and faculties of the university. The UNAM representative joined many universitarian tournaments, with successful results, and "Butch" Muñoz went on to manage the team for 13 years, that served for preparation to complete the future transition to professionalism.
[edit] Establishment: 1950s
In August of 1954, the Club Universidad was accepted as a member of the Segunda División, in those days the second tier division of professional football in Mexico. This achievement was accomplished with the support of the dean Nabor Carrillo and Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez Sr. a true benefactor for the club. Aguilar Alvarez was appointed by the dean as the chairman of the club.
September 12, 1954 is marked in the history of the club as the day UNAM played its first professional game as a visitor in Monterrey against CF Monterrey. The transition wasn’t easy after only three years; Club Universidad asked a special permit to leave the Segunda División for a year while they went under a rebuilding process, the process was completed within that year, Hector Ortiz was appointed as the new manager of the club, and the Board of Patrons of Club UNAM was formed, laying the foundation to obtain the promotion years later.
[edit] The Promotion: 1960’s
After eight years in Segunda División finally UNAM achieved the objective to win its promotion to Primera División. Club Universidad won the promotion on January 9th of 1962 by defeating Club Cataluña de Torreón by a score of 5-1 in Ciudad Universitaria. At the end of the game the celebration was moved from the stands to the pitch when the fans invaded the field to congratulate their heroes, and the players were carried in the shoulders of the fans, this was the first step towards the consolidation of the club.
The day after the team was received and congratulated by the dean Ignacio Chávez. Octavio Vial, the manager that led the team to win the promotion, and the players; Homero Villar, Raúl Chanes, José Antonio "La Espátula" Rodríguez, Alfredo Echávarri, José Ruiz, Carlos Gutierrez, Alfredo "Tito" Zenteno, José Luis "El Chango" Ledezma, Antonio Sámano, Jorge Gaitán, Guillermo Vázquez Sr., Lorenzo García, Carlos Calderón de la Barca, Manuel "Manolo" Rodríguez, Edmundo "El Poli" Pérez and Gustavo "El Gato" Cuenca became important characters in the history of the club.
Once the team had established in first division the Board of Patrons took one of the most important decisions in the history of the club, they decided to create a modern youth system to develop new generations of players for the club.
[edit] The legend begins: 1970’s
After two years under the management of Alfonso “El Pescado” Portugal, the Spaniard Ángel Zubieta took the reins of the team, by doing so he opened the door to foreign reinforcements, but he also gave continuity to the tradition of the club to play with players that had been formed in its youth system.
The first half of the decade was marked by the arrival of two of the most important foreign players in the history of the club, the Serbian Velibor "Bora" Milutinović and Evanivaldo Castro "Cabinho". They arrived to join a solid base of Mexican players such as Miguel Mejía Barón, Héctor Sanabria, Arturo Vázquez Ayala, José Luis "Pareja" López, and Leonardo Cuéllar. In the second half of the decade those same players would give the club its first titles in the top division.
In the 74-75 season Universidad won the Copa México and the Campin de Campeones, in the 76-77 season Club Universidad became league champion for the first time in its history, that championship was followed by two sub championships. This success it’s often attributed to the new administration that the club adopted in 1975, by the formation of an independent civil association that helped the University to support the club. Still this assumption is near sighted and it doesn’t take into consideration the previous decades of development of new players. The final stroke of a successful decade for Pumas came with the debut towards the end of the decade of the greatest players in its history and the history of Mexican football, Hugo Sánchez.
[edit] Consolidation: 1980’s
In the 1980-81 season Universidad won its second league championship, that season was also the last season Hugo Sánchez played for the club. In the following season Pumas won the CONCACAF Championship and the Interamerican Cup.
This decade also marks the national recognition of the work performed by the club, the development of players through its youth system, and the revolutionary and dynamic style of play that helped Mexican football overall. For the 1986 FIFA World Cup, the Mexican Football Federation appointed the manager of Universidad, "Bora" Milutinovic as the manager of the Mexico national football team, to that team he called numerous Pumas and former Pumas such as; Hugo Sánchez, Félix Cruz Barbosa, Rafael Amador, Raúl Servín, Miguel España, Manuel Negrete and Luis Flores. This generation of players gave great satisfactions not only to the followers of Pumas, but also to the Mexican football fans.
[edit] Ups & downs: 1990’s
This decade began with one of the most celebrated championships in club history, the 1990-91 League Championship against archrival Club América. A new generation of players arrived, players such as Luis García, Jorge Campos, Claudio Suarez, and then Antonio Sancho, Israel López (football player), Braulio Luna, Rafael García and finally Jaime Lozano and Gerardo Torrado; still this decade is considered as one of the least successful in terms of championships and development of players. Towards the end of the decade Hugo Sánchez had its first chance as manager of the club.
[edit] 2004: El año de oro (The golden year)
The year 2004, is known as El año de oro (The golden year) to Pumas. This is because Pumas legend and five time Pichichi Hugo Sánchez led Pumas to numerous championships that year. Pumas won every championship they were in which included the 2004 Clausura Championship, the Campeon de Campeones playoff, the Santiago Bernabeu trophy against Real Madrid, and the 2004 Apertura Championship.
In the 2004 Clausura Championship, Universidad ended in 2nd place behind Jaguares. Pumas scored the most goals and had also allowed the fewest amount of goals during the season. In the first round of the liguilla (playoffs), they had to play against 7th place Atlas. They defeated Atlas 2-1 in Guadalajara and 3-1 in Mexico City to advance to the semi-finals to play Cruz Azul. They tied 0-0 in the Estadio Azul and they defeated Cruz Azul 3-2 at home to advance to the finals against Chivas.
The first leg at the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara ended 1-1, which included a controversial last minute penalty that was awarded to Chivas in which the foul was committed outside of the penalty area. The second leg was played at Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City and ended 0-0 after extra time and the match would be decided in a penalty shootout. Universidad won after Rafael Medina missed the last penalty for Chivas. Pumas had won their first championship since the 90-91 season. Bruno Marioni scored 18 goals that tournament and tied with Andrés Silvera for the season's top goalscorer.
In the summer, Pumas won their second trophy of the year after they defeated CF Pachuca|Pachuca]] in the Campeón de Campeones. Shortly after, they defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in El Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid to win the Santiago Bernabeu trophy. Israel Castro scored the only goal in the game.
Universidad started the 2004 Apertura by losing 6 out of their first 8 games. However in the 2nd half of the season, Pumas managed to turn things around. Five straight victories ensured the Pumas would qualify for the playoffs as the 8th seed. They eliminated the 1st place team that season, Veracruz, after winning 3-1 at home and then drawing 1-1 in Veracruz. They would defeat 2nd place Atlas by winning 4-3 at home and 2-1 in Guadalajara and advance to the finals to play Monterrey.
Universidad won the first leg in Mexico City 2-1. The final leg was played at theEstadio Tecnológico. In the 2nd half, a goal by "Kikin" Fonseca ensured that Universidad would repeat as champions. Universidad also became the first team to ever win back to back championships in Mexico since the tournaments were shortened up into two short tournaments.
[edit] Copa Sudamericana 2005
In 2005, Universidad played the Copa Sudamericana (the most prestigious Latin American trophy after the Copa Libertadores). Pumas began the cup by defeating Bolivian side The Strongest with a 4-3 aggregate. After this, Pumas went on to eliminate the reigning Brazilian champions Corinthians who were boasting Argentine stars Carlos Tévez and Javier Mascherano with a 3-0 win in Estadio Olímpico Universitario after losing the first leg in Brazil 2-1. Next were the upcoming Argentine champions, Velez Sarsfield. After drawing 0-0 in Buenos Aires, Universidad came back to Mexico City and defeated Velez 4-0 with a hat trick by Bruno Marioni, including a goal with his heel.
Universidad were set to play the final against Boca Juniors. In the first leg, played in Mexico City, Rodrigo Palacio scored the opening goal for Boca Juniors in the first half. In the second half Joaquín Botero would equalize. The game ended 1-1, with the away goal favoring Boca. The second leg was played at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires. Martín Palermo put Boca Juniors ahead in the first half. In the 54th minute, a handball was called in the box on Boca Juniors defender Rolando Schiavi. Bruno Marioni scored the penalty to draw the game level at 1-1. This goal was Bruno Marioni's 7th goal in the cup and made him the top scorer of the Copa Sudamericana. The second half was also filled with controversy when Roberto Abbondanzieri used his hands outside of the penalty box to stop a Pumas attack and was only shown a yellow card (instead of a red card). The game ended 1-1 and went to penalties. After five penalties each, the series was still level so they went to sudden death. Gerrardo Galindo took the sixth penalty for Universidad and hit it off the post. Abbondanzieri stepped up to take the game winning penalty after the Galindo miss and put it in the back of the net to give Boca Juniors the cup. Despite the loss, the Mexican media hailed Universidad's cup performance.
[edit] Rivalries
Pumas has strong rivalries with Club América and CD Cruz Azul. These games are passionate and followed by the whole country. There is also rivalry with CD Guadalajara, Chivas, wich is fairly recent.
The rivalry with Cruz Azul comes out of the fact that both clubs are located in Mexico City, and them played two league finals and many others importan games. It intensified when Cruz Azul bought Pumas idol Francisco Fonseca in the early 2000’s.
The rivalry with Chivas comes from a press ad in which the owner of Chivas, the businessman Jorge Vergara, made fun of Pumas after his team defeated Universidad in 2003. Months later Pumas took revenge and the former player Ailton da Silva provided a clever answer to the press ad on a simple T-shirt. Only a few weeks later these two teams faced each other in the finals of the tournament Clausura 2004 where Universidad defeated Chivas and won the league. In 2005 the Mexican rock group, Molotov composed the song "Vale Vergara el Guadalajara" making fun of the owner of Chivas and proclaiming their allegiance to Universidad. The "rivalry" is most a press struggled.
The rivalry with Club América, compared to the others, is quite old and began during the 60’s, when Universidad won its promotion, and the mere fact that both clubs are located in Mexico City generated the right atmosphere to see a rivalry born and grow. A few years later América bought Pumas idol Enrique Borja, even though the player had made a public statement that he didn’t want to be sold to América. In the 80’s the rivalry grew when América defeated Universidad twice in the league finals, always with controversial performances of the referees. The 90’s began with a victory of the Pumas over their hated rivals in the league finals, and a new generation of players from the youth system that grew up hating their adversaries; this decade is also marked by the birth of Las Barras that supported both sides but that had a much longer background story of rivalry. This rivalry is often referred as the most violent of the country and while that might be true or not the fact remains that this is one of the most passionate rivalries of the league.
[edit] Support
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Pumas had hundreds of thousands of followers ever since it was established, by the mere fact that it’s the team of the UNAM, which means that most students (past and present), teachers and workers of the University root for the team, but Universidad is also very popular with people not related to the University, usually people that follow the team like the tradition of developing its own players through the youth system instead of buying them, they also relate to the youthful image and tradition of the club.[citation needed]
In its early days the team had something most Mexican teams didn’t; an organized group of fans with uniforms, chants and music.[citation needed] That was a product, as many other things in the club, of the influence of the American football team. Many students were already organized by the UNAM in clubs of supporters known as Porras, the people on them were usually students that received lots of concessions to attend matches of the club either home or away, they also received uniforms, travel expenses, accommodations and sometimes even some sort of salary.[citation needed] At first the Porras provided a great environment for games of Pumas either of Football (soccer) or American football, but after some years of this practice it became a problem for the authorities to control these groups, and the leaders began to blackmail the authorities in order to keep the peace in games.[citation needed]
By the 70’s authorities had officially disbanded these groups, but it has taken years to effectively get rid of them. In American football it was even necessary to disband the Pumas Dorados de la UNAM for some years as well as the Burros Blancos. As a result the football team organized more passive and controlled Porras.
The scheme of Porras survived until the early 90’s when some Porras began to follow the ways of the South American Barras.[citation needed] This way Universidad became the first Mexican team with Barras, La Ultra and La Plus were formed at first with a similar scheme of supporting a mix between a Porra and a Barra, today both are Barras, years later radical members of La Ultra uncomfortable with the direction la Barra was taking decided to separate and form a new Barra, La Orgullo Azul y Oro better known as Rebel, with a more active and radical style to support the club.[citation needed] In very few years La Rebel became extremely popular, at one time were considered too violent and dangerous, but they have managed to change that perception and now they are one of the largest and most passionate Barras in Mexico.[citation needed]
In the stadium the Barras are distributed in such way that they cover most of the stadium. All Barras are located in the upper level of the stadium, in the East section known as Pebetero you can find La Rebel, the followers of La Rebel can fill completely that section of the stadium.[citation needed] La Ultra and La Plus can be found on the West section or Palomar, while the North section has no official Barra, it's reserved to Universidad followers and sometimes it receives Barras of Pumas that come from other places of the country and don’t attend to every match. The South section of the stadium is reserved to the followers of the visiting team, when the visiting team doesn’t have a large number of followers, Universidad followers are allowed to buy tickets for that section. The lower section of the stadium has no Barras but they are often influenced by the people in the upper level. While in theory fans of the visiting team are allowed in any section of the stadium, the Pumas crowd is very hostile with the rival followers in every section of the stadium with the exception of the South section, that situation limits the number of tickets available to visitors and they are always outnumber by a proportion of at least 10-1, that’s why rivals are advised to buy tickets for the South section, either way the security of the stadium would place them there. In the other hand Universidad followers aren’t allowed in the South section unless there’s very few or no visiting followers, but they can have a great time in any other section of the stadium, each section is different in terms of environment, but all have good visibility, you can have fun and enjoy the overall experience.[citation needed]
As visitors the Barras of Pumas, la Rebel in particular, like to follow the team wherever they go, making Pumas one of the best supported clubs while playing as a visiting team, the Rebel is particularly proud to make sure that the rivals are aware of their presence in the stadium by chanting and taunting the local Barras, a matter of pride to la Rebel is to make the rivals feel that Universidad brought more fans to their stadium and therefore Universidad is the local club not them, sometimes this generates off the field problems but most of the time is just a part of the show.[citation needed]
[edit] Traditions
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===Chant of War: La Goya=== by Brenda Jimènez
¡GOOOOYA! ¡GOOOOYA!// ¡CACHUN, CACHUN, RA, RA!// ¡CACHUN, CACHUN, RA, RA!// ¡GOOOOYA!// ¡¡UNIVERSIDAD!!
The origins of the Goya cheer are a little bizarre.[citation needed] In the early 1940s, a very skinny boy, Luis Rodriguez, was attending Preparatory School, who through time became the most enthusiastic cheerleader.[citation needed] He was nicknamed "Palillo" (toothpick).[citation needed] Palillo arranged entrance to the theaters for some students, who preferred watching movies than going to school, with the movie theaters' supervisors[citation needed] The movie theaters close to the Preparatory school were: Rio, Venus and Goya[citation needed] When some students wanted to go to the movies, they shouted out Goya! That is the story behind the university cheer, which now all university members echo.[citation needed]
The word CACHUN refers to the foreplay inside the theatre between girls and boys. CACHUN came from CACHONDEAR, foreplay.
===The Anthem of Los Pumas===
The anthem was created in 1940 by a group of alumni integrated by Ernesto "Agapito" Navas, Luis Pérez Rubio, Alfonso De Garay, Gloria Vicens, Angel Vidal, Fernando Guadarrama and Ismael "Tío" Valdez, who composed its music and lyrics.[citation needed] The anthem was first sung at the National Preparatory School before the match.[citation needed] Since then the representatives of the University and fans sing together before every match, the tradition also commands to lift the right fist, making this an impressive and one of a kind pre-game show.[citation needed]
¡Oh Universidad!// Escucha con qué ardor// Entonan hoy tus hijos// Este himno en tu honor// Al darte la victoria// Honramos tus laureles// Conservando tu historia// Que es toda tradición// Unidos venceremos// Y el triunfo alcanzaremos// Luchando con tesón// Por tí Universidad// Universitarios,// Icemos siempre airosos// El pendón victorioso// De la Universidad// Por su azul y oro// Lucharemos sin cesar// Cubriendo así de gloria// Su nombre inmortal// ¡¡México, Pumas, Universidad!!
Translation
Oh University!// Listen with what passion// Your children sing today// This anthem in your honor// By giving you the victory// We give honor to your laurels// Keeping your history// That’s all tradition// United we will be victorious// And the triumph we will reach// Fighting with tenacity// For you University// Universitarians,// Let’s hoist always proud// The victorious pendant// Of the University// For its blue and gold// We will fight continuously// covering with glory// Its immortal name// Mexico, Pumas, University!!
===Famous Chant: ¿Cómo no te voy a querer?===by Itzel Murillo
¿Cómo no te voy a querer?// ¿Cómo no te voy a querer?// Si mi corazón azul es,// Y mi piel dorada,// Siempre te querré.
TRANSLATED How could I not love you?// How could I not love you?// If my heart is blue,// And my skin is gold,// I will always love you
One of the newest traditions, the chant ¿Cómo no te voy a querer? (How am I not going to love you?) became immensely popular during the golden year of 2004,[citation needed] the first Barra to sang it was La Rebel, but all the other Barras of Pumas adopted it.[citation needed] This chant is performed by the Barras at the 85th minute of the game, regardless of the score.[citation needed]
After the 2004 success of the team, and this chant, many other followers of other teams from Mexico and abroad have copied the chant.[citation needed]
[edit] Athletic Shield: The Puma
The Pumas logo is the university's sports logo, and an example of a simple and functional solution to a difficult problem of graphic representation. The PUMA summarizes in one expression two contradictory elements, the letter U, in a geometric abstract shape, along with the puma face, a figurative form, although stylized and that also resembles the power of a fist. Manuel Andrade Rodriguez, alias "El Pajarito Andrade" was the creator of this design.[citation needed]
This UNAM sport symbol became an icon, easy to remember for the student population, and easy to reproduce. The PUMA design has two changing elements, the blue and gold colors, which represent university sports, and the puma itself, designed to be stylized and thus integrated in one synthesis where UNAM is represented as well.[citation needed]
[edit] The Puma and the Uniform
A Pumas tradition that originated in the 70's, is the display of their shield on the club uniform. While most teams include their shield in the upper section of the jersey in either the right, left or central area, Pumas took a different direction; they decided that the shield should completely cover the chest and abdominal area.[citation needed]
The result is an original and distinctive uniform with the monumental face of a Puma in the middle of it: a reminder to rivals that they aren't playing against an ordinary team.[citation needed]
[edit] Honours
- League Championships: 5
- 1976-1977, 1980-1981, 1990-1991, Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004
- Runner ups: 6
- 1966-1967, 1975-1976, 1977-1978, 1983-1984, 1986-1987, Apertura 2007
- Cup Titles: 1
- 1974-1975
- Champion of Champions: 2
- 1975, 2004
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 3
- 1980, 1982, 1989
- Interamerican Cup: 1
- 1981
- Santiago Bernabeu Cup: 1
- 2004
- Segunda división mexicana: 1 1961-62.
- Copa México: 1 1975
[edit] International Tournaments
- Copa Interamericana (1): 1981.
- Subcampeón de la Copa Sudamericana 2005.
[edit] Friendly Tournaments
Torneo Santiago Bernabéu (1): 2004
- Copa Chiapas (1): 2008.
- best game's:
- best postion in table gernal: Primero
- worst postion in table gernal: 16
- top scorer: Evanivaldo Castro "Cabinho" with 122 goals
- goalie with the least amount of goals made on: Jorge Campos
- most game played: Miguel España app.404
[edit] Current squad
Players in bold have international caps
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[edit] Notable Players
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Official Website
- (Spanish) Pumasfutbol.com
- (Spanish) PumasTV.com
- (Spanish) pormisPumas.com
- (Spanish) Rebel Website
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